{Cleai 101 Men': 1 These wa I the prices I Oothino. | tuntty to b I way undei I MEN'S $22 i " 2( | " If | " If ?? " 1 P 4* " 1r | " 12 | " 1( | And all o ^ mii oir< I Clark T A^A A^A A^A AT4. AT4 AT*. AT4 ATA A! JUST A SMILE The Busy Woman "Is she a woman of affairs?" "Yes; everybody's. She's the neighborhood gossip." Because Drawing Teacher?Rastus, your drawing of the mule is very good, but why didn't you finish it? Rastus?'Cause, Miss Emily, you tol' us to leave out de tail. Experienced Lady (engaging nurse)?Have you had any experience with children? Applicant?Yis, mum. Shure, Oi used to be a child myself. Home Experiments He?For the love of Mike! Why are you walking on those tacks? Him?I'm testing my new holeproof socks. Mary Mary had a little lamp; It was well trained, no doubt, For every time a fellow called, The little lamp went out. ?California Pelican. A Lie Out (The State) "We are informed," begins a railroad folder received yesterday, "that you are contemplating a trip to Ihe Panama-Pacific exposition." Somebody is an awful liar. Did What I Could "If I had a thousand lives to give I'd give 'em all for you," Sang the tomcat on the back fence to his lady love so true, Then taking steady aim I tried to help him out a few. ?Florida Times-Union. "Let us go into the garden," he said, as the twilight hour approached "I'm afraid you'll want to sit in the hammock with me and hold my hand." (if M T >4. 9* ' JL oncai i wuil i. "Then what's the use?"?Detroit Free Press. Pat's Logic "I tell you," said Pat, "the old frinds are the best, afther all, and, what's more, I can prove it." "How are you going to prove it?" "Where will you find a new frind that has sthud by ye as long as the ould one have?"?Chicago RecordHerald. So It Sounded Father?What did you and John talk about last night, dear? Daughter?Oh, we talked about our kith and kin. Small Brother?Yeth, pop. I heard 'em?he seth, "Kin I hev a kith?" and she seth, "Yith you kin!"?Yale Record. A^A I^i'A^A A^l .L^A A^A A^A A^4. ^A A^A A^A A^A J^A A y y y y y y y y y y yty y y y y y y y t|f y y y y y ancc Sale! ^9 s and Boys' Suits | rm days have melted | on all Men's and Boys' | Here's your oppor-1 iuy seasonable suits at | r regular values. | $.50 SUITS AT $16.50 I ).00 " " 15.00 I $.00 " " 13.50 i j.OO " " 11.50 I $.00 IO.OO i $.50 " " 9.00 j $.50 " 8.50 I ).00 " " 6.75 I thers cut in same proportion. . v| iw Hats Cut Half Price. 4 Gothing Co.! 4 ^4 J^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A 4^4 4^4 4^4 4^4 4^4 4^4 4^4 4^4 A^A A^A J^A 4^4 4^4 A ^ ^ 0 ^ ^F^rlj^rl^rlj^rlJ^r^rl^rl^^F^iJrlJijr^Jriy A Statesman's Ready Wit Newspapering in Richmond The readj^ wit of Winston Churchill has recently enhanced his popularity (Richmond Journal) on the public platform. And his abil ity to show in his dealings with in- Richmond, June 24, 19 lo. terruptcrs, rude and otherwise. On To the Editor of The Richmond Evenone occasion, when addressing a large jnK Journal* public meotine he was frequently dis- To u| di'scu3sion whit.h al03< turbed by a man shouting Liar! . ??? ^ liar!" Mr. Churchill bore with him J!?J? vvu ' l!l l 'P? h - .. , . 4 ,1 , i let us know what you meant b\ for a time but eventually broke off ki of the Virginian as an ?jm his speech to remark, in the gentlest p'asaioned gimlet." READER, accents: 'If the gentleman at the back of the hall who is so anxious Evidently this correspondent is not that his audience should know his a "reader" of the Virginian. If Vu name will write it down on a slip of was, no explanation would be necespaper and hand it to the chairman, sary. A gimlet is a small tool used tc instead of bawling it at the top of bore. It differs from a corkscrew his voice, he will save himself a lot which also is a boring implement of trouble." Such a reprimand was but the operations of which usually too much for the interrupter, who are followed by palatable, pleasant made a hasty exit.?Exchange. and stimulating results. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Merchants & Planters National Bank at Union, in the State of South Carolina, at the close of business, June 23 1915. RESOURCES T Loans and discounts (notes held in bank) $280,136.51 Overdrafts, unsecured 162.0S U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) 15.000.0C Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve Bank $5,600.00 Less amount unpaid 2,800.00 2,800.00 All other stocks, including premium on same 12,000.00 14,800.00 Banking house $8,000.00 Furniture and fixtures 2,000.00 10,000.00 Due from Federal Reserve Bank__ 4,001.67 Due from approved reserve agents in New York Chicago, and St. Louis 833.42 Due from approved reserve agents in other reserve cities 14,170.14 15,003.56 Due from banks and bankers (other than above) 1,434.22 Checks on banks in the same city or town as reporting bank 55.35 Fractional currency, nickels, and cents 105.55 Notes of other national banks 4,080.00 Total coin and certificates 12,595.50 Legal-tender notes 3,000.00 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (not more than 6 per cent on circulation) 750.00 Total $361,123.45 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in.. $ 60,000.00 Surplus fund__ 32,000.00 Undivided profits 33,111.67 Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid 6,769.20 26,342.47 Circulating notes,. 15,000.00 Due to banks and bankers (other than above) 3,208.45 Individual deposits subject to check 202,041.07 'Notes and bills rediscounted 22,531.46 Total $361,123.45 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA?County of Union. I, J. D. Arthur, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of m.. -? ? i?nvnIQUKC mill DtMiei. j. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of June, 1915. THOS. McNALLY, Notary Public. Correct Attest: F. M. FARR, W. F. GILLIAM, L. J. HAMES, Directors. GERMANY'S REPLY TO BE FAVORABLI Dispatch From Ambassado . Gerard ** LAST AMERICAN NOT Ambuitdor Did Not Attempt to Ou line Forthcoming German Note, Bi Believe* Outlook I* Favorable to Satisfactory Reply. Favorable reply from Germany to tl last American note concerning subm rine warfare and the sinking of tl Lusitania was predicted in an offici dispatch front Ambassador Gerard. Tl state department transmitted the cor munication to President Wilson at Co nish, N. H. The ambassador did not attempt outline the forthcoming German note, b described the atmosphere in Berlin o ftcial quarters as favorable to a sati factory reply, lie referred to the vis of Dr. Anton Meyer-Gerhard, the emi sary of Count von Bernstorff, U>e Gj man ambassador, pointing out That T ambassador's information apparently In impressed the German government wi the idea that the United States did 11 want war with Germany, but desired satisfactory reply to her original d mands. The fact that Ambassador Gerard to< occasion to predict informally the natu of the reply was regarded as significa in official quarters at Washington, who it was pointed out that the ambassadoi forecasts in the past had been eonserv live and consistent. Although it w not generally known, he gave Wushingti to understand what would 1k? contain* in the last German note, and the te bore out his prediction. Ambassador Gerard understands t German official purpose to he to ma no concessions which will affect the u of the submarines as a means of wa ring 011 the commerce of Great Britai but to propose some vfiy by whi< American lives and legitimate intercs will be safeguarded. Officials have no inkling as to t methods bv which this object is to he a tained, hut from previous dispatches is assumed an arrangement will he su gcstcd whereby German suhmarin would cease attacks on ships of m nationality primarily used for passeyig * traveling while continuing to wage vigo > ous warfare on enemy ships chiefly the transportation of contraband. It not known whether it is proposed to gi< passenger ships complete immunity ( whether assurances will he asked tin if signalled by a submarine for visit ai search they will offer no resistance. No intimation has come to the sta department as to when the (lerim note will reach Washington, but it believed the communication will be con pieted within ten days. RULING ON TEST CASE. Tennessee's Anti-Locker Club La Declared Invalid. Tennessee's new locker club law, pr< ' hibiting storage of liquors for individu. r use in social and fraternal clubs, wi ' bchl unconstitutional in a decision ham ed down at Memphis by Judge .1 esi ; Kdrington in the criminal court. T1 > law became effective Juno 1, last. Tl ruling was made in a test came brougl > by a local fraternal organization. , The contentions were that the act wi , unjust and discriminatory; that the ca] ' tion of the hi'' did not meet the rcipiin > nients of the state constitution and tin it was in violation of the fourteen! . amendment to the Federal constitutioi i nc suite supreme court is expected I pass upon the ease at its Septembt term. WHOLESALE MURDER. Jon?i Made Startling Confession o Gallows. Syd Jones, hanged in the county ja . yard at Birmingham, Ala., left a note i I his cell in which he confessed respons bility for thirteen murders. Two c his victims were white men, one a Mt bile and Ohio brakeman, and the othr a Nebraska deputy sheriff. Jones hIs claims to have killed a Chinaman, a Mo 1 lean and an Indian. The law took Jones' life for the mui , der of u fellow convict in Banner mine; Jefferson county, while he was servin a life sentence for another murder. Lon Carter, convicted of the murder o a negro, preceded Jones on the scaffolc Fatal Duel In Dark. In a desperate duel in the dark nea Farley, Ala., Frank Martin, a negr farm hand, was stabbed to death am John McPeters, a white man, was fatal); Shot. The men were alone in a hors lot when the trouble came up. Martii Shot McPeters twice and then the latte stabbed him to death before sinking int< unconsciousness. Trial of Porter Cli?fli/in The trial of Porter Charlton on i charge of having murdered his wife a their villa at Coino, Italy, in 1910 ha been postponed from July t until nex autumn. The postponement was decidec on when mental experts, who examinee Charlton, asked for n further exumina tion, to which Charlton is entitled. Fatal Quarrel Over Dog. A (piArrel over a dog, it is alleged Caused the killing at Lahelle, Fla., ol Morris Wlddden by J. I). Benton. Botl men are orange growers. Benton walked to Arcadia und gave himself up Whidden was the son of Tillet YVhidden wha was prominently connected with the old Ashley-Whidden feud. _ ITS ALL [Jonc E GONE! Hr _ r- MOST FRIENDSHIPS cease whei "e you ever needed money and aske 1,1 you gel? Have money ol YOUR 0 J'1 and be independent. ? Make OUR Bai eWe Ray I_.lt> 5 Citizens Na r s R. P. MORGAN, President as * III r g It is free?it tell: I local and long dist; vice in your home 2 r !! Send for it today. > phone Manager, or I FARMERS' LINE (> SOUTHERN BELL T1 ; AND TELEGRAPH I s ; FOR CONGRESS | I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Congress from the Fourth Congressional District, subject to the rules of the Democratic r party. ? S. J. NICHOLLS. 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