Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-07-31
Personal and Local Items

Miss Alleyne Cohen OF Sheffield is the
guest of Miss Dora Evelyn ConnOr.
Prof. ]. C. Bell Of Baldwin is with
his daughter, Mrs, W. V. Stewart.
Miss frankie Kidd left Monday for
Stonewall, where she will visit rela-
tives.
Mrs. 7. E, Dismukes of Artesia Wis
tied her sister. Mrs. G. M. Scales this
week.
Drs. Price and Wallace Ivy Of West
Point were in Macon on business this
week.
Prof. Joe Mcmillan has been holding
a teachers institute in the public school
building in Macon this week.
MISS Mary McCaskill spent this week
with friends in the Soule Chapel neigh
borhood.
Mr.. Jos. Burks of Alderman spent
several days this week with Mr.. and
M MRS. J. b. Maury.
Miss Lille Clemens spent several
days this week with Miss Aline Jackson
in the Ravine neighborhood.
Mrs. Walter Connor left Thursday
for Laurel, where she will visit her
brother. Mr., Don Zepernick.
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Mrs. ]. B. El6in; with children, An
ME Lou and Boyce, are visiting friends
at Battles Wharf neal Mobile.
Miss Elma Pruitt has returned from
a visit to the family of Prof. J. C. FAINT
at the University of Mississippi.
The Cemetery association will meet
Tuesday, August 4th, at 5 O'Clock at the
residence of Mrs. E. E. Dantzler.
Mrs. w. e. Stokes has as her guests,
her sisters, Miss Annie and Julia Chan
dler and aunt, Mrs. all of St.
Louis, Mo.
Mrs. Ella Scales of Brooksville and
her daughter, Mrs, Shannon Of Louis
vile, KY. visited relatives in Macon
this week.
Miss Beatrice Cox and Mr.. Leonard
Martin of Starkville, and Miss Mary
Clyde Holt and Messre. Sam Clark and
William Dent were visitors at the home
of Mr.. H. F. Martin last Sunday.
Miss Eddie Lee Holt has returned
this week from st. Louis, where she
has been attending a normal school for
the past two months. She took a spec
ial courses in primary work, PHYSIOLOGY
and geography.
Prof, S. P. Walker. who has been
teaching the past year at Bascagoula.
joined Mrs. Walker and the boys here.
They left the early part of this week
for Horn Lake to visit Mr.. Walkers
father.
Miss Nancy Patty will have as her
guests for next week Miss India Sykes
Houston, Miss Lois Reynolds, Miss
Elizabeth Binford of Aberdeen; Miss
jamie Evans of Muldon and Miss Sadie
: Roberts of Starkville.
The time for collecting street tax has
arrived and Marshal Lee will be around
soon with his receipt book, so be ready
and look pleasant. The collection of
taxes is not a pleasant job but every
patriotic citizen should recognize the
necessity and pay promptly.
Mrs. Chas. Strong entertained quite
a number of, young people Thursday af-
ternoon in honor of Miss Maude Strong
of Aberdeen. Forty-two was the game
for the afternoon. Miss Dora E. Con-
nor was prize winner. A delicious ice
and sandwich course was served at the
conclusion of the game.
Mr.. Bob Eaves of the Macedonia
neighborhood was in town Thursday.
He says the last crop Of weevil, which
made its appearance about a week or
ten days ago. is doing great damage to
the cotton in his neighborhood. His
prospect, up to that time, he says was
as fine as he has had in ten years.
Mr.. B. R. Boyd of Americas, Ca.
Joined his wife and baby last week and
have been visiting relatives in Noxubee
and Kemper. He says the crop in his
section of Georgia is the best he seer
in the fifteen years that he has been
there. The crop, as in this state il
, stopped and muchof it has suffered from
drouth. He says the crop in portions
of Kemper and southeast Noxubee has
been almost completely destroyed.
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