University of South Carolina Libraries
#???????? ????? | Advan < 4 H fe?!^E^2Mo i! n , +?*+?+?+? STORY OF "OLD HIDKORY" (Continued from page 1.) reached Waxhaw. The schools were closed and Andrew and his brother Robert were at home when Tarleton and his dragoons thundered along the red roads of Waxhaw and d^ed them a deeper red with the "blood of the surprised militia." Their oldest brother. Hugh, had already given bis life in bohalf of the colonial cause. The old meeting house at Waxhaw was speedily converted into n hospital, and here the worst cases of the 160 wound ed men, victims of Tarleton's dragoons, were carried. Mrs. Jackson was one of the first women of the settlement to turn in and help alleviate the distress of her wounded countrymen. Robert and Andrew were among the young patriots who volunteered to ward off the Tories at Waxhaw. Both were taken prisoners. A Tory officer commanded Andrew to blacken his boots, Andrew replied, "Sir, I am a prisoner of war, and claim to be treated as such." The officer glanced at him like a wild beast, and aimed a desperate blow at his head. Andrew broke the force of the blow with hiB hand, and received two wounds, a deep gash on the head and another on fh? hand Thu QPuru frani ho I . carried to his dying day. The officer turned next to Robert and ordered him to blacken his boots. Robert saw the wounds of his brother and the fresh blood pouring from them, and had every reason to fear a like assault in case he should refuse. But he did refuse, and the officer dealt him a terrific blow on the head, which leveled him to the floor and disabled him. An aged relation, commenting on the scene, said, "I reckon Andy thought of it at New Orleans." The two wounded Jackson boys suffered intensely as a consequence of the inhuman treatment of the Tories. Both boys, soon after, were stricken with smallpox. The devoted mother heard of their pitiable plight. Prisoners? wounded?smallpox. She strove with ail the might of mother-love for their < deliverance, and finally succeeded in effecting an exchange of prisoners. When the mother first saw her two boys in their pitiable condition ?the severe gash on Robert's head had not even been dressed?she was filled with astonishment and overcome with horror. In two days after they reached home Robert was a corpse and Andrew a raving maniac. But a mother's nursing and strong constitution pulled Andrew through. After he was well on the way to recovery this patriotic and heroic mother heard cf the sufferings of the prisoners of war at Char . r ???#8g^|?^? >???? >## + +?+?#? ced Sty ~x? Young o\ that we |||L There ? |ra|A ter tast< OnA Hi opening | Clothes ' domesti elsewhe ^ ? wtfumm fv _ . A. ' . . A- ? V A . > A - A .? -^ -. -^ ^ ^ leston, and volunteered her services. There were no Red Cross nurses in those days, but there were devoted women who were pioneers of Red Cross work. Tradition says that Mrs. Jaokson made the long journey of a hundred and sixty miles on foot. Andrew Jackson, howevfer, always doubted that. He thought some way was surely provided to get ' his mother to her destination. But her rough journey through life was nearly over. The widowed mother had given two sons, both under age, to the cause of liberty; one more sacrifice was to be exacted of her. She was seized with ship fever, and soon after died, a martyr to her country's welfare. She died in the service of her country as truly as the colonists who shed their blood at Bunker Hill or Lexington. Andrew never saw his mother again. The only legacy this poor mother had to leave her orphan eon wan a pathetic little bundle of clothes which was sent to him at Waxhaw?a stainless character, and tne memory of a good mother and faithful Christian. Andrew mourned deeply over hiB great losa. Jackson was now an orphan and penniless. But two years later, when only twenty, he was admitted to the bar. Andrew Jackson's military career began when a lad of 14. He was captured by the British in 1871; maltreated and left to die of smallpox, his release from prison secured by his mother, and his life spared largely through her efforts. In the War of 1812 he organized 2,600 militia and was commissioned major general of the militia. In 1814 he became a major general in the regular army. He struck the decisive blows in the South which b: ought the War of 1812-14 to a close. He won the battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815, and the war was at an end. Jackson came to the presidential chair as a military hero. But he was much more than fliaL IT a* ruvoaouottirl * w,i: ? gitrai IIU11VU powers and inflexible honesty and an integrity unassailable. Andrew Jackson, to the end of his days, cherished with deepest veneration the memory of his rriother. He