The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, November 27, 1913, Image 8
Ns
Tk W- Mr I(Itt ftI I("'
jegr? a r app, _41timl"t fr
SSuniday Lost.
Ijit-tletoii are fQ)Ii(s J( l
GL*thlis weeck ox admui
trip.
Of MAr. stvd AMIs. .Jw'4. (CI I vton
Ur 11ieoviy ^Nri~von zi fm.n
Wn. reterot vmrv mulI' hat I I
Qrc uoinp, to le' v ( (,oil V,-#;111111111
W e~ re.r.'t 01.11s it 'M . :1l11
mlove' to G' 'igia.
Mi.. C. a iJll ill azsteY of Cen'
tr-l 1n; puhIJVs 10( a 'am1 nca:)
-Noris; and L.- zICo 4 recti t1I
(.0l111(J(Iioll; dm~v llilalV Oil it. t1im
The Mothodi4. poohp.. in mui
.'rolid N'orris aro lhtil~illi
'16Id 111110 to tOe town.
Mr ~~coh y I~iI :;,Ii of PI'.
olrs-xn w il :'' *'oll r'
~~ Ia
RAe V.2 Of U1 ''twIp'p
tl h. fif'ti? ( i V? w ~ . y
Dfi *riro it!i.!*
'('I Ilt I'
.140
1 ~ ~ 91. Ve~ 11;, i ll~
''if o(li (VII II
Xl \ 'e . ' to i ll
YO l iev.
s;i, P 1-j--t '-w
I nt -%, I i Ii' . a i t 1 1 '
Thanksgi
no
People d
tir
Others g
acr
But I toll
tie
All that I
wh
Overchar
l- ma
A/hy sho
hav
Through
pal
I have pushed ahead unaided, Fate and
I've refused to let them crush me, thou(
Why, therefore, should I be thankful?
t I'm Indebted for permission to keep strl
THE OPl
Thanksgiving! I am truly th-ankful, th<
Though there are no crowds to cheer
Other men may look for pleasure, from
Others know the Wyptof leisure, but thel
tie rest forie-;
Yet how weak Is he that sadly sits c.oi
I h nge at his fate;
I have thanks to render gladly for a vig
is great.
Why should I be thankful, brother?
have to strive and sweat,
Carning.icubly, yea and trebly, all the
ings that I get?
I have marched ahead unaided, thou
k strength has oft been tried,
I have kept ry soul Unsullied, I'm entitl
to p rl'd'.;
I am thankful for my courage, thankful
Iron will,
And the buoyant hope a thousand bitt
ures could not kill.
CUSTOM HAS ALWAYS BEEN
Popular Error Holds That President
Lincoln Issued First Thanks
giving Proclamation.
Thero Is somo discussion as to the
origin of the prosent national custom
of 2bservig Thanksgiving dlay. I.
Swas held by a large number of p~eople"
until recently, that the custom was
Arst establishe'd by Presidernt Lincoln
during the Civil war. Examination of
a records showved that t his was a
stake. A numbler of the presidents
who preceded Mr. Lin< on issued(
Thanksgiving proclamnationso, the prac
tgce dating back to Washington. They
hiad been desultory, however, and there
had been no regular repetition of the
proclamation until after it had been is
sned by Mr. Lincoln.
The custom observing a day of
tha-nk-sgiving anzd prayer i.gas old1 as
the civilization of the country. It was
inaugurated In New England veory
shortly after (he arrival of the first
- Inglish inmmigrants, and It gradually
I becamec the day of all others in the
r year, for surp~assing Christmas in the
enthusiasmn a.nd universality of its ob
soevanco. In the southern states, prior
to the Civil war, it was quite general,
though there was no comimon (lay of
celebration. The governors of the.
states issued their proclamations with
out referenco to the dates set by the
, gornors of other states, and it not
- infroquently happened that the c'ele
r bration would occur in Mlaryland on a
day diff'erent from that which was ob
served in the neighboring states. There
were commonwealths, prior to the
Civil war, where no proclamation was
- ued,siawl there wvas no observanco
The l'roclamation: of Mir. Lincoln
Sseemed to electrify the country and to
-cement tho states in their observance
of Tfhanksgivin~g, though there were
commnonwev(alt hs which for some years
afterward selected a different dato.
