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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
THE Annual THANKS
President of The United States
Issues Proclamation.
A YEAR OF GREAT PROSPERITY.
Some of the Things Which Have
Contributed to the Happiness and
Success OF Americans-No Wars
Have Disturbed.

Washington. - The vigorous
growth and progress of the country
is reflected by the records of popu-
lation and harvests and the general
conditions of international peace,
are things for which thanksgiving is
especially due for the year 1910, &C
cording to the annual Thanksgiving
Day proclamation issued by Presi-
dent Taft. The proclamation is as
follows:
This year of 1910 is drawing TO a
close. The records of population
and harvests, which r the index
Of progress, show vigorous national
growth and the health and prosper
Gus well-being Of our communities
throughout this land and in our
possessions beyond the seas. These
blessings have not descended upon
US in restricted measures, but over
flow and abound. They are the
blessings and bounty Of God.
1--WE continue to be at .pease with
the rest of the world. In all essen
tial matters our relations with 9TH
er peoples are harmonious, with an
ever-growing reality of friendliness
and depth of recognition of mutual
dependence. It is especially to be
noted that during the past year
great progress has been achieved in
the cause Of arbitration and the
peaceful settlement of international
disputes.
Now, therefore, I, William How
ard Taft, President of the United
States of America, in accordance
with the wise custom of the Civil
Magistrate since the first settle
ments in this land and with the rule
established from the foundation of
this government, do appoint Thurs
day, November 81, 1910, as a day OF
national thanksgiving and prayer,
enjoining the people upon that day
to meet in their churches for the
praise of Almighty God and to re-
turn hertfelt thanks TO Him for all
His goodness and loving kindness.
I'm witness thereof, 1 have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be
affixed. ,
"Done at the city of Washington,
this fifth day of November in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and ten, and of the indie
pendence of the United States the
one hundred lid thirty-fifth.
- (Seall
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.
by the President:
ALVEY A. ADEE.
Acting Secretary of State"
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the back, and that she tucked her
scolding locks up every few minutes
with a slender, ringless hand. :
And these. were to form our family
party.
While l was studying the people.
Genevieve was taking an inventory OF
our supplies.
Go on with your invitations" I ad-
vised, land, If they are accepted, will
look after the table,"
She stepped back down the aisle and
stood with her hand on the seat in
front Of our Jewish friend to be-" e"
beg your pardon" she began, but I
want to invite you to come to our
Thanksgiving dinner, and to furnish
your share of it."
Thank you," he looked up and
smiled, as he lifted his hat, "but where
is your dinner to be?"
Down there where my sister is sit
ting" She nodded her head in my d.
rection. I'VE are going to have a fam:
lily reunion"
Where Is your family?" His smile
broadened.
All in this coach who will come"
Here the. young man in the sweater
turned round, and she addressed him.
will you come, too? And-?"
with pleasure, if l can be OF any
assistance"
You can assist by furnishing some
thing toward the dinner"
He pushed his hand down into his
pocket. II have a piece of chocolate
and two sticks of chewing gum, which
are at your disposal" The frank smile
on the young mans face revealed no
tendency toward freshness, but the
older man, not being able to SEQ his
face, feared that he was inclined to
make sport of my sister. Therefore,
he leaned forward and said: There Is
a diner on, and | think we could go
in"
mo, no." interrupted Genevieve;
I'VE don't want to go into the diner.
| We want a make believe family re-
union here in our private car" Then
turning to the young man, Chocolate
and chewing gum are acceptable, if
they are the best you have"
The man with the children had been
