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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-07-01

all ready to vote on Il. June 10, con-
gress postponed final consideration for
8 weeks. June IL, congress appointed
committee Of Ave to draw up the
Declaration Of Independence. Lee
would naturally have been made chair
man, but he had been called home by
the illness Of hts wife. Thomas Jeffer-
SON Of Virginia was made chairman
and his colleagues were John Adams
Of Massachusetts,. Benjamin franklin
Of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman Of
Connecticut and Robert L. Livingston
Of New York. The committee In
structed Jefferson to write out a draft
Of the Declaration. Jefferson did 20.
The committee made some changes
and Jefferson then made a clean copy.
Congress reassembled July 1, and the
Lee resolution was passed July 2.
How this action was then regarded Ii
shown by John Adams letter to his
wife, In which he said:
The second day Of July, 177o, will
be the most memorable epoch In the
history Of America. am apt to be-
lieve that It will be celebrated by sue
ceeding generation as the great amir
versary festival. II ought to be COM
memorated as the day of deliyerence
BY solemn acts Of devotion to God
Almighty. II ought to be solemniEed
with pomp and parade, with shows.
games, sports. bells, bonfres, and H.
Elimination from one end Of this con-
tinent to the other. from this time
forward forevermore."
Jefferson then presented the report
Of the Declaration committee, the docu-
ment now known as the Declaration
OF Independence. II was adopted the
afternoon OF July 4. John Hancock,
as president Of the congress, afixed
his signature. Charles Thompson
countersigned as secretary. It was
then printed and sent on to the sew
eral colonies. July 10. the clerk was
instructed to prepare the document for
signatures. Properly engrossed, It was
signed by all who were present-60
members. Others signed in Septem-
Der and one member, Colonel Mexican,
did not sign until 1871. Seven men,
bers, for one reason or another, never
did sign II.
Pennsylvania, being the nrst colony
to receive its Declaration Of Inde-
pendence. was the first formally to
make public the action Of congress.
July 8, a general election day in Penn
syiyania. was chosen as the time. A
crowd Of about 1000 gathered near
the platform erected by the Philosoph-
ieal society seven years before
from which Rittenhouse observed the
transit Of Venus. Mounted upon this,
Colonel John Nixon read the docu-
ment In his big voice and winSome
Deborah Logan, leaning over the wall
Of the Norris homestead, which wAs
upon the present site Of the customs
house, heard him quite plainly. Both
she and Charles Biddle. writing Of the
scene In their diaries, make the com
ment that few respectable persons
we're present" This was not remark
able, for Phlladslphia's wealthy class
Of that day was outright Tory IN its
sympathy and John Dickinson, Ed
ward Blddle. Thomas Willing and the
others expressed lts sentiments &C
curately when they voted against the
Leo resolution
After the reading the crowd gave
Tires huxEAA and took down the king'I
arms from the State house xne ben
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-07-01

LESSON TEXT Sam. i7:1-is:l6.
GOLDEN TEXT--David behaved him
self wisely in all his ways; and the Lord
was with him. Sam. 1S:lA-
ADDITIONAL WATERFALL Sam. ID;
lit; Ephes. e:I0-1o
PRIMARY TOPIC-Dsvid and the Giant
JUNIOR TOPIC - The Shepherd Boy
Cohcuers q Giant,
INTERMEDIARY AND SENIOR TOPIC
Fighting the Good Fight.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
OVerthrowing Modern GoliathaL
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-07-01

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couldn't do anything
i foun d q book
about Lydia e. Pink
b q ms Vegetable
Com pou n d so
thought l would try
e, and after taking
Il / soon felt bet
ter. That was If
teen years ago and
] have felt well ever
since except that ]
had n eli0ht attack
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-07-01

