Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 147, Decatur, Adams County, 21 June 1923 — Page 5

IMPROVED uniform international Sunday School ' Lesson ’ <B r REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D-. Teacher of English Blbl* In the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) C»pyrl<ht. Illi. Western Newapatwr Colon. LESSON FOR JUNE 24 REVIEW great Men and Women of ths Old Tsstamsnt—Devotional Reading, Psalm 89. GOLDEN TEXT—"Seeing we also ere contpnseed-about with eo great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the Bin which doth so easily beset us. and let us run with patience the race that is set before us." —Heb. 12:1. PRIMARY TOPlC—Favorite Stories es the Quarter. JUNIOR TOPlC—Favorite Heroes and Heroines of the Quarter. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—Some Great Characters of the Old Testament. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC Lessons for Today From the Lives of Old Testament Characters. Three methods are suggested. The first method Is taken from Grannell s Pocket Lessons. The general subject Is, “What Twenty Centuries Teach the Twentieth.” I. The Lesson of Vision. 1. Abraham, the Pioneer— Lesson 2. 2. Moses, the Nation Builder—Lesson 4. 3. Isaiah, the Kingdom Seer—Lesson fl. 11. The Lesson of Leadership. 1. Samuel, the Foundation Luyer— Lesion 6. 2. David, the Solldifier —Lesson 7. 3. Nehemiab, the Rebuilder—Lesson 11. • 111. The Lesson of Courage. 1. Elijah, the Reformer —I.esson 8. 2. Jeremiah, the Truth Teller —Lesson 10. 3. Esther, the Intercessor — Lesson 12. IV. The Lesson of Character. 1. Ruth, the Woman Who Clave — Lesson 5. 2. Joseph, the Soil Who Remembered—Lesson 3. V. The Lesson of Life. Jesus, the Summit of the Old Testament, Foundation of the New, Life of Both —Lesson 1. The second method — Character Study. The different characters can be assigned the week before, upon, which the puplid are to bring a brief essay or report giving a sketch of the particular hero. A third method is to give a brief summary of each lesson. Lefcson I—The1 —The truth concerning the risen Christ is the answer for all our questions and the impulse of our testimony to others. Lesson 2 —Abraham in obedience to the call of God went out not knowing whither he went. He so completely trusted God that he was willing to go all the way with Him. I.esson 3 —Though Joseph was sold into slavery because of the hatred of his brethren, God exalted him to « place of power in Egypt. Lesson 4 —Even 'though Pharaoh's decree was for the destruction of all the male children of the Hebrews. Moses was preserved and educated in the Egyptian court. Lesson s—When Ruth became acquainted with the true God, she chose to turn her back upon her native land and kindred and identify herself with God's people. Lesson 6 —Samuel was given in answer to his mother's prayer. In early boyhood his mother gtive him back to the Lord. Lesson 7—When Samuel went to anoint a new king over Israel, he had all the sons of Jesse pass before him. Although to human eyes the eldest seemed .fitted to be a king, and althoughjJLiter appearances were favorable, Mr inner reality as seen by God was against him. Lesson B—Elijah threw down to the people’ a ringing challenge, calling upon the people to decide between Baal and the Lord. The God who answered by fire was to be the true God. Lesson fl—L'pon the sight of the Lord, Isaiah was convicted of his sin. When cleansed by fire from the divine altar he heajd and responded to the call of God. Lesson 10—Jeremiah, for his faithfulness in making known the Word of the Lm-d, was most bitterly hated and persecuted. Though he was regarded ns a traitor and put into the place of death, he remained faithful to God. Lesson 11—When Nehemiab heard of the distress of his brethren In Jerusalem, he was moved with pi-> for them. Although he enjoyed prosperity, he grieved over the grave distress of his people. Lesson 12—In the providence ,of God, Esther came to be queen of Persia at an opportune time to save her people. There Is a definite place and purpose in every life. Life-Force. Life-force, which is another name for God, seeks ever for new outlets: it breaks through mind Into something higher still— G. A. Studdert Kennedy. The Art of Pleasing- ' The art of pleasing consists In being pleased. To be amiable is to t»e satisfied with cue's self and others.— Hazlitt, Banish Self-Conceit. The first business of a t® part with self-conceit.— Epictetus.

