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REPORT OF COUNTY TREASURER EARNINGS LARGE DURING PAST YEAR. Judge Welty to Decatur to Attend Centest Over Will of Mrs. Martha -Court News. Below is the abstract of the annual report of county treasurer Joseph F. Rice for the year ending Dec.

1, 1917. From the figures It will be seen that the earnings of the office are larger this year than ever before due in part to the heavy taxation. The coming year will also show an increase In the earnings because it is believed the tax rate will be $7, an increase over all other years. Another Item which is larger is the commissions received by the county treasurer's office AS county collector. This la due to the fact that there wAs a contest over the office of township collector in Blue Mound, and in consequence of which the treasurer collected most of the taxes.

The following is the re- port: Amount Received Year Ending cember 1. Received of J. F. Rice, county collector, balance due from earnings of treasurer'a office, 1918..... 10,809.06 Received of J.

F. Rice, county collector, tax year 1916, collected by town collector 150.560.95 Received of J. F. Rice county collector, for county tax of year 1916, collected in 30,226.40 Received of J. F.

Rice, county collector, for county tax of year 1916, from railroads 13,285.76 Received from all other sources 108.018.50 Balance on hand last report Dee. 1 1916.......... 89,798.27 Total receipts during year $312,896.67 Amounts Paid Out. County orders. $221.815.08 Mothers' Election Relief of blind.

5.137.50 Jury 10,414.45 Total paid out. $250,465.83 Paid out by county tax costs and interest refunded on erroneous tax sale .22 Treasurer's commission of per cent on amounts 2,230.98 Treasurer's commission of 1 per cent on amounts paid 2,504.65 Balance on 57,694.99 Total Earnings of Treasurer's Office. Treasurer's 4.735.63 Commisisong as county collector 12,422.93 Penalty interest 1,062.27 Advertising cost collected less amount paid for publication 253.95 Treasurer's fees attending tax sale 28.67 Total earnings, 1917....... $18,501.65 Expense of Treasurer's Office. Treasurer's salary, 1,800.00 Deputy treasurer's 1,400.00 Extra 800.00 Writing delinquent tax vertisement and judgment record 130.00 Incidental 47.42 Amount paid for publication of the assessment of the county 510.914 'Amount paid for writing sessment list for publication 160.00 Balance due county from earnings of the office during 13,653.32 Report of Institute Fund.

The following is report of the county terasurer of the county institute fund in his hands. This fund 1s for the of maintaining the teachers' institutes in the county and the money is paid out thru the office of County Superintendent of Schools B. C. Moore: Receipts including balance on hand. $1,632.52 Paid out.

1,080.92 Balance on 551.60 Fines and Fees. There 1s a total sum of $12.075.36 In the county treasurer's hands of the fines and fees which have been collected by the state's attorney. Mrs. Fagerburg 83 Years Old. Mrs.

Charles Fagerburg celebrated her 83rd birthday at her home, at 201 West Union street yesterday. Most of the children and grandchildren were present and they had a most enjoyable time. Both Mr. and Mrs. Fagerburg are in excellent health.

They were married in Chicago in 1864, and came to Bloomington the next year. He worked at the C. and A. shops for thirty years, but has been retired from all active work for the last three years. The three children are A.

T. Fagerburg, who is in the wall paper business; his borther Gus, and Miss May Fagerburg. Funeral of Dorothy Wittmis. Dorothy Wittmis, aged 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Wm. Wittmis of 903 Mason street, died Saturday morning. She had been 111 only a week and her death came as a great shock to her parents. Her father and mother are living and four brothers, Donald, Gordon, Herbert, Roy and Sergt. Wittmis of Camp and one sister, Marjorie.

The burial' services took place yesterday afternoon at the city cemetery, Rev. Edgar De Witt Jones in charge. Dorothy was a cripple most of her life, but despite this drawback, she was a child of pleasant disposition. Married in Springfield. Miss Florence E.

Howes of R. F. D. No. 2, and Bernard Smiley, R.

F. D. No. 3 of this city, were united in marriage Saturday in Springfeld by County Judge B. Weaver in his office in the court house.

Licensed to Wed. The following marriage licenses were issued John Boehning, Peoria. Marie Estelle, Peoria. Elmo L. Payne, Lexington.

Irene E. Berryman, Lexington. In Chicago. Mrs. Michael Cahill and daughter, Mrs.

J. Cahill, of this city, are spending a few weeks in Chicago. In St. Louis. Michael Cahill of 908 North Mason street spent Thanksgiving in Louis THE PANTAGRAPH, BLOOMINGTON, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3, 1917.

