Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-10-09
THE STAINLESS BANNER.

ring It's IoldS unto lle shles
That our hearts may leap wherever
Ger our heads the banner flies!
make it stainless in its beauty,
Flag of worship, flag of truth.
Lifting US, a mighty nation,
Onward, eager, as in youth!
Stainless, spotless, unshamed ever,
Flag of freedom and of law,
Beauteous banner of u glory,
Round whose symbols let US draw!
"Make this flag a flag of honor,
Smirch it not with stain of wrong,
Lift it free of every blemish
Ger the foreheads Of the throng!
Stainless now and stainless ever,
Flag for which the freeman fought,
oh, behold how pure its beauty,
Make it pure in deed and thought"
Talk by Teacher-Why We OBJ
serve Temperance Day:
We are told by one of the oldest
and wisest of the Greek writer's
(Xenophon) that temperance means
first moderation in healthful indulg-
ence and secondly abstinence from
things dangerous. We must be care
full and moderate in our eating and
drinking of good things. Our bodies
require food but they do not need
too many strawberries, although they
are good and even luscious to the
taste, or too much ice cream, or too
many peanuts, or even more bread
and butter and potatoes than we can
digest. We must build up u bodies
with healthful materials but we must
also remember that too much of any
healthy material is harmful. Long
fellow, in his Building of the Ship,
says:
Guild me straight, O worthy
Master,
Strong and staunch a goodly vessel
That shall laugh at all disaster
And with wave and whirlwind
wrestle."
Our first decision then on this
Temperance Day will be that we will
be moderate in Jul eating and drink
ing of good things. i.
Then we must be equally willing
to abstain from taking into u bod
les anything that is dangerous to
them. What would be dangerous? At
once we see that everything that is
poisonous would be dangerous for
poisons are so-named because of
their danger to the body. We must
first clearly understand what a poison
is. A good definition of a poison is
this: "a poison is any substance that
when taken into the system acts in
a hurtful manner" Opium and arse
mic and s~trychnine are 'poiscns, they
almost Immediately u death after
taking them. But there is another
form of poison which does not seem
quite so dangerous because the poi
son acts more slowly. 1t is called al
cohol and is mixed with water and
hops and berries and grains to make
it taste better, but it is always a poi
son whether it is found in whisky or
brandy or bitters or in wine, beer OF
cider. All of the different states OF
the union have laws requiring that
the children shall be taught the truth
concerning alcohol and we observe
Temperance Day because we want to
begin, our teaching of this subject in
a strong and forceful way. 1t is also
well for US to know that there are
various kinds of poisons. We some
times speak about the poison of cor
rupt communication. That is when a
boy or girl tells a low, vulgar story,
thus poisoning the mind of the one
to whom it is told. Or we speak of
the poison of gossip because telling
stories about n another also in
jures character.
Now alcohol is a poison that both
Injuries the bodily tissues and also
causes men to become so degraded
that they tell low stories, commit
crime and are greatly injured in
character. Alcohol is thus a double
poison. 1t is our purpose today to
bring before you these truths in song
and story that the seed of temper
ance in all things may grow in your
young lives.
Story of Frances Wizards life as
a child in five pictures. First picture
in her home.