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|| A Nl'itAKOK 1111 It I A L AT T1IK * WAXHAW3 5 I JEiUIvce Brook*. In Utleigh News and Obsorvor ^ * Iti the year 1700 John Lawson, i an JCugiiah surveyor uuu natural- i ist, began hi6 journey from Char- < le&ton through South Carolina j ?ud Noith Carolina to the south i pf the I'rniltoo river. In his very I ii tereeting account of the country through which he passed,none i is more interesting than the Wax- i Daw region, lying partly in South ( Carolina,along: theOatawba river, where he tarried several days. His description of the Waxhaw i Indians (originally Bpelled Wax- < aw), (heir mauuera and their i tileLornh, their festivals, homes I Rnd Stute house?-all reud like < jumbled frp.gm^nts from a chapter of "Aiabian Nights." The s Waxhaws at this time were a powerful tribe, but war and pes ] tilence by degrees robbed them i ot their identity, and 50 years . later, wheu ibe first Irish imini- 1 gration to this region entered upon their wild lands, the Waxli"Of ' \ad submerged iuto the OkSra,.bai< ..ud vore moving to ^-^ward the westward. Before the remains of this once powerful tribe were erased there was be-( "iug planted along Waxhnw creek j. another r>ee to be more powerful J and to exorcise more constructive ' force than a n v other croon of men on the continent. j Jtiere came i'ntrickCaihomqtbe j lather ot South Carolina's great . eat statesman. Llere, too, came 1 Andrew 1/icKeus, the soldier and j statesman, v. ho married John C. Caihotiu bister in the little, brick 1 L' I ' chuicii. i1 loin the same coinuiu-, uity came Calhoun's greatest ri-< > val, William II. Crawford, the ;great Georgian, who divided Cul- 1 j boon's support for the presidency / lu 182d. Dere at the Waxhaws 1 [ \ grew to manhood William K Davie, the boldier who covered ? Gates' retreat fr??m Camden, gov ernor of North Carolina, minister to France, and here, after growing weary of political honors, ho turned bis face back to his old Waxhaw homo, and his laHt days i^wero speut at his country home,. Tivoli, lacing the Catawba, and | at his request his remains rest j id tne little churchyard at Waxhaw. From the Waxhaws came Stepheu D. Miller, jurist, gover* nor of SouthCarolina, and United hit&tb3 fiuliMiOr | J. AlilliOU bitilH, u Burgt.on of world-wide fame, and the greatest of his time. A few m<iiii-iii L> if, tit Mecklenbi.;^ county, N. C , James K. Polk, the eleventh president of the United States, wits born, and about :? half mile from the South Caro Una hue iu Union county, >i. (J., 1 and about three miles from the little Waxhaw church, was boru ( Andrew Jackpon, seventh presi , dent of the United States. The! retiiuiou of Andrew Jackson, Sr., he buried in the little churchyard, and tradition says that u aniali pile of rough stones mark the place. In that aucient place of burial, families "leap together, buwthe place where Andrew j?r' on, Sr,, Pes i.i unkrow-.. - ti . . ? 1 r m iv yenre n^o rar'on, nn M"-1 j vigifed the W:? :h. wr . of the little churchyard.! Yery lit He change baa *elr:?rj, p'r.'-' since then, and hi? do- i > j lion, if dated in the twentieth) century, would be almost as ac-|' tar?to i a v hen b?ifod in the die of the nineteenth centurv ' ?* .? 35#} A i I MA straoKe and lovely place ia tha' old graveyai ' to this doj I A i tt cLnir i' ?*tl;o thirl thai] b is near ia:rc* 11 11 ' " M W hr fCVOI jbf tfi" ? > ; . b't:. . rather h chv farrahrti itands, not in the churchyard,but from Waxhaw i short distance from it. Hugo home of tho Ju trees, with smaller pine .among ter much lanu them, rise singly and in clumps, deceased, they as they w#re originally left by for burial. T1 those whp^ first subdued the wil- was regaled wil lerness 'here, and when a stran- which whiskej ^er stands in that churchyard important par among those old graves he has counted tho ma the feeling of one who comes iHes of the di upon the ancient burial place of night terminate a race extinct. Rude^old