The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-16

COL. SIDNEY SCGGS
children to become members of the
church az so early an age when they
hardly realized what they were do
ing. don't think so. ! believe If
the parents and the Sunday school
teachers would teach them day by
day and ask II they remembered the
promises they had made and keep on
training them that 1t would do good
and would be just what We are
taught to be, and would make better
people of all of us.
Il also believe in forgetting pas,
wrongs where present rights are in
evidence. II I should hear of you,
my brother. that YOU had done some
| one grievous wrong few days
since and today had heard OF YOU
doing great thing for good | would
give you my hand for the right and
forget the wrong And there is no
man who has done me wrong.
whom ! would not freely forgive, II
found in him corresponding dis.
position That is the way am ,on.
| stituted. ] may be wrong. but be.
lieve IL is right and the spirit of love
toward our fellow man. ] have been
a drummer for twenty years prior y
going into the newspaper busines.
and have as ,arge an acquaintance
as any man in the state, and moro
people know me than ! know, but
have never been fighter. ] got
whipped once and have never fought
since, ! think, though, that duty Is
one OF the greatest words In the Eng
lish language, and believe we
should spend more OF our time in
trying to make others happy. We
can't all be heroes. We can't all do
some great thing, but we can all do
some little thing every day that will
tighten the burden OF others. ! am
sure with my accumulated avoirdu.
pois that I could never rescue some
one from the third story OF n burn
ing building, but can do some little
act OF kindness to children and
! others. The heaven Is our roof and
| covers our home and we should sec
, to it that as many under our roof Is
/ made happy. have no patience
} with the fellow though who leaves
I. his own home unhappy to make tha
Z Of some ones else happy. Look al
t ter the folks at home.
E II had mighty hard time gettinl
I my wife and am not ready TO So,
I her suffer any on my account nor Z
r even think of going TO the divorc,
q courts, and they are a disgrace ol
o the face OF our land. We have on
o little Disbursements but We find
;. mighty nice to make up
" But forget to tell you my sui
!. iect 1t is the 9Th verse OF the 22n
V chapter OF Proverbs, which says
= Train up a child in the way h
q should 20 and when he is old he wi
D. not depart from IT," This brings m
n 10 say something about what yo
A, have heard of me saying IN otho
,r parts of the state. believe the ol
It system OF raising mp children
e wrong. Giving a boy a horse. sadd
;, and bride and a little money an
q telling him to hike out or 10 a gir
20 a COW and a calf and ter her
II look out for a husband I belieN
le when our children are between II
TX ages Of FIVE and seven years "
W should give thm plot of groun
s, teach them every day that It is thei
n and 10 improve II with trees, fio'
ers. etc. and that whatever else the
may accumulate, never 10 sell tn
is one acre or ten acres, fifty acres
IN % foot lot of land. Go with the
nd 10 f. regularly IL It is in the count
ia and discuss its improvements wi
lr. them and lead them to know that
as is home for them always.
ne Let them have control OF II
is they arrive at maturi ty and ins'
an into them the idea OF good roads
tie town. even II II is ten miles avs
This is the last OF the new count
nt that Is to he opened up anN we cf
er not begin this leading up OF our Oh
Nv dren too soon. II I had my life
IN. go over again | would give. TO ca
er. OF my children some land as ha
nd said and would have taught thu
so AZ am telling you now. Good roa