Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-11-02
THE FLAG DAY ExERc1sEs.
Enjoyable, Interesting
and Instructive--Iselay Race. T

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long be remembered by the pupils of
theS Walhalla Graded School and the
patrons and visitors who were pres
ent on the occasion of the Flag Day
exercises.
In the morning at 10 o'clock a de-
lightful program, consisting Of es-
: says, recitations and declamations,
was given by the pupils Of the seve-
raj grades. The school enjoyed two
good addresses by w. c.. Hughs,
County Superintendent of Education,
and Col. r. II. Jaynes. Both were
very instructive and contained much
information concerning the history
of our State flag and seal These
&Aresses are published in this Is
WM that OF Mr.. Hughs being given
BAsow, while that Of Mr.. Jaynes is
published on, the third page.
Two drills were given, one by the
boys of the 4th and 5th grades, and
the other by the high scohol girls.
The latter was impressive, each girl
appearing in white, with the nation
al colors and the American flag.
Just before the raising Of the
State flag above the school building,
which was done amid much enthu-
siasm, letter was read from Gov
ernor Ansel congratulating Walhalla
on being among the first schools to
carry out the provision made by the
General Assembly recently, namely,
that every public school building dis
play the State flag above 1t, each day
the school is In session, excepting
rainy days.
In this connection it might be well
TO mention our sore need Of an audi
torium. The crowded condition of
the school demands that wing be
added, with one or two more rooms
and an auditorium with seating
capacity Of at least 500 persons.
There Is no reason why Walhalla, the
county seat should not have the best
school building in the county, and
we sincerely hope the time is not far
distant when such will be the case.
superintendent Hughs' Address.
~ Mr.. superintendent, Pupils, La
edies and Gentlemen: Once when
Chauncey NJ. Depew was boy in
school there was to be q circus in q
nearby town, and he finally persuad-
cd his good old Puritan father to let
MIN go. at the circus he saw a
spotted coach dog that struck his
fancy and he bought It. When his
lather saw 1t he was amazed and
asked Chauncey what he meant.
Chauncey told him the dog was all
right, to give him show. The next
day 1t was raining and he carried
the dog out to try his hunting quail
ties. The rain was too much and
washed the spots off. That night he
TOOK the dog back TO The dealer and
told him to look at the dog-the
spots were all gone. The dealer
looked and exclaimed, Great guns,
boy! There was an umbrella be-
longed with that dog. Didn't you
get it?' And so, when Prof. Gasque
asked me last Monday to make
an address on this occasion, there
was speech TO go with this subject,
->S"t did not get it. 7.
We have gathered to-day in a
most excellent and most interesting
study in complying with the law of
our State requiring every school in
the State to float the flag Of Caro-
ma. AS we witness these exercises
our mind takes a retrospective view
and then goes off into Il phOphctic
enamel. 1t seems that an assembly
or nations has been called and each
'--is"' NaIiestcd to tell Of It's achieve
ments. Egypt rises with sure and
stately ease, backed by the strength
or the pyramids and the shadows OF
the centuries, and speaks OF her
palmy days, when the Nile was the
center and circumference OF the COM
mercc OF the nations. But when
asked about her present and future
even the strength OF the pyramids is
not sufficient to support her, and she
sinks into oblivion. Again we look,
and we wonder what it is we hear.
Whence come those tones Of mag
netic elonuencc and words OF unan-
Swcrable logic, as they tell the wait
ing throng Of matchlcsS achievements
an letters, literature and art? All,
" Is Greece, and full room she has
TO boast; but before she has finish
cd Rome demands that historians
shall finish the beautiful story Of
Grcce while she tells OF the victories
OF the world. And so one after ano-
ther rises and speaks Of her great
ness and her glorious past.
AS we look out over the waiting
>throng we see in the distance a small
blue flag rising as its bearer stands
upon her feet. Upon the flag, in the
upper lfft-hand corner, Is a small
crescent, and across the center the
@SRMNrd 'Iibcrty' Is written The
S4Sceakcr droops her eyes in conscious
pride, and raising her voice in the
confidence OF her independence, she
says:
81 am South Carolina, one OF the
original thirteen colonies that ought
and gained their independence from
the English crown. This is my flag,
which was first raised at Fort john
son. near Charleston. on September
] 5th, 1915, when the British flag
was hauled down. 1t was my first
llag, and as 1t waved in the ocean
breeze ii proclaimed in silent gran
dcur the liberty for which we were