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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
REV. ALBERT E. WELLS
DIED IN HOSPITAL

Rev. Albert Z. Wells, notice Of
whose serious illness with grip i'm the
city hospital was mentioned last
week, died Wednesday night. Mr..
Wells, who has been coming here oc-
casionally for the past six years to
supply the Episcopal pulpit, was very
much loved and highly respected by
his people. A brief service was held
in the chapel Thursday morning, con-
Quoted by Dean Francis White, after
which the body was taken to Grand
Rapids. The Grand Rapids Herald
says:
'The funeral of Rev. Albert +.
Wells of Grand Rapids, for many
years registrar and Librarian of this
Episcopal diocese, who died Wednes-
day night at Belding, will be held at
IL o'clock this morning from St.
Marks procathedral. Bishop John N
Mccormick will officiate, while mem
bers Of the Episcopal clergy will act
as pail bearers.
"Rev. Wells had been in Grand Rap
ids Is years, his last previous charge
being in Traverse City, where he was
rector of Grace Episcopal church. He
was a devoted worker for his church
people. During later years he had been
devoting most of his time in filling
pulpits where there have been tenn
porary vacancies. Last Sunday he
went to Belding to conduct services
and contracted a cold. His condition
became serious and the affliction dew
eloped into pneumonia. Dean Francis
S. White was notified of the death of
Rev. Wells and yesterday morning
went after the body.
Rev. Wells was born in Nauvoo,
H., 76 years ago, and served as a
home missionary among the Indians
in that state. He was rector of
churches at Kansas City, Mo-, Tray
erse City, and Saugatuck, Mich, and
was in charge of st. Pau's church in
Grand Rapids. At one time he was
chaplain of Chester penitentiary, Illi-
nois. Only two cousins survive him,
Mrs. w. +. Corbus and Mrs. Harold
Cornelius of Grand Rapids. Rev.
Wells never married.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
SPECIAL DAYS FOR new
BAKED GOODS is PLAN

l.. E. Trimble, proprietor of the City
Bakery, is making some fine changes
in his baking schedule. He will en-
large his list of regular baked goods
to include many goods that have here
tofore been special. In addition to this
he will add good list of specials to
his long line. These specials will be
listed in the City Bakery ad each
week. Learn to buy from the ad. and
you will get the very things the bak-
cry has prepared for you each week.
This week regular baking days are
given for certain choice articles. The
bakery has a new doughnut, different
from any heretofore sold. They are
the real kind. Watch the ad. each
week for special goods.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
.DONT DIE ON THIRD BUT MAKE
YOUR VERY BEST EFFORT THERE
Stretch-The Remaining
Weeks Will Decide Whether Or Not You Will Reach
The ime To Promises Is NOW
Make Every Day Count

Tuesday, February 10Th, will be the
last day Of The Banner contest. From
now on every contestant who expects
to be in the race will have to make ev-
cry day count. Let us state now for
the benefit of all the contestants that
now is the time to gather in all your
promises.
Don't wait for the people to bring
them TO you because if you do you will
be minus a few subscriptions; you
can't expect people to look you up and
then again they may have forgotten
all about it. So remember that from
now on is the time to hustle after the
promises. Tell them you need their
subscriptions to fill out a club so that
you can get the extra votes we are
offering this week.
Some people will say, "well l will
help you If you need it." Don't be a
bit backward in letting them know
that you certainly do need it; you
know it is far better to win by hun
dred thousand than to lose by few
subscriptions.
This contest is like playing the
game of baseball. You first swat the
ball when your nomination has been
received. When you have sent in your
first report you have reached second
base, and by playing the game and
through the assistance Of your friends
you have advanced to third. The op-
position at third is far greater than
at first or second, and so il is with
this contest You are now on third
base and on the home stretch, but
remember third base has no laurels
that you can rest upon. IL you ex-
pect to score, Il all depends upon what
you do the remaining three weeks Of
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
PORTLAND SUFFERS
BY FIRE FLAMES

