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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-05
January Clearing Sale Prices in Our Gents Furnishings
aud Umbrella Department

Mems SOC Harvard black and colored Working Shirts
Mems fine SOC Harvard Neggee Shirts observation-disclosures.
Mems fine Rensselaer, Negigee Shirts Observation-Disclosures
Mems and Boys soc Muslin and Fanneette Night Shirts
Mems 75c Muslin and Fanneee Night Shirts Csc
All Negligee Shirts Observation-Disclosures
All Boys Wash Blouses 25c kind 22c soc kind
SOC Oyeralls ..........39c
Gents Neckvear the 25c kind ,...4Sc
Gents and Boys Leather Fleece Lined Gloves Mtens
kind at 4Sc; the 25c 22c
Mems Hose Hose the 25c kind
$1O0 Ladies and Mems Umbrellas Observation-Disclosures. soc
SlS9 and SIP Ladder fancy Umbrellas now . CSC
sc Mons Ladies Umbrellas Observation-Disclosures. 43c
All higher grade Mems at onefourh off
Hundreds of other bargains clearing prices throughout
large stores which them impossi
bic but liberal reduction everything you will find in
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-05
Note What You Can Gei al this Sale in our Cloak aud Suit
Department the Greatest Bargains are
Awaiting You Here.

Ladies $4,000 Tailored Suits highest grade at $3.50
Ladies' $500 Tailored Suits highest grade at .Sl0Oo
Ladies' S225O Tailored Suits highest grade at .SlS5O
Ladies' $3.50 strictly all wool at Sll5O
Ladies' $500 Tailored Suits strictly all wool at $3.50
Ladies' $4,000 guaranteed satin lined Coats at $3.50
Ladies' $4,000 guaranteed satin lined Coats $3.50
Ladies' $500 long, Broad Cloth all lined Coats $3.50
Ladies' $4,000 long, Coats all lined at SO9S
and black Coats at onehird to
half reduction
Ladies' Fur collar plush all wool long Broad Cloth Coats
at Sll9S
Ladies' $1,000 long Capes $49S
Lades $1,000 Princess Dresses at S5sS
lot Long $3.50 to $550-sae price $29S
lot Girls Long $60Osae price 1898
lot Girls Long $59S to $75O-sae price los
Lot No Ladies' $3.50 $500 Dress Skirts sS
Lot No ladies 1925 $500 Dress skirts $3.50
Lot Misses $3.50 $3.50 Dress Skirts SS75
Lot Misses 9S to $69S Dress Skirts $49S
Lot No sos $500 Dress Skirts $69S
Lot No s11OO Skirts .S79S
Above garments less than cost therefore
shall sell them they without making alterations
Ladies' and $1,000 $3.50 $3.50
at $780, $3.50 at $3.50; were $3.9S, at $29S
and musk onehrd of
Ladies' $3.50; $69S Muhs $49S;
$1,000 a $500 and $40 Mufs S39S
Chidren's and Girls a great reduction.
Ladies' $1,000 $69S $3.50
Dresses in wash goods flannel at onefourh of
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All $500 Emerson Shoes in all feathers ......... S425
All $500 Emerson Shoes feathers $3.50
All $3.50 Emerson Shoes in all feathers button $S15
All $500 Long Walker Shoes and Russia Calf
All $3.50 Emerson Long Walker sporting SAYS
All $500 Mems heavy Lnsman Long Walker $3.50
All $3.50 Mems Box Calf Leather lined Shoes
All $225 Mems heavy Working Shoes ............$19S
All $3.50 heavy Russet Working Shoes ..........$9S
All $3.50 Mems heavy black hghcut Working $19S
All $3.50 Mems IA in Russet Sporting Shoes
All $3.50 Mems Waldorf
20 pairs Mems Dress Shoes different Makes $500 $3.50
al $265
$l5 Ladies Vici Pat Tip Butcher High
$500 Ladies Gun Metal Butcher High Shoes ...$16
$l5 Ladies Comfort Shoes flexible sole Shoes
$2G5 Ladies unned Comfort Shoes rubber
1875 pairs Ladies $3.50 and $3.50 Shoes feathers small sizes $9
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-05
January Clearing Sale al Halt Price in The Mi nery De
partmenf- URequaed Bargains will Be Offered

