Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-12-29

SAID. II felt this WIS HE NcA.. Nuu
sec. talked to farmers and they
told me how they would vote. The
Republicans didn't know"
MIR. Davis married Mary pur.l"n
IN 1894. They have three children
Russell Gordon Davis. 2G NcarS old,
is the apple Of his fathers eye. Rus
sell will run the farm while his faith
or IL running the State. \ fall in 4
gymnasium several Years ago result
ed in the Younger Davis suiirl.in.
what commonly is known us a brok
tn neck. He was in hospital IS
months. but he recovered. He. >cry
ed in the aviation corps i'm the war.
Mary Frances, now Mrs. Dewey
Mccormick. whose husband is a
farmer living near Ford. Kansas,
was the second child. Lola Nellie.
the Youngest. is teaching her first
school in Linn County. near home.
All went TO ShcOol in the same dis
trict in which their father received
his elementary education. known as
the Davis school. and all were born
on the same farm on which their
father was born.
me Davis farm in operated along
modern lines. There are hogs and
cattle as we'll as fields of Wheat and
corn. And there are many acres i'm
2rcS>. There is Il modern accounting
system IN dthc bullctinc> from asrI-
cultural colleges and farm maga--
zines are studied.
Mrs. Davis could not. b> any
stretch of imagination. be called Il
society woman. ~ the time of the
visit She was Kidding her home of
The accumulation of campaign litter
preparatory to moving to the Cover
nor'S mansion in Topeka in time
for Mr.. Davis Inauguration. January
II. One of her worries was about
her homc-canncd fruit. She put up
400 quarts of it this summer. Ii was
Il good fruit year in Kansas where
fruit is an uncertain crop and Mrs.
Davis said one wasn't just canning
fruit for another year. 1t WAS to be
canned to last until another fruit
crop. Would that fruit keep in the
cellars of the executive mansion?
That interested her greatly. She
didn't care anything about the pat
tern of the wall decorations. She
WAS proud of her husband. happy |
in his success. but visible relieved !
because the campaign WAS over and
she could clear away the litter from
the front room.
My chief concern is for l..c farm
cr>.' Govcrnor-clcct Davis said in
discussing what WAS to be his rnIic> |
while Governor. "Thcy have been |
ward hit. | know their condition.
| pledged Them would reduce
taNcS. I'm going to make every cf-
fort to carry out that plchgc.
Fakes are too high. Government |
has been costing too much The |
Farmer. in Kansas. carries the main |
burden. The Kansas farmers are hit |
hard. They can't afford to pay high
taxes"
He said it in Il way that made the
listener understand better why farm
crS believe the campaign pledges
were made in sincerity. 1t helped
one understand why this man had
carried rock-ribbed Republican
Stronsholds, his opponents home
county and every county joining it.
This is one election where tbc
politician cut mighty little figure"
ne sad. "Neithcr the Republican nor
the Democratic leaders control me-"
Iherc was something in the way
the Jaws of the Governor-clcct clos.
'd that suggested the Swapping of :,
steel trap.
i am not obligated TO any poll
lician or set of politicians" he said
Mr.. Davis WAS III the cornticld
corn when notified Of his
ERECTION as Governor of Kansas.
JAS. l.ainS Jr. is at home from In,