Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-04-03
Personal and Loci IteE1s

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from Mississippi %collei'a at Clinton.
Mrs. E. Wood, of lew Orleans, il
visiting Mrs. S. L. Murphey.
Mrs. S. E. Hale has returned home
from a visit to relatives in Columbus.
Mrs. E. A. Going of Pickens is visit
ing her sons, Messrs. A. G. and W. A.
Williams.
Mrs, Davis Love, of Brooksville, ID
visiting her sister, Mrs. ]. W. Hol'
brooks.
Mrs. ]. E. Hibbler spent a day OF
two this week with her daughter, Mrs.
W. M. Jones.
Mr.. Leland Bardwell of Meridian was
a recent visitor in Macon, the guest OF
Mr.. Spencer Jones.
DR.. Stanley returned Tuesday from
New York. where he had been attend
ing lectures for the past month.
Mr.. John R, Dinsmore, a senior in the
literary department Of the state Uni
versity, was a visitor in Macon this
week.
Mrs. Sanford, after a few weeks stay
with her daughter Mr.. A. G. Williams,
returned to her home in Fayette, Ala,
Thursday.
Adjt. General Erie Scales has been at
home several days this week closing up
his hotel business in Macon. The hotel
will hereafter be in charge Of Mrs. II.
N. Scales.
Mr.. s. M. Irion, of Columbus, was
in Macon last week the guest of his
daughter, Mrs. VIM. Stages. He left
Thursday for Hot Springs, where he
will spend about two months.
Mrs. J. T. Taylor of T~exarkana. Ark,
arrived Monday to be with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. T. s. Borgess.. who has been
i'll for about ten days. Mrs. Boggess is
much improved at this writing.
Mr.. Aubrey Barnhill of the Wet
Water neighborhood was in town We'd
nesday. He says they had more rain in
his neeighborhood than fell in Macon
and a great deal Of land was so badly
washed that much planting oyer will
have to be done.
Mr.. G. J. Robertson, of Deerbrook,
was in town Monday. We regret to
hear of the loss he sustained recently
when his handsome residence in Birm-
ingham was destroyed by fire. lnsur-
ance to the amount of one. third of the
value of the house was carried.
Mrs. j. M. Couric and little daughter
and Mrs. w. M. Clark. who have been
visiting relatives in the county for the
past two weeks, left Thursday for the
%latter's home in Birmingham, where
Mrs. Couric will spend a few days be-
fore boing to her home in Townsville,
Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harris and little son of
Boston and Mr.. and Mrs. James Ander-
son and two young daughters of Elburn,
ILL.,, who have been the house guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Richmond of Rich
forks, returned home this week. The
month spent in the sunny south was an
enjoyable one for them.
DR.. and Mrs. J. E. Jones have re-
turned from a visit with friends in Me-
ridian. DIR. Jones had the honor, while
there, of assisting in the dedication of
the new Presbyterian church. Before
his removal to Macon DR.. Jones had
been in charge of the old church in Me-
ridian for twenty years, and the dedi-
cation of the new church was a matter
of great Interest to him.
Miss Ably Woodward has the honor of
being elected sponsor for the first bri-
gade of the Mississippi Division of the
Sons of Veterans and will attend the
U. C. V. Reunion at Jacksonville, Fla,
in May. Miss Woodward is a charm
ing young lady of unusual attractions
and the organization has made a wise
choice in the selection of this pretty
representative.
DR.. George Clement, who always re-
ceives a warm welcome by a large num-
Der of friends in Macon, spent a day or
two here this week. He promises,
when spring really opens and the water
falls, to come back and show Tom
White Crigler and Val Yates a thing or
two about how to catch channel cat,
an art that no one in even states can
beat him at.
DR.. G. L. Clement, a son of DR.. Will
Clement, Of Winston county. has open
ed a dental Office in Macon, occupying
the rooms of his uncle, DR.. Geo. B.
Clement and which have been occupied
for the past three years by DR.. Griffin.
For more than half a century the Glenn
ent family have been practicing dem
tistry in Macon. this young mans
grandfather having first Onened an Of