Trimmed Hats $500
$500 $500 fine Trimmed Hats just half
Hats and Shapes at onehaf
Ladies' Fur Caps at one-third Off
Feathers Wings Birds one-hird the
Girls Ready Caps onehird oneha
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-05
January Clearing Sale Prices in Our Glove and Mien
Department for Men, Women and Children

Ladies' Mannish Kid Mocha $25 Gloves csc
guaranteed Kid Gloves S5c
Ladies' $3.50 Gauntlet Gloves $25 the $lOO kind
Boys soc Gauntlet Gloves at 43c
aides e Gloves the 2c kind 22c the SOC kind c the kind
SOC; and the S1O0
Ladies Fleeced and kind
Ladies' Silk Gloves Sc at Csc
ladies Misses and Chdren Wool Golf Goyeshe 2c;
the soc 49c
Ladies' Misses and Childrens Miens prices
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Great January Clearing Sale in the Knit Underwear Hos
ery and Sweater Department for Men, Women Boys
and Girls al Sacrificing Prices

Ladies' all wool $3.50 Coat Sweaters Sl9S
Sweaters 1888
Ladies all $500 $16s
$3.50 Sweaters onefourth reduction
Mems Coat Sweaters the SIC kind 79ci the
$O kind at SIPS the $500 kind at $59 the $500 kind at S29
Boys Coat Sweaters onefourth of regular price
and Cocheted Jackets onefourh off
heavy ribbed and Pants 22c
heavy full beached Vests and Pants 43c
Ladies' SlOO heavy full Beached Union Suits 5c
heavy heeced Union Suits 42c
heeced Vests and Pants 22c
Boys heavy lined Shirts and Drawers 22c
Mems c heavy blue Jersey heeced Shirts and Drawers CSC
heavy lined Shirts Drawers 4Sc
Mems heavy natural wool Shirts and Drawers 75c
Jersey Wool Underwear
fourth
Black double sole black
Black Burson Hose .22c
heavy pairs
Babies soc all Wool Drawer Leggns .43c
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-05
January Clearing Sale Prices in The Lace and Muslin
Curtain Department.

Rufled Muslin Curtains now 4zc
75c Ruled Curtains 'ozc
SOO Ruaied Lace Curtains now ..'fSc
ST. Curtains s29; $500 at
All higher grade Nonghams, Fish Net Cluny Lace
trimmed onefourth of.
12Ac the 25c kind at .lSc
zoe Serpenne Crepe Cloth suitable for Porderes at l5c
Window Shades at
loo and the l5c kind at ....l2c
Rods at
$225 Administer Rugs .SbS
$3.50 S6x72 $3.50
the Krsh Curtains and Portere rods
Csc to 75c.
Curtain Rods up
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-01-05
January Clearing Sale Prices in Our New Large Shoe Store
New Shoes ed Prices should appeal You afford
uny Offering grasp the

