The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-11-30
THANKSGIVING

Another Thanksgiving Day is here-for-
mally designated by the President of the
United States, the Governor of North Care
lima and the Mayor of Hendersonville to
be so obServed-and being observed by q
large majority of the people of this town
and section, according to the letter and the
spirit of the aforesaid prOclamationS, and
time-honored customs, also.
A small number of people are inditfer-
ent to this formal observance of a day OF
thanksgiving; the great majority give Ii
some thought and consideration, and some
even take time to be thankful for the bless
ings of the past twelve months and the
years that preceded them. This is not
reference to the full years that preceded
the 'lean' years of later date. The coun-
years of prosperity and many material
blessings have remained through the years
of adversely Many persons have over
looked them in the last mentioned period,
but they and all our people, have been the
recipients of these blessings in good times
and bad, in country that has, throughout
its history, enjoyed large measure of ma
terial prosperity in comparison with the
other nations of the earth.
Very few people in this section of the
country take the position that the country
has little or nothing to give thanks for at
this time. If the thanksgiving be confined
to thankful spirit for material blessings
at time when these are not so numerous
as they have been heretofore, there is still
ample reason for giving thanks in this sec
ton of North Carolina.
Living in region where total crop fail
ures are unknown, our people are blessed
this year with better than average crops.
There is abundance of food and feedstuffs.
Our population enjoys the blessings of di-
versifed farming. On the whole, this IS
going to be recorded as a fairly successful
year for our country people, who const;-
tute the majority of the population of this
area Industry has not been favored with
great prosperity, but is probably thankful
that conditions are as favorable as they
are, and for the improved outlook for next
year. Business men have had unusual and
heavy burdens to bear-are still confront
ed with many problems they are fac
ing better conditions and brighter pros
poets for the future.
Thus it is with all classes of people, even
those who have been unemployed and
whose names have been recorded on relief
rolls. These should give thanks for ben
evolent government and for generous fell
low citizens who have come to their help
in this time of trouble. And they, too, may
look to the future with renewed hope and
confidence, that in so far as it is humanity
possible, this country will avoid a recur-
renee of similar conditions in the future.
There are material blessings to give
thanks for-and it is probably these that
get the greater share of the attention of
the average person-but there are numer-
Gus other blessings which thoughtful peo-
pie may take into the accounting on this
annual day of retrospect and appraisal
The people of the United States have =
goodly land in this Republic; and they are
the heirs of those who wrought we'll in
laying the foundations and building in sue
ceeding years. A land rich in natural re-
sources and marvellous in development,
where the people have enjoyed a larger