Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-11-09
P3rAgE5l and Local Items

NANN0 AAuSualts
Mrs. Mrrion Harris and daughter re
visiting Il -tives in Okolona.
Miss Lula B. Williams is visiting
Mrs. Don Zepernick in Laurel.
Mrs. T. ). Pennington and mother.
Mrs, Lee. are visiting Mrs, Perkins
near CrsV .ord.
Mrs. :, Il. Stevens and daughter,
Mrs. lrhy Adams, left yesterday for
New Orleans, where they will remain
for a week or two.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Brame left Tues
day evening for Fort Worth, San An
gelo and E Paso, Texas. hey will be
absent about ten days,
Miss EtheIdra Spessard, Of Meridian,
is the guest of Miss Rita Binion, Miss
Spessard is to be maid-of-honor in the
Binion-C Cochran wedding.
Mr.. V. M. Murphey is spending a few
days with his mother. He is on his WY
to Norfolk, Va, where he has accepted
a position as civil engineer.
Mrs. George Goussett returned Tues
day from Natchez, where she was called
about two weeks ago by the sudden
death of her aunt, Mrs. Green.
Mrs. F, f. Carleton left last Tuesday
for Birmingham to visit her mother,
Mrs. Blackwood. whose health has not
been good for the past several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs, 7. P. Crymes have as
their guest at their home on Adeline
street, the ~latter's father, DR.. H. A.
Minor of Macon-Hattiesburg American
Mrs. Q. D Dinsmore retu' ned to Ma
con Thursday for a few days stay.
She was accompanied by her daughter,
Mrs. ". H. Rose of Columbus.
License to marry was issued Wednes-
day to Mr., j. D. Shackleford of Colum.
bus and Miss Bessie Clay Overstreet OF
Shuqualak. 1t is understood that the
wedding will take place tomorrow.
The Federal Land Bank, of New Or
leans has approved applications of the
Lime and Alluvial National Farm Loar
Association of Noxubee county in the
amount of 1922, 900.
MIR. and Mrs. Alexander Mcintosh Of
Deerbrook are at Mrs. j. W. D%eupree's.
They will leave in a few days for Chi.
cago, and from there will go to Colo
RADIO Springs. Their loss, as citizens Of
Noxubee, will be much regretted by
their friends IN the county.
Mrs. William Pratt Gaines and baby
of Miami, Okla, who are visiting hel
parents, DR.. and Mrs. G.. B. Clement
are now with re atives in Macon anC
will visit Columbus before returning
They will remain here until after thu
Christine? holidays. Meridian Star.
Mr.. Robin Written and family o.
Bristol, Va, arrived in Macon in theil
car. They made a trip without "a pune,
ture until got on the rock roads of Nox.
ubee. NJ Written bought Mr.. Charles
Strong place near Cliftonvill about q
month ae3. He has rented Mrs. Dins.
more in Macon, and will in town this
winter.
Mrs. j. S. Featherston, of Albu.
querque, New Mexico, arrived in Ma
con Thursday noon. She will visit hel
sister, Mrs. Warren Stewart. The
friends in the comfy of her son, Dale
Carr. will be glad to know his health
continues to improve, and The only thing
he has TO worry v e is that he is not
we'll enough to go to Europe and take
his part in the world scrap.
The largest colored church in Wash
ington City has as its pastor a colored
citizen of this county, w. H. Jerragir
of Mashulaville. He was recently ap.
pointed head of the Conservation So
ciety of the colored Baptists of the
United States and at a meeting that
was held a month or so ago of that
denomination held in Tulsa, Okla, he
appointed Rev. R. G. Moody, pastor of
the Baptist church here, chairman of
this county.
Doc Riddle, the old Confed, who has
been with the family of Mr.. Bob E'arrar
for seAeral months, left Thursday morn.
ing, early for the Old Soldiers Home at
Beauvoir. Doc was quite sick some
time back and he tells US that they
were ready to lay him out, but he has
improved to such an extent that he is
now able to talk as much, laugh and
eat as heartily as he did twenty years
ago, and every one who knows Doc
knows how we'll he can do all these
things. There has been a silver lining
to every cloud that has come into Docs
life, and neither old age, sickness or
poverty has ever been able to keep him
from enjoying a good laugh whenever
there there was even half an excuse.