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

at $3.50.
Why pay 6 cents a bar for laun-
dry soap? Our early purchase enables
us to sell a box of 100 bars of either
Bob White, Fake White, Electric
Spark, Crystal White or Lenox soap
at $4.65 per box, a saving of "a per
cent oil your investment, while they
last.-Soule's Grocery.
Sheridan & Son and Joseph Hen
kin are removing their offices today
from the Kennedy bank building on
the corner of Egan avenue and First
street NV, to room on the second
floor of the Security Bank building,
toward the rear. The new offices Of
fer advantages of heating and light
ing.
The postal department, through
First Assistant Postmaster j. c.
Rooms, has notified Postmaster VIM.
Lowe that the new government build
ing will be ready for occupancy be-
tween the 18th of January and the
LIST of February, and advises about
the payment of rents and release of
the space now occupied. They also
give instructions that the removal
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bids.
Those interested in works of char
ity in the city say that there are few
er cases of restitution this year than
usual. There are individual cases of
families needing help, but their o
dition nor numbers are not so serious
as they have been in former years.
The eve and early cold of this sea-
son is bringing in appeals for help,
but for the time being nearly all are
provided for, it is reported.
Acting in conjunction with the
food administrator of the state, DIR.
Gilbert Stansell, of Aberdeen, an
nounces hat December 16-next
Sunday-will be observed by all
) churches in the state as 'Conserva-
ton and Loyalty Day" The subject
matter of every service of hat day
t is toward the end of inspiring the
worshiper with a sense of his obliga-
tion to do what he can to help win
. the war and that this one feature of
! food conservation is of vital impor-
tance in the work. Every means of
y publicity is being used to impress the
Importance of conservation on the
people, and now the churches are en-.
tering as organizations into impress
ing a sense of its importance upon
the people.
This morning in the auditorium OF
the high school s. T. May, II. Fl.
Holdridge and John w. Walden ad
Y dressed the assembly of students in
u the interests of the drive for mem.
< bership shortly to be undertaken by
" the Red Cross. All the students
pledged themselves to membership
Y and support of the movement. This
afternoon the same speakers will'ad
dress an assembly of the grade
"a schools of the city in the same hal
on the same subject, and ask fol
their support and distribute litera,
ture. At 10 oelock tomorrow DR.. ]
w Heston. HI. Fl. Holdridge and JohT
= w. Walden wi: address the student:
at the Normal with q plea for Their
n support in the work.
q Under the clerkship of p. A. John
son, the local exemption board is
preparing the government question
a aires for mailing to the registrants
The work is about done, and all will
be ready by Saturday. The plan Is
: for the clerk to mail each registered
one of these blanks, in the order OF
their liability on the list as published
I before. Beginning on December
I 1-20 of the whole number will be
mailed, and 1-20 will be mailed each
\ day for 20 days thereafter. On the
seventh day answers to the ques-
~tionaires will begin to arrive, and the
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classification of the registrants ac-
cording to the answers returned.
DIR. E. w. Goldman returned Mon
day night from the training camp al
Fort Riley, Kan, on a leave OF 10
days. He is to report Tuesday at the
same camp for actual duty, and as
signment Of his company, the field
hospital company No. Al. This Is
the end of the period Of training
camp work, and on his return he will
be assigned to regular army surgeon
duty. He looks as though the life
agreed with him. He stated this aft.
ernoon that the surgical and medical
men train along with the other troops
and must be able to travel with the
best of them in order to make camI
and be able to ARE for those who are
disabled. They have the n advan'
tage of being mounted officers.
Banks of Madison are preparing t.
handle war thrift and savings stamps
for their patrons. Not all these in
situations are prepared yet to tak'
the subscriptions, but all will be IL
position to answer the questions ant
issue the stamps in a few days. Thi
is not handled through the postal de
= partment. Blanks on which to maxi
application were sent the banks b.
the treasury department some day
ago. On application the bank /
made an authorized agency and tn
banker is made manager and furnish
ed with the necessary stamps an
certificates. This offers IN unusua
opportunity for the person who ha
bitually makes a small weekly saw
ings deposit to still make the deposi