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BILL AJP GETS LETTERS From Girls and Boys Wanting Infor mation or Help on Compositions. I feel pleased and honored to receive letters every day from young girls and boys over the South asking for information on some subject or for help in a school debate or for a start in a composition-just a start. Tlese young people are generally from the country, where books are scarce and their eagerness for knowledge and mental improve ment is very gratifying. I wish that I was three or four men so I could respond with all their let ters and comply with their re quests. I reply to as many as I can, but I cannot take time to write compositions, even if it was right to do so. One boy begs rie to write him a speech, a humorous speech, and winds up by asking me please to write two, so that he may take choice. We see that some of the good ladies of the Atlanta Wcman's Club are moving to supply the country schools with small libra ries of good books and the South ern Railway has donated neat book cases for them. This, of course, is for Fulton county, but it is a move in the right direction and will, no doubt stimulate the ladies of other towns to do the same thing. It is the very best thing I have heard of a woman's club doing. The desire for books to read is almost universal among the rural districts, and they should be encouraged. Books are cheaper than e- -r before known, and cheap bookcases can be had for a few dollars each. I am not at all intimate with Mr. Carnegie, but if If I was I would whisper in his philanthropic ear and sug gest that he turn his attention for awhile to the towns and vil lages and let the big cities alone. Our Cartersvile Woman's Club is struggling hard to keep up their little library, but are not en couraged by the men of the town. Their books are out all the time, and are read and re-read by many of the children whose fathers do not give a dollar to help maintain the library. This may be thought lessness, and so I have suggested that they go around and see who will give 50 cents or 25 or even 10 cents a month to keep up the supply and pay their room rent - be thoroughly considered Nothing sectional or trashy or sensational; but only those that "point a moral or adorn a tale.: FEvery public school should have a burning committee, such as they have at Forsyth, Ga. A bright boy from Alabama writes that his nmame is John Jones, and 'wants to know when and how he got it; says his father and grandfather had the same name, but they died without tell ing where they got it. He says his schoolmate is .named Will Higginbotham and he, too, wants to know where his name came from. I admi"'e their curiosity, for -eur name is our signboard and every boy ought to know who put it up and what it reads. Of course it is too big a thing to tell much about names in a letter like this, but I must tell Jack and Bill about theirs. John is as old as the Christian era, and means "Whom Jehovah loves." I knew a man very well who~ lived near Rome, andl his four sons were named Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and his two daughters were named Mary and Martha. These good old tim'e people had great reverence for the Bible and Bible names. One One of my fathers' customers was named Shadrack Bogan, and his three sons were named Shadrack, Meshach and Abedinego. Another customer, David Allen, namedl his son Absalom, and for a wonder, he was a good boy and made a good man, and his father, David,! had no occasion to say "Oh, Ab salom, my son, my son!" 'Well, in course of time the peo ple increasedl and multiplied so that their children had to have twvo names, so as to dlistingrui..h them, and so .John's son was called Johmson in English, or John Johns in Welsh. After awhile it became John Jones. The Joneses are all of Welsh origin. The Welsh were a br~ave, religious people, and fought the English for many centuries. Theyj never did submit until they were promised that no king shoulId rule them, except one born on their soil, and he should be called the Prince of 'Wales. King Edward's son happened to be born1 at a bematiful lit tle Welsh town nlamedi C aernavron, and the 'Welsh