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BTRTHPLACE OF JACKSON 9 ? ?'r, (Continued from Page Three)." James Faulkner says, if we believe him, that Jackson did not know where he was born, and hence Parton has discredited one of his most material witnesses because he evidently does not believe Faulkner. . If Faulkner was right, that Jackson knew, where he was born, tho folks wbo brought down the tradition merely forgot which place Faulkner said Jackson said he was born. So we can not place a finding on the testimony of Faulkner: because . Parton himself repudiates Faulkner's statement and says that Juekson did not know where he was born. He certainly can not ask us then to believe Faulkner?that he was born in McKemey'r house. ; , * ': Then comihg to IhV statements of thfe other tvitiiesftfts, John Lathah, a son of iiSarah, w?o says she attended the .birth at midnight whfh only 7 yehrs of age \(p. 54 of Parton), testifies that soon .after Jackson's father died Mrs. Jackason jett TtfMvo'-Mfle creek'^Ka go and Alive with Mrs. CravyforjJ in Lancaster Tdistrict, South Carolina; that on her jjrdy -she.caJlKl at the house of George '^McKemby,'hha while ht McKemey's she ;.waa taken sick and Andrew was born, ;ctnd as soon as she was able to travel ahe went to Crawford's. Le us lay that Reside Parton's conclusion. He says on The bereavca family of the Jackson s never \ .returned to home on the bank* of Twelve Mile ct*ek,: but went from the burial yard to J4he house, not very far off, of Mrs. Jackson's "brotheMnyaW. George MeKemey by name. a ' Now, "his (Lathan) witnesses say i that they' did retiirn to the Jackson fhbhie atfd Were removing to Crawford's gwhen they stopped at McKemey's. Parnon thereby discredits Mrs. Leslie and Mrs. Lathian, and without them he can do nothing. Then to" increase the con4 Uoetnn Krln^tl 11 T> Ollft irauiLu^ii A 01 ivu M* ?0~ ?r jCharles Flnly, Who Is said while in the ftlesh to have said that he took the Jackson family to the burial and then conveyed them -to the residence 4of George McKetney- where Andrew was soon afterwards borh (see p. 55). This contradicts the ktatCment of Sarah Laihan, the most numerously quoted witness, and also contradicts James Faulkner, both of whojn gay that Mrs. Jackson returned .to hpr "hdtne, and while moving from Twelve Mile creek to Crawford's Stopped with'her sister, Mrs. McKemey, atid was therp delivered qf Andrew (p. 54). So the two most material witnesses produced by Par? tdh are contradicted by Parton and his other witness Fihly. and their story is discarded as being incidental to the removal to the Crawford's,' The most reasonable theory is to adopt Parton's statement that Mrs. Jackson went to her sister, not far off, from the burial of her husband, and that sister was Mrs. Crawford. It was . possibly a mile and half or two miles frotn the graveyard to "Mrs.Crawford's! It was 2} miles farther to Mrs. McKemey's (see Tompkins* "History Mecklenburg county,"'vol, Z, p. 5), so that I assume that she did go as Parton says, to her brother-in-law's, not far off,' to wit, James Crawford, and there Andrew was born. ''>' * v " There Is another view-which should bo* given here. Mr. D. A. Tomgklns, of Charlotte, N. nas wrmen motory of Mecklenburg county, and at jiture '198'of Vohime 1 .ft has a.picture rOfTthe MeKeru?y dottage. It-is 20 feet Ay J$, log cabin with a -door, two Wpk LftAra, one fireplace, and one roo'm, which room like all pioneer cottages, was used in front for fitting' room, Kitchen and dlhlng rooms, and the biucK was used for a bedroom in which in? whole family sU-pL, McKemcy had Vtv family; .we do not Know how many, but we know there Were children. If ifie story is true, Mrs. Jackson was k ahere with two boys, making XJcKem ?y and his wife tin'd 'probably two'or three chlldpOn, dnd Mrs. JaOkson and tWx) boys, and old Mrs. Cousar,-If we accept the tradition) aJl in that small bouse when this' distressing period came cm?when Mrs. Leslie, the mother jOf Sarah, was called to officiate at Andrew's birth. Now Sarah's testimony as brought down by tradition is that j f she went with her mother at night to this little cabin, already full of people ' to overflowing, to 'be present at the birth of another addition to the human , race. I was raised among the country Scotch-lrisn peopie ray?eu, unu instead af?ty'ingir^ children in from the nelgHborhnodrtb attend Occurrences of that kind, even where there was an abundance of room, the children that belonged at the place were always sent away _ tfQip. home. And it is patently absurd to t*htnk that Mrs. Leslie, knowfhp the conditions th^re were at-, the McKemey 'house, should have taken k her little 7-year-old daughter along to [ be an