The Searchlight (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 20, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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The Searchlight
E. M. GREEN, Editor
PuMishri Wnlf it'CashMt. Ola.. If Tla Grin Prat Ci.
50c Per Year in Advanc;
Afflicatiti wait for utraacis stcul dm aittir it thi pistilfict at Cishiu. Ola.
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Head the letter of Bro. ('has.
Moore, Secretary of Falls Lodge,
No. 20«|. Bro. Moore states
some pertinent facts worthy <>l
consideration by tin* brothers.
A. H. T. A. of Okla.
Elsewhere will be found
communciation from * •
Stewart, of Agra. We an
to receive such letters as
show lhat The Searchlight
in the accomplishment ol
work of the order.
A. H. T. A. of Okla.
Still More.
In another column will be
found communications from Bros.
Testerman and Margraves. ( We
have also received others and
have talked with several broth-
ers concerning the matter ol
outside subscribers. Nearly all
we have received letters from
and with whom we have conferr-
ed. while some thought differ-
ently at. first, are of the opinion
that the best interests of the
order would not be conserved
by taking on such subscribers.
This is .just what we wanted.
We are only one and felt that
we should have the opinion ol
the others before taking any
step, and we gladly accept and
submit to the opinions ol the
many. We have no other de-
sire* than that of the brothers.
The Searchlight is strictly an
Anli paper and the. Antis ot Ok-
lahoma .jurisdictions are the peo-
ple whom il is to serve and their
interests as they themselves see
them, shall always bo first con-
sidered by us. it is not only a
matter of honor for us to do
this, but also one ol personal
pride and even business prop-
osition to do so. .
At the same lime we do not
believe that the Committee are
io be eritized for granting the
authority, or rather the, endorse-
ment, or that purelv mercenary
w•fives should be imputed 1"
M*. There Aveiv valed and per-
tinent reasons before the < om-
»lit tec and us. which led us to
believe that is was a proper
However it was
bv all to lay the
the bi'Others. This
>cks ago.
that no one thought
As to subscription price and
income derived from the publica-
tion, while it may not have
reached all our anticipations, we
do not complain.
In conclusion, brothers all,you
may rest assured that The Search-
light and its editor will attempt
nothing which the editor is not
sure will be for the good of all
concerned and which is in ac-i
cordanee with the will of the
real supporters of the paper,the
National Order of the A. II. T.A
of the I'nited States.
Therefore we are not at pres-
ent soliciting outside subscrip-
tions. The Searchlight will re-
main. as it has been The Anti
Paper.
Since writing the above we
have received a letter from Bro.
thing to do.
thought well
matter bclon
\re did two w
We bclicvt
of els<
order,
things in
than the good ol the
Personally we had other
curing of subscriptions and from , would he better 1o In
the tone of letters, we believe bankrupt, 1 urn t
one of our .main purposes ,ms! u,
been accomplished. I " I 1
»J. B. ('rain of No, 125 which
Sve publish. l>ro. ('rain sets
forth a point which we had in-
tended to, but hy puts it so
well we need not do it.
Also ope from Bro. E. Y. Free-
man, which we hope all will
read. We want the matter fully
discussed and shall await other
communications before taking
further steps. Let us hear from
you.
A. H. T. A. of Okla.
Morrison. Okla., March 17,1012.
K. M. Green,
Editor of Searchlight.
Dear Brother:
As 1 see in the last issue that
yori wanted to hear from the
members of the A. 11. T. A. con-
serning the advisahility of send-
ing oki- paper to others beside
members of our order.
I will say this is only toy opin-
ion ami not aiming fo advise you
or any one. 1 think the paper
should fie confined to our order
if the price has to he raised to
supoit its publication; then in
turn let every member consider
himself a committee of one and
solicit- good men to join our ord-
er.
• Then putting onr shoulders t«»
the wheel of law enforcement
more v igorously. seeing that no
criminals go unpunished in our
commonwealth, regardless ol the
crirue, either stealing or embez-
zlement, from state or any *>l its
individuals. By doing ihis we
will tret the law-abiding citizens
in line and do away with ring
rule. Let us enforce the law if
it bankrupts the state, as it
in a state
o live in a stale
Ilia- voi'.. rather see crine ^o
osi
of prosecuting criminals.
This is .just one man's opinion.
A. .J. Testerman,
Lodge No. <80, .Morrison, Okla.
ilaney, Okla.
March,18, 12
Mr. E. M. Green,
Dear Editor and Brother:
1 see in The Searchlight there
is a question open to discussion
in regard to outside subscription.-
As we all have a right to our
opinion s:o we all differ more or
less, as for me 1 dont approve
of outside subscriptions, and 1
will try to give a few reasons.
