Macon beacon., 1917-10-05
Personal and Local Items

ing Mr.. Smith Holt and family.
Mr.. Emmett Dantzler is visiting rels-
tives in Brooksvilie and Cliftonville.
Mrs. A. E. Going spent several days
recently with her son, Mr.. W. A. Viii
liams.
Mrs. Elliott and children, Of Char
lottesville, Va, are the guests of Mrs.
Mary Holt
Mr.. Gus Williams of Aliceville, Ala.
were among the spectators at the stock
show Wednesday.
Mrs. E. C. Hughes, of Memfhis, is
the guest of her daughter. Mrs. Dan
H. Hill, in Cochrane, Ala.
Mrs. Hal Holt has accepted the po-
sition of matron of an Agricultural
High School at Beuna Vista, Miss.
Messrs. Sam Warren, Winfield Sar-
gent, Evans Dorroh and Sam Williams
spent last weekend at home.
Messrs. Ernest Hunter and Henry
Graham, of Company H, Jackson, were
at home few days this week.
Mrs. |. F. Holland and son, Walter
Fox, returned last week from two
months visit to relatives in Winchester
and Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Dan H. Hill, of Cochrane. Ala,
who has been on visit in Memphis to
her brother, Mr.. J. l.. Hughes and fam
lily, has returned home. Mr.. Hill joined
her there and attended the Tri-State
Fair.
Mr.. Stanley Jackson, who has been
with the drug firm of Ed. M. Murphey
for the past several years, left last
Sunday for Jackson. Miss. where he
has position as pharmacist in drug
store.
Lieut.. W. R. Rainey arrived home this
morning for few days stay. His
colonel is kind-hearted, sympathetic
man, and still remembers that at one
time in his life he, too, was just-mar-
ried man.
DR.. and Mrs. J. D. Weeks and their
daughters, Mrs. Knox Russell and Miss
Thelma, all of Ackerman, were the
guests of Mrs. Holberg and Mrs. Snow
den Wednesday. They motored over
to see the stock and farm exhibit.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Montgomery of
Moline, Ill.,. are now domiciled in Mr..
Boyd's residence on Jefferson street.
Mr.. Montgomery is one the brothers
who bought Mr.. j. F. Ames' land last
winner, and they now the largest land
owners in the county.
For the past two years this section
has been paying war prices for all of
its food and raiment, with very little, if
anything, to sell. That we are well off
as we are has been matter of wonder
to every one. We are now having our
inning in the game, though it will take
quite number of bales of cotton at 25
cents pound to even up for the 81. so
and So bushel corn and meal that were
bought this summer.
MIR. and Mrs. Wakefield of Tennessee
have been in the county this week look
ing at our lands with view of becom
ing citizens of the county. They have
been in Brooksvile for several days,
and motored down Wednesday to see
the live stock and farm product exhi-
bits. They are much pleased both with
tn land and the roads and it is to be
hoped their decision will be in our fa-
vor.
Sheriff and Mrs. c. T. Blanton and
son of Alfalfa county spent several days
the early part of the week with Mr.
and Mrs. s, l.. Holt. Mr.. Blanton says
they have not had enough rain since
April to stop any farmer in the county
from plowing. The corn and cotton
crops are very good; no weevil to speak
of, but the hay crop is short. He made
arrangements while here to have sew
eral cars shipped to him. They re-
turned home Wednesday by way of
Louisville in their car.
The price of hogs has continued to
climb, and cooperative car of hogs
from this county sold on the st. Louis
market last week for over 18 cents.
The prices now are much higher. Mr..
w. V. Rogers had IL hogs, several of
them pigs, that he shipped in car that
was gotten up IN his neighborhood, and
they netted him s389.45. They had
been raised principally en- skinned milk
and three weeks before marketing were
turned into patch Of soy beans and
corn.
Several cars of Louisville people were
in town Wednesday to view the exhibits
of the stock and farm product show.
Among them were Mr., and Mrs. j. B.
Gully, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hight and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fair. Mrs. Hight. who
will be remembered by many in Macon
"a Miaa Marv McCraw snent aavaral