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33 Railroad Avenue. Opp. Depot.
THO.VK M FUEKPORT
Baby Qiicks and Hatching Eggs^
I Buff Orpingtoat, Bnff White and Silver Leghorns. All dom bMt priie-wlnning stock, Send for free illustrated mating list.
WM. CREVOISERAT
FREEPORT. L. I.
Moving and General Contracting
We have not only large auJ paddel moving vans but employ strong and competent men, and are equipped to do the best and most sat¬ isfactory work.
>CESSPOOLS AND TOILETS CLEAJCKD AT NIGHT. AND IN A MOST SA>fITARY MANNER.
THOS. W. ABRAMS
Pleatant Arenae, Freeport. Tel. 588-J.
Hay, Feed, Bundle Wood
Market and Garden Seeds, Seed" Potatoes, Fertilizer, Dried Grains COR, CHURCH STREET AND NEW BOULEVARD, FREEPORT, N. Y. Will close at 1 P. M. on Saturdays during July, August and September
THE CASINO HOTEL
"FREEPORT'S WATER PALACE"
On Randall Bay Casino Street
The most charming and healthful spot on Long Island,
**Broadway and Venice in One"
Music Dancing Boating Bathing Fishing Aquatic Exhibitions
House Parties, Special features given on every Tuesday and Friday Evening.
Restaurant and Cuisine
Cafe
BDWARD SMITH MARTIN F. MURPHY
SMITH <Sl MVRPHY
Practical Pinmbers
and Oas Fitteti Satisfaction Ouaranteed
We will cheer¬ fully give you
estimates and do
your work by
contract, if yott
deeire.
SAVE MONEY
BT TAKIHO ADVANTAGE OF OUR EXFEBIENCE
UTZ STREET
FREEPORT
Tel. 366
BRTH OF^IMTIPN
Facts About the Declaration of Independence.
SIGNING OF THE DOCUMENT.
Th* Laat Nam*, Thomaa MoKaan, to Oo on tha Praoieua Parehmant Waa Not Appandad Until 1781—Th* Mack- Unburg and Maryland Daolarationa.
Of the flft}--8li men who flnally af¬ flxed their aiguatureR to tbe Deciara- 4ion of Independence, a document that heralded the birth of n nation..to the 9U|)port of wbicb tliey pledged their lives, their fortunes and tUelr sacred honor, iioMe was ao old ns to lie lia¬ ble to a suspkloii of seulllty aud few so youug tbat they might be ac¬ cused of Immaturity of Judgment. Eveu John Hancock, rather a roving lilade and none too stable in his per¬ soual habits nud predilections, waa thirty-ulue years old wheu tbe general congress met In ludt'iiendence hall, Philadelphia, to sit in Judgment upon the wording of tbe historical document.
Tbe oldest man in tbe assemblage was Benjamlu Franklin, then six months past his .seventieth birthday, ami the youngest was Tbomaa Lynch, Jr., of South t'arollna, who was boru .Vug. 5, 1749, aud wns tbiyefore a luontli short of lieiug twenty-seven years old.
The flrst of tbe signers of the De^'- Inratlou to die ufter the execution of tbe instrument was Button Gwluuett of Georgia, wbo passetl away on May 27 of tbe following yeur. Cbarles Car¬ roll of Carrollton, Md., lived tbe longest ufter tbe menioruble date. He remain¬ ed until Nov. 13, 18312.
James Smith of I'cnusylvaula was tbe only signer wbo lived to a more ad¬ vanced age than Charles Carroll. He was uinety-slx years old wben his life eudeii on July 11, 1800. There were three others who became nonagena¬ rians—John Adams of Massachusetts, who passed away at ninety-one years; William Ellery of Rhode Island, at ninety-three years, and Francis Lewis of Xew York, at ninety-one j'ears of age. Tbe youngest to die was Arthur Middleton Of South Carolina, who waa ouly forty-four years old at his demise on Jan. 1, 1788.
Of the flfty-slx signers but seven bad advanced past the age of sixty years on July 4, 177G. Nine were between tifty and sixty, tbere were nineteen between forty and flfty, tbe same num¬ ber, nineteen, between thirty and for¬ ty nnd two below the age of tliirty years. The average age was 43.87 years.
But, contrary to popular belief, the Declaration of Independence was not signed on July 4, 177C. As a matter of fact, the last signature was not ap¬ pended until five years later. In 1781. Thomas McKean, a member from Del¬ aware, who had been present on July 4, 1770, but "absent with the army at the general subscription of said instru ment," applied for permission to sign. An act was theu passed permitting him to affix his signature, and "he added thereto the date of such subscription." Another delegate, Matthew Thornton of New Hampshire, who had been present at neither the reading on July 4 nor at the later date of general sub¬ scription, presented his credentials on Nov. 4, 1770, and was permitted to sign.
It was the first reading of the Dec¬ laration of Indei)eudence that occurred on July 4, and the tentative draft pre¬ sented by the committee previously ap¬ pointed to draw up such a document was approved by all the members pres¬ ent. ^No resolution was passed until July 10, when It was "Resolved, That the declaration passed on theMth be fairly eugi-ossed on parchment, with the title, etc., and that the same, wheu engrossed, be signed by every member of congress." Two weeks later, tbe engrossing having been duly accom¬ plished, the members of congress then pre!»ent signed It.
Another fact In connection with the Declaration of Independence which we venerate Is that It is neither the first nor the only Declaration of Indeiiend¬ ence from the rule of Great Britain that was made In her North American colonies.
