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session of congress. The constl-
tuition does not. demand it and
after discussion with those msm-
bsr. of the cabinet he decided it
was not necessary.
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smigrsuts who at that tins were
rapidly pespIing the up country
Of South Carolina wore . stern,
simple people, with few desires
and loss riches. The log cabin
was the sole possession of the
parents of the futnre president Of
the United States, and the death
of his father sosn placed the
burden of responsibility upon the
widowed mother. BufOrd's dc
feat by the British fred the
patriotism of Andrew, who was
then but 13 and was attending the
school of Mr.. McCuIlock, and an
older brother, Robert. Tho tive
boys enlisted under Sumter, and
at .he brutal massacre of the "a.
sembled patriots ut tho Waxhaw
church, by Tarlston, were taken
prisoners and carried to Charles
ton. Another brother, Hugh,
had also enlisted and was killsd in
battle. The agonizod and widowed
mother followed her two remains
lag sons to Charleston, and fnd-
that they were confined aboard a
prison ship, sought to relieve their
distress. If the accounts which
como down to us can bs trusted,
this noble woman, inspired bv the
sight of the privation and illness
she found among the prisoners
volunteered as nurse, and became
a minlstering angel to them, pre-
viding the naked with clothing
from her scant means, and nurs-
ing the sick with devoted tender
ness until she herself was stricken
with fever. Attempting to re-
turn to her home in the Waxhaws,
she died at the "quarter house."
six miles from Charleston.
The proud spirit of the two
brothers were sorcly tried while
prisoners in the hands of the
British, Andrew having been
stricken down by a British officer
and narrowly escaping death upon
his refusal to obsy N command to
perform menlal service, while
his brother, Robert, died from
the effect of q wound received
under like circumstances while \
prisoner. How fully he avenged
the degradation at New Orleans!
Left an orphan, without rela- :
tives, ut the close of tho war he
entered the shop of Mr.. White, a
harness maker who lived in the
Waxhaws. After a service of
about is months he removed to
North Carolina, was admitted to
the bar and began tho brilliant
career which made him president
of the United States.
A tradition handed down in
Marlboro county In this State,
which | believe has never been
published, ascribss to two South
Carolina friends of Jackson, much
of the credit for the memorable
victory at New Orleans. Daniel
and Hugh McColI, who. lived
where the town of McColl is now
located, and belonged to a family
of staunch patriots In tho rsvolu-
ton, were gunsmiths and famous
rifle shots. Many Of their sx-
ploits with tho old long rife are
still preserved among the residents
of the locality. About 1910 the
brothers removed to Tennessee
and their reputation following
them, upon the outbreak of hostill-
ties, Joined Jackssn's command.
While waiting the approach of tho
British in the famous action of
January s, 1915, jackson sent
for tho two brothers, and placing
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HOME OF THE GREAT
ANDRRW JACKSON.
Some Bits Of History Recalled
by a Request.
Mr. Gantt's Summary of Facts :
He Writes Quite Interestingly
toast. Louis Exposition Of
fetal Who is After
Relie-.

Below is given 8 letter written
on Saturday last by Chief Clerk
J. T. CAN'T of tho Office of the
secretary of state to Charles M.
Reeves, secretary of the commits.
sion on State exhibits of the
Leuisians purchase exposition at
st. Louis; it contains some scraps
of history of real interest:
Dear Sir: am in receipt of
your favor of the 18th inst, in
which you say that "my atten-
ton has been called to the fact
that Jackson's birth place was in
a little log cabin near Florencs,
;. G. A photograph of the house
is now in ny possession. l be-
lieve It would DO an interesting
feature to have this cabin brought
to st. Louis as a part of the
South Carolina exhibit at tho
Louisiana Purchase Centennial
exposition, at St. Louis, 1903 I"
am informed by a gentleman
who visited the birth place of this
rugged old hero several years
ago that little now remains of the
log cabin in which he spent his
bovhood days but the chinnsy.
1t is located in the Waxhsv
neighborhood of Lancaster county,
in this State, but SO close to tie
line of Union county, North Caro- .
lima, that residents of tho latter
State claim it to be across the
line.
However, all doubt that may
have existed a. to the nativity Of
Con. Jackson was renewed, be-
yond question, when in his famous
notification proclamation he ap-
peaIod to the fellow citizens of
his 'native State" and when in
his will he directed that 'sths
large vase presented to me by the
ladies of Charleston, South Caro-
lima, my native State, with tho
large picture representing the uu-
furling of the American banner
presented to me by the citizens of
South Carolina, when it was re-
fused to be accepted by the United
States senate, leave in trust to
my son, A. Jackson, Jr., with
directions that should our hap
py country not be blessed with
psacs-an event not always to be
expected-he will at the close of
the war, or end of the conflict,
present each Cf said articles of
insstimahls value, to that patriot
rsslding in the city or State from
which they were presented, who
shall be adjudssd by his country
men or tho ladies' to have been tho
most valient in tho defense of his
country or our country's rights. "
Jackson's boyhood days among
the rugged Waxhav patriots were
psthetically tragic, and doubtless
did much to shape his mind to the
storm mould which it afterwards
acquired. His parti.anship there
learned its first lesson. That he
always turned with love, in spite
of the after conflicts, to these peo-
pie OF his youth. many circum-
stances provo. They have always
delighted to honor his memory,
and would, l am assured cooper
ate with the efforts to preserve
the relics which still survive.
The reconstruction and pi essrva-
ton of the old log cabin, with tho
original chimney and such tim
bers as still remain, could DO
easily accomplished and would
proves of exceeding intsrest-an
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The weekly examiner., 1901-06-01
SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1901.

