The news & observer., 1901-03-03

tlon-Jast start. These young people
are generally from the country, where
DOCKS are scarce and their eagerness for
knowledge and mental Improvement is
very gratifying. wish, that was three
or four men so that could respond to all
thelr letters and comply with their re-
quests. reply to as many as I can, but I
cannot take time TO write compositions
even II 1t was right to do So One boy
oegs nue. TO write him a speech. a hui
morous 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 WOnan's Club are NOV
ing to supply the country schools with
small libraries of good books and the
Southern railway has donated neat book
cases for them. This of course, is for
Fulton COUNT, but ii is a move in the
right direction and will, no doubt, stim-
ulate the ladies of other towns TO do the
came thing. 1t is the very best thing
! have heard Of womans club doing.
The desire for books to read is almost
universal among the young people of the
rural districts, and they should be en-
couraged Books are cheaper than ever
before known, and cheap bookcases can
be had for few dollars each. / am not
az all Intimate with MIR. Carnegie, but if
| was I would WHISPER in his philan-
throDic ear and suggest that he turn his
attention for awhile to the towns and
Villages and let the big cities alone. Our
Cartersville Woman's Club is struggling
hard to keep up their little library, but
are not encouraged by the men Of the
Town. Their books are out all the time,
and arc read and re-read by many OF
The children whose fathers do not give
dollar TO helu maintain the library.
This may be thou ghtlessness, and SO
have suggested that the ladies go around
aud see who will give SO cents or 20 cents,
or even 10 cents month to keep UP the
supply and ray their room rent and Incl
dental expenses. or course the character
Of the books must be thoroughly con-
sidcred. Nothing sectional or trashy or
sensational; but only those that point
moral or adorn tale Every public
school should have a burning committee,
such as they have at Forsyth, Ga:
8 bright boy from Alabama writes that
his ncme is John tones. and wants to
know when and how. he got it; says his
father and grandfather had the same
name, but they died without telling where
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pamed Will EIigginbotham and he, too.
wants TO kpow where his name came
from. | admire their eager curiosity, for
cur name is our signboaTd, and every boy
ought 10 know who put ii up and What
il reads. OF course il Is too. big
thing TO tell much about names in a let
ter like this but ! must tell Jack and
Hill about theirs.
John is rs old as the Christian era.
and means Whom Jehovah loves" 1
knew a man ver. we'll who lived near
Rome, and his four sous were named
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and his
tTo daughters were named Mary and
Martha. These good old-tiDle people had
great reverence for the Bible and Bible
names. One of my fathers customers
was named Shadrack Began, and hist
three sons were. Shadrack. Neshack and.
Abednego- Another customer, David Ar
IAN, named his son Absalorn. and for a
wonder he was good boy and made
good man, and his father. David had no
occasion to say oh, .Absalom, my son,
my SON."
Well in course Of time the people in
creased and multiplied so that their chill |
dren he'd 70 have two names. so as 70
distinguish them and go Johns son was
called Johnson in English, or John Johns /
in Welsh After while it became John I
Jones The Joneses are all of Welsh |
origin The Welsh were a brave, relj- /
aious people, and fought the English for
many centuries They never did submit
until they were promised that no king
shOaId rule them, except one born on their
soil, aud he should be called the prince
CT Wales. King Edwards son happened
Ia he born ri a beautiful little Welsh
town named CaerGavron, and the Welsh
accepted him aa their future king and
called him the prince of Wales, and that
is how the ti.is started He was King
EA9ard
Saw. there was another Welsh way
OF distinguishes the son from the father.
The little word Az means son Of and |
it used to lie written John ap Jones,
hut IL course OF time the little middle |
word was dropped 1t is u little singular |
that aWa- back in the tenth century the /
Welsh people Who had been fighting each ,
other in civil wars for two hundred years I
at last made friends and chose David ap /
Howell for heir king and he had son !
named Evan. Ee a good man, and !
his subjects always called him Howell |
Da---Howell the good. That must be |
0Ur Evan oI The Atlanta constitutions He |
has .ust been hid out all these days. |
sec thar The chamber OF commerce gave |
Il banquet yesterday and Evan Howell |
responded 10 the toast Good Fellow |
ship" That suited him exactly, / know, |
and had / been there would have told |
how his great ancestor was called the !
"Da. :. and was the last king of Wales. I /
called him over the telephone this morn
ing and said Hello Da!" and he an
swered -.TTe~e!"
Soa, abcIt Bill HigginhotEam. That is /
old Anglo Saxon. and means mountain /
trk The ole name was hickea Proba
bly, The old ancestor took his name from
al ash frce that shaded his house Names I
were scarce, aud people took their sur
names from objects OF nature, such as
hill, fountain, dale, peak pine. plant,
oaks, chestnut, grub, twigs branch,
water. pool. moon. star, cloud and so
forth; CT from their occupations as baker.
farmer, carpenter. mason, miller, gar
dener, granger and all tie family OF
smiths who were the smiters OF iron and
,iIyer and gold All who were detailed 10
watch for an invading enemy were called