The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-10
CAUGHT IN
THE CORRIDORS

The November number of The Spirit
| of '76 contains an article on the flags
and banners of the Pennsylvania Soci-
ETY. of the Sons of the Revolution, in
| which is described the flag and it's
origin which was in the hands of Sergt.
William Jasper when he covered him
self with glory by fastening the fallen
| banner to a sponge-staff and replacing
| it upon the castion in the midst
OF a furious fire at Fort Sui
Ivan, after it had been shot from its
staff and fallen outside the parapet
| upon the beach. Gen. Moutrie states
in his memoirs that this was the first
American flag used in the South dur
| ing the Revolution, and it is a matter
| of history that the design of the flag
was the idea of Gen. Moultrie, who,
| being desired by the Council of Safety
to provide an American flag, conceived
of its background of blue and the
crescent in the corner to be in unison
with the troops who wore blue uniforms
and silver crescents on their caps.
Longfellow's Hymn of the Moravian
! Nuns" commentaries the presentation
of Count Pulaskis banner to the Revo-
lutionary commander who fell in Sa-
vannah and to whose memory a mon
ument has been erected in this city.
This banner was made for and present.
ed to the brave Count Pulaski by the
MoraVian nuns of Bethlehem, Pa,
after he had raised and organized an
independent corps of cavalry and in
fantry at Baltimore in 1878. Pulaski
accepted the banner, which was a cav
airy guidon OF double silk, with its de-
signs in yellow silk and letters shaded
in green, and bore it CALAMITY through
many battles until he fell at Savan-
nah in the autumn of 1879. The ban
ner was saved by his lieutenant, who
was himself severely wounded, and it
eventually reached Baltimore, after the
close of the war where it was used in
the procession that welcomed Lafay-
cite to that city in 1924. 1t is now
preserved by the Maryland Historical
Society. On the diverse side of the
banner appears the "all-seeing eye"
within circle of thirteen stars, sur
rounded by the motto. Non alius re-
git. On the reverse side are the let
tiers, ~. S." encircled with the mot
to, "Unita virtus forcior." But little
of its former beauty remains, the GRIM
son silk having now faded to a dull
brownish red. The size of the original
flag is only about twenty inches square.
II was down at Valdosta for a few
days last week" remarked a travelling
salesman for piano house, and do
you know that although l didn't sell
an instrument, the people down there
and in that immediate section love
music better than anybody in the world
IT is fact Sometimes l find it neces-
sary to do a little house to- house can
vasing, and walking up and down the
streets. from every house 1 passed
came the sound of piano. 1t was the
same way in the country districts, and
l was just about to ask some one il
the people there were holding a music
carnival when some one volunteered the
information that one firm in ,Valdosta
leads the world in the sale of pianos. l
left on the next train"
Hon. r. w. Hopkins of Boston, Hon.
Samuel Lapman of Charleston, Hon. A.
S. Lyons of Mobile and Messrs. L. p.
Hart and a. N. Hill of Savannah in
terested in numerous enterprises of Sa-
vannah and other Southern cities, met
at the De Soto yesterday to discuss
a recent tour of inspection through
the cities in which they have made
investments and to prepare for a gen.
eral meeting to be held in the early
part of next year. The party met in
Savannah not because the nature of
the business transacted had any bear
ing on the status of local enterprises,
but because of the central location to
the various parties concerned.
Recently the party made a tour of
inspection throughout the South and
, report that the general conditions are
very satisfactory