A Certain Rich Man plot
In the small town of Sycamore Ridge live young lovers Bob Hendricks and Molly Culpepper, Bob's banker father, General Hendricks, and John Barclay, head of the Golden Belt Wheat Co. When Adrian Brownwell comes to town to publish a newspaper, his cash deposits in Hendricks' bank allay his fear that an expected bank inspector will discover the shortage of bank funds due to Hendricks' support of Barclay. Adrian falls in love with Molly and decides to leave Sycamore Ridge when she refuses to marry him. Barclay threatens to ruin Molly financially unless she marries Adrian.