Talk as we may of the evils of com binations and their menace to the lib critics of the people, their work goes merrily on all the time, the same as if a word of complaint were never ut tered. And the people generally seem to be getting so accustomed to it that they mind it not no more than ii they knew nothing of it or what it implies. Thus the few acuuisitive ones are mon archs of all they survey with none to prevent them or make them afraid.
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tive purposes (e. g., the formulation of the periods of rest); second, by inquir- ing into industrial efficiency as far as 1t is affected by labor laws (e. g., short ening the hours of labor); third, by es- tablishing a statistical standard meas ure for the degree in which social poli- tics makes itself felt in each country.
 The international labor office will be able, by means of its correspondents, to form an opinion in regard to ques- tions of judicial, hygienic and tech nical importance which arise in legis- 1ating about labor. Committees con- sisting of manufacturers, workingmen and economic experts will be convoked by each section and will report to the office on questions of industrial ef1- ciency. The director of the office will request the inspectors of factories and directors of labor departments to give information on these points. If these documents should not be considered sufficient, international statistical in- vestigations will be set on foot The whole material will be compiled for the congress by the director of the office
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ALTRUlSM IN FACTORIES.
Give Labor Fair Wages nnd 1t Can
 Get Along Without Charity.

Give Labor Fair Wages nnd It Can Get Along Without Charity.
 The wage scale having been fairly adjusted, the employer need hot worry himself about what altruistic measures he will adopt for the benefit of his en- ployees. Once the interest of the latter in the success of the enterprise be- comes established, suggestions regard ing methods which will be to the con- mon interest of employer and employee will come fast enough from the men. Conveniences which good men need to do their work we'll and keep them in prime condition, mentally and physical ly, are of advantage, and they are bound to come, but they have their time and place of coming, which are after more important things are set tied. It must be remembered that kind words and rest rooms and libraries and lectures and other so called al- truistic measures, although excellent fn their proper time and place, do not in themselves bring happiness and con- tentment, for they do not supply food and clothes and house rent and home comforts, and the latter are what men work for. Of such things, therefore, until the proper time arrives the men become suspicious, as they partake of the nature of charity, and honest work men resent anything of such a nature. The men must be mentally happy and we'll advanced in modern thought and methods before such things can be in- troduced.
 Nor should an employer allow the announcement to become current that he has model shop" when he has made his business a success by adopt ing the methods outlined above and added such conveniences as he finds are of common advantage to his busi- ness and his men. Intelligent work men are sensitive to being referred to as adjuncts to anything model"
 . An attempt to advertise an enterpIlsh by proclaiming that philanthropic prln- ciples dominate it's management may be effective for time, but men lose re spect for such philanthropy and it's projectors. There is no philanthropy about it; it is pure business. Nor should a manager announce to his men or to the public that he incorporates advanc- ed ideas in his system of management because it pays" No advantage can be gained by such a course. 1t will, in fact, be found that 1t does not pay. He should no more think of making such a statement than of saying that he keeps his own hands and face clean or changes his linen daily because it pays."-H. F. J. Porter in Cassier's Magazine.
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.I Owe the Public Nothing.

