The Chattanooga News. (Chattanooga, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1923 Page: 4 of 6
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SCOUTS AID COMMUNITY
A combination of scout good turns
with un unforeseen and spectacular
climax was rendered by the boy
scouts of Macon, Ga., during the re-
cent local gigantic celebration of tho
one hundredth anniversary of that
cHy. _
In the history of Macon there had
never been one parade unbroken by
, traffic until the recent ceremony when
jthree parades took place within three
always iwn toWuri'Tur" food* allva days without a single taterf«£°e<|~
-- iwh Is what we like, i '""1 to the boy scouts a gratefnl city
an also see that 1 am ! has given the credit
ZOO BIRDS
"I'm the white-headed sea eagle and
nn frotn South Africa."
ltlllle Brownie was visiting some of
the birds In a *00, And they wor«
telling him about themselves.
••Yes." continued the white-hearted
sea e.tgle, "and now I'm here. Of
nNirM you oau see that for yourself.
But It seems a long distance from
South Africa, doesn't ItT
My way and the family way has
"And you
beautiful. That, too. Is a family
characteristic.
"My back feathers are of a lovely
slate gray color and my head Is white,
as my name tells anyone.
"Under part of my tall It Is white
and I have white feathers upon my
legs.''
"I agree with you," said Blllle
Brownie. "\*ou are a very striking,
handsome bird."
"Thank you, thank you," said the
white-headed sea eagle.
"I am the Australian Eagle. You
see I have brown feathers. And I, too,
During the last day of the pageant
.he scouts were put to the rial test
of "preparedness" when a bleacher
stand containing 000 people suddenly
J collapsed. A wave of horror aroswi
from a crowd of 10,000 who witnessed
the sight. Immediately a great rush
was started for the scene of the acci-
dent. Panic was Imminent. Tho
scouts rose to the emergency Immedi-
ately and took charge with a prompt-
ness and efficiency that would have
done credit to the situation If it had
been rehearsed with the greatest at-
j tentlon to detail. Scattering them-
selves In the crowd, a number of tb«
«uu very beautiful. I have a white . and wUhin u
head and breast and at the back of | lnducPe/them to ho eeat-
ed. Other scouts formed staff lines
By ROBERT H. MOULTON
VKHY time the name of Andrew Jack-
Eson conies up—and that Is pretty often
—the old controversy over his birth-
place Is a 're to be revived Every
good American knows all about "Old
Hickory"—or should know—except
about the place of Ids birth. And un-
certainty about his birthplace Is nat-
ural. Inasmuch ns It still Is In dispute
between the states of North and South
Carolina.
As to the rest, after service in the
Revolution and a wild youth on the frontier,
Andrew Jackson became a lawyer at Nashville,
then in North Carolina. He served In the national
house and senate, representing Tennessee He
defeated the Creeks and Semlnoles in the War of
1812 and his defeat of the British at New Orleans
In 1815 was one of the decisive battles of American
history, Inasmuch as if Pakenham had captured
New Orleans Great Britain would presumably
never have let go of the mouth of the Mississippi.
He was the first American governor of Florida
(1821). He was the seventh president of the
United States. His firm stand against nullification
hy South Carolina In 1832 Is history. The "spoils
fcystem" Is linked with Ills name. His devotion to
his wife touches the people's heart. "Old Hickory"
was red-headed and individual. He is a popular
figure of our history.
The birthplace controversy Is a sort of double-
barreled dispute. First there is the controversy
over the house in which he was born—the Mc-
Kemey home or the Crawford home. After this
had apparently been settled In favor of the
Crawford house, the next question was: Was the
Crawford house in North Carolina or In South
Carolina 1
You see, Andrew Jackson's father died and was
burled close to the North Carolina-South Carolina
state line. From the funeral Andrew's mother
went either to the home of her sister, Mrs. James
Crawford or to the home of another sister, Mrs.
George McKemey. And in one of these two
houses Andrew was born. The two houses were
only a few miles apart, but the Crawford place Is
now In South Carolina and the McKemey place In
North Carolina.
The truth Is—or seems to be—that In 1707, the
date of his birth, the line between the two states
had not been permanently settled. It was not
until 1813 that the boundary line dispute between
the two states was settled at a conference between
the governors at Greenville, S. C. That was the
occasion of the historic remark of the governor of
North Carolina to the governor of South Carolina,
which Is even truer now than then.
But If there Is controversy over "Old Hickory's"
birthplace, there Is recompense in the "Hermit-
age," where he lived and died—the picturesque
historical home is just as Its owner and builder
left It.