Thi dul'y ceased, until now the
rainland universal evont. Jior a
while it eclipsed the Fourth of Jtuly,
and in New England todangil far suir
ni passes Christmas in interest. With
the disappearance of sectionalism,
however, the Fourth of July has as
sumed its normnal place in Amnericain
* olidays,$and ie not likely again,
t~hroug h any combiniation of circum
>stances, to le It.
ThanksgIvIng Prayer,
IJ For days of health, for nights of
Squiet sleep; for seasons of bounty and
bobauty, for all earth's contributions to
our need thk ough this past year, good
.Lord, we thank thee. For our coun
'try's shelter; for our homes; for the
Ijoy offaccaf, and the joy of hearts that
, love;' for the gower of great examples;
for holy oes who lcend us in the ways
olieand love; for our powers of
growth; for longiugs to be botter and
eo a n,.re; for ideals that ever rise
n1d a bov hhe real, good Lord, we humbly
(- thn'. thee! For the blessedness of
servitocte. and the power to fit ourselvos
a wo k erf r a $for our necessities to
a to fc olthat brings us nearer
ate to cothe, -nearer to ourselves,
thear-oSteenathan thee, 0 our Fa
WOPLD
THE PESSIMIST.
ving? Why should I be thankful? I've
millions piled away;
D not gladly cheer me; I have little
e to play;
o to view the w6nders to be found
oss the sea;
through all the seasons-there is lit
rest for me.
can earn is quickly claimed by those
D lie In wait,
;ing me in order that their profits
y be great.
ud I be thankful, brother? What I
'e I've had to get
the hardest kind of digging; I have
: with honest sweat;
Fortune I've defied;
ih they've often grimly tried.
to my strength and to my will
ding onward still.
'IMIST.
)ugh I still must work away,
me, though I've little time to play;
,th cares of duty free,
'e's lit
nplain
:r that
I that
bless
;h my
ed still
for an
Or fall
Some Appropriate Thoughts.
The genoral idea is that when we
have an abundance of material good
wo should be thankful. Of course, the
converse is equally true. And as this
is a matter of interpretation for each
individual, and as he sees many of
his fellows who have prospered better
than he, it disinclines him to give
thanks. Another theory is that al-.
though we have mecager p)ossessions
other's have less, therefore we should
be thankful. Tfhis is a mighty mecan
way to do. It's one way of crowing
>ver your unfortunate neighbor, and is
the quintessence of littlenese. Anoth.
wr way Is to thank God that your neigh
LIOrs are no better off than yourself.
Ihis was the caso of the old lady when
the frost caught hier garden truck.
still another is to take advantage of1
rour neighbor and then return thanks
hat you are self-made and successful.
Andl 'yet another way is to do your
ieighbor ere he doees you and then
givo thanks, as D~avid H arunm would
say. And there are those who profess
hankfulness because matters might
>e woree. And that bringe up the
iuery whether matters ever are so bad
mt that they might not be worse. If
uot. then one might find an endless
chain of thanksgiving if one could
really be thankful to a being who
vould so dispose or order events as to
redluce so much misery. All these
otions or conceits are mnoro or less
rooked(.
For Which We Owe Thanks.
That we have much to be thankful
or no one doubts or denies. It is not
necessary to rehearse details. We
know that wo are a happy and favored
people. We are rich, prosperous and
~ree. Otw problemis, great as they are,
ire as nothiing compared1 with thoso
hat arcd-ii-t:essinug the nations of the
)ld world. liut the things which we
*egard as blessir;gs, andl for which we
ire supposed to give t hant~s, are bless
ngs only as we use th'em right, and
maly in so far as we humnbly acknowi
d~ge that they aro the gifts of God.
l'ho dang;er is, not that wo shall at
tribute too much to the divino power,
but that wve shaill take too much credit,
to ou rsel ves. Th is has always been
true. F'ar hack int Old Testament times
Aie peopilv w :m warned aga int think
nig thast they th'cemselves hadt got, the
w~ealt h whtichs they enjoyed, an d wore
told that it was God wiho had given
them the power to gr-t wealth. The
old ,religious Idea, therefore. rather
than4 the new one0, miakes--if it Is cor
roctly understood--for national and
individual humility.
