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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18

Do you give thanks for this or that?-No,
God be thanked,
/ am not grateful
In that cold calculating way, with bless
ings ranked
AS one, two, three, four-that would be
hateful!
I only know that every day brings good
above
My poor deserving;
I only feel that on the road of life true
love
Is leading me along and never swerv-
ing.
Whatever turn the path may take to left
or right,
1 think it follows
The tracing of a wiser hand, through
dark or light,
Across the hills and in the shady hol-
lows.
Whatever gift the hours bestow. or great
or small,
would not measure
AS worth certain price In praise but
take them all
And use them all, with simple. heart
felt pleasure.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
TRACED TO ENGLISH CUSTOM
Another Account of the origin Of
Thanksgiving Day, as It is Now
Celebrated.

Thanksgiving day, as we know It,,
had its origin in the custom Of kings
of England in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries to proclaim a day
of national thanksgiving for some
great victory or some other blessing
of heaven.
The first American Thanksgiving
day was July 20, ITS. The second was
Friday, May II, 1776. The third was
December II, also in 1776, which thus
had two Thanksgivings. Washington
issued his first Thanksgiving procla.
nation to his army, from Valley Forge,
in 1777. In those days the date was
prescribed by committee Of the con-
tinental congress. In 177S the chap
lains of congress drew up the procla-
nation.
There were no national Thanksgiv-
ing days from the presidency of Madi-
son to that of Lincoln, but Thanks
giving day had been an institution in
New England since the middle Of tha
seventeenth century and qlite eclipsee
Christmas. Governor Jay tried unsuc'
cessfully to establish 1t in New York.
and Governor Clinton succeeded. In
the western states that were settled
by New Englanders the day became an
annual feast
It was through the persistent efforts
of Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale, New
Hampshire widow living in Philadel-
phia and editing the Ladies' Magazine
and Godeys Lady Book, that the
day became national, If not in law at
least in practice. For twenty years
she carried on the agitation; Presi-
dent Lincoln yielded to her and set the
precedent of prociaiming the last
Thursday in November &C ThahksgiV,
ing day. Exchange.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
Thankful for Past Blessings.

In considering things to be thank
full for so few of us lay claim on the
past. This is a serious fault of hu-
man nature, and it is the special bane
of growing old"-the fact that we
can't have and do the things we used
to have and do. C'his is is pure greed
mess. Why not know when we have
had enough? Let me have the 10y
of recording that do. Let me hasten
to proclaim that l have lived full
life-and just let me ask again that,
II should die today Though I'm far
from wishing to do so) you will carve
on the marble slab at my herd" the
unconventional epitaph. she had a
good time. Exchange,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
Neoro Attacks Women.

Springfield. - Mrs. Louise Wilkin-
son of Chagrin Falls and Mrs.
Abbie Devenney of Cincinnati, resi-
dents of the Masonic home, were as
saulted by an unknown negro near the
institution as they were strolling
about the grounds. They were struck
over the head by a revolver. A posse
was formed, but no trace of the man
could be found.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
OHIO COURT BREAKS
ALL SPEED RECORDS
PickaWay County Common Pleas Tribunal
Dispusss Of Damage Suit WithiH
Six Hours After It Is Filed

Columbus. All speed records for
disposing Of litigation in Ohio
were broken in the Pickaway county
common pleas court Tuesday when
within six hours after a suit for dam
ages had been fled a verdict was rem
dered and the damages paid in full.
The suit was to recover damages for
injuries sustained by Charles h. john
son in a wreck on the B. & o. at ORR
ent in August. The jury gave YER
dict of $4,000, which the company paid
at once.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
Steady Custom.

Anything for Thanksgiving?" said
a masquerading ragamuftin to the pro-
prietor OF bakeshop.
"Vot gif you anything for, you
don't buy holdings by me; nefer see
you before!" said the German baker.
ives, but always looks in the win.
low TO soe thS time going to school"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
Close Bio Akron Realty Deal.

Akron. = A 100000 real estate
deal was closed here Monday when
the National Blank Book & Sup
ply Co. acquired the four-story M.
ONeil building at 1886 N. Main-st.
The company consolidated with the
Wade Printing Co. here Oct. 1, the
merger going under the formers
name.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
Will Receive Medal.

Columbus. - Arnett Rose of Algier,
Allen county, the winner of the
corn boys state contest in 1913 and
1914, will be presented bronze med
al, awarded by the Panama exposition
officials, which was received by Gov.
Willis Thursday. The chief executive
will make the presentation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
Elent nead Man Asaeasor.