down to the end of the car giving each
of them a drink, and returned to his
seat, just as G,nevieve was ready to
put the matter before him.
I'VE are to have a family reunion"
/ she began, but seeing a shadow pass
! over his face, fastened to add: This
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/ saw the young man in the sweater
give the golden-haired girl a look that
made me wonder If he had noticed her
dainty appetite and silence, or wheth-
er he was glad to have her present at
u reunion. "I am getting back to
Chicago" he said, ito attend my sis
ter's wedding, and I suppose that
ought to add that I am thankful I am
going to have a new brother next
week."
"Im going to a wedding, too" The
golden-haired girl had forgotten that
she vas not to speak to a gentleman
without an introduction. But she re-
membered in time to lean round be.
hind me.
"Whose?" In coming to her rescue !
had forgotten that nc questions were
to be asked.
my brothers," she replied, some
where back of my shoulder.
perhaps her brother Is to marry my
sister," The young man had heard
her answer. "She is to marry a Cali.
fornia chap that I have never seen.
1 barely know that his lame Is Har.
mon."
evil Harmon?" Again the girl was
startled out Of her corner. my broth.
er Will is to marry Miss Jenkins"
"Sure enough" The young man
reached across me. shake hands, for
we are almost relatives"
Genevieve rose with as much dig
nifty as she could command under the
circumstances. Miss Harmon, allow
me to introduce to you MI. Jenkins"
Our dinner was over, as everything
eatable was gone. The porter carried
the cups and saucers back to the din.
ing car, and cleared away the paper
sacks and crumbs.
The golden-haired girl sat alone no
more on that train, and the young man
with the sweater read no more maya.
zines. They may have been talking
about the coming wedding, but as we
were about to leave the train at Salt
Lake City, our ~Israelite relative" said
over the back of our seat.
There may be more than one wed
ding"
That is the of our Thanks
giving dinner" suggested the father
of the children, whose baby was at
last asleep, and he had time to enter
into a conversation.
Now, her mother can't blame us"
put in Genevieve, for they would have
met in a few days, anyway"
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the family and guests land there are sure to be
guests in country at a country Thanksgiving din
ner) troop into the long dining room, to ind the
repast not only ready, but served with all the
pomp and state the feast deserves.
The turkey is placed before the host, while
the roast loin of young pig graces the opposite
end of the table, with the boiled ham in the CEN
ter, fanked with mashed white and baked sweet
potatoes, turnips and caulihower, with boats OF
gravy and bowls Of sauce within easy reach OF
all. Nov pass up your plates" Is requested from
each end of the table, and the oftener this re-
peated advice Is followed the more the lace OF
the good matron CLOVIS with satisfaction. The
great pitchers OF foaming cider pass along the
board and the diner at a farm Thanksgiving feast
finds it all SO novel and good that the vision
comes up before him frequently while struggling
with a complicated menu at his club or some hotel
or mincing through the series Of problems pre-
scented at a French or Italian table d'hote dinner.
On every Yankee warship in the hot lands or
the far away Mslay islands, Cuba, Guam, Panama,
the Sandwich islands and under the flag that
floats over every American consuls home or
office Thanksgiving day will be celebrated, and,
like another stitch in the great bed quilt Of liberty
and independence will knit the fabric closer to-
gether.,
We do well to have a Thanksgiving feast. We
thank the great Creator for our being, our sturdy
forefathersf for our great country, our Burly Brit
ish ancestors for our love of country and good
things to eat, our bustling energy for rapid
progress. our wives and mothers for domestic
atmosphere that makes life enjoyable and success
certain and the rulers we have placed In power
for unparalleled prosperity.
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Two Strande Fatal Accidents

