276 Wilts Obituary. 
“Prayer and Praise for Servants.” 
“Who giveth Songs in the Night.” 
Also a number of books for boys, including :— 
“Tales of Heroes and Great Men of Old.” 
“Stories of the Old Romans.” 
“Life’s Battle Lost and Won.” 
“Which Wins the Prize?” 
“Our Forest Home.” 
“ My Schoolfellow Val Bownser.” 
“ Rights and Wrongs.” 
“His Masters.” 
“ Max Victor's School-days.”’ 
“Ralph Harding's Success.” 
“George Clifford’s Loss and Gain.’’ 
“Led Astray.” 
“ Under the Snow.” 
Charles Gillman, Alderman of Devizes, died Nov. 28th, 1898, aged 73. 
He came to Devizes from Cheltenham in 1844, and was associated with Mr. 
William Burrows on the Wiltshire Independent, now extinct. In 1857 he 
started on his own account as printer in The Brittox. ~ In this year he began 
the issue of the “ Devizes Public Register,’ which has continued down to 
the present time. In 1858 he started the Devizes Advertiser at the then 
unusual price of ld. In 1894 he gave up the printing business to his son 
Charles, and the newspaper to his son Russell D. He had been on the Town 
Council, except for two years, since 1874. He was Mayor in 1889 and again 
in 1890. He was a strong and enthusiastic Liberal and Congregationalist. 
He was Vice-President of the East Wilts Central Liberal Association—a great 
supporter of Nonconformist religious work—and President of the Devizes 
Anti- Vaccination Society. He married Mary Ann Guy, of Devizes, in 1852, 
and leaves a widow, three sons and two daughters. 
Obit. Notice, Devizes Gazette, Dec. 8th, 1898. 
Tom Harris, of the Grange, Calne, died Dec. 10th, 1898, aged 39. Son 
of Thomas Harris, and a managing director of the bacon firm of Charles and 
Thomas Harris & Co. He married in 1893, and leaves a widow and three 
children. A Liberal in politics, but he took no part in local affairs. He ~ 
built the house in which he lived. 
Obit. notice, Devizes Gazette, Dec. 15th, 1898. 
William Taunton, born at Long Close, Downton, July, 1819; died — 
Nov. 17th, 1898. Buried at South Lane Baptist Burial Ground, Downton. 
When 18 years old he went to Redlynch, where he remained until withina | 
month or two of his death. He married in 1848 Miss A. G. Whitchurch, 
who, with two sons and five daughters, survives him. He represented — 
