The Record. (Noble, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1902 Page: 1 of 12
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Vol i.
NOBLE, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1902.
No 8.
TE1E INTEGRITY OF THE
PRESS.
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That the editorial influence of a
newsppocr may not rightfully or legal-
ly ba bought by a candidate for public
office is the gist of a decision recently
handed clown by a Vermont court.
The case in question was one in
which a conscienceless editor of theat
state bargained with a local politican to
sell to him for an agreed price—8.VJ0—
the influence of his editorial columns,
the suit being brought to recover the
amount of the contract. The judge
established his decision on a doctrin
th'it a coutract between a newspaper
and a candidate for public office in the
sale of editorial .influence on behalf of
the letter is void, on the grounds of
public p li« *J.
There is not an honorable publiser
or editor editor in the country who
will not applaud this decision. The
effort made by the American press is
toward higher standards of integrity,
and it is well that the exceptional cuse
which would drag the pi into the
mire of corruption, aud sacriiicj its in-
fluence for the public good, s .ild be
punished by a loss of the dd for
which the editor had ?old liir.v , f.
The editorial columns of the Ameri-
can newspaper are attaining new dig-
nity with each succeeding year. It is
these editorial columns that are to-day
the molders of public opinion to a
greater extent than ever before in the
history of the natiou, and for that rea-
son the sale of such influence is not
only detrimental to the public good,
but to tho best interests of the "profes-
sion as well.
Every newspaper which is capable
of exerting any influence upon the
community in which it is published
could easily find a purchiser for that
commodity around election times; if it
so desired, ^but let it be said to the
credit of the profession that there are
few, very few, of them that have reach-
ed so low a level as to even lay them-
selves open to temptation at the hands
of a man who, to them, seems an un-
worthy candidate for the office he seeks
to fill.
While this case may be .taken to the
higher courts, it is scarcely possible
that tho decision will be reversed, and
it is to be hoped that it will not.
We have just as much regard for the
man who sends to Montgrmery Ward
& Co., or any out of town house for his
goods as we have for tho merchant or
banker who sends out of town for his
printing besause he can !get it a little
eheapsr. The citizen who sends away
for his goods wrong, but no more so
than the merchant who discriminates
in that particular. It is six to one
and a half dozen of the other.—Events
It is sain a stuttering man was
brought before Justice Stoaks. What
is the man charged with says the .lust-
ice. The man trien to explain and said
"Sz si sgz sgzz." A man from Sioux
township who was present came to his
assistance and said. "1 tank he bin
charged with soda water." The pris-
oner was relearcd. Wynoka Enterprise
Western Kansas editors have a uni-
que way of prodding up delinquent
subscribers as this will indicate: If
you have frequent headaches, dizzi-
ness, fainting spells, accompanied by
chills, bunions, corns, cramps, cliil-
blanes, epilepsy jand jaundice, it is a
sign you are oot well, but are apt to
die any minute. Pay up your subscrip-
tion a year in advance and thus make
yourself solid for a good obituary
aoticc.—K C Journal.
If you don't like a man let him alone
don't abuse him to others If you do
he will hear of it, and talk back. You
will thus make yourself a lot of unnec-
essary trouble. It is natural to dis-
like some people, but it is \innatural
and unnecessary to (juarrel with them.
Let thern all alone. — Ex.
The man who comes down tha street
in the morning with his head erect, a
sinile on his face and a pleasant word
for every body, is worth half a dozen
fellows with long faces and grudging
cevility, no matter how much money
they may have.—Dougkiss Tribune.
A Woods county farmer who buys his
groceries from a firm outside of Ok la-
homa, was unable to sell his butter to
Cleo merchants, who told him to send
it to the firm with which ho delt.—Ex
An exchange discribes a man trying
to do business without advertising as
being like a boy winking at his girl in
the dark. He may know that ho is
winking but she doesn't.—Ex.
It is said, the citizens of Cimarron
township, Woods county, pay their
taxes more promptly than those of any
other township in the county.
MASS MEMTiNG.
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The citizens of Noble are called to
meet at the School House on Mon-
day April 14th 1902 at 7,30 p m. to
nominate a city ticket, consisting cf
one Town Justice, Clerk, Treasurer,
Street Commissioner and Marshal; al-
so one Trustee from each ward.
11 v' order of Committee.
ra'.m I.eaT Crartles.
In the palm region of the Amazon
river there is a tribe whose infants an1
cradled in palm leaves. A single leaf
turned up round the edges, according
to native custom, makes a capital
cradle and on occasion* does service
as a bath. Strong cords are fashioned
frcm tho fibres of another kind of
palm by which the leaf cradle is sus-
pended under a tree ami the wind
rocks the baby to sleep.
Memorial of John Raskin.
The work of the committee formed
for the purpose of placing a memorial
of John Ruskin in Westminster Abbey
has been accomplished. The memorial
takes the form Of a bronze medallion.
The sculptor was the late Mr. Onslow
Ford, R. A. The place assigned to the
memorial by the dean and chapter is iri
Poet's Corner, immediately above the
bust of Sir Walter Scott.
Not Hart by Immersion.
A vessel owner lately gave a friend
in Belfast. Me., a barrel of flour taken
from a sunken wreck that had been
under water six months. The flour
near the heads of the barrel was soak-
ed, but the greater part was as good
as ever and made excellent bread.
Find tlicy have room to restock
Groceries, and will, Iron)
now carry a
Full line of
Dry Goods,
Slices,
"EEe&ts
FTJLX*Ili.Sl3.l33
Cirooeries
QUEENSW A HE'
Flour
Feed. £lxxcL
Jbi£ will moke you just a little
better price than you can
s et elsewhere.
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Will be opened at Muiphy Bros, Store, by Mrs. Glover.
Everything is new, anil fresh; our stock lias never beer, picked
over. Come and get first choice of our Spring and Summer
hats. Trimming done to order, and satisfaction guaranteed.
Come and e: amine our stock and be convinced.
Mrs. Glover, Proprietress. Noble, O. T
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Everton, H. G. The Record. (Noble, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1902, newspaper, April 10, 1902; Noble, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc106221/m1/1/?q=cherokee: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.