New Orleans,-Two accidents, one
fatal, and one possibly fatal, led 10
much comment in police circles.
w. 0. Fitzgerald, a painter hurry
ing home with an oyster LOAF,
stumbled against 0 "0st and, sup
poscdly knocked u..-onscious, fell
into a shallow puddle of water. He
was drowned. Thomas G. FitzSer-
aid. with an oyster loaf tucked I'M
der his arm. rushed from a res
taurant to board a car. He fell be-
meath the wheel and may not recover
from his injuries.
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Friends TO HAZE a Feast.

New York.-Twelve friends OF the
late Rate Siedenburg, a well-to-do
business man who died here last
October, are directed by the terms
of his will, filed for probate, to eat
a dinner costing $500 or s4t.66 2-3 a
plate, at the expense of his estate.
The selection of the guests and the
time and place of the dinner are left
TO his executor, with the sole provise
that the dinner must be eaten within
three months of the te%stator's. death.
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Stcnfaiher Worse Than Brute.

Fairmont, ". Waterman Child
ers was fined Sl1. so by Justice Amos,
of Fairmont, and was placed under
a peace bond, having been found
guilty of cruelty treating his IT,
months-old stcpdaughter. The in
formation was made by Agent
Brand. OF The Humane Society. 1t is
alleged that at Il hotel where the
family is stopping. Childcrs tied
the feet and hands Of the baby and
beat it numerically. His eXplana-
Iiou was that the child was unruly
and thai he was only correcting 1t.
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Cruel Fate!

Atlanta, Ga.-Within a few weeks
of liberty after serving more than
four years. of a 5-year sentence in
the Federal prison here, Henry h.
Davis of kentucky, was killed when
he fell from a scaffold around the
new administration building at the
prison, a distance of AZ feet. His
death was reported the following
day. Davis was convicted OF coun-
terfeiting. His re ives it is said,
now are living in oklahoma.
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is Thanksgiving, and we are all away
from home, SO my sister and I decided
to play that you, and everybody else
in this car, belong to our family, and
to invite you home to our section, for
a Thanksgiving dinner"
He saw what she meant, and the
baby reached out toward her, as If It
understood, too. Geneyieve took the
little one in her arms. You e that
the baby is willing, and a little child
should dead you"
"Oh, Of course, We will be glad to
accept your kind invitation. If my
children won't disturb the party"
mo, indeed" she assured him, ave
need children to make a Thanksgiving
dinner complete" and, with the baby
in her arms, she walked down to the
golden-haired lady.
will you join US in our dinner
party?"
Thank you," returned the girl, "but
| have my dinner with me-"
VERY good! We want you to put
your dinner in with ours, and from the
size of your basket, 1 should imagine
you have more than all the rest of US
put together"
But I am going to Chicago" the
young lady protested, "and l must
make my lunch do for all the way"
"Oh, I see, you are afraid we will
eat too much of It," She laughed, sit
ting down beside the girl, and still
holding the baby in her arms. IF you
will eat with US, you won't need to
open your basket. 1t is not your food
we want, but you"
The girl still hesitated. my moth
er told me not to get acquainted with
people on the train, for fear some
thing might happen. because I have
never been out of California before,
and she is afraid for Inc to take such
q long trip alone"
Are you afraid Of me and this
baby?" asked G%enevieve.
ooh, no, I'm not afraid of ladies,
but mustn't speak to gentlemen, IN
less l am introduced to them"
well, my dear girl, we won't enjoy
our dinner party just behind you here,
knowing that you are eating all alone"
The young man in the sweater told
of his last Thanksgiving in Alaska,
and our Jewish relative" brought out
the best jokes he had in stock. We
laughed in the proper places, and
asked for more. Then we agreed to
name over some of the things we were
glad about.
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Year or independence Day? The day OF thanks
is more ~typically a national holiday than is any
other. 1t Is American and unique. Every coun-
try has one or more days set apart to commemo
rate independence or the granting Of some great
boon to its people that may be considered a step
on the stairway to liberty, but the Thanksgiving
day Of the United States is without a close COM
parison in any land. Thanksgiving day begins
the winter season.
Wherever you find an American you will, as
the month Of November wanes, find one who
thinks more of being at home or at the home of
intimate friends for Thanksgiving day. Clubs; no.
tells, public institutions, all see to it that their
patrons, members or inmates are provided with
a sumptuous repast for the one great feast day,
and whenever and wherever possible a great, fat
turkey graces the board.
The turkey should be our national bird, as it
is or, rather, was everywhere in a wild state,
and helped the original colonists to provide for
their families. 1t has for 300 years been the chief
feature at all important strictly American ban
quets, and may be safely called our greatest ma
tional food %delicacy. The Spaniards in Florida,
French in Louisiana, Pilgrims in Cape Cod and
founders of the Virginia company all found the
wild turkey ready for the sport and table in this
their new home, and the American Of today, from
the president Of the United States to the hum
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Twelve Tons OF Records.

