Evening star., 1924-07-16
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TELL ABOUT DAVIS
GarksbuFg insists lie Be-
longs % Town Where He
Was Born and Reared.

CLAkJeSBUKG, ". Va, Juiy is.-
John w. Davis IL . West yirstaiaa.
slvsys has bsen . west virsanisn
and never will be snythinG s1ss-pot
to C,aEksbufg. It WouiAn't ms<ser II
he lived atty yssrs In EaEissd o. New
York-ht esutdn't for tAs isfe of him
set the Home folks down IN Ciarks-
burg % ADMIT ,tAat either - III hems.
Thet 10 pisja enough In she Htt1e
town o. narrow streets, blue grass
lanes End weodsd moantaBns. where
the old friends hs went 70 school with
and the older ones who vsAehed him
srow up. io1tes ~ tbe courthouse o.
IN the entrances to stores, buzs-bux-
sing with talk indisttnct except for
every tenth or twelfth word. wtsich
10 the name John W.
C!af'tsbsYg made him an4 es~e him.
or loaNed hinn-to New York and Che
rest OF th1 country. He 10 he< most IA
NOUS son since Stonewaa Jael<son's day
AIwoys CAaaOss C1sthaa.
Why, he's one o. us." UAcae John c.
JOHNSON, fle towns aeed tAAapopher,
9ooth eon4sFoessy today from within
hS l+.incA white board. Whom he
comes eack b hieas n Ais taxieab SO
AYsssIhs4 ciot6es. Ns wos61Tt th3nk of
esiag seen n ctaFksour1 IN de cstaway
Ne Hsafy W th4fe - the Aanl1Aed
World. oet in 10 minutes ~ bloasoms
Older the better. 'eaaDe Il asesns he's
home and free again.
sse ,ss z :ssss :.sss sss: az i :" <ets x'sa
aiSng the street. sa4 he slaps as on
sns nsek e hesd II hsrts On. he's a
man that's lived. 1nt he gets tired
being 'nifty'-snH when hA Gets down
here, he's the reai Johs--a Dfaln man
IN plain clothes. With . He9ViaF laugh
and q Asadshske ths& makes you
There's not 2 seyl ta clsrk.bure.
VIC assss't tss. johz T 6s-is .aei snd
who hasn't had his nanse on the tip
Of his o. her lips since years before
II was decisiveiy mentioned In the
one hundred and third ballot IN Nadi-
son Square Garden in New York last
What makes a man belong. to a
place." old Pat Long wants to know.
See that heuse On the h3lIt he con-
tinued "ifs his home. He comes
eenins there to = ferm.,iz ts.a that
deesa'f 60 70 NV York 70 feei
honey He psts on his fssey clothes
s4d goes to work there.
"sgt vhen he comes aows here he
the OLD swimming hole sftsv tt's dark
sad sDiash about like the ki1S they
we're forty years ago. Think New
York has 2 s.imnisS hese he can
snssk 70 after Aarx .aa pi:y In!
little viae.ee1s1e1 one seros. tse
street! That's the oae his father
built and took him to pray in every
Sunday. end II he diAa't bow his head
low enough his daA DroAAsA him IN
old ssiis III hous. = ss ss is's assr. a he Re
sat every aiGht while lis father led
the seRvsBts, hts sisters. he mother
.sa hirseif = 1rsysr: AS As & sss hti, 81
pasture! Say. T4 IKE to see any
ether place they elaan 70 e~n4ns our
New Yssk Mistakea.
New York Is barking up the wrong
tree IL II figures TO- tell any part Of
the world, shosld Davis be elected.
he has Hved and worked there for
SAY, listen; do you think that we'd
forget ouf claim to . ben who's sport
eaoa9h, even when he knows he may
be President, to iaaxh shout the day
Tom BFaanor's bulldog bit the seat
right out Of his best trousers IT q
picnic with the girls from George
Ysungs school?' asks Charlie Davis,
an old schooimats. We're hanging
tisht TO feiieW who still AnAs II
funny to remember how he backed
down Pinaiekianiek Hill TO borrow
spare pair from ne and then FA-
turned to the festivities. Hes a
CiarksbuF6ef, all right Think we'd
give him TO the country No. stree,
Sir. We're loaning him, that's ALL"