Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-08-02
Labor Day In West Virginia.

george wesley Atkinson desires
that the Labor Day law be fully OBJ
served and in order to let his wishes
be known he issued the following Of
fetal Labor Day proclamation:
This State of West Virginia, by
its Legislature, having passed law
setting apart the first Monday of Sep
tember of each year as Labor Day, at
which time all toilers should step
aside from their regular employment
and give such day to rest, improve
ment and enjoyment;
Now, therefore, l, George W. At.
kinson, Governor of the State of West
Virginia, do hereby recommend and
request that on Monday, September
3, 1900, all places where labor is en-
ployed within the State Of West Vir-
ginia, shall, as far as possible SO to do,
be shut down so that all toilers may
be permitted to enjoy this day as one
of rest from all cares and duties In
this manner better than any other,
the dignity and worth of labor can
be brought to the attention of the
uublc and lts yalue To the country at
large may be more fully understood
AMI appreciated"
The Governor adds the following
quotations
In the sweat Of thy face shalt thou
eat bread, tin thou return unto the
ground for out Of it vast thou taken
for dust thou art. and under dust shalt
thou return. -GcnesiS, iii, 10
Six days shalt thou labor and do all
thy work Exodus, M, ..
For thou shalt eat the labor Of thine
hands happy shalt thou be, aud it shall
be well with thec.-Psalm cxXviii ?
In all labor there is profit but the
talk Of the lips tendeth only 10 penury
Proverbs. xiv, %
The labor OF the righteous tendcth To
life the fruit Of the wicked To sin
Proverbs, y, Is.
Man goeth forth unto his work and la
his labor until the evening Psalm
civ, %
lie that gathercth in summer is n
wise son but he that sleepeth in har-
vest IS son that causeth shame. Pro
verbs. y, ;.
He that tillcth his land shall have
plenty Of bread but he that followeth
after vain persons shall have poverty
enough Proverbs, NSXiii, 10.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be di
miniShcd but he that gathereth by
labor shall increase. Proverbs. xiii, II.
There is nothing better FOR a man
than that he should eat and drink. aud
that he should make his soul enjoy good
in his labor. This also saw, that IL
was from the hand OF God .-Eccesias-
tcs ii, -
Two are better than one, because they
have a good reward for their labor
Ecclcsastes, iv, o.
The sleep 81 laboring man is sweet.
whether he eat little or much but the
abundance Of the rich will not suffer
him to sleep -Ecclcsiastes, v, -.
So built we the wall and all the wall
was Joined together unto the half there
Of: for the people had a mind to work.
Nehemiah, iv. o.
Let him that stole steal no more but
rather let him labor, working with his
hands the thing which is good, that he
may have 10 give TO him that needeth.
Ephesians, ~, %.
And labor. working with our own
hands being reviled. we bless being
prosecuted. we suffer t,-l Corinthians,
iv, ~.
The husbandman that laboreth must
be first partaker Of the fruiis.--lI Tim
otby, II, 9.
But what think ye a certain man
had two sons and he came 10 the FIRST,
and said, Son, go work to-day In my
vineyard Matthew, xxi, -.
And that ye study TO be quiet, and to
do your own business, and to work with
your own hands as we commanded you.
Il ThessaloniaDs. iv, II.
For even when we were with you,
this we commanded you, that II any
would not work neither should he eat.
III Thessalonians, iii, 10.
For the workman Is worthy OF his
meat.-Matthew. X, TO-