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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-01-25

Of South Carolina, dated at The
Hermitage, January 13, 1S43,
he wrote:
"Conscious as | am of the in
tegrity and propriety of my con-
duct in regard to Judge Hall, it
is truly grateful to my feelings
to find the Legislature of my ma
tive State, South Carolina, unit
ing with the legislature Of other
States in those high and honora
BILE feelings of justice which their
resolutions so plainly indicate"
And finally, in his last will
and testament, Gen. Jackson de
clared that South Carolina was
his native State. He said:
"The large silver vase presen :
ed to me by the ladies Charles
ton, South Carolina, my native
State, with the large picture re-
presenting the uufurling OF the
American banner, presented to
me by the citizens of South Oar
olina, when 1t WAS refused to he
accepted by the United States
senate, | leave in trust to my son,
A Jackson, Jr., with directions
that should our happy country
not be blessed with peace, an
event not always to be expected
he will at the close of the war
or end Of the conflict. present
each Of said articles Of inesti-
mable value, TO that patrio' re-
siding in the city or State from
which they were presented who
shall be adjudged by his coun-
trymen, or the ladies', TO have
been the mos valiant in defense
OF his country, and our countries
rights"
Here are seven direct state
ments from Jackson that he was
a native OF South Carolina. As tc
the location of the spot in South
Carolina whereon stood the house
in which he was born the fol
lowing evidence is offered:
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tree on Twelve Mile creek should
be considered the line until an
agreement should be reached. In
1872 this line was officially
agreed to. and by that agreement
the land whereou Crawford then
lived was shown to be South Car
olina territory and was then for
mally granted to Crawford, who
had doubtless been on it for some
years In 1SCS the States OF
North Carolina and Sou h Caro-
lima entered into conventional
agreement for definitely fixing
the boundary line between the
two S,a es at certain point'. One
OF these points was the eight
mile line referred to above. In
1918 the commissioner and sur
veyors appointed by the two
States ran, blazed out and made
a map Of the line. This map
shows the landmarks along the
line. On the plantation granted
to Robert Crawford in 1915 two
houses were shown on this map:
those of j. Crawford and r.
Crawford. In 1920 the State OF
South Carolina began the COM
pilation of series of maps of
the districts Of the State. The
contract for surveying and max.
ing a map of Lancaster district
was given to j. Boykiu, a native
of that section of the State and
a surveyor of wide reputation
His map fixes "Gen. A. Jack
sons birth place" on the Craw
foyd plantation exactly where
the map made under Gen. Jack
sons direction in 1913 placed it
In the same year (1S20) Eugene
Reilly, surveyor and engineer
delineated map of Lancaster
district, differing from Boykin'
map as regards landmarks bu
placing "Geu. A. Jackson's birtl
place" exactly where Boykil
placed 1t.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-01-25
Town Property for Sale.

will sell at public auction at the
court house on first Monday in Feb
ruary, next. the house and lot in town
of Lancaster facing on Catawba street
and adjacent to residence of Magis-
trate askey. Same being the late
residence of Miss Picnic Crockett,
now deceased Terms of sale, cash.
Il. G.. Crockett.
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Sale of Personal Property.

will sell at Public auction at my
home in the Antioch section on Feb
9th ut 10 O'clock, a IN. ali the person.
al property of the estate of John F.
Snipes, deceased, consisting of 2 mules
l wagon. corn, fodder, cow and calf :.
etc. Terms of sale, cash.
l.. L. Snipes,
AdmrX
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-01-25

