The Oklahoma Clipper (Indianola, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1913 Page: 2 of 4
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THE PRUIPGHOOK.DEPARTMENT
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One of the ugiist sins is ■
For farm loans and BEST
FfKE INSURANCE, -ce M. L.
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Stockton at The Indianola State
Bank
T93 Oklatpnp'i V. Itpp.?r
By W.Austin
INDIANOLA, OK L A.
SUBSCRIPTION RATE
ONK DOLLAR PER YEAR
Eitere 1 ns seconl-class matter
January 10, 1913, :rt!i • po;t offid at
In lianol.i, O'l'ahi n i. u iJiv th.' Act
' t)f March 3, 1 879.
All adds run and cliir^i !
orded out.
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EDiTORALS
Th 1 '4e.1t! • showers that jr '!l
this Week H a great help to the
farm and garden,
Dr Eubanks done soiivj
in his garden this week.
■work
Is God in the Cyclones.
What will follow ti.is Adminis-
tration? Is a question for every
) intelegent man to begivn to
think about.
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Can o if fanner's > n.)' ?'
Wit'i other Nation in growin? pr
duce; when labor is so ti > ;;p a.K
it is.
What about those siduwalks
in Indianola art* they going to
be built or will we lay down and
<juit. Say lit us ha "e 'em
THECRIMhOJ
GAMBLING
. One is not really wise until lit? .
he had already won, jias4 ieat*ned not to look around!
the garae Letter than he does, isc 1 cit-
ing, as lie takes from him not 011I)
the nionej1
but all his hard-eariu-d cash besides,
lb, becomes painfully awaic that he
is dialing with a fi?nd, and that lie is
in the praSp of his power. Hot
Words ensue. Passion is wrouih'
up to its highest tension. A j istol
flashes across the u!>!e. A human
life goe.; Out. One of thei". t''5es to
try the rsalitie^ of a world of eternal
Woe; the oilier ; > a felon s Call and to
the merciless p-rialty <> the law of
man a;:.! <■■' Cr:d- I .is rema*n ng
poit'oi' of his 1! ivs 011 eartn must be
. r.01 For
Ed ward'
of (J
m1 Mrs.
Town
e.-ery time he hears
whistle.
s some one Pleas excuse th • Clipper this
week :is the Edit >r is a'."ay.
Many ,v poor man could now j
be rich if he had pawned his hab Statement Of The
it of sleeping late mornings, I 0\VHC rslli]3
1 ubiished
Ok la re
Every heapecked husband ; of Oklahoma Clipper
finds some conslatioa in fact; each \ve?k at Trdiani';'.
that his single friends will aiso quired by Act of At.fjus: 211012.
be caught by the same kind of
b lit,
Mrs W L Knnis of Indianola
j Editor, \V. C. Austin Indianola
Okla. Managing Editor W. C.
spent in bitter regret, and his Ihoughts i* visting her parents at Adkins
Ark this week.
The Editor made a business
tri|)to Bokoshe, this week.
Mr. Farmer you want to re-
member that if this present Tar
it? bill, becomes a law It opens
the great American markets to
the fartr.eis of other Countries
where wages t re not half as
cheap, as they are here, and it
means a reduction en the price
your product, are you getting to
much for your product t )day.
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A pr.nic now means the sacri-
fice of thousands of homes, that
Avill be sold under the law.
Homes thatcould have been paid
for if times had continued as
they have been for the past
twelve years.
With a little better than thirty
six dollars per capita now, and
in selling at the rate of live
hundred millions of dollars annal
jy, morel ban we are hying, looks
very good to one t!: 11 knows
-what prosperity is. Hut wili
some one tell us what will it oe
per capita after our markets arc
Ope ie! to foreign countri *s.
