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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-30
v NHERE MANY SLEEP
Dear to the Hearts of South Caro-
Iinians is the Old
WAXHAW BURYlNG GROUND.
Brave Soldiers of Revolutionary
Fame and Gallant Confederate
Troopers Sleep side by Side.

There are many little spots in South
Carolina which are known and loved
by interested ones, but which are prac-
tically unknown to many. Some OF
these may be neglected and overgrown
with weeds, but even these will have
their own remembrance in the shrine
of the human heart, where weeds and
forgetfulness have no place.
Among the neglected spots which
hold historic memories because OF their
associations and honored dead very few
places are more important to South
CGrolinians than is the old Waxhaw
burying ground, in Lancaster county,
about eight miles from the North Car
olina State line.
Here are the graves of Revolutionary
patriots, officers aud privates; here rest
the young aud the fair side by side with
the old and weary, and here sleeps the
Confederate soldier in the land he fought
and died for surrounded by the ances-
tors who lived and died even as he had
done.
1.-The mossy marbl rest" on kith and
kin of generation after generation, and
there be many names here which would
recall Southern valor and patriotism
were they mentioned.
It would be unsatisfactory, however,
not to emphasize the fact that Andrew
Jackson, seventh President of these
haw settlement on the 18th of March,
1867. 1t has been claimed by some that
President Jackson was born on the North
Carolina side of the border line, but
many facts are against this claim.
Then Jackson's testimony is worth
something. In letter, December "a,
$780, in the proclamation addressed to
the ::Nullifers, in 1892, and again, in
his will, Jackson spoke OF himself as
being South Carolinian.
The most striking detail was that
after the death Of Andrew Jackson,
ST., the funeral procession started over
the mountainous road for the Waxbaw
"burying ground" With snow and
ice, rum and whiskey, the procession
started over hill and dale bearing the
body of the dead Irishman on sleigh.
When the eortege arrived at their
destination there was no corpse, and
the soberer members of the party re-
traced their steps and found the body
milo and half from the "burying
ground" where it had rolled off of the
sleigh.
Some of the old stones, very many of
them, bear dates going back to the
early part of the 18th century. A new
building has been erected very near the
site of the old church, which was
burned during the Revolutionary wa
and religious exercises are held regu-
larly. Huge oaken sills and very large
stones still mark the foundation of the
old historic church building.
The ancient "burying ground" has
not been changed nor remodelled. The
sank curious old "piled" stone fence,
the old sharp pointed iron gates, the
same weird old, tobstones, looking
more strange and uncouth than ever,
are all there.
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with it on the other side. Make the
sGiff fast, set fire to the skiff and then
swim Off You can both swim, can't
you?" said the captain.
"Yes," replied John. But the
prospect was frightful.
How could they approach the sloop
without being seen? And if they
were, it would mean the death Of
both.
Il know it looks desperate,' said
the captain, reading their thoughts,
"but we'll hold their attention on this
side and 1 don't think they'll be on the
lookout for danger from the sound.
Somebody must try it, and will you
be the ones?"
"My mother told me not to be shot
in the back" said Joseph with a
strange choking in his throat. eff it
must be done, we may as well try it as
any one. What do you say, John?"
"We1l try it," said John, quietly.
''But I was wondering whether the
raft the boys use for grabbing wouldn't
be better than a skiff. Its right up
the shore here, and we could stay in
the water and push it. That would be
some protection.
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Our Flag.

On the 14th of June, 1777, the Con-
gress Of the United States made the
following provision: The flag of the
Thirteen States should have thirteen
stripes alternately-red and white.
The Union thirteen white stars in
blue field, representing new con-
stellation. On January 13, 1874, the
form was altered by act OF Congress,
which provided that aftcc May l, 1895,
the flag should consist OF fifteen stripes
and stars arranged as before. By an
act of April /, 1918, the design was re-
established as thirteen horizontal
stripes. In the Union were placed
twenty stars, with one star to be added
for every State admitted to the Union.
This act went into effect on July I,
1918. The new star is added on the
Fourth of July next after the admls-
sion of the new State Before the
adoption of the stripes and stars,
various devices were employed.
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and swan under the water as long as
his breath would permit, and when he
arose again to the surface the face
had disappeared.