Manila.-E. L. Worcester, a men,
Der of the Philippine Commission;
Frank w. Carpenter, the executive
secretary Of the Philippines; Ignacio
Villamor, Acknowledgement and
Chas. H. Sleeper, Director of the
Bureau of Lands, left here on the
steamer Manchuria for the United
States. They are on their way to
Washington, and have with them all
ihe records bearing on the countro-
versy over the friar lands in thu
Philippines. These records weigh
about twelve tons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
The Thankful Life

hood. the cnrichiHg Of the average eX-
pcrience. Bat for the enlargement
of our ideals, the raising Of the stan
dard of public duty, the increasing
care for the weak and the immature,
the recognition OF responsibilities
higher than the mere pilirg up of in
dividual fortunes and 4 government
surpius-for these things we may we'll
give thanks. Turning our grateful
thovghts into such channels we shall
be saved from national Pharisaism
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The Thanksgiving OF a nation is an
act of grace truly impressive IN Its
significance. The more thoughtiul
c.ue.g @ or p2Cn'a 1ill Law less EN-
phasis upon the material prosperity OF
~ UIi,e0 5L.tes uh,n ,i.on is It
mendous social ard moral oppoTtlnl-
les. For tountiful crops aud heavy
sxpc~ts, for high wages and increa@mg
values il is we'll to be thankful ir so
far as these things minister to the
life Of the spirit. the making OF can
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and easy contentment, as well as
from that %ruinous. cynical pessimisn
which casts dark shadows upon an
age of luxury and wealth. Let us
save Thanksgiving day from self
righteousness and from unmanly de-
pair, as well as from the light trifling
of those who would make of it a mere
amusement. Let it be a yearly remin-
der to rich and poor of the simplicity
and power of the thankful life.
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Punished For Selling Bad Eggs.

Philadclphia.-Thc first prison
sentence imposed under Il recent act
Of the Legislature for selling eggs
unfit for food was passed by Judge
Barrett, when he sentenced George
ID. Ellis. a Water street commission
merchant, to three months i'll the
county prison. Thomas ID. Ellis was
fined $500 and the COSTS Of the
prosecution. Abraham Staples, an
other egg dealer. who made 4 prar-
Iirc of buying up Grcayrd eggs and
shipping tlrm to New York bakers,
was also sentenced 10 three months
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blest citizen of the coun-
try, will enjoy the Thanks
giving turkey.
If one would enjoy a
good old fashioned Thanks
giving day at its best the
true road to the feast lies
in the country. Thanks
giving on the farm is some
thing to be remembered.
There the whole family is
taken into consideration,
and it, is safe to say that
each individual member
has been preparing for the
day almost ever since the
celebration Of the last, one.
Stores Of mince, apple
and pumpkin pies have
been baked and range on
the broad shelves OF the
store room; apple sauce,
preserves, with homemade
pickles, put doWn"
months before required for
use; stores Of grapes, ap-
pies, pears and nuts, care
fully looked over; a goodly
ham. freshened in cold
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Appcal For a Pcacc Sunday"

Boslon.-Thc American Peace So
ciety has issued an appeal to the
clergy of all Christian churches Of
the country and to the leaders Of all
other religious organizations to OBJ
serve the third Sunday in December
of this and succeeding years as
Peace Sunday and on that date to
urge by prayer. song and sermon
"thc abolition Of war, and the sub
sLiLulion Of imperative, universal
arbitration"
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In a couple Of noted cases 1t has
been resolved to debar from society
the persons who have figured in scan.
dals. This is the one effective way Of
reaching such offenders. Social os-
tracism can be used where the law
and the church fail to punish, fer It
ia a weapon whost attack few can
withstand. no matter how strongly
they meet other methods Of punish
ment for moral wrongdoing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
Fast Auto Kills Chauffeur.

