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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03

July since the outbreak of the European
War and let us take unto ourselves
one great lesson that is appropriate
in this season of national celebration.
And the lesson is this:
To be patriotic one should be thrifty.
10 be wasteful today is to be disloyal
to the best interests of our beloved
nation We are rapidly approaching
period in America when we shall have
to be more thrifty. In fact we are even
now entering that era, War, with its
prodigious waste, is bringing home to
us as never before the need of taking
care of our every asset and resource.
National thrift is built upon individual
thrift. The nation, as such, can only
be thrifty to the extent that you and
are thrifty.
So, on this day of thankfulness for
the heritage of liberty that our fore
fathers have given us, let us remember
that posterity will hold us accountable
for the deeds we do. We must arise to
the crisis as nobly as did the Colonists
of Old. Ours are different problems
from theirs and they must be met in a
different way.
The Franklins and Washingtons laid
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
NEWS OF THE DECLARATION
Not Considered Important Enough Fol
Newspapers First Page

Newspapers First Page
In regard to the proclamation and
publication of the Declaration of In
dependence (meaning the document
itself) it must be noted that 1t was in
tended for the world at large rather
than the colonists. The Declaration
of Independence-tllat is, the formal
resolution of the Continental congress
of severance of allegiance from the
mother country-was adopted July 2
after having been much debated
principally in committee of the
whole, Benjamin Harrison in the
chair) from June Z, when 1t was Of
fered by Richard Henry Lee. The
fact that it was passed was published
in the Pennsylvania Gazette of July
8. Few things show the difference in
temperament OF newspapers and pub
lie as regards news as does the fact
that this great Declaration, which in
ltiated the most profound political
change in the country and made all
the mem bers of the congress traitors
in the eye of British law, was not an
nounced on the front page, but was
printed on an inside page, without
comment or special display, except
that a portion of the resolution was
put in capitals.
The first publication of the text of
the Declaration was in Townes Penn
sylvania Evening Post of July 6, and
as has often been remarked. on the
page facing the statement that all
men are endowed with liberty" is an
advertisement of negro boy for sale.
four or five years old, who has had
smallpox and measles It is also
worth noting that in the engrossed
Declaration the spelling is united
States" not United States"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
a JULY 4 WOMAN
Handy Betty Hager Helped Our Fore
fathers TO Win Indenendenca

Patriotic service in the American
Revolution was rendered by Handy
Betty Hager, known also as Betty the
Blacksmith, who refitted guns and ar
tillery for the patriotic armies. Betty
was a natural mechanic. whose latent
abilities were developed in the employ
of Samuel Leverett a blacksmith
farmer living near Boston.
Prior to the battle of Concord the
patriots of the surrounding country
had been preparing themselves for the
conflict for months. Guns of all types
-matchlocks, fiintlocks, smoothbores,
blunderbusses and what not, some of
which had not seen service for three
or four generations-came piIing into
the Leverett shop. and, while Leverett
himself could be observed by any pass
ing Tory to be busily engaged in shoe
ing horses, his unsupported assistant
was working in a secret chamber
making the neighbor's antiquated old
firearms serviceable once more.
Betty kept up this volunteer work
throughout the whole course of the
war, never accepting a single copper
for her labor. To Betty and her en-
ployer likewise belongs the credit of
putting the first captured British can
non into action after they had been
spiked by their former owners.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Let the eagle scream" The
neighbors will like that better than
throwing frecrackers into their cellar
windows.
Independence Day finds some of us
quite as dependent as ever.
Queer how this talk about the
most beautiful man in the world
makes US want to go out and kick him
around the block.
1T begins to look as though
Huerta may get back to Mexico after
all; but not the way he hoped.
Steady, there. MIR. Lansing. the
score is already two to one in favor
of the United States in this exchange
of notes contest.
Newark? Oh. yes, that's the town
that wasn't good enough for our team.
AT all events Bryan is one of the
few professional politicians who have
made a million out of Democracy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
TELEGRAPH PERESCOPE

But Just suppose ne had been Presi-
dent.-Charleston News and Courier
We know one kind of tented field Mr..
Bryan isn't so averse to.-Colum bia
State.
Anyhow. the State DEPARTMENTS loss
is the Chautauqua's circuits gain. =
Kansas City Star.
Most of the papers seem to think
that Mr.. Bryan is very fine public
speaker.-Ohto State Journal
Indications are that Mr. William r.
Hearst doesn't own a single ranch in
Germany.-Boston Transcript.
Mr.. Bryan gave up being Secretary
of state, to become Secretary of State
ments.-New York Morning Telegraph.
South American revolutions over
looked in the rush will be written up
Post
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
AN AMERICAN PATRIOTS WORK

A striking illustration of the
chances of war is found in the fact
that the American army at Cambridge
during the war of the Revolution
would have been. left without ammu-
milton but for the provision of John
Brown, merchant of Providence, r.
l., and one of the family who gave
name to the university at the place.
Brown was a very wealthy merchant
and was the first of the Rhode Island
merchants to send his ships to China
and the East Indies. Anticipating the
war, he instructed his captains to load
their ships with powder, which he fur
nished to the army when its sup
ply had been restricted to less than
four rounds to each man.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE.