If we are going to have a
secret <)rder let us have it, if
not we will be down and out
quick enough. The first thing
we know those outsiders will be
doing a lot of writing and then
begin telling us A. II. T. A.mem-
bers what we ought to do, and
if there is lots of good men tluit
wants to read The Searchlight
let them join some local and get
in. the ring. 1 dont believe in
hireing anyone to be an Anti,
I don't care if he is Police, or
Sheriff, if they want to help en-
force the Laws without giving
them a side swipe at our Asso
ciation let them go and elect
another one next time, that is
oi- will join the A. H. T. A. and
be on the inside where all good
Officers ought to be.
And The Searchlight is an A.
II. T. A. paper. Will it be when
everyone becomes a subscribev
that want to? Brothers we art
aware of the faet that outside
subscription would benefit the
Publishers, but I think it would
be to the Associations down fall
and further ' more our Publish-
ers assured us Delegates at the
last State meeting that he could
make a fair profit out of the
paper at .">()« per year.
Dear Brothers, if a merchant,
Ranchman, Farmer, or any one
that is worthy of reading The
Searchlight as a subscriber to
try to. get good results there-
from; Brothers approach this
man and see if you can't get
an application to take to your
local next meeting night.
Hurrah for The Searchlight.
Yours for the good of Order
('. B. liar grave,
Local No. 103, Ilaney, Okla.
Let us hear from all.
never been anything of secret
tendency in it, and it has never
been k\*pt from the public. I
have seen copies of it laying on
counters in Guthrie.
At one time I belonged to the
Great Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Fireman and afterward to
the Great B. L. E. and both of
those orders are secret orders
and both publish a fine magazine
and we considered it our duty
to solicit subscriptions and real-
ly forced it into merchants with
whom we traded.^
Another thing about the hun-
dreds of trades and fraternal
organization papers that the A.
II. T. A. was so slow in getting
around to is they have always
been owned and published by
the order.
Yes Bro. Green you have start-
ed right and expect you to stay
with this proposition.
E. Y. Freeman.
Valley. Okla.,
March,16,1912,
Mr. E. M. Green,
Dear Sir and Bro :•—
After seeing Bro. Burnworths
protest 1 thought 1 would give
my views. 1 have failed to see
anything in The Searchlight that
I thought were secrets. I would
feel like thirty cents if my neigh-
bor would ask me to see my
Searchlight and I would tell him
"no," it had something in it
1 did not want him to know. He
may be full of reasons but he
will have to show jne.
Yours truly,
-1. l>. Grain Vice Pres. No.,
125. Blackburn, Okla.
Okla.
fear
1 h<
Gut hrit ,
I >ro. (J reeit;
• fust, received Searchlight and
I am sure from past experience
in sueh matters that you arc
right in all you have said in re-
gard to indiscriminate subscrib-
ers for t he paper.
You have taken the right
course in inviting ;i discussion
ott the subject and your slant
in favor of it is right, and you
arc right in asking Brothers to
give theeir reasons and anything
else should be disregarded.
In first place I can't see any
reasons why any <me should be
barred from taking the paper,
and there arc several reasons
why others should take it.
In the first place our paper
is nut wur ritual and there has I through \vit4i
Speaking of the high cost of
hiving Major Beck of the llolton
Recorder recalls: "I remember
that 1 once gathered up nine
dozen eggs, bridled up an old
blind horse, and mounted. 1
carried them four miles to mar-
ket and sold them for 3 cents
a dozen. I purchased with the
proceeds a straw hat, 15 cents,
and a fine tooth comb, 10 cents.
Eight of the eggs were cracked
and the storekeeper kept them
for good count. Nine dozen
eggs today would buy a dozen
straw hats and enough 'Jerusa-
lem overtakers' to supply the
entire neighborhood.
Yerd Napier: When the in-
spector of weights and measures
comes around how much vvill
your golden rule be short! If
you are very greatly impressed
by your importance it will do
you good to be away a couple
of weeks and see how well thing*
go during vour absence. The
fellow that is in the habit of do
ing nothing is usually inclined t«
overdo it.
Anna Carlson: Perhaps the
reason some folks don't care a-
bout heaven is because there will
be nit giving in marriage 111 M'e.
A haughty woman in a little
t«>v. n looks about as lonesome as
the lonesome plant left standing
iu Grandmother Baird's flower
>ed after the chickens yot
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Green, E. M. The Searchlight (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 20, 1912, newspaper, March 20, 1912; Cushing, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc285235/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.