place belonging in Maj. Craw.
ford This letter is now in the
hands OF James II. Witherspoon,
Esq, son of the late Col. James
III. Wilheispoan, to whom it was
addressed. Unfortunately, Mr..
Witherspoon is on a summer tour
among the highlands, and we
aresconsequently deprived of the
pleasure of laying it before our
readers"
Perhaps this was the evidence
upon which the committee of the
general assembly baS ID its state
ment In 1920. At any rate, all
of Jackson's statements are to
the effect that he was born In
South Carolina on Robert Craw
ford's plantation. The rules of
evidence permit man to tes-
tify as to the time an place Of
his birth. In certain circnm-
stances hearsay evidence as to
the time of child's birth is ad
missible Lut not hearsay evidence
as to the place of the child's
birth. There is no evidence with
in the reach of the general in
vestigator to contradict Jackson
save that of several witnesses
who have given testimony from
hearsay and tradition that Jack
son was born at the house OF one
George Mckinney, IA relative.
There is not one single direc
statement from any one that he
or she knew of his or her own
knowledge Of the place where
Jackson was born, as all Of this
hearsay testimony was offered
long after Jackson and all of his
elders and contemporaries were
dead There is a tract of land
lying within the bounds of Mott tn
Carolina and about three miles
from the Crawford place that be-
longed to George McKemev at
the time of Jackson's birth, as
shown by the public records OF
Mecklenburg county, but that Is
no proof that Jackson was btrn
there or even that he was born
in McKemey's house, and the
fact that McKemey owned that
tract of land in 1867 is not suffi.
Gent proof that he lived upon ii
at the time of Jackson's birth
even admitting that Jackson was
born in McKemey's house, "a!
claimed by this made-to ordet
tradition.
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Its Location Clearly Shown
to be in Lancaster County
by Secretary Salley of the
South Carolina Historical
CommisSion---HiS Annual
Report.

South Carolina, but of recent
wears il has come to be widely
believed that he was bern in
North Carolina. The encyclo-
paedias and biographers either
STATE that his birthplac is mat
ter OF doubt or that it was in
North Carolina. But the most
impartial and acceptable evil
denc1 all p ints to well-dehned
spot in south Carolina as his
birthplace.
Jackson himself repeatedly
declared that he was born in
S nth Carolina, and actually fix
ed the spot upon a nap, and his
is the only evidence we have be-
fore us that would he admissible
III court OF law.
In a letter dated at Washing
ton, December "a, 1880, reply.
lug to let er from J. h. PringIe,
intendant o. Charleston, inviting
him tc visit Charleston, he
wrote:
"Altbou-h it wi. be gratifying
to my feelings to avail myself Of
so favorable an opportunity to
visit the emporium Ut NY native
State, l am yet prevented BY my
official engagements from desig-
mating the period when | can
seize it"
To the committee of arrange
ments for the celebration of the
Fourth of July by the people OF
Charleston in 1881, President
Jackson wrote in letter dated
at ashington, June IA, 1881:
GA necessary attention to the
duties of my office, must deprive
me of the qualification | should
have had in paying, under such
circumstances, visit TO the State
of which | feel pride in calling
myself a citizen by bTth" "
In a letter to Joel II. Poinsett
Of Charleston, another native OF
South Carolina, dated at Wash
ington, December 8, 1892, he
wrote:
"If the Union par y unite with
you, heart and hand in the text
you have laid down, YOU will not
only preserve the Union, but
save our native State, from hat
ruin and disgrace into which her
reasonable lead rs have attempt
ed TO plunge her.
In bis proclamation @. Decen-
Der 10, 1882, aneut The "nulif
cation convention OF South Oar
o!ina, he used this language;
"FeIlow citizens of.my n tive
State, let me not only admonisl
you, as the first magistrate Of out
common country, not to Incur
the penalty Of its laws, but use
the influence that father would
over his children whom he saw
rushing TO certain ruin"
Again, in letter to Poinsett
dated at Washington, January
"a, 1888, he wrote:
Il repeat again, my pride ant
desire is, that the Union mel
o.a,,o I'D c,,otoin !, n M a :
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-01-25
FROM a EEIGHBGR.

On the other hand, we have a
statement by one Of Jackson's
early neighbors, who doubtless
knew him from infancy to young
manhood, when he went to Ten
nessee, and who was considerably
older than Jackson, that he was
born in South Carolina. This
was Gen. William Il. Davie, who
spent many years of his life in
the neighhorhood in which Jack
son was born and who WAS some
time governor OF North Carolina
He was appealed TO in 1915 by a
native of Lancaster district then
residing in Charleston, who m ade
the following statement to Gen.
Davie:
''Much has been said here rel
ative to t he birth place of Gen.
jackson. | have stated that he
is native of Lancaster, IN this
State"
To this Gen. Davie replied:
Your statement respecting
Gen. Jackson is perfectly cor
rect he was born in what is us
ually called the WaXhaw."
Gen. Jackson had half doz-
en- or more biographers who
wrote during his lifetime-at
least four OF whom were his in.
innate friends-John Reid, John
III. Eaton, Gen. James Gadsden,
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15