J. Pierpont Morgan, the man whose word is almost law in the commercial world of two continents and whose financial genius is bringing about the combination of the greatest industries in Europe and America, has followed the example of William H. Vanderbilt in expressing his contempt of the American public. Vanderbilt said, ''The public be d-d' Morgan was in- terviewed in Paris Saturday. He didn't wish to discuss, the panic of Blue Thursday on the New York Stock Elk change. The interviewer pleaded for 8 few words, saying:
 Don't you think that since you are being blamed for panic that has ruined thousands of people and dis turbed whole nation some statement is due the public?"
 T owe the public nothing" MT. Mor- gan retorted.
 Wont you say whether you con- sider yourself responsible?"
 Il will say nothing"
 :. And why should he? He and his class constitute the government of the United States and the world. That class is in possession by legalized and sanctified larceny; the public is its puppet. A producer of wealth is its lemon, to be squeezed dry and sell his bones for a months grub for his starv- ing children.-Social Democratic Her ald.
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queer Strike In Florida.

Six thousand cigar makers of Tampa, Fla, struck recently owing to an un- usual cause. A bridge which connects Tampa with her western suburbs had been broken for two days. The men had to be ferried across the river, and this was slow and unsatisfactory. It was proposed that they strike to force the manufacturers to bring pressure to bear for the quick repair of the bridge. All men employed on the western side of the river struck and marched across the other bridges and held a mass meet ing in the heart of the city. This body of 2,000 in number then swarmed throughout the remainder of the city and demanded that the men employed in other factories quit work. Every man walked out, and as each factory emptied they joined the crowd, which numbered 6O00 at noon.
 Several narrow escapes were made by boats being overloaded. Orders were given to place pontoons in posi- tion. The strikers also boycotted the street cars because the management did not give them more cars. The strike was participated in by the In- ternational and Resistencia men alike.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-01

There is nothing in the world that so promotes the universal brotherhood of man as commerce, and we want to encourage commerce" So sayeth Presi- dent Mckinley in a speech at San Fran cisco. And the animus of it seems ap- parent, Joseph q fchfamnperilain fln of Eng land might have given utterance to a similar entiment-as-an- excuse for sending to South Africa his hundreds of thousands of professional man-kill- CTS. But isn't this little remark Of our good President very large unconscious slap at our Christian missionary insti- tutions? The idea of placing the hunt for gain of man above the gospel of Christ" as a promoter of universal brotherhood, is indeed a strange doc Urine for promulgation among the people of lone of the greatest Christian nations of earth.'
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-01

According to the newspapers the manufacturing employers of labor are now contemplating national organi- zation to better cope with striking workmen. To us this is as blessing in disguise as it will drive these work men to look in a more hopeful direc- tion for relief than the strike at the workshop-a strike at the ballot-box for that will be strike to get rid o1 
 the relationship of master and man itself, the fundamental cause of all the strife and turmoil, and give us instead the more equitable and peaceful rela- tionship of co-operation.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-01

The announcement of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease as bankrupt will doubtless mark the finish of this re- markable woman's career as a public parsonage. Beginning as an advocate of the principles of the Farmers Ali ance in Kansas, she finally finished as hired spell-binder of the Mark Hanna full-dinner-pail contingent A little while before that she was denouncing Organism and extolling Socialism. When speaking of Eugene Debs, it was '"Gene, God bless him." The last seen
 of her in this locality was as an ex- pounder of Spiritualism. And from the account of her bankruptcy proceedings some few of the Spiritualist brethren
 have cause for regret that she ever figured as convert to that persuasion.
 Some of those of her old-time friends in the Farmers Alliance movement have been heard to refer to her as a
 "fakir." Yet she was woman of re- markable gifts of intellect and elo-
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-01

The standard of dignity ano decorum in the British parliament cannot be eoaisiSse-sd very high by some of it's membership, when one will essay to de- scribe another as an ornamental guinea pig and when called to crder for the same to be willing only to with draw the ornamental Of course, such language doesn't sound we'll any where, and never should be used by one man to another; but at the same time 1t gives us an idea of the genuine con- tempt in which some of the titled mo- bodies of the monarchical outfit are held by such democratic statesmen of the common herd" as John Burns.
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just rights, and repel all efforts to de- spoil him. Or as an intelligent member of the patternmakers brotherhood was heard to observe last week regarding their return to work: What need we care whether the bosses recognize our union or not so long as we recognize each other. If they ever commence to play any little tricks upon us for spite or otherwise, there is nothing in the way of their hearing from us again"
 Just so, and the public then, too, would be able to realize just what such a hearing" meant, and wherever might finger doubt of the necessity of the trade union to it's advocates, it would forthwith be dispelled forever.
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to the full standard of the ideals as set forth in her own announcements, it is only another reminder of what may be involved in poor human nature, in ac- cordance with Pope's characterization of the great Lord Bacon: ''If parts allure thee see how Bacon
 shined,
 The wisest, brightest, meanest of man
 kinT ''
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-01
Falling Wage. In Great Britain.

