The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-25

home before leaving the Pacific
coast.
Joe Ryan states that his brotl er,
Robert, who fell to earth in an air.
plane several days g at Sioux Falls,
Is still in a critical condition and has
not regained consciousness since the
accident occurred.
Has the Twentieth Century Church
Proven a Failure? is the subject for
Sunday evening at the Seventh Day
Adventist church at 1880 o'clock by
Elder F. A. Ruskter. of Minneapolis.
Come out and hear him.
Miss Rena Lee, who is an enrolled
student of the Madison normal, Is
spending the weekend with her pa
rents In Flandreau. Miss Mallory.
teacher in the high school, also
spends Sunday in that city.
George Martin. who was taken to
the Madison hospital some weeks ago
for an operation for appendicitis, be-
came a victim of pneumonia follow
ing that operation. Nor was this all
of his share of pain and suffering. A.
second operation vas found necessary
Rev. C. Blakeslee, the newly INSTALL
ed rector of Grace Episcopal church,
was expected TO arrive today from
! Columbus. Wis His two sous, John
and James, are accompanying him.
Rev. Blakeslee succeeds the Rev. DR..
E. A. X. Grant, who resigned the
Madison charge several months ago.
Rev. A. L. Olson and his family
arrived in Madison last evening on a
freight from the west, therefore, reg
ular services will be held in the
ing and evening. There should be a
large attendance out to greet and
welcome the newly appointed pastor
who here from Hot Springs.
The w. r. C. met in Odd Fellows
hall Wednesday afternoon. There
was a good attendance and an inter-
esting meeting was held, and initia-
ton. Plans were made for the next
meeting, November IL, to have a
banquet for the G. A. X. and their
wives and widows and a program
will be given.
Advices from Washington received
by all railroad officials and employees
state that Director General Hines has
ordered that all clocks and watches
be set back one hour at 2 a. IN. to-
morrow, October 26. Those who do
not attend TO this matter will find
themselves one hour ahead of time
when they come to meet appoint
ments or travel by train.
The Ease in which j. b. Bennett
is the palintiff in an action against
the Madison Motor & Supply COM
pany, reached the jury this afternoon
after several days continuance. No
new actions were begun in circuit
court following the closing of the
Bennett case, hence Judge Medin adj
journed proceedings to ~reconyene
one week from next Tuesday. Judge
Medin left this evening TO appear at
hearings In Union county.
Information reached the local tel
ephone exchange this morning of a
snow storm that struck both Brown
and Day counties at an early hour.
The heavy rain yesterday resulted in
lowering temperatures with quite a
heavy freeze during last night. Many
are getting out their storm windows
and looking well towards their winter
supply of coal. In this section corn
picking is under way and farmers
are rushing the work to complete ii
before much snow falls.
Arrangements are being made to
ison band Tuesday afternoon to meet
the speakers for the better school
campaign. who will arrive on the
4:30 train. Glasses of the high
school, ward schools, state normal
and training schools and civic organ
izations will be represented in the
parade with decorated automobiles.
III your organization is interested in
better schools arrange to join the
parade by calling up Supt. Ault. The
speaking Tuesday will be in high
school auditorium at s D. m.
a new piston mead 10 replace the
one found to be defective arrived
from st. Louis this morning and is
now being put in place on the large
Diesel engine at the electric light
plant. The matter of getting that
part of the engine together again will
require but a few hours of time when
IL is hoped to deliver power sufficient
to operate all motors that have been
limping along during the shutdown.
Owing to the lack of power yester-
day 1t was after seven o'clock in the
evening before the Daily Leader press
could be operated to get out the pa
per. The carriers went over their
routes this morning and 1t is our
hope that tonight's issue will come
out at the usual hour.