Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1904-12-16
Tennessee Has a Few.

LIE NdSnVlue correspondent OF
the Confessional, discussing the
rivalry between the States of Ten
nessee and Kentucky, as to which
of the two States has the greatest
number Of towns with odd names,
says: Dos
Patriotic Tennesseans are keenly
aroused over the claim made by Ken.
lucky that she holds the record for
towns bearing extraordinary names.
They candidly admit the excellence of
some Of Kentucky's products, but
these recent aspirations Tennesseans
regard much as a high roller does
dollar book. AS an evidence Of the
neighbor States utter lack Of appre.
citation In the matter of extraordinary
names, it is cited that while man so
picturesquely designated as Return
Jonathan Meigs was born in Kentucky
and passed his youth there, 1t was in
Tennessee that he achieved fame,
which the Commonwealth graciously
perpetuated by erecting Meigs county.
q Kentuekians, in enumerating their
towns bearing unusual names, head
the list with Eden, following this up
with Adam and Eve and other men,
bers Of the first family. There are
also such names as Caution, Harmony
and Temperance, which one is really
surprised at finding in Kentucky, and
after them an array of oddities, some
OF which even Tennessean, to be
consistent, must pronounce good, as
far as they go, for several Of them
may be found upon the map Of the
Volunteer State S
But when it came to naming her
towns, Tennessee, like her neighbor,
did not forget the Good Book. She
put an Ark in Meigs county, Noah in
Coffee, Genesis in Cumberland, a
st. John and a ST. Luke in Jackson,
a Joshua here and Caleb there, here
r an Elijah and there Samuel. Ruth
and Naomi were not forgotten and
two Ebenezers were raised up, one in
Knox and one in Humphreys county.
But Tennessee did not lay too much
stress on scriptural names. On the
other hand, looking at the map, one
may readily ascertain that in the
naming Of her towns Tennessee played
no favorites. From mythology she
obtained Juno, Venus, Vulcan, BAG
chus, Diana, Hercules, Neptune, Olym-
pus and Delphi; from Shakespeare,
Romeo and Othello; from the Greek
alphabet, Alpha, Beta and Omega;
from the church, Methodist, Baptist,
Priest, Pope, Friar and Tabernacle;
from the family hearth, Nanny, Bud,
Aunt, Home and Family; from the po-
cts, Dante, Milton and Homer. 1t is
pure guess work where she picked up
Mark Twain, and she probably adver-
tised for Kodak and Sapolio. Geog-
raphy, geology, zoology, ornithology
and botany all contributed to the map
of Tennessee, and when these and 9TH
er reliable sources Of extraordinary
names had been exhausted Tennessee
turned to city directory and picked
out Jones as an eminently proper des.
fgnation for a thriving community.
IL Tennessee, however, has been
catholic in naming her towns, she has
been no less chivalric, for well has
she remembered the young ladies.
The old woman who lived in the shoe
could find in postal guide Of Tonnes
see supply of names entirely equal
to her extraordinary demands. Among
the girls names are; Alice, Bessie,
Blanche, Clara, Cleo, Daisy, Della
Edith, Edna, Ethel, Eva, Grace, Helen,
Henrietta. Jessie, Kate, Kathleen, La.
vinia, Lila, Mary, Louise, Lucilla
Lucy, May, Nellie, Nina, Norma, Ora
Patty, Stella, Sylvia and Callie. The
boys names, which have not been for.
gotten, run the gamut from Alex to
lack.
Kentuckians, in reciting their claims
to distinction, dwell affectionately up.
on such interesting designations as
Cast and Coin. Tennessee approves
such selections, but at the same time
points with pride to Dollar, Green.
back, Golddust, Spondulix and finally
Bank. @
The official christeners of Tonnes
see towns were so pleased with Bucl,
Snort and Pin Hook that there are two
OF each in the State. There is also
a Cemetery, a Coffin and Sexton
but in Tennessee they are not suffi
ciently unique to base championship
honors upon. And there is also a
Nameless, the designation possibly be
ing hit upon in spirit like that which
possessed the ancient folk when they
built a temple to the unknown god af
ter honoring all the deities they knew
Of
But all Of these names are merely
incidentals In the list Some of those
upon which the patriotic citizens OF
Tennessee base her claims for rea,
prestige are; Barefoot, Bolts, Lear
Year, Chimney Top, Chuckaluck, Hall
Pone, Hanging Limb. Ipe, Marrow.
bone, Mouse Tail, Opossum, Parch
Corn, Peanut, Rip Shin, Sweet Lips
Tom Brown, U Bet Yum Yum. Buz
card Roost, Fits, Masthead, Peeled
Chestnut, Shoe Fly Skull Bone. Snail
lope, Tiger Tail and Wahoo.
Coal Land Sold.
The property Of the Wheeler Iron
and Coal Company, at Careyville