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Show Chrinlenlii llm BuLty. My name is Woodford, said "W. C. Mills. I was born in Woodford county, this state. After the excitement incident inci-dent to an occasion such as a birth the people began to bother themselves about my name. Delegations called at the house and wanted to know what I was to he dubbed. As I am reliably informed a day was set for the ceremony and people peo-ple cames miles to see me. My father informed them that he had concluded to call me Woodford Mills. lie referred to the solicitude of his neighbors, and while thanking them said he hoped the name he had selected would be satisfactory. One of the crowd got the floor and said Woodford was all right, but he wanted a middle name. Others followed in this Btrain, and finally my father yielded. ' He asked what it should be. Several ', names were suggested, but none suited. : Finally one man asked: ! "What is the 'Woodford' forr , My father said it was for some relative of his. Tho muu who rind asked the question said he thought maybe it was in i honor of the county. This suggested that a "C" be stuck iu after Woodford, I and that it Btand for county. And that j is my name Woodford Comity Mills. ! The reason for so much commotion i about my birth and name is found iu the I fact that I was the first white child born ' in Woodford county. Chicago Tribune. |