that day. Since the hour Of the as
sambly Of congress the old bellman
Of the Liberty Bell In Independence
Hall had been In the steeple. He had
placed his little grandson at the door
10 give him the word when the an
nouncement should be made. As hour
after hour passed by and no announce
ment came the old man shook his head
and said sadly, '|rhey win never do
It."
Suddenly a shout came up from be-
low and there stood the little blue
eyed lad ciapping his hands for Joy
and shouting. "Ring grandfather,
rtngi"
So the old grandsire swung the big
iron tongue and the Liberty Bell,
changing 100 times, sent Its brezen
notes throughout the land proclalmlng
that the United Colonies were and Of
right ought to be free and inedepend-
ent and there was q tumult Of re-
1oicing In the city.
This In effect Is the frst Fourth Of
July, as many an American schoolboy
has been taught 1t. II reads well and
there u q thrill In 1t. But II has one
large fault-it isn't true. As matter
Of fact there wasn't any real Fourth
Of July Celebration" at all in 1776.
There couldn't be, for the reason that
the Declaration Of Independence was
Q continuing operation that lasted
pretty much the whole summer Of
that year. Incidentally. Its culrnina-
ton was July 2. instead of July 4.
Moreover, II was not until TIT that
July 4 was fixed upon as "the day we
celebrate" And It was In It'll in
Philadelphia that the FIRST Fourth Of
July celebration was held.
To get the history Of the Declare
tion Of Independence straight. we must
start with the fact that the American
Revolution was not begun for the
achievement Of Independence. The
American colonists began with the idea
Of securing the right guaranteed them
~ Englishmen by Magma Charta. the
Bill Of Rights. and their own charters.
The idea of separation and independ-
encs was an afterthought and an out
growth Of the hostilities faced by the
British at Lexington and Concord.
The historic declaration Of the citi-
gems Of Mseklenburg county, North
Carolina. In Nay, Ito. was one Of the
earliest manifestations OF the trend of
public opinion. In January OF 177o,
Thomas Paine's pamphlet 'CommOn
Sense" appeared and gave the move
ment q tremendous impetus. June Z,
1T76. Richard Henry Lee, under In
structions from Virginia. presented to
the Continental congress his famous
resolution which reads:
Resolved. That these United Colo
mics are and Of right ought to be. free
and independent states; that they are
absolved from all allegiance to the
British Crown. and that all political
connection between them and the
state Of Great Britain 10 and ought
to BE- totally dissolved;
THAT 1t IL expedient forthwith to
take the most effectual measures for
forming foreign alliances;
THAT . plan OF confederation be
prepared and transmitted to the res
Dsctivs colonies for their eonsitera-
tioa and appreciation"
Here In fact. was the Declaration
Of independents In nutshell June
z, congress went unto q COMMITTEES Of
whole b consider the resolution. For
Various reasons n delegates were not
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-07-01
Important to LNothsra

II you can't laugh at the jokes OF
the age, you can laugh at the age Of
the jokes.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-07-01
TOO WEAK TO
DO ANYTHING
ASeriOus Feminine Illness Remediei
By Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Casco, Wis.-"After the birth Of each
Of my children / had displacement and
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-07-01
W. N. u, KANSAS CITY, NO. 27--is2O.
The Absorblno Question.

TIC NpsUTDIHu VUebtIoh.
Knicker-"What did Jones say when
lightning struck hlmT Booker
Wondered where II got theNkick.p !
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-07-01

1oUsANDS Of anxious citi-
zens had gathered In the
streets Of Philadelphia where
congress was assembled, for
It was known that the final
vote on the Declaration Of
Independence would be taken
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-07-23
Page Nine

ments united on a common
ground. There is widespread
hatred of Poland, but general
feeling that the present war
should end at Poland's frontiers.
A great number of Polish prison
ers, who had been held in Siberia,
started homeward only to be held
up again at Moscow and forced
to work during the continuance
Of the war. We talked with a
number of Americans in Moscow,
who have been trying for months
to get out, but have received no
help from the American govern
ment. Among them are Harold
Carlson of Chicago and his wife
and child. They have lost their
money and their property. We
arranged with Our committee to
extend them aid.
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THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD
and in 1901, Jews were massacred

and in 1891, Jews were massacred
at Majorca.
These and many other calami--
tous events and experiences that
group themselves around the his
toric anniversary Of gloom and
mourning have the cumulative eff
feet Of saddening the heart and
very soul of the Jew who can
grasp the sinister significance Of
such anniversaries.
M. S.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-07-23
ZIONIST LECTURE BEFORE
NOTABLE AUDIENCE.

