The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-11-09
Nation TO Giue
Day of Thanks


that the estate of the nation pre-
sents very much to justify nation
wide and most sincere testimony Of
gratitude for the bounty which has
been bestowed upon u.s. President
Harding, in the annual Thanksgiving
proclamation calls upon the Ameri-
can people to observe Thursday, Nov-
ember so, ''as a day of thanksgiving,
supplication and devotion"
The text of the proclamation fol-
lows:
by the president of the United
States of America:
"a proclamation:
In the beginning of our country
the custom was established by the
devout fathers of observing annually
a day of thanksgiving for the boun-
ties and protection which Divine Pro-
vidence had extended throughout the
year. 1t has come to be perhaps the
most characteristic of our national
observances, and as the season ap-
proaches for it's annual recurrence, it
rs fitting formally to direct attention
to this ancient institution of our
people and to call upon them again to
unite in it's appropriate celebration.
The year which now approaches
it's end has been marked, in the ex-
perience of our nation, by a COM
plexity of trials and trjumphs, of diff
fculties and of achievements, which
we must regard as our inevitable por-
ton in such an epoch as that through
which all mankind is moving. AS we
survey the experience of the passing
- months, we shall find that our es-
tate presents very much to justify a
nationwide and most sincere testi-
mony of gratitude for the bounty
which has been bestowed upon us.
Though we have lived in the shadow
of the hard consequences of great
conflict our country has been at peace
and has been able to contribute to-
ward the maintenance and perpetual
ton of peace in the world. We have
seen the race of mankind make graft
flying progress on the way to per-
manent peace. toward order and re-
scored confidence in its high destiny.
For the divine guidance which
has enabled us, in growing fraternity
with other peoples, to attain so much
of progress; for the bounteous yield
which has come to us from the re-
sources of our soil and our industry
we owe our tribute of gratitude and
with it our acknowledgment Of the
duty and obligation to our people and
to the unfortunate, the suffering, the
distracted of other, lands. Let US, in
ali humility, acknowledge how great
is .our debt to the Providence which
has generously dealt with us, and
give devout assurance of unselfish
purpose to play a helpful and ennob-
ling part in human advancement. 1t
is much to be desired that, in render
ing homage for the blessings which
have come to us, we should earnestly
testify OFT continued and increasing
aim to make our great fortunes a
means of helping and serving, as best
we can, the cause of all humanity.
Now. therefore, 7, Warren e.
Harding, president Of the United
States of America, do designate
Thursday, the 30th day of November,
as a day of thanksgiving, supplicatlon
and devotion. l recommend that the
people gather at their family affairs
and in their houses of worship TO
render thanks to God for the boun-
ties they have enjoyed and to petit
ton that these may be continued m
the year before us.
In witness whereof, l have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be atfiX-
ed
Done at the city of Washington
this 2nd day of November, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred twenty-five, and in the in
dependence of the United States of
America, the one hundred forty-sev-