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.-• . ^ ^ - ., ' ^-'V: .:' - ■■*■ ■■■■/ .■■ '^ ‘■•^ ^■■'- y-'; :■ ■■■ ^'■.y-^''-':T"l i^imABLdnxHEWS, APmLj^ 191^ Jackson Monument Unveiled at Woxhaw "Great D. A. R Event The marking of the birth place of ■Andrew Jackson at Waxhaw, Wed nesday last—April 12,—marked one ;of the most notable events in D. A. ;R. history In North Carolina. Mrs. 'John Van Landlngham, state regent. Mrs. A. L. Smith, Mrs. J. P. Durant, of Mecklenburg Chapter and Misses Janet Quinn and Nan Buford, of Eliza beth Maxwell Steele Chapter, Salis bury, represented the D. A. R. of this section. The citizens of Waxhaw met the ladies of the D. A. R., and Mr. E. R. Preston, of Charlotte, orator of the day, at the station. After dinner at the hotel, tendered by the ladles of Wax haw, carriages, also provided by the Waxhaw citizens, were taken for the monument grounds, six miles* from Waxhaw. The unveiling of the monu ment was done by Miss Allie Rodman, Mrs. Brown, daughters of Mrs. Rod man, of Waxhaw, and Misses Janet Quinn and Nan Buford, of Salisbury. Miss Selene Hutchison, of Charlotte unable to attend and Mrs. Brown acted for her. The unveiling exercises were simple, but impressive. After the veil fell Mr. J. L. Rodman of Waxhaw made the following address; Mr. Rodman's Address. Gentlemen, Ladies ;mJ Fellow-Citi- zcns; From tradit'jn, hearsay, histoiy and reasonins:, this is^tho very spot where Andrew Jackson, the seventh presi dent of thoof. IJnKed States, waa boru; on March the loih. 1707. We countrymen welcome you Daughters of the American Revolu tion. We welcome you, the descend ants of the signers of the Mecklenbur;j DHclaration of Independence. We welcome you one and all to look upon the blrthi'lace of thut great hero, Andrew .iackson. Up there about four hundred yards, the line of the state of North Caro lina was established by the ferant of j the kinc of England. About twenty-1 five \ears ato, the siate had the liue j sur\?ved and It was placed about the! same place. Hy n-icing the land deeds from, the king’s grants iilons with other evidence, it will r.e heen that ihiu is the George McKamoy house lilace. W’e have cidence that Mr8. McKamey, Mrs. Lesiy and Mrs. hathen were sisters of Andrew Jack son’s mother and they testified that Andrew Jackson was born in the George McKamey house on this very spot. "Mr. J. J. Porter, an old, truthful, reputable man brought me to this place and told me that his father knew Andrew Jackson w’hen he was a boy and that Jackaon was born at this place. Now, if it is ne.vssary, more tacts given that this is the birthplace of Andrew Jcckson. “Gentlemen, ladies and f^UowcItl- zens, you are celebrating the birth place of one of America’s greatest men. His fame went abroad, ana he has been compared with the most fa mous men the world has ever known. France prbdiice l her Napoleon, Rome her Caesar, Gro'^ce her Demosthenes, Germany her .BiS'Umrk and England l>roduced her Glaist.-»ne who saved her nation from rivers of blood. America produced her Washington, her Adams, her Franklin, her .lefTorstm, her Madi son, her Henry—who formed the reso lutions of the Declaration of Inde pendence and framed the constitution of these Ignited States, and. also, America produced the ijreat hero, An drew Jackson, who commanded and fought the greatest bat'le and achiev ed the greatest victory that is record ed In the pages of history. ' ‘‘Jacksor, with six thousand militia, a few cannons, muskets, pickn and shovels defeated twe!*ro thousuu I British soldiers, who had been train ed to overcome the great army of Napoleon. Jackson’s army killed two thousand British soldiers, besides the many wounded; and lost only six men, and having only s^vcn wounded. And when Spain and the Creek Indians possessed Florida, they, in groups, in vaded the American soil and killed out neighborhood-* of men, women and children, then destroyed their proper ty, Then It T'as that congress com missioned Jackson to protect our coun try with militia. Jackson raised his army, pressed the intruders to Die head* of the Spanish army, arrested j their chief officers and huag them on a limb. Then turning his 'rmy upon I the Creek Indians, ho hung and mas- !sacreed them. 1 "In 1827, Jackson was elected presl- jdent of these United States. At this jtlme, Spain owe4 the United States I fourteen million dollars. This our gov ernment demanded. Spain refused to pay it, Jackson declared war, and Spain, remembering tb« fight in Flor> Ida, paid the debt. “At this time, the wealth and money were centralized In the northern and Nftw England states and the banks were aupported by the stockholders of England, who drew the interest and dividends from America. This Jack- aon disapproved