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subject at the Christian church next Sunday morning. The question has been seriously asked, “Do professed followers of Christ really believe in prayer?” Hear the answer. The Charles Hull Meets Untimely evening subject will be, “Three Bad Splendid Banquet After Session Bargains.” Death at Seattle. Mr. Billington’s Bible School Insti Tuesday Night. tute has aroused great interest in bible school work. Plans are being laid for organized class work, which will great THE BODY FALLS MANY FEET ly increase the interest and attendance. LADIES TENDER A SURPRISE Remember the evangelistic meetings are to begin at the Christian church Cottage Grove Boy, While Examining Sunday. Mr. Altnow Addresses Merchants’ Pro At the Baptist church, East side, ser Lighting Globe, . Is Accidentally tective Association—Delegates elect vice 11 a. m., subject “ Light out of Electrocuted—Was Graduate of to State Convention in January. Darkness. ” “ Come with us and we will 'Electrical Engineering School. do thee good.” The church building grows slowly, but the Rev. Groat says Henry J. Altnow, secretary of the so do most things that are substantial. News reached Cottage Grove on Mon The Presbyterian Brotherhood held a Pacific Federation Hardware and Im day, through a telegram, that Charles “pickaxe and spade” meeting in the plement association and Oregon Retai] Hull, aged twenty-two. years-and a son basement of the church on- Tuesday Hardware and Implement Dealers’ as of Mr. and Mrs J. H. Hull, who reside evening. sociation. was. in Cottage Grove Tues southwest of town, had been instantly There will be a Mizpah social at the day night and made an interesting talk killed that morning at Seattle. The residence of Mr. Herbert Eakin on „the before the Merchant^ Protective asso telegram gave no particulars. Charles evening of December 9, under the aus ciation Mr. Altnow laid great stress Hull was graduated from the electrical pices of the Presbyterian church.. upon harmony in association work, and engineering department of the O. A. The week of prayer, beginning Janu recited a number of instances where C. in 1908, and had been employed for ary 2, will be held in union by the dif unity of action had saved hundreds of a time as a street car conductor at Se ferent churches. dollars to merhants. He told of the attle. Recently he was given a posi A minister in the county seat has en modus operandi of various organiza tion as an electrical engineer, in which tered upon a series of discussions rela tions of this Character, especially in so service he was at the time of his death. tive to “The Sins of Eugene.” If the far as the collection department wa A news paper dispatch from Seattle theme is considered in all its different concerned. The California association, gives further information that the phases the question naturally arises, he said, is accomplising a splendid young man came in contact with a live will the "preacher’s life. be sufficiently work in this direction because wire at the Georgetown plant of the prolonged to carry out the undertaking. members are closely cemented Seattle Electric company, being elec The Presbyterians of Roseburg dedi there is a unity of purpose. The Cottage Grove association trocuted, the lifeless body falling sev cated a new church edifice last Sunday. poses that commencing with the new enty-five feet from the upper gallery CHILDHOOD FRIENDS WED. year the matter of collections be given of the building. He was examining a defective lighting globe in that part of Renewed Friendship After Lapse of better attention, and a plan is now be ing worked out to that end. the building. Years Ripens Into Love. Delegates were elected to represent There is a pretty little romance con the local association in the state con Charles Darwin Hull was bprn Aug nected with the marriage of Mr. H. F. vention, to be held in Eugene next ust 15, 1886, at Shumway, Illinois. He Royer of Eugene and Mrs. Mary Gray, month, as follows: Messrs. Lurch, came to Oregon with his parents in which was solemnized at the home of Brund, Wallace, Spray, Kinter, Tyson, 1891, and resided on a farm two miles the bride in this city Sunday evening. Wheeler, Simeral and Kerr. south of Cottage GroVe until recently. The contracting parties have known A banquet having been prepared at He attended high school in Cottage one another since childhood, both hav Phillips hall, an adjournment was taken Grove and graduated in the class of ing been reared in an eastern state. thereto. 1906. He attended the Oregon Agri They were playmates, and trudged off THE BANQUET. cultural College three years, where he to school together, indulging in' child One of the pleasant features of the studied electrical engineering and grad hood’s pleasures and sympathizing in banquet given to members of the Mer uated June 16, 1909. In June he went fancied sorrows. Upon attaining their chants’ Protective Association on Tues to Seattle where he was employed by majority the responsibilities of a stern day night was the surprise tendered by the Seattle Electric company and where er life separated them, each cherishing the ladies. Immediately after the he met his death. He was a member in their heart a deep affection for the gentlemen had arrived at Woodmen of the Evangelical church of Corvallis. other. After a lapse of years they hall from the Commercial club rooms, He was also a member of the Wood again met in Oregon and renewed their wives of the members filed into the man of the World lodge in this city. friendship, which soon blossomed into banquet hall wearing 18-karat smiles, He leaves to mourn his death a mother and father, five sisters and four broth love, resulting in the tying of the hup- and declared their intention by their ers, all of whom are home except Mrs. 