The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-29

A few Single Comb White Leghorn
cockerels for sale.-C. F. Belts.
Mgr. Flynn spent the night in How
ard, returning by a morning train.
A marriage license was issued yes
terday afternoon to Henry Nelson
and Clara Larson, both of Madison.
Mrs. F. A. Harrison, go Twelfth
street N. W., went Saturday to Flor
ence, Colo, on a visit to her mother.
The Red Cross executive committee
met at 4:30 this afternoon to lay
plans and appoint committees for the
Red Cross public auction to be held
some time in February.
The Presbyterian Missionary socie-
ty will meet with Mrs. Jas. Regain to-
morrow afternoon at 8 o'clock. Mem
bers are requested to come prepared
to pay dues and pledges.
Report reached this city today that
the Beresford State bank, of which
Geo. G.. Ackley, a we'll known former
resident of Madison is the president,
was totally destroyed by fire yester-
day.
+. H. Sloan, manager of the Farm
ers' Elevator company, was a depart
ure by the north train this afternoon
for WATERFOWL to attend the state
convention of Farmers Elevator COM
panies, which will be in session in
that city January 1881.
H. H. Holdridge, president of the
Lake County Red Cross chapter, in
forms us today that it is costing s65
a day to supply materials such as
yarn and material for the surgical
dressings to the various chapters
throughout the county. 1t will be
seen from this that the Lake county
ladies are not idle by any means
With thermometers registering
around 6 degrees below zero and a
strong wind from the north sending
a light snow swirling down the
streets, pedestrians scurried with all
possible speed to their destinations.
Those who did not have urgent bust
ness out of doors remained for the
most part within comfortable proxim-
ity of a stove or steam radiator.
Geo. Lowe and Robert Neycomb,
Jr., two of Madison's youngest sol
der boys, departed by a morning
train for Camp Cook. Ga, where they
will be assigned to the aviation serv-
ice. A large delegation of their
teachers and classmates were at the
station to say boodbye to the boys
and wish them all the blessings due
them in a soldiers life.
In sending out the weather fore,
cast today the Huron weather bureau
added a notation to notify stockmen
which would indicate that a storm is
coming. The weather all day today
has been threatening, but nothing Sc
rious has developed so far, but il
might be well for anyone who ha:
charge of stock to take added precau
tons for their safety and well beins
tonight.
p. A. Johnson. clerk of the Lake
county exemption board, today sen
out cards to 40 men of the LAX
county draft list requesting them t.
appear before the board at variou
hours on next Monday, February 4
for physical examination. Failure t
obey this command constitutes a mis-
demeanor and is punishable by on
years Imprisonment and immediat
induction into military service.
There seems to be a mistaken ide;
about the work in the surgical dress
ing department of the Red Cross
This work is open daily from
to 5 D. m, and everyone is urged t
come and work. All that is necessar
is a coverall white apron and a car
The uniform need not cost more thai
81. The work is of a sort that any
one can do, and since there is such a
urgent demand for these supplies ey
eryone should spend as many hour
as possible at this department.
The Red Cross penny-an-inch sc
cial held at the Wesaby school house
three miles south of the city, last Fri
day night was a decided success,
sum of $65 being taken in by tn
novel plan of charging a penny al
inch for each inch in height for eacl
person admitted. Prof. S. T. Ma
and HI. H. Holdridge gave interest
ing talks On the war and the worl
of the Red Cross, while Prof. B. M
Lawrence gave an interesting talk il
Illustrated with stereopticon slides
There were also numerous recitation
and musical selections to complet,
the program.