Steubenville. When the county
board of election supervisors made
the official count of ballots cast
at Tuesdays election it was discoveries
that John ]. Hogan, 65, who died re-
Gently, was elected as a ward ASSESSOR
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
Au+o KiIIs One. Hurts Two.

Lorain.-Anna Koza, aged years,
was instantly killed and Mary Koza,
seven, and Anna Majur, eight, were
cut and bruised when an automobile
driven by an unidentified woman ran
them down at West View, near here.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18

HAVE in mind family that allowed
1 the mother Of the large circle to
wear herself out with unceasing work
She worked so long and hard that she
never had time for considering a rest.
The members of her family regarded
mothers work as a habit. They ac-
cepted her working and never thought
that she needed relaxation or a change
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
SHOW KINDNESS
WHILE YOU MAY
Expressions of Gratitude Timely
Made Denote Proper Feeling
of ThankfuIneSs in
the Heart.

F far down in your heart you are
thankful about anything, will you
show the kindness to everybody
connected with you and to your
own personality by giving an honest,
sincere expression of your gratitude? =?
The man who dies with all the thank
you's in him is as deserving of pity
as the one who stiles all the music.
Don't be afraid to say Thank you"
and say it loud.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
Paw Rolls Increase

Youngstown.-Pay roll figures for
the industrial plants of the city
show a healthy gain for October
over September The total pay roll for
October, as made up by the various
banks, is $2,722,223, a gain over Sep
tember of $102,S37.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
Denies IS Escape Hospital.

Lima. - DR.. Charles H. Clark, su-
perintendent of Lima State Hospi-
tai for the Criminal Insane, Wig
orously denied that Is prisoners had
escaped from the $2,5O0,OO0 institution
in the two months since it was opened,
as reported by the state board of ad-
ministration at Columbus.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18

Marion.-When attempting to cross
the Hooking Valley tracks here in
front of a passenger train, w. B.
Shipman, aged 40 and married, was
killed. He was driver of q meat
wagon.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
Shaken un in Wreck.

Sandusky.-Ninety-two persons were
given a severe shaking up when
three coaches of a Baltimore &
Ohio passenger train left the rails
at Monroeville, nine miles southeast Of
this city.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18

Lorain. - Fred H. Kreig, South
Amherst quarryman, is in the hos
pital here suffering from nervous
prostration as the result of accident
ally shooting and killing John Rego,
Jr., l2, while rabbit hunting.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
Mo Jov for Murphy.

Columbus. - William Murphy got
no joy out of being released
from the penitentiary on parole Thurs
day. He Immediately started on
trip to the Illinois state prison at
Joliet and his travelling companion
was an armed guard.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
Did Not Know He Was Elected.

Tiffin. - Mayor-elect Rush Abbott,
aged 60, died here Monday without
knowing of his victory at the polls last
Tuesday. Abbott was elected by the
largest majority ever given Repub-
lican mayor here.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
Killed in Rabbit Hunt,

Mansfeld-Harry Burnett, aged SS
years, was chasing rabbits near here
Tuesday. He tried to cross the rail.
road tracks in front of train but
stumbled, the train cutting off his
head. He leaves eight children.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18

from the monotonous grind of keeping
a home. They added to her burdens
by bringing others home with them.
Mother smiled and worked a little
harder. Then one day mother did not
come down to shake the fire and pre-
pare the breakfast. She had closed
her eyes and they were so tired that
she never opened them.
| wish you could have heard the be-
lated gratitude at the funeral. wish
you could have seen the consterna-
tion and despair when the children
and father looked at each other and
said: What are we going to do with
out herr" They were filed with re-
gret. The ears could not hear the
thanks that they poured out. They
should have shown their gratitude
every day of the year and in time.
Look over your own life. Are you
speaking and acting in time?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
Schools TO Have Banks.

Alliance. - Alliance public schools
will introduce a system of savings
banks whereby small deposits may be
made by children.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18

New London i Four men in an
automobile entered the home of
Peter Tompkins, a well-to-do farmer,
beat him unconscious and robbed him
of large sum of money. No trace Of
the robbers has been found.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
WaysandMea
of
Thanksgiving