of, and so issued a proclamation that tie centralized banking capital muirt be used In the ■outh. That national banks be open ed up, controlled and supported by the government. To ]this )att}r clause congress objected but Jackson forced It through. Hence, the southern banking focilities from whjch we are receiving benefits today. "Furthermore, the south was raising negroes and producing her own cot ton. This government was taxing England 50 per cent for every pound of cotton the bought and exported from our United States. The New England and northern states bought their cotton SO per cent less than England did and not a single spindle or loom south of the Mason and Dixon line. Juit so, theae northern and New England states made their millionH, yea, billions of dollars off the southern cotton and built their great cities and the south has never been able to in duce this money into our south lands. "Jackson with his pure democratic principles, equal rights to all, special prlvUegei to none, aaw' the injustice of the import duty, so issued a pro clamation that the export duty be tak en off cotton. The northern and east ern itates bolted against this Issue. Jackson ordered nullification and com manded the south to .^rms, Jackson, at New Orleans, being well remembered those influential m^n, Calhoun and j Clay, set to work and formed a com promise with Jackson, reducing the revenue on cotton to 25 per cent. To my mind this was the cause and the beginning of the civil war—rather than the freeing of the negroes. “In conclusion, I will say I regard Andrew Jackson one of Ame»'ica’s moat famous men. “I now have the privilege and high honor of introducirxg to you the Hon. E. R. Preston, who will give you a clearer history of Aidrew Jackson than I could give. I trust Mr. Pres ton will be one of America’s great men.” The unveiling party then returned to town where the address of the day was delivered at the school house. Mrs. Van Landlngham as State Regent presided, and made the following beau tiful address; Mrs. Van Landingham's Address. Mr. Rodman, Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution and Friends: Let us rejoice, for today another effort is completed, another D. A. R. object is attained, another historic spot in North Carolina is marked. We thank you who have come here for this occasion, thus proving your Interest-in the history of this state, and your appreciation of the efforts made to preserve it. But most espe cially do W’e thank ^ou, Mr. Rodman, for your valuable giit of this historic ground to our organization, and for the encouragement you have accorded our committee. But for your enthu siastic corporation and your generosity nothing could have been done. W’e are grateful to the citizens of Waxhaw and this section for their united interest and for their cordial hospitality twice evinced. Friends, we are assembled to unveil a granite marker at the birth spot of an illustrious American, a son sec tion. It was not purposed here to erect a monument to this great man; for at .New Orleans an imposing one tells to the passerby the story of his wonderful generalishp; and at' the nation’s capital, a bronze statue bears silent testimony to a nation’s apprecia tion of his statesmanship. Therefore we unveil today no tall obelisk to sthnd in symmetry silhou etted against the sky; no graceful fig ure of sculptor’s art to symbolize his deeds and please the eye; but simply a rugged, massive boulder, somewhat Indicative of the character of the man w’hose life here began, and which we design shall substantially mark the exact birth place of a distinguished North Carolinian. This is the united gift of the D. A. R. chapters of this state, and is in accord with one of the objects of their organization; the preservation of his tory. It has been erected through a most capable committee, which here is thanked for its valuable services. The Daughters of the American Revolution, though only twenty years old, is the largest patriotic organiza tion in the world. It has a member ship of more than 80,000 and has chap ters in every state of the Union, as well as representatives in foreign lands, w’ho trace their ancestry to American patriots. The work of such an organization is necessarily varied, for patriotism is a comprehensive word. The preserva tion of documents, the collection of relics, the marking of historic spots, the erection of monuments and the commendation of patriotic events, re late to the sacred past. The teaching of reverence for our national flag, law of country, respect for law and government (and for offi cials too) is active 'w'ork for the liv ing present, while the education of the descendants of patriots, and the pa triotic instruction of the children of foreign