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3NEWNAN HERALD I Consolidated- with Coweta Advertiser September. 1886. I
Established 1866. fConsolidated with Newnan News January, 1916* f
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1920.
Vol; S6—No. 8
A THANKSGIVING Of PEKING.
Lord, we who Bet the furrow deop,
And sow the seeds of Industry,
Tor the rich guerdon that wo reap
Give thanks to Thee I
Lord, we who make the anvils ring,
Who rive and weld laboriously,
Por all the wage our labors bring
Give thanks Jo Theel
Lord, wo who watch the spindles ply,
The shuttles flying dizzily,
.Por every'boon our efforts buy
. Give thanks to Theel
Lord, we who build with busy hand
Of wood ot_stone unceasingly,
Por whatsoe’er our artB command
Give thanks to Theel
Lord, we who delve in unde'r*earth
Par from Thy sunlight fail 1 and free,
Por whatsoe'er we win of worth
Give thanks to Thee!
Lord, we who hoist the straining sail.
And plow the green waves of the sea,
Por what our stormy tasks avail
Give thanks to Thee I
Lord, we the toilers of the brain,
- Who clutch at? dreams that cling or flee,
Por whatsoever heights we gain
Give thanks to Theel
Lord, we Thy children, snjall and great,
Beneath Thy care, where’er It be,
The while Thy grace we supplicate,
Give thanks to Thee!
—Clinton Scollard.
"THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
INVOLVES WORK.
It has-been customary in recent years
for the Department of State to draft
.each Thanksgiving proclamation.
After the draft has been O. K.’d by
the President it 1b handed to the State
, Department’s expert penman, who in his
copper-plate chirography writes it upon
-a large sheet of excellent parchment,
which is Sent to the President for his sig
nature, and then returned to the State
Department to be Bigfled by the Secre
tary of State. Next it must be impress
ed with the great seal of the United
States, whose custodian will refuse to
place it even upon so important a docu
ment unless authorized to' do so by a for
mal warrant signed by the President, for
the use of the great seal or the possess
ion of an impression thereof without the
Chief Executive’s written authority is
• a grave offense, punishable by law. In-
-deed, the great seal—which was made by
A jeweler at a cost of $10,000 and which
>. iB kept locked in a great rosewood case—
is the most sacred instrument used by
the Government.
Having had this hallowed cipher of
the republic pressed into it, the now
Thanksgiving proclamation is filed away
in the State Department archives, later
. to be bound in ItB chronological order,
-with other-accumulated proclamations.
Uncle Sam takes all of these technical
pains merely to retain the handsomely
written proclamation as his own souve
nir. But before the instrument has been
filed away a typewritten copy is Bent to
the State Department’s official printer,
who has a shop of his own in the base
ment of our Foreign Office. His printed
copies are given to the newspapers or to
anyone who wishes.
Each of the State, Governors must also
be sent an .exact copy, but the depart
ment’s strict code of etiquette demands
that , these copies must not be printed.
They are typewritten and signed by the
President’s and Secretary of State’s own
hands. Each Governor then seconds this
move of the ^President in appointing the
annual feast day of thanks and prayers,
and, in their turn, tho mayors of cities
now generally second the move of their
Governors. By such indirect means does
the prompting of the nation’s thanks the-
•oretically reach the people, who-actually
receive it directly from the President
himself through that eliminator of red-
tape delays—the daily newspaper. In
■some localities the bishops receive tin)
proclamation from the Governors and
hand it down in circular form to the less
er clergy, who read it from their pulpits
upon the Sabbath following its issuance.
In parts of New England it is still tho
custom to read the proclamation from
the pulpit on two successive Sundays. _
These infinite pains are taken, despite
the fact that there is nothing in the
Federal statutes authorizing a President
’to set apart such a holy day. But the
proclamations make the holiday legal.
BLESSINGS MORE THAN MATE-
RIAL.
