The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-07
ODD P. 0. NAMES
OF NEW ONES BEsTOw-
 ED EACH YEAR.
Task of Selecting Them h By Nc Means Dasy-Two Places Are Called "Name-
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glance at the postal guides from year to year shows that hundreds of new towns and post offices are spring. ing up with every fresh issue. Of course. every new town, village. or hamlet. must have name-and what shall that name be?
 It may seem an easy thing, says The New York Evening Post. to find a new and appropriate name. For instance, If place commands fine view of the surrounding country, the name of Fairview Is suggested. If there are good many oaks in the vicinity. down 1t goes as Oakville, and one more is added to the 250 places similarly nam ed. thus increasing the chances of mis- sives directed to any one of them ulti- mately finding their way to the dead letter office.
 Most pioneers look back with affec- tion on the home of their childhood. That is why between 500 and 700 towns have names beginning with the adjec- tive New" In the same class are 120 'Littles." 1s1 "Bigs," 500 "Norths." 40 'Souths," 460 "Easts.' and, 6S0 "Wests."
 Presidents have contributed many names-there are seventy Jacksons in the country to only forty-six Washing tons. There are also forty-six Jeffer- sons. Buchanan is the least popular with eleven, Cleveland with thirty -one. and Roosevelt with sixteen. are near the bottom; hut that Is because they are not yet dead.
 1t Is reported that one of the sixteen Roosevelts will soon be wiped out This town is in Gila Country Arizona. and Is situated at the bottom of a proposed reservoir; 1t will pass out of existence as soon as. the dam is completed.
 Twenty-seven States have post office towns namer after them. The number of womens names that have been used almost passes computation. Alphabet ically. they range from Ada to Vivian. and euphonicaily from Puritan Saman- tha and Hephzibah. through the roman Shakespearean Rosalind, Viola. and Olivia Marion comes out ahead with thirty seven. But among mems names. William is far more popular with eighty. The others range from Aaron and Cain to Zeus. Among authors, Bly, ron. Bunyan. Burns, Bryant. Dryden Darwin. Milton, and even Ossian and Virgil have been reauisitioner. Heroes of the war. like Hancock; millionaires lige Astor; ancient warriors. like Hec- tor; foreign notabilities, like Bismarck, singers. like Jenny Lind. and actors. like Booth. figure fmpartially in the postal guide. There are seven Napo- Icons and three Bonapartes.
 stars. plants. gods, goddesses. birds.
 
 strongly as such names as Bacon. Cream. Sauce. Ham. Honey, Brandy. Rum. Porter. Wine, Coffee and Tobacco. There are 250 Oaks. l29 Blacks. seven- ty-eight Blues. ninety-eight Browns, f74 Reds, 269 Greens, seventy Grays, 100 vermillions. 234 Whites, and nine- teen Fellows. Aardly less Ngrotesque are Hat. Hood. overall, Shoe. Heel Broom, Kettle, Oven. Fork. Pin, Blank ct. Pots. Wagon. Gimlet. Files, Saw dust, Organ, Violin. Clarion, Drum, W histler, Lonesome. Shoulder, Shout der-,aade and Showers.
 Amo and Armour appeal to the tenderest sentiments, and so do Afnity, Charity. Delight. Friendship, Grace, Harmony. Hope. Honor. Joy. and Love.
 The names belonging to no class at all and which are. therefore. only to be classed as miscellaneous" show that here the namers in search for tginal titels were apparently reduced to despair, and took almost the first one that came to hand. Or perhaps they took the very last--as was the case in the town called '.Nameless," In vtr- Etnia.4 In this case. after submitting. a long string of names to the governs ment by which 1t was desired to have the place officially called, the person in charge of the matter added. If a name cannot be selected from this list the town will have to remain name- less" All the other nal-.es are pre- empted--let 1t be called .Nameless,' was the reply. So Nameless 1t is. Since then. a second Nameless has been added--Nameless. Ts n.