rj^° RV 0F T HE NORTHERN INDIANA INDUSTRIAL AND VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. The Northorn Indiana Volunteer I'ifremcn s association originally organized an the “Northeastern Indl-

__ DECATUR GENERAL ELECTRIC FIREMEN ’ -la. 4 ‘ -•K’ ; M »- $ Kt® SIR ... - W& MBiiV -■ ■ . «* <•* J- - - ____________ ' The members of the Decatur General Electric fire .department are: Chas. E. Lutz, cnptain; Frank Braun, as sistant captain; Leo Ulman, Clyde B?ery, Chas. Baxter, Chas. Throp, Boa h Beery, Calvin Peterson. Kennett Eady, Chester Kleinknight.

- - • •■•'“■•■ I MORE BARGAIN NEWS-THAT WILL BRING RECORD CROWDS AGAIN! I Everyone, everywhere has acclaimed Peoples Gigantic Price Smashing Shoe Sale as the one REAL money-saving opportunity that has come in years! Without question—without doubt, this Big Shoe jffi* Sale is an event that will be remembered for years to come. It will pay you to come miles to this great Price Smashing Shoe Sale—Don’t miss one day. Z‘" ' ft SELLING OUT” ENTIRESTOCK j 9 I Never Such Crowds - Never Such Bargains - Come II W ' yj See For Yourself - The Final Crash. II II LOOK! Thursday - Friday - Saturday - We Turn II H W\ / U > Our Entire Store Over To The Buying Public. Il II wßw y Profits will be forgotten—We actually sell the following below cost—Mens ShoesWomens Shoes—Childrens Shoes -Shoes for the whole family—Thrown on the market f° r what they will bring—lt’s a real sale in a real way. , , « s ...., Special 7 Special Special — — Special P eC,d _J Misses Patent Leather . . i imut! tm-n“d ■■■■■■■■■ Lad ■s 1 Strap Pumps, n t „nt t oath- MWBanBBWSSMW Childrens Shoes —To and Kid Pumps, values ip , Values to 4PI (10 II S— 5 $S g /ti.oo ts-sig 1 I to close out v 1 M — = — ' ■ , ~ , (•■nnf.ot Oxfords To bring 00 Mens Extra Quality Elkskin Top; Kromo bot- I Qg| „ ,01/. extra special value. B Youths Shoes, size 9to 13%.• The Best made. H Lat.tes . M l()I ,t; work shoe. Big shipment of W H Sfi Youths Shoes, sue 9-13%. extra spemaiv — Values to $1.50; MAQ I yo« here early, $2.19 ■ u ■ .to t ins, at .. $0.40 I B Values to $4.00, $2.19 I To ' lose out at ■ I if- H To close out 222 H — M 'tires 11% to 2; over 100 ■ 1 a«li< ■■ 'lili'ary 11-.-l Shoes; values to $5.00; M■ ■ Qhnpfi—Bic Special Value —Don’t M Ladies One Strap Genuine Comfort Pumps, kw <- k “. i. u , tinn* " IO H overstock forces the price below C* IQQ IS XZ" Bb $2.481 S'X-'-. $1.781 : $2.481 " whnbhmbbbbbbbbbbbbb® I !H!RS?S!ReS fed promptly at 3p. E next Saturday. How many grain* of corn will he eat in 5 minutes? More fun II LOOK. Don t mi. than a circus. Bring the whole family m and see. | -- - —if IW—II mu HUI rEtgii.' wzr»«My———y—■■ —gmjmgm^ajanrwiaHKMrafiM ■ l I Ladb Oxfords, Black ■ Ladles Brown Suede ■ Mens Quality Work | Mens Heavy Quality I Ladies White Oxfords, H Babys first Stop ■ un ,| Biown, Milt'ar ■ Cuban Hoel 1 Strap f 'p rlfeß s Jo S (M OQ 5.g Oeß kinJr ‘muleX I X I 'lO I ' I I ToTose 1 ■" • REMEMb“bc«plc S Shoe Store's Iron Clad Guarantee goes with every article soi<! -IWt miss one day. II - m■■——!■"" n - p I'l iHS EK; PRICE SMASHING SHOE S.ALE I I remember (ash Shoe Store I-111 I Scores of Shoe Bargains, which space does £ V V | wj|| actuaUy se u shees at oe | OW actual cost. We J I \ normil listing in this sale, at prices that 1 * H will double and treble the buyins power of the I EnUre Decatur - Indiana | -isl i ?».-;»< HIDA'S . • ’ ■ • » I . * ■* I , X