'Tt'll go this time" he said, as he
rejoined his friend, and they started
for the shore. Quickly putting on
their clothing as soon as they arrived
they ran toward their cover, and just
as they arrived, a shout went up that
sounded above the noise of the
guns. They turned and looked to-
ward the sloop. A long tongue Of
flame was shooting up over the bow.
1t ran along the bowsprit, it spread
over the rigging and climbed the
broken mast. Again a shout arose
from the men on shore. The crew of
the sloop were taking their wounded
and dead, and in their yawls were
starting for Staten Island.
Not gun was firing now, for none
would harm the wounded, but scarcely
had they disappeared before, with q
report like thunder, the blazing sloop
was blown into thousand fragments,
and then an unbroken stiffness came
over the sound.
"That's the best bonfire we ever
had" said Joseph, as he and John
were walking up the quaint old street
toward their homes, but his friend
made no reply.
Just before the time when the sloop
was set on fire the congress at Phlla-
de!phia was new nation in the world.
Bells were ringing, guns were fired
and bonfres lighted throughout the
city. News travelled slowly in those
DAYS. but on the Sth the reportreached
Trenton. There the provincial con-
cress, the committee and the people
assembled, and guns again were heard
and bontires rekindled. On the 9th
the tidings reached Elizabethtown,
and the same scenes were enacted.
| On the 10th New York was all ablaze.
and parades and bontires were the
order of the day.
| GIVE looked the matter up" said
Joseph Swan to his friend, land from
all 1 can learn, our celebration at the
point when we fred the British sloor
was just thirty minutes ahead OF the
celebration at Philadelphia. We didn't
know it, but we had the first one in
America-hurrah for the Fourth O
July and the United Colonies o
America! Likewise, hurrah for the
bows that had the first celebration il
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'The very thing" said the captain,
quickly. "Show us where it is"
John led the way and the raft was
soon equipped for the perilous at
tempt. 4 mass of combustible mate
rial was piled upon it, and several
short planks placed across the stern
to serve as a protection to the boys
who were to swim out with it. Throw
ing aside their clothing, they at once
pushed out into the water, wading as
far as possible, and then they began
to swim.
cts desperate chance" said the
orderly when the boys disappeared.
81 know it," replied the captain,
"but it had to be done. I'm glad it's
so dark, and now we'll have to work
to hold the attention of the sloop to
tLis side,'' and he hastened back to
his men.
Meanwhile the boys were swimming
and quickly pushed the strange craft
before them. They had started at
quite distance above the sloop and
the outgoing tide was of great service.
"They're warming up on shore, y
whispered Joseph little later, as
the noise of the guns increased.
Eyes, and there's the sloop right
ahead" replied John, as the roar and
flash of a cannon came over the water.
"She's facing us and pulling at her
anchor.
| Slowly and with increased care now
they guided the raft toward the bow.
1t was the time of greatest danger
and the boys were almost breathless.
Would they be seen by the men on the
sloop? John thought of his mother,
and picture of his home rose before
him. Would he ever see it again?
There was no time for such
thoughts, however, as they were right
under the bow now. John climbed
on board the raft and grasped the
heavy cable. The rushing tide made
the raft swing around until her stern
was against the side Of the sloop. Il
was the very position he desired, anI
thus far they had not been discov'
cred.
He made the raft fast to the cable
and then took his flint and tinder
His hands trembled so that he scarce
ly could use them. Again and agail
He struck the flint, but no sparks
came or else fell harmless. Wha
could be the trouble? Could he b.
heard? Summoning all his courage
again he made the trial and this tim'
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q low structure, with ramparts made
of palmetto logs and sand. Behind
the fragile walls were thirty-one can
non and behind them $50 stanch
American patriots. A fleet of eight
British ships drew up before the fort,
with the muzzles of 800 guns showing
at the portfolios,
The battle opened and ragged all day.
Over 1900 shots were fred at the fort.
On the flagstaff Colonel Moultrie had
nailed the first Revolutionary banner
unfurled in South Carolina. 1t waved
defantly until shot cut the staff, then
fell outward upon the beach. 1t was
the first fall taken ont of the Stars and
Stripes, and that first crisis OF the flag
had its hero. Sergeant William
Jasper, of Marion's South Carolina
regiment, acting on his own hook,
leaped the wall and ran along the
beach, under fire, the whole length OF
the fort.
