Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-12-11


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SCUM carolina May Send nm important Relic ID
the World IS Fair at 81 Louis.
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Hon. Jesse 4. Can't, Deputy Secretary
Of State, lis In communications with toffi.
GERS Of the World % Fair with reference
to the representa- Ion of this State; at tho
exposition Of 1908. 1t has been sAue-
9ested that Reproduction OF the cabin
In which President Andrew eckso.. ~ a:;
born would prove a very Interesting fea.
ture. Referring to this stRgest ion Mr..
Can't has written to Secretary Reeves
Of the Committee on State and Territo-
rial exhibits as fellows :.
~ am informed by d gentleman who
visited the birth place of this rugged old
hero several years ago that little now
remains OF the log cabin Tin which he
spent his boyhood days but the chimnev.
1t is located in the Waxhaw neighbor.
hood Of Lancaster county, in this State.
but 30 CLOSE to tho line Of Union county,
North O., colina, that residents Of the lat..
ter State claim It to be. across the line. \.
1rHowever, all doubt that may have
existed as to the nativity Of Gen. jack
son was removed beyond question when.
in his famous nullifloation proclamatio /,
he appealed to the feilow-oitisens Of his
native State, and when in his will he
directed that the large vase presented to
mo by the ladies of Charleston, s.. g., nv
native State, with the largo picture rep
resenting the unfurlihg of the American
banner, presented to ME nby the citizens
of South Carolina, when 1t was refused
to be accepted bv the ITn}teat sta+e. sa,,
ata laaval;r tr,,st !, ,,,,s -, ''' oo
"'o' i'"'o - ..use W 10y son, a. JACK
son. or'' win directions that should our
Ian event not always To be nentod
no ,,;,i a. AZ &c., ss ~. % pooSou
Nv W., "o eno oocse oiose " the War, or end OF
the conflict, present each of said articles
of inestimable value, to that. patriot re.
siding in the oitv or state .fro,,, ,,,;aI,
tbev 1yoro n,ossn+oa ~" a,.om "nlo,
.ney moio p!esenSeu' VINO shaii DO ad-
Judged by his countrymen or tho ladies
to have boon the most valiant in tbe
defense of l,;s conntrn -, -,
49,, o0.S " os1'ttt c'ouh1rys
rights' - NO
"Jackson's boyhood days. among the
rugged Waxhaw patriots we're ipatheti-
oallv traa;o and aM,htioo.,,' y III 3F 80.
sny ~.s'o' "',u uo'o'iess ohd mnoh 70
snaps MS nina 10 Fhe storm niQnid which
1t afterwards acquired. His PARTISAN
ship there learned its fret lesson That
10 a,wovs t,,rnad LII, N,no?pfi. n's
~ "1n1' o"t uou "i'tt hYYe' Hi spite OF
tne atter ooniiiots, to these people of his
have a,wavs delightad 70 ,han@awi;s @ 10y
orv ana ,yo,,,d 81, os,,s.9 .ss5hh ,s
ory ana "ouid, am acknowledgements
with tho efforts to preserve the relics
which still survive. The reconstruction
and preservation of the old log cabin.
with the original chimney and such tim.
bers as still remain, could be easily ac-
complished and would prove Of exceed
ing interest-an inspiration to the youth
of the land, whom it would teach the
reward of duty relentlessly followed and
would be doomed q hallowed relic by the
American people.
"The parents of Andrew jackson aro
said to have emigrated from ireland to
rians. The immigrants, who vt that
time were rapidly peopling the,l,,-conn-
try of South Carolina. were stern, aim
pie people, with few desires and less
riches. The log cabin was the solo nos
session of the parents of the future Presi- resi-
dent of the United States, and the death
responsibility upon the widowed mother.
Buford's defeat by tho British fred the
patriotism of Andrew, who was thon but
thirteen and was attending the school of
RaioAt Mri Mccallooh %hs ia and an older brother,
Sumter, and at tho brutal massacre of
the assembled patriots at the Waxhaw
church, by Tarleton, were taken prison
ere and carried to Charleston. Another
brother, Hugh, had also enlisted and was
killed in battle. The agonizcd and
widowed mother followed her two re-
naming sons to Charleston, and finding
| that they were confined aboard nrison
ship, sought to relieve their distresses.
If tho accounts which como down to us
can be trusted, this noble woman, in
spired by the sight of tho privation and
illness she found among the prisoners;
volunteered as a NURSE and became a
mipistering angel to them, providing tho
nakad with C1nth;nr frn,,,N ho, eoo,A