Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-12

! Of The present town OF Granbury
| Here they an lived until death and
al Acton all are buried Mrs. Crock
ett's death occurred Jan 81. 1860.
The Thrty-second Legi rlaturc. tNo
years ago. appropriated the sum of
! $4,000 to erect a monument al her
grave. by the Side " which rest her
son and daughter when Mrs Hal
ford died In 1919 she left one child
Graves lIalford. now a resident o.
Mineral Wells.
David Crockett WIS engaged iu
writing h.a autobiography says
! Col TuylDr's sketch. when 10 tuc
| fall Of 1885. after having been de-
featei for congre be- hurricdly lnft
Ih'a native state for Texas with The
suggestion that The people " Tenn
essee could go 10 hadeE q they likeu.
while ho would go to 1esar Thu
autobiography after DIE death vas
gotten roase sion ~ Boz writer. wnD
added great dol Of fictitious mat
I te- o. b. and pulI.shed as written By
/ Crockett himself eas furn he'd e
cops of this boo by the family 80
1876 aud read h of course interest
eddy. especially tbc first twoDt four
chapters which Crockett children
represented az written by him This
I book nov would make interesting
reading. bat have tried Bon vain 10
procure % copy. and hence ] shall us'
much brrtity iu treating of David
/ Crockett who nt tho time of bis
death was one OF mo most disiin2
uished character Boz American his
/ tory
+ So man can make himself so "ril
| known aud con pI,upus as DID tror-
/ kctt unless there o. rnmrth.rs FDrr
remarkable in Ia kcinr and iH
Ihis career III ufr wa F'riiable
romance. with tHc additional charm
Of unaucstionallr truth. uuapproaeh-
cd perhaps by any other American
not even oyceptiue Gen sam lous-
ton who had the most romantic ca
rccr aud ntcrcstnr hisior, of Amer
liran public men.
Amazing ~cIf-Cunfidcncc
4 Crockett wa man of amazing /
sclfcoufidcnce. without reverence
| for amy man. however great Doc might /
De- As rough and tumble dcbater
Inc had no superior and h.e ready
land othsustless fund of vii and re-
parteo and bold ana defiant oratory. |
/ with his vigorous common sense.
made him most interesting rharac
ter In any assembly Yet in biz an
photography n b. shown that he was
Id man of becomus modnsty. wherein |
he describes his embarrassment and |
coufosses his uabilitv easily to al
dress the people of Baltimore. Phil |
adclphia and NrU York when in |
ltSa3. he became the admiration for |
his courage auI abilit. u Oppusinc /
the policies of President Jackson |
with reference to his Indian and 9th ]
or administrator measures. notwith |
standing his nr.t torn IN Congress |
he had been - great friend OF the |
president AM while Crockett thus
confesscs his timiditv In the pres
cncc of his countrymcu. il was evil !
IDENTITY due 10 his modesty, the uni
ueness of the situation and the. 20 |
him. strange character NJ the people
as compared with the rugged from
torsmau De- had been associated
with Had ne been on the frontier
In politir contest with an oppon-
out who wa dcnouucing instead OF
appaudua linn he would have been
u his proper element While he was
not reckless he was bold. courage
Gus ana rc.rurccful neither rcputa-
iiou. position or ability would have
ahashod him
His patriotism and love of al
venture were Illustrated bv his TAX
uc up arms against Great Britain inI
the war of 1912. aud the alacrity
with whites he responded to every
call of Tennessee for volunteers to-
punish tho creek Indians in Alabama
and the S'Winoios IN FI'rida, under
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