The Pulaskian., 1917-11-16
THANKSGIVING
 PROCLAMATION

Governor Brough issuec a proeIama. ton naming Thursday, November 20 as Thanksgiving Day in the state. ana urged all patriotic people to attena divine service and consecrate them selves to the purposes of the war His proclamation follows:
 Whereas, Regularly recurring ,n the cycle of human events. tbero comes the freehold of our Thanksg,v. ing, which should be translated into the freehold of Thanksgiving. wba. the people of the greatest repunJto on earth turn the rays of the silver moon of memory to the earliest davv of their national existence, and ada their example to the perpetuatian ne the honored custom first observed hv our Pilgrim fathers in the wilderness of new world, dedicated to political and religious liberty, of holding d;. vine services commemorating Code generous bounty to God-fearins neo- pie, and
 Whereas, The people of the United States and of the sovereign common wealth of Arkansas have been bleg. ed this year in most sections will bounteous harvests, an unexamnlaa prosperity, an opportunity for service greater than has come to the naonlo of any nation on the face of the globe. a service which Is already translatins material prosperity in terms of ideal ism, lofty humanity and dedicatiny the entire world to the cause of lib erty and democracy; and
 Whereas, Our nation and our state owe profound debt of gratitude to Almighty God for the noble lives that have volunteered and have been 60. lected to make the world safe for de- mocracy, to open the high seas for the shipment of our cotton, grain and other staple export products; and
 Whereas, Through century and half of eventful history, the God who hath been our dwelling place in all generations has vouchsafed to our nation, and to our people, constitu tional freedom, religious liberty and material prosperity,
 Now, therefore, I, Charles IF Brough, governor of the state of Ar kansas, by virtue of the authority vested in me under the constitution and laws of said state, in accordance with the time-honored custom. dc hereby set aside and designate Thurs day, November 29, as Thanksgiving Day in the state of Arkansas, and can upon all our people on that day to pay homage
 TO the God of our farfung battle
 line,
 Beneath whose awful hand we hold
 dominion over palm and pine.'
 q urge that the grateful people of a prosperous commonwealth attend di vine services on this day, and in oth- CT ways reconsecrate their patriot ism and pledge anew their allegiance to the God who holdeth nations as we'll as individuals in the hollow of His divine hand, to guard, guide and protect them. God grant that when ShAo hOlONouoL OA LAC S3lCebICOb W oA hu man history has ever recorded shah have ended, and the boys in khaki with hearts of gold shall have emerg ed victorious, when German kaisers Austrian emperors, Bulgarian kings and other autocrats shall have been driven from their thrones by the judgment of righteous people, God grant that on future Thanksgiving Days each and every one of us may be able to exclaim,
 "'The tumult and the shouting dies,
 The captains and the kings depart, Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,
 An humble and a contrite heart Lord, God of Hosts, be with us yet,
 Lest we forget lest we forget
 "In testimony whereof, have here unto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the state, in the executive chamber, Little Rock, Ark, on this the 10th day of Novem' Der, A. D. 1917.
 Charles H. Brough, Governor.