The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-10
FLAG IS RAISED AT
THE PEABODY HOME
INTERESTING ADDRESS DELV-
Erred BY REV. JOHN TREAD
WELL ON THE STARS AND
STRIPES.

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party was given by S. J. Peabody
yesterday afternoon to a humber OF
his friends. The entertainment was
held on the beautiful lawn in the rear
OF the attractive Peabody residence
on Halifax avenue in Daytona Beach
The following people were present at
the delightful affair: Rev. and Mrs
John Treadwell, Mr.. and Mrs. Treg-
Town, Mr.. and Mrs. Young. Smith
Young. Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes, Miss
Morris, Mr.. and Mrs Ayres, Mrs.
Sheets, Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Coburn, Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn, Miss Towne, Mrs
Barnes, c. H. Stansbury.
At the beginning of the afternoons
entertainment, the ceremony of rails
ing beautiful flag was held Mr.
Peabody made few well-chosen re-
marks and said that the flag was pre-
sented to him by his friend, Judge
A. A. Adams, of New York City, who
was born in his own home country
and has been his lifelong friend Mr.
Adams was the youngest man ever
sent to the Indiana legislature, and
has also been a member of the state
supreme court of Indiana At pres
ent Mr.. Adams is the chief counsel
for Arbuckle Bros, well-known sugar
refiners. The weather vane which or
naments the top of the new pole was
presented by w. H. Knight, of Chi
cago, an old friend who visited the
Peabody home last winter and could
not find the points of the compass,
which was given as the reason for
presenting the vane.
Rev. John Treadwell of the Daytona
Beach Methodist church, made
short speech on the merits of Old
Glory.
Mr. Treadwell said:
THE thoughtless person sees moth
ing in our flag but the weaving of
fabric, blending of color, picture
to please the eye; the thoughtful man
sees all of this and more-he sees the
blood and bone and sinew and muscle
of American manhood; he sees the
brain and Drawn behind the flag; he
sees the principles for which our ma
ton stands; he sees the truth and
liberty which it proclaims.
Every nation has flag of which
it may be justly proud in proportion
as their flag is symbolic of truth
and justice.
Our flag, as it streams across the
the breeze in lands afar, men have
the daybreak of liberty burst on their
eyes; no other flag has gone forth on
the same beneficent errands as our
| flag.
"Those stars standing so prominent
| ly on the field of blue are to men
of the earth like Gods star on the
darkest night; men have come TO
know that where they have shed their
! benign influence there can be no
night of bondage, no day of oppres-
sion.
while many chapters in the history
of our flag may not reflect honor and
glory because of corrupt influences
and associations, yet it stands today
before the world as a symbol o truth
and justice and mercy.
Let us here this afternoon as we
stand under Gods great canopy, re-
new our allegiance to those stars and
stripes; let us remember that it is
not enough to honor our flag with our
lips; we should remember that our
life and our conduct and our character
either honors or dishonors We can
only honor our flag as we honor the
heaven-born principles for which il
stands.
''In the sunset hours of the life Of
our friend (Mr Peabody who today
seeks to honor his flag and mine, let
us hope that that eternal flag whose
Maker walked in Galilee may ever
float over him and as those colors
we now behold are fadeless SO may
the rainbow of His promise fade
never for him
After this ceremony the party spert
the remainder of the afternoon in
playing clock golf