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OLD HICKORY
i AND SEMINOLES
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Modern Jacksonville Reveres
His Memory At Reunion
Bpirit of Great Man Militant in Con
federate Reunion City—Why Jack
sonville Was Named in His Honor.
Jacksonville, Fla. —Confederate sol
diers, the world over, revere the name
of Andrew Jackson, and in view of the
fact that their next reunion is to be
held in the only city in the South that
was named in honor of that great and
brave man, his services in freeing
Florida from the blight of Indian bar
barism will be of interest.
Jacksonville was named for Gen.
Andrew Jackson as a compliment and
mark of appreciation for services he
rendered to civilization in the Semi
nole War. There could have been no
progress or civilization in Florida but
for the work of Andrew Jackson. Con
ditons in this territory in 1818, nearly
a hundred years ago, demanded the
services of a brave and resolute man.
Gen Jackson was selected by the gov
ernment as the one man above all
others to head the movement against
the Seminole Indians, who had been
terrorizing the territory for several
years and committing atrocities of the
most brutal character.
In March, 1818, Gen. Jackson was
ordered to the site of the Seminole
War. He Invaded East Florida, and
in a campaign of less than six weeks
crushed these Indians. It is related
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Gen. Bennett H. Young, Louisville, Ky. (
Commander in Chief United Confed
erate Veterans, Who Hold Their Re
union at Jacksonville in May.
by historians that in one village, not
far removed from Jacksonville, he
found 300 scalps of men, women and
children, many of them still fresh,
hanging on a war pole. Gen. Jackson
knew that the Spaniards were in sym
pathy with the Indians in their attacks
on American settlers. After cleaning
up a number of Indian villages he cap
tured the Spanish post of St. Marks.
For this act he was severely censured
by his government. However, the
naked fact is that "Old Hickory’’ was
more courageous than the men who
were conducting the affairs of state
at Washington.
Early in May, 1818, Gen. Jackson
closed his campaign against the Sem
inoles in East Florida. He had com
pletely broken their power and run
them out of the territory. They caused
no more serious trouble.
During his campaign in East Florida
Gen. Jackson obtained satisfactory ev
idence that Spanish officers at Pensa
cola were in sympathy with the In
dians. He promptly decided to march
against them and teach them a lesson.
The Spanish governor of West Florida,
learning of Gen. Jackson’s purpose,
sent him a written protest against his
invasion. This protest is now on file
among the Jackson documents in
charge of the Tennessee Historical
Society at Nashville. The protest was
delivered to Gen. Jackson near Pensa
cola on May 23, but it had no effect on
that determined man. In reply he sent
a peremptory demand for the imme
diate surrender of Pensacola and Bar
rancas. Jackson advanced immediate
ly on Pensacola and possessed it. Two
days later the Barrancas garrison
capitulated, were received as prison
ers of war and sent to Plavana.
Having thus bnatched both East and
West Florida from the Indians and
Spaniards, Gen. Jackson at once pro
ceeded to establish a provisional gov
ernment under the stars and stripes.
Having accomplished this, he return
ed to Tennessee, then his home.
In 1822 a number of pioneers held
a meeting here and decided to start
the work of building a town. The vil
lage was then known as the Cow Ford,
a name given to it by the Indians.
After perfecting an organization, the
incorporation unfurled the banner of
Jacksonville in honor of Gen. Jackson,
who had made it possible for white
men to live here.
When the Confederate soldiers and
'their friends meet here for the 24th
annual reunion Jacksonville will im
press them with all the force of An
drew Jackson. It is now a modern
progressive city of 85,000 population,
one of the thriving business centers of
the New South. Its varied attractions
will delight all who attend the re
union, and no matter how large the
crowd may bo, Jacksonville will take
care of aIL
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THOSE UNCIVILIZED
AMERICAN PEOPLE
How They Appear to the
Civilized Chinaman
And Others.
If you were to travel through
Asia you would find that we are
regarded as the peculiar persons.
