Macon beacon., 1915-10-29
Personal and Local Items

Mrs. W. P. Snowden isvisiting friends
in New Orleans.
Mr.. Chas ". Jones of Montgomery,
is at home for the week.
Mrs. Howard Scales is visiting Gen,
and Mrs. E. c. Scales in Jackson, Miss.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal. Swallow have re-
turned home from a visit to relatives
in Meridian.
Mesdames Cunningham and Dantzler
are visiting Mrs. Sam Cunningham in
Brookville.
Mr.. Louis Walker of Columbus, has
been the guest of Mr.. 7. W. Crigler
several days.
Miss Cora Sessions will leave Tues
day for Woodville, Miss, where she
has accepted school.
The fire company was called out Mon
day morning to extinguish small
blaze at the Imperial Cotton Oil Co.
Mrs. Deupree and Mrs. Moore left
Tuesday for New Orleans, where Mrs.
Deupree will consult throat specialist,
Mrs. L. |. Yates left Friday for Hat
tiesburg where she will spend the win
ter with her daughter, Mrs. Frank
Foote.
Mrs. ]. E. Hibbler of Mcleod has
been with Miss Ida Ivy Graves of Pa
nola is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Wy
att Jones.
Mrs. DR.. Murphey has been i'll this
week, suffering from a severe attack
of tonsilitis. She is now much i'm
proved.
Mesdames Futvoye, Patterson and
Hutcherson and Miss Olivia Jenkins,
all of Shuqualak, were guests of Mrs.
j. E. Jones on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. H, Harrison. Miss
Viva Harrison, Mr.. and Mrs. Flynn and
Leo Flynn left Tuesday in Mr.. Harri-
sons car for Memphis. They will re-
turn today,
DIR. ]. E. Jones will leave tomorrow
for Bonneville, where he will begin
Sunday a series of sermons. No SER
vices will be held in the Presbyterian
church here Sunday.
Mr.. Henry Owens. who has been suf-
fering from nervous breakdown, went
to st. Louis Tuesday, where he will be
a patient in sanatorium. He was ac-
companied by DR.. Murphey.
Mr.. John R. Dinsmore had the fol-
lowing young men as his guests this
week: Messrs. Allison, Bob, Eugene
and Edward Hardy of Columbus, and
Hon. Sam H. Long, practitioner of
Bonneville.
The Messrs. Shannon, w. W. and
Loyle, with their wives, will leave Sun
day morning for Nashville. After
making many inquiries of the best
routes to take they have decided to
travel the Jackson Highway, which has
been recommended as being the best
and great deal shorter.
While playing ball at the school
grounds Tuesday afternoon Launcelot
Dent had the misfortune to break the
large bone in his right leg just above
the ankle. The little fellow will be con-
fined to the house for some time. The
day previous to this accident Elmo Nor
gan, son of Mr.. John Morgan, had the
misfortune to break his arm.
Some of the finest specimen of sweet
potatoes that has ever been seen in Ma
con was brought to this Office this week
by Mr.. Robert Farrar. They were of
the Triumph and Bunch Yam varieties.
Mr.. E. F. Anderson exhibited some fine
turnips, the largest measuring IS inches
in circumference. This nothing unusual
he says, except that it is pretty good
size for a purple top this early in the
season.
Mr.. j. M. Chappell from Perkins
vile, the strongest inland anti-Bilbo-
Vardaman precinct in the state, was in
town Monday. He says that the sec
ond almost complete failure of cotton
crop in his section has put crimp in
business outlook but he does not lay it
altogether on the weevil-thinks it is
due more to the extremes in the wealth
er conditions. And what is remarkable
he says, is the optimism and cheerful
ness of the people generally. He ac-
counts for that in the price of cotton
and cotton seed. even when they have
not any to sell-Just buoyed up in the
hopes they will have some next year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Smythe attended
the Meridian Fair last week. Mr..
Smythe is regular attendant to all
the agricultural and stock exhibits in
this section went to Memphis and will
take in the State Fair at Jackson. He
is not an old farmer that has had to
learn new tricks, but is one of the very
few farmers who has always made cot
ton as side line grain and mule colts
being his hobbies. He has a thirty-acre