down in the city, and, having just drawn his pay, had a considerable amount of money with him. When he started homeward and as he was well on his way two men appeared in front of him. When the vacant block was reached the two men stopped and be fore Kelly realized what was doing he was looking down the frowning bar rel of six-shooter and told to throw up his hands. He did the only pru- dent thing under the circumstance, and while his hands were reaching towards the stars the hold-ups effect ed the touch, a good part of his month ly wage going into the hands of the robbers.
 They moved casually away and young Kelly quickened his pace to- wards home. Telling his brother the story of the hold.up they armed them selves and went in pursuit They caught glimpse of the men two or three times and fired a half-dozen or more shots. After pursuing them in the direction of Sixteenth street they lost sight of them and gave up their quest.
 Officers were notified but though they were on the lookout for suspects they made no arrests during the InternationalAmeri can.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15
Women as Story-Makers.

Women write with color and spirit; an unexpected number of them are showing genuine humor. A few have brute force, as we'll Women novel, fists have the sense, too, of situation; they construct plots that are intricate and then carry them through with dash. They manufacture good dia- logue, and they know human nature under all aspects save one. The wom- an who knows man is yet to come. She can handle him domestically, per haps, though there Is often more of masculine objection to a fuss than great feminine diplomacy in his con sessions. But she cannot maneuver him in a book. Man, though, has plummeted woman's heart and chart ed it better than she could do herself. Until she can do as much for him, he has no fear of being entirely busted from the field of fiction.-Cleveland Leader.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15
HAS PHOTOGRAPH OF
 EARLY NEWSPAPER
Postmaster Caldwell of Douglas
 Gets a Facsimile,

Postmaster Cadwer1 has quite unique souvenir of pioneer newspaper work in Arizona. It is small fac simile of the first edition of the Tomb stone Daily Nugget" which appeared in Tombstone April 2. 1882, about 20 years before Douglas was ever thought of. At that time Tombstone was see ing it's palmy days and was the big gest camp in the territory. The Mug Iget was four-page seven-column pa per, edited by Stephen Rule, When the first edition appeared photograph of each page was made. From these photographs a little miniature copy of the paper, about 4x6 inches in size has been made and Mir. Caldwell and 8 number of the old timers in the ter ritory have been presented with the souvenirs.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15
FARMERS HAVE ROSY DREAMS
 OF EASY MONEY
Alfalfa Growers Wake Up To Fact That Their HorSetrad- ing Activities Were All In Vain.

PHOENIX, Ariz., March 13.-Sever- al generous-hearted Phoenix people are wondering whether or not H. B. Morse is going to return to the city and make good to them S10 loans they were kind enough to advance him while he made arrangements to have his cheeks honored at the bank.
 In addition to these there are sew eral valley farmers who are wonder ing when Morse is going to return to Phoenix and take of their hands the mules he contracted to purchase at prices ranging from s150 to $250.
 Morse made his presence known in Phoenix several days ago, when he deluded two or more people into be- lieving that he had just sold the Lost Gulch placer mine near Globe to c. D. Lane, a wealthy Californian, for $450,O00 cash, claiming he had made the deal for Globe people.
 Posing as mining expert of world renown, Morse made a few people think he had sold the mine only as long as it took for word to go to Globe and come back, entirely repud- iating him, and denying that the mine had been sold.
 In the meantime Morse went about the valley buying mules right and left, or at least contracting to take them always at the price suggested by the seller. Tc some he said he wanted the mules to work around the Globe mines and to others he said he was buying them for the United States.
 All went well until yesterday when some of the farmers came to Phoenix with their mules to meet Morse by appointment, turn over the animals to him and receive fat checks. Morse failed to show up yesterday as he promised, and then the farmers began to realize that they had been deceived.
 As far as can be learned all Morse got was what he secured through small loans. He apparently used the most of his money to keep himself half under the influence of liquor, dur ing which he probably imagined all these big mine deals and saw himself commissioned to buy all the mules in the valley.
 Several years ago Morse passed through the Salt river valley with a band of fifty horses belonging to the Murphy estate of California. After pasturing them here for a short time he took the horses to Durango, Mexl- co, where it is believed he sold them for the estate.
 Morse is said to have operated on both sides of the Salt river recently, and that he had about made arrange ments with the Mesa bank to have his checks honored there, his security be- ing several drafts of large denomina- tion. The bank officials became wary in time and Morse could not arrange for a source of money, which probably led to his decision to abandon the mule buying business.
 Several of those who met Morse speak of him as a clever, entertain ing sort of fellow and some of them still think that he will return and straighten matters out His fabrica- tion about the s450,000 mine deal at Globe and his subsequent actions in others to believe that he will not come back soon.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15
WELL KNOWN SPEAKER
 WILL ADDRESS ASSN.
Douglas Branch of Y. M. c. A
 To Have Lecture Course.