Judge E. H. Gary is on a two
months trip to California.
H. c. Frick has called his new
building in Pittsburgh the Union Ar
cade.
Charles NJ. Sehwab is spending a
few weeks at his old home in Cambria
county.
A. L. Merrill. the new president of
the State Association of County Com
missioners, is a Clinton countian.
Congressman T. S. Crago is to be
the orator on the Fourth at Tarentum.
George Dallas Dixon of Philadel-
phia, has gone to Maine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
By S. w. sTRAUs
RrSSi6snf american Sociey for Thrift

the foundation for future ib.rty and
|enlightment. We in this crucial epoch
must safeguard that inheritance. We.
too, must lay a foundation for the
future America, and that foundation
must be the thrift of the people.
Here is an example of individual
thrift that came to light in the recent
car strike in Chicago:
Henry Toberg, a conductor on tho
Blue Island Ave. line, is said to be the
richest street car employee in the
world. The strike gave him his first
vacation since the famous tie-up Of
the Chicago street car lines in 1887.
Toberg's wealth is estimated by
fellow workmen to be in the neighbor-
hood of quarter of million dollars.
Early in his career after he had saved
by dint of economy, sobriety and wise
of his funds, he bought
stock in the street railway company.
This was more than twenty years ago
and now the dividends from this stock
are said to be many times the amount
, of his annual wages. He owns other
valuable stocks and bonds, has pur-
lCudSCu HolSl anu Otncr DulIQluRS,
along the line of the Blue Island Ave
car and his rent roll is said to be up
ward of SIS 900 year.
Now, if man in such a position
can, in the beginning. save snch AM
amount and eventually pile up a for
tune by judicious investments and
wise living, surely it ought not to be
so difficult thing for the workers I'M
stores and Offices, whose weekly pay,
envelope is of fair size, to put away a
part at least of it.
Early lessons of thrift helped Toherg
toward success. He did not live above
his means. His position, with it's as
sured salary, proved ample for his
simple wants, and out of it he was ablc
| to save a goodlY sum regularly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
NEVER SATISFIED
By Wing Dinger

Gee. but it's great when holiday
Falls on a Sunday bo,
For 1t gives you two days and half
OF vacation, you know.
I'm going to sneak away to-day
With the family my boy.
Out to the country where there will be
No noisy noise to annoy.
But speaking again of the holiday
That falls on Sunday. bo,
1t seems that no one is satisfied
With Just two days to go
Away for trip, but he wants t.
stretch
The holiday some more,
So he asks for an extra day to go
And one to return-thats four.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
MASTERS OF CIRCUMSTANCES

[From the Christian Herald
A Quaker sitting near John Wesley
at a religious service asked him IL he
was planning to speak IL the Spirit
moved. The energetic John replied: 81
shall speak that the Spirit may move
1t is true that the Holy Spirit will guide
us in our work, but 1t is not safe nor
wise to wait for special leadings. II
special leadings come. follow them. but
in the absence of these go ahead
strenuously trying to save and help
everybody you can reach.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
FOURTH OF JULY ADVICE BY
WASHINGTON

In his address to the Governors
of the States. June s, 1881
There are four things which 1
humbIy conceive are essential to
the we'll being-I may even VEN
ture to say to the eXistence-of
the United States as an indepen-
dent power:
First. an indissoluble union of
the States under one federal
head.
Secondly, sacred regard to
public Justice.
Thirdly. the adoption of a
proper peace establishment. and,
Fourthly, the prevalence OF
that pacific and friendly disposi-
tion among the people of the
United States which will induce
them to forget their local preju-
diees and policies, to make those
mutual concessions which are
requisite TO the general prosper
ity and in some instances to
sacrifice their individual advan-
tages to the interest of the COM
munity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
MESSAGE OF THE LIBERTY BELL