Blessings Enumerated.
As a nation we individual citizens
of the United States have reason
above tall other peoples for the giving
of thankts. Whelire others have within
the year been menaced by war, by do
mfestic dlisorder', by revoliution within
or enemy without, Americans havo
been at pwee t.t home aind enjoying
peaceful relations witih all tho world.
Our government has been honored
with the leadership in a movement for'
th-e limitation and eventuali I nding of
war. 'Te broad principles of demo
eratic governmient upon which our re
pmuei res's have beeni an inspiration
to less favored "peoples even in the
most backward nunrare ofe earth.
nhos. Elrod Par
doned by Governor
Sheriff Roark went to Colun
)ia last week and brought back
I'homas Elrod, who was serving
life term in the state peniten
.iary for. killing Alex Grtham
n this county and who was
-on v ctei in the September,1911,
erm of court here.
Elirod is the same man Sheriff
Zoark ught in North Carolina
ifter a long chase.
In accordance with a nev
Lrra nemeit Elrod was brought
met here to fillish his sentence
ml tle county chaingang, but
Iccordiig to a report in the
reen ville News of Monday
norning he and 100 other con
iets were pardoned by Gov.
3l(ase Saturday.
alo Funds For Man
agers of Election H
The following letter will be of
nerest to managers of the re.
'en1t. general elect ion held in this
ounity. The letter explains it.
elf. :t
dr. J. T. RNichev. Pickns, S, C. t<
Dear Sir: W
Yutris of the 19th, received Is
vii b accou lt of Conn issiines it
unl( m anlagers of special elect ion a
klij . aIlt p'rpit 41 o
wh11 inve'n- counlty Novemberl d;
i
Hth. As the appropriation for t
'144't ion puposes has b1n i Cx -
imsc)tofd, I i issue w rran t i
O pay thit, ac-c. Non but 1:IV a:
ib-d it anld w\ill 1issue1 warrant.1l1 1
0.vn the General Assembly
unke1os thel( nece. Ssary approprf- &J
IIir. Y<.rs vcr". tr1 l , v 1C
A. f. Joes the
Cof m1) pt roller General. n
ln l tbit, S. C., -Noyv. 2(), I3 el
C,.,o. Treasure Gefs 0
Unsigned Letters 1".
P
T. H-. stewvart, Coulnty Trea~s- g
er, toll 1 ho hasIreI vd 0
.overald un1signled letters aisking t<
m t mount of taxes the f
writ (r s, f t! lettersa w. . A til
It wh hs aesktd tor tohiain.
formi'n14' by\- hAt(t rift fecivd
lo ner a onh wrie t t e
ount1 yid rsur lani and b
1ure to snri your name.
ii.X aftr Cilation hii'
i'he SII of'I' SontIhe Careo olina
C1o~veunty if Pickes. y,
1erv luthers of Administration t
IiThe are 'tterdoetct
md adonis aull mand ina p
n~a id W.' N. Hedriko, doeeasedr., n
ne. n Jh Corto P4hrbat, Io
.Ja l tPik n . . C. nth
At after '' pbin ion*w h ef
at 11 o'clockV in, tei foreon to
iven mob-r4l'i~ myl hand: mplt r
.ia~l hi r. daveyldf Noveer,
A n (o 1). in i'913 an 11.'* C
b
Xtln~ Jrcetl. While inrry, c
heMithelb Porte lr setr th
w0te-n withpe hCarolkner..
C
iiss. Gr iJ. Priniti was th VV
uNs Jofe \'or anli IFreoman d
lm slerIlvic at 01 thi aptistn
which Thuirest <Yvnin atlhe a
Fireual' hor Evteryhiyin a
Siatke. p
n
WITH GOOD THINGS
...............