Have you heard of the Chinese
gentleman who traveled through
out the United States and wrote a
letter back to his friends describ
ing us? He said:
“You cannot civilize these
Americans, They are beyond re
demption. They will go weeks
and months without touching a
mouthful of rice, but they eat
flesh of bullocks and sheep in
enormous quantities. That is why
they smell so badly; they smell
like sheep themselves. Every day
they take a bath to rid themselves
of their disagreeable odors, but
they do not succeed. Nor do they
eat their meat cooked in small
pieces. It is carried into the room
in big chunks, often half raw, and
then they cut and slash and tear
it apart. They eat with knives
and prongs, It makes a civilized
being perfectly nervous. One fan
cies himself in the presence of
sword swallowers.
“They have no senseof dignity,
for they may he found walking
with women. They even sit down
at the same table with women,
and the latter are served first.”
Wisdom of the Koreans.
“It says here, ‘One of the idols
most revered by the Koreans is
the figure of a woman, seated res
ting her chin in her hand’ ” said
Mrs. Chatterley, reading from the
newspaper, according to the Kan
sas City Star.
“Which proves that the Koreans
are about the wisest nation on
earth,” suggested her husband.
“How’s that, Joshua?”
“Well,” said Chatterley, with
distinct emphasis, “simply be
cause they make a deity of a wo
man who has sense enough to give
her chin a rest.”
He Out-grieved Her.
Two men were talking of the
hard times, says Lipincotts Maga- i
zine.
“Does your wife ever grieve be
cause she threw over a wealthy
man to marry you?” queried Hall.
“Well, she started to once,”
wais the reply, “but I cured her of
it without delay. ”
“I wish you would tell me
how,” said Hall.
“I started right in grieving
with her,” replied the other, “and
I grieved harder and longer than
she did.”
Accommodating Neighbors.
A South Dakota state senator
recently gave a new illustration
of that fine saying of an ancient
philosopher: “Man was born for
mutual assistance.”
A customer entered the small
town barber shop, relates Every
body’s Magazine.
“How soon can you cut my
hair?” he asked of the proprietor,
who was seated in an easy chair
perusing the pages of a dime nov
el.
“Bill,’’said the barber, address
ing his errand boy, “run over and
tell the editor that I’d like my
scissors, if he’s got done editin’
the paper. Gentleman waitin’
for a haircut.”
Made the Best of it.
“Yes,” said a smart young man,
“I used to be in the insurance
business. I once got a man to
take out a ten-thousand-dollar
policy only about a week before
he happened to he killed. He was
a mighty bard chap to land, too. j
I had to talk to him for nearly [
six months before I got him.”
“I suppose,” remarked his l
friend, “you regretted, after it i
was all over, that your persuasive j
powers were so good.”
“Well —er—no. I never felt
sorry about it. The fact is, I
made the best of a bad job by <
marrying the widow.”
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, APRIL SO, 1914
PARK TRAMMELL
INVITES THE REUNION
Florida’s Chief Executive Bids
Veterans Welcome
The Proudest Act of His Administra
tion to Welcome the Gray Army
To Florida in May.
Jacksonville, Fla. —Gov. Park Tram
mell, Florida’s popular and accom
plished chief executive, has given out
a letter for publication in the news
papers of the South, on the approach
ing reunion in this city. May 6,7, 8, of
the United Confederate Veterans’ As
sociation. He assures the Confed
erate veterans and their friends that
they will he given a generous welcome
in Jacksonville and at other points in
the state which they may visit during
their stay in Florida. The governor’s
letter is as follows:
The Governor’s Welcome.
“It is simple truth to affirm that the
hearts of the people of Florida are
overflowing with gratification and
pride over the fact, that the revered
heroes composing the United Confed
erate Veterans will hold their annual
reunion this year in our state’s
metropolis.
“The grand old heroes of the Gray
will meet a magnificent, whole-souled
reception in Jacksonville and at any
other Florida points they may visit.
They will be amongst their own. They
will be in an atmosphere thoroughly
Southern, splendidly hospitable and
highly apreciative of the honor of hav
ing been selected as the Reunion City
and State.