Of all the historical homes in the United States
none Is more picturesque or of more Interest than
the "Hermitage." It lies within twelve miles of
Nashville, Tennessee, on a road that runs through
n rich, rolling plain, dotted with great oaks rising
out of grassy meadows, the fields bordered with
wild flowers.
Jackson's holdings comprised about 1,000 acres,
and his land was some of the finest in Tennessee.
He was evidently a good farmer, for there are
records of his accounts among the papers of the
"Hermitage." The great barn which he bjillt while
he was yet President of the United States Is still
standing. It Is situated on a knoll some distance
1 back from the house.
President Jackson bought this property about
the time that Thomas Jefferson first took his seat
as President of the United States. It was the be-
ginning of the century, and the house which he first
built upon it, away back In 1804. Is still standing.
It is a one-story-and-attic log "aliln, with a red
brick chimney at one end and s roof of rough
shingles It was there that Jackson lived in 180ft.
There was his home when he fought the battle of
New Orleans In 1815. And there he and his wife
spent some of the happiest years of their lives.
The "Hermitage" proper Is the house which
Andrew Jackson hullt In 1835 when he was still
President. The site where it stands was selected
In 1810. and a home was built there of brick made
on the place. It was In that home that Lafayette
was entertained, and there Mrs Rachel Jackson,
the wife of the general, lived until she died )ust
lifter her husband was elected President. The
clothes which she expected to wear at the White
House receptions had been made, but she passed
away on the eve of his departure for his inaugura-
tion. That house «as burned in 1832. and Jackson
immediately rebuilt It as It now standi. laying out
the grounds as they are today.
The lawn In from of the house Is the exact
shape of « guitar, with the body ending at the
my neck are white feathers too.
"I am full of handsome feathers—
perhaps I should say that I am cov-
ered with handsome feathers."
"Yes," laughed Blllle Brownie, "I
think that would be more correct."
about the wrecked stand'and the In-
jured people, administered first aid,
called ambulances and automobiles,
end actually aided the doctors, for
-I" said the n«xt creature upon every scout, under headquarters' In-
" ' structlon, throughout the celebration
whom Blllle Brownie called, "am
Asiutlc White Crane. I live in the
carried his tlrst-ald kit. All medi-
. f„ K, f,1Iin,i ; clnes, antiseptics and bandages came
open country, and we are to be founa j •• „ . , „»
era I minutes later did lie Inform bis seconds that lie
was desperately wounded* He had been shot
through (he upper breast and one of ills boots was though he could see right into the
in pairs or In small family groups.
"We are dainty. You see I am white
and gray. I like pretty, simple colors.
"Fish Is what we are fed. They
say that very little is known about
our nesting ways when wild and It is
a family secret as a matter of fact.
"We keep our home nests very
secret I"
Then Blllle Brownie saw a pelican
swallowing a fish and It seemed as
•'ront door. The stem of the guitar is the driveway,
which bordered by magnificent cedars set close
together. Where the body of the guitar begins
there are flowers and trees of many kinds rising
out of a lawn of the jjreenest green. All the trees
and plauts were set out by Jackson.
The "Hermitage" Is a great old-fashioned red
brick of colonial style with wide verandas on
the front and rear. The house is about 100 feet
front, with six tall columns in front of the porches.
The windows are large, and each has panes of 10
by 12 glass. The entrance Is In the center of the
building, and a wide hallway runs through the
middle of the house on both floors. This hall Is so
large that a wagon load of hay could be driven
through It without touching Hie sides.
At the back of the hall a mahogany stairway
winds Its way to the second floor. At the right as
you enier Is another hall upon which arc Jackson s
bedroom and library, while at the left are the
parlors, which communicate with each other. The
dining room, which is by far the largest room of
the house, Is beyond these, reached by u door from
the veranda.
The bedroom of one of lie greatest presidents
Is In the same condition to< . i.f It was when he
occupied It. The same pictures are on the walls,
the same bedclothes on the bed. e\en to tiie while
counterpane. Imagine a r*»oni twenty feet squarv
with a great mahogany four-poster bed al the end
of it. At the left of the bed are three little steps,
and the mattresses with the great feather tick on
top are so high that one must cllmh the steps to
get into It. Those very steps were used by "Old
Hickory."
The love of Andrew Jackson surpassed that of
ordinary men. It shines out everywhere about the
"Hermitage." There are paintings of Mrs. Jackson
in almost every room and be had medallions and
other remembrances of her. In his bedroom Is an
oil painting of her, so placed that he saw it first
on entering and so that it met Ills eyes the last
thing at night and greeted them when he first
opened them in the morning.