N thanksgiving IN. the language
from which 1t is derived really
means thought giving. ard that
reminds me of the lines,
There is nothing. good or bad.
But thinking makes 1t So"
II we are not thankful it is or own
fault. There are few of US whom for
tune has so abused. but on this one day
of the year we cannot find son ethins
to be thankful about-if we bur think.
We can at least be thankful i0r the
free blessing of light, the blue sky 50
clear and deep in the November days
the sunshine that brighrens the EARN
and the life that runs in our veins.
There are few of us too, so poor We
cannot give a thought of gratitude for
other blessings we have. There are
few of us so placed in life that we
cannot help someone else to be thank
tul if we try. aI.sx
From the first Thanksgiving day
when Governor Bradford sent out men
to bring in wild turkeys for the feast.
in honor of the first harvest In Ply
mouth. there has been a general opir
ion that this is a harvest festival and
so it becomes a home festival. That
is one of the blessings of thu day to
mothers and fathers. They can give
thanks in truth when they see their
children and grandchildren around
them. 1t ought to be in the minds of
sons and daughters, pleasant duty.
to pay especial attention to their par
ents on this day. If they cannot be
at home they can at least send let
ter or a telegram of greeting to the
home folks"
The thought of Thanksgiving being
a home festival sometimes is STUN
bling block in the minds Of men and
women, who have either no home ties
Or are prevented BY circumstances
from being in their own home circle ol
from joining the circle of thei'
friends. So they shrug their menta
shoulders and say to themselves. VIII!
should be thankful? No one cares
Something like that was the first
thought of a young woman, alone II
large city, making her own way II
the world Her second thought wal
better. She reasoned: IF | am alon'
here with no one to give me Thanks
giving dinner, there must be a grea
many others in the same position, anC
maybe some who cannot buy even
good dinner.
IF I'm going to show any gratitude
Tor the blessings Of health ant
strength and courage, I'll look out TO
someone else" She did so. by going t.
the superintendent of a newsboy hom'
and asking for three boys who had nj
relatives or friends in the city whit
should be her guests at Thanksgiv
ing dinner. The superintendent en-
tered heartily into the Rssn. o.
Thanksgiving day sAe nSde thes'
boys her real guests mot charit.
guests), in every sense. There wa
turkey dinner with all the "tixings,
and there were tickets to matine
in the afternoon. BIT best Of all, sh
became acquainted with them to sucl
a degree that these boys looked upol
her as q friend and showed in dill
ferent ways later how much they ar
preciated the Thanksgiving treat.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18

IF you are a woman who rides in
i street car, do you thank the en-
lightened gentlemen who rise to give
you a seat? Or do you make them
very scornful of the weaker sex by
taking it as your due? have seen
many men converted to the paper
gazers and the seated masculine row
by the neglect of women to thank the
men. Say it graciously and as If you
meant it. Good heavens! The cause
for thank you Of this kind is grow
ing more remote Let us cherish 1t.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18

A STRANGER is entitled to a thank
"A you when he has rendered you a
service. Do not be an insufferable
snob and accept help silently because
you have not been introduced or be-
cause his forefathers might not have
come over in the Mayflower. Say
thank you smilingly and be human!
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
Copyright by the Bobbs- Merrill Company

brought out on Sunday when you go
to church? Why are they not being
cared for in the way that is the only
valuable treatment for these wonder
full things? Give your ideals a
chance! Let them have daily infiu-
ence on your thoughts and acts. Bring
them into the light of day and make
them important contribution factors
of your happiness and success as
human being. You may not be get
ting so much money as your next
door neighbor or your hat may not
have the label of an exclusive maker
in its crown. but as human being
filling a niche in the great scheme
yo"r ideals should be thanked every
hour. Thanking them is really shak-
ing hands with ther'.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18

7 MENTIONED id 2als a minute ago.
j Have your ideals suffered from dis
use2 Where are your ideals? Are
they slowed away in camphor to be
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18

no not forget to thank in the right
~ way the children. It is only in
the respectful use of courtesy of
this kind that children will admire and
emulate.
Indeed, the thank you of every day
is that which makes things go smooth
ly. 1t is such a little thing that 1t
should never be forgotten. Try say
ing thank you once every day. Look
around. You will find something
which should elicit your gratitude.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18

HTAVE you health? Be thankful in
II the right way. Do not throw to
the winds of indiscretion your pre-
cious heritage. Do not insult your
goo health by eating, drinking,
breathing the wrong things. Cut out
dissipation and lead sane, balanced,
clean, normal life. Prize that good
health. Sometimes it leaves in high
dudgeon and never returns. And all
the poulticing and nursing may not
bring back to you that which should
be appreciated every hour of the day.
The way to thank your good health
is to be kind to it.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18

VOU are living in great country
i and are indeed fortunate in hav-
ing freedom, the right to think and to
act, opportunity, countless chances to
forge to the top If you have it in
you. You have libraries, Fairgrounds,
schools. You have your mind, your
dear, sympathetic souls in relatives
or friends and the ideals which are
necessary to any human beings hap
piness. Do you fully appreciate the
good fortune that cast your lot over
here? Are you taking the trouble to
express your thanks every once in a
while? You ought to do this. It is
good to get it out of your system.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18

