Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-31
THANKSGIVING DAY.
The Presidents PrOClama-
tiOn Names November
2Sth,,
I'm the Spirit OF Righteousness and
Justice Lies the Hope Of the Ma
tons Perpetuity.

AOHK
Washington, D. c., Oct. -
dent Roosevelt has issued his Thanks
giving proclamation, through the Sec
rerary of State, naming the last Thurs
DAY in November, the 2Sth.
The proclamation follows:
"Once again the season of the year
has come when, in accordance with
4l1e custom of our forefathers for gen
A~erations past, the President appoints a
day as the especial occasion for all our
people to give praise and thanksgiving
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"During the past year we have been
tree IRON famine. from pestilence, from
war. We are at peace with all the
4est OF mankind. Our natural re-
sources are at least as great as those of
any other nation. We believe that in
ability to develop and take advantage
Df these the average man of
ahis nation stands at least as high as
tle average man of any other. No
where else in the world is there such
6af 0~f,4,ortunity for q free people to de-
selop to the fullest extent all it's pow
ers OF body, of mind, and of that which
stands above both body and mind
character
Much has been given us from on
high and much will rightly be expect
I'D Of as in return. Into our care the
ten talents have been entrusted; and
we are to be pardoned neither if we
squander and waste them, nor if we
hide them in a napkin; for they must
be fruitful in our hands. Ever through
out the ages, at all times and among
all people, prosperity has been fraught
with danger, and it ehoov us to
beseeeh the Giver OF all things that we
may not tall into love OF ease and lux
AIRY: that we may not lose our sense of
neral responsibility; that we may
not forget our duty to God and to our
neighboT.
"a great Democracy like ours, a De-
mocEacy based upon the principles OF
orderly liberty, can be perpetuated
only il i'm b heart of the ordinary Cit
lzen lil1re DIV ellis a keen sense of right
S1y1ShcSS anu luSL1S0. w 6AOu10 0df11-
estly pray that this spirit OF righteous
ness and justice may grow ever greater
in the hearts OF all Of is, and thai oul
souls may be inclined eyermore both
aowafd the virtues that tell for gentle
ness and tenderness, for loving kind
aess and orbearance one with another,
and toward those no less necessary
virtues that make our manliness and
rugged hardihood-tor without these
qualities neither nation nor individual
gan rise to the level of greatness.
"Now, therefore, L, Theodore Roose-
welt, President of the United States, dc
set apart Thursday, the 2Sth day OF
November, as a day of general Thanks.
giving and Prayer, and on that day ]
recommend that the people shall cease
from their daily work, and, in theil
home or in their churches, meet devout-
ly to thank the Almighty for the many
and great blessings they have received
I'm the past, and to pray that they may
DC given strength so to order their live
ms to deserve a continuation of these
blessings in the future.
I'm witness whereof I have hereun
to set my hand and caused the sea
of the United States to be alike ed
aSeal-)
-Done at the city OF Washington tn
fifth day OF October in the yea
of our Lord one Thousand nine hundred
and seven and of the Independence o
aRe United States the one hundred ant
a"hirty-second.
ASigned)
"rHEODORE ROOSEVELT
"By the President:
"Elihu Root, Secretary of State.