The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-29
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION

WASHINGTON Oct. 28.-President Wilson TO-DAY issued
a proclamation designating Thursday November 26, as
Thanksgiving Day.
The proclamation, which to the fact that the United
States at while the is at war follows
by the President of the United States of America:
AProclanation
1T has long been the honored custom of our people to
turn IN the fruitful autumn of the year praise and thanks
giving to Almighty God for His Many blessings and mercies to
Us as nauon The year that drawing close
we last observed our day of national thanksgiving been
while year CT discipline because the mighty forces of war
and or change which have disturbed the world year
special blessings for US.
1T has been vouchsafed to to remain at peace with
honor and part uccor the suffering and supply the
needs of those who in We have been privileged
by peace and self control in some degree to steady
The counses aid shape the hopes and purposes of day of
rear ana distress Our people have looked upon their
e as nation with deeper comprehension fuller reaiza
uon OF their responsibilities we'll their blessings and
keene sense of the moral and practical significance of what
"e par! among the nations of the world may be-
ne hurtfu effects of foreign in their industrial
commercial affairs have made them the more fuy and
see the more clearly their nerdependence upon one
another and has stirred them to helpful cooperation such
as they have seldom practced before They have been
qulckened by great moral stimulation. Their unmistak
ap aoo TOT peace their earnest pity and disinerested SYM
Pahy Tor those who suffering their readiness to help
ana 10 nk OF the needs of Others has revealed them to
themselves as we'll the world.
Our crops will feed all who need food the sefnos
session of peoplamdst the most serious anxees and diff
hcuues and the steadnes and of our bu
ness men will serve other nations we'll as our own
lhe business of the Country has supplied with new
msumentaites and the of the world with new
channels of trade and intercourse The Panama Cana, has
peen opened to the nations The two con-
uentS OF America have been bound closer ties of friend
SNIP New insrumentalites of International trade have
peen created which will be also insrumentaites of
acquantance intercourse and mutual service Never be-
tore have the people of the United been so situated for
their own advantage orhe advantage their neghbo or
SO equppedFo serve themselves and mankind
IS wilson rres1eui of inc
United States Aedca, do hereby designate Thursday
~eny7sixth OF November next day of thanksgiving
and and Invite the people throughout The land to cease
from their woned occupations and in their several homes
ana places OF worship render thanks to Almighty God
I'm witness hereof have hereunto set INV hand and cans
ed the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done atthe city of Washington twenty.eiphth dav
OF October in the year of Our one thousand nine
nuaed and fourteen and of the independence the United
States of America the hundred and thirty NINTH
WOODROW WILSON,"
"By the Presidents:
ROBERT LANSING,
Acting Secretary of State"
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