Our neighboring city Of Portland
was visited Tuesday morning at 2:30
o'clock by a disastrous fire which
originated in the drug store Of G. F.
Powers and swept that building
and stock.
A total loss estimated at $4,000
was suffered by the various owners
who lost through fire, smoke or wat
er.
The Bell Telephone exchange was
destroyed with the Powers store.
The jewelry stock of Leon Hixson
was damaged to the extent of several
hundred dollars, and H. +. Higbee
suffered a loss estimated at $500 by
water and smoke to his bazaar stock.
1t is thought that the losses will
be covered by insurance.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
BERT POTTER WAS WELL
PLEASED WITH AUCTION

Bert Potter reported a very success
full auction sale at his farm last Fri
day. He had large crowd and the
bidding was lively. After the days
business was done he found that al
most everything sold at figure as
good as he had anticipated and that
sales were made above his previous
estimate.
Mr.. Potter was well satisfied with
the publicity given his sale by the
Banner. He realized as never before
the pulling power of an auction sale
printed in the Banner columns, wnere
all the farmers for miles around could
and did see it. He recommends that
anyone contemplating an auction sale
see the Banner for the plan that
brings results and gets the crowd of
buyers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
SMITH-WHERRY
MARRIED SATURDAY

The wedding of Mr.. Chas. E. Smith
and Miss Della Wherry occurred at
the residence of the brides mother,
Mrs. David Wherry on Saturday
evening, in the presence of the men,
bers of the family and few friends.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
J. ID. Aelick, pastor of the Saints
church and the happy couple are. re-
ceiving the congratulations Of their
friends.
On Monday evening lot Of their
friends and neighbors gave them a
surprise seranade in honor of the
event and Mr.. Smith passed around
the cigars and candy and gave them
q hearty welcome.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
TALKS ON ROOFING TO
APPEAR IN BANNER

In this weeks issue of the Banner
you will find a large advertisement
telling of the merits of Certain-Teed
roofing. There will be other adver-
tisements following this one further
explaining the good qualities Of this
product. Certain-Teed roofing as you
will see is handled by the Belding
Lumber company.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
MAS0NS CELEBRATED.
35 ANNIVERSARY

Local Masons and their invited
guests numbering about one hundred
and fifty met at the club rooms last
Wednesday evening to celebrate the
thirty-fifth anniversary of the found
ing of the lodge. During the evening
talks were given by +. 4. Fales, Supt
j. A. Langston and Byron f. Brown.
J. Byron Cook, master of the lodge,
presided. Following the talks a sup
per was served and all enjoyed them
selves in various amusements the re-
mainder of the evening.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
Attention

The men Of the Baptist church will
serve one Of their famous suppers
next Wednesday night, February 9,
from five until all are served. Bill
of of-fare-Chicken pie, mashed pota-
toes, brown and white bread, cabbage
salad, cranberry sauce, coffee, ice
cream and cake. Bill, 35c-adv.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
GOODFELLOWSH|P
CLUB HELD ANNUAL
MEETING ON FRIDAY
sIXTY-FIyE MEMBERS ATTEND
ED. SIXTEEN NEW MEM
BERS WERE ELECTED

