Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1914-10-31
DAY
IS NOVEMBER &c
PRESIDENTS Proclamation Cites Peace
in World of War is Added
Reason for Gratitude


20, as Thanksgiving Day. The proc
| lamatien, which refers to the fact
that the United States is at peace
while the rest Of the world is at war
| follows:
by the President of the Unite
States Of America:
"A PROCLAMATION.
ut has long been the honored Gus
tom OF our people to turn in the fruit
| ful autumn Of the year in praise ar,
Thanksgiving to Almighty God for H
many blessings and merc:es to us q
! nation. The year that is now draw
ing to close since we last observed
our day Of national thanks giving he
been, while a year Of discipline be
cause Of the mighty forces Of wa;
and Of change which have disturbed
the world, also year Of special bless
| ing to us
1T has been vOuchsafed to us to
remain at peace, with honor, and IN
some part to succor the suffering and
supply the needs Of those who are
in want. We have been privileged
| by our own peace and self-control in
| md shape the hopes and purposes Of
; day Of fear and distress. Our pee
ple have looked upon their own life
as nation with deeper comprehen
| f,,ll
Sponsiblities as we'll as Of their bless
ings, and a keener sense Of the mora
and practical significance Of what
their part among the nations Of the
world may come to be.
"The hurtfu effects of foreign wa,
in their own industrial and CONNER
cal affairs have made them feel the
more fully and see the more clearly
heir mutual interdependence upon
one another, and has stirred them tc
la helpful cooperation such as they
have seldom practiced before They
have been quickened by a great NOR
al stimulation. Their unmistakable
ardor for peace, their earnest pity
and disinterested sympathy for those
who are suffering, their readiness t,
felp and to think Of the needs Of 9th
ers, has revealed them to themselve,
IS we'll as TO the world.
"Our crops will feed all who need
food; the self-possession Of our pee
pie amidst the most serious anx:eties
and difficulties, and the steadiness
and resOurcefulness Of our business
men will serve other nations as well
as our own.
The business or the country has
been supplied with new instrumental.
tiles, and the commerce Of the world
with new channels Of trade and inter
course. The Panama canal has been
iopened to the commerce Of the ma
lions. The two continents Of Ameri.
ca have been bound in closer ties Of
friendship. New instrumentalties Of
acquaintance, intercourse, and mutual
lservice. Never before have the peo-
pie Of the United States been so sit
IUated for their own advantage or the
advantage Of their neighbors or so
Equipped to serve themselves and
mankind.
! Nov, therefore, 7, Woodrow Will
jsOn, President Of the United States
lof America, do hereby designate
Thursday, the 26th Of November next,
las day Of thanksgiving and prayer,
and invite the people throughout the
land to cease from their wonted occu-
pations, and in their several homes
and places Of worship render thanks
Ito Almighty God.
! "In witness whereof I have hereun-
to set my hand and caused the seal CT
1.-The United States to be affixed.
| Done at the City of Washington
this 2Sth day of October, in the year
! Of our Lord one thousand nine hun
| dred and fourteen, and Of the indie
perdencc Of the United States OF
America the one hundred and thirty
ninth.