Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-30
Personal and Local Items

Wise ~ ~ oeeJ heo t~~'' - $50
week.
Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Deupree are
visiting Mrs. Joshua Cavett at Sun
Miss Bette Tate Of Brooksville has
been the guest this week of Miss viva
Harrison.
Mr.. A. L. Neville. Of Prairie Point,
went to Memphis this week to consult
an oculist.
Messrs. s. M. Thomas and E e.
Dantzler were in Cliftonville Monday
and Tuesday.
Miss Augusta Klaus returned vester-
day from New Orleans, where she has
been for several weeks.
Mrs. Dora Brown has returned from
visit of several weeks to her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ed Bell in Montgomery.
Mrs. L. F. Holberg and her mother,
Mrs. Woodward spent several days this
week with Mrs Boggess in Brooksville.
Mr.. s. ]. Feibleman will leave Tues
day for New York and Boston to buy a
spring and summer stock Of goods for
A Klaus & Co.
Mrs. H. T.. Saunders of Starkville has
heen in Macon this week. called here by
the serious illness of her grandmother,
Mrs. Eliza Lucas.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. H. Smythe, of
Brooksville, we're in town day or two
this week. They were here on account
Of the illness Of Mrs. Lucas.
The friends of Miss Ruby Thomas
will be glad to know that she is fast re-
covering from an operation for appen-
dicitis at DR.. Turner's hospital in Meri-
dian. Her mother is with her. They
are expected home in few days.
Mr.. ]. F. Ames and Mr.. Lutte Minor
went to the Hardy plantation to see
a Buckeye tile-laying machine in oper-
alton. They were well pleased and Mr..
Ames purchased machine and it will
be delivered in about two weeks.
Mr.. w. L. Featherston. as usual, Is
ahead of all his neighbors with young
chicks. He has between rs and 100 and
they are growing fine. The weather 80
far this winter has been ideal and re-
ports from every section are that the
hens are laying as if it were spring.
Mr.. lobe Cunningham, of Togo. was
in town a day or SO this week. be
says there is more progress made in
farm work in his section to date than
he has ever known. He would like to
buy fifty bushels of peas and If any
farmer has any for sale, phone or adj
dress him at Togo.
Mr.. E. L. Robinson, of the Industrial
Department of the Southern Railway,
headquarters in st. Louis, was in town
this week. He was here to see Mr..
Boyd. secretary of the Noxubee County
Truck Growers Association, to ascer-
tain if the association needed any build
ing or sheds to handle their products.
He said the railroad would do every
thing possible to facilitate the handling
and shipping of truck. as they were
anxious to see the industry develop in
this section.
Mrs. Eliza Lucas has been very i'll
this week at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. w. P. Minor. For several days
her life was despaired of and it was
thought she would not live through the
day. She is now some better, but on
account of her age. rs wears, and weak
ened condition, it is not thought she
will recover. Her sons. DR.. Early Lu-
cas-, of the delta, and Mr.. Jas. Lucas,
of Starkyille, were called here on ac-
count of their mothers illness. DR..
Jas. Eckford, grandson, of Starkville,
has also attended her.
Mr.. W. v. FAINT, of Newton, was in
town this week. Mr.. Fant's section
made a marked success in truck grow
ing last year and expects to do much
better this season for the reason that
they have a much larger acreage, more
han 400, and the prospects for good
market is better than ever before as
there is not cabbage in cold storage
and the demand promises to be good.
Mr.. FAINT was well pleased with the
start Mr.. Duggan had made with his
plants, as was evidenced by the fact
,hata few days after his return home,
Mr. Duggan had an inquiry from New
ON for half million plants.