'tial knot. The ceremony was perform presence of participating in the fes W. W. Reed of Colorado Springs, Col- ed by “Grandpa” Babcock, who is over tivities of the occasion. Mr. H. O. ordo, Frank of Los. Angeles, and Mrs. ninety years of age, and who is an old- Thompson acted in the capacity of time friend of both. The rooms were toastmaster and seated the guests, R. Crane, who resides here. He was a kind and obedient son and brother, tastily decorated for the occasion, and President H. H. Veatch, of the associ and he was respected and loved by all dainty refreshments were served, the ation occupying the place of honor. bride herself preparing the wedding He announced that visitors from Eu who knew him. gene had been expected, but their ab The funeral will be held Saturday cake. morning at 11 o’clock from the Metho The bride is well and favorably known sence was overbalanced by the unex dist church under the auspices of, the to this community, where she has re pected guests. The tables were tastily arranged Woodmen, and burial will take place in sided for a number of years. The groom is a brother of Mrs. J. B. Lewis. The . and with their toothsome contents, pre Oddfellows’ cemetery. invited guests were: Dr. and Mrs. sented a pretty and enticing spectacle, Schleef and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. A. showing conclusively that the com DEATH OF LAURA LANDESS. W. Kime, Mr. and Mrs. H. Venske, mittee in charge had made no mistake. Passes Peacefully Away Sometime Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hart and daughter After the feast Toastmaster Thompson Opal, Mr. and Mrs. John Barker, Mr. introduced President Veatch, who spoke During Tuesday Night. Miss Laura Landess, daughter of Mr. Henry Bailey and mother, Mrs. Hickey briefly of the association work, con and Mrs. William Landess, passed and two children, Mri. Waytt and son cluding his remarks by taunting the peacefully away sometime during Tues Dale, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Babcock, ladies about the banquet given the gen day night at the family residence on Mr. and Mrs. Willie Gildersieve, Mrs. tlemen a year ago, When a toothpick on East Main street, aged twenty-seven John Baker, Mr. and Mrs. J, B. Lewis a shingle was the spread, and dried years, consumption being the cause of and daughter Nettie, Edward and Wal apples and a glass of water the princi death. During the previous day Miss ter BabcocK, Oscar, and Hiram Wheeler, pal diet. In turn Messrs. Ben. Lurch, Landess’ physical condition appeared to Mr. Lon. Wheeler and daughter Edith, Andrew Brund, F. D. Wheeler, C. H. be much improved, and while hopes Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wnnye, Arthur Burkholder, Marion Veatch, Chris Van that the grim reaper would be robbed Woodring, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Woods, Denberg and J. F. Spray were intro of a victim were scarcely entertained Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Compton, Mr. and duced and discussed questibns of impor little did the family think that the Mrs. Hamilton Veatch, Mrs. Drake, tance in connection with association end was so near. Tuesday night she Miss Fern Royer and two sisters, Hazel work. The ladies followed with brief retired in good spirits and feeling bet and Lirinie, F. and R. Gray. remarks, and their talks showed that ter than for days. Shortly after 8 they, too, were vitally interested in An Unfounded Rumor. o’clock the mother went to her bed Inasmuch as some busybody, on Sat business; Those present were: Mr. side to arouse her from her slumbers urday, gave circulation to a rumor that and Mrs. H. H. Veatch, Mr. and Mrs. only to find that life was extinct. Mr. Cates had sold The Sentinel and H. O. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Deceased was a native of this state, would go to Portland, wè want to state Burkholder, Mr. and Mrs. B. Lurch, having been born in Mayville, East that there was not the slightest found Mr. and Mrs. Tyson, Mr. and Mrs. C. ern Oregon. When five years of age ation -for-the statement. The owner of H. Van Denburg, Mr. and Mrs. Marion her parents moved to Cottage Grove, The Sentinel has had no proposition to Veatch, Mr. and Mrs. Lew A. Cates, and here she grew to womanhood, amid sell his plant ; has had no correspond Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Johnson, Mr. and a host of friends and admirers, all of ence whatever relative to the matter, Mrs. F. B. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. D. whom sincerely regret her untimely and has in no way spoke or intimated H. Hemenway, Mr. and Mrs. Winters taking away. to any person that it could be bought, Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Conners, The funeral services will be held and where the story originated is be Messrs. Spray, Simeral, Kerr, Silsby, from the family residence this after yond our comprehension. We came to Kinter, Walker, Cook and Wheeler. noon at 2:30 o’clock, after which there Cottage Grove with the firm intention will be short services at the McFar of making it our permanent abode, and SNODGRASS NOT BLAMED land cemetery. we haven’t changed our mind during Marshal Who Arrested Turnmeier Ex AMONG THE LOCAL CHURCHES. these three months. onerated by Magistrate. topics for Discussion at the Several Cottage Grove Places of Worship. Every Sabbath is better thhn the last st the Methodist church. The hearts if the workers will rejoice at the ad- iitions to our ranks this week. Recep-- ion of members in the morning and baptism of adults in the evening. Bible School at 10 a. m. Public worship at 1. Address by Robert Sutcliffe on “Temptations and How to Overcome them.” Sold by Dr. Van Winkle. People’s popular service at 7:30 p. m. Subject of pastor’s address, “Archi- ects of Fate” or “A Charcter Study if Judas the Betrayer.” It is certain hat a new conception of the first hurch treasurer will be presented by he speaker. Mrs. Frank Wheeler re ntes “The Price of Blood.” You can- ot afford to mi3s the League devotion- 1 meeting at 6:30. The great contest as been in full swing for over a month nd the result is uncertain as yet. hangers heartily welcomed. “The Potency of Prayer” will be the Royal News. Grace Innis spent a few days with relatives in Eugene returning to school on Sunday.: A numj>er of the young people of Royal were in town Saturday. Frank Bradford has returned from Yoncalla, where he has been visiting his parents. Helen Foster spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents at Royal, re turning to Lorane on Sunday. Archie Wilson took a trip to Divide on Sunday. Marshal Snodgrass, who was arrest ed in connection with the Turnmeier arrest made by him, had a preliminary hearing before Justice Bryson of Eu gene on Wednesday, and was exoner ated of the charge preferred against him. A number of witnesses were subpoenaed, and after hearing the evi dence the magistrate decided that Marshal Snodgrass had not exceded his authority as a peace officer in case of a man resisting afirest, and he was discharged from custody. Messrs. John son and Medley represented the city. Aged Man Knocked Down. As Mr. H. C. Veatch was passing Fifth street on Main Tuesday noon, he was struck in the head by a football and knocked down, falling in the mud, and besplashing his face and clothing. The young men who were responsible for the accident assisted the aged man to rise, took him to a nearby store, washed the mud from his face and cleaned his clothing as best they could. Mr. Veatch was uninjured. Decree of Divorcé Granted. Mrs. Jessie. M. Scott of Cottage Grove was granted a decree of divorce from Thomas R. Scott by. Judge Har ris on Wednesday. Mrs. Scott was giv en custody of the minor children, Neva and Lyda, with the usual privilege of the father visiting them at reasonable times and places. Remember the Christmas Eve ball under the auspices of the Military Club. Simeral & VanDenburg THE FURNITURE DEALERS Our prices range from $2.00 for plain rockers to the most expensive Turkish Rocker. Quarter sawed and polished Dining Tables at only $ 12.00 . . , Davenports and Couches from $9.00 to $25 WITH OTHERS WITH OTHERS Buffets, China Closets, Book Cases, Dressers and Commodes at remarkably low prices Library Tables and Stands at low prices In fact you can buy the best practical Christ mas presents of Simeral & VanDenberg THE FURNITURE DEALERS Griffin & Veatch Hardware Co Santa’s Headquarters for Useful Christmas Gifts If you want an Xmas Present for the boy we have a lot of nice ones that will just suit him. A Little Wagon for $1 and some others for $6. A fine .22 cal. Rifle $2, a dandy one for $9. Lots of Jack knives and many useful articles found so acceptable at Christmastide Do not overlook our line of Razors. We have a dan dy for $ I and will give you a strop with it. Also have them from $1.50 to $5. Nothing better. We carry a fine selected line of sporting goods, all at the right price. Remember we buy for Quality. Scissors are so frequently mislaid in the household that you can not have too many pairs. We have them from 25c to 81.50 per pair. A good sharp chopping axe for cutting kindling wood is a necessity to every household. Save money by buying one of our axes, 75 c to $2 each. Jack Knives, one blade 10c, two blades 25c to 50c. Three blades '75c to $2.00 and 4 blade knives $1.50 to 83. A buck saw that will saw wood with ease is something that everyone should have. We have them from 75 c to $2. ’ COPVRIC Beaulieu & Woodard T. A. ANDERSON, HARNESS SHOP REAL ESTATE » • REPAIRING ALL OF KINDS. All work guaranteed satisfactory. r Phone 114. PIANO TUNER All Orders left at Marion Veatch’s will be given prompt and Careful Attention. Sales - Promptly - Effected Office corner Main and Second Sts., one block west of depot. ’ Phone- Main no35tnchl9 .921