parents, so as to develop in them the largest capacity for the du ties of Amerlcman citizenship is work looking to the future. But there is nothing that so appeals to North Carolinians as the interest taken In the marking of historic places, for this is one of the things this state has bo long neglected. In colonial times and In the days of the Revolution, In the period of early statehood and In the War of Secession memorable events have occurred in North Carolina. How few of them have been commemorated! Our mod esty and our silence have been mis understood. To many they seem In- compreehnsible. Our a.ttitude has been that a truth which has to be forever guarded Is scarcely worth the sentinel. The opinion of others is that possessions neglected must be value less. This leads to appropriateness. Going into my kitchen one day I notic ed a vessel, and exclaimed, “Cook, that’s not my bucket.” “No, Miss Mary, that’s Miss Brown,’* she an swered. “What Is it doing here, for we have enough of our own?” “Law, Miss Mary, Miss Brown don’t mind. She’s got so many she don’t pay no ’tentlon to them. I lowd she wouldn’t care If I took this one.” That indifference was her justifica tion. So has It been with North Caro lina history. It, therefore, behooves us to awaken to its value, and to garud it, and not only ourselves to know and to proclaim our state’s achieve ments, but to call upon dumb stone and cold marble to speak for us, and to swtlnel to future ages the story of our past. Blessed are women, in that they are permitted to be tl\e handmaidens of history! To us has been reserved the privilege of perpetuating what our noble men have accomplished. Through the efforts of the U. D. C. there have been erected monuments to the heroes of the Lost Cause in every corner of this dear Southland. Reverence for deeds of valor, for sacrifice to. duty, for loyalty to home, have been taught by women at every fireside. The Daughters of the Revolution have been active instruments in preserving and disseminating the history of the state^ as well as having placed a tablet com* memorating a notable^ event in the State House at Raleigh. Through the Colonial Dames places associated with colonial history have been marked,- and they design to continue this work till \he more than seventy spots in thia state identified with that period, have become as a blazed path unto any traveler seeking knowle^e of North Carolina early history. The D. A. R. chapters have sepa rately marked a number of places. Meckleqburg chapter has erected a stone pyittmid at' the birthplace of President Polk,, a rock marker upon the scene of McIntyre’s skirmish, and a tablet at the ‘ancient Sugar Creek burial ground. Fort Dobbs has marked the Indian fort from whence it gets its n|me. General Jas. Wins ton chapter' has placed two tablets commemorative of General Washing ton’s visit to old Salem, and put a handsome boulder with tablet at the grave of the IiKlian chief Junaluska, who once saved the life of Andrew Jackson. The D. A. R. of North Caro lina will continue thus steadfastly to labor till mueh of our history is res cued from the oblivion of silence, of doubt and of scorn. To be accurate is one of the main efforts of our organization. To that end a few years ago a committee from Mecklenburg chapter visited this sec tion to locate the cabin wherein was bom Andrew Jackson. History, biog raphy and reminiscences were search ed. Local tradition was heard. Affl davits were examined. Every effort was made to ascertain unprejudicedly the truth. An Iron marker was placed here by that committee. A full ac count oi that occasion is given in the Waxhaw Enterprise of that date. All traditions and all history states that Andrew Jackson was bom in the Me- Kamey’s home. The testimony given that day Indicated convincingly that this spot Is the place where the Mc Kamey cabin stood. The claim has been made that the state line at that time placed this cabin in South Caro lina. Friends, the deed to the Mc- Kamie place Is recorded In the court house of Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, of which Union was then a part. So, after years of Investigation, the D. A, R. of North Carolina, with firm conviction OiLthe accuracy of the spot, have placed mis boulder to mark the birth place of Andrew Jackson, sev enth president of the United States. North and South Carolina are not rivals in honors. They are not jealous of each other. They each have so much of which to feel proud, have such glorious records of great men and noble deeds, that there is no need for one to take the other. North Carolina wants nothing that is not her own, but she wants her own unmo lested, even If unprotected. It is true that .Tackson was called a South Caro