Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-11-28
Personal and Local Items

Miss Elizabeth Bass spent several
days in Meridian this week.
Mrs. David, of Texas, is the guest of
her daugheer, Mrs. l.. L. Dorroh.
Mrs. Vernon Clark made a visit to
her home people in Kemper county this
week.
Mrs. Ellis Brame and children, of
Chicago, are visiting relatives in the
county.
Misses Mary Kate Hunter and Miss
Stewart are visiting Miss Bradley in
West Point.
Mr.. Norman. agricultural agent OF
the Mobile & Ohio railroad, was in
town this week.
Mr.. Walter Anderson, of Wesson,
spent several days of this week at his
old home in S%huqualak.
Misses B. Swami, Mary Dent and
Ethel Dorroh, of the Agricultural High
School, spent Thanksgiving at home.
Miss Ida Murray arrived in Macon
Wednesday morning from Hazlehurst,
called here by the serious illness of her
aunt, Mrs Ladd.
M. Emmett Yates, travelling solici-
tor for the Merchants Trust Co., st.
Louis, spent a day or so this week with
his brother, Mr.. E. V. Yates.
Miss Louise Wyatt, now a trained
nurse at a sanitarium in Vicksburg, is
spending a month with her family in
the Prairie Point neighborhood.
Misses Annie Belle and Ruby Thomas
have as their guest this week Miss Va
leria Sigrest, of Richton, Miss. who is
a student of the |. l. & c. at Columbus.
Mrs. N. A.. Gardner and Miss Sue
Winston, of Piedmont, Mo, and Mr..
and Mrs. J.. E. Windham, of Cochrane,
Ala, were the guests of Mrs. W. 0
Barnes, Jr., this week.
Nh. and Mrs. Willis Riddle have the
sympathy of friends in the loss of their
~two-year-old daughter, who died Mon
day morning from the result of a burn
which she received about three weeks
ago.
Mrs. R E. V. Yates has been quite
i'll this week and her condition has been
the cause of great uneasiness of her
family and friends. She is now much
improved and hopes are held for early
recovery.
The friends of Miss Lallie D6rroh
will be glad to know she is convalescing
from an operation performed Wednes'
day for appendicitis in an infirmary ir
Mobile. Her sister. Mrs. w. w. Shan
non was with her
Mr.. H. N. Scales is at home from
Columbus, where he has been for two
weeks past in DR.. McKinley's infirmary
suffering from pneumonia 1t will b'
several days before he will be strong
enough tC return to work.
The County Auditor estimates tha'
Road District No. a, the S%huqualak Dis
trict, will have practically SO, 000 a yea
road funds to spend on their roads. Ii
a reasonable course of time this dis
trict will have good roads and yet nj
outstanding bonds to pay.
Several new citizens lately buying
Noxubee land have moved to the count,
now. Among them are Mr.. Colony anC
his family on the Deupree place; Mr.
Elmer X. Amos on the old Keys place
and Messrs. Sprecker and Murl.
Mr.. J. @. Poindexter and family wer'
in town Wednesday. Mr.. and Mrs
Oren P~oindexter, of Mashulaville, re
turned home with them to form part o
a family gathering on Thanksgiving
Day. Mr.. Poindexter is n of man.
prairie farmers who has much to b.
thankful for this year, having gathered
a better crop of all kinds than ever be
fore.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Sargent, Jr. ant
little daughter, of st. Louis, are visit
ing their homefolks in Macon. Mr.
Sargent has been in the employ of But
Ter Bros. for several years. Severa
months ago he suffered a nervous break
down and has been a patient in an mfr
mary for some time. He is now nue.
improved and feels that when he re
gains his strength he will be as we'll a
ever.
Mr. Wayne Bush was in Macon Tues
day and very enthusiastic over Noxube
county land. He says he raised 2
bales of cotton on II acres on the Deu
pree place, and from 10 acres of melilo
tus he gathered 80 bushels of see
which he sold at So. 90 a bushel. Hi
!, bees got enough honey from the bloom
of this melilotus to more than pay tn
. rent and the costs of gathering tn
seed.
DR.. John Hubbard, with his younI