Cutting the flag free from the fallen
staff, the gallant sergeant fastened it
to the long handle of cannon sponge
that was handed out to him through
an embrasure A steady rain of shots
swept over the beach and plunged into
the sand banks which answered for
walls. In the face of this fire Jasper
carried the flag to the front slope Of
bastion which looked out on the hos
tile fleet and was in full view from all
points in the harbor. There he
mounted to the crest of the rampant
and fixed the staff firmly in the sand.
The flag waved on until the battle
closed in an American victory.
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the spark fell and caught. Quickly
then the boys slid from the raft and
with strong, yet quick strokes, swan
off. AS soon as the cover of the dark
ness had been gained they paused and
waited for the blaze. But the flash
of the guns was the only light that
appeared. Another minute passed,
and another, and still no blaze was
seen. Was something wrong?
"You wait. I'm going back, whis-
pered John, and before his friend
could demonstrate he was gone. Joseph
waited in a fever of excitement, not
knowing what to do.
Meanwhile John had safely re-
gained the raft and found, as he had
feared, that the fire was out. Again
he took the flint and tinder and was
reioiced when the first spark fell he
saw little tongue of flame appear.
Satisfied that this time there would
be no failure, he hurriedly slid into
the water and started toward his COM
panion. He had gone but few yards
when he turued to look at the sloop.
What was that he saw? The face of
man peering over the rail. He had
been discovered. He quickly sank
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all the landr'-Everett 7. Tomlinson,
in Atlanta Constitution.
One Beneath Old Glory.

Don't you hear the tramp Of soldiers?
Don't you hear the buSles play?
/ Don't you see the muskets flashing
In the sunlight far away?
Don't you feel the ground all trembling
Meath the tread Of many feet?
They are coming, tens OF thousands,
To the army and the fleet.
They are Yankees, they are Johnnies,
They're for North and South no more;
They are one, and glad to follow
When Old Glory goes before.
From Atlantic to Pacific,
From the Pine Tree to Lone Star.
They are gath'ring round Old GlOry,t
And they're marching to the war.
Don't you see the harbors guarded
By those bristlinG dogs Of war?
Don't you hear them growing, barking,
At the fleet beyond the bar?
Don't you hear the Jack Tars cheering,
Brave as sailor lads can be?
Don't you see the water boiling
Where the squadron put to sea?
They are Yankees, they are Johnnics,
They're for North and South no more;
They are one. and glad to follow
When Old Glory goes before.
From Atlantic to Pacific,
From the Pine Tree to Lone Star,
They have gathered round Old Glory,
And they're sailing to the war.
Don't you hear the horses prancinS?
Don't you hear the sabres clash?
d ont you hear the cannon roaring?
Don't you hear the musketS crash?
Don't you smell the smoke Of battle?
Oh, you'll wish that you had gone,
When you hear tho shouts and cheering
For the boys who whipped the Don!
There'll be Yankees, therell be Johnnies,
There'll be North anl South no more,
When the bows come marching homeward
With Old Glory borne before.
From Atlantic to Pacific.
From the Pine Tree to Lone Star,
They'll be one beneath Old Glory
After coming from the war.
Boston Journal.
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1t has been recently suggested that
advantage should be taken Of this in
ternational brush to attempt practl-
cal solution of the tramp question,
saws the Washington Star. The prop
osition is that these wandering ne'er-
do-welIs be drafted into the service of
the United States. uniformed, drilled,
armed. and sent to Cuba to form part,
at least, of the first army Of invasion.
It is urged that those tramps who
seek to shirk this unpleasant duty
will naturally take to the woods"
thus completely ridding the commun-
tiles that they have infested Of seri-
Gus nuisance. The military demands
of the government. however. are too
serious 20 permit the assembling OF a
corps of unframed. uumilitary, I'M
ambitious, and possibly unpatriotic
men to be relied upoa Tor dangerous
duties. Tie best fighters are those
taken by their country from the ranks
of the producers, the men with con-
seientious desire to serve the nation,
who are energetic both III times of
peace and war The greatest econo-
my in wa,iare lies IN producing
maximum OF results with minimum
of men. The mere aggregation of
people into ranks is not generalship.
