The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1911 Page: 1 of 12
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THe Independent.
VOL. IV.
"K KKUNG KVERLASTINGLY AT II Is BOUND TO B K I N (i SUCCESS.
CASHION, K1NGFISHISR CoUNTV, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1911.
NO.
Notice to the G. A. R.,
and Citizens of Cashion
S That I' B. Plum Post N<> 32.
of Cashion, Okla., will observe
Memorial and Decoration Days.
All Old Soldiers and Citizens are
requested to attend the Memorial
serviees at 1 1 A. M., Sunday,
May 2X, at the Christian Church.
May 30 is Decoration Day. All j
are requested to meet at S. S.
Cole's office at 9:30 A. M., where
the procession will form on the j
corner of Main and Henna Vista 1
at 10 A. M., and march to the i
cemetery, led by the Cashion
Iiand, to decorate the.graves, and
perform the Ritual Work of the
(i. A. R. ; at 11:30 will inarch
back to S. S. Cole's office and
disband for dinner; to re-assem-
ble at 1 130 P. M. at the Christ-
t ian Church, where there will be
speeches, songs and music, dur-;
inj; the afternoon. All Sunday
school teachers and pupils are re-
quested to return and march in!
the <>. A. R. procession, tiring
full baskets ot good things to cat,
and stay all day.
By order of Committee:
S. S. Cole,
A. B. Webb, j
Jos. \\ assoix.
The Right of a
Man to Live
There is a good deal of talk
these days about the danger oi
disturbing the men who run the
big businesses of the country-
It is said that if the people don't
quit bothering them and insisting
that they shall obey the law, they
T are apt t<> shut up their places of
business and throw untold thous-
ands of men out of employment.
Here is a serious question that
/is pressing for an answer. llave
any set of men the right to get
such a control of the country that
they can throw hundreds of thou-
n sands of men out of employment
and bring them and their families
to starvation. Man is brought in
to this world without his consent.
.A It it were optional with him
whether he came or stayed away
it might be said that the world
did not owe him anything. As
it is now, it seems to be a logical
conclusion that a man being
brought here without his consent
has a right to live after he gets
here. He ought to bo required
to pay for his living. The other
citizens who have also been
brought here without their con-
sent are not under obligations to
donate his living to him, but he
has the right to earn his living.
A condition of things that en-
ables a few men to use their self-
ish pleasure about whether he
lives or not, is wrong.
Property is only private in a
sense. In a larger sense all prop-
erty is public and intended for
general use. Money is the blood
ot commerce. Is there really any
one who will say that Morgan,
Rockefeller and a dozen other
men have the right to get hold of
all the money in the country
through the ordinary channels of
trade and then say: -'this is our
private property. We have the
right to use it or not, just as we
choose. If we conclude to with-
draw all of it from circulation and
stop the business of the country
all together, that is our business?"
It is not their business, be-
cause it denies the fundamental
right of every man born into the
world t< live unless he forfeits
his right by crime or a refusal to
render any service to his fellow -
men. The voluntary loafer eith-
er rich or poor, who refuses to
render anv service to the world,
who is simply a leach who insists
on living off the products of some
body else's toil without giving
anv service in return has forfeit-
ed his right to live, but so long
as he is willing to give the best
service he is able to give he is en-
titled to the right to live.
I believe that there arc rich
men who recognize this truth and
consider themselves as trustees of
the wealth that is considered
theirs, but most of them assume
that the property they control
they have the right to do as they
please with. That assumption is
at the bottom of the trust ques-
tion. The heads of the trusts
contend that they have the right
to own and absolutely control the
necessities of life. In other words
they assume that they may say
say whether the people generally
shall have these necessities and
at what price.
They are wrong. To them the
declaration that every man is
born into the world possessed of
the inalienable right to life, liber-
ty and the pursuit of happiness is j
an empty phrase. They do not
it. They believe that the class to
which they belong has the right
to say who shall live, how they
shall live, and what degree of
' happiness they may be pormitted
to enjoy.
Meantime, however, let me say
to you, gentle reader, that this
wrong idea is not going to be
corrected in a month or year or a
j decade. Don't sit around wait-
, ing for the coming of the millen-
nium of perfect justice; or equali-
j ty of opportunity ; of the elimina- j
; tion of special privileges.
It won't pay you, young man,
! to sit around and wait for that
good time to come. Further-,
i more, it isn't the proper thing I
for you to do, either. Do the
best you can under the present I
conditions. Get a hump on you
and help push things along to-
j waul the better day that is surely
coming.—Tom McNeal.
Just Stop andThinK
Did it ever occur to you that in selecting
your bank that it was not for a day but for
years and in many instances a lifetime con-
nection.
How important it is then that you choose
a growing and progressing institution,
strong in capital, conservative in manage-
ment, and permanent in its control; one
whose future gives assurance to you of its
stability.
Your careful study of our statements as
they appear from time to time and our
method of doing business will better enable
you to judge of our ability to serve your in-
terests to the best advantage, and we as-
sure you that we will appreciate having
you with us.
The First National BanK
of cashion, oklahoma
The Open Door
THE FARMERS' STATE BANK has
opened legitimate banking privileges to
community —privileges long their due—and
the people have shown their appreciation
therefor by the large and increasing patron-
age given this institution.
The Directors and Stockholders who make
the semi-annual examination of the bank, in
all its details, are men of twenty years'
acquaintance in this community.
It is to the interest of every farmer to
open an account with the FARMERS' STATE
BANK. In addition to the safety afforded
by the conservative management of the bank;
the depositors are further protected by the
State Guaranty Fund, and rigid regulation of
the State Banking law.
This bank is doing a strictly banking bus-
iness, and engaging in. 110 speculative
side lilies, combinations or pools.
Our Deposit Account registers the con-
fidence of the community. It is not bolstered
by any outside money, public, banks or other-
wise.
We will clerk your sales, guaranteeing
satisfaction as in the past, and will render-
full and detailed account therefor the next
day showing article, purchaser and price.
We will negotiate farm loans at the best
rates obtainable.
We pay interest on time deposits, large
or small.
Legal documents properly and neatly
drawn by Notary Public in bank. Cashion, Ok
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Barnard, W. F. The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1911, newspaper, May 25, 1911; Cashion, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc107655/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.