The Criterion And The Independent (Bartlesville, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, January 23, 1920 Page: 2 of 8
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CRITERION
the Independent
th« Interett ot Labor
Friday of each week in Bar-
lahoma, by
riterion Company
CE............Managing Editor
NEY.........Business lianagar
at aecond clatt matter at tire
at Bartlesedle, Oklahoma,
of March 3rd, 1879
-n price, per year.
$3.00
•rioa it endorsed by the Bar-
Central Trade* and Labor
and by ererr local anion in
lie, representing approximately
her*.
Priatiaf tke •*Nm"
ay last week an excited
al rushed into the C* iter-
ce with a choice bit ol
burning the end of bis
off and he wanted it pnb-
n the paper. It mattered
im that the scandal affect,
daugnter of a neighbor,
e mother of the girl was
|y ill, that the brother ol i
rl was just entering what
ed to be a successful pro
al career. The scandal
h in flavor and he wanted
it in print. He told the
ith all the re'ish of the
I connisseur, but asked that
me be kept out of it. When
per appeared this man hur-
the office and demanded
he story had not been print
d declared the editor was a
d and afraid to print the
and further, that he, the
r. would never again furnish
kiterios with a bit of news,
e fact is the man who warned
news" printed was the real
rd. He was afraid to have
ame mentioned in connec-
with the item, yet he wanted
ditor to take all the respon-
ty of the incident. The lives
any of the inhabitants of
lesville are closely related—
so in any small city—aud the
r of the Criterion knows
details of many Rtories—he
the details of the one the
visitor asked to have printed, long
before the visitor made his ap-
pearance at the office. But the
editor could see neither profit for
himself nor glory for his paper in
pnntiog an item that would bring
sarrow to an agedjfather, disgrace
to a brother and probably aerious
consequences to a sick mother.
An editor has to print maay
things he would rather leave uu.
publised, but the scandal that hat
but “spice"|to recommend it, will
have no place ia the column of the
Criterion, nor should it have in
any self-respecting newspaper.
Om Nu'i Ntthtf.
These words are wrillen for one
particular man who will read this
page. It may be profitably read
by every man who has a mother
The man 1 have in mind is a mar
jned man. 1 don't know his name
bat I know his story.
This man I have in mind is now
middle age and fairly prosperous.
He is highly respected in the com.
munity where he resides. Hu aid
mother makes her home with hitn
and bethinks he is doing hit full
duty toward her because he sup
plies her needs in the way of food
and clothes and other ways. She
eats at his table, i* warmed by his
fire and sheltered by his roof, hut
that is all.
He neglects het; be never says
a word of affectiaa to her, he
never pay* her any of the little at-
tention*. When she ventures an
opinion, he cuts her short with
curt contempt. When she tells
her garrulous old stories, as old
people are apt ta do, he does not
even attempt to conceal the fact
that he is bored. In a thousand
unintentional ways the old mother
is made to feel she is a cumberer
of the ground, an impediment to
the household, an old fashione
and useless piece of furniture
which every one will be glad to
get rid cf.
And under this coldness and
neglect the old mother’s heart is
daily breaking. Ob, if I coulc
only say to him, man, man, give
love as well as duty to your moth-
er. Give her the wine of life as
well as the bread of life. Don’t
Target the woman who never for-
got you, who never forgets you.
straightened out in our new home thw meeting
the Criterion job printing d. ^ ^ B||per|nU5ndent of
pertinent has been very busy gUr gme|Ur has just
during the past week A num- burned from a trip to Missouri
her of the local unions are having where he was called on account
by-laws printed, with quite a of the death of hia aunt
number more to come in soon. I Mine, Mill and Smelter Union
You boys don’t want to forget jj0 j,7( met Thursday night and
that we hgve the equipment, and
are heartily in favor of having
the Criterion sent to tbetr mem
bers twice a week.
Mr and Mr*. Chss. B Barnett
left Thursday for Kansas City
where they will meet general
manager of the Columbia tallciatr
machine and will be entertained
at the Hotel Baltimore a at Ban-
quet. They wiil return Satatday
night.
that we can handle about any-
thing in the printing line.
Last Friday night a represen
tatire of the Criterion met with
the organization of machinists. |
The machinists are a growing
organization, and they are lining
up for this paper in a business
like way. The machinists have
about seventy five members.
Some few queationa have been
asked regarding the circulation
of the Criterion. Some two or
three (business men have been
somewhat alow to advertise for
fear we only printed a hundred
or two copies All we shall say
at this time is this: Several sub
scription solicitors were sent out
nto the field recently, and thay
came back with the tale of woe
that there was no use for them
to solicit- that every damnen man
in the fown had already sub
scribed.
Meeting of Sme'.ters Nos. 1
and 2 Friday night at Eagles s .............. a
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Dr. Julius A. Simmons
CHIROPRACTOR
WE USE NO DRUGS
At the Eentral Rooms, Dewey
Phone No. 5b
Squire
Brothers
and Second Hand Furniture
We have a full line of new and second
hand furniture
CALL AND GET OUR PRICES
117 E Second Street
Phone S61 e
DO YOUR
TRADING
AT
Star
Dtag Store
Who’s Your Druggist?
The Star Wants to be your drug store because it
believes it can please you in service,
quality and price
Take Your Prescriptions to
THE STAR DRUG STORE
109 East Third Telephone 110 and 111
The Smelter
Stores
*
Company
|| The Cheapest Place on
Earth to Trade
The Store Where You Get the Most of the Best
for the Least Money
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Koonce, A. S. The Criterion And The Independent (Bartlesville, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, January 23, 1920, newspaper, January 23, 1920; Bartlesville, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc950339/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.