The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-08

and is well known in Madison.
The first meeting of the Parent
Teachers association of the model
training school will be held in the
assembly room Monday evening, De-
cember 10, at s o'clock. The follow
ing program will be given: Address
of welcome, DR.. j. w. Heston. Music,
Mrs. Hovde. Address, DR.. r. S.
Westaby. Violin solo, Joseph Hen
kin. Report OF the state meeting by
Miss DAILY. All interested in the
work are requested to be present.
Schools Nos. /, 2 and 8, of Frank
lin township, will give a basket So
cial at the John Schnell schoolhouse,
three miles south and three miles
east of Madison, Friday evening, De-
cember IA, at Sis o'clock. for the
benefit of the Red Cross. Those as
sisting are Prof. Lawrence, Miss
DAILY, Miss Gimme, Claude O'Don-
nell, Mrs. H. III. Holdridge and Miss
Alice Ripe. Persons attending with
cars will be provided with hot water
to prevent freezing of radiators.
The rumor persists that there is an
inclination or the part of the fuel
administrator and school board to
close the city schools during tha cold-
er winter months to conserve the
fuel supply. A careful investigation
this morning to learn the source of
the story was without result. Meth
err the fuel administrator nor the
school board have even considered
the matter. The schools are sup
piled with enough coal to last them
until well into the spring months,
and at this time, unless it would be
a matter of preparation for a year
hence, there would be little need Of
closing the schools. There is abso-
lutely no Foundation for thu rumor.
This food conservation business is
not altogether freak and theoretical
notion brought in to worry the al
ready frugal housewife, as evidenced
by the care with which handlers Of
food in quantities have to report to
the government concerning their ac-
tivities. Wholesale handlers must
have licenses issued by the food ad-
m~inistration, and retailers must If
they handle quantities of over $780,
600 worth of food products a year.
Dealers of wholesale quantities,
either direct or on commission must
have licenses, and they may buy from
those only who are duly licensed.
To evidence the fact that they are
licensed, and that they are safe per-
sons from whom to buy, they affix
stamps to all invoices of goods, CIV
ing the number of their administra-
ton license.
Thermometers again last night
gave evidence, but no proof, of how
cold it was. There were those which
registered 16 below, more stood at
Is, many showed 90, a few gave it
as 81, and there were scattering
votes registering % below the point
that old man Fahrenheit decided was
the coolest he could obtain by arti-
fetal means. Other instruments
would not enter the contest. We
don't know how cold it was, you see,
and only offer this in evidence that
it may have been very cold, supple
mented by the physical sense. There
is one thought which lends comfort,
however. The thermometers provid-
/ Sd plSlts vi iooIiI sum
for a greater degree of cold. If the
contemplation of what it might have
been doesn't lend comfort, take sat
isfaction from a plenteous provision
of fuel.
Last Saturday, before Judge j. w.
Jones, at Sioux Falls, on the charge
of adultery, appeared T. j. Rockafel-
low and mrs. Martha Moose, and
withdrew their plea of not guilty,
plead guilty and were fined 500
apiece. The pair was arrested in
Madison in May. At the regular
term their case was continued on ac-
count of sickness in the family Of
Rockafellow. Last week they de-
manded of States Attorney Geo. r.
Farmer that they be taken before a
court to plead, with the result of the
fine. They had both obtained di-
vorces from their former spouses and
were married about the time of the
sitting of district court for Lake
county in October. Rockafellow Is
caring for his children by the former
wife, has them in his brothers home
and declares his intention of main
tanning them. The couple are living
at Spencer. He is 23 years old, and
married his former wife when he
was 16.