Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 155, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1931 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse.Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter Subscription Rates Single copies I 02 One week, by carrier 10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail 35 Three months, by mail l-OO Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within first aud second zones. Elsewhere ?3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Advertising Representati SCREERER, INC. 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member The Indiana League of Home Dailies INDEPENDENCE DAYS: ’ July 2. has been neglected as an anniversary date of importance by the*American people; yet it is one ' of the most significant dates of our , history. For it was on July 2, and ' not on July 4, 1776, that American - independence was really voted by the Congress then in session. The United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission galls the attention of the Nation to this fact and suggests that, when the people throughout the. land celebrate Independence Day in 1932, during the Celebration of the Two Hundred Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington, July 2 as well as July 4, be recognized in the merry-making and thanksgiving which the anniversary of that great document brings forth. The story of how independence was voted is here briefly told. Before 1775, independence was not thought of by most of the American leaders or by the American public at large. The colonists were interested in righting the wrongs inflicted by tlie British but not in breaking away completely from the mother country. Several attempts at conciliation were made, all without result. But many of the Colonists were still anxious to close the breach rather than widen it. As late as January, 1776, New York. New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania instructed their members in Congress to vote against independence. As the months went on, led by the more radical colonial statesmen, the demand for independence began to crystallize. Soon it became tlie goa.. Complete independence from England was to be the reward for American sacrifices! January 1776 brought to Congress news of the burning of Norfolk, ■Virginia, by the order of laird Dunmore. About that time Thomas ! nine s "Common Sense" stirred the Colonists to fever pitch. Also, reached Philadelphia in May that England was hiring Hessians to coerce the Colonies. There was also the stigma of being proclaimed rebels” and treated as such. All these events and conditions had their effect in arousing Puhlii opinion to the point of demanding independence. George Washington, at the head ol the Continental forces, was urging the Colonies to declare independence. He thought that the time ’for parleying aud compromise was past. Complete severance and independence from the mother country, he thought, would help bring the struggle to a successful end. On June 7. 1776, Richard Henry "Dee introduced in Congress three famous resolutions. Tho first of thes’e declared the United Colonies flee and independent States, one of th.- most momentous resolutions ever introduced in Congress. Lee's resolution was tabled for Ihe time being but Congress creat'd a committee, with Thomas Jefferson at its head, to draw up a declaration of independence. Lee's tesolutfon for independence was brought up in Congress for debate on July 1. On the next day, July 2, 1776, the vote was taken and it showed twelve states in favor of

independence, New York not voting. It was, therefore, on July 2, 1776 that independence was really de- ' < lared. Thomas Jefferson s declar- . at ion of Independence was then ; taken up. and, after several changes were made, the Declaration of Independence as we know it was adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776. , The suggestion of the United i States George Washington Bicen- ' tennial Commission that July 2, as i well as July 4, be celebrated is a ' good one. Let the nation prepare • to have a three-day celebration next year instead of the usual one-day event. It will be particularly appropriate during the year when the man who made the Declaration of Independence a reality is being honored on the Two Hundredth Anniversary of his Birth. The fatal shooting of Doras Werling, popular young man of Pleasant Mills, and the arrest of Joseph Everett who is charged with the crime, has caused considerable excitement in this county where we have been unusually free from such occurrences. In due time the law will take its course and Everett be called to answer to a jury of twelve men for his acts and the serious consequences. It appears the affair should have been avoided for surely no personal advantage would warrant the taking of a human life but we have no desire or intention of trying the case in these columns. We will print the facts as we get them and leave to the officers and the court the serious and important duty of meting out justice, which they will do with all possible speed. The affair is deeply regretted by every good citizen and from every standpoint. We live in a splendid country where we have about every advantage necessary including excellent drinking water. The city has just brought in a new well near the plant which started off with a production of clear and chrystling water at the rate of a hundred gallons per minute. That added to the others should take care of every one here very nicely. Last year during the severe drouth it was necessary evdn to ask the patrons to be careful and this well was added just for safety in case of a repition of the long, dry spell of last year. The hundreds of friends of Doras Werling and his family are sorrowstricken over the tragic affair which ended in his death. He was an industrious and splendid young man, held in high esteem by his co-workers and by all who knew him. Sincere sympathy is extended to the bereaved ones in this hour when they are trying to be brave under strenuous circumstances. The growth of the Decatur Electric Power plant pleases every one except its competitors who would like to break into this territory but so far haven't been very successful. As a result a suit has been filed at Indianapolis to recover damages from the city and to prevent the local company from expanding. So far no one seems badly frightened. A lion in the zoo at Madison, Wisconsin, died of the heat. What do you suppose some of his ancestors who stood the 200 degrees ol the African jungles would think of this modern lion who passed out when the mercury reached ninety? ■— o ANSWERS TO TEST QUESTIONS Below are the answers to the test questions printed on page two ; ; 1. No. 2. btartford-on-Avon, England.. 3. Doctor of Philosophy. • 1 William Howard Taft. 5. President of Mexico. 6. Balaclava. 7. Governor General. 8. Danish West Indies. 9- Mahatma Gandhi, of India. 10. Bull Moose. ’I _ . —— - - Set the Habit~Tr.de at Homa.

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