President John Grier Hibben of
Princeton University, Afr e d
Noyes, the English poet, and a
distinguished group Of American
Bishops of the Episcopalian
Church, en- route to the Lambeth
Conference were in the extraor-
binary audience that heard lee
ture on Zionism by DR.. David de
Sofa Pool, of the Zionist Com
mission in Palestine delivered in
the first class dining room of S.
S. Finland, on Sunday evening,
June 9th. The second contin-
gent of American delegates to the
World Zionist Congress sailed to
London on the Finland.
The lecture was arranged in re-.
spouse to a petition signed by
Pres. Hibben, Bishop VIM. Ca
bel Brown of Virginia, Bishop
Joseph B. Cheshire of North
Carolina, Rt. Rev. Thomas J..
Garland, Sufragan Bishop Of
Pennsylvania, Prof Edgar A.
Emens of Syracuse University,
and Rev. N. Colin Hughes Of
Raleigh, N. c.
Among others in the audience
were Bishop Cameron Mann, OF
Florida, DR.. Charles H. Mayo Of
Rochester, Mimi, Mrs. Alfred
Now, Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Dit
tenhoefer, of New York, Mrs.
David Lubin of New York, Mrs.
TIibben, Rev. G. Colin Hughes,
of Norwich, Eng, Rev. A. Van
Sever, of Graymoor, Garrison, N.
Y, Rev. J. F. Fogerty of Phila-
de1phia, Rev. J. F. Oberwinkels
of St. Mary's, Mo-, Rev. 2. J.
O'Flynn, Beaver Falls, Pa, Rev.
M. J. O'Flynn, Lancaster, Pa,
Rev. Matthew Coghlan, Home
stead, Pa, and Rev. K. Shelly OF
Brookline, Mass.
Following the lecture, DR.. Pool
answered number of questions
concerning the economic and po-
litical situation in Palestine.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-07-23
FISHER AND PINE RETURN
FROM SOVIET RUSSIA.


New York A special dispatch
to the New York Globe and Chi
cago Daily News conveys the in
formation that Judge Harry
Fisher and Max Pine, the repre-
sentatives of the Joint Distribu-
ton Committee who have spent
some time in arranging for the
distribution of American relief in
Soviet Russia have just reached
Stockholm, Sweden. Judge Fish
er, speaking to the correspond
ent, said:
with the full cooperation Of
the Soviet government, we have
arranged for committees in Mos
cow and other principal Russian
cities to distribute money and
supplies sent from the United
States. For the first time since
the establishment of the Soviet
government, it has allowed a
charitable committee to organize
in Russia with representatives Of
all political elements, including
the Monsheviki, the right Social
lists and the bourgeoisie. We OBJ
tanned this privilege because Of
the existence of the extraordinary
situation, in which the lives Of
many thousands of Jews are at
stake. The first six carloads of
American supplies, consisting Of
milk, medicines, and so on,
reached us on July 3rd, just be-
fore we left. Many hundreds Of
tons followed Immediately.
"We have no complaint to
make against the attitude Of the
Soviet government toward the
Jews, who have suffered extreme
hardships, but have had exactly
the same treatment from the gov
eminent as have other nationali-
ties. There have been no po-
groms within Soviet Russia, but
in the Ukraine there have been
several, the latest being report
ed in the path of the retreating
Poles and Ukrainians, who are
said to have killed eighty Jews at
Jitomir in Volhyria on July 9TH,
and to have carried off their valu-
ab1es.
"In negotiating with the Off
Gals, we came into continuous
contact with all elements who ex-
pressed opposition to Poland. |
was assured that it was the first
time all the Russian political ele-
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into prison by Philip the Fair
and, after they had been despoiled
of their wealth, they were ban
ished from the country. The
eleventh day of Alb is the ami
versary of dreadful massacre of
the Jews at Wuerzburg in 1898.
Numerous other black-day an
niversaries occur in the latter
part of July and the month of
August, which secular months
correspond to the Hebrew month
of Alb. One such black day is
the twenty-fourth of July, on
which day Jews were massacred
at Posen in 1716. On the same
date, one hundred and ninety
years later, in 1906, the pogrom
at Odessa saddened the Jewish
heart. The twenty-hfth of July
is the date of even sadder memo
ries. On that day, in 119o, mas
sacre of Jews occurred at Lyons.
On the same date in 1644 Vallado-
lid was the scene of martyrdom
of numerous Marranos. Twenty
six years later, on that date, the
Jews were expelled from Vienna.
The twenty-ninth day Of July
is the next anniversary Of gloomy
import. On that date, in 1894,
attacks on the Jews of Nordlingen
led to the complete annihilation
of the entire Jewish community
of that city. The following day
is the anniversary of the Bialy-
stok pogrom in 1905 and Of the
Moroccan outbreaks in 1907,
while the thirty-frst of July was
the last day set for the expulsion
of the Jews in Spain.
Equally sad are the historic
memories that recall the calami-
ties which befe1l our people in the
month of August. On the first
day of that month, in 1923, six
hundred and ninety-eight Jews
were massacred at Nuremberg,
and on the second, in 1919, an
anti Jewish riot at Wuerzburg
took a heavy toll of Fife and limb.
August 5, sadly commentaries
the massacre of the Jews at Bar
celona which took place in 1891.
One hundred and ferty-eight
years earlier, on the sixth day Of
August, the Jews of Kitzingeii
had been massacred. On the
fourteenth of August, in 1905, the
second pogrom of Bialystok was
chronicled. The twenty-second
of August, 1894, was a day of
martyrdom for the Jews of Tyr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-19
MTERCHURCH MEETING.
Financial Campaign viii Be Plan
ned Tonight by Committee.