'AYS OF PAST THANKSGIVING E
Istory Proves that There Always Has
Been a Time Set Apart for
Festivities.
Thanksgiving is generally believed
have commenced with the advent of
te Pilgrim fathers, and therefore a
igacy to us from New England. But
hon the true facts in the case come
> light we find that Thanksgiving day
as first celebrated by Popham colon- l
ts at Tlonhegan, who joined in "Giv
tg God thanks" for their scAfo arrival
2d many bleesings in the ritual laid a
wv'n in the Thanksgiving service of V
to Church of England pray(cr book. It
known with what antipa'.hy thei
irly Puritans regarded any and all of
to holy days of the English church, c
nd the celebration of such was stern- r
forbidden in New Euglind.
How many of us know that days for'
lying thanks were set apart in Europe '
>ng before the reformation and wero
bserved by the Church of England
tany years before the Pilgrims land
1? ? 8
The first Thanksgiving in this coun- b
y was not set apart as a day of re
gious observance, but for recreation.
n December 11, 1621, Edward Wins
'w wrote home to England the follow
ig very quaint account of the week's t
rogram: 10
"Our harvest being gotten in, our 1 0
:)vernor sent four men out fowling so
e might in a special manner rejoice
gether after we had gathered the
'uits of our labors. The four killed R
) much fowl that with a little help
erved the company about a week.
mong other recreations were exor- t
lees with our arms. Many of the In
lans came amongst us and among 1
bem their greatest king Massasoit
rith some ninety men, whom we forI
bree days feasted and entertained.
hey wvent out and killed five deer,
hich they brought in and bestowed
a our governor, upon the captains and
thers."
So we get a good idea of the hos
itality offered in those days. We
earn, too, from Governor Blradford, ~
iat wild turkeys were plentiful, so we
sel a reasonable assurance that the
irkey has a long and ancient lineage C
ad prestige not to be usurped by any
ther bird on our Thanksgiving day
latter. .
Only fifty-five English speaking pee
Le sat down to the first Thanksday C
last, but the addition of the Indians ~
kade a goodly company for whom the d
oor, lonely and homesick women pre-r
ar-ed the dinner. There were only
ur of them, with one servant "and
few young maidekins." There is no
ecord to be found of any religious
C
Forship during this wvook of feasting.
In 1628 the second Thanksgiving day '
ras ordered and observed by the Pil- ~
rim fathers. Early Thanksgivings are
ot always celebrated in November a
or upon Thursday, and it Is not until t
677 that we find the first printed i
'hanksgiving proclamation, now owned
y the Massachusetts Historical so
lety. It is intereting to note that
ince 1862 the president of the United
tates has set the last Thursday in
rovember to be observed as a day of
Lianksgiving. And harking back to
'ilgrim (lays, what a vast difference.
ompare tihe harvest then and the ha
est now. Whether our forefathers
rere over' actually reduced to the tra
itional live grains of corn each, is a
act not decided by history, but it is,
rue that they returned thanks for the
most meager fare and endured the
10st grinding hardships without a
murmur. Like our forbears we make
f the day a great time for feasting
nd games and not so much of church
oing. It is a day for family reunions
nd a day of abundant opportunity for d
iaking a cause of Thanksgiving in the c
ether fellow's" heart.
Happy Thanksgiving C'ustom.
A woman who has an almost old
ishioned faith in Providence keeps
rhat she calls her "thank offering
ox." Into this goes through the- year,
om one Thanksgiving to the middle
e the following November, a sum of
ioney for every accident escaped,
alamity averted or special joy.
These offerings are not confined to
em- own escapef but each time some
aember of her family bobs up from
ame threatened woo into the box goes
le money offering of thanks.f
Not the same amount is given each
me, and rarely large sums, for the
oman Is not rich, but a nice little sum
irealised.f
This is devoted to giving some one.
happy Thanksgiving day. It does not
Iways go into regular channels. As
me woman says-the poor and hoe
Itals are usually well cared for in
niiday ann.
FOR "THE" DAY
EST SPIRIT FOR THE TIMI
onI Idea Is That Thanksgiving Is th
Noblest Work That
Man Can Do.