Incumbrance and in the way of Pr" everybody therei It is simply an old wives' fable. There Is another thing to which I ( -want to call attention as to the exuberance of traditional testimony which i Gen. Walkup found In that neighborhood and upon which Parton bases his history. He says pn page 62: I was also aasdred that youn* Jackson attended the famous school of Dr. Waddell. one of whose pupils was Calhoun, and was inclined to believe the story until I discovered tha* Dr. Waddell did not open his academy until after Jackson had left school forever. This rumor failed to get in as history. because Mr. Parton-had an abso lute check, on it and found that it was contrary to the' truth. Nevertheless, people In that country still tell-it and believe It. just as they do this'story as to his birth at McKemev's. Mr. Parton says that "the old people of that community scout the idea that Andrew Jackson's father ever owned any land" (p. 100 of his book). This is another Of the uncertain, traditions brought us, by Mr. Parton and discounts the reliability of his statements. Andrew Jackson. Sr., did enter his land on TwelveMile Cfeek:'he did not get a grant of it because he did not live long enough to do so. The James Crawford grant was not'mad? until 1775, although Parton navs that that land was bought in 1765. But Andrew Jnckson, Sr., acquired such an equity in the. land on Twelve Mile creek that his son and only surviving heir made conveyance of it in 1792 to one Shared Cray, as evidenced by the power of attorney . which I hereby submit, which Is on record in Inncaster County, S. C., being recorded on January 2, 1793. for the reason that Crawford lived in Lancaster, and even as to that tract of land it was so uncertain as fo whether It was in North Carolina or South *Carr olina that it was deemed best to record the power of attorney in Lancaster County, S. C. Parton says (p. 49) that* Gen. Walk up reached the conclusion that old Andrew Jackson had nothing because he had searched the records in Anson and Mecklenburg CQUnilCK; it ne n;iu scaniicu nvnic in Lancaster County, he might have found something that would have interested him: and if he had searched gome for evidence as to the place of .fhckson's birth in Lancaster County instead of where he did, amongst the people who had a pride in North Caropa. he would have found evidence Corroborative of our case there. (See ftuell, vol. 1. pp. 22, S3.) ' The power of attornev is as follows: tfOWER OK ATTORENY, ANDREW JACKSON TO JAMES CRAWFORD, fro ail to whom these presents shall oomc. An J drew Jackson, of the county of Davidson - and district of Mero, in the territory of the ? United _Sta?^s of America, south of the river -'Ohio, sends jrreetinjfs: : x ??-? i Know ye that for divers good causes and ! considerations me (hereunto moving, I have i made, constituted, and appointed, and by these ; presents do make, constitute, and appoint, j James Crawford, of tho county Of Lancaster, j in the Stfte of South Carolina, my true and I lawful attorney for me aftd in my name for | my use to ask, demand, sue for, recover, and ! receive all sums of money, debts, dues, or de mands whatsoever which are or may be due, i owing, and payable to me, and on receipt ! thereof sufficient receipts, acquittances, and discharges fdr the and in my name make. eJtecute, and deliver and more particularly to make over and convey unto Shared Gray by lease and release a sufficient title in fee simplo to 200 acres of land situate, lying, and being' in Mecklenburg county, in the state of North Carolina, and on the waters of Twelve'Mile creek: and every act and acts, deed or deeds necessary to bo done in the premises do as j j fully and amp'y as I might or could do were ' I personally present, hereby ratifying and conj finning all that my said attorney shall law' fully do In^the premises. In witness whereof I Km* 'hdWfufht? <sct my hand and affiled my 8eai_tno of November, in this year | of pur tord 1792. Andrew Jackson, (L. S.) I lit the'presenoe of? < Abram. Boyd. | Soetli Carolina. Lancaster County: AbrUuvn Boyd' camo before me and made oath that^he Wis present and saw Andrew I JooVantv of " the cbunty of Davidson and dls ; trltt'iof M?ro," In the territory of the United I I State* of America, south of the river Ohio, sigga. seal, Ad acknowledge the within p6wer of attorney* to Jambs Crawford, of the county of Lancaster and State of South Carolina, | for the use* and* purposes therein contained, and that he. thia. deponent, signed hi* name aa a tollriWs thereOnto at the tame time. Abraham Boyd. Sworn to December 26, 1792. befbre hne. Jno. Simpson,-J. L. C. C. | Recorded January 2, 1793. State of South Carolina. County of Lancaster: I. Paul Moore, CTetk "of the'court of common pleas and general sessions in and for said county, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing -is a trde and correct copy of a I power of attorney executed by Andrew Jack| son to James Crawford, as shown by the record of the tame in my office in deed book 8. at page-227. Given under my hand and J ifflcial seal at Lanoaster thia 16th day of February, 1922. | (Official seal.) '. Paul Moore, Clerk of Court. Mr. Hammer. Will the gentleman | yield? Mr. Stevenson. I will. Hommtf I desire to ask the gentleman If Mr. :Paftoh ip n.ot consid! ered one of the moat painstaking of historians? Mr. Stevenson. He is by some peoj pie, no doubt. Specially with North Carolinians. Mr. Hammer. . Mr. Collier, who wrrote the authentic history of Gen. Jackson, who was a life-long" friend of Mr. Jackson, did not know where he ! was born. Mr. Stevenson. Jackson said that he was born in South Carolina, and said It over his oWn signature, and he "knew more about what he knew than Collier did. Mr. Hammer. I would like to ask the gentleman if Gen. Walkup did not mako an investigation of 18 witpestes, (about one-third living in South Carolina? ( Mr. Stevenson. Gentlemen, I can npt? | i Mr. Hammer. And did not they overwhelmingly" furnish the testimony that has been uncontrovcrted? Mr. Stevenson, You can not take ! any more of my time. I Gen. \Valkup got ud 18 affidavits, (but "what Were they?. Eighteen affida?* "'Wot Qorah T^th-nn James i FYiulkmer,1 and' Mrs: Cotisar android Mrs. Leslie and Mr/ Finly said, and all of them had been dead 36 years, and most of them So or 60. "You trace it back to ttiOfce lire people 'and they do not ?gfee. Eighteen . people in 1858 state? what they had'been tdTd by fc>eople who had been dead, all of them, for more than a half century, excoot One. who .had been dead 35 years, to ?c6ntradict people who spoke while many living: krfew the facts:I waht to "show you how unreliable Mr: Parfon was. Qen. Walkup states that Andrew Jackson never "had any land. The ^rouble is he did just what he did- as to where he was born?he did not look in the right place. I have put in here the power of attorney executed by Andrew Jackson in' 1792. in which he conveys to one Shared Gray 200 acres of land in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on the waters of Twelve Mile Creek. That is the rand his father took up, ju3t on the line, but in North Carolina. Parton and Walkup say there was no such land, and they could not find -any trace of it. And here I produce a record of a power of attorney from Jackson himself, conveying it away in 1792 and recorded in Lancaster County. S. C., on the 2d day of January, 1793. And it shows you the absolute unreliability of the witnesses relied on by Mr. Parton, because he says not only positively that Gen. Walkup says that the old Irian never had any land there, but he says positively that all these people he saw down there scouted the idea that the old man ever had any, and that it was all a myth. And yet I here produce the record over Andrew Jackson's signature that Ite did have it. and gives the He to that which Parton got up and which he spread all over this coontry. These people told him that Jackson went to school at Waddell. He believed it till he found it untrue. They told him the old plan had no land. He believed it. and I show it is untrue. They told him Mrs. 'Jackson went back home after she buried her husband, and he repudiated that in his own text. How can history be accepted out of their mouths? [Applause.] The Chairman. The time of the gentleman has expired. Mr. Stevenson. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. The Chairmnn. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. Exhibit A. (Report of the Historical Commission of South Carolina to the General Assembly of South Carolina at the regular session of 1908.) The roots of the present lie deep in the past, and nothing in the past is dead to the man who would learn how the present came to be what it is." (Stubbs.) "A people who have not the pride to record their history will not long have the virtue to make history that is worth recording." (R. D. W. Connor.) The Birthplace of Andrew Jackson (1767 ?1815.) During the lifetime of Andrew Jackson it was almost universally accepted that he was born in South Curolina. but of recent years it has wme to be widely believed that he was born in North Carolina. The encyclopedias and biographers either state that his birthplace is a matter of doubt or that it was in North Carolinh. But the most impartial and acceptable evidence all points to a well-defined spot in South Carolina as his birthplace. Jackson himself repeatedly declared that he was born in South