The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-04-18

meet at the M. E. church Friday aft
ernoon at 8 o'clock. A 15-cent lunch
will be served to which the public is
cordially invited. A large attend
ance is desired.
Abraham Lee, single, age SO, died
at the Madison hospital at l o'clock
this morning of appendicitis. He
made his home at Winfred, where he
has a brother living, Martin E. Lee.
The remains were taken to the E. L.
Peck undertaking establishment to
be prepared for shipment to the
home of his father, Paul Lee, at
Howard, this afternoon.
At the mid-week meeting tonight
at the First Baptist church, the topic
will be The Names of Jesus" All
are invited. Meeting at s o'clock.
Applicants for church membership
should meet the pastor and d~eacons
at 1880. Bring your song books
that you used at the Smith-McBride
meetings. We had a great meeting
last week. Let us make this one a
greater one.-L. L. Mann, Pastor.
The Lake county executive com
nittee announces complete figures
up to 4 o'clock this afternoon for the
Liberty Loan to amount to ~$717,3O0
There are only three persons in the
county who have not met their obi,
cations as made by. the allotments.
Every unit in the county except one
has 100 per cent in loyalty, every
one in all the others having met
their apportionment.
P. J.. Hoidal, A. w. Sponholz, |. j.
Harris, Wesley Beardsley and H.
Schultz returned yesterday afternoon
with five new Buick cars which they
drove through from Minneapolis,
most of which had been sold before
they were brought home. 1t is re-
ported that the roads are in good
shape. though it rained during most
CT the trip. Bringing them through
IN this way is said to be cheaper and
quicker than to depend on railway
transportation for their delivery.
An elaborate reception was ten,
Tered 76 new members of the Meth
odist church last night in the church
parlors, with address of welcome
music and refreshments. Mrs. r. S
Westaby gave readings which were
heard with attention. Mrs. S. II.
May welcomed the new members in a
short address, and there were vocaI
and instrumental renditions. The
committee had decorated the rooms
tastefully for the occasion, and pro.
vided a lunch. An extremely large
crowd was present.
Industrial Commissioner Chas. M
McCaffree advises that due to the
advertising they have made they
have more men for farm labor thar
they have positions for them to fill
and that unless they learn of Other
parts of the state which is still in
need Of farm %laborers, they will have
to turn them to Canada, where the
wages are upwards of $40 a month
The Huron office was offered a car.
load of men last week. They did not
order them forward for the reason
that they were in no need of them al
he time, already having enough to
meet the demand filed with the of.
lice.
DR.. Wooley. who returned this
morning from Gettysburg, this state
brought a souvenir of the days o.
free silver" found at that place
The medal" which is about the size
of a dollar, but of baser metal thar
silver, bears on the face, UNITED
Snakes of America; Free Silver
One Dam; 1896" On the reverse
side, In Bryan we trust" and {
combination of a goose and a jack.
ass labeled Pop" The medal" il
4 new one to the doctor, and he won
ders If many of them were in circu
lation in the free silver" days.
Fred and Henry Potas, of Frank
lin township, plead guilty yesterday
afternoon in Justice Soper's court tC
stealing IA bushels of oats from C
J. Weber, a neighbor, and were
fined $25 and costs apiece, amount
ing in all to $71.35. The young mel
operate a threshing outfit in the sea
son for threshing, and live with [;
man named H. Hefner. 1t is sale
that it was to feed their hosts horses
that the oats were taken. They ar,
both registered for the ~selectiv,
draft, and undoubtedly will appear
in the list of men called for the Ma!
induction.
BY a message yesterday to hi
father, Frank Millard, Ray Millart