ana Volunteer Firemen's association" is 17 years old, has grown each year and is recognized as one of the best associations of Its kind In th,, middle west. Ihe preliminary meeting tor organization was held at MontpaUer, Indiana, May 30th, 1906 with represon-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1923

tatlves from Hartford City, Winchester, Garret, Butler and New Castle. The first officer* were: presidentC. O, Summers, Winchester, Vice prestdent-Georgo Shondell, Garret; treasurer,, it A. Kessley, Hartford City and secretary- H. L. Troutman, Montpelier. It was planned to hold

the first meeting at Montpelier, August 30th of that year and It win n big success. At that time In addition to those cities represented at the organization meeting, the following companies came In: Ashley, Eaton,' Dunkirk, Parker City,, Herne, Fort Wayne Electric. Spencerville, ()., ami Wauseon. O. The 1907 meeting was held at New Castle with twenty-four companies In and from then on the Northeastern has grown each year until now thirty-seven municipal and Industrial volunteer companies t belong. O'. ■ » » J—WANT ADS EAllN—l—l—l s—s—s—WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s — . o- ■— — 1 ALL TIRED OUT Hundreds More in Decatur in the Same Blight Tired all the time; Weary and worn out night and day; Hack aches; head aches. Your kidneys are probably weakened. You should help them at their work. la‘t one who knows tell you how. Mrs. Ernest Schlickman, 313 N. Ist St., says: "Some time ago I had a great deal of trouble with my kidneys. Mornings I felt tired out and had no energy to start the day's work. My back was weak and lame and often ached. The action of my' kidneys was irregular, too. 1 used Doan’s Kidney Pills which I got at Smith. Yager & Falk's drug store and two boxes cured me of the trouble. My back is now well and strong and my kidneys do not trouble me.” Price 60c, at alf dealers? Don't simply ask lor a kidney remedy—get Doan's Kidney Pills —the same that Mrs. Schlickman had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs.. Buffalo. N. Y.

Berne Volunteer Fire Department Was Organized In November, 1895

Th " Herne voluntet r fire dept was I organized in Nov. 1805. it consisted of 35 husky young men of the community. The first organization was as follows: president. J. I''. Lehman; | vice-president. C. A. Augsb trger; secretary, !•'. G. Eichenberger; treastuei. J. W« Craig; chief, Ixnii- Gehrig: ass't chief, Win. Baumgartner. The first year, however, they bought a hand pump which was used until the fatal tire of 1918 when an entire city ' blot k was deslroyud, and J. W. Craig, a charter member of tile department, was killed. After this fire tin up-to-date fire truck was bought, and in 1922 a < hemj ical truck was added to the d"pnrt-

i nvnt. Tint town of Berne now feels j that it has one of the best equipped i lire departments to be found anywhere for its size of the town. The members of the department are brave, and »< ver refused to tight this enemy to 1 the limit. The company now has a member--bip of 20 mon. and is organized as I follows: P. credent, W. O. Neuensvhwander; ■ . vice-president L. L. Yager; secretary, K. W. Baumgartner; treasurer, E. A. ’ Luginbill; chief, George J. Braun: I assistant chief, D. J), Stauffer; Leonard Baumgartner, Joint Hllty, Louis •, Neadcrhouscr, board of directors.