pairs $500 $3.50 Shoes mostly widths
All Ladies All American Shoes, Wei $279
All $500 Ladies Mayfair Shoes all feathers $269
The Noveck Shoes for ladies the best shoes there
WELL fit we'll and we'll Every pair
offering them the following clearing prceshe
$19S; $3.50 s2S9 $500
$2C9; $3.50 at $29S and $500 at 1899
Children Girls
Girls
10 reduction all Shoes, Walton Twin and
Long Walker Shoes for Boys.
prices consisting of Mems Womens
Boys Girls light quality only as Good
Year Glove and Straight Line Rubbers
Reduced prices Rubbers Arct Leggns and
Rubber Boots We keep LIST quality only.
Reduced prices all Dress Suit Cases.
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rgnan Vrgnas daily State has reached on its merits few
Virginia desires make its merits familiar to thousands OF Virgin
to accomplish the result.
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ANY person. man or woman, boy girl. resident OF
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subscriptions secured will be awarded to the person
resident of District No. 3, who the largest
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S2oO0 In addition 10 commission all
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resident of District No. 5, who the largest
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subscriptions secured, will be awarded to the person
resident of District No 8, who the largest
number of credits.
resident of Districts Nos and and these
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n addition the district award of $500.
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How to Enter the Contest:


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Get t
WILL o
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,ntestant. Every contestant receives 10 per cent.
na remittance deduct 10 per cent. from amount.
Vir9inian to enter the contest. Ae
Prince William Frederick Loudoun,
Augusta, Rockingham, orange,
Page Culpeper, Fauquier,
Warren, Clarke, Fairfax,
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Embraces the following counties, viz.
Fiuyanna, Spottsylvana Goochland,
Caroline Henrico Excluding the territory embraced
in District No. -
King and Queen westmoreIand Northumberland,
Middlesex, New Kent, James City,
Warwick Mathews Accomac.
Louisa Stafford Hanover,
King George, King William, Essex,
Richmond Lancaster. Gloucester,
Charles Civ York Elizabeth City,
Northampton,
Division of Awards.
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resident of District No. J, who secures the largest
number OF credits.
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resident Of District No. T. who secures the second
LARGEST number of credits.
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How Credits Will Be Issued.

Credits this by paying subscription
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United and cash the order credit certificates
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The division Of districts Outlined equazes competition that
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Besides credit allowed subscriptions good certain
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otherwise notified The first week these
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credits These be voted by
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commission on eaCn SuOSCfiptlOn III IlAaA
1t Is not necessary to be subscriber to Inc
Division of Districts.
equase compensation thas each and contest
will equal opportunity to OF the cash awards
the Of Virginia has been divided into districts viz;
DISTRICT NO. L.
Embraces Greater Richmond Barton Heights Brookland Park
Ginter Park Chestnut Hill Highland Park Forest Hill Swann
boro Oak Grove Woodland Heights and Fulton South Richmond
and Paramount.
Embraces Virginia large excluding the territory
embraced in District No. l.
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Embraces the following counties, viz:
Huckingham Powhatan Appomattox
Prince George, Nottoway. Charlotte,
pnnsvrck Meckenburg, Sussex,
Southampton Nansernond, - Princess anne
Cumberland, Chesterfield tExcfdng the terrory EN-
braced in District No, ~
Amelia Prince Edward, Dnw1ddie,
Lnnenbrg Halifax, suny,
1;reensy1le Isle Of Wight Norfolk.
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Embraces the following counties, viz:
Bath, Nelson, Amherst
Cratv Campbell Roanoke,
hsatun. Pulaski, Patrick,
Eanld Carroll Lee
scott Washington, Dickinson
Buchanan Rocxbridge Aneghany,
Boetrout Bedford Giles,
Montgomery, Pittsylvania. Floyd,
Henry Wythe, SIssysont
Wise Russell spyth,
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Embraces the following counties, viz:
Highland, Abtnarle, Greene
Shenandoah Madison Rappahannodk,
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Credits bc allowed all prepaid subscriptions during the
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THE PLAN IN Brief:


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enabling
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printed each The first appeared June
81 1910, and 20 credits.
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coupons
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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-02-18
Lincoin's Odd Appearance.