They will h ive our money and we
\\ .1! have the good.
forever to dwell upon his s!a n
victim. There will be no rest for him
day nor night. A horribe vision always
be before h's c\'es whether awake
r asleep. He too, perhaps, n ay so
h ir-' t'l. fat3 of ll:s victim. rlorri
ii'e tboujibt. Ibis is 1 he reaping
Where is the sowing? Away back
younder somewhere in a parlor, su:-
roune l by a gay i:owd of joung
IVrhaps most persons commenc;d to
pliy carl s 01.iy for pjstitne, and hail
no ' l'c Ll
Iw
brought I.is ruin. \\s there bariii
i i that game? who shall answer?
riiis is not a visionn of the fancy
mi a nicie Whim of the brain, 't
hii^ beea enact over and over a^nin
1 re.'I life. Thousands lia\e Eonejg
iowti to a devil's hill from th; card; $
parlor. v
Gambling is one among the great-
er curses of our land. Soma games
are not harmful but it is a \ixing
Question todtcid. where to draw the
line. Many gainas are the stepping
stones to the gambling ev.i. Vast
number of people seen to have a
natural bent 111 that direction
eajiy tali into the vice. < iambliug
A-idesp-o-aJ e\ii in our iauu
Strict laws with icvere penai. i.s do not
seem to prOi'ibic it aitu^et :er, and so
loi.g as our young people e.igage n
<|<ieS:!o".ib.c games and their appj.-
. .a are fed up to the gambling pitch,
we Will always have trouble alon^
this line. Otien a piize is o.bied to | parry in some woman
the sUccescful contestant 111 a game
ot chance to .sharpen the contest and
taf.c a>vay tile ot!u-i*VVi e lameness
ot ine game. 1 he tnoutbt that it is
gambling does not occur 10 tc.e play-
ers pciiiaps, and vtt u is tiue
thing else; but as Iney learned to be
secricient 111 the game, anJ a prize
was oifeied tor tile best player, tue>
played for it; and So gradual was Hit
transition Irom a pastime pia/ to otic
ot gambling, tliat in mam instance
Hie ;.la> ei's did not icaii/.e 1.1 at ttiey
Were gambling till tli£y nad already
rosscu tue line; and ttien tuay soJUe-
lliiies call scarcely be made to be-
lieve it, although it is a tact, :o suc-
cessfully lias me tase impression
Deen made upon ihelr ini'.i.s that
lity aie l.ct gambling ui.wil iney
play icr money. L noer sm.li ileiu-
sioil l.ley coiiluiue to p^U). the
lascu.aiiuii ol Hie game .. 1.ille.a-
grteahle eon.pull), tsi ec.ai.j n 11.e
Icompaii) Is made up lu paic at .east
ul > OUil^ tadiOs 01* oluer eiies, Wllo
I aitj respocied as good c>u..aiv -clico,
Austin Indianola Okla. business
Managers, W. C. Austin Indian-
ola Okla. Publishers W. C. Aus
tin Indianola Okla.
Owners W. C. Austin Indian-
ola Okla.
Mrs Hamilton was a pleasant I , , , ,
call at the print ing ot?i< :• Friday I Swcrn to "nd subscribed be-
morning come again Mrs Ham- foro me this 1st day of April 1913
ilton. ' ! T. -T. Usee
j Notary Public.
The Editor liii.-d l.i,-. regl.ir; My Commission expires Sept 12
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Do you v/ant a paper to take the place of
the Banner.
It seems that Pre-ideii
sen is nut putt'ng <>n
dog as s. i.m.' • !' Ii'in i're ! •
Amen. Blether \ • ilb-
peop'.e 1 ivvei' do.. a ih - lit:
cut oat same of i
what it v, lu.d h '
ways.
Indi.m'il l. ca i
best towns ci ti
Western byju-
on the part of oi.'.r t it'.:'
wu let ii go lu i!i • ;
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you to pay as soon as you recieve the 1 st
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Indianola, is ,'uh d I y
the linist fart, i n; count ry in
Eastern Okla. One iirm >n o;:r
little ti.wr, has • vt i ..1 i. . s -lu
in 0:ie day, over d o- hnn. -
ieil dollars v^orth o- g oJ, an 1
no sale cn cither.
Tleprcnil t.'ii"' bill
low wages for Ik*1 wci !;i.
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you at once, w e are oeicer preparea to
give you a paper than ever be!ore,
L.ee cannot start the Banner any more,
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