The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-22
THIS OLD TIMER
DRAWS COMPARISON
FROM THE LOG CABIN SCHOOL
HOUSE TO THE MODERN BRICK
WITH ALL EQUIPMENTS
10 the ArdmOreitc .

~ ON the south, Keller on the east,
ana llealdtcn on the west.
II was a gloomy region indeed To
boy, that had been accustomed
To the benefits of an old settled and
an up-t date country. There were
no school houses to bc seen except
occasionally little log hut, with
out windows. daubcd with red mud.
and usually covered with sheet iron.
These schools were generally over.
crowded with little children. and
they We're generally presided over
by a long, hungry-looking teacher
who wore look OF disappointment
IA his face till someone would come
along and call him professor. then
ho would wake up TO a sense of his
Importance and put on the airs of
potcutatc, and In walking away,
I Immediately after being thus hon.
urcd. the twin tails of his scissor.
tail coat, would pop like black
snake. a. they seemed to be- urg.
iug him O. Il more vigorous prose.
cut'on OF his chosen profession.
Now. don't think am saying any.
thing 10 Intentionally hurt the feel.
ings of any one who might haze
labored in these schools. for spent
several years IN the same business.
and have only the highest regard
/ fot all these vino suffered the great
Inconvenience thai We all did, and
/ am frank In the opinion that most
o. us were honest and did the best
", could under the circumstances.
There were no large farms then
in that country and twenty-five acres
was 4 good sized crop for one man
and team. Occasionally a deer would
bound across the road and turkeys
We're plentiful
The resident houses then were
simply lituc log cabins of usually
| one or two rooms, generally a shed
I
bedroom below. and frequently a few
I pianks placed overhead on the iIists
and a bed was generally put up In
the loft. as We called ii. Sometimes
somnambulistic character would
take a midnight flight from the cell
ing To the floor. and spra!n an ankle
and consequently furnish little gos'
sip for those who were so inclined.
Our neighborhCod reporter was
around about twice week. To tell
H., about old man Johnsing staying
goat by cutting his throat from
ear to ear and as how p'tiiul 1t
hlcated and the tother goats snorted
as goats always do N such Occa
SONS. Il tell you,' says he. "it is
just simply butchersome, 10 treat
them in such an unmanly mod"
Good old Sister Perkins VAS al-
ways telling of Us as how Mary Jane
Brown was critically i'll and If she
kept on exposing herself going to
that ar big meeten, She were liable
t. get sick. II was really = great
country then, for stock raising, the
grassy woodlands and prairies we're
simply beautiful. but nothing per.
manent was in evidenca.
but We will contrast conditions
then and now
Since statehood We ave rullt 4
$500, school house at Hewitt: a
$4,000 school house al Wheeler that
IL the pride Of Carter cOIn,y, he
ing heated and lighted with gd,, and
at Pleasant Grove (which was old
Iron Top we have beautiful $1,000
house. All these school houses are
equipped with all the modern conve-
hences, and tke best OF teachers
are in charge, and at $50 every
morning the chime of school bells
may be heard in every direction and
children may be- seen on th"lr way
u school, some in buggics, others
on foot some on horseback, and
all those that live over one and
one-half miles are hauled 10 school
IN wagonettes. which are kept run
ng AT the expense Of the publ.
Good farm h uses are being cree
ID on almost every quarter sectioh
OF land, and most OF them ar"
painted In some fashionabl" Colur'
There Is now in course of construc'
ton number Of beautiful and eX'
pcnsiye residences, the most import
ant of which are those of our prom
incnt Ardmore lawyer and progress
i've citizen, r. 4. Walker, II all land
owners would improve their farms
a. he does we would have much less
friction between landlord and tenant,
In add ri N 10 this We are work