The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-01
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION,

President Mckinley Calls Upon Am
orleans, Cubans, Porto Ricans and
Fflipinos to Observe u Day of
Thanksgiving,
President Mckinley has issued the
following Thanksgiving proclamation /:
A national custom deSr to the hearts
OF the people Calls for the setting
apart Oh day in each year as an &C.
casiea OF special thanksgiving to Al
mighty God for the blessings Of the
preceding year. This honored obser-
vance acquires with time q tenderer
significance. It enriches domestic life.
1t summons under the family roof the
absent children to glad reunion with
those they love.
Seldom has this nation had greater
cause for profound Thanksgiving. No
great ~pestilence has invaded our
shores. Liberal employment waits
upon labor. Abundant crops have re-.
warded the efforts of the husbsndmap.
Increased comforts have come to the
home. The national finances have
been strengthened, and public credit
has been sustained and made firmer,
In all branches Of industry and trade
there has been e steady gain In the
moral and educational growth of or
national character.
Churches and schools have flourish
ed. American patriotism has been ex.
allied. Those engaged in maintaining
the honor of the flag with suo6
signal Gees have been in q largo
degree spared from disaster and
disease. AN honorable peace has been
ratified with a foreign nation with
winch we were at war, and we are now
on friendly relations with every power
on earth.
The trust which we have assumed
for the people Of Cuba has been faith
fully advanced. There is marked pro.
gress toward the restoration of healthy
Industrial conditions, and under wise
sanitary regulations the island has en-
!oyed exemption from the scourge of
fever. The hurricane which swept
over our new possession of Porto Rico,
destroying the homes and property OF
the Inhabitants, called forth the in
slant sympathy of the people of the
United States, who were swift to re-
spond with generous aid to the suffer.
ers. While the insurrection still con-
tinues In the island of Luzon, business
ID resutning Its activity, and confidence
in the good purposes. Of the United
States is being rapidly estabiished
throughout the archipelago.
For these reasons and countless
others, 1, William Mckinley, Presi-.
dent of the United States, 10 hereby
name Thursday, the Both day of No
yemher next, as "a day of general
Thanksgiving and prayer, to be OBJ
served as such by all our people on
this. continent and in our newly ac-
CURED islandsI as we'll as by those who
may be at SEQ or so%journing in foreign
lands and II advise that on this day
religious exercises shall be conducted
In the churches or meeting places of
all denominations, In order that In the
social features Of the day its real signi.
ticsnce may not be Lost sight of, but
fervent prayers may be offered to the
Most High for a continuance OF the
guidance without which mans
Efforts are vain, and for Divine, con-
ISOLATION TO those whose kindred and
trte1lds have sacrificed their lives for
country.
1 recommend also that on this day.
TO- far .as may be found practicable,
labor shall cease from Its accustomed
Toll and charity abound toward the
sick, tt needy and the poor.
In witness whereof, [ have set nv
hand End caused the seal of the United |
states to be affixed. (Signed) IA
WILLIAM MCKINLEY. II