Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-11-09

Washington, Special.-The President
has issued the Thanksgiving procla-
Gation, setting aside Thursday, No
tsmber "a, "to be observed as day
# festival and thanksgiving by all the
people Of the United States at home
Ind abroad. The proclamation fol-
Iows:
by the President of the United States
Z sf .America-A Proclamation:
aIt has pleased Almighty God to
bring the American people in safety
Ind honor through another year, and,
Snsa accordance with the long unbroken
eustom handed down to us by our fore
2iathers, the time has come when q
special day shall be set apart in which
10 thank Him who holds all nations in
The hollow OF His hand for the mercies
atnus vouchsafed to us. During the CEN
:tury and quarter of our national
3ljfe, we as people have been blessed
beyond all others, and for this ne owe
humble and heartfelt thanks to the
author Of all blessings. The year that
has closed has been one Of peace with
/ lh our own borders, as we'll as between
ns and all other nations. The harvests
have been abundant, and those who
work, whether with hand or brain, are
prospering greatly. Reward has waited
bpon honest effort. We have been
enabled to do our duty to ourselves and
10 others. Never has there been time
when religious and charitable effort has
been more evident. Much has been
given to us and much will be expected
from us. We speak of what has been
done by this nation in no spirit of
Sboastfulress or vain-glory, but with
hull and reverent realization that our
strength is nothing unless we are help
ed from above. Hitherto we have been
given the heart and the strength to do
the tasks allotted to US as they sever
ally arose.
I'VE are thankful for all that has
been done for us in the past and we
pray that in the future we may be
strengthened in the unending struggle
to do our duty fearlesSly and honestly,
>with charity and good will, with re-
srect for ourselves and with love to-
ward our fellow-men. In this great
republic the effort to combine national
strength with personal freedom is being
tried on a scale more gigantic than
ever before in the worlds history. Our
success will mean much, not only for
ourselves, but for the future of all man
kind ,and every man or woman In our
land should feel the grave responsible
hy resting upon him or her, for in the
last analysis this success must depend
upon the high average of our individual
citizenship, upon the way in which each
Of US does his duty by himself and his
neighbor.
''Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roose-
welt. President Of the United States, do
hereby appoint and set apart Thursday.
the twenty-fourth of this November, to
Z be observed as a day Of festival and
thanksgiving by all the people of the
United States at home or abroad, and
do recommend that on that day cease
from their ordinary occupations and
gather in their several places of wor-
ship or in their homes, devoutly to give
thanks unto Almighty God for the BEN
efits He has conferred upon US as in
tividuals and as nation, and to be-
seech Him that in the future His Divine
favor may continue 70 u.s.,
"IE witness whereof. L have hereunto
Set may hand and caused the seal of the
Onited States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington,
snis LIST day of November, in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and four, and of the Independence OF
the United States the one hundred and
.twenty-ninth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
"By the President.
JOHN HAY, Secretary of State"