The Goodfellowship club held it's
annual reunion in Hotel Belding last
Friday with good attendance al
though sickness with the prevailing
epidemic of colds and grip, kept many
members away.
The company began to assemble in
the forenoon at ten o'clock and were
received by Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Dim
mick and Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Beard
sley, members of the reception COM
mittee.
President VIM. II. Wilson called the
meeting to order at eleven o'clock and
Mrs. Wilson, the secretary, read the
record of the meeting of one year ago.
The report Of the treasurer, Willard
C. Spicer, was made, showing that
all bills had been paid, leaving no
money in the treasury.
Mark II. Brown made report on
the summer picnic, held at Baldwin
Lake, after which the election of Of
ficers took place, resulting in the
choice of: William Ward, president;
Fred l.. Warner, vice-pesident; Mrs.
William Ward, secretary and Willard
G. Spicer, treasurer.
The following names were present
ed for membership, and by unanlm-
GUS NOIG IIGY were GlGCltQs llClI iii
tiation into the club will take place at
the next annual meeting. Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Foster, Mr.. and Mrs j.
M. Langston, Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose
Spencer, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Gard
ner, Mr.. and Mrs Merton Smith, Mr..
and Mrs. f. +. Chapple, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark Palmer and Mr.. and Mrs. II. t.
Patterson are the new members.
A call for the payment of dues was
responded to heartily and under the
direction of the entertainment COM
mittee, very unique, interesting and
laughable speciality entitled, Feet
Lights" was produced, Miss Verle
Arnwine presided at the piano and
furnished the music for the light fan
tastic toe tripping.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Wilson and Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. f. Smith were admitted
to membership in the club, the uni
formed team of the entertainment
committee clothed in their ceremonial
robes, did the initiatory work and ad-
ministered the obligation.
The Edison diamond disc phono-
graph in charge of Charles S. Foster,
gave selections of music and song dur
ing the day and while the company
were in the banquet room, which was
a pleasing feature of the occasion.
Dinner was served at two o'clock
D. m, and sixty-fve sat down to a six
course feast, served up in the excel
lent way that has characterized Hotel
Belding for the past quarter of a
century in that line of work. Mr..
Dunham, the new proprietor, came in
for a large share of praise and con-
gratulations for the fine menu and
the attention given his guests.
The afternoon was given over to
social greetings and games and many
of the members spoke particularly of
how well they had enjoyed the day.
There will be a regular communica-
ton of Belding Lodge No. 355 f. & A,
M. next Monday evening, February
z. All brothers are requested to be
present.
J. BYRON Cook w M
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
LOGAN w. PAGE GIVES
ROAD BUILDING TALK

Every reader of the Banner should
turn to the Good Roads department
this week and see what Logan Wal
Ter Page, director of the United
States Office of Public Roads and
Rural Engineering, had to say about
taking road building out of politics
in an address before the American
association for the Advancement of
Science held in Philadelphia, recent
ly. He gives a sane, thorough dis
cussion of the matter.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
MRS. LAD0W OF
ORLEANS is DEAD

Mrs. Charles LaDow of Orleans,
died Monday night at the LaDow
home Of pneumonia, having first con-
tracted a cold. She was the daugh-
ter of John Hill and very highly
respected woman. The funeral will
be held from the house at twelve
o'clock, Thursday and at the Or
leans NJ. +. church at one o'clock.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
Carload of Oaklands

Charles Murray received this week
a carload of Oaklands, all six cylind-
ers, direct from the factory at Pom
tiac and they are now in his garage.
Belding is getting to be an import
ant distributing center for cars and
the automobile dealers are getting
ready for the spring sales in this line.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
Dray Team Made Run

One of Fales' dray teams made a
big run north on Bridge street, past
Hotel Belding and the depot without
a driver Monday. After crossing
the railroad they struck large cleo
trio wire pole, breaking il off almost
as clean as though cut with an axe.
The horses were soon stopped with
only slight damage to harness and
dray. A new pole soon took the
place Of the one broken.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
His Insurance Was Adjusted

M. F. Nowlin carried a policy in the
Prudential Life Insurance company on
the weekly payment plan. The dis
trict manager, Frank Heintz Of Grand
Rapids, was in the city Tuesday and
together with the resident manager,
z. ID. Dow, an adjustment was made
and allowed for 1892, which will be
paid to Mrs. Nowlin this week.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02

Mrs. NJ. F. Nowlin has moved into
a house on Root street. She acom-
panied her uncle, John Locke, to Bay
City, Wednesday, where she will visit
for few days.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
In Honor of Mrs. BENSON

The New Idea club met with Mrs.
Clyde Knapp on Wednesday afternoon
of last week. The guest of honor
was Mrs. Leo Benson, one of their
members, who was soon to leave town.
Fine refreshments were served, Mrs.
Benson being presented with a cut
glass salt and pepper. All of the
members were present but three and
the usual good time of this club of
ladies, enjoyed. Much regret was ex-
pressed at the losing of one of their
members.
Eugene Benson was given a party
by a company Of his boy friends on
Friday, before his LEAVING for Weber
vile. The youngsters had a right
jolly time, but are sorry to see Eu-
gene go.
The electric shoe shining parlors
will be open Friday evening until 10
o'clock.-adv.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02

the contest. Don't die on third. Use
every hit of spare time that you have.
Go about your work in a systematic
way, and when you meet with little
obstacle get around it some way.
Postpone thinking Of your luck until
you hear the umpire call "safe," then
you are all right. That is the story of
success in any game. Don't get
stranded on third, reach home and
score. In every profession and>voca-
tion of life scoring always counts.
Extra Vote Offer
Starting with Wednesday, Febru-
ary 2, to and including Tuesday, Feb
ruary 8, we will give 10000 extra
votes on every SIS turned in. 1t
makes no difference whether the sub
scriptions are old or new or both,
you will receive the extra votes on ev-
cry $15 worth Of subscriptions you
turn in between the dates mentioned.
If this is not clear to you, ask the con-
test manager to explain more thor
oughly.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02
BANNER CONTEST CLOSES
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 18TH