ae cepted him as their future king and called him the -Prince of started. He was King Edward Ii. Now, there was another Welsh way of distinguishing the son from the father. The little word "Ap," means son of, and it used to be written John ap Jones, but in course of time the little middle word was dropped. It is a little singular that a way back in the tenth century the Welsh people who had been fighting each other in civil wars for two hundred years at last chose David ap Howell for their king, and he had a son named Eyan. He was a good man, and his subjects al ways called him Howell Da Howell the good. That must be our Evan of the Atlanta Consti tution. He has just been hid out all these years. I see that the chamber of commerce gave a banquet yesterday and Evan Howell responded to the toast "Good Fellowship." That suited him exactly, I know, and had I been there I would have told him how his great ancestor was called the "Da" and was the last king of Wales. I called him over the telephone this morning and said "Hello Da!" and he answered "Here!" -- Now, about Bill Higginbotham. That is old Anglo-Saxon, and means a mountain Ark. The old name was hicken. Probably the old ancestor took his name from an ash tree that shaded his house. Names were scarce, and people took their surnames from objects of nature, such as hill, fountain, dale, peak, pine, pladt, oak chest nut, grub, twigs, branch, water, pool, moon, star, cloud; and so forth, or from their occupations as baker, farmer, carpenter, mason, miller, gardner, granger and all of the family of Smiths who' were the smiters of iron and silver and gold. All who were detailed to watch an invading enemy were called smiters or smiths. John Smith was originally John, the smiter, Captain John Smith was an illustrious type of that class. When names were too long to pronounce readily, they were shortened up. Pefer, who lived at the Seven Oaks, was called Peter Svnoaks; then Peter Snooks, and that is how our Atlanta friend came by his name. The name Coward was origi nally cow herd-a herder of cattle -and was not improved by the change. The adjutant of our bri wsva named Coward, and .the army had no braverli4ier. He lost an arm at Chicahomiy, Et always signed his name A. Cow ard, adj't gen'l, and being asked why he did not sign his full name said: "Well, my name unfortu nately, is Adam, and it is noi quite as bad to be a coward as it is to be a dam coward. A few centuries ago every civil ized nation had to adopt a prefi3 or a suffix to prevent the con fusion of names. The English adldedl son to most of their names, as Johnson, Williamson, Jackson, Thompson, etc. The Scotch pre fixed with Mac. The Irish with~ Mae or Mc for son and 0 for grandson. The French took De or Dui. The Normans used Fitz or fils (from Latin of filius, a son). The Russians took vitch from the same word. Then there are many nicknames to be accounted for, such as Bob, Bill, Dick, Jack, Jim, Sally, Polly, Betsy, etc. I don't know how these started, but some of them erme out of the collieries of Eng land and quarries of Wales, for every miner has a nick name of Nosey, Soaker, Shanks, Jigger or something easy to call. I had a schoolmate whose name was Mel ville Young. One day he was trying to do a sum in Fellowship at the blackboard and wrote down what he intended--To D--but it looked like tod, and the teachei said, "What do you inean by tod?" That was enough for the boys. They began to call him Tod, and they never quit, and he was known as Tod Young all his after life. But the girls are not so much interested in names, for every gir-l expects to change her name when the right young man comes along. She is, not obliged to marry a man named C1ruikshanks or Snoozlefanter or Hogg,' but I've known them to do it, and they iid very well. Bill Arq. Perfect Health. Keep the system in perfect or :!cr by the occasional use of Yutt's Liver Pills. They reg .late the bowels and produce A Vigorous Body or sick headache, malaria, bil cusne ss, constipation and kin ired diseases, an absolute cure T!U1TTS L iver PIILL PROGRAMNE Of Union Meeting of Division No.1 of the Fairfield Baptist Association to be Held With the Harmony Church Flarch 30-31, 1901. ORDER OF EXERCISES, SATURDAY, 30. 