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McLure Specials FOR THIS WEEK $6.00 quality Boys' All-Wool Blue Serge Suits, our special price $4.98 $12.50 quality Men's All-Wool Blue Serge Suits, our special price $9.98 $5.00 quality Ladies' Sport Coats, our special price $3.98 $1.25 quality Yard-Wide Silk Taffeta, our special price 98c 12i/2c quality Piedmont Cheviots, our special price 10c $1.75 quality Women's Solid Leather Work Shoes, our special price $1.48 $3.00 quality Solid Leather Work Shoes, our special price $2.48 $2.50 quality Boy Scout Shoes, our special price $1.98 J. F. McLnre Dry Goods Co. THE UNDERSELLER Why Is a $20 Gold Piece Worth $20? Simply Because There is $20 Worth nf (mnIH in iff I va -^0 w mmm mm For every dollar you spend with us, we guarantee to give you that much Merchandise. In view of the fact that we have anticipated advance in prices and have bought early the largest stock in the history of our business, we can fully serve you at practically the old {>rices as long as the new stock asts We are Sole Agents and Feature Famous Lines as Michaels, Stern, Styleplus and High Art Clothes For Men and Young Men - * _____ Queen Quality Shoes For Ladies Edwin Clapp, Florsheim and Crossett Shoes For Men and Young Men New Shipments off Manhattan Shirts, Stetson Hats and Cheney Neckwear County Fair Ticket Free For Every Purchase of $15 and Over J. COHEN UNION'S BEST STORE . Car Load of Fords Coming This Week Roadsters $371.90 Touring Car $386.90 Delivered at Your Door Don't Fall to get one these New Models P. B. ODELL, Agent For Goshen Hill and Fish Dam Townships COMING AND GOING Miss Katy Pitt of Columbia spent Sunciay with friends in Union. Mr. A. G. Bentley of Kelton was in the city Monday on business. Mrs. L. J. Fowler of Jonesville spent Tuesday in Union with fjjends. Miss Frances Nicholson is the guest of Miss Julia Keenanln Columbia. Miss Elizabeth Arthur is visitine Mrs. Clarence Owens in Columbia. Mrs. H. P. Haley of Greenville is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. W. Eison. Mr. D. G. .Bailey of Cross Anchor is visiting his sister, Mrs. M. H. Hall. Mrs. Earle Sanders of Cross Keys was visiting relatives in the city this week. Mrs. P. ,B. 7arnes left last week for Lancaster to ^pend sometime with relatives. Miss Irene McDow left Monday for Aiken county, where she will teach the coming session. Miss Ruth Christman has returned to her home in Spartanburg from ' a visit to Miss Kathrin Layton. k Mrs. Hutchinson and Miss Kathrin Hutchinson of Rock Hill will arrive soon to visit Mrs. J. D. Arthur. Mrs. James McWhirter and daughter, Miss Mary McWhirter, left tbis m week for Georgia to visit relatives. Mr. H. Ij. Scaife, a prominent attorney of Clinton, was in the city for a short while this week on business. Mr. W. L. Feaster, superintendent of the Seneca Graded schools, spent the week-end in Union with friends. Mrs. C. H. Alexander left last week for Charleston to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Dunbar Robb. Miss Helen Burnett of Spartanburg was the guest of Miss Elizabeth Arthur for several days this week. Mr. and Mrs. Emslie Nicholson and Miss Frances Nicholon left Saturday evening for New York to spend sometime. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Shuford and little son, Francis, of Buffalo spent the week-end with relatives in Gaffney. Mr. M. C. Gault, our correspondent at Lockhart Junction, is spending this week with his son. Mr. C. L. Gault, at Great Falls. Little Miss Norma Kassler, who was severely burned last week, is improving, and will soon be her usual self. Mrs. Hayne Smith and Miss Carry Smith of West Springs were in the city on Saturday, the guests of relatives. Misses Mason Blankenship, Louise Bishop and Louise Faucette of Route 2 were shopping in the city on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce of minster spent the week-end with Tnelr son, Mr. James Bruce, at the Central hotel. Mrs. F. O. Willard will