The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, March 08, 1901, Image 4
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.
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