Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-10

Mrs. Ckas. Combs, Of Greenwood,
visiting relatives in Macon.
Mrs, P. C. Barley and children an
visiting rlatives in Birmingham.
Mrs. Charles Hardin and son are Wis
iting in Msyheer and West Point.
Mrs. Tynes and Mrs. Steele. of Shu
qualak, were in town Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner Lee and Mr.
Edmund Patty of Dancy are in town to.
day.
Henry Graham, from Camp Beaure.
gard, is at home on a ten days fur.
Tough.
Mrs. Chas. Bush spent several DAYS
with friends in Meridian the early part
of the week.
Miss Nell Lenow of Mcleod. Miss.
VIII De the house guest next week OF
Mrs. Z. T. George!
Mrs. W. F. Patty. of Columbus. is
the guest this week Of Mr.. T. J. Evans
at the Hotel Macon.
Mrs. Douglas Reeves and little son
OF Somerville, Tenn. are visiting Mr..
Henry Martin and family.
MI. and Mrs. J. C. Bush are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrade Smith at their
home near Prairie Point.
Mrs. Shelf Thomas, Jr., has as her
guest this week her sister, Miss Melba
Sigr est of Richton, Miss.
Mrs. M. Mecklenberger, of Memphis.
who has been with her aunt, Mrs.
Klaus, returned home Thursday.
James z. Dorroh has accepted a posi-
ton with Swift & Co., and left this
week for Tupelo, where he will take up
his new work.
Miss Blanche Goad, who has been
teaching the past session at Ashland,
Miss, is with her parents, Rev. and
Mrs. j. A. Goad.
Mrs. Maneese. Mrs. Henry Gay and
Misses Mary Deupree and Dele Madi-
son, Of Brooksville, have been shop
ping in town this week.
Mrs. E. F. Egger and daughter. Miss
VIVIAN, were called to Kosciusko last
wednesday on account of the death of
Mrs. Egger's sister, Mrs. C. F. Carnes.
Uncle Charley Heinrich is in Jackson
this week attending the annual meeting
OF the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias,
He has been a faithful member of the
order for a number of years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Longstreet Minor and
children of Greenwood are spending
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs. w. P.
Minor. Mr.. Longstreet Minor has an
honorable discharge from the army.
Lieut.. Clinton E. Dorroh, from Camp
Besuregard, is at home on a furlough.
He has been slated for promotion and
will receive, before leaving Macon. a
notice of his promotion to a %captaincy.
Mrs Eegar Brown and children. of
Clint, Texas, are visiting Mrs. Marvin
Lathram at Mayhem. They will be in
Macon next week to visit Mr.. and Mrs. |
p. B. Ferris and family and other rela-
tives and friends.
Miss Ida Miller, who has been teach
ing at Kellis Store the past session.
spent several days with relatives and
friends in Macon. She left Wednesday
morning for Ethelville, Ala. to visit
her aunt, Mrs. A. E. Going.
Mr.. Thos. Hubbard, who has been
teaching in the Agricultural High
school at kossuth, Alcorn county. ia at
home. He failed to get into the navy
on account of defective sight, but still
hopes to get into some branch of the
army service.
Mr.. Doty Hurst from the Hasbuoua
ne ighborhood was in town Tuesday and
brought to the Beacon the finest speci-
mems of spring turnips we have ever
They were planted in February
and one weighed four and a half
Can you beat it!
Col. John F. Hobbs, a we'll known
newspaper nan of New York. is visit
his cousin, Mrs. Felix Grace, and
other relatives in the county. A more
extended notice of this distinguished
gentleman will be given in next weeks
paper.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Douglass were
called to Camp Beauregard last Satur-
lay by the serious illness of their son.
who was suffering from an at.
tack of pneumonia. We are Glad to
report that his condition since has
much improved and he is now consid-
cred out of danger.
The many friends of Capt. John R.
of the 347th Infantry. at
camp Pike, Ark, who was home in
April on a sick leave, has entirely re-
covered from an attack of pneumonia.
Japt. Dinsmore, whose home is ir
Macon with his wife, visited Column
,us before returning to Arkansas.
Commercial.
Sid and Elmore Morgan. sons of Mr..
nd Mrs. j. c. Morgan, were both Grip
lied lately by being kicked" by Ford I
machines. Sid, who has been with the
FERRIS bookstore for several months.
ranked the a of MIR. A. Fl. Cooper in 7
of the store last Saturday and {
ad his arm broksn, and Elmcre had his
dislocated Monday while crankinp r
car.
Prof. W. B. Jones, who has been :
Of the Salem Consolidsted l
chool for the past four years. and
lon. Prince Hubbard, of Shuoualak.
Tho will engage in the same work. left
thursday morning for Blue Ridge, NJ.