The tramp problem lies deeper than
this. It is not to be solved by gen
eral conscription, unless it be intend
ed to enter upon virtual scheme of
determination, which is so utterly for
eign to American doctrine, and so an
tagonistic to the principles upon which
the war of Intervention is being waged
against Spain. If the solution lies in
3 the line of employment let the tramps
be drafted to work on the roads.
, Good roads are needed. Labor must
be had to build them. While the war
Is in progress the stay-at-home
tourists of the highways might profit
bly, be set at work putting their favor
7 tie lines of travel in fine modern con-
dition.
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In JaDan'S new Cabinet are SSNeTil
Young men who have imbibed much o1
the commercial spirit of the age. They
are aggressive young fellows who are
committed to the developing of the ma
terial resources of the Empire. Prime
Minister Ito. who for the third time Is
at the head of the Cabinet, Is disposed
TO give his young colleagues wide lat!-
tude in which 10 carry out their pollcE
of building UP the Industries OF the
country. Last year over five hundred
miles of new railway were constructed
in Jaoan, and this year it is proposed 10
build even a greater mileage. All toll,
there are two thousand miles OF rail-
-SN.ayi in Japan, and in order to make
them pay they must be fed with Tue
traffic that springs ont Of commercial
ACTIVITY. These railways belong Doth
10 The government ana private corporal
itiorss and connect the principal cities
OF the Empire: In order TO stimulate
manufactures. the new Cabinet de
sides 10 negotiate commercial treaty.
Germany has been selected rs one or
tho countries which will be invited 10
sn.er such a treaty. The japanese ar
. cue that Germany manufactures ma
,chinery which they need, ana con-
Sunes the products which they mann-
.facture. Therefore commercial treaty
with Germany is looked upon as
desirable acquisition. This eaSernesS,
on the part of the JapS. to secure
commercial treaty, under which the
products of the two countries thereto
NAV be advantageOuSly exchanged
ought to attract the attention of our
government. Germany produces no
machinery that we do not produce and
she consumes no Japanese products
>thst we DO not consume. We can Sc
cure the trade of Japan If we go after
II on terms that will be acceptable
10 the new Cabinet, but we cannot gel
1t If we remain inactive and silent while
Germany is pursuing ehe prize. We
ought to furnish the japanese the
greater part of their railway iron, and
their rolling stock, but we furnish them
only small Traction OF Nudt '4ieS uSe'
we ought to furnish them the machin-
cry they use in their cotton and silk
mills, but we do not furnish any 10
speak of. We ought to have a market
there for our machinery. agricultural
implements. etc. but the foreigners on
the other side of the Atlantic enjoy a
monopoly Of what we ought 10 share.
The Japanese like us. They are trying
to make their system Of government
analogous to ours. so far as it is posi-
bic TO make monarchy resemble Il re-
public. In view OF this we ought to
coIapete with Germany for the trade OF
che Japanese. and if necessary make
such concessions as would secure for
H.; a continuing market for our staples,
and The products Of our mills and fac
tories, which now glut the channels Of
home consumption. Japan wants 10
trade With the outside world; why not
have her trade with this country!
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A Railroad for Sale,

A decree for the sale of the Ohio Riv-
er and Charleston Railway has been
handed down in the United States Cir
cult Court. The decree was filed in the
clerks Office at Charlotte, \. c., and an
auxiliary bill was received and filed at
Charleston. The bill, which is for fore
closure and sale, is brought by the FL
nance Company, of Pennsylvania,
against the Ohio River and Charleston
lines. Mr.. George D. White was ap-
pointed special Master to advertise the
property and make the sale. No bids
will bs allowed under $50. 900.
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FIRING THE SHIP.
A Fourth Of July Celebration in
1776.

At the very time, late on July 4,
l776, the continental congress at
Philadelphia was struggling with the
Declaration of independence, another
assembly at Elizabethtown Point was
also struggling with the men who had
planned to invade their homes. The
action of the former is well-known to-
day. but the deeds OF the others are
forgotten, although the early records
inform us that theirs was the first Gel
ebration of the new nation.
