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About The Advocate-Democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1897)
k HUGE FAMILY, IT CONTAINS MORE THAN 12,000 PERSONS, Letcher County. Kentucky. Populated by ;the Descendants of Old Benjamin Webb —Thirty Birthdays Every Day the Year Around—Curious Complications. There is an entire county in the eastern part of Kentucky which is populated bv the descendants and r, >f a airigle family. The . original " ehh family consists of more than eight hundred direct descendants, while the number of those who are or less closely related to them by tn arri*ee m cc msiderably more than lv«h thousand. The family has up to the pr. -ent time practically filled Iwtelier County, and has commenced to overflow the boundary lines into the adjoining counties. This remarkable population, says a correspondent of the New YorkWorid, tract's its ancestry directly to a Ben¬ jamin Webb, who settled in this sec¬ tion nearly a century ago. At the present time there are still living six of his children. The most numerous branch of tbe family i descended from Jason Webb, who is now in his seventy-eighth year. Other children have families nearly us large, however. Jason lives in the house, now sixty years old, in which he began housekeeping and raised a family of nineteen children. Of this remarkable family sixteen are etiil living, The nexl generation, which consists of 150 grandchildren, are all living. There are besides 80 great grandchildren and <>0 great great grandchildren,all ofwhom are at present Jiving within ten miles of Jn non It, will occur to most people that a family of such remarkable proportions must give rise to many complications. The descendants of old Benjamin Webb have for one thing been obliged to select about eight hundred names for their children, and the , entire family has been obliged to go through tlie ordeal of agreeing upon more than twelve thousand names. Com¬ pared with this task the work of nam¬ ing the streets of an entire city like New York would be trifling. If each member of the family should attempt to give presents at Christmas to all the other members the expense would be something startling. In the immediate family there is an average of nearly three birthdays celebrated every day. The entire fatji.il v. 1 t 1»V readilv he calculate-!, in M n «la y in the year. One of the most remarkable of the original family is Uncle Miles, who though seventy-five years old, is about to marry it sister-in-law. This re¬ markable old man has fourteen chil¬ dren , all of whom are married and have large families. He i* unable to tell the exact number of descendants who should be credited to him, but thinks that a conservative estimate would place the number of grand¬ children at 100, great-grandchildren seventy-five, and great-great-grand¬ children at about forty. The oldest living member of the family is Aunt Polly, who is eighty- the two years old. Her branch of family tree comprises eight living children, seventy grandchildren, forty tue great grandchildren, and twenty two great great -grandchildren. Her little sister, who is known as the wanker of tHo family, is but seventy three years old. Her branch, which includes five generations, is made up of some ninety-eight members. Letcher The entire population of County, it is claimed, can trace their arices'iry very clearly back to but four families, who were the first to settle in this section. These families were the ('rafts, Adamses and Halbrookes, and, of course, the Webbs. The de fieendauts have married and inter¬ married in a most perplexing manner. Only a very few of them have ever neen a railroad train. The little county, as might be im¬ agined, is in reality a small kingdom, over w hioh the elder W ebbs are polit ion! monarchs. Whenever a N\ ebb wish to hold any office in the conn ty the raetilt is a foregone conclusion, Much a r rendition of affairs does not. it i& very safe to say. exist iu any other State irt the Union. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. A Non Hlisteiuno Mustard Plan TKU In making a mustard plaster take a piece of lard and stir the dry mustard into the lard until it is a thick paste and will just spread. Spread on a piece of lawn and apply to the affected part. This will not blister. Boot Blacking The best black ing for boots is orange juice Take a bIu-.> or quarter of an orange ami rub it on the shoe or hoot; then, when «lrv, brush with a soft Brush till the ■hoe shine like a looking glass. For Ax-tn Discolorations If the of a lemon x^r any aeivl fruit has taken the color from gown or apron, it may he restore,! hy touching the spot with household ammonia. If aoxla or the like has caused the same trouble, touch with vinegar To Free the HiTsk of Ants To tree a house from auts. sprinkle fine -* hits . ii -» full of ants drop into boiling water. To drive away ants, scrub the shelves or drawers that they frequent with strong carbolic soap, after which sprinkle red pepper in every crevice. CJettixo Riij op Roaches.