Middlelown, N. "a chauffeur
was killed and three prominent
New York City men were injured
when an automobile at a rapid pace,
turned turtle near Walden.
The dead man is Alexander Ehbel
and those injured are John F.
Roosevelt, a relative Of Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt; John II. Sill, a flnan-
cier of 20 Broadway, and J. H. Rob-
inson.
Mr.. Roosevelt was badly bruised
about the legs.
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SUNDAY CONTRACTS VOID.
Papers Printed on Sunday Violate
Law i'm MISUNDERSTANDING.

Kansas City, Mo.-Contracts for
advertising in newspapers published
on Sunday were declared void by
Judge j. NJ. Johnson in the Kansas
City court of appeals.
The Sunday labor laws OF Mis-
souri,, the court said, were violated
when such newspapers were print
ed and therefore, any contract for
work in connection with the publ
cation would also necessarily be il
legal.
The decision was handed down in
the case of the owners of The st.
Louis Republic against jeremiah
CulbertSon, president Of an explo-
ration company.
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Doctor Guilty Criminal Operation

San Francisco. = DR.. Robert
Thompson, charged with the mur-
der of Evan Swan, was found guilty
of murder in the second degree. The
body of Miss Swan, who died as the
result of an operation, was found
two months ago buried under the
basement floor of q deserted cottage.
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That incident in Naples where two
strangers trying to give candy to chill
dren were suspected by the panic
stricken people Of spreading the chol-
era and mobbed with cries Of Death
to the prisoners" shows how little
progress has been made since the days
of the plague, in some places.
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A Connecticut man fired ten bullets
In his head without fatal results. 1t
is hard to tell which was greater
the persisting force of his determine
ton or the resisting quality of his
brains.
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1t may be one of our business, but
we trust that the sororities will deal
gently with the eighty-one-year-old
woman who has entered the Ohio
state university as a student.
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Eighty-two pounds Of sugar for
every man. and child last,
year! The men may offer thanks
that the women and children got
theirs.
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A little while ago the cheering
word was passed that Holsters would
become more plentiful. Now it is
threatened that there will be "a short
age of salmon and sardines.
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Chicago man marries for the first
time at the age Of ninety-two. He'll
have to do some tall hustling to catch
up with the average Chicago record
from now on
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16

A Kansas City woman, suing for d.
vorce. charged that her husband quar-
relied with her for going to a funeral.
Some men are so meal they hate their
wives to have any pleasure at all.
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Knew Where to Get One.

II will marry you when you get q
hero medal"
Il will have it tomorrow night"
DO you know of some deed Of he
roism you can PERFORM"
NO, but l know a hero that | can
lick"
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The walters now ask to be divided
into classes. Excellent idea! Walters
who wait, walters who make custom
ers wait, walters who are polite and
walters who are otherwise?
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Bob Evans tells US that an airship
Is a plaything and would be Of no use
In war. But what will Bob do when
those bombs begin dropping down the
chimney?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16

In South Norwalk, Conn. lives a
heroic young woman who played ten
mis- in a hobble skirt. Naturally she
broke her leg. ,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16

; That Poughkeepsie society woman
whose pearl necklace was confscated
by the customs officials might have
had it yet if she could only have kept
It under her hat.
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A woman of sixty years swan five
miles in the Mississippi river at st.
Louis the other day. 1t Is needless to
say that she did not wear a hobble
skirt.
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The greatest authority on love In
the world is dead. Calm yourself, la.
dies-it's an italian professor. The
authoress Of Poems Of Passion" still
lives.
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That wal in Nicaragua cost 1000
lives. Men have not yet discarded
the blood-letting system in politics.
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II shark meat ever crowds beef IN
the worlds markets a shortage OF ain
on the great plains will make no diff
ference in the quality.
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venezuela consumes 1000, 900 gal.
lone of kerosene a year" Why doesn't
somebody start an electric light plant
down there?