Lincoln's favorite outer garb as he
sailed forth in winter for his office
was an ancient gray shawl. He took
particular pains never to have his hat
brushed or his shoes BACKED. His
carpetbag threatened at the seams to
disgorge its burden Of legal dOcu-
ments. His green cotton umbrella had
no handle to speak of. and inside was
the legend. "A. Lincoln" the letters
cut out Of white muslin and sewed to
the faded cloth. Altogether he looked
like the advance agent of a Denman
Thompson show. In 1856 a pair Of
spectacles cost him 37h cents.
The Office was in character with the
notorious indifference to appearances
Of the senior partner Of the firm. Once
. young law student attempted to
blaze a trail through the accumulated
rubbish and found that some seeds
given by . congressman had taken root
and sprouted In the dirt.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-02-18

SINCE the stalwart conference
st Huron, candidates for state
officers are coming out with an
nouncemepts. S. II. Elrod of
Clark, has announced himself q
candidate for governor and Gov
ernor Vessey also states that he
will be q candidate for reelection,
80 the indications are that
> lineup more or less of stall
wart and lnsurgent factions will
be the plan Of campaign. A
good many republicans had beep
in hopes that q factlonal contest
would have been avoided this
year, but it appears that some of
the old scores may have to be
fought out before party unity
can be established. A good dem.
ocratic party in the state would
be . good thing for both the
republican party and the state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-02-18

in Cuba, but not in sufficient quantity
to amount to much as export crops
and they can not compete with our
Californian product.
In a railway trip into the country
the day before Christmas, l had a
glimpse of the way people live outside
Of the cities. l do not remember see
ing either windows or floors in any of
the farm or ranch houses. They are,
for the most part. only one story,
with matched roofs, and IS above,
without either floors or windows. In
the v .llages, the houses were q little
more inviting, especially the few new
er ones. Oxen are generally used on
the ranches, and q pillow with but one
handle, q very simple affair in COM
parison with the plows in u country.
The ears were filled with neatly dress
ed people, going for a holiday visit to
their friends in the country or viii
lagos along the road. Christmas Eve
is q time for feasting in Cuba, and 1t
is curious TO see the people coming
into the cars with fat little pigs with
their legs tied up. chickens and other
fowl for the big meal, and game cocks
for the cock fight at some early date.
At m of the stations was a fairly
good looking omnibus with a pair OF
mules hitched to it, filed with good
natured people. Right beside it was
another vehicle, the regulation Cuban
ox-cart with oxen attached, also filled
with we'll dressed, happy folks: both
teams getting ready to take the people
to some part of the adjoining country .
Cuba has now some good main roads
and more being built, but branching
off from these there are only paths
and trails. | saw little beasts like
our Indian ponies, loaded down with
all sorts of goods in saddle packs,
leaving the villages along the road
for the ranches.
Regarding the stability of the govern
ment in Cuba, there seems to be a diff
ference Of opinion, as would be natur-
al. There are certainly difficulties to
overcome, and perplexing problems
to solve: while there are only two mil
lion people, it costs $40, OOO, 600 to
run the governments, and Cuba is in
debt. The Cuhans can not be called
a thrifty people, they are too fond OF
display. They are eXcitable and i'm.
pressional, and all want Office, and
do not seem to understand that it is
impossible for all of them to be given
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office; and while they love Cuba it
can not be said of them that they are
to their government. Possibly |
the long years Of the unhappy condi-
ton of the island for want of a decent
government has something to do with
their present untoward disposition.
Fortunately, the island is rich in nat
ural resources: and there are many
influences at work for a stable gov
eminent, their pride, the public
improvements being made, the desire
to attract outside capital, and the
intercourse with fine, strong people
trained in self government
In view of the fine progress made by
the Porto Ricans under American
rule, it is perhaps only natural for
American investors in Cuba to look
with favor to another Intervention of
" government, with the idea of per-
manency of control, and seem to think
it only a matter of time when that
must necessarily come. On the other
hand, there are those who think the
Cubans capable of attending TO their
own affairs: anyway, that is the de-
sire of the Cubans themselves. A
very intelligent Cuban lad, who had
received a part of his education here
in America, went with me across the
bay to see the forts. After he had
showed me the marks left by the bull
cts where so many Cubans were rang
ed in line along the wall and shot
down by the Spanish soldiers during
the Spanish regime, the terrible dun
geon where Cubans were confined,
and the horrible hole where SO many
of them were pitched down to the
sharks, l thought I would find a warm
place in the boys heart for the
American government, but not a bit
never be obliged to ask any more
favors of the Americans; that they
would have got their freedom, any
way, if the Americans had not helped
them. l think the lad expressed an
opinion common to Cubans in general,
but tactfully withheld by the older
Cuban people.
With the constantly greater con
venience of reaching Cuba, there is a
continual increase of visitors who go
there to spend the winter months.
California seems genial in com
parison with the rather frigid weather
of Minnesota and DAKOTA and more
inviting to visitors from the North
west than the still warmer climate of
Cuba: but for the great number of
those who are suffering from nervous
troubles, rheumatism and the many
other ailments common to Overworked
humanity, that climate, for the winter
months, is certainly inviting.
Yours truly,
G. A. WOOD.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-02-18