We have all read the story of his marriage, of
how he protected her from her drunken first hus-
band. a Lewis Robards. and how he married her
in 1*90 after Robards was itiieved by both to
have obtained a divorce. There wms a great
scandal connected with the affair. Jackson married
her again in 1793 when the divorce was actually
decreed and he lived thirty-five happy jeirs with
her before she died. During his life he was so
devoted to her and her memory that he was said
to have a pistol always ready for any one who
dared to speak slightingly of her and those who did
so were only forgiven by him when he came to die.
In his duel with Dickinson. Jackson was wholly
Justified according to the standards of the day.
Dickinson, who was eager for political recognition,
publicly branded Jackson as a coward and at-
tacked the reputation of Jackson's wife. Dickinson
was a famous marksman and had killed his man.
Jackson was a poor shot. The duel was on Ken-
tucky soil. Dickinson fired first and shot to kill.
When Jackson did not fall Dickinson was amased
and possibly a bit terrified. He stepped back from
the mark. The seconds ordered him to take his
position again. Jackson took deliberate aim and
fired. Dickinson fell, shot through the breast, and
died that night. Jackaon walked off the field slowly
and wit bout any signs of emotion. Not until sev-
full of blood. He was laid up a month.
The nation wanted Jackson for president In
1824 He got the highest vote lu the electoral col-
lege, but not a majority, and the house of repre-
sentatives, through n combination between Adams
and Clay, made John Qulncy Adams president.
That soured Jackson end he resigned from the
senate. He began to lay his plans for the next
presidential campaign.
The prospect of becoming the first lady of the
land terrified Mrs. Jackson. She was probably the
only woman who had this glory near her who had
no ambition to attain It. She begged the general
to eschew politics, to return to the "Hermitage"
and enjoy peace and quietude for the rest of
their lives. He promised to do so, and sincerely
endeavored to fulfill his promise, but the attacks
(hat were made upon him by the opposition grad-
ually weakened his resolution and he was drawn
back Into the fight. The day In 1828 that word
cuine to the "Hermitage" that Andrew Jackson
had been elected president of the United States
was one of the saddest In all the life of Mrs.
Jackson. She died a few days later. "Old Hick-
ory" went to Washington. A few months later he
was inaugurated as president of the United States.
Rut it was a grief-stricken man who took the oath
of office.
in the old-fashlone.l garden of the "Hermitage"
which, with its flower beds surrounded by their
little brick walls, Is kept today Just as it was, and
at the back of It, shaded by great magnolia trees,
we find the Jackson tomb. It is a little temple
ending in a dome, below- which 6tands a pyramidal
monument. On one side of this monument under
a slab lie the remains of Andrew Jackson and on
the other, under a similar slab, those of his wife.
The grave of Jackson has an Inscription of but
three lines. They are :
pelican's throat In the sunlight.
from scout first-aid kits and dozens of
Soout ueckerchlefs were used for
bandages. The whole thing was done
so quietly and with so little OBtenta-
tion that the progress of the pageant
was not disturbed In the least. Tho
success of the entire celebration
hinged for about ten minutes on the
outcome of that collapsed grandstand,
and the scouts saveij the whole thing,
The mayor In ills proclamation
made specific recognition of the
scouts' service. The chairman of tho
Centenary committee paid the boys
The pelicans were going about with j (he fonowjng compliment: "It would
their bits of fish and they were chat- )iave been Impossible to have held tho
tering and making a great deal | ceiehratlon without the valuable serv-
noise.
When they stopped making a great
deal of -ilse they began to flop about
and soon they had a nap.
Before dinner they had been shout-
ing about dinner time, which would
soon be with them. When dinner
lees rendered by the scouts."
SCOUTS KNOW HOW TO COOK
GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON
1 Born March 18. 176*.
2 Died June S. 1M5.
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Only about a dozen words In all, they are
enough, for Jackson's life Is Ills greatest monu-
ment.
Upon the other slab Is the Inscription which this
man wrote and had carved before he died. It Is
worth the reading of every wife and every hus-
band of today. It reads:
Here lie the remains of Mrs. Rachel Jack-
son. wife of President Jackson, who died the
22nd of Dtcember, 1S2S. aired sixty-one years.
Her face was fair, her person pleasing, her
temper amiable, her heart kind: she delighted
In relieving the wants of her fellow crea-
tures and cultivated that divine pleasure hy
the most liberal and unpretending methods;
lo the p->or she was a benefactor; to the rich
an example, to the wretched a comforter;
to the prosperous an ornament, her piety
went hand In hand with her benevolence, and
she thanked her Creator for being permlited
to do good. A being so gentle and so vir-
tuous slander might wound, but could not
dishonor; even Death when he bore her from
the arms of her hustwmd could but transport
her to the bosom of her Qod.
