Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21
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Incidents Connecting Past and Pres
ent---Proceedings 1912 Meeting.

as advertised on the 14th. BY III
o'clock there were about 1000 per-
sons assembled in the shady grove
surrounding the school house, all in
good humor and on pleasure bent
There had been no special program
prepared, but shortly after II o'clock
the auditorium was filled to over
flowing, and the following exercises
we're held:
In the absence of Chas. G. Jaynes,
president. it devolved upon r. T.
Jaynes to take his place as master of
ceremonies. In brief remarks ex-
pressing appreciation that so many
were assembled again to participate
in the delightful exercises Of the day,
and to give and receive the royal
coin of good fellowship, he called the
meeting to order.
With Mrs. w. G.. Foster as organ
ist and leader, the song, Jesus,
Lover of My Soul" was impressively
rendered. Prayer was offered by
Rev. f. D. Vaughan.
delivered by Hon. e. e. Werner, in
substance as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: There Is a
man in the city Of New York; his
name is Chauncey NJ. Depew. He is
a great after-dinner and before-din-
ner speaker. He is also United
States Senator. One time this great
man was walking through a theater
with his little granddaughter. They
came to the picture Of Daniel in the
Lions Den. She asked her grand
father why he was smiling. He said,
"Well, my little grand-daughter, I
expect it Is because he does not have
to speak at the banquet"
guess you see the point. ant
to say to you to-day that in all the
field Of intellectual activity, in all
history of the philosophy Of the
ages, there IS no more ennobling sem
timent than that which is inspired by
the scene of the Homecoming. God
has planted within the heart Of all
his creatures an indestructible love
for home. Whether 1t be the timid,
chased hare or the king Of beasts, as
he roams the forest with his majes-
tic tread, or the fish that scale the
rocks in the rivers bed, or the feath-
cred tribes that make their way from
the cold North to a more genial
cline, aitcrW ards 10 return IN The
= n h..ih hpv IN no.
school boy away tr0Iu home with his
lessons or whether il be the strong
man out IN the world, with ono and
all it is the same. 1t 10 a principle
and truth that is world wide, and
universal in its application. The for
eigner comes to this country to make
his fortune, that some day he may
return to the old world for it's enjoy
ment, The native-born American
struggles and turns, and turns and
struggles that he may make his for
tune. But however great may be his
success, or the renown that he ac-
quires, he loves to return to the place
Of his nativity, the home of his youth.
And SO It Is with you who have gone
out into the world. 1t matters not
whether you have reached the attain
ment you desired, it matters not
whether your life has been a great
success, there comes 2 time when you
travel back to the old homestead
You have in memory the old home
with the children about the door
steps, the parents at their occupa-
tions, the old we'll, the old oaken
bucket, the orchard, the pasture, the
ringing of the bells, the old road
that leads to the watering-place
where you had many a happy horse
race, the old church upon the hill.
and the little school-house hard by.
When these memories come back TO
you, there is a longing for the old
home. You make hurried prepara-
tiOns to return. You come again, |
and, though many changes there be
in the fields and forests, it is the
same home, it Is the same life giving
atmosphere that blows from Satula |
and Chimney Top and Whiteside |
You will not grieve because the coun-
try has fallen into other hands. You
see evidences Of prosperity and pro-
gress at every turn. Many new houses |
have gone up, new faces have come |
in. and the march of progress has |
been steady.
] now bid You, and each Of you, a |