The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
A DAY OF
THANKSGIVING
WILL BE NOVEMBER ,sTn

Mr.. Roe~rs~lt E.osnss Cat the steady
Gro~th sc the Ns.."a In ssr~axsh.
Wealth. and rapasssson--s.s. osr
Average OF Individual Ccmfers and
Well I,.ing is Higher Thsa That
OF any oth~r Coaatr, in the
worid.
Washington. ID. G, Oct al
The President today issued The an
nual Thanksgiving proclamation Ia
which be pointed out the steady
growth ef the nation ln strength,
worldly power. wealth and popuIa-
ton and that our average of indi-
yidual comfort aud veil-besns h
higher xhan that of any other conn-
try in The world. For ,hls. be- de-
clares. Americans owe IL TO the Al
mighty To show equal progress IN
moral aud spiritual thinxs.
The proclamation fellows
BY the President OF the United
States OF America"
PROCLAMATION.
Once again the season is at hand
when. according To the ancient eus-
toms of our people. IL becomes In.
duty OF the President to appoint
day of prayer and of thank giving TO
God.
Year by year this nation grows
In strength and worldly power. bur-
ing the century and a quarter that
circle of independent people We
have grown and prospered in materi-
al things TO a degree never before
and not now known In any other
country. The thirteen colonies
which stragled along the seacoast OF
the Atlantic and were hemmed in
but few miles west of ttde-water
by the Indian-haunted wilderness.
have transformed into the mightiest
republic which the world has ever
seen. Its domains stretch aeross
the continent from one to the other
OF the two greatest oceans, and II
exercises dominion alike In the arc
tic and tropic realms. The growth
In wealth and population has SUR
passed even the growth in territory.
Nowhere else In the world is the ay-
erage of individual comfort and ma
terial weil-being high as In our for
.tunate land.
For the reason that In material
well-being We have thus abonnded.
We owe II TO the Almighty TO show
equal progress I'm moral and spirit
ual things. With a nation, an with
the individuals who make up a ma
ton, material well-beIng is an indis-
pensible foundation. But the foun-
dation avails nothing by itself. That
life is wasted, and worse than vast
ed, which IL spent in piling. heap
upon heap, those things which min
lister merely to the pleasure of the
body and to the power that rests on
ly on wealth. Upon material we'll
being as a foundation must be rails
ed, the structure of the lofty light
OF the spirit, IL this nation is proper
ly to fulfil It's great missions that
we SO ardently hope and desire. The
things of the body are good; the
things of the intellect better: but
best of all are the things OF the soui:
for, in the nation as In the individu-
al, in the long run IL is character
that counts. Let US therefore as 4
people set our faces resoluteiy
against evil, and with broad chari-
ty, with kindliness and good will to-
ward all men. but with unfinchfng
determination to smite down the
wrong, strive with all the strength
that is given US for righteousness I'm
public and private life.
Now therefore. 7. Theodore
Roosevelt, President of the United
States, do set apart Thursday. the
26ths day of November next, as
day of general thanksgiving and
prayer, and on that day I recon-
mend that the people shall cease
from their daily work. and. In their
homes or in their churches. meet
devoutly to thank the Almighty for
the many and great blessings they
have received in the past, and 10
pray that they may be given
strength so to order their lives as TO
deserve a continuation of these
blessings in the future.
'In witness whereof ! have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States TO be
affixed.
Done at the city of Washington
this thirty-first day of October. In
the year of our Lord. one thousand
nine hundred and eight and of the
independence of the United States
the one hundred and thirty-third
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
by the President:
Alvey A. Adee.
Acting Secretary of State"