EXTRA VOTES EVERY SUBSCRIPTIONS
FROM WEDNESDAY FEB. p TO INCLUDING TUESDAY,
ALWAYS CONTEST MANAGER ABOUT ANY
UNDERSTAND.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-02

There will be a regular communica-
ton of Belding Lodge No. 355 F. & A.
Nj. next Monday evening, February
z. All brothers are requested to be
present.
J. Byron Cook, w. NJ.
The Adair County news., 1916-02-23

the psalmist to call thunder "The
voice of Jehovah.
We teach the children history
not half so much in order that
they may know, and Away re-
member things that have hap
pened, as that they may under
stand life, and how to meet it.
We repeat poetry to the little
ones and tell them fairy tales,
not merely to amuse them, nor
as an exercise for the memo
ry. but as a stimulus to amuse
the imagination and to the
aesthetic sense. Til e Bible
stories serve both these purpo-
ses. The spontaneous instinct
of the child, and the almost equal
ly spontaneous revelations of hu-
man nature in these stories, cor
respond one to another as face
answers face in water. The
perpetual splendor of sentences
in the Old Testament, the lofty
sublimity of its suggestions. ap-
peal to the nature of the child
as no other literture does.
This, then, is the value of BIZ
BILE stories for the child, that
they give a religious meaning to
all the experiences of his early
life, and furnishes the bond of
unity, the centralizing focus of
The Adair County news., 1916-02-23

all the processes, intellectual,
and spiritual, of his maturing
years. mo other book finds me
as the Bible does," said Colerige,
and this is superlatively true of
the child of any age. The Bible
stories find him as no other
stories do. The Old Testament
made the Hebrews a peculiar
people, by developing in them
an unique God-consciousness. 1t
will do the same thing for the
people of the United States when
it is freed from overlooking con-
vention and unintelligent inter-
probation. 1t will do this for
our children, if we give it to
them. And what better can we
ask for them than an abiding
consciousness of the presence of
God?
Louise Seymour Houghton.
The Adair County news., 1916-02-23
AIGRfAr SUBSCRIPTION OFFER.

We win send the Adair County,
Newsione year.
The Daily Evening Post, one year,
The woman's World, one year,
Home Life, one year,
Home and Farm, one year,
Peoples Popular Monthly, one year,
A beautiful calendar for Isle all for
ss.25, If you want reading matter
now the time to subscribe. If
The Adair County news., 1916-02-23
What Everyone Loses by not Be.
ing Familiar with Bible Stories.


at the last meeting of the Self
Culture Club by Mrs. A. Fl. Bal
lard:
The Old Testament has a spec
ial and unique value. This every
intelligent reader comedies, what
ever may be his views of the his
toric authority or the literary
importance of the volume. Its
unique value lies in that God
consciousness with which every
page is saturated. The Old Tes-
lament, being, like the child, a
revelation of the essentially hu-
man, of the elemental man, is by
that very fact a revelation of
man with his face toward God.
And this is why the Old Tesla
ment is the natural reading of
the child. For there is in all
the world nothing so reasonable
to the unsophisticated human
being as God. We never have
to explain the word God" to
the youngest baby to whom words
mean anything. Man is, indeed,
a religious animal, as has so Of
ten been said: the meaning of
which is, that long before the
age of reason or reflection ar
rives, almost before the baby
has passed the age where its en-
tire consciousness is a craving
for the satisfaction of its appe-
tites, the little soul reaches out
for God, and grasps with salts
faction the fact that He exists.
Our children are born into this
environment of the West and of
the twentieth century, which of
all other times and places is
beast congenial to the develop
ment of this fundamental human
instinct, this inevitable God
consciousness" and if this ma
ton is not to become like France,
"a nation where infdelity has
the controlling voice in the nat
ional councils, people whose
highest faculty is well-nigh |
atrophied, parents and teachers
are solemnly bound to recognize
as their most important task
that of developing the sense of
God until it becomes the COM
manding factor in the child's
life. For this there is no better
method--in the case of a very
young child there is no other
method than telling Bible
stories," in which, without dis
cussion or philosophizing. it is
simply assumed and shown that
man is in the divine order.
In France they have awakened
to this necessity, notwithstand-
,ino the noisy attemnts of tba nv
The Adair County news., 1916-02-23

