Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-11-07

tiVeS IN ShuqualaK THIS Week.
Miss Kitchens of Evansville is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Vernon Clark.
Mrs. Leo Cole is visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Merle Miller in Shannon.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. McNeese of Shu-
qualak visited Mrs. W. D. Clark this
week.
Mrs WA. Cheatham of Prairie Point
spent several days with Mrs, Lee this
week.
DR.. John Hubbard and his little son
Walter are spending a few days in New
Orleans.
Mrs Sidney Conner of Hattiesburg.
is visiting her uncle, Hon. Walter Price
and his family.
Mrs. Henderson of Corinth was the
guest several days this week OF Mrs.
Walter B, Patty.
There were thirty-ive delegates who
attended a three days session of the
Presbyterial Union in Macon this week.
Superintendent of Education Jas. r.
Jackson attended the meeting of the
superintendent of the state in Jackson
this week.
A ~two-year-old child of Willis Riddle,
who lives three miles north of Macon,
was severely burned this morning. 1t
was attended by DR.. Murphey. who
thinks it will recover.
The friends of Mrs. S. NJ. Thomas
will be glad to know she is recovering
from an operation which she underwent
at DR.. Turner's infrmary last Saturday.
Mr.. Thomas is still in Meridian with
her.
Mr.. Jordan, who purchased the Shell
ton stock of furniture, has moved his
family from Kosciusko and they are
now living in the house of Mr.. Buck.
known until recently as the jackson
House."
Mr.. W. P. Minor, Mr.. w. L. Sherrod
and Postmaster Scales have been con.
fined to their homes this week. They
are all some better, though Mr.. Scales
and Mr.. Minor have not been able to
resume their work.
Little Misses Linda and Eppie Gun
ningnam. who have been with their aunt
Mrs. Emmett Dantzler. for some time,
returned to their home in Brooksvllle
this week. Their mother. Mrs. Sam
Cunningham, has returned from North
Carolina, where she has been, on &C
count of her health for some time.
Mr.. Gurler returned this morning
from Chicago, where he went to attend
a meetingof the National Dairymen's
Association. He says it had a larger
attendance than any meeting since the
association was organized. Almost ev-
cry state In the Union was represented.
Messrs. w. A. Cheatham and John G.
Cavett, Road Commissioners for Dis
trict one, accompanied by Mr.. E. T.
Bush, Jr., went last week to Memphis
and Friars Point to inspect some motor
trucks and have purchased two from
the White Motor Car Company for use
on the roads in that district. They re-
port fine crops in the Delta.
Mr.. John Cavett came near meeting
with a serious accident last Wednesday
morning, when his automobile turned
over on him while coming down the hill
in front of the Parson old place where
Mr.. Harris now resides. Mr.. Horton
was in his auto in front, and a negro,
driving a pair of mules hitched to a
moving machine, turned out Of the
road for him, but not knowing Mr..
Cavett was following, turned back in
the road suddenly, and it left Mr.. Cav
EFT the choice of run ming into the now
ing machine or taking the ditch, and he
chose the latter, with the result that
his machine turned over on him, but
luckily he was not hurt except bruises
about the face and neck. He was un-
conscious for an hour, or rather it took
him that length of time to find out how
it all happened. The auto was pretty
badly disfgured and put out of com
mission.