The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-11-14
UTouch me Gently, Father Time"

as the title of q new and beautiful song
and chorus by CHARLES BAKER, author
of the famous "He Holds the Fort Of
| Heaven."- Dealers are ordering it by the
thousand. The whole world will soon be
singing "IoMch me Gently, Father Time
ANY music dealer will mail you this beau-
tiful song for 40 cents. Published bv +.
w. HELMlCk, 50 West 4th street, Gill
%cinnati, ..
GIN HOUSE AND SAW MILL BURNT.
About four o'clock p. m, on the 9Th
instant, a fire broke out in the cotton gin
and saw mill of DR.. W. G. Brown mt Bel
ton. The entiro building with all its con-
tents, except one gin, was totally destroy
ed.
Says an Exchange-the moro a hat re-
sembles a cart wheel in size, a vegetable
garden III decoration, and q military es-
tablishment in general 'nake-up,' the
more pleasing it will bo to the aver
age female wearer.
The time for the collection of taxes
without the penalty ends tomorrow, and
all who do not pay before that date will
certainly be required to pay the penalty
of twenty per cent.
Mr.. Andrew o. Norris had n cow graz
ing in a field with III old dry we'll III 1t.
For one week the animal entirely disap-
peared, and was finally discovered in the
we'll unhurt, where for n week she had
been observing a strict fast. having had
neither food nor watcr.-AndcTSOn Intel
ligencer. "
Judge Reed is holding Court ut Ander-
son this week, for thc'trial of such cases
,u do MT % hofore a iury.
SPEAKER WALLACE has ordered an
election to fill the vacancy occationed by
the resignation of G. s. Minort, mem-
Der Of the House Of Representatives,
from Richland. Also an election for Sen
ator 10 fill the place recently made vacant
by the resignation of w. b. Nash. Elec-
ton to take pluce next Tuesday.
The NEwsPAPER.-What q comfort ia
the newspaper! says q writer. How
small is the sum that is required to pat
roniZe u paper, and how amply remuner-
ated IL u patron, I care not how humble
and unpretending the gazette which he
takes; for it is next to impossible to fill u
sheet with printed matter tifty-twO times
a year, without inserting weekly some
information that in itself IL worth the
subscription price. A newspaper is a
history of current events us we'll az u
copious and interesting miscellany, and
which youth will peruse with delight
when they will read nothing else.
THE Ncwber,y Herald proposes to
commence publishing an original story
in n week or two. Subscribers who wish
to know how slack Ridge made u start"
should subscribe at once.
THE Newberry Bank now has a chro-
nonleter lock OF the vault Of that institu-
ton. BY this arrangement the clock or
lock may be SGT so that it can be opened
by no one, with the key or without the
key, until the Time for Which it is set, has
expired.
Wanted,-not only by US but every
body-debts to be paid, truth TO be told,
and people to face the music like honest
men.
A great many wild geese are reported
as migrating into the neighborhoOd Of
Meyers Mill OH Broad River. Suggested
that the fisherman take their guns with
them-and d wagon for the geese.-New-
berry Herald.
DR.. J. F.. Donald, member of the Legis-
lature from Greenville county, having
purchased the residence OF Mr.. W. Il.
austin in West Greenville, has moved in
to the city, and is now ono of our citl-
zens.-GreenuiUc Enterprise u Noun
f0ippor