The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-03

'sre today celebrating TIE csu-enlisi
anniversary Of the b.rra q ths souta.s
great leader. Jefferson Davis It wss
.sust boo years ago today on June 3
Isgs that tie first and last president
iof the Southern Confsdefaey vas born
lin Chris1sn county. Kentucky and bis
admirers throaghoa. the reunited na-
lt0n are today paying homage 70 lis
memory In Washington TIE eEercis-
y we're simple but impressive. and
I we're participated Il by men and 70
linen Eh0 wore the blue ia the war
lare between the north and ne south
Many statesmen or tie oid school
remember Davis a. United States
senator and recall hls career III the
national capital prior 70 the war-a
career that ended % January IT. lssE
when Davis announced The secession
" hl8 state Mississippi from me
Union ard his consequent Withdrawal
from The senate The speech is de-
clared by those Who heard it. one Of
the most noteworthy ever delivered in
THE senate chamber and after frs close
every member gathered about the Mis-
sissippi senator and bsde MIN an af.
feclonate and affecting farewell
TIE Leader Of The Lost Cause vas
son of Samuel Davis. Welshman by
/ descent = Baptist in religion and a
d-mocrat In politics AZ most Of tie
first famiiies Of Kentucky were Epis-
copalians and Federalists this shows
that sam Davis. Ike Abraham Lin
coins father. Tom Lincoln, was not
bountd b. any rules Of caste, and was
not 10 BE- reck0ned an aristocrat The
year after Jensrsons birth-June 3,
I 1865 Samuel Davis emigTated 10 Miss
lissippi territory. where be settled on
Ia plantation in Wilkinson county
about mile from Woodyille. where
the boyhood Of Jefferson Davis was
passed
His schooling appears to have been
carefully looked after When but 7
he was sent to the academy Of the
Dominican Friars in Kentucky and
remained there three years. Then n
turning 10 Mississippi he matricula. ed
at Jefferson college. which he appears
10 have left at the close Of the year
for the purpose Of going 10 the rev
wilkinson county academy. where he
had for a teacher John A. Shaw Of
Boston. under whose tutelage he made
much progress. In 1921, when entering
on hts l4th year he went to Transyl
Z Yania university at Lexington, Ky.
then considered The best institution oi
learning west Of the Alleghanies In
July, 1924 Samuel Davis died and the
following September Jefferson was ap
pointed cadet to West Point Here
.he came into Intimate relationship with
Robert f Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston
and Joseph E Johnston-three lead
\ ers of the Lost Cause whom he did
much to recognize and promote while
serving as president Of the confeder
acy
we are told that the president Wai
faithful TO his personal friends. Some
times the devotion was to the injury
OF the public service; bat it was there
always, and It was not the least lev
able trait Of his character At th'
end Of bis four years at West Point
= IN which be displayed no remarkable
aptitude for his atudles, he was gradu
ated 30. 20 in class Of 23-whicl
S shows that as a cadet he ranked Jus
q one point about Cen Grant But tn
effect OF his schooling at the mllitar
academy was visible in the man dow
10 the last day Of bis life He WAS a
way precise in his attitude. some
thing Of a martinez and decided
military in his bearing Moreover, j
very many ways he evidenced hi
great love for bis alma mater
10 1853 be resigned bis commissio
in the United States army and elope
- with daughter Of Col. Cafterward
president) lachery Taylor In 1856
Betty Taylor Davis died, and Day
after remaining a widower for eigI
years, married for his second wife Mii
Varine Howell Of Vcksburg, II
granddaughter Of Gov Howell Of Ne
Jersey-who had been governor Of tn
state from 1894 to 1901, through Il
concluding years OF Washingtons a
ministration and through the whole
. John Adams Gov. Howell was
'staunch old federalist, and Miss Va
ina at FIRST found It dificult to und
stand how a gentleman and a dem
crat could be united IN the same p'
son. In the end Jefferson proved
much Of an aristocrat as even a Ho