The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-28
||CELEBRAT|ON OF
THANKSGIVING DAY
General Holiday ii, Richmond
To-day, With Many In
tcresting Events.
MANY GO OUT SHOOTING

MANY GO OUT SHOOTING
4 Thanksgiving Day will be general
observed In Richmond as semi
religious festival. In which the tainii
z reunion and home coming Will nav
Tia prominent place. Beginning Win IN
giving of thanks In the churches TN
II morning the day VIII be larsei
devoted to outings and out-doo
sports--footbalJ; tennis hounds an an,
IL Eolf--all claiming following. I'M
Il evening will be universally given VI
Tito family gath rings. feastinss am
I,public entertainments.
t3 Many Richmonders have taken th'
day as holiday and gone TO NEARBY
,lcounties OH hunting trips and on many
n hill side the firing of guns VIII be
II heard during the day Excursions VII
Il also carry many visitors for ias'
IL look at the jamestown, Exposition
sEnow nearing its conclusion. Ine
!; ibThanksgiving german Will be held N
! the auditorium of the Jefferson Hotel
IAN informal dance at the Hermitage
sNClub after the football game Is also
y ANNOUNCED, and a lunch on at the Deep
Il Run Hunt Club will be among the
social features of the day.
~ History of Day.
II Though generally regarded by writ
Hers as of New England origin. and
II so characterized by many OF the Ne"
1 Eugland poets, there Is good reason
Ito claim a greater antiquity for the
i.celebration of Thanksgiving Day Days
z of thanksgiving and Teasing were
isset apart by the colony at jamestown
Ibefore the Pilgrim fathers landed at
plymouth Rock. National festivals OF
Il Thanksgiving were observed In Hol-.
Hand as early as 1915, in celebration OF
the delivery of the city of Leyden from
siege.
II For scriptural authority the festival
Els closely akin to the Jewish Feast
'iof the Tabernaclcs," signifying the
angathering at the end of the year.
h But It Is only in America and in
sthe last half-century that Thanksgiv-
Sing has become a truly national In
sstitution.
1 President Washington, President
Madison and others issued proclama-
stions calling for the giving of thanks
after great emergencies, but UP to the
close OF the War Between the states
the custom was not fixed as an an
nual institution, either by the national
or the State government. In fact Gov
ernor Henry y. Wise, of Virginia, IN
1857 publicly refused to issue a
Thanksgiving proclamation when &C.
quested to do so. This stand he took
on the ground that the Governor OF
the State was unauthorized to inter-
fere. in religious matters.
= Since the war custom has fixed on
the last Thursday in November. and
attention is regularly called to the DAY
by proclamation of the President. the
Governors of the various States and
4 nfvNpy frft
the occasion is everywhere observed as
4 legal and public holiday.
Celebration In Ittchmond.
Following the church services of this
morning the people of Richmond Will
exhibit the holiday spirit of the occa-
sion by attending the football contest
jlatween the eleVens of the University
IF North Carolina and the Virginia. Poly
technic Institute. The outlook now is
for a close and exciting contest. with
clear. cold November air. and grand
stands which will reflect college colors
and enthusiasm, such as no other game
of the season will produce.
The Deep Run Hunt Club VIII have
Thanksgiving ride, the drag being laid
from the Reservoir. where the hunters
clubhouse will follow the hunt. Lake
eide and the Hermitage Clubs will have
their quota of those who will spend
the day in the sunshine at golf or
counties will be filled with hunters for
cartridges and wild turkey. In the
homecoming features Will be found a.
large part of the enjoyment of the day
Trains yesterday We're loaded with col
lege boys and girls returning for their
vacation. and on Thanksgiving evening
there will be many family reunion
With feasting and merry making of all
kinds.
Post-ONlce Hours.
>,,,I he oh ac q
general holiday, all banks and general
business houses being closed. The
po ,. tome, will'sebsery4e tho following
Money ordef division will be closed
Ill day. Registry division will be
ppcn from to 10 A. NJ. Stamp win
dow will be open for sale of stamps
from to 10 A. NJ. General delivery
riers' window Will be open from to-
ii A. NJ.
Letter carriers will make deliveries
as follows: Three, four and hve-trip
carriers will make one delivery, be-
ginning at ? A. Nj. at the main Office
and at $3.50 A. NJ at Stations a and Il.
Two-trip carriers vii! make one deliy-
cry. beginning at S A. Nj.
Stations: Unless expressly otherwise
stated. stations will observe same hours
as main office.
Dispatches to stations: A, A. NJ.
$3.50 "A. NJ, 1890 A. NJ; B. 6 A. NJ, $50
A. NJ. 1850: a. NJ.
S Executive division will be open until
II "A. M.
Church Services.
ii Thanksgiving Day will be generally
observed by churches of all sects ana
creeds to-day, the proclamation of the
authorities calling on the people to
assemble in their places of worship
and render thanks, meeting with n
general response from Richmond peo-
pile.
At the Jewish Synagogue Rabbi
calisch will speak at IL A. NJ, having
given UP his proposed trip TO tho
! Jamestown Exposition. Service will
+ also be held at Sir Moses Montifiori
1 Synagogue.
All of the Episcopal and Catholic
gChurches will hold services at their
4 regular hour, IL a. NJ, early mass be-
Ing celebrated in ST. Peters and the
cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Methodists of the city will unite
In joint service at Centenary Church.
( when REV. NJ. S. Colonna, OF Park
s Place Church Will preach.
Presbytertans of Richmond, Nun.
chester and vicinity will unite in a
JOINT service at the Second Presby
terrain Church, corner OF Fifth and
Main Streets, when Rev, j. Calvin
( Stewart, p. D.. of the Church OF the