The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-16
John ". Daws, Typical
Product of Mann Street

msnaEcrs, but his sister V going
60 have something 20 say about
his campaign In his birth town.
She Is Miss Emma X. Davis. a
woman OF forceful personality.
friends here predict that Rltho
she'll have no title In the Demo.
cratic army. she'l take full com.
mand here.
Before her return from New
York. she had telephone con.
ferenccs With friends here. I'D
vlslnE them how 10 proceed. II
may be noted that they followed
her directions explicitly.
She "a a. well knoRn In
Clarksburg As her brother. and
friends take the liberty or refer
ring 20 her a. Emma X" No
one. however, has heard her 70
called 10 her face,
TuiERE 4 a striking similarity
l. between the background OF
Calvin Coolidge and John W.
Davis. Both are from families
OF deep religious convictions
John Davis. grandfather % the
democratic nominee. used 20
gather his slaves into his home
sunday evenings AZ Clarksburg
and lead them and his family 10
prayer.
Hts religious Eeal was passed
on 20 John J, Davis. his son. who
was tho largest contributor 60
the Central Presbyterian church
In Clarksburg. lie was 20 active
IN its founding, and his financial
aid 50 great. Il Is sometimes re.
ferred TO as the Davis chapel"
John W. DAVIS parents were
~ very strict. Friend tell
how his mother once told him
TO so down to the postoffiee 20
set the mail.
John, then but a little fellow.
replied.
Il would 20. mother. but !
am afraid It would spoil the scr.
want"
His mother replied that sho
would rather have all her ser.
wants spoiled than TO have her
son ahirk work.
Davis took warning and so,
the mail.
His mother gave Davis prac,
ticaily all OF his grammar and
high school education. lilo never
went TO tho public schools OF
Ciarksburg.
She was q brilliant woman.
She mastered Latin and Greek
after tho birth OF her first child.
Dor n short time Davis went
10 private school conduct.
cd By one Bettinger.
Davis and remember Bet.
finger by one thing only" says
George Duncan. now n Clarks.
burg banker. and once boyhood
chum OF Davis. He always
taught class with his feet on tho
desk and a long black stogie in
his mouth"
II spite Of his rigorous train.
L ing. Davis was a true boy.
Duncan says.
Both probably were tho 1893
counterpart OF the modern sheik.
I'VE didn't go joyriding in
autos in those days" Duncan
says. We owned horses and
rigs, Many times Davis and
raced down Main ST.. 10 tho dis.
may OF tho moro staid folk. But
Davis horse could never beat my
sorrei."
Davis used 10 run away from
the maternal apron strings to the
old swimming hole with Duncan
and other boys. Davis grand.
father was a saddier. Hts father
also operated tho saddlery in
Main 81. for n number Of years.
even after Davis was born. but
later entered the bar and poll.
tics.
nAVIS entered politics I'M
~ knowingly against his
fathers strict orders. In 1910
delegates OF the first West yir-
GINA congressional district met
10 choose a congressional can
didste.
Hearing they were almost
unanimous for his son, John J.
Davis sent telegram forbiddinS
him TO accept the post. To make
sure. he sent another telegram.
Ignatius Brennan. political
boss. got tho kilograms first He
kept them in his pocket until
after Davis accepted.
He was elected and has never
been defeated for any office.
CIT KNOW moro about Davis
i than his father boasts
DR.. J. w. Johnston. Davis
family physician for the past
Is years.
But unfolding professional
traditions. he won't tell secrets
Dr. Johnston went to the
democratic convention at his
own expense TO aid Davis. He
claims 10 have swung the North
and South Carolina delegations
into line for him.
A LII Clarksburg Is Davis mad.
n Business has ceased its
usual quiet course since his
nomination.
People who haven't spoken to
each other for years are talking
Davis ON the street corners.
Visitors are inflicted by any
number OF sclf-appoInted guides
who insist on showing where
Davis stood when he made his
last speech, where ho ate lunch,
and where ho first met Ellen
Basel, his second wife.
TARI ,EC