Carolina, and actually fixed the spot upon a mup. and his is the only evidence we have before us that would be admis siDie in a coun 01 law. V, In aJettertdatcd at Washington, December 24? _ 1 BJBb. replying to a letter fron J. R. Pringle, Intendant of Charleston, inviting him to > visit Charleston, he wrote: "Although it will be gratifying to my feelings to avail myself of so favorable an opportunity to visit the emporium of my native state. I am yet prevented by my engagements V'VW' rt/Mi vHi' Wf't "* from dcsighatihlr fiic period when *T can oeir.e it." To the committee of arnunjementa for the celebration of the Fourth of July by the people of Charleston jn 1831, President Jackson wrote in a letter dated at Washington, June 14, J8S1: "A necessary attention to the duties of my office must deprive me of the gratification. I should have had in paying under such circumstances a visit to the state of which I feel a pride in calling myself a citizen by "birth." In -a letter to Joel R. Poinsett, of Charleston. another native of South Carolina, dated at Wnshington, December 9, 1832, he wrote: "If the Union pahy unite with ' you heart and hand in the tr.it you have laid down, you j will not only preserve the Union but save our native state from that ruin and disgrace into whichgher treasonable leaders have attempted j to plunge her:" In his proclamndon of December 10, 1832, anent the "nullification" convention of South 'Carolina, he used this language;, ! "Fellow citizens of my native state, let mc not only admonish you, as the First Magistrate of our common Country, not incur the l>enalty *f its lows, but use the influence thai a father would over Mr children whom he saw rtmhinir to certain ruin." Again, in a letter to Poinsett, dated at Washington, January 24, 1833, he wrote: repeat again my pride and desire in that the Union iten may a house and sustain the majesty of the constitution and the laws and save my nativo ctate from that disgrace that the nullifters 'have brought upon her." In a letter to Gov. Hammond, of South Carolina, dated at the HCrmltake, January 13, 1843, he wrote* ' ' "Conscious as I am of the integrity and propriety of nty conduct in regard to Judge Hall, it' is truly grateful to my feelings to find the legislature of my native state. South Carolina, "uniting 'with the legirlature of other states In those'high and honorable feelings of justice -which' their resolutions so "plainly indicate." > / . And, finally, In his last will and testament, Gen. Jackson declared that South Carolina was his native state. He said: * "THe" large silver vase presented to me by the ladies of Charleston, S. C., my native state, >?ith the'large picture representing the unfurling of the American banner presented to me by citiioris of" 6o?h Carolina, when it was refused to be accepted by the United States senate, .1 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 wilt at the close of the war, or and of the conflict present each of Said article* or inesumaoie rmiur M. that patriot residing h) the city or state from which they were presented who shall be adjudged by his countrymen, or the ladies, to h4\fe been the most valiant in defense of his country and our country's rffchts." Here are seven statements from Jackson that he was a native of South Carolina* As to'the location of the spot in Sotafh Carolina whereOn stood the house In which he was ljdrn the following evidence Is offered: "In 1843 Amos Kendall, (me of Jackson's closest personal friends?in fact. So close that daring Jackson's occupation of the office of 1 president he-was credited by Jackson's political opponents with being'tko "power behind the throne" and, as a member of the tfltte' flbteric of Jackson's personal friends and advisers, was contemptuously referred to as the "kitchen cabinet"?published several parts of a life of Jackson, which was, unfortunately, never completed. That work wa? prepared so much under Jackson's eye that 11 might almost be called an autobiography. It contained a map showing what Jackson regarded as the exact site of his birth; The evidence given on that map is confirmed by fanr earlier maps. The first of these is a plat to a grant of land made 'to Robert Crawford by the governor of that ! province of South Catoliaa In l1lB. The I plantation so granted contained 620 acres, and , * I fine Waxhaw creek, with the line be | tween the province! of North Carolina and South Carolina as the eastern boundary. t I The certificate to the plat recites that the 'tract had."previously beeij granted to "Andrew Pickens by'the* governor of North Carolina under the misapprehension that it lay within the bounds of North Carolina. At the time of Jackson's birth the line between the two protineas' at this point tiad not been agreed upon or bldzed dirt. 