linian,—Indeed he so called himself. That w^as because of long residence there. It is quite excusable and quite natural. A greater than he was called after a place vihore He was not born! "And^ he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be ful filled which w’as spoken by the pro phets, fie shall be called a Nazarene.” —Matt. 2:23. The historical summary then is that Andrew Jackson was born in North Carolina, reared from infancy in South Carolina, developed in Tennes see and served the whole nation. Hon ors are divided. Let us then care for this spot, his birthplace. To. you of this county and this section we, Daughters of the American Revolutiori, entrust it, feeling assured that you will protect and reverence the spot v.^here was born your greatest son. Admission to the D. A. R. being by lineage^ some have accused us of stressing ancestry. A national officer once said ’Tig well to be proud of an cestors, but ’tis better to do that for of which ancestors might be proud of us;| Friends, we have with us today one who traces his lineage to names illus trious in the nation’s history, to statesmen of the grand old Dominion of Virginia. But I do assure you that w'hile he has the right to be proud of his ancestors, his own career indicates that his ancestors also may be proud of him. He is a “man of cheerful yesterdays and confident tomorrows.” Mr. Rodman will present to you Mr. Randolph Preston, lawyer and orator.” Mr. Rodman presented Mr. E. R. Preston, in handsome words. Mr, Pres ton address, a masterpiece of oratory and historical interest follows; OLD HICKORY A TAR HEEL. We have just returned from what may well be called one of the shrines of American democracy, using that word in its broad sense—the birth place of Andrew Jackson. It Is nnforr tiihate that any controversy should have arisen over the exact spot upon which thi» Illustious statesman and soldied was ushered into the world. The task assigned to me by the re gent and other distinguished ladies of the D. A. R. committee, is to set forth briefiy the reasons for the fixed belie| that Andrew Jackson was born upon the spot marked by the monument we have unveiled. This belief is held not only by all North Carolinians, but I think It safe to assert, by the vast majority of Amer icans and, with one or two excep tions, the historians and encyclopae dias. In this connection, it might be well to mention that more, than a half a century ago, Jackson’s greatest bi ographer, Parton, who was not a North Carolinian, spent a consider able period of time in this imme diate vicinity gathering evidence as to the birthplace of his hero, and he came to the conclusion without hesitation, that the site of this mon ument was the place of Old Hickory’s birth. The encyclopaedias, such as the Americana. Harper’s New En- cyclopadla, and other such standard ^orks, including the dictionary of names, give his birthplace as North Carolina. It should also be mentioned, that the official letters and mes sages of the presidents published by authority of congress, give Jackson’s birthplace as Mecklenburg county, now Union county, N. C. These views, however, are the conclusions deduced from historical ^idence, and not the evidence itself. So without further explanation, we will direct our at tention to the discussion of the facts and testimony as to the birthplace it self. . . • Historical Under-Brush Cleared Away. As the woodman first clears away the underbrush before beginning his work, so it may be well to call at tention briefiy to some of the mat ters which have befogged the impar tial discussion of this most inter esting historical problem. I. State Llnes^. an Unc«^tain Quantity. Even in these days a state line is a most uncfertain quantity. As I drove along this momihg with one of your distinguished citizens, who was born and has lived practically all of his life very near the line between the Carolinas, he confessed to eome un certainty as to its exact location.' How much more uncertainty this was there among the Waxhaw set- tlerd as to this line a century and a half ago when the section was little elsfe than a primeval forest. All over the United States are now in progress endless disputes between varlouB statM as to the location of the state line. I might mention the fact that a law suit between North Carolina and Tennessee as to the line, is now pending, unless recently settled. At the time of Jackson’s birth there was without doubt some uncertainty as to the ^xact location of the state line at this point where it passed the McKemie bouse in which he‘ was born. The monument which now marks the site of the McKemie cabin is in North Carolina, being three to four hundred yards east of the line which has been exactly fixed by of ficial