Mir. Fenno will arrive on the morn ing train from Fl Paso and will be ready for his great series of meetings which are to be held in this city dur ing the next ten days. He has had very successful series of meeting for men at Helper. Utah. the scene of his latest activity.
 Mir. Fenno will be present at the game of indoor baseball in the gym nasium of the Y NJ. c. A. tonight, and will probably be introduced and tell one or two stories for which he is well known.
 His program during his stay Tn Douglas is very strenuous one to say the least, as it calls for three meetings each day this does not give him great deal of spare time in which to get lone some The forst opporeuniey of hear ing Mir. Fenno will occur Sunday after noon when he will deliver his well known in the ast Lecture"Over the Falls" which is graphic word picture thrilling iI character and interesting
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15
Through Purifying Process.

A business man who had purchased 6 Salvation Army paper from one of the blue-bonneted peddIers, handed her & fve-dollar bill which he asked her to turn into the treasury with his compliments. As she thanked him. he said: How do you know how made that money7 Perhaps it Is tainted" She looked at the money for a moment, and then folded 1t up and put k in her purse, as she an swered: No money can be SC bad that it cannot be fumigated in passing through our treasury. In this gift, sir, you have done good for yourself. good for the army. and good for some poor sinner who needs aid. How can money be tainted that does 50 nauch?"
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15
YOUNG MAN HELD UP
 IN CITY OF DOUGLAS
Is Relieved of $42 in Cash By Masked Burglars Late In
 the Evening.

Robert Kelly, a young man who lives with his people at 1227 B ave nue, was held up last night by two masked white men and relieved of about SAP in cash. The robbery oc- cured about 10 o'clock and the scene of it was the vacant block in front of the Andy Scott residence on Thir- teenth street. Immediately following the robbery Robert Kelly and his brother, John, went in pursuit of the robbers, who were still in evidence. and on Fourteenth street several shots were fired at the then fleeing men. but none took effect, and they finally eluded their pursuers and made good their escape
 Robert Kelly had spent the evening in the extreme. In the evening ai 7:15 will occur meeting of the Young Peoples Societies after whish the gen eral public will have an opportunity of hearing Mir Fenno in the Great Mass Meeting also to be held in Orpheum at s:OO o'clock. n
 Commencing with Monday noon Mir. Fenno will speak every noon in some one of the shops the first to be in the Railroad Shops, each afternoon at BOO p. m. MT. FennO will give Bible Read ing in the Baptist Church. which will open for all.Then each night of the week MT. Fenno will give one of his famous Mems" talks at the Associa tion Building these will be for men only and will start at D. m.--Douglas International American.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15
DOUGLAS JUSTICE
 KEPT VERY BUSY
Many MexicanS Brought Before
 Him on Divers Charges.

In his honor's tribunal, Judge Rice continues to face innumerable de fendaRts with musical and euphonious handles to their names. sAdaIante Els pinoza was tipped board and lodging in consideration of highway improve ments for the space of ten days for ordinary cussedness, mentioned off, cially as drunk and disorderly."
 Francisco Fernandez contracted a consignment of common depravity, de fined in the penal code as disturb snce of the peace" and will be bet ter and fatter man at the expiration Of fourteen days.
 Lbretto Salazar absorbed about sev- ca life preservers not "too wisely" but too early on Friday morning and will pace the concrete for the space of seven days in the absence of the essential American coin.
 HiIario Mendez in the successful
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15
PIONEER PASSES
 OVER THE DIVIDE
McArthur Goes To Rest In
 Douglas at Advanced Age.