— Sprinkle powdered borax plentifully down into their hiding places wher¬ ever they may be, and in a week, or before very long, they will disappear. Oil of cedar will kill roaches. Put the oil into an atomizer and spray all the cracks and crevices in the wall and places where they inhabit. Tbi.s is a sure way to kill them. Turpentine in the Household.— Turpentine is the best friend house keepers have and a supply should be always kept on hand. It is good tor burns, excellent for corns, good foi rheumatism and sore throat, and a quick remedy for fits and convulsions, It is a sure preventive against moths, a few drops rendering garments safe from such invasion during the sum mer. It drives away ants and bugs from cupboards and corners by put ting a few drops on tbe shelves. It effectually destroys bugs, and injures cleaning paint add a spoonful to a pail of warm water. A little in the suds on washday makes washing easier A Kitchen Convenience.— A small, flat paint-brush, about one inch in : width, is a kitchen convenience that no housewife should be without. For the greasing of all pans it is both neater and more effectual than the usual bit of paper. Also, if all meats were brushed over with sweet oil and vinegar before sending to the refriger¬ ator they would retain their juices and flavor far more perfectly than is com¬ monly the case. “Bicycle Catarrh.” It would occasionally seem as if physicians devote much of their time to hunting up reasons why mankind should give up the wheel. Long ago it was the bicycle hump, then the bi¬ cycle face, these being followed by the bicycle voice and other equally serious troubles, all of which have been laughed to scorn by devotees of the wheel. Now comes a medical per¬ son of Philadelphia with the alarming information that bicycle catarrh is among the perils that must he faced by those who ride wheels. Hays the Qnakertown Galen: ‘bicycleca “It’s no fancied ill, this tnrrh,’ and it’s putting lots of money and into the pockets of eye specialists opticians as well as physicians whose ’“-sctice crank, ■ ■ a/RW!” > nearly The always bic-'je you over does the sport and rides five times as far and five times as long as he ought to. His own motion creates a contin¬ ual wind pressure on his face, and the strain upon eyes, ears, nose and throat is abnormal. I have found in my practice that three wheelmen out of every ten are afflicted with catarrh in a more or less advanced stage, the con- | dition generally affecting the eyes. The same state of affairs is noticeable : in motormen, locomotive engineers and others who are constantly facing the wind, but the modern instrument of locomotion is responsible for such a j large increase iu the number of cases that we fee! perfectly justified in call¬ ing the ailment‘bicycle catarrh.’”— Louisville Post. New Street Sweeping Apparatus. A Berlin inventor has constructed a sweeper with that of a tricycle. It u worked by one man, who can cover as | much ground with this machine and as j J four men working with brooms shovels. Compared to the street i cost of covering a given ground machines is j smaller; moreover, ths new , are widely superior on hygienic j grounds, since the dunt and sweepings , are not thrown into the air, but al> j sorbed by the machine and dropped i m hulk into boxes specially provided I for the piirpost s. which are to be sunk ' in the ground at different points and covered until called for during the night when there is least traffic in the j streets. The new sweepers are iu tended to travel through the best streets at a fair rate of speed several J times a day. and the reeeptacie for the , sw eepings will hold about forty pounds before it becomes necessary to empty it. Sidewalks and footpaths in the’ parks are to he swept by similar but somewhat smaller machines. j | I The Next Sotar Eclipse. British astronomers are taking a lively interest m the next eclipse ol the sun—on January 2‘2d, 1898— i and the Royal and Royal Astrono send j j mieal Societies are arranging to out three parties of observers. I The central ine erodes \\ estern India, the duration ol totality at the most favorahh statins being about two minutes The prospects of fair w good, eather are the considered January skies exceptionally of India, j j as south of Bombay, are remarkable for • their freedom ft cloud and the probability that any given January day will be rainy is less than 1 in lot) j iu the Kohnkan ) ' The 1 lie belt pen slightly Migui.y pointed poiuxeo front in U, and wau back gives a very much better figure •.ban t-ie pcLct’i tjtiaJ one. THE JOKERS’ BUDGET. j '* c t* and Yarns Made and Told by Funny j Men of the press. • vtbioal notr. lie— ’Then you were abroad. Miss Par j venue, how did vou like the Matterhorn.' She—I—I don't believe I heard it. THE SOCIETY mother's duties. kittle Mias Avnoo—• ‘What is mammas for '-’' Little Miss De Fashion—••Why, they is to scold the nurses when we makes noise." VERY CLOSE “Isn’t there some sort of a relationship between .Madge and Mr. Dashing, '<*• *«• >"deed he was the first man *e war ever engaged to. why he didn’t know it. Barber—Vou say you have sliaveu uere before ' I don't remember your face. tistomer—Probably not. It has healed up since, AN EFFECT. He—How dull it was at Wilkins’ party last night, ti ”“ v few AND f A r between. Brol tj'icther?" re_ Who wrote ‘'Birds of a feather flock To.vje—Some idiot who had never been out shooting. A I'ATRIOT. Ten Broke—Let me hold your hand. j Penelope—The one that shook Queen j Victoria's? Ten Broke-No. the one in which you carry your pocke'.book. IIOSTH.U IBS END. First. Indian—1 have met my oWl roe, j Scrapping Squirrel, and I have buried the , hatchet. Second Indian—Where? First Indian—In his neck. MORE USEFUL. j Perflita—So you are really engaged to him. -Where is your engagement ring? i Penelope—1 haven't got any. 1 made him give me a bicycle instead. HIS OWN PHOVBKB. “He gives twice that gives quickly,” urged the collector earnestly. calmly, “True,” responded Huagge “but I’ve often noticed that he that gives slowly very frequently doesn’t have to give at all.” FOILED. She (insinuatingly)—There are more single than married men in the penitent¬ iaries. He (hastily)—Yes: that shows that ther.iare a great many men married. who would rath*- goto prison than get f NOT TIIE BIGHT SHADE. wPH Goode Style- girls?” “What' Going, to cut the w Mrs. De Style—“Why yes, ma—I have to at this set :ou of the year, They have j gkms that never tan, and guests will I think we associate with people who stay in town ail summer.” BROTH BID. Y SOLICITUDE (mournfulIy) _i 8 ’ p ose it’ll take & , lU , ldreti for you t0 he big enough j to j lsVj> p eallx ; (iartie—I s’pose so. jierti.; (despairingly)—And Dicky Jones . , ia m ,, re fun playing tricks on his big sister's ones; Oh, I ain’t got anything to live for: CAUSE FOR REJOICING. Sunday School Teacher—And when the j prodigal son returned home his father fell upon ids neck and blessed him—why did he do that? Scholar—'Cause he was so glad to think he didn’t come hack with a wife and | family, J s’pose. graceful compliment. £ ^ that „ t0 tbc spoony,” replied lady, passiug him the spoon holder, 6 WAITING FOR WORK. „ ., , , . . Joor w |low „ /fouhl hut procure em llloyffleDt atmy profession.” replied the good “poor man,” woman tt3 s he handed out a pie, “what is your profession ?” pilot, madam.” “I am an airship unpromising oct-i.ook. ,. Mijnlna 6aili little Fanny Fangle, ..j.— ^ en watching the people moving chit j n Td , x . jj 0ur> ail j mere are only two ,| rcI ^ 3 wheels.” that ••'Well, my dear, what of ?” “Why. there are four of us children, and we'll just have to take turns borrow ing them." comparative cost. Handel liar —Your wheel may lie i very good one, but it can't quite come uj to rptue Why, Great Sprockets! I paid a humped and eighty dollars for mine. Yota paid only ninety for all yours. enough, Scorcbleigk—That’s true Besides but you must consider this fact that ninety dollars 1 have paid over thil ont hundred dol ars for repairs thus far se&ton. Victoria's Tutor. Soon after Lord Grey came inU office the King prop.-sed that a Bish op sht‘tild he appointed to presidf over the education of the young Prin cess Victoria. This proposal w as fre (iaent l v forced upon the Duchess o: Kent » r ho resisted it. perfectly satistiet , ith ih , Mp . l . itT of K ev . Mr Davys the tutor. 'When it was pointed out t0 her that a dignitary of th, c hnrch ought to undertake the im j.g-tant office, the Duchess replied . ' There snrelv can be no difficulty ir pr-femng Ri.n fc Mr Davys - to the dignitie, l ■ of the church He w as shortly , , after ma ie L'eau ji witefMta I Mothers Read This: The Best m . Remedy, riKi® Diarrhoea, bowels. l ia easaea of * > PITTS CARMINATIVE i the standard. It carries chil¬ t dren over the critical period of teething ^aixhs recommended by * [ > ub ysi ci aas and as children. afriend of It m(5t hers J J l Adults fails to satisfy aja t to taste, never ¥ 5-1 a Aiew doses wid dexnonstrateits 25<^’r v d superlative virtue. Price For satebv aHdrugsrsV*. A i ' Prepared only byUr.W.M.Pitts. CONSIDER Plain Facts. . AppftTOSt tjD6a.pH6SS 1I06S not Hit*a UtfAt SaylHg OiHlODCV, J Cheapest The » w the E l 8 \ i | I- - a ; 5 ' ■' t— **»•> , vr . 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