Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-10-04
Personal and Local Items

Mrs Hervey Fieldvisited relatives in
Calyx this week.
Mr., Tom Patty has heen confined to
his room several days this week.
Mrs. ]. NJ. McAdams returned home
Tuesday after spending a week with her
daughter. Mrs, Jim Chappell.
Mrs. Chas. Murphey and daughter of
Ittabena are visiting d.. and Mrs. E..
Nj. Murphey.
Mrs. Elliott and children of Chariot
~tesville. Va, are visiting their mother
and grandmother, Mrs, j. w. Holt.
Mr.. W. C. Strait and wife of Mashu-
laville left Tuesday for Camp Pike to
visit their son who is in training there.
The 'stork visited the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Chappell and pre-
scented them with a fine girl born Sep
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Mr.. Estes, who has been with the
Ferris Bookstore for several months,
has accepted 3 position with Err. Henty
Anderson at Fearn Springs. With Mrs.
Estes and the baby. he lest on Tuesday.
Mrs. Alexander Mcintosh arrived last
week from Colorado Springs for visit to
relatives and friends in the county. Mr..
McIntosh's friends here will be glad to
know his health is much improved.
Mr.. Chas. M. Murphey, who enlisted
in the navy several months ago, has
been called to the colors and reported
Tuesday at the naval station in New
Orleans. He has been on his planta-
ton near Ittabena all summer,
DR.. ]. E., Wyatt spent several days
last week in the delta visiting relatives.
He intended, when he left Macon to 60
to Ardmore, Ok, where he has four
daughters living, but was forced, for
some reason, to postpone the trip.
DR.. J. s. Hill of Prairie Point left
last week for a cantonment in Kansas.
DR.. Salter having been called several
weeks ago and the taking of DR.. Hill
only leaves one physician, DR.. Wyatt
in that section.
Mr.. ]. 7. Thomas. chief inspector of
creameries for the Agricultural Depart
mcnt, evidently thinks that the Macon
Creamery is paying the highest price
paid in the State for butter-fat, judg-
ing from a report he made, which is
published on the first page.
Mrs. j. E. Dorroh from New Orleans,
where she has been with Lieut.. Dorroh
for several months. Lieut.. Dorroh was
ordered to a Camp at Greenville, S. c.,
and until he is settled Mrs. Dorroh will
be with her parents, Mr.. and Mas. S.
w. Harkins. .
Noxubee county is represented in the
aviation service by Lieut.. Sam Hawkins,
who has been instructor in several
camps in the west, and is In charge of
the camp near San Francisco, Cal, and
will in all probability, attain a higher
rank than be is now holding. Jesse
Guy, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ike Guy, and
grandson of the old veteran, Henry
Jackson, has been in training at Camp
Kelly, Houston, Tex. for several
months. He first attended the Officers
Training school at Camp Pike and came
out with a lieutenancy, but coming to
the conclusion that he could be of great
er service as an aviator he enlisted in
that service and it is a safe bet that if
he ever gets to France he will do things
that ever his grandpa will be proud of.
Chas. Scales, Jr., is now in training at
a camp at Miami, Fla, where he went
this week after a course of several
weeks at Boston, Mass. He has been
confined in a hospital for several days
recently. suffering from an attack OF
influenza, but recovered sufficiently to
leave the early part of the week fol-
Miami.