The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-01

THANKSGIVING DAY.
President Mckinley Calls on the
Peopia to Give thanks.
TO GOD FOR Ills BLESSINGS.
The Last Day Of November Fixed
as the Time FOR Especial
Payer, Thanks and
70 GOD FOR His BLESSINGS.
Charity

President Mckinley Wednesday is
sued the following thanksgiving procla-
nation:
By the President Of the United States.
Proclamation
a national custom dear to the hearts
Of tie people calls for the setting apart
Of one day in each year as an occasion
Of special thanksgiving to Almighty
God for the blessings Of the preceding
year. This honored observance ac-
qurres with time tenderer sig gniicance
1t enrichcs domestic life. 1t summons
under the family roof the absent chill
dren to glad reunion with those they
love.
Seldom: has this nation had greater
cause for profound thanksgiving. No
great pcstiieocc has invaded our
shores. Liberal employment waits
upon labor. Abundant crops have re-
warded the efforts Of the husbandman.
Increased comforts have come to the
home. The national finances have
been sustained and made frmer. In ali
branches Of industry and trade there
has been an unequaled degree Of pros
perity, while there has been steady
gain in the moral and educational
growth of our national character.
Churches and schools have fourished.
American patriotism has been exalted.
Those engaged in maintaining the hon
or of the flag with such signal success
have been in large degree spared from
disaster aud disease. An honorable
peace has been ratified with a foreign
nation with which we were at war, and
are now on friendly relations with ev-
cry power of earth.
The trust which We have assumed
for the benefit Of the people of Cuba
has been faithfully advanced. There
is marked progress towards the restora-
ton Of healthy industrial conditions,
az under wise sanitary regulations
tie island has enjoyed unusual ex-
cmption from the scourge of fever.
The hurricane which swept over our
new possession Of Puerto Rico destroy.
ed the homes and property Of the in
habitants, called forth the instant sym
pathy of the people Of the United
States, who were swift to respond with
generous aid to the sufferers. While
the insurrection still continues in the
island of Luzon, business is resuming
its activity and confidence in the good
purposes of the United States is being
rapidly established throughout the ar
chipelago.
For these reasons and countless 9th
ers, I, William Mckinley, president Of
the United States, do hereby name
Thursday, the Both day Of November
next, as day Of general Thanksgiving
and prayer, to be observed as such by
all our people on this continent and in
our newly acquired islands, as we'll as
by those who may be at sea or sojourn-
ing in foreign lands; and l advise that on
this day religious exercises be conduct
ed in the churches or meeting places
Of all denominations, IN order that in
the social features Of the day its real
significance may not be lost sight of,
but fervent prayers may be offered tc
the Most High for continuance of the
divine guidance without which mans
efforts are vain and for divine consola.
ton to those whose kindred and friends
have sacrificed their lives for country.
| recommend also that on this day,
so far as may be found practical, labor
shall cease from its accustomed toll,
and charity abound toward the sick.
the needy and the poor.
in witness whereof | have set my
hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington this
26 day of October, in the year of oul
Lord 1899 and CT the independence o!
the United States the one hundredtt
and twenty-fourth.
William Mckinley.
(SeaD
By the president