Macon beacon., 1917-07-27
Personal and Local Items

Mrs. D. l. Barclay and children are
visiting relatives in Birmingham.
Miss Viva Harrison left Wednesday
to visit friends in Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. H. ]. Campbell and children are
visiting relatives in Carro!lton, Miss.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. E. Dorroh spent sew
eral days in New Orleans this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Dorroh spent
several days this week in New Orleans.
Mrs. G. ]. Robertson. of Deerbrook,
spent Thursday with Mrs. Emmett
Dsntzler,
Misses Julia and Mary Sue Stokes
visited Miss Kelley Bell, of Deerbrook,
last week.
Mrs. Charles Clay. of Demopolis,
Ala, visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leo Cole this week.
Miss Mary Harkins spent several
days in New Orleans last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Strong.
Mrs. Zealy, who has been the guest
of Mrs. P. C. Barkley, returned today
to her home at Searles, Ala.
Miss Willie May Robinson, Of Mem
phis, daughter of Mrs. Lena Blythe
Robinson, was In town on business last
Friday.
Miss Clare Ray, of Macon, Ca, who
has been the guest of Miss Annie Lou
Elkin for several weeks returned home
Wednesday.
Miss Mary Sykes and Callie Cole,
who have been visiting their grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Leo Cole. re-
turned home today.
Mr.. John Featherston and his sisters,
Misses Fannie Dele and Lucy Eckford
have been the guests this week of their
cousin, Mrs. Ed B. Owens.
Mrs. P. C. Barkley and children left
today for Talladega, Ala, to visit rela-
tives. They will later 60 to Americus,
Ga. They expect to be away about Blk
weeks.
Mr.. M. M, Tam & Son, of Warren,
Ind. have purchased from Mr.. N
Scales, the drug store in the Hotel Ma
con. They will be open for business in
a day or two.
Mr.. Andrews, who has been stenog-
rapher in the insurance office of Cavee'
& Cavett for the past year. has &C.
cepted position in Waycross, Ca,
and will leave today for that city. III
will be succeeded here by Miss lds
Murray.
DR.. G. T. Kirk, one of the oldest cit
liens of the Fearn Springs neighbor
hood, died Thursday night at II O'Clock
from paralysis. He leaves three chill
dren, DR.. Chalmers Kirk, who lives il
the same neighborhood, and Mrs. j. W
Eichelberger and Mrs. Chappell.
Mr.. Sam Harkins. Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. M. Harkins, entered Un
Gle Sans service in the aviation corp
at Fort Logan Il. Roots about tw'
months ago. This camp is for pre-
liminary training and after severa
weeks there he was promoted to tn
training post at Austin, Texas. A tele
gram was received from him Sunda
stating that he had been again trans
fered to Chanute Field, Rantoul. Ill.
where the finishing training is give
aviators for actual service.
Josh Cavett and Allie Swami returne
the early part of the week from tri
to Gree nwood, Lefore county! MI
Cavett says the crops they saw in tn
delta were no more promising than tn
crops here. They were in the sam
section last year and the prospects al
not near so good as then. They wei
much impressed with the crops, esp'
cially the corn in the hill counties b.
tween here and the delta, judging frol
what they saw bumper corn crop wi
be made in the state. They did not sc
sorry piece of corn the entire rout
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. McHenry ar
children returned Wednesday from
months stay in the delta. Mr.. M
Henry says he took an auto tr
through four counties-Tallahatchi
Lefore, Sunfower and Coahoma, al
the crops there are from three weel
to month late, but have shown nut
improvement in the past three week
The outlook for a bumper crop is n
as promising as last year, but like tn
section they have the best corn cr'
they have had in years. The best Ian
in the delta are now selling from 81
to $3.50 per acre.
The fall oat crop, and there was
J large acreage, was total failur
This was due to the fact that there W
no rain all fall until the 10th Of Decer
e. Der, after which the ground was brok
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