10 A. M. Organization and ver bal reports from churches and Sunday Schools 10.45. 1 Topic: Benefits to be derived from union meetings. Speakers: L. T. Carroll, Man nes Rabon, W. H. Joyner, J. W. Wood, J. E. McKinnon, T. M. Mattocks. 11.30. Sermon-Rev. J. W. Atkinson, or Rev. J. E. Jones. Adjourn. 2 P. M. 2 Topic: The attitude of the Christian toward the use and sale of intoxicating -liquors. Speakers: Eowell Morrell, New-: ton Kelly, R. N. Pratt, J. S. Ross, R. P. Odens, Walter Perry, Rev. Hammond. 3 P. M. 3 Topic: The need of scripture discipline in our churches. Speakers: Wm. Mc Pherson, J. E. Jones, S. E. Ross, J. M. Porter, H. K. Ezell, J. W. Atkinson. SUNDAY 31ST. 11 A. M. Sermon by Rev..J. L. Freeman, Rev. L. T. Carroll. Followed by ordination of dea cons. H. K. EZELL, J. M. PORTER, S. E. ROSS, Committee. By a vote of 13 to 6 the trustees of tfie Chicago Board of Educa tion have resolved not to permit the introduction of "Readhjs froArethe Bible, Seleited for the Public Schools," into the schools of Chicago. This vote was the first taken since the bdok was brought to the attention of t e board. For nearly two year2 tempts have been made to induce the school management commit tee to recommend that the .book be placed in the list of supple. mentary reading. It was urgea that the book could be read the teacher without comment, that it would prove an imnme moral value in the education f children. The Achool management co mittee invariably referre& t matter to the board witho - mendation, and the bly sent it back to The-aubject w before the bo(~ report Rfln re vo .e.- zeag7o. .. If They Only Would. . If half a dozen- farmers'a confitry community would all et enthused over the idea of road n provement and -be willing to operate to secure better roads l their neighborhood, they would be surprised at what they might accomplish. Just so long as we begrudge the doing of any work of this sort without pay, and try tsee how poor a service ty can render in payment of the pub lic demand upon them, just so long we will have poor roads. Anderson Intelligencer. A Wife Says: "We have four children. With the first three I suffered almost unbearable pains from 12 to 14 hours, and had to be placed under the influence of chloroform. I used three bottles of Mother's Friend before our last child came, which is a stroag, fat and healthy boy, doing -' my housework up to within two hours of birth, and suf fered but afew hasd ( pains. This lini ment is the grand est remedy ever/ made." Mother's Frend will do for every woman what it did for the: Minnsoa mother who writes the above let ter. Not to use it during pregnancy is a mistake to be paid for in pain and suffering. Mother's Frierud equips the patient with a strong body and cleat intellect, which in turn are imparted -to the child. It relaxes the muscles and~allows them to expand. It relieves morning sickneu and nervowness [t puts all the organs concerned in perfect condition for the fialhiour,so that the actual labor is short and practically palmss Dan ger of rising or hard breasts is altogether avoided, and recovery is merely a matter of a few days. Druggists sell Mothers Piend for $1 a bottle. The pradfleld Regulator Co., Atlant'a, Ga. ..Send for our free illustrated book. THlE MANAGEMENT OF THE Eq'ui'able Life A su'anice Society 6 he~ Un;i e. States desires 10 annuonnec he appontmnent of M r. 'J. Elliott ta R-sident Agent for Winsboro and 1t-inity. . SWEARING IN A PRESIDENT The Ceremony by Which William McKina ley Succ.eds Himself President M, Kiuie, was sworn iu to succeed himielf a< chief magistrate of the nation on a hands-,mely decora ed stsn, at the east frint of the capitol to-day. By noon this vast cetntral pl.za, s-retching out from the capitol was a Dillowing expanse .f huianity. Maised halfway back we.e the mouni trd uffi.