leave soon to visit her daughters at Rockingham and Raleigh, N. C. Mrs. Willard expects to be away several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Cottingham and sons returned Monday afternoon from a fortnight's visit to relatives in Birmingham, Ala., and at Dillon, S. C. The county fair grounds are being put in excellent shape. Directing the work is a committee composed of Dr. J. T. Jeter, S. R. Ay cock and R. P. Harry. Mrs. Dan Smith, father and son, and Miss Virginia Sperry motored to Columbia to take in Ringling Bros.' circus ajid to attend a wedding of a relative of Mrs. Smith. p?11 c n "ci a i ? f? wan uu cetiewry ?>. r. ./vision, Jr., if you desire a copy of the premium list for the county fair. If you cannot call in person, write him and he will mail you a copy. Dr. J. jG. Going will make his headquarters with t\e Milhous Drug company, where calls may be left for him. His office will not be moved, however, and is in the Townsend building. Mr. John H. VanWert of Marshall, Texas, who has been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Simpson Sparks and at Cross Keys, left this week foi his home. It has been 14 years since Mr. Van Wert has been in Union county. ? Miss Julia Colson of Charlotte, N, C., is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Colson. Miss Colson has just returned from a two months' stay in New York city, where she wenl in response to the call to nurse infantile paralysis. Mrs. T. L. Estes and little son, Eugene, left Monday afternoon for Columbia to attend the marriage of Miss Kate Dickert to Mr. Louis James McConnell, which occurred on Wednesdav evening at the home of her parents, Capt. and Mrs. J. R. Dickert. Mrs. Sarah Shurbet of Charlotte, N. C., whose maiden name was Mis9 Sarah Hill, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Finley. Mrs. Shurbet has not been to Union county since 1855 and says there have been so many chancres since her lanf vinlt. that never would have known where she was if she had not been told it was Union. Rev. J. B. Bozeman has purchased a new model Ford automobile, with all the latest improvements. It is rumored that the West Side Bantist church, of which Mr. Bozeman is pastor, is undertaking to pay for thr machine, thus donating it to him. The work of Rev. Mr. Bozeman as pastor of the West Side church is most gratifying to the members, who hold him in very high esteem. 'Marriages," says* the Carthage, Mo., Democrat, "are made fn heaven," but is disposed to give the porch swing some credit?Buffalo Newr. You never can tell. A man may come may have some difficulty in getting another one that will fit. r^?y NOTICE OF ELECTION. State of South Carolina, County of Union. Notice is hereby given that the General Election for Presidential and Vice-Presidential Electors and Representatives in Congress will be held at the voting precincts fixed by law in the County of Union on Tuesday, November 7, 1916, said day being Tuesday following the first Monday, as prescribed by the State Constitution. The qualifications for suffrage are as follows: Residence in State for two years, in the County one year, in the polling precinct in which the elector offers to .vote, four months., and the payment six months before any election of any poll tax then due and payable. Provided, That ministers in charge of an D^...UVX? VI1V41 VII UI1U wavilCIO U1 UUUlie schools shall be entitled to vote after six months' residence in the , State, otherwise qualified. Registration?Payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed and collectible during the previous year. The production of a certificate or the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Before the hour fixed for opening 1 the polls Managers and Clerks must take and subsribe to the Constitutional oath. The Chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the oath to the other Managers and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oath to Chairman. The Managers elect their Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a. m.t and closed at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City of Charleston, where they shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m. The Managers have the power to fill a vacgncy; and if none of the Managers attend, the citizens can appoint, from among the qualified vot, ers, the_ managers, who, after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot box and count the ballots therein, and continue without adiournment until the same is completed, and make a state ment ot the jjesult for each office, and sign the same. " Within three days thereafter, the Chairman of the Board, must deliver to the Commissioners or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the Commissioners of Election the poll list, the box containing the ballots and written statements of the result of the election. Managers of Election?The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said Countv: Union C. H.?L. F. Malone, J. G. Howell, R. A. Oliphant. CrosiS Keys?A. J. Bailey, J. H. Graham, R. B. Alverson. Black Rock?J. M. Henderson, Jas. Moblev, Ravmond Bishop. Carlisle?^W. L. Hudspeth, R. V. Gist, Jesse Comer. Santuc?J. S. F. Adams, W. D. Sartor, E. G. Thomas, j Adamaburg?J, A. Orr, Bunyan "Adams, "7." D. Hancock. Kelton?J. B. Holcomb, S. R. Garner, W. B. Little. Jonesville?T. H. Gore, E. H. Jeter, Gray Gault. , Gibbs?Henry Smith, C. N. Lawson, S. A. Lawson. Coleraine?J. P. Hopkins, W. M. Sumner, B. L>. Lawson. West Springs?W. T. Lancaster, G. T. Hyatt, Y. E. Holcomb. Lockhart?B. B. Belue, W. C. Johnson, C. D. Broom. Buffalo Mills?C. H. Betsill, Fair Willard, W. M. Johnson. Monarch Cot. Mills?Grady Reynolds, J. M. Howell, Oliver Sims. Excelsior K. Mills?John Jolly, J. C. Gregory, H. G. Bailey. Meadors?J. F. Gist, Steven Crosby, Jno. Meador. Wilburn's Store?W. L. Lawson, Scaife Wilburn, E. H. Kingsmore. The Managers at each nrecinct named above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure the box and blanks for the election from R. C. Williams at Union Courthouse, Union, S. C., on or before Nov. 1, 1916. W. H. Sartor, J. Wesley Scott, , C. A. Jeter, Commissioners of Federtal Election for Union County, S. C. ; October 16. 1916. 42-2 ; THE BEST OF THE BARGAIN. ! You get a bargain when you get 1 The Youth's Companion for 1917 for $2.00?52 issues crowded from cover to cover with the reading you most j enjoy.^ But you get the best of the ( bargain if you subscribe the minute . you read this, for then vou will get . free every number of The Compan' ion issued between the time you subscribe and New Year's. If you send your $2.00 at once that means a lot . of reading for jyhich you won't have . to pay a cent. And then the long, i glorious 52 weeks of Companion reading to come after! Let us send you the Forecast for 1917, which tells all , about what is in store for Companion readers in 1917. By special arrangement new sub> scribers for The Youth's Companion i can have also McCall's Macrazine for 1 B1 H UAiU 1~I:?a! "*Od 1A i it'i i uuin iiuuncitiiuiiM mr 1 Our two-at-one-price offer includes: 1 1. The Youth's Companion?52 is' sues of 1917. ' 2. All the remaining issues of 1916. ' 3. The Companion Home Calendar for 1917. 4. McCalPs Magazine?12 fashion numbers of 1917. > 5. One 15-cont McCall Dress Pat, tern?-your choice from your first num; ber of the magazine?if you send a 2-cent stamp with your selection. THE YOUTH'S COMPANION. St. Paul St., Boston, Mqss. New Subscriptions Received at this Office. A Lorain, Ohio, young lady has announced a birthday party for her pet I dog. Poor dog. ? Wheeling Intelligencer. A newspaper writer tells cf the ! Brighton mosquitoes "eating at the ankle a of the vox populi."?Boston Transcript. I wl | NO ROOM F< I If you pay by check there ! the payment of a bill as the I|!