Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-07-26
Personal and Local thB

s~tGIkviIle.
Mrs. W. L. Shannon is visiting rela'
tives in Memphis.
Misses Danelle and EN- Yates are
visiting relatives In Laurel.
Mayor ]. G. Horton spent the first
part Of the week in Memphis.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Williams spent
the last Of the week in Memphis,
Miss B. Swami Of Clarksdale is visit
ing relatives in town and county.
Mr.. and Mrs, Julian Holt Of Meri-
dian are the guests Of Mrs. Mary Holt.
Miss Sallie jackson left last week for
Nashville. Tenn, to attend The Peabody
Normal.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. o. Faser of Birming-
ham are the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Strong.
Miss Ida Miller, who hss been visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. A. E. Going in Pick
ems county, is now With friends in Ma
con.
MI. Clarke Shumaker, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd Shumaker of New Orleans,
is spending bis vacation with friends in
Macon.
Mrs. Peter Weir and daughter, Mrs.
Beasley of Birmingham, and Mrs. Emma
Richardson, will leave next week for
Colorado Springs to spend the balance
Of the summer.
Mrs. w. o. Barnes, Jr., who has been
for the past two months in Hattiesburg
and Tupelo returned today. She was
accompanied home by her sister. Miss
Lula Griggs.
Mrs. John Russell of Ruleville, who
is visiting her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Wood Cockrell, is a patient in DR.. lvy's
hospital in West Point, having under
gone an operation for appendicitis.
Mr.. Van Cavett has been in town
this week making an attempt to do the
detail office work in the insurance Office
of Cavett & Cavett in the absence Of
the manager, Miss Ethel Cavett.
The friends of Mrs. Deale Binion,
who has been a patient in q Memphis
infirmary for the past two weeks, will
be glad to know her condition is i'm
proving. Her daughter, Miss Ethe|
Cayett, is with her.
Misses Fannie Dele and Mary Eek.
ford and Masters Jim Boy Eckford and
Freeland Magruder. all of Starkville,
motored to Macon Thursday. The young
ladies will be the guests of Mrs. Ed B.
Owens for ten days.
Mr.. Tom White Crigler. who enlisted
in the navy several weeks ago received
a call Wednesday to report to New Or
leans, and left Thursday. Philip Jones,
also Of Horizons garage. will 60 to San
Antonio, Texas, to enter the service.
Mrs. Annette Tyndall spent two days
in Scooba this week assisting in q
demonstration for Kemper county. A
short course for the club girls Of this
county was given last week at Nashua.
vile. when Mrs. Tyndall was assisted
by Miss Stennis of Kemper, Miss Vic
toria Hill, Miss Powell and others.
Mrs. Eliza Stinson of Columbus is Wis.
iting relatives in town. She will also
also spend several days with her broth.
er, Mr.. Conrad Smith and family before
returning to her home in Columbus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith are enjoying a Wis.
it from all their children and grand.
children.
Mr.. D. D. Reeves and little son; Mr..
and Mrs. Rutledge Garnett, and Mrs
Jules Somers, we'll known here as Miss
Beulah Reeves, all of ~Somerville. Tenn.
are the guests of Mr.. and MRS. H. F.
Martin. They came through in theil
car, leaving home at 5 a. m. and reach.
ing MIR. Martins at 2 a. m. the follow.
ing morning.
The biggest event that has ever taker
place in the county happened today
when 120 avitors. in sixty areoplanes,
were entertained by the citizens of the
county at a picnic and barbecue on the
Gurler place four miles north of Macon.
The meet was brought about by Messrl
Kidd and J.. c. Cavett. who fixed, al
their own expense. lighting fields fol
the a%viators, who offered to come dowr
on maaco m ohou thar Drrao;ak;on