Thanksgiving: The act of ronderin
lanks, expressing gratitudo for favoi
r mercies; a public celebration of d
ine goodness.
Thanksgiving day: A day set apai
>r rcligious services in acknowledl
lent of the divino goodness.
B3y nature man is religious; an
hanksg'ving day is an annual r
uinder of this innato tendency. Th
ery first 'T:inksgi Ing and the mar
or of its observance are not ver
ell defined In history. Perhaps th
>llowing paragraph will give as su
int, an epitoio as is possiblo at th
:moto distance:
"The fishermeni wero ordered t
cour the seas for spoil,' the hunter
o shoulder their inatchlocks an
ring in such game as would allo
le Mayflower colony in a more specl;
ianner to rejoice together.' The r
uilt was a supply of wild turkey, dee
car and game of every sort In suc
bundance as amply to feed the color
)r a week. The) had as guests tb
iendly chief, Massasoit, and 90 of h
idians. 'rho Indians contributed i
ae feast flve deer and a great bask(
f Oysters.' This was the introductic
f the young colony to its afterwar
ivorito shellfish, and the wom
ooked them as they best knew ho
'he menu of that immortal dinner ha
ot, alas been preserved, but It
nown that the two dishes most ful:
ppreciated by the Indians as well a
ho Americans were the 'brown roa
urkey' ard the 'pumpkin pie.' Ti
reat feast of the week was outdoor
:)r the air was balmy and the su
right. Massasoit was there in all t1
'ravery of a scarlet coat trimmed wil
ice and a copper chain, given hi
onme time previous by Ed-ward Win
w. In a strange medley of Indim
arb and a borrowing of European co
unme, c('menting there the bonid
riendshmip with the white settle:
'hich held good 41 years."
In 1621 Governor Dradford after ti
rat harvest made provision for i
oloniste' rejoicing together wil
raise and prayer. In 1623 a day <
isting and prayer in the midst 4
rought was turned into thanksgivir
y the comning of rain during the pra
rs; gradually the custom prevailed
Ppointing annually a thanksgivir
ay after harvest. Thieso appoin
ients were made by the governor
roclamatiqns. During the Rovolutlo
ry war a day of national thanksgl
ig was annually recommended by co
ress. For mauy decades the prec
cnt has annually alpointed such
ay and the governors of tho varlot
tates have supplemented the same.
"Words are but empty things." Sint
ctions speak louder than wor<
banksgiving Is the noblest thanksgi
ig. To abound In thanksgiving Is
icriptural injunction. "See that 3
to this," said Paul.
Bridcgroom's Thanksgiving.
hundred yealrs from now, sweetheam
We will not grieve o'er chances lost,
vojr worry over meat or art,
Nor c are what coal or clothes may com
liund!rd years freom now nor you
Nor I will care a pleayune
'or' cold, perisgtent landlords; who
1Urowbjeni, buildose and Impor'tune.
'hun let us in this holy timo
Of cleer' giv'e thanks for every joy,
tnd most or all for this, that I'm
No girl andl you are not a boy.
Have Cause to Give Thanks.
If we remember what were the co
itions, circumstances, events and I.
idenits of the first TIhanksgiving da,
nmd allow thought to traverse eve
ap)o~ly and stuperficially the path
lessiung until this Thanksgiving do
f 1913, wo shall havo a faint vision,
:ast, of' that. for which the land shoul
ifer praise. If, we dwell only upo
he great benefits that affect the go:
ral welfare, abundant reason appoa1
hy we should sot a season apart, a
emble in our places of worship, an1
iy upon the altar our united offerli
f praise, And this is not alone fc
bundant harvests, for commercih
resp~eity, for continued peace and il
reasing hewer; not alone for goodl b.
towedl, but thanksfor evil sp)ared; fc
res of trouble from which we passe
nharmned; for the floods that throca
ned but (lid not overwhelm; for thi
aisting down that yet did( not destroy
or all calamities endured and ovel
ast
surely if ever land should in humi
ty bring tr'ibute from multitudes c
rateful hearts, ours should make thi
true Thanksgiving day,
5TR. DO, FIAtMOI BOK
WINTER 913-14
neWM C -..-........ - .'.
