The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-02

There Is an advertisement in orr columns to
which we take much pleasure in referring our
readers, because We believe in it and can con-
scicnliOusly and heartily recommend IT.. We
refer to Halls Hair Reviewer. We remember
many crscs in our midst of old ana middle
aged people who formerly wore grey hair, or
whose locks where thin and faded, but who
now have prcScutablc head pieces, ana with
no little PRIDE announce to their friends that
! they haven't u grey hair i'll their heads. 1t is
q pardonablc pride, and the world would be
better OFT, If there was more OF II. Tor when
the aged make themselves attractive To Others
! they are more certain to win and retain The
esteem and respect to which IL bllr!licn OF well
spent years entities them. Try Hairs HAIR
Remover if age or disease III, lllnncd or
whitened your locks and you will thank us
Tor our advice.-Iun-Iiandle Wears, WstLSOurg,
". Va.
! Mack, son Of John +. and Mary V. Miller.
from Diphthcritic Group, aged d years and II
days. But II few days was lac called to suffer
from this fearful malady. Mack was Il bright
manly little boy, just beginning to bud forth.
exciting the hope of fond parents that Il
bright promise of future years were In store
for him; but alas for human hopes and en-
pcctations. he was called by his heavenly
Father from earth to q home in the skies,
where There shall be no more death, neither
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any
more pain" The parents should be cOnSoled
with the reflection that Christ when on earth
and forbid them not, for of such is the king
dom Of heaven j.
In one of his late sermons Mr.. Talmndgc
discussed newspapers, closing as follows:
7 publish Il newspaper requires the skill,
prcciSiOn, bOidncSS, vigilance and strategy OF
u commanders in-clliei, and 10 edit Il ncWSpat
per requires that one be Il statesman, essay.
list, gcOgraphCr, statiSi!cian, and cncyclupir"
! dist. 10 govern and propcl anewSpaprr until
1t shall be- fixed institution and Il national
flf.t I'll n ll,ltkl n mol l tina nly lttGI
ness on ef,rth.'
We will venture the assertion, without fraI
of contradiction, that the AJbct3He Press ana
Banner and the AbJcriHc Mrdiua get on better
together than any other two papers in the
Slate published in the same county. They
are both first class, wide-awake newspapers
, and show n cOmmcndnblc spirit OF libcrality
towards each other in ali things. Friend vii
son of the Press ana Banner. prints Il lecture tC
the country press about once 4 month, as Il
how q paper should be eoDducted, but he does
not mean any harm .-&pnrt'tnbHLg Ucrdtd.
Mr.. John Gass of Grccnville called on us or
Monday. He is here visiting his friends
. before going to Texas. lie is not going
thithcr as an immigrant, John is too sensible
a boy for thnt-but on business, which may
dctain him there for II year or two.
IT'S an i'll wind that blows nobody good, az
she said to Number Two. when she spoke O
the demise OF the late laInentcd Number One
Number IS wondered if that wind blew
often.
The mas in the moon tried his best TO kiss
Venus the other evening. She kept at Il re
I%spectful distance. This is considered Il bat
omen for bachelors.
Hot buck wheat cakes and molasses,-ain
they nice? Remember the poor who can
get cornbrcad.
It is easier to believe in a wise providence
with a full stomach than with an empty ole
Impotence, thy name is small boy. H;
must let off O few fire-crackers and Roman
candles before Christmas-just to get his hant
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