'In If04 Gov. Bull had directed that A straight line connecting a gum tree ' on Twelve Mile creek with a stone about a 'mile south of Waxfcaw creek should be considered the line until an agreement should be reached. In 1T7? -this like was officially agreed to. and by that agreement the land whereon Crawford then lived was shown to be South Carolina terrhbiy.'and was then form-I ally granted to Crawford, who had doubtless bden on it for some years. In 1808 the states of North and South Carolina entered into a conventional agreement for definitely fixing | the boundary line between the two states at I certain points. Oiffe oj these points was the J 8-mile line referred to above. In 1818 the commissioners and surveyors appointed by the I two states ran.' blazed out. a"nd made a map j of the line. This map shows the landmarks I'along the line. ' On the plantation granted to { | Robert Crawford in 1776 two bouses were shown on" this map. those of J. Crawford and R. Crawford. In 1820 the state of South Carolina began th'e compilation of a series of maps "of' the districts of the state uader the j supervision of Robert Mills, the great American engineer. The contract for surveying and ' malting a "map "of Lancaster district was given to J. Boykin, a native of that section ef the state and a surveyor, of wide reputation. His mtp fixes "Gen. A. 'Jackson's birthplsee" on the Crawford plantation exactly where the map made under Gen. Jackson's direction In 1843 placed it Before publishing Mr. Mills ?v_ Jackson, who j sent h prooi i? me ? wrote back that the birthplace thereon given was correct: that he was born on the Crawford place. In the same year (1820) Eugene Reilly, "surveyor and engineer," delineated a map of Lancaster district, differing from Boy-1 kin's map as regards landmarks, but placing [ "Gen. Jackson's "birthplace" exactly where Boykin placed it. > , In 1820 Mr. James Thowaldson. of Philadel-1 phia, presented to the legislative library of South Carolina a bust of Jackson. A committee was appointed by the general assembly to draft resolutions of thanks. Embodied in their resolutions is this significant statement: "With so many themes Of admiration and causes of gratitude in the history of the general, we, as Carolinians, have a still more happy reason for gratulation that be, whose nativity has been the cause of rivalry for contending states, is acknowledged ah our own." Evidently the committee had had some conclusive evidence as to Jackson's birthplace furnished to them whereui>on they based that statement. There is still anotner on ui secondary evidence to prove that Jackson very well knew the place of his birth. In 1858 some contention arose as to the place of his birth, and the Lancaster Ledger published an article on the subject. The following paragraph from that paper is to the point: "But the testimony rests not here. Many years ago it was mooted whether Gen. Jackson was born in this state or just over the line in North'CaroIina. Col. James H. Witherspoon. then a prominent citizen of this district and Intimate friend of Jackson's, addressed to'him a letter of inquiry as to his birthplace. The reply of Gen. Jackson was full and particular. He states that he was born in the Waxhnws, in South Carolina, on a place belonging to Maj. Crawford. This letter is now in the hands of James H. Witherspoon, Esq., son of the late G>1. James H. Witherspoon, to whom it was addressed. Unfortunately, Mr. Witherspoon is on a summer tour among the highlands, and we are consequently deprived of the pleasure of laying it before our readers." This letter is now in the Library of Congress. and is cited by J. S. Bassett in his life of Jackson. Perhaps this was the evidence upon which the committee of the general assembly based its statement in 1820. At any rate all of Jackson's statements arc to the effect that he was born in South Carolina on Rob-rt Crawford's plantation. The rules of evidence permit a man to testify as to the time and place of his birth. In certain circumstances hearsay evidence as to the time of a child's birth is ad.missiblc. but not hearsay evidence as to the place of the child's birth. There is no evidence within the reach of the general investigator to contradict-Jackson save that of sev't : > .. ; d > ; WHEKi FI j x' A REALLY PlCTtlP VieW^WEJTONi VI UL The first cart of Princess Mary** and Viscount Lascelles's honey* moon may be spent at Weston Park, near Shifnal, England, the Shropshire home of the Earl ant Countess of Bradford, whose daughter, Lady Diana Bridge' man, Is to be one of the ftrtdes* maids. He^e the royal bride aw' bridegroom are expected to re main for about threes weeks be fore proceeding to Italjr* 'r ' * i I 1 eral witnesses who have given testimony1 from I hearsay and tradition that Jackson was born ' at the house of one George McKetney, a rclaf tive. There is not one single -direct statement [ from anyone that he or she knew of his or lier own knowledge of the place wRere Jackson ? -ii u.u kA.ra,v tpiitimony was I W&8 DOm, U<i v* Wiw Tn.-w, I offered after Jackson and all .of his eMers and | oontemporaries were dead. There is a tract of land lying within the bounds of North Carolina and about 3 miles from the Crawford place that belonged to George McKciney at the time of Jackson's birth,,as shown by the public records of Mecklenburg county, but that is no proof that Jackson waa born there, or even that he was bom in McKqpney's house, and the faet that McKemey owned that tract of land in 1767 ia not sufficient proof Wat he lived upon it at the time of Jackson's birth, even admitting that Jaekaon was hoAi in McKemey's house, as claimed by this made-to order tradition. On the other hand, we have a statement by one of Jackson's early neighbors, who doubtless knew bim well from infancy to ijodtk manhood, when he went to Tennessee, and 'ieHo was dbnsiderobly older than JaAsooi, that; hi was bortt in South Cattltaa. This was William R. Davie, who spent-many years of his life in the neighborhood in which Jaekaon was born, and who was agrae time governor. - -- ? ?11.. W?. was appealed to jp Of Worm V/ftrvnurn. 1815 by a native of LAtiUftoi* district then residing in Charleston, who made the following Statement to Gen. < Davie: "Much haa been said here relative to the birthplace of Gen. Jackson. I have stated that he is a native of Lancaster in this state." To this Gen. Davie replied! "Your statement respepti/ig Gen. Jackson is perfectly correct; he was born in what is usually called the WaxhaiiP* ' Gen. Jackson had -hattl a dozen or more biographers who wrote <h)rjng .lis lifetime, at least four of whom were his intimate friends ?John Reid, John H. ?aton, Gen. James Gadsden, "William Corbett, Goodwin and Amos Kendall?and every one of.' them credited him to South Carolina, as did.hundreds of newspaper and magazine writers of his day; so did the official publications of 'South Carolina and other states, snch As/.(legislative reports and resolutions and journals; and when he died very many editors and eulogists, including the great historian Bancroft, spoke of him as a native of South Carolina, yet 15 years later, after his contemporaries had passed away and proofs had disappeared, new claimants arrived on the field to claim him as' a native of North Carolina. But the evidence is against them, and "South Carolina, should "acknowledge hhn as'Our own" and place a lasting marker oa the spot wjjerc h^.first saw the light. (For further disfcussion. on this matter see Appendix A to. Brady's Life of Jackson.) A. S. SatlOy,.'Jr. ? ? WAR 13 SVILL ON , i Germany Fighting American Exports to South America. ? 'J* t aob of her me/chant qiarlne will *' >.'* not embarrass Germany in hqlding he:- trade, Julius Klein, Director tit the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, has informed the Hjohse Foreign Affairs committee. He made known also the existence in South America and elsewhere of a heavy German propaganda directed at Au.jrican business. The statement was made public today when the Commerce and Labor Appropriation 'BID was reported. At the-same time Mr. Klein expressed the opinion that American manufacturers can compete with them. Regarding the absence of Germany's merchant marine, Mr. Klein said: "I was interested in examining the first seven or eight cargoes of goods A trrna ftvtni that came ijuo cuenus ajim Germany In the cource of 1919 and 1920. Every one o'' .hem came in Scandinavian ships, >"1 they, had plenty of room.- 'fhe ' mans could hire space as cheaply as . their own ships, and they will get ah of the tonnage that they need. Whn they have to do is to develop their m> nufacturing technique, and their prowess in that field has been enormous.v overestimated. "I would like for a minute to discuss the menace of the German people. They will undoubtedly threaten our trade in a variety of lines. Their activity at this time is confined to propaganda, which we much .meet with a display of actual merchandise. We have to check the propaganda now on against us. There is not a capital in South America today, there is not a trade centre in South America that has not been ridden through :and through with German propaganda enrrlf.fi hv the nnuers. Newspapciji ran lie bought down'there ju?t as they can be bought in this country, perhaps even more cheaply, and the result is that in every corner of I^atin America you find propaganda against the Ignited States." fcV Mr. Klein said the motives of m United States for extending relief in Russia and China had been attacked * i M as part of the propaganda. * UNCESS MARY MAY SPEND HC ^ ; ' Wi?e to hfim.?'That you, dearie? I'm detained at the o/ticc on very im'pdrtant bualhess and I may not be l-"?