More thnn a year before the framing of the document which we cherish, on .May 20, 1773, q. convention was held at Charlotte, N. C, and an Instrument declaring freedom from the rule of Great Britain was drawn up and sign¬ ed. This was tbe famous Mecklenburg declaration, the original of which waa unfortunately destroyed by fire In 1800. It was reconstructed from memory, aud this "copy" W still preserved.
But even before this the colonies wrote n Declaration of Independence The patriots of Harford county, Md., gathered themselves together at Har¬ ford Town, which y now called Buab. on March 22, 1775. On tbe same day they prepared and signed a Declara¬ tion of Independence, probably the first one e^'er made by the colonies or any INirt of thom, lu formal, written form. The documeD^/vla still in existence.— Xew York SuuV
lmprov*m*nt.
"Don't you tblnk tbe world Is be¬ coming better tban it used to be?"
"Yes," replied the querulous person, slowly. "I shouldn't t>e surprised if it were somewhat better tban in tbe days when It was entirely a molten mass."— Exchange.
ImTi€iita|f AraaUh Is attended by care and by tbe desire of greater tncrease.— Horace.
Jk. J. B. SRAFEBO
HOURS; 9 A. K. to < P. M. -
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Telephone 198«-W Preeport
GEOBOE A. HL SHITS, M. O.
Eye diseases only. Oflice hours: Tuesdays and Tbursdays, from 8 to 11 A. M.; and by appointment
7 Wallace St., Comer Brooklya Ave. FBEEPOBT, L. L Tel. 778,
Photo by American Presa Association.
Sheriff HouKhton has set Aug. 18 as the date for selling Fltzsimmons" farm, near Metuchen. N. J., unlesa the ex-puglliat raises funds to .settle foreclosure pro¬ ceedings.
EVEN AS THE BEASTS.
THERE is no hope for nntlona! Si'nrcli till' jiugo Of nianx Ihousand years—the dally scene. The How atlli ebb of each recurring iise, Tlie everlastlnB to be which hath been. Hath taught us nnuglit or little; stIU wc lean On things that iit beneath our weight
and wear Our strength awny In wrestling wllh the
air; For 'tls our nature strikes us down; tho
beasts Slaughtered In hourly hecatombs for
f ea.st s Are of a.s high an order—they must go Even where their driver goads them,
though to }<liuBhter. Te men. who imnr your blood for kings
ag wal.ir. What have they uiven your children In
return? A heritage ot sei\iiude and woes, A blindfold bondige, where your hire Is blows!
—T.ord Byron.
Shoe Shining Parlor
HATS CLEANED AND RENOVATED CIGARS, CIGARETTES
J. A. CHABKALIS
44 So. Main St. FREEPORT
Artistic and Cheap
BOOT AND SHOE BEPAIBmO
Expert Shoe Repairer Reasonable Prices
FRANK CHIMERI
16 Brooklyn Ave,, Freeport, N. Y,
While in Mineola
STOP AT
' HENRY C. KRAMER'S
Hotel Nassau
Where you will meet your Friends.
My Telephone Number is 337 FREEPORT
C. A, FULTON
Undertaker and Embalmer
57 West Merrick Road FREEPORT, N. Y.
SEA FOOD
We carry only the best of everything in onr line; and handle and keep it positively protected against contamination.
Call and inspect our place and observe its cleanliness and our sanitary methods.
It makes no difference whether you live at Roosevelt. Merrick, Bellmore, Wantagh or Seaford, telephone your order and we will deliver it promptly and satisfactorily.
We are establishing auto service.
FREEPORT FISH MARKET
16 WEST MERRICK ROAE.
Tel. 2-M.
FREEPORT.
A Good Bargain in the Summer Means Your Trade in the Winter
During our mid-summer sale, which beeriup next week, we offer: Taffeta and Crepe de Chine Dresses. .. .value $15 to $20; at $8.50
Chiffon and .Net value $10 to $1.-); at $6,50
Voile and Linen value $7 to $10; at $3.50
3."; Suits in Chefk, Gabardine and Poplin to be closed out at $7.50 Coats as a special offer eg soivin
The New Idea Sample Shop
205 WEST THIRTY-FOURTH STREET OPEN EYENI.N'GS. Opposite the Penn. Statlonr" TpI. Greeley 2470
TIME AND MONEY SAVED
The ParsoQ Marble aod GraQite Works
SMITH & SPRAGUE. Proprietors.
FRESH FISH AND SEA FOOD
We obtain onr supply off the boats at our dock the day it is caught, and can see and know that it is the best tliat can be found anywhere.
OUR AUTO
Qnick delivery service secures for you not only the best, but in tbe quickest time. Come down to onr place
STEAM BOAT DOCK
with your anto or on Freeport trolley and inspect our place and stock.
LIVE L0BSTEB8, FBESH OUT OF THE WATEB EABD AHD SOFT CLAMS
RAYNER & BROWER
AT FOOT WOOD dJFT CEAHHEL T^p^ae AAA
ELLISOrS DOCK FBEKPOBT
Designers and Builders of High Class Mennorials. All kir)ds of Cemetery WorK- Lettering a Specialty.
Estimates and Designs Cheerfully Furnished
YARD OPPOSITE GREENFIELD CEMETERY Telepiione 158-W. HEMPSTEAD, L. I.
FREEPORT POULTRY FARMS
ON POSITIVELY SANITABY IDEALS
Strictly Fresh Eggs and Fresh Killed Broilers direct from farm. Also breeders of S. C. White Leghorns, Barred Plymouth Booka and S. C. Bhode Island Reds.
SETTDVO EGOS ALWAYS ON HAND.
STANLEY MILLER, Mgr. All Orders Promptly Delivered.
CARROLL STREET
Telepbone *12-W-
P08T OFFICE BOX 78
