The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-15

rial school, for which an appro-
1gle len was made IT the last session
= lcgi lature.
Rev. elm Reis tad was an after
mon ras cnrer fer Webster to attend
the state convention of the Luther
League in session in that city.
r. ID. Hickman, secretary of The
Madison Merchants association, de-
parted by the north train for Aber-
deem to aDend Sunday with his friend,
Mr.. Watson. who has resigned his pc
sition as secretary of the Aberdeen
Merchants association to take a sim
lar position at Grand Forks, n. ID.
The state grand lodges of the order
Of odd Fellows will be held in
Mitchell next week. Among Madison
people who win be in attendance are
Mrs. Borland, grand secretary of the
Rehek2hs, Mt. and Mrs. +. G. Ball,
the latter grand vice president of the
~Rebekahs. Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. Bur
nett, DR.. A. +. Clough, Mrs. VIM.
Carr.
The debate at Normal auditorium
Aht1t 1f1AAtiE DttNA tn AAdhADph dliA
Springfield Normal teams resulted III
a decision in favor of the home team
3 TO o. The judges were Judge Ames
of Clark, Prof. Drinks of Flandreau
and Prof. Wilson of Ramona. The
debate was followed by a farce by
home students entitled A Proposal
Under Difficulties, which pleased the
large audience in attendance.
Aberdeen News: Henry Neill
grand recorder Of the A. O. II. w.
grand lodge of South Dakota, has an
nounced hat through the summer
rates announced by the Milwaukee
and Northwestern railroads delegates
to the grand lodge meetings of the
A. o. U. w. and Degree of Honor az
Rapid City on May 25 may get re-
duced fares to and from the place of
meeting. In the May issue Of the
Workman, Mr.. Neill announced tha'
there would be no special rates, but
eince that time he has discovered that
both railroads will make reduced
fares from eastern points to the
Black Hills beginning on May Is and
continuing 10 September 80.
The number of automobiles regis
tered in the United States December
81, 1914. reached the total of 1866,
9S4, according to returns just ISSUED
by the department of agriculture. Ii
addition there were 44,355 motor
trucks and 152,945 motorcycles. The
fines going TO state road funds
amounted to $101.364 in the year,
and the gross revenue for registra-
ton was no less than $12,27o,035.
New York state led, with a registra-
ton ven of S1,529,S52; Califor
MIA was a close second, with 1898,
1875; Pennsylvania was next, with
$1,185,039, and Iowa was fourth
with $1|.040,135. Nebraska was last,
with $4.331.
Eight South Dakota boys and girls
will compete for medals and banners
in the annual state high school de.
clamatory contest in the State college
auditorium at Brookings on Thurs
day evening. May 20. Each contes-
tant has been a winner in a district
contest. Those who will deliver com
mitted orations are Hobard Brown.
Mitchell; Leila Linn, ~Brookings; Glen
Seymour, Lebanon, and Howard G.
Wheeler, Deadwood. Declarations
will be delivered by Hazel Clark, Ar
mour; Crystal Grain, Redfeld; Lib
bic Dawson, Canistota, and Lenore
Markham, Lead. Music will be fur
nished under the direction OF Prof.
Garnett Hedge of State college.
Gen. Shields Post, G. A. r., of this
city has received an invitation to at
tend Memorial Day exercises at Wa
tertown on Saturday, May 20, when
the semi-centennial of the close of
the war will be a feature of the OBJ
servance. Among distinguished guests
who will be present are Gov. Byrne
and State Commander Fox. Dinner
will be served at which all old SOL
diers in this part of the state are to
be the guests of the city. Comrades
A. Frohman. David Bates, VIM. Met
calf, Jos. Pulford, John Brannan,
Oliver Bailey, w. A. Drake, w. M.
Downs. and perhaps others, plan to
attend. A special train over the
South Dakota Central will bring them
home in time to take part in the ex-
~ercises here Monday, May 81.
Sheriff Butts, accompanied by Con-
ductor Dan Lawler, went to Sioux
Falls by the morning train to look