Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-11-22

day.
Mrs. Q. D. Dinsmore and Mrs. W.
H. Rose of West Point spent Tues
day and Wednesday with relatives in
Macon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk Tripplett are
just as happy as if it was their first
over the arrival of twin boys at their
home last week.
Mrs. j. E. Boggess and son will
return Saturday from a visit of sew
eral weeks to Mrs. Vadah Cochran
in Holly Springs.
Mr.. J. F. Jones left Tuesday to
visit his daughters, Mrs. Geo. Hauen-
stein in Hattiesburg and Mrs, Heath
Chambliss in Laurel.
Mrs. Marion Harris returned home
Sunday from Okolona. She was ac-
%companied by her sister, Miss Jude
Davis, whowill be a student here of
the Macon High School.
Mrs. w. w. Shannon left Tuesday
for Staunton, Va, to be with Miss
| Elenor Shannon, who is i'll with fe-
yer. That she will soon recover is
earnestly hoped for, as she is uni
versally beloved in Macon.
Mr.. j. F. Pruit, who has been a
student at the Tennessee Normal col
lege neal Memphis, spent today in
Macon with his sister, Mrs. ]. C. Can
non. He will go to Columbus this
afternoon to see his aunt, Miss A. l..
FAINT.
Mr.. Henry Lenow of the Fox Trap
neighborhood, who has been in poor
health for several weeks, will visit
relatives in New Orleans and will
also go to the Canal Zone to spend a
few weeks with his son, who is sta
toned there.
Mr.. Victdr Murphey, who has been
in training at Camp HUMPHREYS near
Washington has received his commits
as lieutenant. He is very much dis
appointed that the Kaiser heard that
he was, coming soon and decided to
abdicate-~ nanS4oI. .....
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Murphey and
the baby, who have been with DR..
and Mrs. Murphey for a week ortwo
left this week, the former to the ma
val station in New Orleans, where
he is in training, and the latters to
their home in the delta.
Mrs. H. H. Hansen went to Mem
phis last week to attend the marriage
of her sister, Miss Lila Lenow, to
Mr.. Edward Billings, a prominent
business man.. of that city. Mrs.
Hansen will remain in Memphis for a
week or two longer to visit her grand
mother, Mrs. Peters.
The foot bal game at the school
grounds this afternoon between SEQ
ba and Macon resulted in a score of
80 to 0 in favor of Scooba. Macon
also suffered two casualties, Thos.
Hubbard having his arm knocked out
of place and Harvey Crigler his knee
hurt, which though not serious, inca
pacitatd him from finishing the
game.
Mr.. Charles Scales, Jr., who has
been in training for several months
in an aviation camp in Florida, had
the misfortune last week to fall, and
though he escaped without any brok-
en- bones, he was so bad bruised and
shaken up that he was confined to a
hoSpitl for several days. The ma
chine was wrecked. Mr.. Scales will
probobly return home in a week or
two.
MI. Shapiro, junk dealer, purchased
a week or more ago from Mr.. Todd a
portion of the Harlan estate neal Nc
Leod, and not the White field from
Mr.. Hardin, as reported in the Bea-
con-. Mr.. Shapiro is probably the
happiest nan in the county over the
termination Of the war, as he has a
wife and four children in Russia who
he has not seen in four years, nor
heard from since last November,
when all communication with that
country was cut off. All the letters
he has written there have been re-
turned to him from New York.
Mr.. A. ]. Korkeweg has sold his farm
four miles east of Macon to a Mr..
Underwood, and with his wife will
leave tomorrow for Knox, Ind, where
they will. scent a while with Mrs.
KOrtewgg's sister. Mr.. Korteweg
has made friends with every one who
abs come in contact with him, either
in a social OIL business way, and his
departure is sincerely regretted. He
is a native of Holland but no man
in the county, in comparison to his