Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-11-02
carrying the standard of Liberty, he
was mortally wounded.

was mortally wounded.
Il have spoken to you of my first
flag and what it stood for Now
show my present Palmetto Stand
ard. The first was to lead a down
trodden people to freedom; the Pal
metto Flag Is TO lead free people
to greater achievements In peace
than were ever accomplished In war.
1t was the inspiration Of the first
that caused Francis Marion to call
Liberty his sweetheart and tell the
British officer, When look forward
to the long, long ages Of pcsterity
glory In the thought that am fight
ing their battles The children Of
distant generations may never know
my name, but still it gladdens my
heart to think that ] am now con-
tending for their freedom No won
his commander, upon his return,
What chance have we against such
men?'
1t was under the Palmetto Flag
at the battle Of Mexico that Col But
Ter stormed and took Mexican posi-
ton that a Pennsylvania and New
York regiment had declined to at
tempt In that war the Palmetto
regiment distinguished itself in every
fight from Vera Cruz to the City Of
Mexico. In their memory a monu-
ment, in the form Of an iron pal
metto tree, may to-day be seen stand
ing near the southwestern corner Of
the State House In Columbia.
And now | have finished. look
to my sons and daughters to sustain
the history have made, and yet to
move forward and keep the place 1
have reached
SO we are proud that the Walhalla
High School has answered the call
Of it's State and has set this day apart
to raise her standard as it's standard,
and in SO doing it not only honors
its State, but itself. We haven't
time to so into full discussion Of
the significance OF a flag, but we will
hint at 1t, and any who are inter-
ested may look into 1t more fully.
There are Il few flags that are uni
versal and mean the same thing the
world over. For instance, the white
flag means peace, the red flag de-
notes defiance, the black flag means
lawlessness, and so on. But each
nation has a national flag that usu-
ally represents some important event
in the history Of that nation. Such is
true Of the British flag, which is
called the 'Union Jack" and repre-
sents the union Of England, Scot
land and Ireland into the great king
dom Of Great Britain.
In the early days Of the Thirteen
Colonies they placed upon their flags
rattlesnake cui into thirteen pieces,
and under 1t the motto, "Join, or
die" Later, when they united to
fight against England, they put
we'll formed snake, coiled ready to
strike, with the motto, Don't tread
on me-" The next form OF our ma
tional flag, after independence was
gained, was the Stars and Stripes,
which we have to-day. The meaning
will be explained no you by Mr.
Jaynes. Besides the Stars and
Stripes the United States has nine
teen other flags for the various Off
ccrs Of the army and navy.
The State Of South Carolina has
only onc-~that is, the "Palmetto
Flag in foreign country our flag
represents our nation, and for a for
eign country to insult our flag in any
way means either quick apology
or cruel war Since our flag repre-
sents our State, it is entitled to our
full allegiance and homage When
passing near 1t it is military rule
that every nnarmcd soldier must sa-
lutte 1T by taking off his cap with his
right hand and laying 1t on the left
shoulder. There are two persons only
in the whole State Of South Caro-
lima who are entitled to a salute from
the flag, and they are the Governor
OF the State and the Adiutant Gene
raj commanding the militia. This
salute is given by dipping the staff
to which the flag is attached towards
the ground when passing these Off
GERS.
We are here studying to be true
citizens OF a great State, and in do
ing that we should learn to honor
her for what she has done, and to be
loyal to her and support her in what
she has still to do. She is our pro-
tcctor; we are her defenders. She
can be no greater than her citizens.
so let us strive to be great, first for
our own sakes, and, second. for the
sake OF our State May we act well
whatever part we have to play and
never bring dishonor upon her fair
name Let us be as true to her as
is the blue in yonder flag, as pure as
the silver crescent that nestlcs among
its folds. There may we always
Salute the flag! the dear old flag,
With colOrs white and blue;
1t stands for truth and liberty
This flag Is waving for YOU"
A Relay Race.
On last Friday afternoon after the
i'lag Day exercises the track teams
OF the Walhalla and Seneca High
Schools contested in relay race
The course was about 10 miles, with
relays OF thrcefourths Of mile
Each school was represented by
thirteen runners. Seneca won the
race by a small margin, the time be-
ing about one hour and fifteen min
utcs.