The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1922-03-14

When they came back the executor
turned over to the governor of
South Carolina these two emblems
"A vase he called it, while as a
matter of fact it is a $4,000 silver
punch bowl and we are keeping it
very closely Guarded now, because
we do rot went the Nolstead folks
to get IL (Laughter) The gov
error GATED together the Palmetto
Regiment and made a request of
them that they determine who was
the bravest man. They spent one
day in endeavoring to settle that
question | am informed. Neces-
sarily. it was a rather difficult and
| delicate question to settle. They
came back to the governor and ask
ed him to have the legislature pro-
vide that they should hold these en-
| blems in trust for all of them until
the last one was dead and then give
| them to him. The state held them
| until General Sherman came down
through Columbia. and his folks got
so we'll hidden that we have it yet
II came back into the hands Of the
governor after the war, when it was
dug up out Of the sand hills Of Rich
land county; and two or three years
ago. when there were only three or
four of these old veterans Of the
Palmetto Regiment tottering OH the
border of the grave, l understand
| they made an absolute assignment
to South Carolina of all their inter
est in it and asked that it be held as
an emblem for South Carolina OF
the man who threatened to spank
South Carolina if she went out of
the Union in 1881. That is the his
tory Of that, and you will find that
vase In the historical room in Co
lumbia S. c., today.
Just one moment now as to the
oontemporaneous declaration In
the first place, up to 1915. when.
as 1 said, the line was settled, this
| line was always designated or the
| maps as being the road from Ian
caster, S. c., to Charlotte, N. c. And
you will see 1t Is designated there
| so as to show 1t. The convention of
1851 settled that question between
the two states, and every map after
that was run straight. The county
OF Lancaster and the state OF South
Carolina employed James Boykin.
one OF the great civil engineers of
that time. whose work has been ver-
lhed start to finish. to make n map
OF the county OF Lancaster. That
was So years after Jackson's birth
There were hundreds of men in that
country who were 20 years old
when Jackson was born. He made
the survey. He put on that map
the battlefield Of Buford's Brigade.
which was cut to pieces, and con-
gress has recognized that by putting
little monument there right on
the spot where Boykin laid it out.
The Chairman. The time OF the
gentleman from South Carolina has
expired.
Mr.. Stevenson May have 10
minutes more?
Mr.. Griffin. Mr.. Chairman,
yield five minutes to the gentleman.
Mr.. Shreve. If the gentleman
| will answer question or two by
the gentleman from Indiana (Mr
Dunbar). he will surrender five min
utes OF his time to the gentleman
from South Carolina.
Mr. Stevenson. shall be very
glad to answer any questions.
Mr.. Dunbar. The gentleman is
proving or trying to prove that An
drew Jackson states he was born in
| South Carolina. Everybody knows
and everybody comedies that he
thinks he was born in South Caro-
lima. would be very much inter
ested in having the gentleman prove
to us that the statements which
have been made that he was born In
North Carolina are not we'll found
ed.
wish the gentleman would tell
us why 1t Ia that the American En-
cyclopedia. the International En-
cyclopedia, the Encyclopedia Bri.
tannica, and all the encyclopedias
which have been published and
which give reference to the birth
OF Andrew Jackson. there is but one
OF them that states that he was born
in South Carolina, and that is the
international. The Internationa