stones almost notion are there that were placed on The oldest inh graves when as yet a stonecutter Reese Massey was uot iu the province?stones came in for his upon which cents of arms were freshments, as jnce engraved,still partly dociph- iluence of the erable; stones which are modern lamentations ir. compared with these, yet record morning uppe the exploits of Revolutionary sol- were made for iiers; stones bo old that every back to the trace of inscription is lost, and There were no itones as new as the New Year." deep forest, ai It is tho purpose to record os- carts upon wh pecially what tradition has to body. A roogl relate of the funeral of Andrew made just wid< Jackson, Sr.?a tradition preser- corpse, a horsi red and treasured by old iuhabi- one end, and tl tants around Waxhaw church, sion started d Mid told-with that care and pre- The journey w sieiou as if they were lending you some. The roi ?omo ancient relic of the Jackson ged along thr family. between supli In the year ITfifi Andrew Jack-: along tho hil'31 ion, Sr., with James, Robert and ' four miles of Joseph Crawford, roached the covered, tho pr Waxhaw settlement, having come halt and rol from Ireland by way of Charles- served. Reese tou. The Crawford brothers had where they 1 collie money, and bought land ! spirits were r itdjwi Uiiig ultjii lOiikUuiin ul tV ItJW- | oiuuu ioU iltoi haw. Andrew Jackson, Sr., be- uitiou the pi mg lef?8 fortunate and unable totagmn. Soon tl buy, pushed further north with haw creek. It his wife ?nd two children, and I the driver to g< nettred i:< the unbroken forest on j ';ort distance Twelve Mile creek, m what is order to find n now Union county. Id miles from place, and aga Monroe,the county seat of Union, halted, prove* and eight milos from the Wax- Reese Massey haw settlement. Thero is uo very spot ou tL evidence on record that he ever haw crock, purchased this land. Anyway, The funeral | he built a ru !o log house, cleared time in r very a small patch and raised his first and as soon a crop. But his end was near, and voice of Pit, tl in February of the second year he ing up the eroe died, loading: Mrs. Jackson wUh h<> had crossed, two youn r "ons, and ready to in advance reai give birth to the third; and in tight. In the her loneliness' and helplessness, driver, thinkin she turned to her hrothera-in- and more aa to law,the Crawfords, for assistance, cession would i The friend * and relations from : 4he gloomy, gl. Waxhaw came, took ttie corpse in spurred iiib hen hand and prepared it for the he could to ov li n it I AArAnuiinuu Tlwi I ?? ?, I. I >. ... 1.. ~ ~ - Vo. rn. ii I II n arvc L I rnuilli) Ulltt ' Mipp Edgeworth characterized ab ingback,notice "a midnight meeting held p"o tip and down 11 fesaedlv for the indulgence of rocking first ei holy ser-c"."-, ' 'it urn"!'y con- another. Ilo verted into orgies of unholy joy/' down, cautioni Tradition has doubtless magni- guuge of an ml lied the true report of this lad to liavo a care, vigil over tin* rernftin-t of And- sv pod abort olF. Jackson, Sr? and fts bunded down he had hist t front generation to generation aJ Massey heard an heirloom held in fee simple, father.) In and entailed from generation to in trying to ovi generation, it will continue sion, he had loi doubtless to gather in details, but where, ho < The oldest inhabitant is now the WHH on jUBf authority to whom all am refer , rhe ..djrty lri? red, nnd n? very reltgioupij*' , quotes lteese M.?ssoy, who (lied a j 0 } few years ago. saints be prais The tradition, as it. is told, ruiiR ; spalpo, n" just as follows: loll'. His head When the friends and relations | hMrn<*v so r- . i . \ a . a , ... while IN trick l-eariu! Odus Ayaloat iiiiii. i ' 'iivuuri tho si bedridden, aiono and destitute, i t whethc much, in r?ru*t was the condition i r .... (,j i . i i t* ,- v r f f I WOUKl DUMh 1111 lit ad uiu ownnli *.?j iidiiiu i/i tJ.'J.j Haven j, Vei '-oih , O vo yM.?r? hushes ftM ho was tro .bin 1 with Kidney ' count for his r< rfiBenop an'1 neither do'-ti.p nor \ wa nothing t( rnp(1?rin#> ortvo him /\t . , " ,., . 