Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-01-07
Personal and Local Items


ter left Thursday for Chicago.
Misses Elearor Jones and Rita Binion
left Monday for their school in Holly
Springs.
Mr.. Vester' Mullins was in town Mon
day and being the progressive farmer
that he is, gave an order to Mr.. Cline
for a cement silo.
Mrs. George Richmond has been
quite i'll this week. suffering from a
severe attack ST the grippe. She is
now much better.
Miss Frances Currie, who was the
guest of Miss Alma Dinsmore last week
returned to her home in Meridian the
early part of the week.
Mrs. H. B. Gurler arrived during the
holidays from her home in Illinois and
will spend the balance of the winter at
her home north of Macon.
Mr.. L. F. Cole and family takes this
method of thanking their many friends
for the sympathy and kindness shown
them during their recent sad bereave-
ment.
Miss Merry Dent and Emmett Dent,
who spent several days last week with
their uncle, Judge H. Dent Minor in
Memphis, returned home the early part
of the week.
Mesdames Deupree and Moore left
Monday for Hot Springs, Ark. Mrs.
Deupree has suffered a great deal late
ly from rheumatism, and is in hopes of
Setting relief from that painful malady.
Mr.. H. C. Woods returned home
the early part of the week from a visit
in DeKalb, Ill.,, where he went to spend
the holidays with his homefolks. The
entire family came together for the
first time in nine years.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Pennington ar
rived in town last Saturday on a visit
to Mrs. J. A. Lee. Mr.. Pennington re
turned to his home in Stillwell, Ok,
Tuesday, but Mrs. Pennington will re-
main several weeks longer.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Thompson and
little daughter Muriel, who have been
spending the holidays with Mr.. and
Mrs. Harrison, returned home Thurs
day. They were accompanied home by
Miss Viva Harrison, who will study
music in New York this winter.
Mr.. W. N. Haynes is critically i'll and
is.said to be at the point of death. He
was found in bed and unconscious by
Mr.. S. M. Bowen Thursday morning,
He remained in an unconscious condi.
ton all day, and it thought at nine
o'clock last that he would not live un.
til morning.
The directors of the Merchants anC
Farmers Bank were in session this
week and declared a dividend of 10 pei
cent. The bank makes it, usual strong
statement as is publish elsewhere. The
directors of this institution keep II
close touch with its affairs and the
splendid success of this bank is due
largely to this fact.
Mrs. Bessie Price Williams and Misses
Hutchins and Williams, the last two
having been the guests of Miss Mary
Price during the holidays, returned tc
Grenada, where they are teachers in a
college. Miss Hutchins was to sing al
the Presbyterian church Sunday bu,
suffered a relapse from an attack OF
the grippe and found it impossible &c
remain.
Mr.. Jim Rosette and Mr.. Roy Stryk.
err, both of Waterman, ILL.,, with their
families, arrived in town this week.
The latter bought a month or two age
the Emmett Dantzler place six miles
east of Macon just west Of Mr.. Orms.
by's. He also bought the Lon Cock
rell place near Prairie Point. He will
make his home for a while with Mr..
Todd. Mr.. Rosette will probably live
on the Price place near Prairie Point,
which his father bought some time ago.