|| donee of payment. ! You are acting with businei I'll Checking Account with this I ! for your money and an acc Ell transactions. Em s!ie Nicholson, J. R i President. \ i'j ^ ft*1 ~f\V 111 L 1%A SHOE STORE YOU'LL i LIKE ? Flynn-^ Shoe Cc ONE PRICE Special Advertisements GET YOUR BLOOI) RIGHT for the long cold winter by taking "Huiet's Pink Blood Purifier." For sale by Palmetto Drug Co. TO MY COUNTRY FRIENDS?Drop in to see me at the City Barber Shop when you are in town. You will be made welcome whether you get any work done or not. Come in and bring your friends and get some ice water and rest yourself. Jno. R. Mathis, Prop. 7-tf WANTED?Desirable renters for lands in Union county. Apply to P. D. Barron. ALL who are due me colt fees for 1916 will please settle at once by leaving the amount, $15.00, with Hames Grocery Co., or sending check direct to C. H. Rice, Sedalia, S. C. MONEY TO LOAN on improved real estate for 20 years. See John K. Hamblin or myself. J. E. Minter. LOST?One automobile tire, 30x3 M; inch, between Citizens Bank corner and the residence of Mr. Thos. McNally. Finder will be rewarded $4.00. Rosa Gist, nr Mimrn IjiIps " 42-1-pti MONEY on real estate on lonfr and easy terms. J. E. Minter, Financial Cor. Union County. FOR THE BEST SERVICE, focleanliness and promptness, call upon us. Our shop is in every way up-to-date. White barbers only. MONEY TO LOAN on Farm Lands and Real Estate. Barron & Barron, Union, S. C. 42-tf FOR SALE?My house and lot on Mountain street. Terms easy. W. Fowler Bobo. . i2-4' UCHOLsSl BANK AND 1 RUST COMPANY || UN ION. S C. UL 5R DISPUTE j i can be no dispute regarding p i cancelled check is legal evi- m , pi i?s prudence when you open a jj|' bank, both as regards safety J i urate record of all financial I 'j! oy Fant, M. A. Moore, ; IV ' i 9 ! i^i| If YOU have not been buying Your Shoes at this Shoe Store, we ask Your consideration! We're Sure You'll Like Us! Selling the Best Shoes Made at Reasonable Prices together with the efforts we put forth to provide Every Patron with a Shoe that is Just Right, has won for us the reputation of being? THE BEST STORE FOR SHOES IN TOWN! We would like to show you the Special Values in our Men's $2.50 to $0.00 Shoes, our Women's $1.50 to $6.00 Shoes, our splendid $1.25 to $3.00 School Shoes. We'd like to show you the pood points in these Shoes, have you see the New Style Features, the Splendid leathers, and t.'ie Artistic Shoernakinp! We want you to know exactly what the "Dent Shoe Store" can do for you in Fall Footwear. May we show you? Bunion Protectors and Arch Supporters. /"incent >mpany AND CASH IF YOU WANT A BARGAIN in a farm while they are very cheap see Flynn. If you have a farm to sell cheap Flynn can sell it for you. I don't want a inrm nf ?.. ? wi? VA jt^uincn ui bottoms with the top washed off ?see me before they are all sold. A crop buys a farm; no, Flynn that sella farms. 42-1 We are no cut rate, second class concern. We give you your money's worth. McMillan and Cannon. S'.Mf "HUIET'S GRIP CAPSULES" never fail to bust up a cold. Try them and be convinced. For sale by Palmetto Drug Co. IF IT FAILS to ease your pain it costs you nothing, but it won't fail, "Huiet's Liniment" never fails. For sale by Palmetto Drug Co. FOR SALE?Red Rust Proof and Appier Oats. The Peoples Supply Co., I). Fant Gilliam, Treas. 41-4 BARGAINS NEAR UNION?More small farms at bargain prices. Twenty to sixty acres with good bottoms. One hundred and thirl^ acres and one hundred and seventeen. Will make male, forty bushels; large bottoms. Thirty farms in all. Eight years to pay. See D. C. Flynn; he'll tell you. 42-1 NO PAINS expected! They all fall before that greatest of all pain killers, "Huiet's All Healing Lini merit." For sale by Palmetto Drutf Co. FOR SALE?Leather collars and bridles. Great values at the price. People's Supply Co. tf FOR RENT OR SALE?Several Union County Farms. G. B. Barron. 42-tf To Cure a Cold In One Day Take LAX ATIVR BROMO Quinine. It atopa the Congh and Headache and worka off the Cold. Drucciata refund money If it falla to core. B- W. GROVE'S aicnature on each boa. 25c.