Touching Scene at Community Meeting Large Audience In McLean On Saturday Night at Formal Dedication of Handsome Building Erected By Joint Labors of People of Village and Vicinity. Service Flags Presented to Families With Sons In the Army -One Had Four Stars in the Field -Gist of the Evening's Addresses. McLean was the Mecca for hua-1 dreds of people last Saturday evening. on the occasion of the opening reception in the new Community Hall and library. The seating pacaity of the auditorium was taxt.

and a conservative estimate is that between 600 and 700 people heard the addresses. The room was tastefully decorated with flags ard the patriotic note was carried thruout the meeting. Its climax was reached when Rev. E. D.

Jones sented service flags to relatives of McLean boys who are now in milltary service. Russell Van Ness and Ira B. Harris, two of these young men, were present. During the presentation eyes of men and women all over the house brimmed with tears, and sobs were even audible. When flags bearing two stars and then three stars were shown the applause grew in volume, and when Rev.

Mr. Jones silently held up one bearing four stars, Indicating that four men from one family were on military duty, the crowd was divided those who cheered and those who wept. This flag was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Burger, whose four sons have answered the call to arms.

Speakers and Music. In the absence of Frank W. rich, president of the Community Association, S. B. Van presided.

The speakers for the mous, of the University evening were Dr. R. E. Hieronyof Illinois; Howard Humphreys, food administrator for this district; Mrs. Harry La Fleming and Rev.

E. D. Jones. of Bloomington. Music was furnished by Goforth's orchestra and the consistory quartet, Mrs.

D. D. Darrah, Miss Ethel Gulick, Roy Atkinson and George Marton, with Miss Dorothy Brown at the piano. The report of the building committee was ready by Howard Baker, chairman. Response for the library made by W.

J. Barnes and for was the community by Mr. Van Ness. Community Spirit. Prof.

Hieronymous took for his subject "Community Spirit." Dr. Hieronymous spent his boyhood in Mount Hopetown ship and he gave some Interesting reminiscences of that time. Following are some sentences from his talk: The occasion that has brought us together is the significant of things in our lite most nation. As we are searching as A in these stirring times for the bedrock of government and all that with it, as we are coming to goes hour and every day what ask every there really 1a about our civilization that makes it worth while that we should make the preparation necduring these days, and that essary we should become involved in the most terrible war of all human history--it may seem far cry from simple community meeting like this to the battle fronts in Europe. To Preserve Freedom.

Friends, in the last analysis the war is essentially that we may serve and maintain the rights and liberties that you are exercising in just such ways A8 you are exercising them tonight. It is not a far cry all from such a meeting as this at to the issue it tonight self. Nothing could be more such A time as this than that tune at you should come into possession of building like this, to be the center a of the community. It has come not only from large gifts of a few which large is givers, but from small gifts, even more significant. Notice how many times "our" is used this "mine" or "yours," but "ours." This 19 ours, and this and more the place where be more the life of the community shall press itself in deeper ways.

Absolute Loyalty. the first place of all, it 1g abIn solutely necessary in every such community AS this that we sn make certain it is loyal to the core (Applause). There is no place and tr the life of well organized well regulated community for any other attitude toward our country. the next place and in order that In be the deepest loyalty, it there may is of the utmost importance that just as far as possible we shall come to maintain a normal base and have goings on, the usual the ordinary activities in the community--that there shall be less frivolity, no waste--this, to be sure. The finest I find over the state 18 the thing way in which these communities are to cooperate with each other coming Go on Educating.

I wonder if it will be possible that we shall make England's mistake, where they turned practically children from the schools 000 they needed room for the golcause diers. We must see that our children are educated as in other years, that there is no backward step in the health community. We shall come to see again that the common things take on a new every-day meaning. Those things reveal the of the community. We real spirit should do these things that we may win the war and also that we win the victory we so much needed in the time of peace.

Food Conservation. Howard Humphreys, local food a1 ministrator, spoke for fifteen minutes about the work of the food alministration. He said in part! know Red Cross work la very important-all phases of activities in this war are important--but I ASfrom the time I have been you Investigating and studying it lies the fond 1m- conservation I believe as portant as anything else, and if you will realize conditions exactly 0.8 they are and what faces us, I believe you will join with me In that opinion. Mr. Hoover has not fixt any price, has Mr.

Wheeler, the state food nor administrator. The prices have been fixt by about 250 men who know, and who have formed a basis of regand stabilizing prices of ulating foods. These accomplishments have been wonderful, and while they are at variance with custom, at radically the same time conditions are abnormal--there is nothing more abnormal than war--and this is a war measure. Why Conserve Mr. Humphreys quoted current figures which show startling shortages in food- supplies in Europe, and told why the United States and Canada must be depended on 10 tirely by the nilles.