You will find the smartest,
best and most practical styles
for the Winter season in the
STANDARD
FASHION
BOOK
for WINTER
t
20 Cents (BY uMail so c
d Any Standard PattCMvn free
with every copy purchased.
.AT T H E PATTrAN CoUNXTUiR
y
* Craig Bros. Company
The store Ihat -ave vo tit monev
d Classified Column
ii(One-Cent--A-Wcr~d
a
h ~ ANTED-Those %N ho desirt-.
y good p)ay and oasv emno!i; vymetv.
o in towni, or count v, ti w\-iito me,
ls iminediatel . .*. f14. d res, Busi -
0 ness, Pickens, S. C.
It
n
d 1 will pay fiomi 7 to 12 cetsi i
n for all the heef-f hid I v'enn ge.
r. Bring. them to ine. F. 1,. Finley.
B the niarket man. Pick< n, S. (.
Is
y 21-acre famni for sah.1. Go(A
t foul-rooml hous. icond.vear
.6 land. Maoke hale (f ention Ii0
s, thoi acre. Gcod wn-.Atta
n way Gilstrap. Cn iral. S. C.
hFOR SAL1E - Si x-mion hs-old
3. ar ct iollI. D.eep im color."
B- ble. Apply to E. R. Griffin,
>f Picke-ns, r'outo 4. it
.6 Dr. (Clift on, Pyvo, ear' nose anid
h erty at Glenn 's Dr'ut st ore on
>t Thursday, the 27th. In Pickens
>t at Keowee Phnirmnev on Friday,
g the 28th, and ini flisle'v at R. Fi.
r- Smith Drug Co., on Saturday. *
the 29th. Renwmhitljr ;-il gage
gnwnis aret next ne i#'. Call at
3.- Adei< i( , tonsi Is, niasalIinn tuor-. 4
1- caIdam Is. ete.. remloved. Croesi
a pves sin~ Ia itned. Ca tarr'ha
LB di'.ast s Iv ens I. d. Charimges very
reasonaIt~ ie and exam~1innt ion free
e to :fl. NO charges to t he poor.
Is Please call early at each ofl-ice
'and avoidl rush. (adv)
Declare War on Colds. *
A (iiu..nde' ..( *'4h~ ittth n wih h at 2o
"th t 1r 1. 3nn C. *~i-t inntV 1. er ree ut
hPaR I (en heg'inn av pi. nr.' . ;.1 N,
Yo~rk phsIrinn e r. 's e ist of 1 h..
t- "don~j'p'" whu ht :ih.s s. s e--~ n ij jt.
v. ni then ur nttal v'hIIo ir t'~ or :E4 c bIi;:
"ii~I'nt~ RIt in a dIriughty 1' "
"n'I t l di'n in hni rouwl
Over's I ti rednei(t rt. r resfi~d .nte'.'
Tjo uh(ieb w w',thi ader-wbjn to
take a cr1hl get rid tof it ni 'iekli &'
excellent, Sold by aill deali.'1.
1- CJollon glinn ed in Pickens
r. coun y t his year up to Nov. 141,
n 1.1,9:30 biles, against 7,444 last 4
Syear' up to the s'amo time.
d (iol- (2. A. -Re'd '-' A nderson,
n S.C. has prJom-oted-i Liuflt. B. C.
1- Johnsponi oft Masle'i to (t he rnk
'of Captain. N'o het ter appoin t
ment couldJ ho made
Ourm r'aeJes w"ill nio doublt b)o . 4
Lsurprisedl when they read1 th
SIi 'en I h - ra' ce'- Morro w Co.'s big
rad!. mi hsnseanpen
a their closina-out sale.'Ihisq is
.the fi rst sale of the kind1( ever'
o held by tile H-eath- Bruce-Mor
;row CJo., and it will pay you to
-take advantage of this oppor
tunit~y that will likely not como
to yon again. They are a re
Sliable firm. and will do just what
they say.