My voice is stilled, and yet though dumb l speak
Of what men, fighting through the centuries, seek,
The right to live, the right to raise on high
Above all, through all, Freedoms deathless cry!
My voice is stilled, yet once from out my throat
That cry rang forth and slumbering echoes woke
Until a nation heard and hearts grew strong
To down the tyranny of might and wrong.
My voice is stilled, my body worn and old
Is usefulness all past, my message told?
Nay! Little children touch my ragged side
And thus are born patriots new pride!
ANNA H. WOOD
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
THE FATHERS OF OUR COUNTRY

On the Fourth of July every man and
woman in our country should stop
long enough to call up from the past
the thought and purpose of our fathers
in putting together the structure of a
new nation. We should close our eyes
and dwell devoutly upon the pure pa
like a steady fire in the darkness.
We should put ourselves in their
places. think their thoughts, Indulge
their hopes, experience their fears. suf-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
THE FOURTH or LuIiY

TINE celebration of the Fourth OF
July is annually the subject of
hundreds Of columns of editorial
comment. We are advised to be safe
and sane" to eschew the use of ex-
plosives, to take precautions against
needless fires, and on a hundred other
subjects relating to the day and its
observance, but few there are to re-
mind US Of the true meaning of the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03

I fer their hardships and endeavor to see
with their anxious eyes the way up
which liberty and law, justice and order
shall go side by side with equal vigor
and even step, blessing with their free
dom and fraternity and ennobling with
their dignity and discipline the ambi-
| tions and labors of mankind.-Martin
| w. Littleton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
DO YOU KNOW
OLD GLORY

The star-spangled banner! Was
ever flag so beautiful? Did ever
flag so fill the souls of men? The
the thirst for glory. the heart
throbbing that impels the
humblest American to stand by
his colors, fearless in the de-
Tense of his native soil and hold
ing it sweet to die for 1t; the
yearning which draws him to IL
when exiled from II, it's free in
stitutions and its blessed memoir
les, all are embodied and symbol,
lied by the broad stripes and
bright stars of. the nations em-
blem, all live again in the lines
and tones of Keys anthem Two
or three began the song; millions
join the chorus.-Henry Waiter
son, 1898.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03

This is the
period when
we give much
a tten ton to
thoughts of pa
triotism-when
we recount the
the glories of
our national
history and
contemplate e
the wonderful
future that lies
ahead of this
favored land.
This is our
Grek Eourkb of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03

anniversary. Yet, failing to appre-
ciate the import of the Fourth of July
to the nation at large. and to each one
of us in particular. is to fail in one of
the duties of citizenship. for no one
can be q good American to whom the
spirit of Independence Day is a
stranger.
AN old-fashioned Fourth" has be-
come such a popular phrase that one
forefathers lived the remaining 364
days of the year merely to plan for
this one great occasion. That, how
ever, is far beyond the fact. While
town celebrations. parades. military
displays, the firing of salutes and
'spread-eagle" oratory were much in
vogue in the early days of the repub-
lie, there were periods even then when
whole countrysides observed the ma
tional birthday with scythe and cradle
in the harvest field, and when many
towns and cities celebrated merely b!
closing their stores and hanging out
the national colors. 1t was in the
light of an experience such as this that
Andrew jackson. when called upon to
express a Fourth of July sentiment
wrote:
Contemplate the condition of that
country of which you form an i'm
portant part. Consider its govern
ment' uniting In 9ne o6ors, bond of netIn com
tton so many different States. CIV
ing to All their inhabitants the
proud title of American citizens,
protecting their commerce, secur-
ing their literature and their arts,
facilitating their intercommunica-
tion. defending their frontiers and
the remotest parts of the earth.
Consider the extent of territory. its
increasing and happy population,
liz lie aagTeea agreesbie and ana T'n the sciences es
which elevate the mind. See edu-
cation spreading the lights of re-
formation into every cottage in this
wide extent of our Territories and
States. Behold 1t as the asylum
pressed And a refuge and support!
Look on this picture Of happiness
and honor and say. I'VE, too, are
citizens of America."
Years have passed since that day.
more numerous than the years
have been wrought in our national life.
Tho simplicity of Jackson's time has
given way to the complexities of to-
day. The United States has developed
from a babe in swaddling clothes to
the strength and dignity Of virile man
hood. We live. almost in another
world; certainly in a world trans
formed. Yet the advice of Jackson is
as sound to-day as on the day when it
flowed first from pen to paper. His
are as applicable to the
present as to the past. He might have
written them for the celebration of
1915 without the change of a word or
phrase. They are based on the funda.
mentals of American government,
which, being right in principle, remain
unchanged in their relations to the
affairs of men. These words of Jackson
are worth reading twice; worth think
ing about.
What better Fourth of July senti-
ment than his Contemplate the con-
dition of that country of which you
form an important part. Look
on this picture of happiness and honor
and say, we, too, are citizens of
America"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
WROTE ONLY OLD GLORY's SONG

Francis Scott Key. author of THE
Star-Spangled Banner" wrote only one
famous poem, but its fame is such as
to insure his lasting place in the re-
membrance of the patriotic American
people. He was born in 1850 and died
in 1S43.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03

given their time to bring the club here
the trial season may be so successful
there will be no thought of changing
next year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-03
SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 8

Man ucs bora for tzvo thirgs-thinking and
eetirE.-Ciesro.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-09-17
THE STATES FINANCIAL
CONDITION.