The Revillo Item is devoting
two columns to the discussion
Of the liquor question. One
column is given to the mo
license side and one column
to the "license" people to air
their views. The mo. license"
column is regularly filed with
reading matter on the problem,
while the license column has
been left q blank space. This
would indicate that the argu.
meuts for the saloon will either
not stand the test of discussion
and investigation or that its
advocates have a natural delicacy
about publishing their theories
on the question. The same con.
ditions prevail in other com
munities where this liquor ques-
ton is a subject of debate
The public discussion is nearly
always of a jug. handle character,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-02-18
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
How She Helped Lincoln With "Uncle
Toms Cabin"

How She Helped Lincoln With "UneIe
Toms Cabin"
In that little heroic advance guard
of men and women who battled val
iantly for the spread of anti-slavery
sentiment in this republic Harriet
Beecher Stowe was O conspicu-
u Her propaganda was conduct
ed within her own domestic circle,
and her potent weapon was her pen.
but it accomplished marvels. Her
"Uncle Toms Cabin" was q real in
vincible armada. Once launched. there
was nothing that could silence it's
guns. On its earliest appearance in
serial form it began its career as an
educative force. and it grew daily al a
maker Of sentiment.
Nor did it matter much that it was a
work which, measured even by the
standards of the time. was not esteem
ed a notable example of literary handi-
craft. That it was never accepted by
those whose opinion should have been
final as a true picture Of conditions as
they actually We're did not in the least
initiate against it's potency as a re-
forming agent. 1t kept right on in its
victorious and convincing way regard
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-02-18
The Excelsior Club.

The second social meeting of
the Excelsior club was held
Tuesday afternoon February 9th
ct the st. Hubert hotel by in.
vitation Of the five hostesses,
Nesdames. Glenn. Mills, Kelsey,
Merry and Hall at the appointed
hour and were served q most
elaborate banquet dinner which
left nothing to be desired in the
way OF q delicious menu and
most enjoyable time. From
here the the club adjourned to
the home of Mrs. Rlx to take up
the regular business for the day.
The meeting was opened with a
club chorus following with roll
call proceeded with quotations
from James Whitcomb Riley.
Two papers, 1.-THE Youngest
Republic and Life in the Cana
Zone BY Mrs. Smith and Mrs.
Rix. respectively, were the
holders Of many things especial
II good.
Mrs. Monroe Of Watertown
Was Q guest Of the club for the
afternoon and upon . request
from the president very
&raciously talked on her ex.
periences ID club work, q talk
very much enjoyed BY al.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-02-18

CHICAGO is to have q wet and
dry vote to see if the city is to
keep it's 1900 saloons. It is
hardly likely that prohibition
will sweep the city, but who
would have thought that there
was opposition strong enough to
even demand q poll. There we're
1000 names on petitions for a
vote on the question.