-ers or tbe riitar. esco: t 'and the at If. Off to the left, I roop A. the p-sideit'., crack organ zu ion, -at niotionl, as oi th ir biack eharge-r,. Fronting the haus:e wing was tivn silk hiat a and be-ai, ed cit z.n- coiii tee. Back of al thtse surg-.d the con t e-s uti ud. Jutting --ui Irowt te capit-A steps anti sweeping acros< ilhe front we e new or seats accommodating 5,00 n. a--. Tne high por ico of Wbe rna t w. ' was crowded wih the disi-g iiad guests of tat body. T,, th -.f , on ihe liuse portico, 6peake-r. lti.n 1-s sonl's family and ft iends miing , d ,v t. the house lealertrs. A bltze f c2.o w.:, at every hand. I ws ja-t after 1 o'clock whei. Preident .cKtinev stepped out uuo tie ; eria o. A great chneer wtiit t, tb4t re-3.ucted until the huge stind tpit l tretabed. The presi teiu bowed in acknowlcg mewr. With himn wa lii- t Ju-I -ce Fit ler. Tbrouarh ttoe lines of senators and offi-als, a- s aitiing tip do him h n .r, tre presidenit prucu, d- d t.i the ceo ral pavilioni. ald at ttie ra fllg rNce i the vas' as-. mti:g -, again aic again bow ing b fore he tremnwdou- ch ra, in tw 40.000 totoaw. h -n ne turned atnd stiook hands with Vi':e-P es.tient R-. it5se ven ah ile ano, ber grea-1t eniter well: up as the two crutrat tigr.ar s, McKiiaev a d R ausoveli, btood out above the crow d. TAKING THE OATE A hush fell npon the as- m' ge a the p, esident aid th,- e'iiet jutce ad vanced to the cenitr s), tbe t,avi ms The president remyed '-a h4i aid raised hisright tad. Faiiitly c -nid he heard the solemi words of ibe- cbiel jQs-ict and the me-sured re-p.mrne o trio president, taking he oath to mail, tain itiviolate the constitntion and aws 'if thee Uttited S'ates. There wat no demonstration as he concluded tht CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have AlwayS Bought Bear the SignaturO of SO1THERN 1MALWAY. itial T~fel Jaksonymhve and Savanna. I" Savannah (So. "' Earnwell .......... j Blackville..... ........... , a818 Ar. Columabia.,............Ol61 610. 945 -Lv. Oharleston, (So. Ry.7.. 0ti 1100lp 5T "Stmrll....... 7 4ia 1200nt -604 " Branchvile ............_5 200 730 " igv le.............10 5a 4 25a 8 47 -aa. Gramte-ville ............ 3p 10 i5p... Lf.-Aiken ................ 315...715: 1v. Trenton............... 40 11 ... "Johnston ............. 417p|11 .... .Ar. Columbia, (U. D.J.... 5~ 2 10... Lv. Columbia, (Bldg St...... tl6 6 20a 9 49 "Winnsboro........... 713p 7 22alO13 "Chester ............ p1 813a111241 "Reck Hill.............. 8113p 8 483111 48' A&r. C'arlotte ......... 9,20p| 945a 283i Ar. Eichmond ......... 6125pL .S Ar ashington ......... 73a# 1 5 "Baltimore (Pa.RR)..... 9 15a 11 11j 2i6 "Philadelphia .........l..111511 1 86: "~ New York ............I20lpj 623a 415: Lv.-Columbia .2........ ll 8 20 .... Ar. Spartenburg ..........B81 11 25a... " Asheville ............ i7 248p... Ar. Knoxville ......... . 73.... Ar. Cincinnavi . ..... 7 4.a .Ar.Lo-uisville .......... 40p ~7~ein 17.Louisville ......T Lv. CPncinnkti ........ Lv. Knoxville ..............~i 2~ "Asheville..............80~ 0p "Spartanburg ..........4. a8:p Lv. NeNo.33r No.33 No.3 I "Phiadephi.........07 45 i 8 .... I "Batiore.........21:08 2-.a ..... Ar ovmia .............. 32J f93p .... Lv. New r ia..)....e6 1.tni: "Pkhiladlph............. 605 ~450al16 "CBaltmre.............. 8pia1lCi 22 a2 vn.hodo..........I 110Op'1 1.... . r.CDanil~ie ...... ......... 6,Sa ilipja 5: n Lv. Clarii (.......... sIr.a 5ea4.1 "Jochilton............. rI 0% ?3 5. "Trestern............... t111 o 27a Ar Ainsboro............. 1ip Ma;20a 6 0 Ar. Corumitev id. S......2 11p 75 11a.700 "AJonuston............... 13p 6320 ...... "ITrntlo...............441i 43pa 7aa... Ar.Akn ........... ......5 2 4Z 73a 9 41a Ar.raniteville............ 218p 714 ...... ArSugustl................hi5 300n110 2Ca Lv. Columbia (SO. By.).....401 :.a~lh 7 08a " kgvileo.............. 443.232a7aa "Branchvil ..... 