Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-03-13
Personal and Local Items

Mr. Ernest Hunter spent last Sunday
in Columbus.
Mr.. Gardner Lee. of Dancy, was In
town Tuesday.
Mr.. John Allen was a visitor to rupe-
10 last Sunday.
Miss Alma Dinsmore is visiting
friends in Meridian.
Mr.. Chas. Combs went to Pheba,
Miss. this week on business.
M. Thomas NcHenry spent several
days in Clarksdale this week.
Mr.. S. A. Warren visited his parents
in neKalb a day or two this week
Rev. R. o. Brown spent a day or two
with friends in Starkville this week.
Mr.. and Mrs, VIII Cheatham spent
Wednesday with Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.
Lee.
Mr.. G R. Thomas, of Vicksburg,
was in town on business the first of the
week.
Miss Mary CLYDE Holt, Of the /. I. &
c., was at home several days this
week.
Miss Mary Overstreet, of Eastabuchie.
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. w. F.
Hickman.
Mrs. H. T. Saunders, of Starkville.
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. w. P.
Minor.
Mr.. and Mrs Vester Mullins and Miss
Mullins Of Cliftonville were in town
Tuesday.
Mrs. H. B. Gurler was called to her
home this week on account of the ill
ness of her mother.
Miss Nell Allen visited her sister,
Mrs. c. L. Bennett. in West Point,
several days this week.
Miss Elma Pruit, of the |. /. & c..
spent several days in Macon last week.
getting county statistics.
Mrs. Walter Crigler. of Crawford,
and Miss Elizabeth Ellis, of Scoobs,
are the guests of Mrs. Tom White
Crigler.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Bennett and lit
tie son, William, spent several days last
week with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. F. Allen.
Miss Irene Taylor, who has been the
guest of her sister, Mrs. T. S. Borgess.,
for several weeks past, returned to her
home in Texarkana, Ark, last Sunday.
Bruce and Henry Lundberg. of De-
Kalb, Ill arrived this week and will
probably spend the spring and summer
with their grandfather, Mr.. H. B. Cur
Ter.
Mr.. U. w. Mullins of C~liftonville,
president of the board of supervisors,
was quite i'll last week. He was we'll
enough to be in town Tuesday though
still showing signs of his recent illness.
Mr.. Dale Carr returned Wednesday
to Silver City. New Mexico, after a
stay of only a few days at home. His
trip east was to accompany a friend,
who was too i'll to travel alone, to At
lanta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison and their
Mr.. aud Mrs. Crawford, made
an auto trip to Columbus this week
They found the roads very good except
Jim creek swamp in Lowndes
which was verv, very bad. Sew
eral times they thought teey would have ,
70 spend the night with the Owls. Mr.. ,
Harrison returned next day with the I
auto by way of Crawford, the others by
all. The trip by way of Crawford is
about seven miles longer Mr.. Harrison :
'ound the road very good, especially so
or this time of the year.
Mr.. w. M. Lamberson returned Sun d
from New York. He spent several ',
lays with his sister at Dolgeville and !
!rrived in New York the night of the
blizzard, the worst since 1888. 1t is /
Irst time since the weather bureau was |
established, said Mr.. Henderson. that +
hipping was not allowed to leave port. d
nd all vessels were delayed four
ours. Mr.. Henderson brought back Il
overall kodak pictures taken in his d
ONE town that showed the snow drifts
n a level with the second stories of the v
0useS. -
Mrs. Frank Harris and little daugh-
Madge returned last week from a :,
isit to their home-folks in indianapolis. "
lr. and Mrs. Harris have been living
the Cole place east of Macon for
early three year. Very natural. tho.