In speaking of conservation we speak of those foods that must be exported, wheat, meat, fata, sugar. We must save 20 to 28 of our usual supply. Mr. Humphreys said he was by no means convinced that the war was already won. He pointed out that Germany is in control of vastly more territory than ever before--territory rich in resources.

Starving her out is almost out of the 'question. Our salvation lies in keeping our armies supplied with food enough so that they may conquer by force of arms, and their needs only be met by the saving in foods which is effected home. Promised to Conserve. In closing Mr. Humphreys quoted from President Wilson's Thanksgiving proclamation and made an peal for cooperation in the work of the food administration.

Following his talk Mr. Van Ness asked all those who would promise hereafter to observe wheatless and meatless days to stand; and the audience rose en masse, Women and the Red Cross. Mrs. Harry La Fleming opened her brief talk by quoting a definition of the Red Cross, "The American Red Cross is the humanitarian arni of the government that translates the generosity of the American people into terms of efficiency in times of great disaster or of war." In the first place the American Red Crors means money and supplies, which are furnished by people; so we need people--not a few persons, but all the people- men, women and children. The Little Donation.

This is the time when we are learning the value of the little donation, five, ten, twentyfive cents, dollar. It is the lot of women to furnish the suppiles. We are knitting and making bandages todaythings we never did before. The Red Cross does not demand time that ought to be spent for our familles, but we must find time to do Red Cross work, and it will have to be done by more careful planning of time that we give to our familles, that we may have more leisure time. It is only our leisure time the government asks us for.

Whether we have little or much let us spend it in some war activity. What Will Children Think? Sometimes some of us think women are giving too much time to Red Cross. What is it they are teaching our children in school, as It shouid have been taught long ago? Patriotism! What is the effect going to be on children whose parents do nothing for patriotism? Our familles must be patriotic enough to forego our companionship for a time because men over in France are givIng up more than comforts to fight for us. The Standard. People say, "I can't see why those things have to be made just 50." Let us consider an operating cap.

Suppose you bought a cap in a store which WAS perfectly satisfactory, but you were not sure whether the next one would be exactly like It. Would you buy that brand? Are we going to let Red Cross standards be any less than the standards of a commercial factory? The things must be done the way people who know tell us to do them. The Christmas Spirit. What la the Christmas spirit today-to take leisure time and spend It on fancy work for our friends, or to give to the many worthy activities, going on today in order to help win the war? I believe people are leavIng out Christmas, not for lack of money, but for lack of interest. Perfect Confidence.

I have perfect confidence in the women of America. We will do what we are asked to do, and more. When the war shall end we shall put our shoulders to the wheel of struction. The Red Cross will never again be the dormant organization it was before March of 1917, because our hearts have been opened and MR. COAL USER Save coal by having me Install BLASKE FUEL SAVER Reduces coal used 20 to 50 percent.

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Dr. Dobson. Big Flour Sale Monday, Celebrated "Neptune" flour $3.05. 'Gold Coin," high patent, $3.26. "Daniel Webster." the best, $3.30.

Gold Medal flour $3.20. 8. H. green stamps free. My Store.

Grocery, My Store. Woolen Mill Store Men's fleeoed shirts and drawers, 750 Men's union suits, $1.25, $1.50 up. Men's high grade sweaters, $1.67. Quilted packets for women, $1.20. Wool sweaters for adults, $2.60 up.

Women's fleeced union sulta, $1 up. Fiber silk hose, 35c, $90, 59c, 650. Ladies' pure silk hose, 79c, $1, $1.25. Children's sweater coats, $75c, $1, $1.25 up. Knit caps, 25c, $50, 50c, 59c, 63e up.

(Cotton blankets, $1.75, $2.25 up; wool blankets, $4.50, $5, $5.50 up. Wool mittens, 15c, 25c, 35c up. School dresses, 590, 63c, 15e up. Mercerized damask, 47c, 65e up. Bath towels, 15c, 25c, $5e, 50c, 590 up Ladies' pure hose, 35c, 39c, 590, 65c.

Bath towels, 15c, 25c, 35c, 50c, 59c. Curtain goods, 15e, 22c, 25e up we have used our hands and brains for humanity. When peace comes we shall continue to do that, and it will have been A good thing for us every one. Rev. Mr.

Jones' Address. The address of Rev. Edgar De Witt Jones was along patrotic lines. Ha congratulated the people of McLean on their enterprise and cooperation In building the community hall. He spoke of the Liberty bell, and what it has signified from the day when it was first rung in 1776.

