Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-12-18
Personal and Local Items

Mrs. Ed Robins, of C~ooksville, Wer,
in town shopping today.
Mrs. L. F. Holberg attended th.
Stewart Hudson wedding in Brooksvill
Wednesday.
Mrs. ]. b. Cunningham is visiting
Mesdames and Sam and Will Cunning.
ham in Brooksvlle.
Misses Rita Binion of Hollins AM
Mamie Warren Jones of Eureka Springs
will be at home for the holidays.
Mr.. E. L. Barker and family Of nli-
nois, have moved to this county and
are living on George Goussett's place.
Mr.. Homer Rhymes, of Crystal
Springs, will spend a day or two next
week with his brother, Mr.. R. l..
Rhymes.
Mrs. j. H. Williams has returned
from Hot Springs, where she has been
for several'weeks and is much improv-
ed in health.
Mrs. Dlmitry, who has been visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Shu-
maker, has returned to her home in
New Orleans.
c. M. Scales, Jr., R. L. Oliver and
Frances Connor. students of the Uni
versity of Mississippi, r spending the
holidays at home.
Miss Bessie Boggess has recently been
elected teacher Of Domestic science in
a college in South Carolina. She will
leave on December 29th.
Miss Eleanor Jones, a student of the
Mississippi Synodical college,, will ar
rive in Macon Saturday and will re-
main during the holidays.
Mrs. Emma Bankhead. who has been
making her home with her daughter,
Mrs. Emmett Smith at Strong Station,
is visiting relatives in Macon.
Tommy Short, the young son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Short. has been very i'll
for the past week with fever. His
condition has been very critical.
Mrs. 7. l.. Brown, who has been the
guest of friends in Macon for the past
ten days. spent the week with Mrs.
Luther Norman at Electric Mills.
Mrs. Bessie Price Williams, assistant
librarian at the University of Mississ-
ippi is spending the holidays with her
brother, Mr.. Ben Price and other rela-
tives in Macon.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Rhymes and chill
dren will spend the holidays in Tupelo
with Mr.. and Mrs. W. +. Riley, the
latters parents, ard in Memphis with
Mr.. Rhymes brother, Mr.. CD. Rhymes
M. A. NJ. Culpepper. who has been
living for the past year in Denver,
Colo. and Mrs. Will Culpepper. of
Toronto, Canada, arrived in Macon this
week and will spend the winter with
Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell.
Mr.. Walter Minor who has been in
the employment of the Southern Paci-
fc railway at San Francisco for sever
al years has recently received a promo
ton and is now head of the claim de-
partment with headquarters in Port
land, Oregon.
MIR. C. C.. Clay of, of Demopolis,
spent a day in town this week. He is
Just as breezy and effervescent as ever.
Hard times havn't touched him, at least
mentally. Says he has sold more land
in the past twelve months than any
year since he has been in the real es-
tate business.
Mr.. A. D. Binion spent several days
recently at Indianola, where he went
to look after his farming interests
there. he says that section maze a
fairly good crop, but on account of the
war and boil weevil is very much de-
pressed over the future outlook.
MIR. w. +. rriplett, of Crawford, a
long, long ime suhsellber to the BEA-
CON, was in town Thursday on a tax
paying visit. He says his section, like
the balance of the world, is suffering
from business depression but they have
plenty of hog and hominy, potatoes and
molasses, therefore have much to be
thankful for.
The Noxubee County Medical asso-
citation will meet in Macon, Tuesday,
Dec. 22nd at 10 a. m.