11 ?KV* tnnir Mt( OlD.'Ifl DO t I c*.< I liloOp'lC I 1 ' t f TM. U put liim Ui. hia foot. ? ah.irt racR0 order and im? h? testifl<v, eorppe. on the road > ?rolotn 'ppnvrrv.'" hn l?j hackw? Hpet on p?r?h tp<r ( i*v-?r i'oH Kid j h1(. / fr,ui n"v frouh'pM ?nd oil *'""ma of! ^ (pi.? \v<.> rvfo m t> o 11 iiini oiiwei I/hiijokuuh. I . , i . i ft H'" k/in * tjyjC* oiiiii Aiii ntnl Ij v V I i a I ?s I i l>t<IO| . . lUillilVV I* ( ill., | * P undnrbof L i r .fi /, i )i 11? ' stM ' ' 11 boll > ? reached the little and on ^ little barren knoll noi ckson family, af- the roan ftoat today loud3 toWa mtation over the haw church is where the sh prepared the body turned over, emptying its co lien the company tents into the little bottom belo< th good choor, of 'there is today tho same kno f formed a very the same black bottom,aud Reei t, while they re- Massey's statement. Old peop uy excellent qua!- today point out tho place nei eceased, and the the roadside arid tell you thi ?d in a noisy and hero Andrew Jackson's fath< s demonstration, foil oir the sled whi'o being ca abitant says tli!K rie?l to the little Waxhaw churc said tho corpse Mrs. Jackson never returned share of tho re- her home, but she stopped a fe f ha it* J ?? ?? * U 1.^? ? ~ 1 ? * ^ *? * * Vwv ..Kiuiiuf, in- unjD n iin ucr luiutivu, iurs. spirits converted garet MeCambo, in what is no lto revelry. When Union county, about a half n.i ared preparations ^oni the South Carolina l?n the littte journey Iler two boyj, llugh and llobei Waxhaw church, went to their uncle's, Jas. Cra\ roads through the ford's, where Mrs. Jackson hi id no wagons or been invited to make her horn lich to carry the While at the McOambe hon i, wooden sled was sbou a week after the I'ti ) enough for the ?'rs.Jackson gavo birth to a thii 3 was harnessed to son, and named birr, after h in funeral precox- father?Andrew Jackson. A own to YVaxnaw. that remains of the old McCaml as long and tire- house is a pile of brick and stoi agh sled was drag- overgrown with weeds and sa ough underbrush, lings, and lost to view save ngs, over ravines, those who know by tradition th do. When about thiH is all that murks the hirf the journey was place of Gen. Andrew Jp.ckso ocession canio to a A short distance away, on Wa rreshments were haw croek, arc a few old po^ ? Massey know sticking their broken, decaye halted. Here the moss-covered etuis a little abo' evived, some im- the water. This is all thai is lc y and iu this celt- of the l/iawioiu n.iii, where .\ rocession started diew Jackson worked witii L icy came to Wax uncle. was necessary for The descendants of Mrs. Jac > up the stream ? eon's sisters still live around t! with the corpse in,old Waxhaw church. I.t oi silitablfl ford i n cr 1 hrn nu)t of t h ? fun ilv ?!( ? ? !-> iri the procession been handed down from goner ding to fill up. tion to generation a rod silk ve could locate thin that was worn by a cousin win io banks of Wax- Andrew Jackson was elect president. F >r 7."> years it h larty was by this been treasured in the family, ai hilarious humor, on election days the proud own a they heard the unwraps this quaint old silk vol tie driver, halloo- brings it forth like an armor k announcing that battle, and swears by the shad they started on of his illustrious relative th dv for a frolic or a Democracy is immortal, and th meantime the the possessor of this valunb g less of the corpse heirloom must never bo anyt.hii i whether the pro less than a Jacksoniau Dcm eave him alone in crafc. tout-ridden forest, Still the people love to talk 1 u a u Inn o- ua f eof oa ^ t 1?<. .. 1^?