survey. By some, it was prob ably thought to be in North Carolina, and by others in South Carolina. If the illustration be pardoned^the Mc Kemie house site was like a filrtatious girl, first turning to one of her suit ors and then to the other, but, by the survey which was finally agreed to, as Mr. Salley> admits in 1813, this place was finally married to the old Tar Heel state# and has, been a true and loyal part of our dominions ever since. XL Jackson's Own Opinion. A large part of Mr. Salley’s bril liant and spacious essay is devoted to publishing records and docunoents showing that South CaroUna thought that Jackson was born upon her soil, and that Jackson thought so, too. In view of all the great uncertainty as to the state line, this argument only does no harm to North Carolina’s claims, but strengthens them. Jack son thought the McKemie house was possibly just over the line in South Carolina. As Mr. Salley states, the line was not finally agreed , to ahd made known until about 1813, when Jackson had been for a quarter of a century in the distant state of Ten nessee, engaged* in the rough and tumble life of a frontier lawyer. There is no evidence that he ever gave any thought to the question of the state line between the Carolinas, or to any changes made in it, or that he ever had any correspondence with his kin people living in the Waxhaw settlement as to same, nor that he ever returned to the place of his birth. In fact he stated upon one oc casion, In substance, that he de sired to shiit out his early life from his thoughts because of the painful recollections of the sorrows and hard ships of those days. No man knows of hiS; own knowl edge as to the place of his birth. In Jackson’s case, his statement that he was a South Carolinian, when endeav oring to placate the nullifiers, should not weigh too heavily when we con sider the fpr^her fact that he was reared in South Carolina from ear liest childhood, and,that the place of his birth was within three hundred yards of the then uncertain, but now well established line. With this re ference to the preliminary questions, let us consider the main facts as ^to the location of Jackson’sbirthplace. The solution of the entire problem depends upon the answer to these two questions; 1.—Was Jackson born at- George McKemie’s house? 2.—Does the monument stand upon the site of George McKemie’s house"? I. Was Jackson Born' at McKemic’s House? All the Jackson biographers and other authorities-which I have had the opportunity of consulting, includ ing one or two who state that the house was possibly in South Carolina, agree that he was born at McKemie’s house. Even Mr. Salley, being hard pressed, says; “There is reasonable doubt as to the correctness of the evidence that Jackson was born at McKemie’s house, but it has not bee"n proven w*here McKemie’s house was located, and it is possibly true that Jackson was born at the house of George McKamie.” Then follows a most impressive silence on Mr. Sal ley’s part, not a word except criticism of Parton’s evidence, and Walkup’s method of collecting same, with no facts to support him upon this par ticular point. Evidence should be met by evi dence. As none is offered then in law, Parton, and the others agree ing, with him, are right, and the im portant historical fact should be as sumed as proved that Jackson was born at McKemie’s house. We have searched with as much care as opportunity afforded, and have neither found nor heard of any witnesses who said or who had heard others say that George Mc Kemie ever lived or owned land in South Carolina. Salley says that it is not reasonable to suppose that these simple country people living there, knew on which side of the line the 6abin stood. 'This is tru§, but while they did not know the exact location of the state, line, they did know and have testified to the exact location of the McKemie house as we shall show later. II. Does This Monument Rest Upon the Site of McKemie’s House? Beyond a reasonable doubt it does. The records in Mecklenburg county show that George McKemi^ owned the tract of land we have visited, on March 15, 1767, the date of Jackson’s birth. Tradition as well as records confirm the statement that George McKemie lived upon this place until 1792, when he sold to Thomas Craw ford—see Cureton’s affidavit, Parton, Volume 1, page 57. There is no evi dence produced by either Mr. Sal ley or anyone else whom we have been able to discover, to prove that George McKemie was not living on his own place in North Carolina, March 1S,1767. If he was living at any place other than his North Car olina plantation, why tradition and history has nothing to say aboiit it. The spot upon which the monin- ment stands has been known by every old resident of the Waxhaw section as the George MtJKemie house. Witness after witness has tes tified that the spot was pointed out to him by old people, some of whose memories reached back to Jackscm’s generation, as the dite of the George McKemie house, where Jackson was bom. Col. J. L. Rodman, a native of Mississippi, who for many years has been a distinguished citizen of Waxhaw, says: “More than thirty years ago Mr. John. Porter, then far advanced in years, took me to this spot (where the monument stands) and said, ‘This is the place where my fiither, John Porter, Sr., who was a schoolmate of Andrew Jackaon, al ways told me Jackson wa6 born.’ ** . ’Squire Henry McWhorter, a man of 'Standing and character, and '^elder in the Presbyterian Churq^* 'said that his grandfather, at the date of Jackson^s birth, -then a boy of five years, always pointed out this spot as ihe place of Jackson’s birth. Hia great grandmother, Eliaabeth Mc Whorter, was; present throughout the night on which Jackson was bora, and the witness, McWhorter’s grand father, went over the next day to see the new baby. The McWhorters lived within one-quarter of a mile to the east of the MecKemie place for many years. It is not necessary for me to go into the many ether wit nesses named by Mr. Parton. The speaker standing by the mon ument has seen, and tiUked with Col. Rodman and Mr. McWhorter, and the testimony which they gave coming as direct as any such "testimony could come, has convinced him be yond a reasonable doubt as to the exact location of the McKemie house. Mrs. Sara Leslie, a sister of Mrs. Andi^ew Jackson, Sr., lived about one- quarter of a mile to the south of the McKemie house. Her daughter, Mrs. Latham, testified that she and her mother on the night of Jackson’s birth, ran over to the McKemie house, along a path between these two houses. Old residents of the Waxhaw settlement, declare^ that evi dence of the path between these two houses could still be seen within their lifetime, which is a piece of na tural evidence not to be scoffed at. Mr. Salley says, “It is admitted that what is known as the George McKemie plantation, did once belong to George McKemie, and that it is in North Carolina, but does, that prdve that McKemie was living on it when Jackson was born? Isn’t it possible that McKemie was living in the cabin in South Carolina, when Jackson was born? Possible, but highly improbable. Candor should have compelled/ Mr. Salley to state that McKemie- had owned this place for more than » year before Jackson's birth, and that he lived there for many years afterwards. Mr. Salley states that there is. a McKemie place in North Carolina, and endeavors to disprove our claim based upon court records, by asserting a bare possibility without evidence of the existence of McKemie’s j^ace in South Carolina, or McKemie ever having lived at any point in South Carolina. It Is an even more Im probable guess , that McKemie, who was a man in moderate circumstan ces, would for some strange reason prefer a South Carolina cabin to a house on his North Carolina planta tion. Why should historical guesses by those hostile to North Carolina’s contention, be allowed to overturn the unbroken testimony of the lead ing citizens of the Waxhaw settle ment, to whom thi^ spot was pointed out by persons whose recollections ran back at least within a generation of Jackson’s birth? I know of at least one excellent lawyer, now gone to'his reward, who was a South Car olinian of the most pronunced type, and who before Investigating this aqatter, thought Jackson was a na tive of that state, but after looking jntq it thoroughly became convinced that the McKemTe house was the place of his birth. If any spot has been pointed out by the leading fam ilies of South Carolina as the exact location of the house in which Jack son was born, then why does not Mr. Salley give us th« names and lo cation? He appears to rely princi pally upon a cross mark made by one Boykin, upon a map which ^as published about 1820, fifty three years after Jackson’s birth, and proceeds to devote much of his space to boasting on Boykin’s accuracy. He does not state upon whose land Mr. Boykin put this cross mark, nor whose house was supposed to have stood there in 1767. The best that Mr. Salley can do for his cause, is found in the follow ing words: “There is a reasonable doubt as to the correctness of the evidence that Jackson was bom in McKemie’s house.” Then follows another im pressive silence—an absolute lack of any facts or testimony to give color to this reasonable' doubt. In fact we rather think that the majority of Mr. Salley’s mind, if the expression bd pardoned, is of the opinion that Jackson was born at McKemie’s house, and if this be true, he has cer- taily