“Florida is rich in romance and tra
dition, and in the loyalty of her people
to high ideals and patriotic endeavors.
In proportion to population and re
sources, Florida contributed as gen
erously and as cheerfully in men and
in means to the support of the Con
federate cause as did any of the other
great commonwealths which so nobly
championed that righteous struggle.
Florida gave many great names to the
mighty galaxy of the South’s match-
Park Trammell, Governor of Florida,
Who Assures the Confederate Veter
ans and Their Friends a Welcome.
less heroes, and she gave a host of
brave men of the ranks who on count
less fields rendered valorous account
of their courage and patriotism. The
creditable part which the people of
this state took in support of Southern
defense is a source of pride to the sur
vivors of the great conflict and of
veneration to the younger generation.
“In every community from the Po
tomac to the Gulf the Confederate vet
eran is always an honored and a wel
come visitor and guest. No greater
tribute could be paid to the enduring
justice of the principles for which they
contended and for the magnificent
manner in which they sustained their
convictions through the four sternest
years of American history, than the
unanimous and enduring verdict of
commendation and appreciation which
has for half a century accorded the
glorious patriotism and chivalry of
the Confederate soldiers throughout
the length and breadth of the South
land they so heroically defended. In
Florida the veterans will find the same
cordial respect and unbounded hospi
tality which awaits them at all points
in the Southland.
“The formality of assuring a wel
come to the veterans who will attend
the Jacksonville Reunion is quite un
necessary; but it may be permitted
me to say that I shall always consider
it, one of the most pleasing and grati
fying events occurring during my term
of office as governor that I shall be
privileged to bid veterans of the Con
federacy from all sections welcome as
the guests of the warm-hearted people
of this great state.
“PARK TRAMMELL,
“Governor of Florida.’’
Jacksonville has one of the most
magnificent deep water harbors in the
world. It has more than seven miles
of deep water front, lined with great
docks and terminals and many large
warehouses. The products of Florida
and other Southern states are scatter
ed from the Jacksonville port over
most of the inhabitable globe. Five
great railway systems, from four
points of the compass, controlling
more than 18,000 miles of track, hand
ling millions of tons of freight to and
frem the city annually, center at Jack
sonville.
Jury List
The following is tlie list of jur
ors drawn to serve at the May
term, 1914, of the Montgomery
Superior Court:
GRAND JITKOUS
C D McCrimmon S D Morris
D A Jackson J Cook Conner
A J Copeland H J Kiglit
G W McCrimmon W H Dukes
John C Calhoun C T Waller
I) F VVarnock W 11 McQueen
D A Mcßae C H Calhoun
J B O’Conner II Le
C A Rackley D O Calhoun
Owen Spivey W II H Stephens
W B Smith M I) Peterson
Jas D Calhoun J A Calhoun
J S Sharpe J A Curry
W C Ryals John W M orrison, Jr
J J Moses G A Sammons
PETIT JURORS
Mack New Aden Garrett
J I) Pullen I. C Mcßae
G R Tyler T M Corbin
F M Mcßae J Arnold Spivey
R F Mcßae Dewitt Calhoun
R R Thigpen S J Clark
R E Ward .las W Sharpe |
Dennis O’Brien 1L M Foster j
11 S Williamson J R Jones
J C Avery Joe II Martin ;
G E West A L Wheeler
A R Davijji II J Goss
S V Hicks J A Calhoun |
Jas D Calhoun G W Sammons I
J C Carpenter W H M a son
J M Bird J H Can ley
J B Gillis J B Thar pel
W B Cadle L M McLenorel
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Rev. A. W. Bealer to
Deliver a Lecture Here
On Monday night, May 4, Rev. j
A- W. Bealer, of Eastman, the
well known lecturer, will be at
the Brewton-Parker Institute, i
His famous lecture, ‘‘The Geor
gia Darky,” will be given, and
real entertainment is assured bv ,
Mr. Bealer’s state-wide reputa
tion. Keep the date in mind.
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