- ??! ait nn fnp m? " I1UII1CT UIII II late. x>s/? w olv "I won't dearie. You'll come home as early as you can' won't, you? And John, dear?" "Yes! what Is It?" AUCITON SAIiES._ CLER K'S SALE State of South Carolina?County of York. In the Court of Common Pleas. Ida M. Wylle, Plaintiff against R. E. Montgomery,* Defendant. PURSUANT to. an order of foreclosure In the above entitled cause, signed by Hon. I. W. Bowman, presiding judge, notice is hereby given that on MONDAY, MARCH 6, (Salesday) between the legal hours of sale, I frill sell at public auction before the York Courthouse door to the highest*bidder, the following described real property, to-wit: t "All that tract or parcel of lahd withoiu the town of York, in the said state and county, iommencing at a stake in the branch at the bridge on rnnd. thence S. 82 T-2 W. I fcUO r 2.22 to a stake in the Branch, thence with the branch to stake, N. 51 1-2 W. ,5.50, N. 44 W. 8, N. 22 W. 4 and thence (leaving the branch) N. 85 1-4 W, 4.15 to iron stake in old road, 10 feet from mile post; thence N. 80 E. 10 to stake In old road; thence N. 34 E. 13 to stone In old road; thence S. 64 E. 11 to a hickory; thence N. 08 E. 11.30 to an iron stake; thence S. 35 E. 9.05 to a stake in the Charlotte road; and) thence (with the road) S 46 W. 25.80 to a stake and thence (with the road) S. 27 1-2 W. 4.62 to a stake In the road and thence S. 16 1-2 W. 1.10 to the beginning, containing SIXTY-SEVEN AND ONE QUARTER (67 1-4) acres, more or less, bounded by lands of (1) Wilkins, Wllborn and Cartwright, (2) lands of Church Home Orphanage, (3) Johnson land, and (4) lying on the Charlotte road, opposite the Cannort mill >proY>erty." Terms of Sale: One half cash, and the remaining one-half within twelve months from the day of sale, with interest thereon from the day of sale, and secured by bond of the purchaser I anH n mnrteriee of the Premises so sold, with leave of the purchaser to pay entire bid in cash. Purchaser must pay for all papers, revenue stamps, recording: fees, etc. Purchaser must comply with cash portion of his bid within one hour from time of such sale or> the land to be at once , re-sold updn same day and upon same terms, at the risk of the defaulting purchaser. Any of the parties to this action may bid at said sale. T. E. Mc.MA.CKIN, C. C. C.. Pis and R. M. C. i j|| The Great I ?and we will be more t | 1 come in and sec/just whai i ing a handsome line in th g the very best makers of ? No, they are not pri SI 1 J> -J- J.1. ioeen?m Tact we tiuhk. t.u ?qualities and prices coi You know we close at York Fun \r >NEiM0ON. I mmlamml ""mmm I w&U^n^M ? E KB BBfo '.s.^^v' ?$ '* p *%*v 'i -^1531 vrr.rvu-NL\; BS5^ Showing WeSTON hAU t ' *:,. ' - ' ". * 0 I i 1 ' ? "Please don't draw'to many inside , straights." ... CLERK'S SALE State of South Carolina?County of York. In the Court of Common Pleas. J. S. Brlce and Agnes M. Spencer Exors. Last Will and testament of C. E. Spencer, deceased (substituted , for C. E. Spencer, attorney), Plain- , tiffs; against Laura E. Parish and Peoples Bank and Trust Company, Defendants. PURSUANT to a decretal order by * Hon. L W. Bowman, presiding judge, 'in foreclosure proceedings in the above entitled cai(se, I will expose to public sale, to the highest bidder, at auction, between the legal hours of i *V?a VA??lr (*niirf li mifio Hnrtt* aaic, uciui c uto jl u? j\ v^uu* vk^uuv r on MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1922 (Salesday) the following described real property,fo-wf{: U All that certain tract of land situated in the Southwestern portion of, and partly within and partly without the incorporate Umita of the town of York, said county and state, containing SIXTY-ONE AND FIFTY-SEVEN ONE-HUNllREDTHS (61.57) > acres, more or less, and bounded by I lands now of forrrtirly 'of U: E. Spencer, C. M. Inrrtftn and lands formerly belonging to J. R. Witherspoon and others, being part of the ninety (90) acres conveyed to me by J. B. Withers, February 15, 1877. See deed recorded In Book B-2, page 147, R. Ml C. office, said county and state, less 23.48 acres thereof conveyed away to various parties, for description and acreage of which conveyances see following Deed Books and pages: L-12 page -508; No. 21, page 646; No. 28, page 250; No. 30, pages 126. 