In other times a Thanksgiving edito
rial was a motley of statistics’and boast
fulness. We had grown so many million
bushels of grain; our cattle on a thou
sand hills lmil increased so maUy hun
dredfold ; our clcaring-houso statistics
hnd never been surpassed; our per enpitu
wealth was tho greatest in the world;
indeed, our thankfulness was lost iii th»
glorification of the gift. We woro like
the people of whom tho Prophet Ilabak-
kuk spake, who hnd caught much fish in
their nets and gathered them in thoir
drags, “tlioreforo they saerifleo unto
their net and burn inceuso unto their
drag; because by them their portion is
fat, and their meat plenteous. ’ ’ Of grat
itude to a Givor, of thankful recognition
of forces which wo did not create, but.
without whose co-operation wo should
Imve" been as nothing, thore was leBS than
ought to have been.
All this was due, of courso, not so
much to human ingratitude as to human
thoughtlessness. To Thank is to think.
Tho farther back we think, the farther
back wo thank. If our thought ceases
with our own contribution to our welfare,
our thanks ceaso with ourselves. If. our
appraisal stops with our material increase
our thanks become material and insensi
bly change into boasting. Wo sacrifice
unto our groat industries and burn in
cense unto our skill, and there our hom
age rests.
But on this Thanksgiving Day wo hayo
such incentive to thought as the world
has never seen before, and the blessingB
which challenge, us are Buch as do not
lend themselves to material appraisal.
The ohief blessings of the day are spirit
ual; their very names put them a world
apart from tho things which are quoted
on the market or measured in tho scales
of physical worth. Justice, Righteous
ness and Peace, these are the exalted
values in which we feel our true riches
to be, and for these the entire race of
men, whether they keep Thanksgiving to
day or not, are most devoutly thank
ful. ,
Meat is salted in Colombo by dipping
it into the sea, and keeps for months.
THANKSGIVING AT ITS BEST.
The joys of Thanksgiving are not par
taken /in the fulness thereof by many
city boys and girls. They simply know
that it is a holiday, when the pleasures
and trials of school life are temporarily
laid aside, when churches ‘ are open for
those who want to return devout thanks
for the manifold blessingB 'with which
they may have been showered, and when
the larder fairly groans with delicacies.
It is in the country that the manifold
blessings of 'Thanksgiving Day* reach
their full fruition. It is not a mere
episode there, as it is in the city, but
an event that' is anxiously looked for
ward to for weeks before it dawns. In
its celebration it differs from the ways
of, the city as widely as does day from
flight. In the thickly populated towns
the religious aspect of the Holiday lias
been lost sight of to a great extent,
and in its place there has grown up the
habit of feasting and making merry.
It is a time for family gatherings, for
balls, for football, for theatricals and
the thousand and one pleasures City life
is beBet with.
-FEEL ALL USED UP?
Lota of Newnan People Do,
, Does your back ache constantly?
Do you have sharp twinges when
stooping or lifting?
Feel all used up—as if you could
just go no farther?
Why not look to your kidneys?
Why not use Doan's Kidney pills?
Newnan people have done so. Ask
your neighbor! \ ■>
They tell you the result.
Mrs. J. M. Cuvender, 78 E Wash
ington St, Newnan, says: "My kid
neys caused me trouble about two
years ago. The action Of my kidneys
become irregular and I often suffered
with attacks of blurred sight. 1 al
ways felt tired out, run down and de
pressed. I used Doan's Kidney Pills
and they restored my ktdneya to a
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ened my hack. I gladly recommend
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sufferers.’’
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LIGHT SOMEWHERE !
A long as you are a renter you wiU be
a periodical mover. High Moving Cozts
must be included in high rental costs*
LIGHT SOMEWHERE—BUILD A HOME OF YOUR OWN
nta building helps- '
working ptuns-
nuitertal tlsts-
accurole cost
estimates.
R. D. COLE MANUFACTURING CO.
Newnan, Georgia.
WITH
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OUR ENTIRE STOCK
Cass at 1-3-Less
THAN REGULAR LOW PRICES
The surest evidence that the public appreciates Kersey
& Prather’s values is shown by the heavy sales and great,
daily business attendant upon our latest move to lessen shop-
ing cost. ! .To be sure, at present, it means ,a profitless busi
ness and ■] considerable loss to us. But we are setting our
house in order, and giving you values right now that are
sure'and's&fe.
Think of the many useful articles for your own comfort-
and for Xmas-giving—the sensible kind.
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Wardrobe Trunks, Suit Cases, Bags, Etc.
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CASH
1-3 LESS
On Everything
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