Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-17
Personal and Local Items

Mr.. l.. w. Graham is visiting friends
at Hickman, KY
Miss Bessie Borgess. is visiting Mrs.
B. M. Borgess. in BroosksviIle.
Mrs. Jas. G. Horton and son are
visiting relatives in Columbus.
DIR. Murphey has beer in St. Louis
on professional business this week.
Mrs. Fannie Dele and Lucy Eckford
of Starkville are visiting Mrs. E 3.
Owens.
Mr.. Murray Dantzler of Tuscaloosa
has been visiting relatives in town this
week.
4 Messrs. J. w. Watt and Bob Per-
menter of Cooksville were in town
Wednesday.
Mrs, Chas. Williams and sons. of
Oklahoma, are with Mrs. Tom Tate in
BrOoksville.
Misses Ricardo and Madaline Dent
of New York are visiting their aunt,
Mrs. @. d. Dinsmore.
Mrs. S, D. Chamberlin Of S%huqualak
visited her brother, Mr.. J. A. Tyson a
day or two this week.
Mrs. K. S. Skinner entertained at
cards Wednesday afternoon at the res
dence of Mrs. j. IL. Williams.
Mr.. Dodd and children, of Hickman,
XIV, who have beer on a visit to Mrs.
G. G. Wade, have returned home.
Mrs. Ed. Murphey and children have
returned from a visit to her sister,
Mrs. VIM. Grace in Richton, Miss.
Mis- Scott who has been with Mrs.
Co nbs for the past season returned
this week to her home in st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. 'Tatum of
Shreveport are visiting Mrs. Tatum's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Allen.
Mrs. c. L. Smoot has Deer critically
i'll this week and for several days her
life was despaired Of. Her condition
is some better at this writing.
Miss Clara Eggle5ton Of Lexington,
who was the guest of her cousins, the
Misses Sessions, returned home Tues
day morning.
Mr.. Carl Herman, who is now a com
mercial traveller out of Cincinnati,
spent several days this week with his
sister, Mrs. NJ Holberg.
Mrs. DIR. Lanc2lot Minor Of Holly
wood, and Hon. ii. Dent Minor, Chan
cellor of the Second Chancery Court
of Memphis, are spending the week at
DIR. Minors.
Mr.. w, S. Mullins was IN town Mon
day. He says the crops in his section
are looking fine, though the hard, beat
ing rains last week did no good either
to the lands or the crops.
Mrs. w. F. Hickman has as her
guests her sister, Miss Carrye Over
street of Hatticsburg, Miss Fannie
Hickman of Houston and Miss Tnonp-
son of Meridian.
Mrs. j. Linton Thompson and little
daughter, Muriel, who have peer with
Mr.. and Mrs. N. H. Harrison for sew
eral months, returned this week to
their home in Brooklyn. N Y.
Mr.. J. T Mcclure of ~Shuqualak was
in town Wednesday lie expected to
leave CndI NlSnC LOT port, WHERE nS
has accepted a position to travel for
an oil mill and fertilizer factory
DR.. w. w. McBryde of Lynn Creek
was in town this week. He says the
crops, especially corn. are looking fine.
but the heavy rains of last week were
of no benefit. During the electrical
storm last Thursday night several ne
groes just across the line in Oktibbeha
county were struck by lightning and
one was killed. Several mead of mules
were also killed.
One of the greatest events in the life
of Mr.. Chang Russell happened this
week, when the stork visited his home
at Mashulaville and left a fine boy.
Joe Shelton says he received a phone
message early Wednesday morning to
go out and buy the best in town and
help celebrate. Not since the same
event happened in the homes of George
Russell and Bob Coleman has there
been such rejoicing at Mashulaville.