126 and 203; No. 31, page 89 and 253; No. 36, page 132. Terms of Sale: Cash. Upon failure of the purchaser to comply with bid within five days, the Clerk of the Court is authorized and empowered to re-advertlse and re-sell the premises at the risk of the defaulting purchaser. T. E. McMACKIN, ' C. e. C.. Pis. ??________?. EXECUTRIX'S SALE. (VI UTiUK is nereuy given mm uu muuday, March 6th, 1922. (being Salesday) immediately after the legal sales, I will expose to public.sale to the highest bidder for Cash, the following described. articles, being part of the personal estate of P. W. Love, Deceased: 2 Wagon Frames,; 2 Tractors, 1 Harrow, 1 Thrty-Disk Plow, 1 Disk Plow, 2 Mules, 1 Wagon. Terms of Sale, Cash. MARY McC. LOVE, 13 t 3t Executrix. Outdoors- I ~ With its bright sunny | days and balmy air 5 will soon be calling to | liHlr> lots to come H outside. This means B . that you'll need a go- j| cart for the little one, I to give the most bene- H fit to the youngster? | that's the best way? ? a go-cart and that's B why we have a com- j J plete line of go-carts ban pleased to have you f t we have. We are show- j e newest styles and from I jo-carts. oor\ so liicrli as tliev have m ic prices quite reasonable 1 isidered. Sec 'em. 6:00 p. m., now. oiture Co. | did not use a pistol at all; but a meershaum pipe cswe. Samuel Gasnl, a tel- ( egraph operator, was also arrested for connecMoir-,irt#h the ponSpiracy, and was r^leasedCbn $16,000 ball. Mrs. Robinson and Bailey, being unable to'give bond, are'held in* jail. . 1 Back Home Again.?Alice?"Have you written to that wonderful man you became enjra?ed to at the seaside?" Virginia? ''XVfe intended to all along, but I can't think of his name."?The American LegioiyWeekly. REAL tSTATE HC Want Them, See lnL SOMfc OF MY OFFERINGS! Five Room Residence?On Charlotte street, in the town of York, on large lot. I Will sell you thle property for less thah you eon build the house. aaf n Oftn* . ucivci aw ?*% VMWV< McLain Property?On Charlotte 8L, In the town of FOrk. Tbjs property Ilea between Neeljr Cannon and Loekmore mills, and Is a valuable piece of property. Wfil sell it either as a Whble nor In lota. Here la an opportunity tb some money. 90 Acres at Brattonsville?Property of Estate of Mrs- Agnes Harris. Will give a feal bargain here. - Loans arranged on farming lands. GEO. W. WILLIAMS KK'i! -jrtATB ' . See, Phone or Write to THOS. C. OTARRELL V tu , F0R High Grade Monuirientp In Marble and Granite Plant on East Liberty 8tre?t, Adjoin* Ina Rose Hill Cemetery. BUILDER'S SUPPLIES j THAT m ofol SOLE BUSINESS -?supplying" the needs and dSniSjndtf 6f Contractors' and Private Individuals with the Lumber, Mill Products, Brlolc, i Cement, Paints, Oils, etc., chat are used in constructing, holdings Or repairing buildings and other work that requires these materials. ' We are on "ihd^qlb every working day. We have the plant necessary to ban/ilrt oil tKaon non/lfiM > o onnnlv fhnm uic an kiion? IIVCWVVI uuu on short notice. We soMclt orders for all kind? of Mill Work?Doors, Sash, Blinds, Frames, Dressed Flooring, Celling, Riding, etc. We also hrvlte you to see us about Paints, xOils, Putty, etc. Wt assure you of prompt service and good materials at fair prices. LOGAN LUMBER !<r & *, i v '? 1 V lilfric-/! ' 1 R. C. Brocklnston i t. L. Hlnasnt i r-r V- M. Brown " 1 Palmetto Monument Co. Y0RK, - . 8. C. Why Pay an Agent Profit? . We know that the Agent has to livet but let the other fellow'keep him up. Deal Direct with the PALMETTO MONUMENT CO* York, 8. Phono No. 121. If you irlsh us to <?jl we ^rill be glad to have one of ourTlrm call on You. We do not travel agents. We can and will do your work at aa Low a Price and as Good In Quality as ariy one in the business. Try Us, is ufl that we ask. You be the Judge. PALMETTO MONUMENT CO. "Honor Them With a Monument" / Phone 121 ? YORK, S. C. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. " j.a?aeg " Attorney At Law. Prompt Attention to all Legal Business ,pf Whatever Nature. Office on Main Street in the Moore Buiidihg, First Floor, formerly occupied by 8. E. Spencer.' i >'.. t : J. A. Marion W. G. Finley MARION AND FINLEY ATTORNEYS AT LAW Office opposite the Courthouse. Phone 12& * YORK,S. C. Dr. 0. L. WOOTEN ? DENTIST ? OFFICt OVER THE P03T0FFICE Telephones: Office, 128; Residence, 53. CLOVER, - - S. C. 71 t. f. 6m YORK FURNITURE CO. Undertakers ? Embalmers YORK, - - e. c. In All Its Branches?Motor Equipment. Prompt Service Day or Night In Town or Country. W. W. LEWIS Attorney at Law Rooms 205 and 206 Peoples Bank A Trust Co.'e Building, YORK, - - 8. C. Phones: Office 68. Residence 4i JOHN R. HART ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Prompt and Careful Attention to All Business Undertaken. Telephone No. 69i YORK. 8. C. 76 ?t " * ' " 'It i* 4". ?iw . - V.,!, .