Age is not all decay; it is the ripen'
ing. the swelling, of the fresh life
within, that withers and hursts the
husk. George Macdonald.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18

A ND thank you for listening.
"A BARBARA LEE.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-10
LOUISIANA OYSTERS.
lHouma Courier.l

The problem which the Louisiana
oyster shipper is now facing, and which
seems to become more vexing as time
goes on, is to find way to meet the
competition Of the inferior Atlantic.
grown oysters, which are dumped upon
the western markets in carloads at ex.
tremely low prices. The heavy taxation
imposed upon the oyster packer adds
no inconsiderable amount to the cost
of getting his oysters to the trade. II
in the future the state can have created
for its own vast area of oyster beds,
which shall be used as propagating
beds from which the fishermen may OBJ
tain seed oysters" to transplant on
bottoms rented from the state, the cost
of the oyster to the packer, and ulti.
mately to the trade, may be consid-
erably reduced; and the Louisiana
shipper may then be in better position
to hold his own against his Atlantic
coast competitor.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-10
PHENOMENON IN STYLES.

History repeats itself--so do styles.
For instance, the daughters of this
year. 1915, will garment themselves In
the ripping, flaring, tucked and frilled
skirts their grandmothers wore thirty
or forty years ago. That of course, is
all right, but IL the fair things of to-day
would also adopt some of the modesty
and manners of their grandmothers,
with her garments, how much more
lovable the trailers after fashion would
be. 1t is said tight skirts. which are
passing, made women look shorter, but
they also made the men look longer
Jena Times.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-10
by the Louisiana State Live Stock
Sanitary Board.
DIR. e. PEGRAM FLOWER.
Secretary and Executive Officer
THE SINGLE TAX.

address Of Louis Kaplan, winner In
high school contest before Chicago
Single Tax Club, March 26.)
Three factors enter into the creation
of wealth. These are land, labor, and
capital. Without any one of these
wealth cannot be created. BY Labor
we mean the human exertion expend.
ed. BY Capital" we mean the tools
which makes labor more effective, and
by Land" we mean the natural ele.
ments. The bigger the proportion that
goes to the land owner the less there
will be for Labor and Capital. Increase
In rents leaves less for Labor, and to
this may be attributed increasing
poverty amidst increasing wealth.
Private land ownership decreases pro-
duction, both on the farm and in the
city. The agricultural tenant makes
no repairs. He cultivates for the
present only. He selects such crops az
will give an immediate return with the
least possible labor. He permits the
buildings and improvements to 60 to
decay. He exhausts the land itself by
failing to fertilize it, and finally aban.
dons the property because IL Ia no
longer profitable. In the cities produc-
ton is also checked by monopoly of
land. If land were not withheld from
use, new houses would be built, and
many men hired to build. Many more
would be hired In factories to furnish
material. But under the present .sys-
tenn these houses are not built, these
thousands Of men are not hired, and
because Of such drawbacks Chicago
has to-day its army Of unemployed.
BY the Singletax Is meant tax on
land values irrespective Of the improve.
ments thereon. If all public revenue
were raised by this tax and no other.
every branch of industry would be
stimulated except the industry of hold.
ing vacant land out of use. 1t would
stimulate industry because 1t would
make 1t improbable to withhold val.
liable land from use. The money that
a factory owner now pays for a lot
could be used to enlarge the factory,
and thus more men would be employed
and production increased. In fact,
there would be no other way to use
capital than in production of wealth.
Monopoly would be destroyed, indus.
trial liberty established and the present
unjust distribution of wealth rectified.
Society would take what society has
created, and in so doing would leave
free all that the individual by his
effort has created With the single
tax established our country would be.
come paradise
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-10
LAMENT OF A HILL.MAN.
By F. E. Powell Jr. native of West Feciana

The sunlight smiles on the prairie broad,
The tall pines wave DER the woodland road;
The sky is the bluest of blue skies bright,
The clouds are but floating lambs wool white;
But long for the hills again
A light haze hangs DER the sluggish stream,
Where willow and cypress, dropping, dream;
The Spanish moss waves when the breezes blow,
Ger the green water-hyacinths blooming below
But oh! for the hills again.
long for the hills where the red bluffs shine,
In the golden rays at the suns decline,
Where oak and hickory, beech and bay,
Bound fields Of cotton and corn and hay
In the hills where I'd be again.
The praire's smile has charm for the eve,
And poetry turks in the pne-tree's sigh
And bearded cypress hints romance,
AS it mods Ger the stream where the ripets dance
But give me my hills again.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-04-10
China conceded most of the demands
made upon her by Japan.

The Prin2 Eitel Frederick remained
in port despite the opportunity offered
her to escape under cover Of the fierce
storm that swept the coast