James McArthur, who was one of the pioner miners and residents in this section, died last night in St. Mary's hospital. The deceased was 76 years old and death was due to old age.
 McArthur had been a resident of Pima county for more than quarter of a century. During that time he was employed by various mining com panfes as a machinist and stationary engineer at the mines.
 He acquired many years ago when the Quijotoa gold excitement was on a number of gold bearing claims and according to old timers he was offer ed sums well into the thousands for his claims. He did not sell, however, and when the gold excitement died out the offer was withdrawn.
 For the past year McArthur has been in failing health and had been an oc- cupant of the county ward at the hos pital Funeral services were held this afternoon.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15
COCHISE COUNTY

endeavor to live up to his suggestive cognomen was raked unceremoniously in by a city officer and now enjoys the sterotyped time for reflection"
 w. R. Hudson and wife of Colonia Morales are at the Roy.
 Major Foorst of Chicago. J. F. Rob ertson ot Fl Paso. George Moore of Nacozari, W. R. Ezell of Goldheld. New. and the Pace brothers are guests at the Roy.
 c. L. Cassidy, assistant manager Of the Nacozari hotel, returned south yesetrday-m rnationaLAmerican.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15
PHOENIX SUSTA|NS
 s5O,OOO FIRE LOSS
Constable Warehouse and Con- tents Are ConSumed-Vey
 Little Insurance.

Phoenix Republican: W. H. Con stables cold storage warehouse, locat- ed on South Fourth avenue, was con- sumed by fire this morning and the loss is variously estimated at from $40, 900 to s50,000, including building, stock and all, partly covered by insur- ance. The loss affects nearly every merchant in the city, particularly the wholesale and retail grocers, the build ing being occupied largely by their goods and the wholesale stock of the Cudahy company, whose interests were managed by Geo. H. Marshall. The origin of the fire is unknown.
 J. w Doris this morning estimated his loss at something over S5000. He has been in the last few days storing stock for the summer season. and only yesterday placed in quite quantity of merchandise. The Wakelin company yesterday stored two carloads of meats and canned goods, and their loss will not be much less than that of MT. Dor ris. McKee's and number of other firms will also be losers It was stated that but few, if any, carried in surance on their stocks, the building being considered safe from fire. one of the employees of the storage com pany estimated Mir Constable's loss at s30,000 with about s1S,000 insurance.
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 For Review too ana ousinsss office
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15
Th. FamIIy,s Night Out.

In one large family pegboard on which tAe members can record their outgoing and incomings at night is 2 valuable article. It Is board with holes in 1t like . cribbage board, ar ranged in two vertical columns. Each column has az many holes as there are persons In the family, with the names in between. When George" goes out he puts his peg in the "out' column and when he comes in he puts 1t back in the 'in." The last one who puts the last "in" for the night has to lock the door and make things secure for the night
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15
Living Books.

Aprina Indian library is an interest ing one. An Arizona judge. who has been studying this tribe, says that they select several promising youths of their tribe from time to time for living libraries of their traditions, and they are carefully instructed in the historical legends pertaining to their tribe, being required to commit them faithfully to memory. They in turn inStruct their successors. and thus preserve the traditions in the exact language recited by their ancestors of many years ago.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15

comprehensive report concerning that locality on his return.
 In the meantime he is authority for the statement that the prospects owned by Mir Smith of this city are looking good under superficial devel- opment, and that the property owned by Frank Welty and Mir Glenn is ex- ceptionally promising, being a three foot proposition running about $40 per ton in gold and silver, the first named value perdominating.
 Returns from an eight-ton shipment from the San Pedro today gave $40 ounces of silver, per cent copper, 20 per cent lead and s160 gold. This ore was turned in by Alexander and associates who already have out sev- eral car lots of the same grade of ore.
 Returns from shipment on the Ga lena, belonging to the Nacozari Con solidated Copper company, show 251 ounces of silver, 71A per cent copper, 30 per cent lead and $1.60 gold.