failed to show that McKemie ever had a house in South Carolina, and if he has failed in this, then we must answer both our questions in the affirmative, and the conclusion fol lows that^Jackson was born at George McKemie’s house and that George McKemie at the time of his birth was living on what is acknowledged to be the George McKemie place in Union county, N. C., and that the committee has found the exact loca tion t)f the M?Kemie house from the stones and chimney now forming the base of the monument, the brbken pottery and other evidence of habi tation which are to be found nowhere else upon this place. All, this of course being in addition to the tes- tiirony we have collected. So much for the discussion of the technical evidence as to the birth place. We now pass on to the consid eration of some of thee haracteristics of the great man who was born .at McKemie’s house in North Carolina. III. What Manner of Man Was Jackson? The most interesting inquiry in regard to any great historical char- .acter, is to his personal appear ance, manners, habits of thought and action, or In brief that mystical thing we call his personality. During the life time of kny public man, particularly if he be a states man, there must of necessity exist two different opinions a« to his char acter and achievements, one held by his followers, the other by his op ponents. In the calm light of*after years, these views usually ^ow together and we can see the man as lie real ly wtis. * " ' The South can now appreciate Lin coln and the North admire Robert E. Lee._ Apparen]tly, however, neither the historians nor our people at large will ever agree as to Andrew Jack son. For years after his death, 'he was in certain provincial parts of the North a sort of Black Douglass, by the conjure of whose name nurses frightened wilful children Into obedience, and this prejudice etill remains in these localities, wherfe Jackson is considered not a great president, but, on the contrary a swearing, swaggerfttg Indian fighter. ^In recent years with the irowth of Ms fame, this opinion has ceased to be expressed publicly, but never theless, the “ancient grudge remains.” On the other hfind, :th» South* and Wert have always regarded him as a stidier of rare courage and genius, a devoted husband, a faithful public pnYAI BMam POWDER MAkES HOME BAKING EASY light Biscuit Delicious Cake f Dainty Pastries Fine Puddings Flaky Crusts and the food is finer, . more tasfy.^ cleanly and wholesome than the ready> made found at the sh9 or grocery. Mtarmi ifook Bomk^BOO Smnd Kmmm mtfd Additrnrnm ROYAL CAKING PQWPER 00., NEW YORK. The Instrument. servant, a loyal friend and, above j love of country—those true stars ol all, an honest, chivalrous gentleman, hope amid the clouds that are gather- It seems that the passing years do | ing about our beloved nation but little to reconcile these opposite views. The people of the South know him best, and hence we should adopt „ their opinion of the hero of New Have you heard me, daughter, Orleans w'ith the follov/ing modiflca-. ^^sked Mr. Dugan, tions. Jackson was a man of ex-|„ ^ , early, said Uj. traordinary violence of temper, and! instrumental music when enraged, his conduct was often „ . . inexcusable. He was a frontiersman,I. ^ and the life he led coarsened his nnr^ Indignantly habits. Think of the amiable golf lov- i re- Ing Taft, even before he became president, standing collarless and with breeches in his boots in the cockpit, swearing and: betting frantically upon his pet rooster—yet this was one of Jackson’s favorite pastimes' He could play the part of a courtier with much success. A lady who had spent her life in the courts' of Europe, after, half an hour’s interview, the Jackson which she had so' much dreaded, said, “I am captivated, I have been at^ all the courts of Europe, and I can truly say ’ that at none of them have I ever seen a man who In ele gance of dress and manners could ex- cell General Jackson.” It is hard to form a mental pic ture of Old Hickory, yet let us try for a moment. Fancy a man of six feet one inch in height, so slender as to weight less than one hundred and fifty pounds, straight as an In dian, eyes dark blue, often under ex- Oillng the Motor. “Giles,” said DeW^hizz to his chauf feur before he started on his return across the state, “have you oiled the machine thoroughly?” “Yes, sir.” “Are you sure,' Giles?” ^ ^ . “Yes, sir, I have filled the sprint; citement flashing fire, his manners to-, cups and the engine reservoir, and 1 wards women alw'ays chivalrous, to- have greased the cornet-a-piston, tk wards men sometimes affable, at Kegan told me it was instrumental in causing him to move two blocks from yer house.”