The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-31
DIT Of THANKSGIVING
President Names Last Thurs.
day IN November
CHARACTER The GOAL SOUGHT
Democracy Must Use the Ten Talents
EntruLted It and Pray for the Sriz-
7 % Of Righteeusnsss and Justice in
whtaa Lies Hope Of NasiOR.s Pr
pOtnisy.

81 49, EsEtJE-
Washington, D. C., Special. -Peesi-
dant Roosevelt Saturday issued his
Thanksgiving proclamation, through
TIE Secretary Of State, naming tie
hSt Tharsday in November, the
tv~epty-eighth.
The proclamation fellows:
"0nee again the season of the year
has come when, in aecordance with
the eastem Of our forefashers for.
generations past, the President APP
points q day rs the especial occasion
for AL our people to give praise and
thanksgiving to God.
During the past year we have
been Ire from famine, from pesti-
lenee, from war. We are at eae
with all the rest Of mankind. Our
nataFal resources are at least as great
ms those of any other nation. We be-
heve, that in ability to develop and
take advantage of these the
average man Of this nation stands at
least a high as the average man Of
any other Nowhere else Ia the
world is there such an opportunity
fer . free people to develop to the
fullest extent all it's powers Of body,
Of mind, and of that which stands
above both body and mind-ehar-
aeter.
"Aueh has been given us from en-
high and much will rightly be ak
poeted OF as In return. Into our care
the tea talents have been entrusted /;
and we are to be pardoned neither if
We squander and waste, nor if we
hide them In = napkin; for they must
be fruitful In our hands. Ever
Throughout the ages, at all times and
among al peoples, prosperity has
been fraught with danger, and it be-
hoOves us to beseeeh the Giver of all
things that we may not fall into love
OF sase and laxury; that we may net
forget our &aty to God and to cur
RSighbOr.
"a great Democracy like Ours, q
Democracy based upon the principles
Of orderly liberty, can be perpetuated
enly If m the heart Of the ordinary
eitizen there dwells q keen ems OF
righteousness and justice. We should
earnestly pray that this spirit Of
righteousness &A6 justice may grow
ever greater In the hearts of all of us,
and that our souls may be inclined
0vernore both toward the virtues
that tall for g~entleness and tender
ness, for leving kindness and fOrbear-
anGe sne with another, and toward
these no less necessary virtues that
make eur manliness and rugged hardi-
heod-for without these qualities
neither nation nor individual can rise
to the level Of greatness.
"Now, therefore, I, Theodore
Roosevelt, President of the United
States, dc set apart Thursday, the
18th day of November, as q day Of
general Thanksgiving and Prayer,
and on that day I recommend that
the people shall from their
daily work, and, in their home or in
their churches meet devoutly to
thank Almighty for the many and
great blessings they have received IN
fhs past, and to pray that they may
be given strength SO to order their
lives as to deserve q continuation Of
these blessings In the future.
SIN witness whereof / have here
INTO set my hand and caused the seal
Of the Omitted States to be afaxei.
(Seal.)
"Done at the city Of Washington
the twenty-ffth day Of October, III
the year Of cur Lord one thousand
nine hundred an seven and Of the In
dependence OF the United States the
enc hundred and thirty-sseond.
(SisRsd)
"Theedore Roosevelt"
"By the President:
sEFaahu Root, Secretary of State.