Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-23

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was in town several days this week on
business,
Mrs. ]. l.. Hibbler has gone to Dancy.
Ala, to spend several days with Mrs.
Gordner Lee.
Mrs. j, l.. Nicholson and children, of
Clarksdale, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. F. Ames.
Mrs. w. M. Jones, ST., has gone to
New Augusta to visit her sister, Mrs.
D.. b. Griffin.
Miss Ida Ivy Groves, of Pamela, Ala,
is a guest in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wyatt Jones, ST..
Mrs. N. L. Terrell, of Aberdeen, is
spending the month with her neice,
Mrs. W. B. Patty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Cunningham. of
Brooksville, visited Mrs. Emmett
Dantzler this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mobley Returned We'd
nesday from a visit to their old home
near Bowling Green, Ky.
Mrs. j. B. Garden, who have been
the guest of Mesdames McHenry and
Graham returned to her home this week
in Meridian.
Miss Gladys Robinson, of Fulton,
KY, and Miss Winnie Robinson, of At
lanta. ILL.,. are the guests of Mrs. l..
W. Graham.
Misses Shelly Jones and Ida Johnston,
from Greenwood, are the charming
guests of their cousin, Miss Mamie
Warren Jones.
Mrs. L, A. Hauenstein, who spent
several days recently with Mr.. and Mrs.
F. E. Carleton, returned to her home
in Meridian Monday.
Capt. and Mrs. H. N. Scales have
been in Biloxi this week, where Capt.
Scales, as an officer in the Mississippi
National Guard, has been attending the
encampment.
Miss Matte Griggs, who is now at
the head of the Art department of the
Central High School, Washington, is
spending a week or two with her sister,
Mrs. w. O. Barnes, Jr.
Mr.. Noah Scales condition continues
to improve and he now feels that he
will be able to be up in a few days.
Mrs. Scales was i'll several days this
week but is now much improved.
DR.. Barclay states that he has been
the rounds this week and he has not
found nor heard of any new cases of
Charlton in the county, and thinks that
there will be no further trouble.
Mrs. C. H. Spessard and daughter.
Miss Dora Evelyn Connor, and Mr.. d.
M. Lutz left this morning for Union
town, Ala, to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
ton S~pessard. They went through the
country in Mr.. Lutz's car.
Miss Alma Dinsmore left Monday
with Mrs. Adams party, of Birming-
ham, for the San Diego and Panama
Exposition at San Francisco. They will
stop en- route at the Grand Canyon and
Yellowstone Park on their return.
Mr.. and Mrs. W.. T.. Britton and
Mrs. Jesse ~Sparkman, of Cooksville,
were in town Thursday. Mr.. Britton
talked last year about having the best
cotton and corn crops in the county
the best he has made in ten years but
this year is another story. The good
crops are being made on the other
side of the county.
The wholesale dry goods firm of J..
Pollock & Co., Mobile, Ala, has retir-
ed, and a new company has been
organized by those connected with the
old firm under the name of Pollock
Dry Goods Co. Wyatt Jones, Jr.,
will continue to travel for the new
company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Swallow returned the
early part OF the week from a short
visit to friends in Tensas parish, La.
Mr.. Swallow says that section has not
suffered from too much rain, and that
he never saw as fine crops of both corr
and cotton. The latter is putting On
fruit faster than the weevil, which is
not as numerous this year as the past
seasons, can destroy.
Mrs. S. L. Murphey, Miss Mary
Murphey, Messrs. A. G. and Gene
Murphey and Mr.. Wherry left last
Sunday morning in their auto for
Memphis, Tenn, arriving there at 8
o'clock Sunday evening. The roads,
on account of recent rains, were quite
rough, but the worst trouble they
struck was getting through the sand
beds near Holly Springs. They are
expected home tomorrow Saturday
and will be accompanied by Mrs. T. S.
Murphey, of Memphis.