Evening star., 1928-04-15
PRESIDENT TO PAY
. HONOR To JACKSON
viii Accept Statue in Hall at
Capitol in Ceremony
This Afternoon.

GIIlSI AOuUktNkiNSAtNtao "a NN"NH"'S AN'N
ct the Capitol
President Coolidge viii accept on be-
half Of the Nation from Gov, Henry
II Horton Of Tennessee a statue oi
the seventh President Of the United
states. the work of Mrs, Belle Kinney
Soholz, Nashville sculptor.
The ceremony will take place at
nm. Immediately after the preSenta-
ton by Gov. Horton the statue VIII be
unveiled by Andrew Jackson. Atm. oi
Los Angeles, grandson OF an adopted son
Of old Hickory" whose brother, Al
bert Marble jackson. disappeared mvS-
teriously IN December. 1928. after un-
yelling a likeness Of his celebrated
relative in the Hall Of Fame at New
York,
Marine Bard TO Play.
Mrs. Flora Myers Gillontine. past
State regent Of the n. A. 4. for Ten
neSSee. will preside. The ceremony VIII
start with the playing by the Marine
Band of the old hymn. How Firm a
Foundation" which was iavoritc Of
the grim old soldier while he was PrcSi-
dent. The invocation then will be oe-
livered by DR. Newton 2. Patterson,
pastor OF the First Presbyterian Church.
Presentation Of the statue, the unyeil-
ing and the acceptance by President
Coolidge Will follow in order. after
which the Marine Band Will pay the
Tennessee State song.
Brief tributes then will be paid jack
eon by Mrs. James E. Caldwell. repre-
sentlng several patriotic societies OF
Nashville: Mrs. A. S. Buchanan, State
regent of the .. A. r. Tor Tennessee,
and Mrs. Alfred j. BroSseau, president
general Of the D. A. Il
The speaker Of the afternoon will be
Claude J. Bowers Of New York. Jack
sons foremost biographer. who will
speak of the life and character Of the
seventh Pres ent. Wreaths VIII be
presented by -. L. Harmed, Tennessee
State commissioner of education. MIS-.
Mahlon Brown. representing the school
children Of Tennessee. and Mrs. A. H
Smith and Mrs. NJ. B. Kettering
representing Andrew Jackson Chapter
Daughters Of 1912.
Benediction BY Chaplain.
Benediction vin be pronounced by
Rev. DR.. James Shera Montgomery,
chaplain of the House Of Representa-
tiyes. The ceremony viii close with
the plaving of The Stars and Stripes
Forever" by the Marine Band.
The presentation will be attended oy
the entire Tennessee delegation IN both
houses of Congress, including Senators
Kenneth D. Mcclellan and l. D. tyson,
ard Representatives Cordeu Hun,
Joseph w Byrns. E. E. Eslick' sam
D, McReynolds. B. Carroll Reece, Finis
J. Garrett, Ewin l.. DAVIS J. WIN Iay-
Tor. Gordon Browning and Hubert F.
Fisher.
Members of the Andrew Jackson
Statue Commission which arranged for
the production Of this work Of art and
its presentation 10 the Nation, are:
Gov. Horton. John Nolan, State treas
urer: Mrs. Gillentine. Mrs. Buchanan.
z. n. HaSton. secretary of state. Selden
Maiden. speaker of the Tennessee
House; Mrs. Brown. Miss Louise Linds-
lev. representing the Ladies Hermitage
Association. and Mrs. Betty Donelson.
president Of the Andrew Jackson So
ciety.
viii Hunt for Brother.
While in the East for the unveiling
Of the statute. Ii was announced yes
terday, Andrew Jackson, 4th, will re-
new the search for his brother, who is
believed 10 have vanished from an ocean
liner bound for Europe. Before sailing
he is believed 70 have disposed of some
papers and other relics Of the Hermit
jackson near Nashville, where both boys
spent their childhood The Presidents
will. recently sold at auction for 81 500,
may have come on the market in this
way
The career Of Andrew Jackson is de-
scribed as follows by John Trotwood
Moore. State historian Of Tennessee. in
a sketch written especially for this cere-
naony:
Andrew Jackson, seventh President
of the United States was born In Wax
haw settlement. in what was then
Meckienburg, but nov Union County
North Carolina. March Is. 1857.
His father, by the same name, with
his wife Elizabeth Hutchinson and two
small boys. Hugh and Robert. had igIini-
grated 10 America tao years before, and
settled on Twelve Mile Greek IN the
wazfaw settlement of North Carolina
He entered q small tract Of inferior land
payment built for his family log
cabin, but succumbec 20 pneumonia and
overVork two weeks before his son waG
born.
Mother Almost PenniIess.
Her support gone. almost penniless
With two small boys and expecting daily
q
cheerful. energetic. and Of indomitable
courage. pslt her BOYS snd the few be-
loTgiagg size had In single wagon and
started IT, the home of her sister Jane
Hutchinso. Crawford, IL miles away
near the cid Waznaw Church, IN South
Carolina, for 2 temporary home Tor her,
seif and her boys TAKEN III before
reaching her destination, she stopped al
the log cabin Of another sister, Peggg
H1nchin5on McKemey. just over on the
North Carolina side. where Andrew
Jackson vas born on the night of
March Is, 1857.
"A log cabin. but the great hand Of
Destiny had studded the SKY ot his
horoscope above the cradle In that
cabin with stars q immortality which
later fell IL showers around him -
tighten the long. hard ROAD of his jour-
ney He grew up ~ his Uncle Craw-
foros home, vent " Old Field schools
and helpeo niE mother work on the
farm until Ia. when var broke in all
itk cruelty ard fury on The settlement
He Eaw MS eldest brother Hugh. II,
killed fighting for his country a. Etono
Entered with his brother Robert, EaE
Tsrieton surprise ard murder ii5 oi
fa1k neigBDors and wound $50 more a.
tbe Old WazfaW Church. helped his
fA1t9Asf G8f& FsaeNss kfaJ1l1EFEa Aaf
ne 1EKet st IL yesfe .! age and fought
the invaders ~ MS country ~ Hanging
R1ck wsk captured with his brother
Eooert. ordered by a bullying brow.
beating Eessisn ~ black his boots. re-
fgSec ard offed him Vf1fn both boys
we're struck Gown Nlth the HesElan'
GGbse EGgeFt dying u the csit On i1i'
head end tfs smallpox Andrew WITH
the same disease pDfee1 Daek 10 lif
ny Eig nlofbfT wno. Ia turn died 81
y snc IVES D3Fiee III a. unknown grave
near Charleston s &
"WneA Andrew Jacks9B major gen
ersi ~ The United States Army, "a
years afberNarc. sDggSd on he impreg-
nsble oFesstNorkA DeIo8 tew OriesnE
with his deadly Tennessee snd Ken,
t4lcky ftfeEneD four lines deep behinf
j., sBG ssW the flower of Eritslni