The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-19
COCHRAN URGES
CLEANLINESS IN
OIL FIELD HERE
Superintendents Release Men
at Noon to Hear Message
of "Sky-Pilot"
LsrecLal 10 Ths Arduorellel


WILSON. okla, Dec. 19.-ln spite |
erty Theatre at Dillard had been
closed against the meeting and slides
had been run in the show at a late
hour Saturday night announcing that
the meeting would not be held the
largest body of representative citizens
ever assembled in the oil field gather
ed on the streets OF Dillard Sunday
afternoon TO hear Rev. II. Frank
Cochran, the "Oil Field Sky-pilot" de-
liver an address from the subject,
When a Mans Man. or "A Plea
for a Clean oil Field"
Long before the time for the address
to begin men began thronging the
streets and automobiles came pouring
in bringing men and their families
TO the meeting. Some of the larger
oil companies suspended all opera
tions for the entire afternoon and
attended the meeting Ell masse.
At the appointed hour the Rev.
Cochran stepped into q Ford road
ster that had been provided by a
friend TO be used as u platform. Al
ter asking the crowd TO remove their
hats he offered L brief but feryent
petition to God for Divine guidance in
the address that was TO follow.
Quotes Bible First
His address in part as taken by a
correspondent was as follows:
Gentlemen / am minister OF
Al. 4
sort OF address without Il quotation
from the Bible and L call your atten-
ton 10 David's charge to Solomon just
before his death, Be strong, and
shew thyself man No one recog.
niZes the seriousness of the hour
more than | do. and conditions are
all the more tense because of recent
happenings in nearby town. But
| have not come TO discuss the de-
plorable things that have happened
lately nor to discuss rumorS and al
legations nor to advance theories.
have come to discuss with you as
man the moral conditions of the com
munty and make plea for their.
betterment | have come without a
Nidshs MllHSul sihO NlNllOuN
threat. | never wore mask. Have
never had any need for one. ! never
owned but one gun and il was
muzzle loading shot gun with one
hammer broken off and the tube Oh
the other side burst. rIanehter).
Conditions at Boiling Point
Conditions as they now exist have
been referred to by some as boiling
pot No one enjoys the sensations
that are experienced in hours like
this but when called upon to take
their stand under such circumstances
men must not finch. The cost of a
stand for the right is sometimes Sc
rious in its consequences. IL was Sc
rous with John, the Revelator, with |
DAME, and the Hebrew Children. And |
serious consequences may follow u
stand for the right in the present
crises / want TO 20 IN record TO-DAY |
as ready 10 take a stand for better
moral conditions in the oil field, and II
in taking a consistent stand for the
right serious consequences are in
curred | am ready TO bear them
stand for q people for whom
have poured out my very soul for
the past eight months in an earnest
endeayor 10 help them TO be better
citizens and in this way improve NOR
al conditions. have not tried TO force
my creed down the throat Of any man.
But have done my best to preach
Christ 10 you in such way that you
should be drawn TO him and find
solution for the perplexing problems
confronting us today.
Silence l. Trait0rOus
Il have not examined mems Gre
dendals. | have accepted all men az
men. I have been received into your
condolences and have not betrayed
them. have Kept out OF all unnec'
essary strife. but the time has come
when feel that to Keep silent would
mako he traitor TO the community
and to society and 10 God.
"Genucmen. come to YOU with q
mans appeal to be- men. When a
Mans Man he will be square with
himself lie viii conduct himself So
that when he is alone with his
thoughts and words and deeds that
his inner consciousness will attest
their Righteousness. Each of us live a
lie entirely apart from every other In.
dividual in the world. Our closest
friends and associates cannot enter
into the inner circle of our lives The
ideal for manhood is 10 be able TO
look ones sell squorely In the eve and
have nothing OF which one Is ashamed.
Manhood Demands Honesty
Manhood demands that one deals
honestly with his fellows. Business
transactions will be conducted on
square basis and In a lawful manner.
call your attention, gentlemen. 10
the first address I ever made In this
town. which was made from q car
about ten feet south Of where now
stand. There are some present who
heard that address and will remember
me to have said when speaking about
business or business interests that In.
tcrf,rc With spiritual welfare 20 hell
with that sort Of business
II do not believe IN mob violence
nor IN cussn' men out I believe In
dealing sgu9rely with men so that YOU
A prp able to look them In the face and
not be uneasy Or afraid ! have made
numerous personal appeals to men 10
give up their wrong business. There
IL a man IN this crowd that is ac.
credited to the sporting element to
whom | made such appeal by the side
uf car on this very spot not long
ago | have said nothing to YOUR huck
that | have not or cannot say to your
face, and / come now and say that
The time has cnne fnr "A rhunrn IN,