Macon beacon., 1917-09-21

tives in Hattiesburg and Meridian.
Mr.. Butler Jones and DR.. Melvin, Of
Shuqualak, were in town yesterday.
Messrs. Boswell Stevens and Stevens
Boswell left for the A. & M. College
Wednesday.
Mrs. Tartt, of DeKalb, paid a short
visit last week to her brother, MIR. W.
C. Herbert.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. W. Graham, Of Me-
ridian, are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom McHenry.
Master Thos. Short ia spending few
DAYS this week at the home OF DR..
Wyatt in Prairie Point.
Mrs. Campbell, Of Shannon. spent
several days last week with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Cole.
Mr.. S. M. Thomas, Of Jackson. has
been in the county this week looking
after his farming interest.
MI. Nelson Sherrod left for Lebanon,
Tenn, Monday, where he will enter
the Castle Heights Academy.
Mrs. w. M. Jones, Sr. was called to
New Augusta Thursday on account OF
the illness of her mother, Mrs. Hibbler.
Mr.. Frank Kincannon, editor of the
Tupelo Journal. was in the county this
week looking after his farming property
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Willisms and
their daughter, Miss Lula B., will mo-
tor to Memphis to take in the Tri-State
Fair.
Little Miss Rose Chambliss of Laurel
is with her grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. F. Jones, and Is attending school
here.
Sheriff Mcclure has been confined to
bis home, three miles west of Macon
this week, suffering from an attack OF
malaria.
Mr.. Ernest Lucas, who is now with
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co., Bir-
mingham, spent several days in Macon
last week.
Mrs. George Hairston, Jr. and Mrs.
L. A. Hairston, of Crawford, have
been the guests this week of Mrs. K.
G. Patty.
Captain J. N. Holman and Lieut..
Bush, of jackson. spent several days
in Macon this week, trying to, get re-
crui,s for the army.
DR.. Henry Minor and Lancelot Dent
are visiting relatives in Memphis. Lam
celot will be a student in one OF the
Memphis schools this session.
Misses Dora Evelyn Connor and Jen-
ME Morgan were among those who
went to Columbus Tuesday to take up
their studies at the l. l. & c.
Mrs. Bette Lee left Thursday for
Crawford to visit her sister, Mrs. Wal
Ter, and from there she will go to Tus-
caloosa to visit her son, Mr.. Albert
Lee.
Mrs. J. l.. Thompson and daughter
returned to Brooklyn, N. Y, Friday.
after having spent a month with Mrs.
Thompson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N.
H. Harrison.
Mr.. John Clark, Of Cochran, was in
town yesterday. His family is now
living in Columbus. two of his daugh.
ters being in the I. l. & c., and two
children in the Franklyn academy in
that city.
Mr.. F. E. Carleton had the great
misfortune Wednes day afternoon to
lose a cabin on his place east Of Macon
and nearly two bales of cotton in the
seed were destroyed.
Rev. and Mrs. Broyles returned We'd
nesday afternoon. The latter had been
a patient in DR.. Turner'S hospital for
nine days and is fast recovering from
an operation for appendicitis.
Mrs. w. N. Sollce. of Selma, Ala,
in amending few days with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mauldin. Mr.. Sollee has
enlisted and now holds the rank of lieu
tenant in the quartemasters depart
ment, Charleston, S. c.
Mrs. W. C. Herbert will spend a
week or two with her parents, President
and Mrs. W. H. Smith at the A. & N.
College. She is slowly recovering from
an operation for appendicitis which she
underwent at jackson about a month
ago.
The name of John Minor Cole, the
Youngest son of MIR. Lucius Cole, was
left out of the honor roll published in
last weeks Beacon of the boys from
Noxubee who had joined the colors.
He enlisted last May in the navy and is
now on the Battleship Rhode Island.
The best hosiery-"Buster Brown"
at Walter B. Patty's.
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