Wages are coming down with a run in the coal, iron and steel trades, where sliding scales rule the roost and where the employer has learned how to rule the sliding scale. The decline has been threatening long enough and now it is here in all its grim unpleas- antness. Take the figures for Fehru- ary. In iron and coal mining close up- on 100000 men had to submit to de creases against a solitary small in- crease in the wages of underground and surface workers in Somerset. Tn the iron, steel. engineering and sundry metal trades the break is not so big yet, but 15,OO0 men have had their Fri- day pay sheet made out for smaller amounts. It is fortunate that in sefne things prices are coming down, as the workman's wife would be in a pitiable plight indeed when she was doing her marketing. These drops are indicative of the trade depression which is piling' up, and the current talk among em- ployers is that wages must come down. a lot more yet before business will re- vive.-London Letter in American Fed erationist.
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acme of industrial philosophy, but it is as much so as the average wisdom of the present generation of workers is capable of making it. Tn years to come it will be known of only as a memory when the golden rule shall su- man the warld OCT shall bTTthers be and a that"
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PENSIONS FOR EMPLOYEES.
Changes Made In the System of the Illinois Central Railway.

Changes Made In the System of the Illinois Central Railway. President Stuyvesant Fish of the Hi
 nois Central Railroad company has issued a circular announcing a pension
 plan for the 10000 employees of the
 company. The plan, which is to take effect July 1, is more liberal in it's provisions than has heretofore been adopted by any other road. The com
 pany starts with gift of $250, ,OOO and in addition will each year make an ap-
 ceed S1OO,OOQ The pension allowances
 are on the following basis: For each year of service an allow ance of 1 per cent of the average reg ular monthly pay received for the ten years preceding retirement. Thus, if
 an employee has been in the service for
 40 years and has received on an aver age for the last ten years $50 per month regular wages. his pension all lowance will be forty per cent of $50, or $20 per month.
 An entirely new departure in railroad pensioning is made in a provision that leave of absence, suspension, dismissal
 followed by reinstatement within one year or temporary lay off on account of reduction, when unattended by other employment is not to be considered as a break in the continuity of the serv- ice.
 The system applies to every officer and employee of the road, from the president down to the humblest labor CT, except members of the law and sur
 gical departments. All officers and en- ployees who have attained the age of 70 years shall be retired, and such of them as have been ten years in the service of the road shall be pensioned. Other roads require a service of 30 years before a pension is issued. Engineera flremen conductors flag men and bra kemen, trainmen, baggage men, yardmasters, sWitchmen, bridge foremen, section foremen and super
 visors who have attained the age of 65 years may be retired and pensioned
 if they have served the company ten years. Other companies make the age of retirement for these employees with
 pension 20 years and require 80 years service for aspension.
 Officers and employees between 61
 and 70 years of age who have been ten
 years in the service and who have be
 come incapacitated may be retired and pensioned. Other companies make the
 limit 65 to 69.
 In case an employee between 61 or 70
 years of age claims that he Is, or should the employing officer claim that he is,
 incapacitated for further service he shall make application for retirement, and the board of pensions shall deter
 mine whether or not he shall be re- tired.
 No person inexperienced in railway
 work over 35 years of age and no ex- perienced person over 45 years of age shall hereafter be taken into the com pany's service. Other companies make straight 35 year limit.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-01
The Chicago Printers' Trouble,

The Chicago Federation of Labor has declared war on all Chicago daily newspapers controlled by the Newspa- per Publishers association, in sym pathy with the striking members of the pressmen's union. The resolution plac- ing on the unfair list The Tribune, Record-Herald, Journal, Post and Daily News was adopted with only the print ers' delegation voting in the negative.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-01

LArER-As we go to press all indica- tons point to a settlement of the strike in Hartford on the proposed basis. Why not elsewhere and all around?