# Aan x kB % PERER ERNE RRR RRR RENE R REAR R ARAN RRNA NNER RRP VINEE the Declaration of " LS wa Sa erasing 14 presen eb far grin hbo i ot pad PE “ TPHILADAT a tary a July 4, 1776 FRERE w IER gar FE at pot ih, #0 Fos and it shows and Jordan in Philadelphia. Thou. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON SK the average American what took place on July 4 1776, y ’ and he il probably h words ¥ the Dec- Inder free itten by and George endence, ide us from Wis WI Jefferson Hancock, some o ‘land 1 Thomas John ngton, and of tl signed by Washi in cel el ration the Li herty bell open.” And well the sum ch many o ic event ie event = 0 In eontrast consider these chronolog 3 ria a wrens beleser # facts in regare th aking of Declaration of Independence and Pro- the On June 7 i, 1; 3 Rid ry Lee, Second Cont acting egate to the inenta ess from Virginia, his instructions from that sented a iution declaring that United are, and of ought to be, and independ- ent states.” This Intion was de bated in cong for nearly a and a vote on it was deiiberately de- ferred until it seemed certain that the restrictions placed from other colonies would be so mod- ified that there would be a unanimous or almost unanimous approval of the resolution when it was put to a vote in congress, On July 2, 1776, was put to a vote the delegates of twelve of onies. The only silent voice was that of the New York delegation. The Dec- laration was penned by Thomas Jeffer- son and offered to congress, sitting as a committee of the whole, for revision before its adoption. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence, as revised, was adopt. ed by the delegates from the colonies with the exception of the New York representatives. The men who had voted for the Declaration of Independ- ence realized that it would be nothing more than a scrap of paper unless it received popular support and received it immediately, So arrangements were made at once to have the document put before the public in the form of a broadside. Therefore, after record- ing the vote on the main question, it was “Ordered, That the Declaration be authenticated and printed; That the Commmittee appointed to prepare the Declaration, superintend and cor- rect the press, That copies of the Dee laration be sent to the several Assem- blies, Conventions and Committees, or Councils of Safety, and to the several colony, pre- resy Colonies free resol “these right ross wonth upon delegates Lee's resolution and approved by the col- Wanted Real Service Not every one hans so clear a con- ception of the duties of a public serv. fce commission as the Baltimore wom- an who rang up the Maryland de- partment of public service one day and inquired for the gervice engineer, “May 1 leave my baby in your of- fice for na while? I want to go down town and do some shopping!" “Why, you must have the wrong number!” the man gasped. “This is CO John ime ilee, LerLon, + 10 nere ipr rank] Decla frat ¢ proof of it They then made corrections proof, (the major responsibil. errors restin catching any 1 no doubt, since he tical printer) and remained in the shop until this Magna Charta of Amer- had been placed on hand-press and was bein g on Was a liberties the fiat rinted. On July 5, 1776, again, a supply of these printed copies of the Declaration were on hand, and one of them was “wafered” in the blank left for it in the rough “Journal of Congress” before the read. ing of the minutes of the preceding took place, In the meantime let- transmitting the Declaration to ithe varions had been pre- pared by John Hancock, president of congress, his signature attested to by Charles Thompson, secretary, and some of these were printed on July § and the remainder some days later, The first was sent to the Come nittee of Safety of Pennsylvania, dat- ed July 5 and delivered to the com mittee on July 6. The committee de- cided to promulgate the Declaration on the following Monday, July 8, since elections for membership In the new convention were to be held through out the state on that day and would furnish a better opportunity than usual to secure a large public attend. ance to hear the reading of this impor- tant document, On July 8, the Declaration of Inde pendence was first proclaimed to the citizens of the United States from the balcony of an observatory attached to the building in the state house yard which occupied the site of what is now the home of the American Phi when congress met space ters assemblies one the public service commission office!” “Well, I know that,” was the quick answer, “and if you don't consider it a public service to take care of a baby once in a whiie I think you'd better change your name until you ean begin giving real public service!” And she rang off, New Model Children Every child Is himself and nothing is gained by trying to standardize chil dren and lofaney- Woman’ 5 _ Rome Companign,. {ook pl 1 chimed lit that one of the evening ir memorable the most historic Love, Although the official tion of first proclama Declaration of Independ- iy 8, in Independ not the first knowledge which the public had of the great which it contained. on Saturday, July 6, the Pennsylvania Post, “published Tues- day and Saturday evenings” at a “price only two coppers” devoted the entire front page of its issue for that the publication of the Dec- On July 8 Dunlap and also published it in their weekly, the Pennsylvania Packet, and within next week or so it had been published in nearly all of the Colonial newspapers, as well as bhav- ing been proclaimed in various places by the assemblies, councils of safety and the like, for post riders were car- rying some of Dunlap and Claypoole’s printed copies throughout the newly. created nation, In Massachusetts where the struggle for liberty had be- gun, it was first proclaimed on July 14, 1776, and the interesting fact Is that it did not take place in Boston, For, according to a contemporary ace count, “at about noon on Sunday (July 14) a messenger on his way to Boston stopped at one of the taverns on Main street (Worcester) for din- ner for himself and team. While waiting for his team to eat and rest he was met by Isalah Thomas, who obtained from him a copy of the Dec laration which he took to the church and read from the porch.” the ence took place on Ju ence Square, this was news every date to laration, { laypoole the If you worry about the possibility of getting ill, you will be ill, The mind affects the body, lowers its pow- er of resistance, and makes it “recep tive” of disease germs. To keep well, don't worry. Longer One Needed A new Jazz composition is sald to be so difficult that very few musicians can play it. This is certainly a step in the right direction.~London Hu weiss. A — a ——————g _OTTITUNILY {> Buildi I) 2 G/ ef (PEI (i |. 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