Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-07-12
Personal and Local Items

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guest Of Miss EN- Yates this week.
Mr.. Lyle ]. Wilson and family are
visiting his former home in Kentucky.
Miss Dorothy Beard Of Memphis Is
the guest this week OF her brother, Mr..
James Beard.
Mrs. Jas. Lipscomb of Jackson is Wis
iting her father. Mr.. lack Dorroh and
sister, Miss Lallie.
Messrs. W. T. Connor, Walter Con-
nor and A. E. Smith motored to Mobile
Thursday to spend several days.
Mrs. Lee Brooks ST Meridian spent
several days in. Macon last week look
ing after her business interest here.
Miss Etheldra Spessard has accepted
a position as stenographer in the office
Of Threefoot Bros. & Co., Meridian.
Mrs. ]. G. Hauenstein and daughter
Miss Mary arrived yesterday from Hat
tiesburg to visit Mr.. and Mrs. ], F.
Jones.
Mrs. J. A. Thomas and children of
Birmingham are visiting Mrs. H. l..
Morton at her home four miles westlof
Macon.
Mrs. Herbert Dorroh and son have re-
turned home after a visit of several
weeks to DIR. and Mrs. Clement in Me-
ridian.
Wednesday night at IL O'Clock fire
destroyed the barn and contents of Mr..
l. L. Dorroh. 1t is supposed to be of
incendiary origin.
Mrs, J. Linton Thompson and daugh-
ter. after a months visit to Mrs. N. H.
Harrison, have returned to their home
in Brooklyn, New York.
Thieves broke into the store of Mr.. j.
H Williams at the depot Wednesday
night. About $500 in money and an
amount of goods were stolen.
Mrs. Spessard and Mrs. Bethany mo-
tored to DeKalb this week. Mrs. Spes-
sarE is working in the Interest of the
interest of the Meridian College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prim and children left
yesterday for Mobile, where MIR. Prin
will be employed as purchasing agent
for a ship building company Of that city.
MIR. and Mrs. .deYampert Brame, after
spending a week with Mrs. Brame's pa
rents at Shnputa, have returned to
Handley, Texas, where Mr.. Brame has
charge of a church.
Mrs. Richard Crandall of Montana is
the guest of Mrs. T. G. Cockrell. She
was well known here several years ago
as Miss Alma May, stenographer in the
Office of Cavett & Cavett.
Superintendent of Education Chan
dler and Comfy Agent Hughes have
been in Gulfport this week attending a
meeting Of the superintendent and
agents from rel the state.
Jack Hagin, from the repair shipVes-
tai, is SPEEDING a two.weeks Through
with relatives in Electric Mills and Ma
con. He was in the navy several years
before the war broke out and was
among the marines who landec at Vera
Cruz in 1918. He is ~anxiors to get into
the oversee service but so far has not
been to secure a tranfer.
Tax Assessor Tomlinson had his books
ready for the Board nearly u month
ahead of the usual time and the person.
al assessment for the county shows a
gratifying increase. Mr.. Tyson has
given the Beacon some very interesting
figures showing the increase of the diff
ferent items. which will be published
in next weeks Beacon.
Mr., Minor Taylor and wife of Kiser,
Ark, spent several days recently with
relatives in the county. on July 4th
there was a reunion at the home of
Mr.. Melvin Taylor. and all his children
and grand children were present ex-
cept Mrs. Lucien Cotton and,baby. Mr.
Taylor has returned to Kiser and Mrs.
Taylor is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Holt at Beuna Vista, Miss.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. l.. Taber arrived in
Macon last Friday. coming all the way
from Poughkeepsie. New York in their
car, and made the trip in about ten
deys running time. The only real bad
roads they had to navigate were through
North Alabama. They are at present
with their relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. Doak
who purchased Mr.. Will Stennis' place
in the northern part of town a year or
so ago. Mr.. Taber will locate some
where in this section, as he says no
Rev. W. H. Jernigan, colored, pastor
Of the largest church for the colored
race in Washington. D. c., is visiting
his old home neal Mashulaville. Rev.
.Jernagin left Noxubee about rs years
ago, a~ndssfter preaching in Oklahoma
for several years, was called to Wash
ington as pastor of the Mt. Carmel Bap-
fist church. Rev. W. H. Bowen, who