Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1918-10-18
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Sunday the 18th, the Sunday School
elected its officers for the insueing
year as follows: Superintendent, Mr..
Walter S. Hall, Assistant Superintend-
ent, Mr.. A. B. Slocum; Secretary,
Mary F. Gibson; Librarian. Rose
Gwynn; Organist, Alice Chalcraft.
The Sunday school is a. great factor
in the work Of education. civilization,
and christianity. Some Of the ablest
writer's in the country are engacd
in preparing literature for the Sun.
day Schools. Political economy, So
cial science. History and religion are
all taught in the Sunday School. This
all goes to qualify person to make
a good citizen. ......
We are now engaged in great war
to make the world safe for democracy.
This principle t democracy was es-
tablished by the united efforts of the
Colonies. Life, Liberty and the pur-
suit Of happiness were some of the
inalienable rights our Revolutionary
Fathers fought for and succeeded.
This was a big undertaking, to get
from under the yoke OF tyrant King,
yet we did succeed In establishing the
first free government the world had
ever known. The King we were fight
ing then was none other than George
the Third, afull bleoded Hun. He
resorted to the same cruel barbarlous
methods that the Huns do now TO dis.
troy the Colonies and thus prevent
the establishment OF g free govern.
ment. He ordered his soldiers to burn
houses, murder women and children,
as the Hun is doing now, murder and
kill everything that appeases the kings
army. This same futon or German
that is now trying to distroy all liberty
ard civilization came from the Wand
ais and Gcths OF the North. These
barbarious inferred Rome and iinali!
took the city. At this time the Hun
or TutCns were governed by two bro
Tiers, Attela and Bleda. These bro
Tiers crossed the Danube and lai'
waste and destroyed many OF the Re
man provinces. Attela became ielou
Of divided power, and murdered hi
brother and then proceeded to cEtcn
his power and conquest from the EGs'
era Ocean to the Baltic Sea. TIL
Huns were the most cruel and ba'
barious people that lived in ancien
times. But now in modern days, wle
theworld Is supposed to be more CIV
lized and human, the Kaiser with D.
great army has committed moro h.,
rble and uncomfortable crimes tha
we're ever committed before In O.
history. The German system OF educ,
t'on-,he supermaE.scrus to have Z
p-lvci him OF all human feeling an
sympathy and IN his sayagc nature rl
wild animal socks TO Gistray oyer.
thing that opposes him. Word CH
by wire that Germany lad accept
Pr5s.dnet Wilson, IL terms Of pea.
But when We know the German lord
are playing for points We cannot p
hevc any thing they say. The Tr
like a wild bull n no, safe until p
IS thoroughly conquered. Fro for
years the Hun has been planning 2.
word dominion and he dislil,as TO r's
~. Van Wanderheim, the Kalssr
pora7nal friend and trusted represent
Tive ot Corstant'norio by IFS dlplor
acv and shrewdness succeeded N 90
ting Turkey 70 join the Germans wi
It's grCat army. The unsprak1hle Turl
were Just tho kind Of people to jo
the Huns in their efforts to DONNA
the world. The Kaiser knew just t!
kind of men eedcd to d,stroy dad
rscy.