6 15p 4 3 a "baummrvit.e............ 7 312 5 57a 10 30a Ar. Jacksonville (P.S... ...7 4up l9Zcal220p Sleeping Car Servica. FExc'llecnt daily ,passenagor servico between Florida and Now zork:. Nos. hi and 32-Nowr York and Florida Lim ited. Daily except Sunday, composed exclu sively oc Pnlinman finest Drawing Room Sieco Irng, Compartment and Observatory Cars le twe Now York, Columbia and St. August ine. Pullman sleepin g cars between Ang--sta and Aiken and New York, runs fronm aupgsta to Columbia via Bla::kville. Parlor ears be tween Charleston and Cxzambia. Nos. h; and 34-New York and Florida Ex press. Drawingroom leeping cars between Augusta and how York. Pullman drawing. room sleeping cars bet ween Port Tamon, Jack sonville, havannah Wa..ltrigton and Vo-w York. Pullman slccoing cars her ween Caarot:d and Richmond. Pining cars between Charlotte and Savannah. Nos. ;3% and 36-U. S. Fast Mail. Through Pullman dfrawin groom buffet slecong. ears be tween Jacksonvile and New York aind Pau-' man seceping cars betw~een A'.gustae and Cha lotte. Dmmig cars serve all me-als enroute. Pullman sleeping cars between Jack~sonville and Columbia, enroete daily between Jackson ile and C''ncinnati, vi.t. Asheville. FRANK S. GANNON, 8. H. HARDWICK, Third V-P. & Gen. Mgr., Gen. Pas. Agt., Washington, D. C, Washington. D. C W. H. TA LOE, R. W. H UNT, A't Gen. Pass. Ag't., Div. Pass. Ag't.., The ind You Have Always B in use for over 30 years, 1 rand ho sonals All Counterfeits, Imitations z Experiments that trifle with Infants and Chlldren-Exper What is CQ% Castoria is a harmless subsi goric, Drops and Soothing 1 contains neither Opium, 31o substance. Its age is its gua and allays Feverishness. It Colic. It relieves Teething 'I and Flatuleney. It assimila Stomach and Bowels, giving The Children's Panacea-Th CENUINE CAST Bears the The Kid YIou Hai In Use For 0 THIC CENTAUR COMPAIIY. T7 UfJIf Notice to Voters' T + B joks ot R. gi-tration for regis. teringe vo era for tie next mun.icial elec'ion to be held on Monda,, April 1,4t, 1901, for In'erdent aid Wardens for the town of Winnaboro, 8 C.. will be opened1 at M.. Jito M. S-nith's storp Ja unr% 1,t, 1901, an-i closed Masrch, 31 .,1901 All vo'ers for tbis fleclion must re!ister within this time. Ech ap pli'-ant for re gistration mnu-i produce his e..ov retri1afi~tio certiDcate anI toawn; tax rcr-i. t for all town tares due before he can register for town election. J. E. ('O AN, Initetidant. - W. M. Cathcart, Sopervisor of Regi-traion. 14 - .e p .1tUS" ARRIVED, A ('ARLOAD Pof YUUNG MIULES. I have over ont Land, and 'hey mnst go. TI' ion want to buv a inn-e some tn see me anad I will se I ''tn r.lbper thi n 01o eanz~ buv ans wh.'re els--. I have an-' price mule or horse you want irom $30 n,. A lso a ~i g wo k rs and -omne e"i d sa' de bor es. (C-.ue to Bee met t1efoI I nn, "-- bne ' our cattle, L- I s -'e 'h -m b-f..r e you a.e A. Williford, Wit'n'sboro. 8 C. JUSTRECEIVED. A pretty line of SILVER-PLATED WARI Consisting of FRUIT DISHES, BU TTE R DISH ES, WAITERS, CREAM PITCHERS, SPOONS, K NI VES, Etc., Etc., Etc., C. M. CHANDLER'S. Seven Per Cent. Money. W E CAN LEN9 V ONEY ON I" p-ov.-d fom-L n' "Ven; [ercetat N unreasonal'e chargt p A. 8. & W. D. 1OOUGLi4S8. . A ttrnen ~. Wienuheb'!ro, 8. C. 1-.3m ought, and which has bee s borne the signatnre of s been made under his per upervision since its infancy. io one to deceive you In this. md "Just-as-good" are but and endanger the health of ience against Experiment. ASTOR IA :itute for Castor Oil, Pae ;yrups. It is Pleasant. It rphino nor other Naresgfe rantee. It destroys WOee cures Diarrhoea and Whd 'roubles, cures Constipation tes the Food, regulates the healthy and natural sleepi Mother's Friend. ORIA ALWAYS signature of Alwys Bouht rer 30 Years. 1"'I 013W. new Y"m W"?. We have trade-winner. Mg. and low-in-price DEATERS-the economical eger ive..ted. They will barn knots, chwas and anything elseo bat is and will give greater beat fuel than any other stove Ia anid beat more quicksy; Tey. keep the .room wars night and every nigf. ye ur room-at any tem are as cheap so coal and c a enal steve. They MWJlbei ant4 merchant. e beesi ters-SvMD5E D PORT Ai!--am btd"romsidning room, al COOKING Oi~ NON~E BETTE A W hy pay sixty sight range from an azent buy ao good oneat hl i-our homne dealers, whohijhs tal ion to sustain and who iS son more fairly. Themw.I home with them ia circuae as much as possible-that ea does nio good locally. IR. W. Philf VARPAI5II STAItA M1ADE BY I.XA6TLY I1ATIS 1IAT\/RAL Wo*D ot AN1Y SVRCACC- * PO R SALE BY Obear Drug Co. 'O WHOM IT M COIU A LL PA R'tIEs INDEETED TO es Ctate of Q. D. _Wrlifford, d-. ~ea-ed, wi:l plea.e caland-stl their .ccouints with A. W 'Browni at the old 1 8 Smi Administrator. -Subscribe to The Nws - n3er