—Detroit News. BLOOD TELLS. Ye?. It is the index to health. If your blood is out of or der you should take Rheumaclde. Rheumacide compounded in liquid and tablet form. Is a powerful blood puri fier. Rheumatism is a blood disease. Rheumacide cures rheumatism and blood disejise to stay cured. Bad blood causes catarrh, indigestion and many.other diseases. Sold by drug gists. Tablets hy mail 25c. Bobbitt Chemical Co.. Baltimore. Md. men others, overbearing and unspeakably rude,’ game to his very finger lips, always ready for a row"^ and frequent ly finding one, a sort of human fight ing cock, yet withall a born leade/ and an honest, prV'iotic Southern gentleman. Unlike most warriors, his emotions were near the surface, human suffer ing always touched him, often bring ing tears to his eyes. His purse was at the disposal of every beggar. No defenseless woman ever appealed to him in vain, and often, as In the fa mous case of Peggy O’Neal, he let the nation’s affairs suffer, while he acted the part of knight-errant to some unfortunate lady. No wonder his friends loved him; no wonder his i enemies hated him, for was Andrew Jackson. Jackson’s father and mother lived in North Carolina before his birth, on the Tw’elve Mile creek, in Union county, and the sites of their home can still be located. If he had been born in South Carolina it would have been an accident. Fortunately for us, such was not the case, and he was born here at McKemie’s house,- fortunately I say, because Jackson is a typical Tar Heel. In his simplicity of manner and in his honesty, his coiu*age, his unpretenious patriotism and rugged strength he exemplies those qual ities for which our citizenship has ever been distinguished. At Salisbury he studied law and his characted re ceived what we may call its North Carolina niould by association with the citizens of' that delightful town. The Ladles, God Bless ’Em in this money-loving, money-seek ing age, whither are we to turn for the preservation of our history, and the keeping alive of that patrfotism without which our democratic form of government os of jiecessity, doom^ to . destruction. To ..the ladies, God bless them. Mr. Webster, at the close of his long and distinguished public career, said that he had rarely seen a movemerit fail which had the united support of the ladies. Three times the inen of Mas sachusetts attempted to build a mon ument upon Bunker Hill, and three times faued, then the matter was turned over to the ladies and soon there was seen rising upon that his toric hill, a white shaft, which keeps in everlasting remembrance, both the patriotism of the Revolutionary he roes, but commeinoraUng as well the patriotism' Of the women of Massach* usetts. And so thia rugged boulder, not only commemorates the birthplace of Old Hickory, hut also commemorates tile patriotlsin of the ladies of the D. A. R. in North Carolina. Your work in marking historic places has already ^en great, it will he greater and these monuments which you erect will serv^ as a petpcftnal in centive for future- generations of Ndrth Carolinians to emulate the il lustrious deeds ofitheir ancestors. The members of your organiasation are the vestals whe keep ever burn ing the sacred ■ fire which kindle in the hearts of the people duty and smpluribus unum, the exhause pipe, the muffled tread, the thingumbob, the rigamajig, and both the hot boxes," “Are you sure those are all the pana ypou have oiled, Giles?” “^Yes, sir.” “You- have forgotten the most im portant place o£ ail. Take ilie can and squirt a few drops of oil on the license number, so that the dust will collect on it and make it hard to read. Always remember to lubricate the lieense number, Giles.” Lippincotts. ^ Who Landed Him? A West Philadelphia woman, who spent last summer in England, recalls a pleasing experience. We were taking a ride on one ol automobiles." such a man ‘seeing London’ she said, “and there was a party or tourists aboard. They were Americana, of course, and they were taking the greatest interest in everything they sawy from the top of the big motor bus. As the automobile rolled out of Hyde Park and started in the direction of Picadilly the guide pointed to a W? old house surround by a high wall, find shouted through his mega phone : “ ‘That’ he said ‘Is the town resi dence of the Duke of C—, one of our largest handed proprietors.’ “A pretty girl in the second seat- she was about seventeen, and it was obviously her first trip abroad—lookefl in sudden enthusiasm. ‘Oh,’ sn0 tip cried, who landed him' -Arg(«aut. BAD BREATH Is caused by Indigestion, and that disorder brings on headaches, eallowness, languor, dizziness ana a general discouraged feeling. 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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