The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-11-09
THANKSGIVING DAY
NOVEMBER 80
MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR,
DECLARES THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE.

Declaring that the estate of the
nation presents very much to JUS
tify nationwide and most sincere
testimony of gratitude for the bounty
which has been bestowed upon US,
President Harding, in the annual
Thanksgiving proclamation issued
today, calls upon the American peo-
pie to, observe Thursday,A November
80, "as a day of Thanksgiving, sup
plication 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 annual
ly a day of thanksgiving for the
bounties and protection which Divine
Providence had extended throughout
the years. 1t has come to be per-
haps the most characteristic of our
national observanceS, and as the sea
son approaches for its annual recur-
renee, it is fitting formally to direct
attention to this ancient institution
of our people and to call upon them
again to unite in its celebration.
Trials and Triumphs.
"The year which now approaches
its end has marked, in the experience
of our nation, by a complexity OF
trials and triumphs, of difficulties
and of achievements, which we must
regard as our inevitable portion in
such an epoch as that through which
all mankind is moving. AS we sur
vey the experience of the passing
twelve months we shallNfnd that our
estate presents very much to justify
a nationwide and most sincere tes-
timony 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
tion of peace in the world. We have
seen the race of mankind make graf
flying progress on the way to per-
manent peace, toward order and re-
stored confidence in its high destiny.
"For the Divine guidance which
has enabled US, in growing frater-
nifty with other peoples, to attain
so much of progress; for the boun-
teous yield which has come to US
from the resources of our soil, and
our industry, we owe our tribute Of
gratitude, and with it our acknowl-
edgment of the duty and obligation
to our people and to the unfortunate,
the suffering, the distracted of other
lands. Let US, in all humility, &C
knowledge how great is our debt to
the Providence, which has generously
dealt with us, and give devout as
surance of unselfish purpose to play
a helpful and ennobling part in hu-
man advancement. It is much to be
desired that in rendering homage for
the blessings which have come to us
we should earnestly testify our con-
tinued and increasing aim to make
our own great fortunes means of
helping and serving as best we can
the cause of all humanity.
"Now, therefore, I, Warren G.
Harding, president of the United
States of America. do designate
Thursday, the thirtieth day of No
vember, as a day Of thanksgiving,
supplication and devotion. recon-
mend that the people gather at their
family affairs and in their houses of
worship to render thanks to God for
the bounties they have enjoyed and
to petition that these may be contin-
ued in the year before US. /
"In witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
Ozone at the city of Washington
this second day of November, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-five, and of the
independence of the United States of
America, the one hundred and forty
seventh.
warren G. Harding"