The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-31
LOCAL NEWS.

LUCAL NEWS.
Kids hats, 9S cents at J. A. John
sons Wednesday to Saturday.
Three dollar tires at s225 at
Frank Johnson's Repair Shop
For Sale. Team, wagon and har-
ness, all in good condition w NJ
Blase.
For Rent. Good six room house.
good barn. chicken coop, five blocks
east of postoffice. Inquire of E.
Sheridan & Son or Joseph Henkin.
The annual meeting of the Baptist
church will be held tomorrow even
ing, beginning at 7:30. Also recep-
ton of the new pastor, Rev. l.. l..
Mann. All members of the church
and the general public invited.
Mrs. VIM. Metcalf today received
announcement of the death of a
brother. VIM. Hockings, of Burling-
ton, Wis. Mr.. Hockings formerly re-
sided in Lake county and was owner
of what is now known as the Henkin
and Thompson ranch at Lake Her
man.
Several entries have been made in
the corn contest being conducted by
the First National and Security State
banks. though the number has not
come up to expectations. The time
for entry closes tomorrow. Persons
who wish to be entered in this should
get their corn in by that time. The
offer is made by these two banks
wholly in the interest of the better
development of corn for the county,
and the privilege should be taken ad-
vantage of by any who have corn
which they consider good enough for
their own seed.
1t was gathered from various
sources that beginning tomorrow
among other things to be imposed in
the way of tax on commerce, checks
would be included in the provision,
being taxed / cent for each 800 or
/ fraction thereof This is in error,
said a banker today. Instructions
coming to them from the treasury
/ department places no tax on sight
| paper. Time checks or drafts of ac-
| ceptance are included i'm the tax pro-
4 visions, but those of us who are for
tunate enough to have a balance al
the bank will continue to skate as
closely as possible to the narrow mar
gin between credit and debt by the
old means of writing checks.
1 Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. r. Farmer go tC
I Chicago tomorrow to visit their son
John Farmer, who is in the sigma
corps of the United States army, anC
who is notified to be ready to respond
to call for active duty at any time
Mr. and Mrs. Farmer will arrive Fri
day and meet their son. The dura
tion of their stay is not decided up
on. The young man has had consid
erable education which is prepara
tory to the work he expects to do il
! connection with the signal corps. H'
expects 10 be employed about the sig
nal basis in an engineering or con
structing capacity, for which his uni
yersity engineering and architecture
work is especially applicable.
!! DR.. w. +. Kinney, the auctioneer
announces two sales at public auction
to be held November and 8, re
|, speetively. The first is by Fred Hell
| at the H. j. Madison farm. l 5 mile
4
| ginning at IL o'clck. The propert
! to be sold includes seven head o
horses, 107 head of cattle, 60 sprinl
| pigs and a list of farm machinery
/, On November 8, John Van Rosendale
! six and half miles southwest o
I Madison, will sell at auction six hea'
of horses, 25 head of cattle, l
I sheep, AZ shoats, chickens. ducks
turkeys, farm machinery, etc. Thi
sale will begin at 1880. Fre'
Schultz, of Junius, will clerk bot
sales.
tl C. w. Zimmerman, superintendent
of construction for the new postof
flee, said yesterday that unless ther
were serious delays in the receipt o
material and finished mill work, tn
workmen would be done and ava,
| by the 18th of January. They ar
now cleaning up around the place
. both inside and out, and installing
. the plumbing and electricity. Tn
|, windows are in place, the plasterini
! work done, and they have had stean
in the heating plant for some time
! The object now is to dry the build
ing out in preparation for the inte
rior finish. The mill work is expect
ed in about two weeks. If ii is de
I layed beyond that time Mr.. thinner
| man considers ii delay, and it ma,
! put off the date of completion b,
that much.
A WORD ABOUT THE DELIVER,
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