Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-01-28
Personal and Local Items

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business this week.
Mr.. Albert Dent, who is in business
in the delta, is visiting relatives.
Miss Florence Ford, of Enondale,
Miss, is visiting relatives here.
Mr.. Chas. Richardson, of Louisville,
is with his parents for a few days.
Miss Mayme Cole left Sunday to take
charge of her school at Calyx, Miss.
Mr.. Fred Carr of Crawford is visiting
his cousin, Mr.. John Carr at Mcleod.
Misses Sara Fisher Ames and Ethel
dra Spessard are at home for a few
days.
Mrs. j. A. Lee left Monday for a
visit to her daughter, Mrs. Harvey in
Winona.
Mrs. T. S. Boggess returned last Sun
day from a visit to her parents in Tex
arkana, Ark.
Mr.. j. M. Dunn of Paragould, Ark,
was in town on business a day or two
this week.
Mrs. ]. E. Hibbler, of Mcleod, is
spending the week with her daughter,
Mrs, ". M. Jones.
Mrs. H. N. Scales, who has been the
guest of Mrs, E. c. Scales in Jackson,
has returned home.
Little Miss Sallie Lou Stennis enter
tanned the Paper Doll club at her home
Saturday afternoon.
Miss Inez George, of Meridian, ar
rived this afternoon as the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. E. T. George for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F.. Hickman have
as their guest for the weekend Miss
Marian Tabb, who is a student ofthe |.
l. & c.
Mr.. P. P. Garner of the agricultural
department, with headquarters in Jack
son, spent a day or two this week with
his brother, Mr.. S. M. Thomas.
Several itinerant horse-traders that
have been camped in the piney-woods
west of town have been doing a lively
business swapping horses, most of ii
with the colored population, this week.
Mrs. w. H. Boyle of Seattle, WASH,
who has been visiting her daughter anc
other relatives in Atlanta, Ga, will
stop in Macon on her way back home
and will be the guest of relatives here
next week.
Mr.. A. H. George, a prominent citi
zen of Meridian, and secretary and gen,
eral manager of the Miss. Ala. Fair as
ISOLATION, is visiting his son, Mr.. +. T,
George. Mr.. George will have a letter
in next weeks BEACON that will be o.
general interest to the people of thu
county.
Mr.. Oscar D. Smith, formerly of thu
: famous town of Poplarville, but nov
of Macon, where he has beer practic.
ing law as the partner Of Mr., Bramt
since the first of the year, is making
many friends here by his attractive
manners and fine qualities. His steady
devotion to business is attracting fav
orable notice and his success is pro
phesied as sure.
Mrs. Anna Hinton and her neice
Miss Mudd, of Athens, ILL.,, visitet
friends in Macon several days this week
Miss Mudd came south with her faith
er, DR.. Mudd, a noted physician ant
surgeon, and is herself unusually tai
ented as a musician. She will return
to her home in Illinois the early part O
next week.
Mr.. w. w. Shannon came near meet
ing with a serious accident one day thii
week when the horse which he wa.
driving suddenly SHE'D when passing
the residence of Mr.. D. D. Patty. HI
was in COMPANY with Mr.. Waite
Stokes and when the horse SHE'D Mr.
Shannon was thrown out on the cemen'
walk and one side of his face badly
bruised. He was unconscious for sew
eral minutes and could not tell for al
hour or two what had happened to him
He says he was lucky in not having hi,
neck broken.