Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-06
Personal and Local Items

Mrs. II. y. Hanson returned home
yesterday from a trip to St. Louis.
Mrs. W. E. Stokes is visiting her
sisters, the Misses Chambers, in St.
Lonis.
Mrs. ]. H. Williams is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Glover in Amer
icus, Ga.
Miss Mary Hill, of Mcleod, is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. J.. c, Hill in
Mobile, Ala.
DR.. Chas. Bush has been in Jackson
several days this week attending a
meeting of the State Board of 11ealth.
Mrs. Rebecca Holbrooks left this
week for Meridian to spend the win
ter with her neice, Mrs. Ed. McMor-
ries.
Mrs. S. L. Murphey and Miss Alice
Bush attended the Red Cross meet
ing held in jackson the first of the
week. a
Mrs. Ed. Allen and little son of
| Shreveport arrived Tuesday and are
the guests of Mrs, S. E. Williams,
Mrs. Aliens mother.
Lieut.. Frances Connor is the first
of tn boys to return home, having
been mustered out the first of the
week at Camp Gordon, Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Brooks were
guests of the Hotel Macon several
days this week. Mrs. Brooks was i'll
for a day or two with the grippe.
Miss Mary Alice Campbell, daugh-
ter of Rev. and Mrs. R. l.. Campbell,
who has been quite i'll with fever for
a month or more is now improving.
Rev. E. Nash Broyles was called
to Hamilton, in Monroe county this
week to attend the funeral of his I'M
Gle, DR.. Hamilton, who had reached
a ripe age, and died after a long i'll
ness.
Mr.. Armstrong and family art oc-
cupying the cottage of Mrs. W. 0,
Barnes, Jr., next to the Lyceum. Mr..
Armstrong purchased, severalmonths
ago, the Shaver place about five miles
east of Macon.
Influenza broke out anew in Shu-
qualak this week and the schools were
closed until the first of the year.
About twenty cases were reported
but so far none have been reported as
being seriously i'll.
Mrs. Murray Thompson of Oklaho-
ma City is at the home of her parents
DR.. and Mrs. j. E. Wyatt at Prairie
Point. Mrs. Wyatt, who has been
visiting her four daughters who now
lived in Oklahoma, came home with
Mrs. Thompson.
Rev. f. Nash Broyles will leave
Sunday afternoon for Clarksdale to
attend the annual conference, which
is held here next week. 1t is sincerely
hoped, not only by htose of his own
congregation, but by the public in
general, that he will be returned to
Macon.
Mr.. Bee Hambrick, son of Mrs. M
C. Hambrick, died in Clarksdale OF
pneumonia yesterday, following ar
attack of enfluenza. His remains
inferred in the Borders cemetery in
Broksville tomorrow at 1890 from
the residence of his sister, Mrs. G
w. Cunningham.
Mrs. j. P. Hunter received a tel.
egram Wednesday from Fort Nor,
gan at Houston, Tex, stating that
her son, Lieut.. Ernest Hunter haC
suffered an attack of appendicitis anC
would be operated on that day. An.
other telegram received yesterday
Thursday, that the operation was {
success and that Lieut.. Hunter was
doing we'll as could be expected.
A telegram was received from thu
department in Washington last Sat
urday night announcing the death il
France of Sam j. Williams, who wa.
killed in battle. The only soldier
that is known here by that name il
the youngest son of Mrs. S. E. viii
liams, but the telegram was ad
dressed to Mr.. VIM. Williams. S,
far no party by that name has beer
found by the telegraph Office.
Mr.. N. Scales has sold his place
two miles northeast of Macon to Mr.
Thornton of Tennessee, who will take
charge tn first of the year. Mr.
Scales will auction off on Wednesday
December 18th, his herd of dairy cat
tie, hogs, sheep, work stock, as vel
as all his farming implements. Som
good bargains can probably be had a
the sale. All who are interested
should attend, as all farm implement,