- 4 - - ? nv i? j \y u ^ l?o IPOI **r I1ICJ |7 ? ^ t , illK^y iUVH I ') NIHJW \ ' ertake the party, the old church at Wuxhaw, tl Df the party, look- old mill posts where young Am d thesled bouncing assisted hii uncle, the little ft a a very light way, soken moufcd of brick and wc to way and then tar where Jackson was bor waved tho driver They talk of revolutionary tim< ng him in the lan- how an old veteran roturnii toxicated mourner from Charleston told of lliodoa Then Pat stop- and burial of Mrs. Jackson. Th Horror of horrors ! talk of Andrew's boyhood; he he body. (IteeHe he thrashed his cousin while on this from Pat's visit to his uncle who lived ne his excitement Charlotte, N. C., and how 1 irtake tho proces- cousin never forgave hi in, ai ?t tho dead tnan, would never vote for him, givii ould not tell. He as hifi reason that Andrew was a minute before, very dangerous man. hmftu" must be up All this is tradition with u ricks again. The with them it is as (rue as t ed ! The "bloody (iospel. got up and walked - r ? . . was always full of Kucklcn's Arnica salve. th? talk ran on r ,.t., lias world-wide tame for nit: felt a little creerv . , i. ' J Veioua cures, it sui'pa?sus hi ouMors, nnccr'vr- lilher fui%V| luti..n, ointment the dead muir balm for Cuts, Corns, Burns,Bo * head up between i Sores, Felons, Ulcers. Tetter, S> d hold him to ac-j Fevpr, Sores. Ch?np. <- a Hands, Skin Eruptions; infai >ugh riding. I hero . , t ,, ' & t>le tor Piles. Cure guarantee > do now but to r?*J(_)nly lioc at Crawfords Bros ,J. pa, and by follow. Mackey Co., Funderbui f t ne sled, seeir trie PbarniMc.y, Druggist. After heating the ? rd Tor a'mut t.^ol ' bo lUnater died to ibv? i 1 tfi.> body 0:1 *' . i npr*, but tho pinner moat wa . , , . to be saved. rivr crepw, a ? " f tho croeainr ton: ' ' ? ,, -a. rn ip tKcro <, . For Ooc jt: , Coidti yu..: \ . ? I fajg Which? 1 ,? A lean and potash-hungry soil, I W. i B wasted seed, wasted labor and idle M 11, I u'1"*?A MORTQAOE. Or, plenty of I ^ I I Potash I aft I I ia the fertiliser, many bales and a a er ! B t'usy gin?A BANK ACCOUNT. H j || our hooks. ^ I" MTHERN RY j 1~ .-schedule in clloot Jan. 13. 19>?3. ?1, 1 Head Down Kend Up rtl No.33. Daily No. 3i. Daily jg i Opm I.t Charleston Ar 3 60pm 33'i>in Ar Sutnracrville Ar 3 11pm L|1 1 50pm Ar Kiugnviile Ar 1 -Ktlpou Those trains. N s. 33 and 34. will stop only at 1)8 SiWinierville, Hranchvilie, Orangeburg unit >t. Matthews. lie tw ecu Klngsvills and liiucksbuirg rj. Head Down Head Up * No 33, Daily N'o.34, Daily to " ix t.m Lv KingsviSlc Ar f: pm 0 15pm ArOtnden Ar 1130am at boupin Ar Catawba Jet Ar l? toatn . 8 '3'ptn Ar Hock Hill Ar 9 15am H t> >*, .u Ar Tlrzait Ar Solum 9twpra Ar Yorkvllle Ar x riant n. 9 2:pm Ar Aharon Ar > "*7:im 9 35pm Ar llickory Grove Ar 8 i5.ua X U nOptn Ar Mm rua Ar X Oft'.un 10 15pm Ar lilacksburg Lv 7 y-.im Trains Nos. 33 and .? stop at ail Important stations bet ween A ingaville and lllai burf,. ' I Dot ween ltocU llul and Marion Vti J lvca.1 Down ltead Up ,. j 5ow>. Dauy No.50, D.iuy j 0 Onani Lv Rock Hill Ar 10 3t)pra li. l' ,Vu" AC Tir.'.ali Ar in I! put 0 3iaiii Ar Vorkvillo Ar 10 01pm ... ? lAntn Ar SI aron Ar 94?pm l<? Tnouu Ar Hickory Grove Ar 9 3>pm *7 lb..in Ai Smyrna Ar Ptl.ipu , '7 3-iiitu Ar lilacksburg Lv M tipiu I. ' ill 15 im Ar Murine i.v 5 "siren j Nun. am) .Id stop nt principal siailons betie i t?vvia Koi'k lll'l mill Munoii. Mrtwcon Marlon ami Uliuki- >ii flfi ? , , , i Kc..il Uo '* u U*s:?il l< ;* No "?l. !>a'ly cx Sun No'". I'a lv<xsnn 0 OO.wn I.v .Mill ion Ar i< wlinu tl 2 OJptn Ar lUiicl;. loir1/ f.v S.ftOpm 'I'm i ti No. will connect at Hock 111 i 1 with fH iniMon ami New York. 'I- Train No. .11 will intiko conncc' ion .it It ick i ill I a lib Sit Vjni.ali ill vmtifn No. 33 lion l bar3(1 lotlu. Wa inn ion unit Nov* York. No-' :<3 and 11 hamlln through I'ulltnai Drawmi all opii cti n b< ' weou N? w v ork ami i Ci nr slori. vki Cuniilon anil Kick I'M. anil 1" I'lliinK i..?r between Itook Hill anil Waallinglon. l-'or further iafoi nnvtion a.I r> <?r K. \i. HUNT. U.P A . CliurieMon, h C. .f \V li TAYI.OK, v ti.l'.A., Atlnri i, (!?. 3 ' M li. 11A It L) iV it K.ii. I'. A.. W unit in a ion, L). C. 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