The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-09-04
BEAUTIFULLY EXPRESSED IN HIS AN.
NUAL LABOR DAY PRO.
CLAMATION.
1T is the Laborer Who Keeps the Tele-
graph and Telephone Lines in the
Air--.The Ships Floating Upon
the Sea-"
jackson, Aug. 81. Governor
Vardaman today issued the fol-
lowing Labor Day proclamation:
United States of America.
State of Mississippi.
Executive Department.

"A L 1hOCLA M "A 11JN.
1t is the highest evidence OF
the best civilization that the laws
of our state recognize the dignity
of labor and the nobility of hon
est and intelligent toll. They
are the foundation stones upon
which all enduring government
rest, and it is but meet and prop
er that we should step aside from
the busy highway of life and
spend one day in the cool shades
of reflection and consider the
value of the Toilers; and to also
give expressions of gratitude fol
their part in the development and
maintenance of the most remark
able civilization the world has
ever known. We should also re-
member that the only absolutely
free, independent and happy mar
is the man who lives by the in.
telligent exercise of his own mind
and muscle-that the only mar
worthy of the respect and love oil
his fellow man, is the man thai
produces something. 1t is the la
borer who keeps the telegraph and
telephone lines in the air.. the
ships floating upon every sea, the
cars running on the track, the
wheels of the factory revolving
and all the complex machinery OF
our marvellous civilization NOV.
ing in rythmic splendor in the
grand march of events. The La
burer-the wealth producer-that
marvellous force that builds opu.
lent empires, creates civilization
out of the wiIds of the primevaI
forest, and the ways of the say.
age, and feeds and clothes the
world, is entitled to our reverence
and respect, and a much larger
share of the products of his own
toll. He maintains the commerce
of our country in time of peace,
fights its battles in time of wal
and writes the laws of the lane
with his ballot. He is the King
of commerce as we'll as the Ruler
of the Realm.
Now therefore, |, JAS. X. Var
daman, governor of the state OF
Mississippi, by virtue of the au-
thority vested in me, do hereby
designate and set apart Monday
the second day of September.
1907, as
LABOR DAY
And do further appoint and
proclaim the same as holiday
within the state of Mississippi
and do urge that it be observed
and celebrated as such by all the
people of the state wherever they
may be or whatever their voca-
tions. Let the observance of the
day take such forms as will i'm
press upon the people of the state
the duty and the great response
bility of citizenship. Let the i'm
plements of real abor,-the to.
kens of equality in the elements
of the man who tolls with the
man who reaps- be displayed,
and let this celebration inculcate
the wholesome lessons of justice
and equality of opportunity in the
race of life as the only hope for
the perpetuity of our form OF
government.
In witness whereof, | have here
unto set my hand and caused the
great seal of the state OF Missis.
sippi to be affixed. Done at the
copitol, in the city of jackson,
this the tbirtieth day of August,
A. d. 1907.
JAS. K. VARDAMAN.
By the governor:
Jos. w. Power,
Secretary of State.