The community campaign commit
tee Of the interehurch world move
nnent is to meet at the First Congre-
gational Church, at O'Clock tonight
to make final plans for the financial
campaign which is to open here Sum
day to raise the Districts quota of
the $33S.000, 000 budget desired by the
thirty cooperating denominations.
Among the members of this commit
tee arc Senator Spencer of Missouri
ana Senator Kenyon Of Iowa. SEN
afor Kenyon j. enthusiastic in regard
20 the interctuch movement
. ThS intercihurch world movement,
the organised effort to spread the
spirit Of Chr istianity, will 20 farther
toward solving the problems which
confront rs today than any laws
that Congress may enact" he said
The situation which confronts this
country to-day. and the entire world.
~ e challenge to Chri stianity.
Tho great war has unleashed two
demon4 greed and hate Tho people
nave learned to hate. You find II
everyWh ere. There il little tolerance
81 the opinions OF others Greed also
No. fastened upon nearly every one.
ana the prof1teers are without num-
ose Only by spreading the true spiri,
OF sne Naxarene among all the peonIe
80 We hope to remedy these con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-19
COVGRESSMEN'S AUTOS
/ STOLEN and DAMAGED
1r. Hayden Reports Theft xr.
Hands Machine Injured; Other
Complaints to Police.

Automobiles of Representatives
Carl Hayden Of Indiana and Oscar n
Bland of Arizona were mentioned IN
last nights police reports. The ma
chine Of the former was taken from
the west side Of the House ONCE build
Ing. while that of the latter was struck
by another automobile on Conduit road
and damaged The driver OF the car
that did the damage failed to stop. &C
cording to the police. but his identity
Is known, and the case will be investi-
gated in Police Court.
Miss Eulalie Buchanan and Miss
Jessie Mitchell, Woodward apartments.
told police of the second precinct OF
tho taking of jewelry and other prop
erty valued at $66.25 from their apart
ment Saturday night. Entrance was
gained through an open window near
the fre escape.
Burglars visited Alexander Bort
nick's junk shop. at 1149 Bladensburs
road, Saturday night and stole $500 in
cash. q quantitay Of scrap lead and
some rubber.
sixty copies of Sunday morning
papers were stolen from in front OF the
place Of business Of Charles Green
berg, 1907 H street northeast. yester-
day morning
Theft Of an automobile tire. inner
tube and rim. valued at $40. was re-
ported by L. F. Wells. American Sc
curity and Trust Company. They
18th and F streets last night.
Intruders Saturday night gained en-
trance to the store of Harry Goldsmith.
s026 NJ street, by forcing a rear door.
and stole a quantity Of cigars and
small sum of money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-19
AT THE COMMUNITY CENTERs

