The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-05
WRITE TO THE OLD FOLKS

r,,,oore Iorton, editor OF the "oil lu'
rus 4, NOT only the meanesl re-
,,uhlican in the state, but ne 20 1,'',y
p"'th pS 'he hest editorial writer's also, MAJ @
70 1,is editorials are gems anu ,o il
VI MS hased on 1--WE shall write hoiiie
80 the old folks once week n'I
roouired by the manager vi 80
.,ranertv In this state ol the eIiplosD D.,
prd he deserves applause from eN0''
ON and daughter in Oklahoma
',,Va know of the manager ol
-, rronerty in this state VINO nao
hs,'ad an order that every one Oh ms
,nloyes Of whatever degree sha'l
i,;,r home 6t least once week. OF Nv
,',;iI ne docked one days pay. ne pu'a
No emnlove on honor to report any
;nsr;ngement of the rule He iuriiisnes
,hn naner and the stamps ana thc
mons and the ink, just WIl'e " tI,a
old mother every week. ne 'o'a ,,aI,
new recruit "Eou can Wrl'e 90 i,,,t
ortener than that as you want w. tho
Won must write letter hoi''o "
old folks once week, Wild
"And that is a model camp III ,it VIZ
country. The boys come III at ,n6 nlsnt,
vounp and old, and they sit aiounu NV,
awhile and tell the experiences oi o,,s o"s
dav they tell stories OF the olu u"S :
when they were wandering "po",
hore-footed, and then half dozen VI
tbon will go over to the Wrlll,is
tahIes and write those letters 10 .n'
.nId folks at nome, those letters Whiel
to,l of homes vet to be fulfilled OIL am am
Litiors vet undimmed by dlsappoln'
,nont and despair, of things accom-
nlished and things anticipated" VI
isimnle annals of the poor, lle hai
,nti,a of the daily round OF lie VI, w
tios and the discharge OF respohSlpll
-, what a chapter in the deVelopilei
~ the oil country those letters "nlo
oro mailed from Drumwright ever
,,,ool, wnuld make! What an lhslsl
;,to the life of the camp, the luill'
nbase of il we would nave C"u'u "
hut get inside Of those pages 30
boriously composed III tle SN en-,
hours, There are love stories al
thore are stories of hardship an
there are stories of happiness ana CO
tontment. there are stories oil SIC
rees and of health, there are sloIl
Of success and failure, all golhs
the 'old folks at home,
"Tbat would be a good rule Tor eve
emplover. especially in new count
to enforce. We recommend IT,
C,elave H. it. We who are growing o
Who feel the weight of years, W
have, perhaps, oeen slngula,lS " u.
torv in this regard, realize what 1t
40 oct the letters from the boys W
are ava. You don't feel the strehs
or that rule till you are tather So
self and the boys are sailing 10
some on the seas or blazing the u
through the wilderness or carrying
surveyors chain through the wa
nlaces. or standing guard, sWoru
hand. at some of the remote outpo
of the republic. ...,
Write letter home every we
II is such a little thing, and II me-
so much. it goes so far toward cii'
ING the weary way which the
folks at home" must tread IN the
wears of their progress down the SUI
side Of the incline II goes so iar
ward making them feel on thelr w
cd brows the breath of the etei
morning. so far toward making IN
for a few minutes at least turn p'
ward the book Of memory ana rem
her the days when we were II
children. when they used to tuck
in bed every night, and 1t WILL III s.
way. be an answer to their pray
uttered every day and every hour
our preservation and happiness.