T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , MAY 13, 1897.
E locutionary C ontest.
Every one was pleased with the
entertainm ent last Sunday evening.
The program was as follows:
Music—Silverton Marine Band.
Chorus— Little children.
Music—Silverton M arine Band.
R ecitation— Miss Kate DePeatt
Introductory rem arks—President.
CONTEST.
Night and M orning— Arnie F or
ward.
Barbara Frietchie— Leona A lle n .
Brown Got H is H air Cut— W in
nie W hitlock.
The Unknown Speaker— Beau-
ford Sm ith.
A Hindoo Legend— Lora Ames.
Chorus— L ittle children.
W inding the M ay-pole- Eight
young ladies.
A nnouncem ent of result of the
contest and aw ard of prizes — P resi
dent.
Miss W innie W hitlock received
the first prize, which was live dol
lars in cash, given by the U nivers
ity, and Miss Lora Ames received
the second, a beautifully bound
volume of B urns’ poems, offered by
Guiss & Son, druggists, of this
place.
The following cards were used by
the judges, an d the judgm ent was
therefore as fair and just as could
possibly be rendered:
L ib e ra l U n iv e rs ity E lo c u tio n a ry C o n te s t.
W hile some people are dream ing
about a future state of existence,
knaves are closing the prison doors
th a t will forever rob us and coining
generations of liberty and h ap p i
ness here.
W ill the dream ers
never wake?
Lectures.
Chicago News.
The public schools of this city
were closed on Good F riday. But
the eitv council did not ordain
Saint Patricks day a legal holiday
this year as they have done before
and persons having business a t the
city hall th a t day were not barred
out through respect for the m em ory
of a dead snake-killer of another
continent.
I copy tins form a city paper of
recent dale. W ith bis right arm
in a sling and heavily bandaged
because he had chopped off bis
hand, F rank Johnson stood before
the insane court at the detention
hospital. “ I have read in the bible
if thy right hand offend thee cut it
Remember th a t B F. Underwood
is com ing to the Coast this sum m er
and will he pleased to hear from
friends who can make arrangem ents
for lectures. We know from past
experience th a t Mr. Underwood
will do the cause a vast am ount of
No man who does not believe in
good. W rite to him at 2653 E vans sending the money which is so
ton avenue, Chicago. Do not delay. sorely needed in America to the
heathens across the ocean need ex
Secularists in Southern Oregon pect to be appointed a foreign
ami C alifornia prepare for a lecture m inister from this country. How
or two hv Pearl W. Geer, President is th a t for a prem ium on hypocrisy?
of the Oregon State S ecular Union.
He will visit you next m onth in
The horde of superstition venders
the interest of Secularism and the are getting suprem e power in this
Liberal U niversity. Address him at
governm ent and will soon be able
this office for dates and particulars. to pass laws prohibiting free speech
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Liberal University Fund, said fund to he used solely for the construction,
maintenance and furnishing of the Liberal I niversity of Silverton, Ore.
E. L. S mith , Silverton,
R obert S cott , Woodburn,
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UNIVERSITY NOTES.
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said fund to he used solely for the construction, maintenance and furnish
ing of the L iteral University of Silverton, Ore.
All thought th a t the May-pole
dance last Sunday evening was ex
cellent.
An investm ent in an education
is the best investm ent th a t a m an
or woman can possibly make.
C aptain Allen furnished a tine
program last F riday evening a t the.
Y. P. S. 8. C. One hundred and
six points.
Louie Rauch and Morris Van
V alkenburg were obliged to stay
out of school a few days on account
of bad colds. They are back again,
however, ready for business.
E. L. Smith, Silverton,
Roljert Scott, Woodburn,
John Hicks, Treasurer, Silverton,
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Jo h n Hicks, tre a su re r finance co m m ittee, S ilverton, O re.
off” said he “ and I cut it off, I
think it will grow again.”
W illiam T. Powers, colored, con
demned to die on the gallows May
28th, was baptized and received
into the Baptist church faith. The
ceremonies were conducted by the
F. S. M atteson, of T urner, sent Rev. J. E. Ford and Rev. A. L.
us nicely prepared skulls of the H arris. The baptism took place in
following anim als: Skunk, polecat, the b ath tu b in the little room at
raccoon, hare, cat, and m uskrat. the east of the jail office whereiu
These specimens are very valuable, condem ned m urderers usually pass
and not only create an interest in j their last hours. This is one tally
the school but furnish a splendid for the P rotestants; the C atholics,
means of gaining a knowledge of I think, have had a large m ajority
the general anatom y of the head.
of the business passing between the
county jail and heaven, hut per
Notice.
haps they were entitled to it, as
SUM) m ust be raised on the press m any of the m urderers were C atho
fund this m onth. Let us have a lics before they were crim inals.
J. B. BEATTIE.
hearty response.
Little Points.
Are the leaders of th e M ethodist
church in league w ith the Rom an
Catholic powers?
Perhaps when the g.»od Christian
people find the chains of Roman
Catholicism fastened around their
necks they will then realize th a t
this is reallv •> a C hristian Nation.
The fact th a t some people worry
about dead relatives until the m ind
pictures them as “ n atu ra l as life”
does not prove th a t there is no
d eath and th a t “ sp irits” are a
reality. Our advice to those who
have lost friends is to he careful
and not let th eir loss put them in a
worse condition th an the lost.
and free press and th u s stop liberty
loving citizens from injuring the
traffic in credulity and ignorance.
No danger? W ait and see.
Some men regard the use of in
toxicating liquors and tobacco, the
practice of libetinage, etc. etc. as
mere m aterial, intellectual, and
social diversions vouchsafed by
providence to am eliorate the suffer
ings of m ankind and the looking
forw ard to a h ap p ier existence in
another world as a great benefit hut
secularists regard these th in g s as
deadly poisons which have robbed
men of th eir happiness. A m an
can not be a free th in k er with his
brain befogged by poison nor can
homes, the schools of p atern al and
fraternal love, exist am ong people
whose practices m ean death to the
hom e; and as far as a future life is
concerned, every secularist knows
th a t this delusion is one of the
greatest hindrances the hum an
fam ily has in try in g to bring about
happy conditions here.
E ntertainm ent.
A large and appreciative au d i
ence enjoyed the operetta “ Babes
in the W’ood,” given by the Secular
Sunday-school children, at the
F irst Secular C hurch of M cM inn
ville, Ore., last Sunday evening.
The play will be given by the same
children at N orth Y am hill next
Sunday evening.
Silverton . . .
LIVERY
FEED A N D
SALE S TA B LE
Cor. W ater and Lewis
Streets.
Double Rigs ami Saddle Horses always
on hand at the lowest prices. A corral
connected with the barn for loose stock.
Information regarding any kind of
stock promptly attended to, by person
or letter. Horses Boarded and Fed on
reasonable terms.
HARDESTY & MOODY.