Nomination and election Of COM
munity omcials will not be held this
year, the present odfcials serving
until 1891, it 10 announced by the
Deanwood Community Association.
The Junior Dramatic Club, the Com
munity Clef Club and the Sewing
Club for Women will meet tonight.
The May dance this year at the
Central High School General Civic
Center will be managed entirely by
the young ladies who have been In
attendance at the weekly dances at
the school.
The orchestra and the Monday
Evening Dancing Club will meet to-
night at the Park View Community
Center.
Spanish. dressmaking and COM
munity dancing for adults will COM
prise the activities tonight at the
Powell Community Center. The ORA
matic Club also will meet.
The nominations and elections Of
officers will be held tomorrow night
from Z to 10 o'clock at all the COM
munity centers, except Park vieW'
East Washington. Randall and Dean
wood. All adult residents OF the
various communities are entitled TO
vote in their centers. Persons living
in unorganized communities may vote
where their interest les
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-19
STEEPLECHASE PROGRAM
SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED
Potomac River Valley Event to
Follow Horse Show Assoc1a-
ton Meet in May.

Plans for an annual Steepiecnase
olonR the Potomac river valley Will
BE announced following the National
Capital horse show and Amateur and
tom Park, May Is to %.
II has been the dream of those who
have been active in the development
Of the Washington organization dur
ing the past ten years to build a
course sufficiently adequate to be the
soene of a great cross country classic
and to make this race the outstand-
ing event each year of the amateur
horse loving element of the United
States The Washington coterie OF
equine enthusiasts. including Gen.
James A. Buchanan. U. s. A.. retired;
Melvin A. Haxen. the Washington
and Virginia breeders and exhibitors
OF hunters. and Rozier Dulany. breed
ed Of runners and hunters, and other
men prominently Identified with hunt
ing and running horses, have been
encouraged in the development Of
their ideas along these lines by the
remarkable success attained by those
who have fostered the cross-countfy
events IN the Warrenton and Middle
burg hunting countries Of the Old
ley country outside of Baltimore. Md.
They have seen large crowds Of en-
thusiasts over equine sports journey
to the point-to-point meets heyd in
country not convenient to railroad,
trolley or automobile transportation.
But up to this time the capital crowd
has had to be content to devote their
energies to the holding simply Of a
horse show. which though veSy sue
ce9Sful. has nevertheless ne2 COM
plete1y satisfied those Interested from
the amateur fat and CROSSE country
standpoint
Now things are different These
erO0s-country enthusiasts and breed
srS of running and hunting animals
Sre snugIy entrenched in roomy
Enclosure on the Virginia bank OF
the Potomac within f6fw minutes
ride of the heart of the National Cap
ital. and surrounding ttgis Enclosure
10 an extensive territory recently re-
claimed from the marshes of the river
by the United States government.
But one obstacle need. be overcome,
the macadamized military road lead
ing from the end of the Highway
bridge to Arlington national Gene
tory and Fort Myer,, Va This the
horse management plans to bridge
with . ten-thousand-d oIlar structure,
ana the construction Of the remainder
q the cross-country course win be
simple.
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RULES FOR FILING TARIFFS.

New rules and regulations for the
Ming Of tariffs by common carriers by
water in interstate commerce were
announced today by the United States
Shipping Board. The board has
mailed to every shipper and inter-
state water carrier subject to the
jurisdiction Of the board its new reg
ulations and has warned that each
carrier must file with the board and
keep open to public inspection the
maxium rates. fares and charges for
transportation on points Of his route.
The announcement further says
that each carrier shall fully observe
the tariff rules and regulations in all
rates and tariff publications filed
from the board from and after April
30, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-19
HEADS P. o. CLERKS UNION.

George H. Howell has been elected
president Of the Washington Post
once Clerks Union. Other officers
elected for the ensuing year are:
Daniel johnson. first vice president:
Mrs. P. T. Campbell, second vice
president; Joseph Hurwitz, recording
secretary; NJ. ]. Callaghan, financial
secretary; ]. T. Sheehy, treasurer; q.
S. Reichenbach, sergeant-at- arms; w.
T. Harris, guide; C. v. Hilton, Adolph
Vanreuth and Louis A. Proctor,
trustees. and Louis E. Flynn. secre-
tary-treasurer, sick benefit fund.
that postal Redistribution should
come before the adjournment OF Con-
gress, it being declared that new men
cannot be secured for the postal
service at the present rate of pay