Every citizen is entitled to know
the financial condition of his State.
how his money has been spent and the
debts which he must meet. Under a
pledge of Economy and Retrench-
ment," your public servants have made
and are responsible for the following
conditions:
The Democratic party came into con-
troll of the three branches of the State
government January /. 1912. On this
day there was outstanding unpaid war
rants against the treasury amounting
in round figures to $560,O00. On Ar.
gust 81. 1915, there was outstanding
against the State unpaid interest-bear.
ing warrants amounting to 1925. 00C.
Thus it will be seen that the party
of economy has increased the public
debt by the sum of $2,715,000, white
the entire is drawing an annual inter.
est of approximately $l63.750. This il
not all. and shows only half the. truth.
This economical" administration has
collected $3.O12. 86179 more than the
preceding Republican administration
for a like period-$3. Ol0. 900 more col
lected from the people-and yet the
State has been plunged $2.7l5. 900 deep
er<into debt. making a total additional
expenditure in the public revenues OF
s5.727,OOO. This condition can not be
excused and cannot be justified.
How was this vast sum of additional
money expended. and why. with more
revenue. has the State been plunged
deeper in debt?
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-09-17

question Of the regulation Of the manu-.
facturc and sale Of liquor has created
among or people the deepest interest
and has occasioned a widespread and)
thorough discussion. Upon this most
important subject the Republican par.
~ has always taken advance ground.
and had the courage In 1907 TO first
declare for a local option law. with
the county as the governing unit. and
in its last convention u has prov, I
true TO its past history and was first
to take an open stand. The declara.
ton OF my party upon this vital ques.
tion is as follows:
THE Republican party In Kentucky
is responsible and deserves the credit
for the county unit law. In 1907 We
declared definitely for the local option
law, with the county as the governing
unit. and In 1911 we again declared
for the county unit law In accordance
with the constitution. We now declare
our continued adherence to the county
unit law. and we do hereby endorse
the present county Unit law, and we
favor the adoption of such amendments
thereto as may be necessary to make
It vnective beyond question"
This declaration Is an honest decla-
ration. voluntarily made, without In.
fuence or coercion. have always
been for the principle of the county
unit law. was for Il in 1897 when
"A 10,
platform. was for II in 1911. andJ
helped to carry my county delegation
for II and for It's champion. was
for II In the election which followed,
and declared my allegiance to Il In
every county In Kentucky. | was forx
II when It came before the next Legis.'
lature for passage. and urged the Re.
publican members of that Legislature
to support IT, | have been for Il
throughout its entire political history,
and am for II now. ! have not been
driven TO IT'S support by the exigency
OF political conditions: stand upon
by party's promise. 10th in letter and
in spirit. and " elected Governor OF
Kentucky I pledge TO the rigid en-.
forcement. maintenance and perfection
OF this law. the best Efforts Of my heart
and mind. my energy and enthusiasm.
profoundly conscious OF the gravity
Of my obligation and fully convinced
that with genuine effort this law can
and shall be made to serve its high
purpose.
As to the past convictions OF my op-
ponent upon this question, am not
advised, but upon this subject the
statement OF Lieutenant Governor Me-
Dermott should be Of interest This
statement was made in connection with
the appearance of MIR Stanley before
the Democratic candidates and Com.
mittee on Resolutions in 1917 and the
statement Of Mr. McDermott concern.
ing the language ot Mr.. Stanley at
that time is as follows:
Gentlemen. hear that you are
considering recommending Tor the
Democratic platform the county unit.
I want 10 say 10 you that am opposed
to the county unit. have always been
opposed to the county unit come
from a county where my people know
that have always been opposed to IL, 4
come from county as dry as a
powder horn. and yet they have elected
me for Congress. II you put the coun-
ty unit in the platform You will com.
init blunGer, and you will most Ger 4
tainly go down in defeat
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-09-17
HOW 1T WAS SPENT.

In the first place. your public SER
wants have not had the courage to
meet and pay the States just obliga-
lions. but have permitted them to he