Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-12-04
Personal and Local Items

ia OAAUIQ.
Mr.. Murray Robertson, Of DeerbrOOkI
is in town today.
Mrs, NJ. L. Brown, of Lamar, Miss,
spent Thanksgiving with Miss Lizzie
Bass.
Mr.. Frances Conner left Sunday fol
Oxford, where he will attend school al
the University.
Mrs. Fl. N. Scales left Wednesday
for Montgomery. Ala. to visit her
friend, Mrs. Dettie.
Mr.. E 7. George is out of town this
week. Mrs. George is with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Scales.
Rev. R. o. Brown and Mr.. W. E.
Stokes are attending the M. E. confer
ence in session at Starkville.
Miss Jeanie Sternis of the Macon
High school spent the Thanksgiving
holidays at her home in DeKalb.
Mr.. L. S, Shumaker are now occupy
ing the brick cottage on Main street
owned by Mrs. j. W. Holbrook.
Miss Mary Kate Hunter has recently
been chosen Sponsor" of the first Bat
TALON OLA. & NJ. College, Miss.
Mr.. 7. w. Brame and son DeYam-
pert left Monday for Chicago, where
the latter goes for medical treatment.
Mrs. Eliza Stin on is a guest Of Mrs.
|. I. Smith. She will be one Of the
out-of-town guests for the Smith Dozier
wedding.
big Bud" says his company hasr rec
emily sent him a large number of cal
endars and all his friends are request
ed to call and get one.
Mr.. Tom Atlas Bush has returned to
his home in ~Starkville, after spending
several days with his grand parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Bush.
Mr.. Latt Deupree has been very for
the past ten days at his home in May
hsw. Mrs. j. W. Deupree has been in
Mayhem on this account.
Hon. Chas. Richardson, of Louisville,
was in Macon Friday on important leg
al business. He is rapidly winning sue
cess at the Winston county bar.
Miss Lula B. Williams left Thursday
for Oxford to attend the University
ball. While there, she will be the
guest of Mrs. Bessie P. Williams.
The turkey crop seems to be fine this
year and a large number are being
shipped every day. Express Agent
Horton says that in two days recently
he shipped 1900.
Mrs. A. 7. Dent and Lucian and Miss
Anna Louise Dent left Friday night for
a visit to H. Dent Minor. in Memphis,
and DR.. Lancelot Minor in Hollywood.
They will be away a couple of weeks.
Mr.. Sid Morgan spent a week rec
emily with his home folks in Noxubee.
He returned to Mobile Tuesday and
was accompanied by his father, Mr..
John Morgan, who will spend the win
ter on the coast.
Farmer Cavett, better known as
"Big Bud" was in the BEACON office
this morning. He says every one of
his children and grand children spent
thanksgiving and several succeeding
days with him, and they had a regular
Christmas. He says he has plenty of
pigs, turkeys, guineos and chickens,
enough to last a year. and plenty of
corn to feed them. and the war can't
hurt him much.
Rev. R. 0. Brown, pastor of the First
Methodist church, is in Starkville IN at
tendence at conference there. Mr..
Brown has been stationed in Macon one
year and his congregation are very
DESTROYS OF having him sent back, and
have made strong representations in
that behalf. The appointments will not
be announced until next week, but there
is little doubt that he will be returned
to Macon.
Mr.. Sam Neves had the misfortune
to lose his home and all its contents by
fire about two weeks ago. neal Clifton
vile. A gale was blowing at the time
and it is supposed that sparks set fire
to the roof, and in the high wind that
vas blowing. the entire house was
wrapped in flames in a few minutes,
When Mr.. Neves got his mother, who is
quite old, out of the yard and started
back to the house. the roof had fallen
in. Not a single article Of furniture
was saved.