On July I'd Howe began to land his
forces on Staten Island. This already
was a refuge of the tories and when
Howe's men began to arrive from Hall
fax, whittier they ha0 gone when they
evacuated Boston, the alarm had
. read along the Jersey shore, for all
feared an invasion.
Men and boys had answered the
call. and now on the evening of this
famous Fourth were stationed behind
the cover, which hastily had been
thrown up near the Point, and were
engaged in a fierce contest with one
of the enemys sloops of fourteen
guns, which had come to anchor there
with the evident intention of destroy
ing the defense and scattering the
minute men. Nor did the task ap-
pear to be difficult one, for the rude
earth works we're weak and the men
were raw aud inexperienced. A
small body of Captain Neil's artillery
with two twelve-pound cannon, how
ever, were present, and on these the
500 men placed their main reliance.
The contest had been going on for q
half hour now, and so skillfully had
the cannon been handled that the
mast and rigging of the sloop had
been shot away. and she was unable to
withdraw. Many of her men had fall
len, while but few of the continentals
had been harmed. But Captain Neil
fully realized how desperate the con-
ditions We're, however, for at any mo-
ment some of Howe's war vessels,
hearing the sounds of the engage
ment, might come around from the
other side of the island and if they
did the contest would soon be brought
to close.
Captain Neil wants to see you,
said an orderly to John Shotwell and
Joseph Swan, two boys of seventeen,
who had taken their places with the
men.
"What does he want?" inquired
John.
'I don't know. Come and he'll tell
you himself.
The boys took their guns and fol-
lowing the orderly soon stood before
Captain Neil, whose grimy appearance
resembled their own.
care you the boys who went over
to Staten Island yesterday and fired
at the regulars?" asked the captain.
Yes replied Joseph. eve were
out in our skiff and fired just to LEI
them know all the Jerseymen were
not asleep. But when lot of regu,
lars came running ont of the woods
we made off in a hurry
"'Twas a foolish piece of work,
Don't try it again. And yet it showed
you had some qualities want to use
right away. l want to set fire to this
sloop. If We don't help will come te
them from the island
The boys were silent, waiting fol
him to explain. 1t certainiywould bt
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South Carolina Gets Thr

Adjutant General Corbin has made
public the names of the 1875 young men
who have been selected for appoint
ment as second lieutenants in the reg
ular army to ill vacancies created by
the act of Congress adopting the three
battalion organization for the infantry
arm Of the service and the addition of
one second lieutenant to all batteries
when filled to war strength. Each of
the 1876 men selected will be obliged to
undergo an examination that will be q
thorough test of his mental and physi-
cal qualifications for the army service.
Those who pass the examination will
be nominated by the President to the
Senate. The following young men Of
South Carolina have been selected:
James B. Allison, Jr., graduate South
Carolina Military academy; Edward
Croft, graduate South Carolina Mill
tary academy; Benjamin J. Tillman,
honor graduate South Carolina Mill
tary academy.
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A Boston girl who has been trying to-
find out why her bicycle often runs into
objects she tries to avoid thinks she has
solved the problem at last!s> She says:
ut is hypnotic influence of concentrated
attention, rendering the movements in
coordinate, so that the rider becomes
the victim of perverted refiexes of pur-
poseless effort and the abject subject of
an optical delusion." And perhaps she
is right
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E desperate venture. Even while lie
was speaking a cannon belched and
lne reports of many muskets followed.
How could they set fire to the sloop in
the face of such dangers? Johns
heart was beating rapidly and Joseph
Vas trembling in his excitement.
''I want to fill skiff with stuff that
will burn and come up to the sloop
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First Flag Hero-Sergeant Jasper.

When the British attacked Charles
ton in 1776, they met with reception
no less bloody than that given them
by Jackson at New Orleans in 1915.
The advance guard Of the harbor and
the hope of the city was Fort Sullivan,
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One Thing He Knew.

Benny" said Mr.. Bloonumper, "lf
George Washington is the first IN the
hearts of his countrymen, who comes
second?"
81 don't know about that, replied
Benny, "but Independence day is the
Fourth. "-Harper's Bazaar.