The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-22
ARDMORE CENSUS STATISTICS
NUMBER oF WHITES AND NE.
GRoEs, MALES AND FEMALES
SHOWN BY WARDS.

W. W. Taliaferro who was one
OF the census enumerators for the
city OF Ardmor, TO take tic census
just prior to the holding OF the elec.
ton for delegates to the constitu.
tional convention, has had consid
cradle experience in that line. hav.
ing been engaged in taking the fed
eral census at every enumeration
since 1860.
The total population in the two
wards Of both races number 1864.
OF which number the whites are
3,7i3, and the negroes S2l.
lr ward l, the number OF white
males twenty-one years OF age and
over Is go, males six years old
and over 800. males under six years
l52. making a total Of l.19l. In
this ward the white females who are
twenty one years and over mum.
bered 652; six years old and over
and under twenty-one, 800; under six
years old, 16i; a total OF white fe.
males 1,lS5.
The number of negroes, male.
twenty-one years and over, 40; six
years and under twenty-one, 90; un.
der six, 7, total. 10. Negro females
twenty-one and over, 40; six years
and under twenty-one. 27 under six
years OF age. 10; total, Sc; giving
the total number OF negroes 165.
In the second ward the total white
population numbered 1867. and the
negro population numbered CSC, a
total OF 2,02S,
In making the compilation the fol.
lowing other statistics were gathered
as to the number OF houses in the
city, places OF business and other
institutions.
First ward--Dwelling houses Sal,
stock dealer l, paint shop /, carpen-
ter shop /, wall paper store /, sec.
ond hand store l, gunsmith shop |,
asphalt company /, undertaken l,
school house J. skating rink l, the.
| ater /, postoffice /, telephone ex-
change l, daily paper /, weekly pa.
per 1, bowling alley /. pool hall |,
bucket shop /, hide store /, nickel
store l. plumber steam and gas fit.
ter 2, millinery store |. photographer
|, music store !, sewing machine
store |, grain dealer /, commission
house I; halter /. architect |, saddle
shop /, dairy and ice cream factory
l, planning mill l, cotton gin I. de-.
! partment store l, colleges 2, fraternal
halls 2, printing offices 2, furniture
stores 2. livery stables 2, clothing
stores 2, butcher shops 2. fruit
stands 2. telegraph offices 2, abstract
offices 2, confectioners 2, dentists 9.
book stores 2, wagon yards 2, lum.
ber yards 2. blacksmith shops 2. cold
drink stands 2, banks 3. jewelry
| stores 3, dry goods stores g. hotels
3. barber shops 4, drug sotres 4.
restaurants and lunch rooms 4, CO:
ton dealers 4. churches 5. doctors G,
rnoming houses 7. Insurance agents
8. real estate dealers 9. grocery
| sts.s s.
Second ward shows-Dwelnng
houses 431, churches 4, school houses
2, fraternal hall /, printing and pub
fishing house (Ardmoreite) /, daily
paper (Ardmoreite) /, weekly paper
(Ardmoreite) /, florist l., bakery |,
packing company /, brick yard l, au-
tomato store factory /, turner shop
/, millinery shop /, music store |,
shoe shop I. poultry dealer l, bot.
Ting works /, barber shop !, sani-
tarium /. book store |, farm imple-
ing and timing shop |, commission
house 1. steam laundry 1, express Of
flee /, photographer l, artificial
stone plant l, depots 2, paint shops
2. shoe stores 2, drug stores 2. fur.
niture stores 2. coal oil plants 2. cot
ton gins 2, grain dealers 2, planning
mills 2, butcher shops 2, undertak'
ers 2, real estate firms 3. lumber
yards 3, wagon yards and barns 5,
second hand stores 8, hotels and
rosming houses T. blacksmith shops
I, dry goods stores S, doctors offices
II, cold drink stands IL. restaurants
q, grocery stores 20.
In the first ward asa OF the dwell
ings were occupied by whites, 32
by blacks, 25 vacant
In the second ward .65 OF the
| dwellings were occupied by whites,
| $50 by blacks, l6 vacant.
Many new residences have been
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