A story of how the title of "Old Hickory" came
to be applied to Jackson was told by Capt. Wil-
liam Allen, who wag a neighbor of the general, and
who messed with him during the Creek war. Dur-
ing the campaign the sold.'er were moving rapidly
to surprise the Indians, and were without tents,
A cold March rain came on, mingled with sleet,
which lasted for several days. General Jackson
got a severe cold, but did not complain as he slept
In a muddy boitom among the hal'-fnu.en soldiers.
Captain Allen and his brother cut down a stout
hickory tree, peeled off the bark, and made a
covering for the general, who was with difficulty
persuaded to crawl under It. The next morning 11
soldier seeing the tent, and not knowing what It
was. kicked It over. As Jackson crawled from (he
ruins, the soldier stood aghast. Later he told about
"Old Hickory crawling from his bark," and there-
after the title stuck to Jackson.
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"The Pelicans Were Going About."
came they shouted with Joy about
that and now they were through chat-
ting and flapping their wings and
were ready for pleasant pelican
dreams.
The gulls were folding their feath-
ers so nicely on their backs, spread-
ing out their w ings and making them-
selves look their very best.
They had not paid any attention to
the pelicans when they had wiggled
down their food—for that was Just
how It bad looked to Blllle Brownie.
Nor had tliey chattered as much ns
the pelicans had.
"1 am the black-necked stork," snld
the next one upon whom Hlllie
Brownie called
"My neck Is really more of 11 pea-
cock blue color than It Is black, but
I suppose the person who first named
us was more or less color-blind.
"At any rate such Is the name, and,
too, I suppose some members of the
family may have necks which are
more black than blue
"We come from India and from
northern Australia. We're very shy
and very wary of strangers.
"We go about nil hy ourselves when
in the free stale, though we do go In
pairs, too.
"Don't you think our long iintl very
thin pink leg* are quite Interesting
and unusual?"
"Indeed I do," tigr»ed lllllle Hrownle
He had been pni'llctilnrly fascinated
by Iholr long and very, very lllltl pink
legs.
"I'm the American flamingo," said
tlie next bird. "We live along the
Atlantic coasts of tropical America.
"When we are wild our colors are
more wonderful and more brilliant
We lose some nf the brlII111 lit coloring
when we're In II10 *00 Much Is (lie
Flamingo "'(itnlly way,"
And Iheti lllllle watched the keeper
feed lh» Pacific <lull ami after feed
Ing bill) lie nave the gull's beak a nice
little affocllMiHl* slinks, fur he wns
a great pet of the kee|ier
Hut lllllle IIiowiiIm Had to leave
then lie was Invited to etmie again,
however, nnotlior lime, lo hour mors
of their atoilen
Can.p cooking becomes ao art in
the hands of the boy scout. On*
match or two will light his camp fire.
FOR WANT OF A SCOUT
In nn editorial entitled "Hugh Kirk,
Hero," and paying high honor to tho
brave engineer, who, In the recent
crisis when his train had been wrecked
nt Van Cortlandt Park, N. Y„ by con-
tact with a log on tlie track, remained
at his engine to the end warning others
of the danger of the Impending explo-
sion, a New Y'ork dally makes fine
recognition of the spirit of helpful-
ness, responsibility and thought for
others which lie at the heart of scout-
ing. The editorial in poit says:
"A story for boys to read and ponder
la that of the train wreck in Van
Cortlandt I'nrk and the death of the
engineer, Hugh Kirk.
"An eight-foot strip of timber across
the track caused the accident. It 19
supposed thai the youngsters at play
thus blocked the rails One 1s loath
lo believe they could have done so In
wanton mischief; surely never If they
could have dreamed of the conse-
quences.
"If only there hud been a boy scout
around I These are pranks of the sort
that no hoy with scout training or asso-
ciation* would ever think of playing
or permit to go on. When all boy-
hood goe* scouting, there will be no
thoughtless foolery flint ends In trig-
edy."
8COUTB AID MOTHER AND DAD
Scout mothers nnd dads of Milwau-
kee had a day off during the recent lo-
cal Good Turn week when one day was
*et aside for good turns In the home.
On the list of good turn* for the occa-
sion were ,'Vnlng up the basement,
alllc, gnriv mowing lawns weeding
garden*, painting and putting up screen
iloor*, Inking cure of the younger chil-
dren, washing dlshe*. running errands,
polishing silverware, woodwork and
furniture, chopping firewood, scrub-
bing floors and washing the auto,
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