Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-07-05
Personal and Local Items

AHg EelaCIVes le macon.
Mrs. John Murphey of Newton l.
aisiting relatives in Macon.
Mrs. b. 7. Saunders Of Starkville il
the guest of MS. W. P. Minor.
Mrs. Warren Stewart is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Stubs Of Baldwin.
Mr.. E. 7. George made a business
trip to Birmingham and Selma, Ala. this
week.
Mr.. J.. B, Rossette Of the Cliftonville
neighborhood, has been quite i'll this
week.
Mrs. P. C. Barley and children have
returned froma visit to friends in Amer
icus, Ga.
Mr.. W. v. FAINT Of Newton has been
in the county looking after his farming
interests this week.
Mrs. Gus Mcleod and children left
Tuesday for Cincinnati to spend the re-
mainder Of the summer:
Mrs. Sam Harkins, Jr,, Of Houston,
Texas, spent seversl days this week
with Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Harkins.
Messrs. Henry Morton.and Jim Chap
pell left this morning for Nashville,
Tenn, where they will do government
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. p. Morrey recently
told their farm,ta part of the Joe Cole
place, and are now at Long Beach, Cal
~ifornia.
Liett. and Mrs. Charles Jones from
Waco. Texas, are spending a few days
with relatives in Macon. Lieut.. Jones
will probably leave for France about
the first of August.
Mr.. s. J. Feibelman left last Sunday
for Mt. Clement, Michigan, to spend
a few weeks of the heated term. From
there he will 60 to New York to buy a
fall and winter stock for Klaus & Co.
Mrs. F. j. Brown. who has been
teaching in one Of Chicago's high
schools. arrived in Macon teday and
will probably spend the balance of the
summer here with her sister, Mrs. Ed.
Owens and aunt, Mrs. Sarah Ames.
Mr.. J. R. Dugan aud daughters from
the Macedonia neighborhood, we're in
town Tuesday. MI. Dugan, while not
the Oldest in n of the Beacon's ''lohg-
est time" subscribers. as he first sub.
scribed from the papers founder more
than half a century ago.
Mr.. Clarence Lockley spent a few
days at home with his father last week.
He has been attending the South Miss
issippi Normal at Hattiesburg for the
past year ond is now attending the A.
& M. Summer Normal. He is specialize
ing in manual traing and agriculture.
He has accepted the position as princi-
pal at Ellisville this fall.
Following a severe rain, wind and
electrical storm, which was quite Sc
we're in Columbus and Lowndes county |
last Sunday right, the weather this
week has been unusually cool aud pleas
ant during the day, particularly so IN
the shade, and cover has been necessary
at night. While the northern and cas-
tern sections of the county has suffered
from too much rain, the southern and
western part is..suffering for a lack of
moisture, and the beautiful blue sky all
the week has been discouraging. Un-
less there is a rain in a week or so the
corn crop will be materially damaged.
Mr.. Tom McHenry returned this week
from a big game hunt and mountain
trout fishing in northwest Colorado.
He had the time Of his life, he says,
and as an evidence, gained ten pounds
in the three weeks he was away. 1t
was out of season for deer and elk, but
he got a grizzly bear and several wolves
and he will go back in September for
mountain sheep and elk. The noun
tain-trout fishing was a sportsmen's
and to prove that it wasn't all
talk he brought all the way about fif-
t%een!pounds of speckled beauties. Snow
Is still on the ground in the rockies, and
all the time he was hunting he wore
as heavy as mid-winter here.
The Glorious Fourth was celebrated
as usual in Macon by all the stores clos
ng and everybody ''goin a fishin.
The largest crowd this year went to
Blue Rock on the Bigbes, a mile or 30
above Memphis. Except a few who
got impatient and left before the fish
Ind brunswick ere ready. a most en-
oyable day was reported. The north
,rn born citizens of the county enjoyed
heir twelfth annual picnic a. the home
# Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Meeks three
niles north of town. The feature of
he day was a ball-game between the
Joys and the old men. the score was
our to FIVE in favor of the boys. The +,
weather. for the occasion wal beautiful .