Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-11-12
! PREsrDaSrs THANKSGIVING
Proclarr. Great Blessings Are
Ours, Past and Present.

tsils 'Shs ANSSs ACSiNohJ
Wilson To-day set aside Thursday,
November 2Tth, as Thanksgiving
Day, in a Proclamation in which the
President says the country looks
forward with confidence to the dawn
Of an era where the sacrifices Of the
nations viii fnd reccmpense in
world at peace Following is
Ihe Proclamation.
"By the President of the, United
States Of America A Proclama-
tion:
"Tho season Of the year has again
arrived when the people of the Uni
ted States are accustomed to unite
in giving thanks to Almighty God
for the blessings which He has con-
ferred upon our country during the
twelve months that have passed. A
year ago or people poured out their
hearts In praise and Thanksgiving
that thTorgh Divine aid the right
was victorious and peace had come
to the natiohs which had so cour-
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man liberty and justice. Now that
the stern task is ended, and the
fruits Of achievements are ours, we
look forward with confidence to the
dawn OF an era where the sacrifices
Of the na,ions will find recompense
in world at peace.
"BUt to attain the consummation
Of the great work to which the Amer
can people devoted their manhood
and the vast resources Of their
country, hey should, as they give
thanks 10 God, reconsecrate them
selves to those principles of right
which trWnphed through His merci-
full goodness Our gratitude can find
no more peYtect expression than to
bulwark With loyalty and patriotism
those principles for which the free
peoples OF the earth fought and
died
"During the past year we have
had much to make us grateful. In
spite OF Jhc confusion in our eco
nomic life resulting from the war,
we have prospered. Our harvests
have been plentiful, and of our
abundance we have been able to
render succor to less favored ma
tions Ouy democracy remains un-
shaken in Il world torn with political
and social unrest. Our traditional
Ideals are still our guides in the
path OF progress and civilization.
These great blessings, vouch-
safea . ID Tor which wo devontly
give thanks, should arouse us to a
fuller sense of our duty to ourselves
and to mankind to see to II that
ne mir we may do shall mar the
completeness of the victory which
we helped 10 win No selfish pur-
pose animated us in becoming par
ticipanta IN Lhe world war, and with
a like spirit Of unselfshness we
should strive to aid by our example
and by our cooperation in realizing
the enduring welfare Of all peoples
and in bringing into being world
ruled by friendship and good will.
"WNrrefore, I, Woodrow Wilson,
Prc"id"utssof the United States Of
America, hsreby designate Thurs
day, tha twenty-seventh day of No
vember, next, for observance as a
day Of Thanksgiving and prayer by
my feilowrGountrymen, inviting them
to 2caan on that day from their or
dinnry tasks and to unite in their
homes and N their several places Of
worsU" in ascribing praise and
thank living to God, the Author Of
al! b.v>sings and the Master of our
dc sl',,iss
b. illness whereof have he e
unto ( my hand and caused the
seal Of the United States to oe
afhXc5
"Da.e in the District of Columl la
this HE'h day Of November, in he
year ~; our Lord one thousand II ne
hundred and ninete n, and in the
ind"peIdouce Of the United States Of
Amcrjs1 The one hundred and. forty
fourth ("igned:)
Woodrow Wilson,"
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