Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-04-10
Personal and Local Items

New Orleans on business this week.
Miss Renie Woodson of 0kolona is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. L. C. Tucker.
Miss Ella Welsh of Shuquulak has
been the guests this week of Mrs. Ed.
Hardin.
Mr.. W. w. Shannon received last
week the latest model REQ car, the last
word in autos.
Mrs. Lang Aycock has been quite i'll
this week with pneumonia. Her condi-
ton today is much better.
Mrs. J F. Jones isvisiting her daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Hauenstein in Hattiesburg
and Mrs. Chambliss in Laurel.
Mr.. C. B. Ames of Oklahoma City,
and Mrs. D W. Williams of Jackson,
Ohio. are visiting their mother, Mrs.
Sarah Ames.
Mrs. Wyatt Jones, Mrs. McMillin
and Miss Lallie Dorroh are attending
the Baptist Sunday School convention
at Newton.
Mr. lobe Cunningham of Togo and
Mr.. Frank Dantzler of Meridian were
with Mr.. Emmett Dantzler a day or
TWO this week.
Mr.. A. L. Neville was in town today
and said he did not feel so very bad
about the frost as he had ONLY 100
acres to plant over.
Mrs, 7, ]. Evans and son, Tom, and
Miss Estella Patty, of Macon, are visit
ing Mrs. w. F. Patty for a few days.
Columbus Dispatch.
We regret to learn from Mr.. George
Russell, who is in town to attend a
meeting of the M. & F. Bank directors,
of the serious illness of Mrs, Joe Mich
olson.
Frost last night killed all the cotton
hat was up. Mr.. Will Cheatham was
in town today and is reported to have
said that he would have to plant over
200 acres.
Mrs. Woods and baby, who were the
guests of Mrs. T S. Murphey, have re-
turned to their home in New Orleans.
Mrs. Woods vas Miss Nellie Seaman
of Newton.
Master James Horton, of Macon, is
spending a few days in the city with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Horton at
their home on South Fourth STR et.-
Columbus Dispatch.
The attraction at the Lyceum Theatre
next Thursday night is the finest and
most interesting moving picture show
that has ever been presented. 1t is
presented in six reels and takes two
hours.
Mrs. w. O. Barnes, Jr., and little
daughter Mamie left Wednesday for
Washington, ID. c., where they will
spend a month with Miss M. E. Griggs,
who is an art director in the public
schools of that city.
Mr.. Calvin Sargent was i'll in bed
several days last week. He has been
able to be out the last few days, but
has not smiled once. When Calvin
can't smile the entire town seems de-
or,ecol onI ont ~ cnrta |
Everybody ard their grandmother
have gone to Shuqualak today to attend
Field Day celebration. The $40 train
was delayed at the Macon depot more
than half ar hour loading up the kids
and when it finally pulled out ever the
baggage coach was full.
During the thunder storm Tuesday
night, lightning struck the residence Of
Mrs. Connie Owens. No one in the
house was shocked. Mrs. Henry Owens
noticed a light wei their transom and
looking out in the hall discovered it
was full Of smoke and further i%nvesti-
cation found the bath room was on fire.
1t Vas quickly extinguished without
any material damage.
Messrs. Josh and John Cavett were
in town today. Josh said the greatest
damage done by the frost last night
was to his alfalfa, which was twelve
inches or more high, but this morning
it had wilted and turned dark. He is
afraid now that he will not gtt a cut
ting before the middle of May, when he
expected to cut about the 25th of this
month.
Mr.. John Clark, of Dancy, was in
town today and reported that the frost
last night killed all the cotton in his
section that was up. He expects to
have a hundred acres or more to plant
over. A telephone message from Mr..
Ed. Hibbler said his section was alright
as every one around Cooksville was
wise enough to wait until all danger of
frost was over to plant cotton.
Mrs. Will Conner had a narrow es-
cape from death or serious injury this
week when her clothing caught fire
from an open CRATE in her room. She