mon schools, replacing clerical
teachers, monks, and nuns, by
lay man and women. One re-
suit of this act was that remark
able development of "congrega-
tionar' free schools, which has
formed one of the most difficult
and dangerous problems of the
government in this opening CEN
fury. Another result made it.
self more Immediately felt. The
next census revealed an appall-
ing increase in child crime, and
especially in child suicide. A
rising young publicist, a serious
free. thinker, was set by the
government to study the causes
of this woeful condition. His re-
port, afterward published in a
book entitled Crime and the
School," made a deep impression.
1t traced the evil to one cause,
the profound soul-discourage-
ment of the child who knew not
God. To such a child at the age
of Ten, at the age even of seven,
life became literally not worth
living, and he laid it down in dis
pair, or failing courage for this
supreme act of self-renunciation,
he plunged into reckless self
indulgence and crime. This was
the more expressive because, in
laicizing the schools, the govern
ment had been clearsighted as to
the moral danger involved, and
had called to its aid the most
brilliant minds in France to pre-
pare a series of text books in
in which all reference to
religion should be omitted, for
every school grade from the in
FAINT class up. The result has
been apparently, to the highest
degree satisfactory. 1t would be
dificuld to find in any country a
series of textbooks on ethics
equal to these in literary charac-
ter and pedagogic value. Yet
ten years use of these text
books created so thorough going
q pessimism among the children
that they found goodness not
worth seeking and life not worth
living. The result Of this in
luiry led the French govern
ment to admit that however little
the grown man may find a need
for any Supreme Being, yet, dur
ng the educational period of the
,hild the ultimate sanction of
morals must be found in God,
md, Notwithstanding the clamors
If the atheistic group, the name
If God is no longer excluded
from school textbooks of morals.
The Adair County news., 1916-02-23

that it is impossible to develop
this God-consciousness in chill
dren by opening to them the re-
1igious experience of their par
ents or terchers. The absurdity
of this idea is self-evident,
though as a matter of fact many
porents and pastors proceed on
this impossible principle and en-
deavor to make the religious ex-
periences of children conform as
closely as possible to those of
grown persons. We cannot
bring the children into relations
with God by showing them our
own relations with Him, because
Notwithstanding our Lords "Ex-
cept We become as little chill
dren," we are in fact anything
but that. But the relations with
God which we find mirrored in
the Old Testament stories are
the relations of a child people
with their heavenly Father;
they do appeal to the child; they
awaken in him a response. not of
the affections only, but of the
intellect; they are an adequate
and a compelling force to lead
him, while yet a little child, into
like relations with God. And |
the child to whom the sense of |
God early becomes second nature
can no more lose it than he can
lose the art of walking or of 9TH
er acquired habits which have
become spontaneous.
Especially appealing to the
child is the freshness of feeling
which characterizes the Old Tes-
lament poetry, making Herder's
remark literally as we'll as figu-
true, that it should be
read in the dawn of the morning,
because it was the first dawn of
The illumination of the soul. The
poetic character of the Old Tesla.
nent also makes it the children's
book because the child nature is
The poets nature. Not only does
he little child love rhythm and
The balance Of measured utter
.nce,-so that it is not in the
east necessary that he should
a poem or a bit Of
loggerel in order to delight in
t. it is also true that the child
'ejoices in poetic forms of utter
lnce, in tropes and figures of
speech, and in the play of the
Imagination. In this respect the
Did Testament is peculiarly the
title child's book. 1t abounds
n metaphor and poetic imagery.
For example. where the Old
Testament would refer to great