Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-07-07
Personal and Local Items

in Meridian this week.
Mr.. Calvin Sargent spent Sunday
and Monday in Columbus.
Mrs. Betty Lee is visiting relatives
in Columbus and Tuscaloosa.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. H. Harrison have
rhturned home from New York city.
Mrs. L. F. Holberg will spend next
week with relatives in Louisville. Miss.
Mrs. L. F. Holberg spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Ben Boggess in Brooksvllle'
Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher Ames end fam
liy have returned to thor home in town
Mrs. Sallie E. Binion, who visited
West Point last week. haa returned
home.
Mrs. William Herzberg OF Birmlng-
ham is the house guest of Mrs. N
Scales.
Mrs. Thos. McHenry Is in Memphis
Tenn, where she went to consult q
specialist.
Miss Maud Strong, who visited reia-
tives in town has returned to her nome
in Aberdeen.
Mrs. Josh Cavett and daughters were
guests of Mesdames Deupree and Moore
. on Wednesday.
Miss Maurine Baker. who has beer
quite i'll at her home at Dancy, Ala Is
very much better.
Mr.. E. F. Anderson has been quite
ill and his condition is causing MS
family much ~uneasiness.
Mrs. Campbell of Okolona spent sew
eral days with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. L. Cole, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Lyle of Lauder
dale were guests of MIR. and Mrs. 5.
M. Thomas several days this week.
Mr.. Frank Thompson, who has COM
pleted a course at Macon & Address
Business College at Memphis, Tenn,
is at home.
Mr.. A. G. Murphey, who has been
attending a business college in Mem
phis for several months, returned
home Thursday.
Miss Florence Futvoye of Shuqualak
and her house guests, Mrs. Sara
Weems and Dorothy Beck of Shubuta,
were in the city several hours Friday.
Mrs. Ed. B. Owens and Miss Alice
Bush spent a few days of this week in
St. Louis, where they were the guests
of Misses Augusta and Tallie Sellack.
Mr.. George Augustus has sold his
place, resigned the position of rural
mail carrier which he has held for sev-
eral years, and will leave shortly for
Denver, Colorado.
Mrs. John Hooks and children of
C]arksdale are guests in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom McHenry. They
will leave Saturday for Meridian to
visit MIR. and Mrs. John Garden.
Miss Lula B. Williams and Mrs.
Howard Scales were guests of Mrs.
Hardin Brooks in Meridian several
DAYS this week. Mrs. Scales will
spend several weeks in Jackson with
Mrs. Eric Scales before returning home.
Mrs. Tom McHeniy left Monday for
Memphis, where her little daughter
Sarah, who has been visiting friends
in Memphis, had to undergo q simple
operation on her throat. They are ex-
pected home the latter part of the
week.
On July fourth the northern born
citizens of Noxubee held their tenth
annual picnic dinner; this year the
celebration was at Mr.. Meek's on the
old Nick Rogers place, and was we'll
attended and much enjoyed as these
occasions always are.
A cotton boil as large as a hens
egg was brought to the Beacon Office
last Saturday by George Coleman,
colored, living on Mrs. Featherston's
place eight miles north of Macon. 1t
is of the Express variety and was
planted in April.
- Messrs. c. L. Heinrich, Polk Farrar
and H. R, Cannon went to St. Louis
this week on the excursion. Mr.. Helm
rich says that the fireworks, flower
d parade, etc., that were advertised as
8 attractions, was a big fake. The ex-
II cursion train, before it reached Macon,
was crowded, and those from Macon,
Shuqualak and Brooksville went on the
: regular train.
Mr.. H. j. Campbell has installed a
bran new outfit in his barber shop and
the ttings-lavatories, mirrors, bath
tubs, etc., are the very latest thing in
plumbing. The work was installed by