2 Entire Stock of Pianos Invoicing Closn to sso,ooo—is Thrown on the Market at 50c cn the Dollar | Facts and Figures of the Greatest Piano Sale in the History of the State of | Our door? swing open to-morrow morning at S o'clock and at that time wo wi>l launch the most gigantic "The End of the Limit" sale ot pianos and player pianos ever held east of the Mississippi river. We have cut prices to the heart. We will place on sale every conceivable Piano, Organ, Player Piano in the entire establishment and will spll them . rr . ft at prices and terms that will revolutionize the piano business. Pianos that have occupied an aristocratic 1 101*0 IS il L lUHO that Will DO })!ilC('(l S position in this house t'or years, will be sold tor a trifle over their original cost. Some of the pianos are i m i r t rpi • AM B j Free Stool, Scarf, Tuning, Delivery &3f Store Open Evenings Till 9 O'clock 1 EASY TERMS EASY TERMS B , MI „ g | US6d PianOS ' 7 ' U P- PLyer Pianos, $250 Up. Organs, $2, $5, $6, | || l" - " HSIR A' ' ~~~TO m.t a '.' k 0f evrr> . F°£ ther f„ iß a The reason for this sale, its object and purpose is to clean 1 an in over $4o!o'o0, and dVposV^f'^he^nstmmeVt^Tplett'^'r 6 " n 5 Stan<,in « " a mßtter that wc Poiut to with Pride satisfaction. Wo have been in the =1 suit us. We will not play favorite.. We wiU tr, at each and ev«£ j£m 55 One 4 r " t ''" l I>,an " fOT ***•■ Wl ' haV(! sold >» every Hamlet. Village, city and town in man s money i> just aa good as another'#, and it will go just as far here. The biggest bargains are 1 the great Btute of ''''"""ylvania. Wo have probably sold more Heal High Grade Pianos than all ■ naturally going to sell hrst. That is a matter that is up to you entirely. We advise that you come H of the combined retail Piano Houses in the City of Harrisburg. The People have Tested us rovallv. i not'suftirii'nti v'al/U- fo Tud'/e ThTmcr'its of*/"on i°p" •j n '' ! \ ment . B»id e you, and if you feel that you are H U ' e bav,! tried to give each and every one a square deal. Now that we are compelled to sell, wo 11 We arc personally responsible and back of every transact You and *statemeu t"'made" in wfth 3 "V*" to gUe the I '® ol ' U ' an °l'l )ortu,,it )f to do something for themselves, by placing on sale theso El H We cannot sell you a cheap Piano. We do not carry them. pianos at prices and terms hitherto unheard of. I OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK ——' 1 " WINTER PIANO CO. | i "" 23 N. Fourth St, Harrisburg, Pa., H. M. ELDRIDGE, Mgr. | HARMFKURO STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBFT? 7. 1914. PENNSYLVANIA BANKS IN VEKY HEALTHY CONDITIONS Bunking Commissioner Smith's Report Shows Resources in State Institu tions Increased $127,000,000 Over the Year 1018 I I ;?"" # y |va *?'a banki are in a pretty healthy condition and growing he-altll ler every year, as the State Banking Department shows, and last year the re sources increased $.27,000,000 over those of 1913, which is a right tidy sum to hai e within the confines of the old Commonwealth should we need ready State Banking Commissioner Smith gives some very interesting figures in tITT' with Governor , showing the conditions that ex isted on November 2, last, as compared 1913 c ' 0, " lltl0U ■■ , 01 the same date in Commissioner Smith's report shows that 11 saMngs institutions, 179 State •auks and 397 trust companies had to tal resources in 1914 of $1,378,644,. -pi',?'. as ''""'pared with $1,151,308 - 336"'i89*1'" " ' nn '" crpilßU of sl27^- The savings banks in 1914 had re sources of $242,575,384.94, as com pared with $233,926,521.39 in 1:i 11! an increase of $8,648,863.55. The number ol cl« positors jjrew from 30G.- 'O9 to 498,377, an increase of 1,668. Deposits increased from $209 11'. »74;Js6.S°B. s2l7 ' 087 - 377 ' 72 . - Resources of State hanks increased from $217,909,733.79 to $224,369,- 028.58, a total increase of sti'4s9[- J9.1.09, an.| the depositors increased from 597,061 to 634,102, a total in crease of depositors of 36,441. Tie amount of individual deposits in State banks in 1914 was $94,575,4 43.64. a. decrease of $2,518,647.85 from 1913. On the other hand, savings fund de posits in State banks increased $5,- 049,180.86 from $56,48 1,321.37 in 1913 to $61,520,502.23 in 1914, and trust funds showed an increase of $315,397.75, the total for 1911 being $6,331,514.17. State banks paid divi dends in 1914 aggregating $1,492,- 456.06. h Trust companies in Pennsylvania in 1914 reported resources aggregating 1,700,537.96, as compared with $7^9,472.306.98 in 1913, a total in crease of $12.228,230.98 in one year. The number of depositors also increased from 1,087.394 to 1,182,848, an in crease of 95,48S depositors in ono year. The amount of individual de posits, however, fell .ifl" $5,399,719.33, the aggregate in 1914 being $379,087.- 663.07. On the other hand, saving) fund deposits in trust com panic jumped from $124,079,113.07 in 191 :i to $132,463,075.32 in 1914, an in crease of $8,383,983.25. Trust funds n trns. companies in creased $73,004,246.28 during the year, there being on hand November 2, 1914, an aggrtgnte of $1,160,853,- 273.23. The aggr« 'ate trusts admin istered bv these institutions from sl!,- 532.908.54 in 1913 to $3,630,495,- 882.28 in 1914, an increase of $97,- 1588,982.74. The tr.ist companies dur ing 1914 paid dividends aggregating $11,331,693.53. The growth in postal savings is in dicated by a large increase in tho United States postui savings fund de posits. In the State batiks these amounted to $98,907.55 in 1913 and $183,240.38 in 1914, an increase of $84,332.83. In trust companies the postal savings fund iteposits in 191;! I were $787,572.84 and in 1914 they had grown vo $1,213,447.29,* an in crease of $425,874.45. l'ostal savings funds are also deposited in national banks, whit h institutions are not in cluded in Commissioner Smith's report. SILVER GRAY FOX THIEF Valuable Animal is Shot After Numer ous Depredations Williamsport, Doc. 7.—The killing of a beautiful silver gray fox on the outskirts of Galeton has solved the mystery of a series of chicken thefts with which the town has suffered for three months. The animal, one of the finest specimens ever captured, wns killed by Carl Schoendorfer as the young mun was on his way to the woods near the town to hunt rabbits. Schoemlorfer saw the animal slink ing away from a poultry house of a resident near the edge of town. NEW CHURCH DEDICATED Grace Methodist Episcopal, of Altoona, is Opened Altoona, Dec. 7. —The new Grace | Methodist Episcopal church was dedi- I catcd yesterday. Four services were l held. The Rev, Dr. John Kraut*, of | New York, preached at the mornin? j service, an