Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-12-21
Personal and Local items

Okla, is st home on a tuIlough.
Miss Sallie Spann Swami. Of tn
Memphis schools. is at home for ii
holidays.
Mrs. R. R. Watts. of kosciusko.
the the guest of her sister, Mrs. ]. :
Cannon.
Mrs. Vadah Cochran. of Holly Springs
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
A. D. Binion.
Miss Nancy Patty will arrive hom,
Saturday from Battle Creek, Mich, Il
sp nd the holidays.
Miss Annie Augustus will arrive Sat
urday from Memphis to visit her sister
Miss Kate Augustus.
Miss Viva Harrison arrived home
Monday from st. Louis, where she hal
been studying music.
Mr., w. F.. Tripplett, a prominent
farmer and merchant Of northwest Nox.
ubee, was In town Tuesday.
Miss Lula Griggs and Leonard Barnes,
Of Memphis, will spend the holidays
with Mrs, W. o. Barnes, Jr.
President and Mrs. W. H. Smith. Of
the A. & M. College, will spend Christ
mas with Mrs. W. c. Herbert,
MI. Nelson Sherrod is at home for
the holidays from Lebanon, Tenn,
where he has been attending school.
Mr.. J. R. Evans was called to Ellisville
last week on account of the death of
his uncle. Capt. 7. j. Hardy.
The Macon Graded and High School
will close this. Friday, Afternoon for
the holidays and the teachers will go to
their respective homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. Cavett will have
as their guests for the holidays DR.. and
Mrs. J. c. Roberts and family and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Gaines, of the A. & M.
College.
Mrs. j. B. Warren. Of near Meridian,
and Mrs Frank Cprbitte and little son.
Frank, Jr.. of that city, are expected
to visit Mrs. j. R, Evans during the
holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Maury are visit
ing relatives in Macon. Mr.. Maury is
now advance agent of the Milt Tolbert
Tent Theatrical Co., which has gone
into winter quarters at Dothan, Ala.
Mrs. M. E. Holman has been very i'll
at the home of her daughter, Miss Mary
Holman in Meridian. She is some bet
ter and returned home Friday, accom-
panied by her daughters, Miss Holman
and Mrs. Spessard,
Fire in the lint room of the oil mill
caused only a small damage last Satur-
day morning, Manager George thinks
il was caused by a nut gong through
the machinery and setting fire to the
lint from a spark.
Sheriff Mcclure now has the tax
books and is ready to collect all taxes.
The books are a month OF more late,
and his Office force, On account of the
war, is much smaller than usual. so
come as early as possible and avoid the
rush that is certain to come late in
January,
Rev. Mr.. D. N. Barnett, of Paducah,
KY, is visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. G. Barnett. He will preach at
New Bethel church in the C~liftonville
leighborhood, on Sunday. December
.3rd, at II a. m. and 7 p. m. If every
hing is favorable will continue the
Meeting.
Mr.. w. E. Stokes, trustee of the
College at Hattiesburg, attend
d a meeting of that body at Jackson
his week. They fixed a budget for the
ifferent educational institutions of the
tate to be presented to the legislature
vhen it meets in January. Nine hum
red aid thirty seven thousand dollars
viii be required for the coming year.
Mrs. William Hertzberg, who was
listing Mrs. N. II. H. Harrison last
7eek, had the misfortune to slip on the
e and sprained her ankle very badly.
FIR. Hertzberg arrived Saturday and
,as she taken Sunday to Birmingham,
there an X-ray will have to be taken
0 find out whether the bone was frac-
lred or not.
Prof. and Mrs. McMillin expected 10
ave the latter part of the week to :
pend the holidays with relatives in
[attiesburg, but the latter was taken
| the first of the week with measles
nd was quite sick for several days, !
nd they will probably have to post
one their visit. This is Mrs. McMillin's ,
econd attack Of the malady. ,
MIR. and Mrs. I. E. PEBBLES, of Gin 7
IN. Miss, and Miss Mabel Sessions, :
no has been in governments service +
an army nurse for several months, I
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