He tioned the various ways in which the United States has engaged- evary one a war freedom. "And now 1917 we have come into a war for the freedom not simply one of one group of people, not of one nationality, but for the freedom of all the people in all the earth." Germans Discuss Next War. The enemy is by no means yet conquered. There was A gathering in Berlin to discuss the next war, where three propositions were laid down-first, gathering of statistics of every avilable War material; the second. the accumulating of all piles that would be needed for long war; and third, the economic mobilization not only of all men for milltary service, but the civilians of the land, that there might not be one useless man or woman in all the empire, that all might be placed at work for victory in the name of the black eagles of the German empire.

Think of it! There must be no next war! (Applause). There must be tremendous victory in behalf of the great principles that have brought 119 Into conflict, SO that when pease comes it will not be made in Germany, as this war was made. Dr. Hillis' Report. Rev.

Mr. Jones told of hearing Dr. Newell Hillis speak in Cleveland last week. I heard him speak for 45 minutes, calmly, dispassionately. He was reporting, that was all, what he had seen with his own eyes, what he had heard with his own ears.

Dr. Hillis told of a French mother whose son was A surgeon In the French army. He had ministered to German prisoners, and when he town was captured by Germans the son thought to return in safety because of that fact to care for his mother. He wag shot down by German orderly as he approached his mother. She gathered him into her ams-he was still alive--but German soldiers tore him away, poured ofl down his neck and applied the torch.

The mother was obliged to stand by. and watch his body burn before he was dead. She was living when Dr. Hillis saw her in a little dugout at edge of town, her home had been completely destroyed. This is not the individual act of drunken men, but the policy of the German army -to bring about such a reign of frightfulness.

If any of you men left your homes in the morning and returned to find your children murdered, your home stroyed, your wife A and daughter out raged, you could not work the naxt day. policy is to break down the vigor of The idea of this damnable the enemy, until the hordes of Germans can rush over them to tory, German Government Doomed. I envy the man or woman who senda out the finest. son they have on such wonderful message of mercy as our boy will carry over there. They will help make the world safe for the weakest and feeblest of mankind.

Dr. Hillis toid the story of a priest who heard German officer saying under his breath, "Curses on Germany! Curses on the kaiser! Either God Is dend or Germany in doomed." Over and over again this German colonel cursed the government that had sent him out on such mission. say to you tonight that God is not dead, and the German government. as it is today, is doomed! plause). Following his address Rev.

Mr. Jones presented the service Supper and Dancing. After the program the floor was cleared and dancing was enjoyed until midnight. Supper was served in the basement dining room by women under direction of Mrs. Blanche Yancey, Mrs.

Yancey's clency in organizing such work is truly remarkable. Everything goes like clock work. Bloomington Visitors. Following is partial list of Bloomington people who attended the reception: B. C.

Moore, Miles K. Young, Sain Welty, R. C. Leah, Baldwin, H. H.

Hudson, Blake B. A. Guthrie, D. Thompson, ing Fred Blum, Mr. 4 and Mra.

Peter in Stubblefield and daughters, the the speakers and musicians alrea 1y mentioned. QUIET DAY IN COURT Routine Orders Occupy Time on Saturday--No Court This Week. Circuit court was in session Saturday and number of orders and motions and made by the ous up for consideration. The court and the attorpeys a in the following orders were The case of Bonnie Daley Charles W. Daley has been continued.

The case of Elizabeth Crown against W. J. Reid for specifie performance has been dismist by the complainant at her costs. A decree of divorce has been ed in the case of Julia Parkinson vs. Edward Parkinson.

The demurrer to the amended bill In the case of L. B. Lockett al. A. E.

DeMange has been overruled by Judge Welty in the circuit court. Judge Welty heard testimony in the bill for divorce of Clara O. DeVore vs. George DeVore Saturday. The suit of Ellen A.

Collina, of Freeport, against the People's Taxicab and Auto which has been pending in the circuit court, has been dismist by the plaintiff at her costs. This was suit for damages for alleged personal injury to the plaintiff while she was riding in the defendant company's cab from the C. to the lilinots Central depots. The defendant in the case of Witliam Lawrence vs. Asa W.

Skinner has defaulted in the circuit court and damages to the Patent of $2,632.83 has been assessed against him. Judgment has been entered on the assessment. The cases of Cohan Schwartz Rail and Steel Co. vs. J.

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There will be no etreuit court week owing to the absence Welty, who will go to Decatur morning to be present at the over the will of the late Mre. Buck, who left a large bequest the Illinois Wesleyan university of whose estate Judge Welty of the trustees. A number of Prop of Bloomington will attend the during the week, both as witness. and spectators. Interest here outcome of the contest is great cause of what it menna to the versity.

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