Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07

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has been the guest of Miss Sallie Ty-
son this week.
Before you can sit back and wait for
your ship to come in, you must launch
it and load it.
Miss India Bethany of Shuqulah, has
been with her sister, Mrs. j. A. Lever,
for several days.
Miss Vassor of Sewanee, Tenn, was
the guest a few days this week Of Mrs.
Sallie Murphey.
Mrs. F. E. Carleton and daughter,
Helen. are visiting relatives in Birm-
ingham this week.
Mrs. DR.. Campbell of Okolona spent
several days this week with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Cole.
Mrs. Juanita Mnrphey has returned
from Chicago, where she completed a
three months course in art.
Mrs. Sam Cunningham of Brooks
vile was with her sister, Mrs. E. E.
Dantzler a day or two this week.
Mr.. M. R. Halstead was called last
week to his former home in Indiana by
the serious illness of his mother.
Mr.. w. M. Jones, ST., and daughter,
Carrie Hibbler, spent several days
last week with MIR. and Mrs. j. E.
Hibbler.
Sometimes a boy thinks he has
secured a position when he has only
got a job. Securing it means mailing it
down.
Mr.. Frances Conner. who has been a
student in a veterinary college, Kansas
City, Mo-. for the past session, has re-
turned home.
Bishop Murrah preached at the
Methodist church here Wednesday
night. A large congregation was pres
ent to hear him.
Mrs. L'Estelle Barclay will return
tomorrow from Chicago, where she has
been taking a special course IN music
for several months.
Mrs. Borroughs of Winona is the
guest of Mrs. w. M. Henderson. She
will be pleasantly remembered in Ma
con as Miss Minnie Witty.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. H. Harrison, Mrs.
J. Il. Williams and her daughter, Miss
Lula Williams motored to Columbus and
spent the weekend with Mrs. G. NJ.
Flynn.
One of the s~orriest of spectacles is
the anger of two persons who have got
into an argument over something that
neither of them knows anything
about.
DR.. Hubbard and Mr.. Walter Hunter
went to Jackson last week and brought
home the l%atter's son Bovce, who was
suffering from a milk attack of ap-
pendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. H. Harrison will
leave Sunday for New York to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Linton Thompson and
their daughter, Miss Viva Harrison,
who has been spending the winter in
New York.
Mrs. D. D. Reeves of Stanton,
Tenn, arrived in town today and will
remain for awhile with her mother,
Mrs. Henry Martin. who is convalescing
from a severe operation.
Mr.. w. G. Plowman, who has been
an operator at the Macon depot for the
past twelve or fifteen years, has been
appointed station agent at Wahalak
and vas checked in last Monday.
Miss Ramile Bush after having been
laid up for four weeks with a broken
collar bone, is able to 90 to school
again, and being a smart girl she is
very glad to get back to school.
Mrs. j. r. Evans, who has been in
poor health for several months, is now
with her sister, Mrs. j. B. Warren.
near Meridian, where, it is hoped, she
may soon recover her good health.
Mr.. viii Tucker had a severe fall in
his store about two weeks, when he
climbed on a chair to reach something
on a top shelf. He was confined to
his bed for a week, but is now able to
attend to business.
Mr.. George NJ. Long, who for the
last year or so managed the Macon
Creamery, has left Macon and is now
in charge Of the creamery at Meridian
His management of the Macon Cream
cry was ~eminently successful, and great
regret is felt at his leaving. Taking
charge when the business was involved
in debt, he made money for it and gave
its butter the reputation of being
equal. if not better, than any pro-
duced in the United States. MR.. Long,
too, will be greatly missed here, where
her charming personality made her
many farm friends.