The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-11-21
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION
ISSUED BY GOVERNOR HAT.
FIELD TUESDAY, HAS
MUCH TO Be THANK
Full FOR

To- rl'e People Of the State Of West vir
ginia:-Greeting:
We are nearing the time when i'm keep
ing with custom. the gray hsirei parent
s.e ihs. link of affection restored, the ma
tr"n sni - where the girl smiled t~fore.
To meet loved ones anil discuss loved ones
who are AZ sent. We read the past h'
the light of the present. The forms var,
a. the shadow fall or the point of visi"'
falterS. The graciousne~s ot our Grea'
3enefactor comes before us brightly y,
We. 1T the accustomed time. designated
hv orr Puritan ancestors for giving thank.
To Almighty God, recount the msnik
blessings ef which We have i%en the ~
cipient and tn offer onr snpi'lirations O.
Him. the Giver Of ell good thipg-.
In the nation We have religion that ].
without a prrlate. government wiihon'
king. and our motto should - com
fort. not extraVagance. acquiring know
edge that will guarantee to each snf
every one Independence basel upon in
creasing the earnings and the i%~t posi-
lie means of conserving that which sf-
fOr,is each and every one more prosperity
and greater Thrift i'm the homes VII ch
m 10 crrater achievements for the hoy
and girls ~ 't,-~e homes and >dd t. on
nations wealth.
IL a nation, which j. at peare with IA.
whole wnrld. We find that the spirit 81
Independence and fairness among the
citizenship. the foundation stone of ths
government laid 10y onr forefathers. hs.
ieen exercised to = degree that fore tell
good for rhe advancement of the Who'll
people. In our state We are happy. pro-
lerous. and enntepted; the tsrrRoil cf IN
dustriaI strife. which was one 81 onr mo~i
serious problems. has been satisfsctoril,
s-ttlesl: cool Judgment ha~ prrva'le,i on
b"th s''is--. and through this settlement
hettrr feeling of cooperation has b.rr
hTonght alD"ui between I'll psrtier; tli,
fi"n-i devastation Wrought great hamag,
to us, but We We're able tn RECOVER >.
qnirlly ~ to a-fnniSh the world; IA
world: the appeals that We're sent t. th,
citzr'S rf onr state were ans yere-i b,
the C;-cat Rrothrrhood ni Mankin.l. whi.l,
threw the broad mants.l 81 charity ahon'
those who wer~ stricken and in distress
Our crops are bountiinI: our industris>
are busy; orr Development has attracter
wonderful attention. and i'm the past year
We have seen the enactment of a Law
unfortunate. whose life may ~ sacrificed
in hazardous occupation the state's
strong arm of protertion. Our Inca
ti"nal, humane and religions advance
ment has kept pice with our industrial
strides.
With all the-e providings before n
our people should come o. full realiza-
tion of the benefit--,e-towed upon them.
and should We not pause and ak our-
selves: Have we not great cause for ~
tnrning thanks to our Almighty God?
Therefore. ]. Henry ID. Hatfield, Gov
ernor Of West Virginia, in recognition Of
these most gratifying conditions, desig
nate the twenty --eenthv day Of Novem-
b"r a. Thanksgiving Day. and call uy,on
tie people o. refrain from their labor and
their r~Pectiye houseS Of worship T..
join in prayer and praise, and be-eech
the continuation Of the abundance of HE
providence- through the future years.
In testimony whereof have hereunto
set my hand and caused the Great seal
Of the state to be affixed.
Done At the Capitol. in the City of
Charleston, this eleventh day of Nocem-
ier. IN the year of Our Lord one th"us-
and nine hundred and thirteen, and in
the fiff~ -f-~' year Of the state.
(SeaD
". u. HATFIELD.
II the fsovernor: