Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-02-15
Personal and Local Items

IN Meridian.
Miss Annie Lou Elkin is visiting rels-
tives in Meridian.
Judge Robert Cochran was in town on
legal business this week,
Mrs. Richard Dare will leave Sunday
to visit friends in Memphis.
MIR. Glenn Eilsnd arrived in Macon
Wednesday morning from Memphis,
Messrs. W. T. Patty and D D. Patty
are in St. Louis buying their spring
goods.
Mrs. c. II, Sp~essard is spending the
weekend with her mother, Mrs. NJ. f.
Holman.
Miss Fannie Dele Eckford and Miss
Annie Sherrod will be guests next week
Of Mrs. Ed. b. Owens.
Mrs. W. F. Hickman will leave Sun
day for St. Louis to purchase a line of
spring millinery.
Mr.. W. H. Ewing, a %well-known mill
man of the Lynn Creek ne%ighborhood,
was in town Wednesday.
Miss Ethel Yates, accompanied by
little Parmelia Hardin, spent a day or
two this week with her sister, Mrs.
Hervey Field at Calyx.
Mr.. Albert Adams, of Glddings, Tex
as, arrived home the early part of the
week, and will probably make Missls-
sippi his future home. He is expecting
his wife in a few days.
The friends of Mrs. George Shaver
will be glad to know she IS improving.
She had a slight stroke of paralysis
about two weeks ago, but has continued
to improve since.
Mr.. Ben Price, who is now manager
of the compress at Aberdeen, spent a
day or two in Macon this week. This
was his first visit home since he left
here more than a year ago.
Mr.. W. M. Dowdle, of C~liftonville,
was in town Monday. He is one of The
Beacon's long, long time subscribers,
who renews regularly for himself and a
friend every year before their subscrip-
tions are due. AS was said of a famous
literary character, may their ike in
crease"
Mr.. Arthur Jernagin, Of the Fearn
Springs neighborhood, was in town
Thursday. He says there is an epi-
demic of pneumonia and measles all
through that section of country and the
doctors are kept busy. There have
been several deaths; in one family.
that of Mr.. Armstead Rogers, two chill
dren died and were buried at the same
time last Sunday.
Mrs. Jennie Hill, of West Point,
spent several days TIE eaaly part 81
the week with Mr.. and Mrs. E. v
Yates. She came down to be with hei
daughter, Mrs. r. W. Jones, who was
expected here last Monday, but was de
tanned at home for a few days. Mrs.
Jones is expected here the last of the
week or the first of next week.
The Beacon received a renewal OF
subscription this week from Mr.. Free
Grossman, now living at Rome, ia.
He is an old Confederate veteran, thy
only living member of Co. d, Goth Miss,
Reg. It's last other surviving member
was Mr.. j. w. Holbrooks, who died {
year or more ago, Mr.. Grossman ha:
been a subscriber for The Beacon port
than sixty years.
Eight to ten dollars a month is ordi
narily considered fine returns from
COW, but a family in Macon. beside:
using all the milk and butter needed
for the family, and there are several il
it, the sum of $48 was realized from
four cows from the sale of milk ant
cream. The following month Their
were three cows and $37 was made
And it was nearly all profit as aIfalfi
hay was the only feed that the COW
had. Can it be beat?
; The backbone of winter seems to b.
broken, though no doubt there will b.
some frost and ice again. The spring
weather came as suddenly as winter
and the warm days for the past weel
have brought the blooms to the hya
cinths, anc joTduils, violets and tulip
will soon follow. If the unseasonabl
weather continues for another week
there is danger of the peach and plum
trees putting out and after wards beinI
killed. A fairly good fruit crop ha
J beed raised for several years past, an