Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-23
PERSONAL and Local Items

NAHUM ANNJ u SnCluluS NhS
week in Macon.
Miss Mary Dent spent last week
end with parents.
Mrs. W. NJ. Cavett and son are Wis
iting in Birmingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Helm spent the
week with Mrs. w. +. Allen.
Mrs. Kelley Wooten of B~rooksville
is visiting Mrs, p. A. Bethany.
Mrs. snowden is visiting her sister,
Mrs, Ben Boggess, in Brooksville.
Mr.. Hal Harper of Pachuta. Is Wis
iting his brother, Mr.. John Harper.
Mr.. F. C. Cavett of Tupelo, is in
Macon on business for several days.
Mrs. Will Bennett and son spent
last week end with Mrs. w. F. Allen.
Mr.. E. T. George made a business
trip to Meridian the first Of the week.
Mrs. f. L. Simmons of Louisville,
Miss, visited relatives in Macon this
week.
Mesdames ]. C. Bush and Murray
Rogers returned Wednesday from
Mobile.
Miss Paulk attended the domestic
science conference held at the /. l. &
c. last week.
DR.. H. A. Minor has been spending
the week with his daughter, Mrs. A.
T. Dent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. McHenry have
been in New Orleans this week attend
ing Mardi Gras.
No out of-town lawyer had business
before court this week except Attorney
H. H. Brooks of Meridian.
Miss Etheldra Spessard left Sunday
tor Meridian, where she will study
music for several months.
Mrs. W. M. Jones, Mrs. A. B.
Gregory and little daughter, Carrie
Hibbler, are visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. E. Hibbler.
Mrs. Rob, rita Skinner was quite i'll
the early pat of the week. She is
now much better and hopes to resume
her duties at Klaus & Co. next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. v. Yates and their
little daughter Maud have been in
Memphis all the week. The latter I'M
derwent a slight operation and has
been a patient in an inhrmary.
Conway, the youngest son of Mr..
Jeff Graham, is i'll with typhoid fever.
Henry Graham, the oldest son, and a
valued employee of A. Klaus & Co., is
i'll at home this week with measles.
The Box Supper and Musicale to be
given at the High School Friday even
ing, March 2, is to be a big community
gathering. Be neighborly enough to
be there even though you do not
care fer music and good things to eat.
Mrs. Willie Bass, who has been
with the Famous for several years
is now with the Patty Dry Goods Co.
She has sustained the reputation her
first employer gave her of "being the
equal of any salesman | ever had"
After a visit of a week at home, Mr..
Jas. L. Hibbler returned to Chatta-
nooga, accompanied by Mrs. Hibbler.
NoXubee has many sons scattered over |
the United States. but none of them j..
have more affection for the home of
their nativity than jim Hibbler, and E
with all his faults, there are quite a
of US who have a kindly feeling
for Jim, the Beacon office especially.
The creeks and rivers were put GU 4
their banks by a two and a half inch
'ain that fell Sunday and Monday Ia
nights. The earth was already water y
soaked and the water courses got un- a
high for that amount of rain. H
Weather Clerk Carleton thinks that a W
much heavier rain fell in the county n
han in town as the height of the m
reeks east and west of town indicated te
hat such was the case. te
Attention is called to Mr.. Horizons M
'ord adv. The statements made bv
he Ford company is to the effect that -
he demand for their cars have u
assed the capacity of their plant and 81
0 make an even distribution of their "
utput agents must have written or "
ers with a cash payment. This is e
0 prevent agents from stocking up on 90
ars that they will probably hold sew VI
raj months while other sections are
emanding cars that have already
cen sold. If you contemplate buving
car IN the next two or three months VI
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