was little given to shedding tears, but he did shed them once on a memorable occasion on account of his mother. It was during his candidacy for the presidency in 1828. The floodgates of vituperation and slander opened upon him. So malignant was party animosity that not only was he assailed with vindictive falsehood, but also his wifo and his mother. Passing strange that party politics would stoop so low as to assail the character of a mother who had given two sons and her own les in j tung Me men are keen for sty] : prepare .for thatdem ire no clothes more si 3 than these new one: vo and three-buttoft, J lger; square notched is lower. e smart double-btfeaSl $25, $35, $< satisfy yourself how r< are* though made of ic woolens, we would ire before investing ir Furnishings, Hats,! 1 i ri ' * 1 ' ' f ? ' '-li j life as a sacrifice for her country. ; During the campaign hia wife once found him in tears. In response to her look of surprise and sympathy, he pointed to a paragraph reflecting on his mother, and said, "Myself I can defend; you I can defend; but now they have assailed the memory of my motherf" Andrew Jackson had married a woman who was a devoted Christian. He cherished the memory of her religious life as he did that of his mother. He built a small hrl??lr on the grounds of "The Hermitage/' where he resided. Her* the members of his family gathered for worship. When the eight years of his tertn of office were over, he retired to "The Hermitage," near Nashville, Tenn. The people of Nashville met him with outI I Insure Yon | Against th t Statistics shofr that 1 | where one burns. Irrture I am local agent for the | ?_ nr-.'-A- - * - " 4 pony ? rums ana nandle j found oil the market. I c < > man's*profit. Goods ship] 4 at Savannah, Ga. : < > " If I can't save you mone R KARL C o Local S< < NO T Shoes you need and must have ing for the higher priced efhoes, in and look through my stock. ] you want that you will apprecial pared with the price on the same Then, why not give me a trial never catch me straddling the fe My prices are right?that no saved for all who buy. R. M. Hoot Men's a n's Clotl le; and we know it 2 tand with greatest car tylish, more dignified, 3. tingle-breasted Suits; < lapels; lapels a little :eds; you ought to see 15, $50, $60 easonably priced our the very best foreij I suggest that you firi i Spring Clothes. Shoes and Oxfords LTTI FOB stretched at ma and tearfrri faces. He was well along in years, 70 year* of age. He was their president. He had come home to spend the balance of his life and to die with them. He was through with politics.' He was going to carry out his promise made to his wife, and a mother's prayers were to be answered and a new glory added to a vanished mother's influence. Andrew Jackson was going to join the little Hermitage church. The night of decision was full of prayer and meditation. One morning in 1848 the little church was crowded fr. oaa * *?1.A - ' w ovv w*-* i coiuchv vkftoon mike & j public confession of the Ohristian religion. He went home to read hie Bible more carefally than ever, and for 45 yeart he had never read leu fhan three chapters a day. He died on Sunday, June 8, 1846, aged 78. r Buildings | ie Weather | ,260 buildings rot down ? against this by painting. I Southern Cotton Oil Com- t evtry kind that's to be | sail Save you the twiddle- \ )ed promptly from factory ! > < > <? < > t I don't want your order. i. FARIS I ileaman. | ? ? <? <? ? ?<? ? ice , often yen do not feel like payThen fe the time you might cah [ am sure if you can find the kind je the saying in my price, com> shoe anywhere in this couiftry. and be convinced that you wilt nee. one denies?just a few dollars J The Leftr Priced CI* Shoe Man ?? v > >-.1 ? . y ? < * f** .; '-V^:-, ?t?rt:tM?:i:?::?unus ndP jj ies ?|v| 3RS0 T MILL, . SOUTH i Special Hardv for Ten In order to make roc merit* of FlIRNITI IP ? vat at v a %i 1 A A V>/1 which we are daily eip fering special inducem of HARDWARE for i will pay you to see us f Come in and let us ta Pott Sup JNO. S. POTTS, 111---- -i-JLil. li III! il ill i m+m I GET IN THl in! tl ,ihc V V, i hits r- the i I The sural! boy is not overlookod either. His k:nd | of equipment i t here nls J Fit him out, turn him !o^ro in the bqcklot; it's tha finest "food" you can give him. SEE US FOB ALL KINDS O Lytle Drug ????p? i he cost of The Times h * '-rs' ' mhbmmmhaas N'sl DAROLmA || I I yare Prices Days >m for large ship?T7 :?i -r \i_j, liic dmvai or ecting, we are ofents to purchasers a limited time. It or Hardware. ilk FURNITURE. ply Co. Manager. - ^ E GAME I o put pep and speed le game you need all equipment, this store it?regulation?and at light price. F SPORTING GOODS I Comp'y I 11 mJ < 1 - - j i a s only $1.25 a year.