Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-29
Personal and Local Items

MIS- j.. I. cannon IS VISITING ESlallNes
in Columbus.
Mrs. Blsnton and son, of Kosciusko,
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Smith Holt
Mr.. George Wade arrived home yes
terdsy, after a three months stay in
Clsrksdale.
Miss Louise Kirby spent several days
this week with Mrs, George Hairston
in Crawford.
Miss Galloway Kirby visited Miss
Etheldrs Spessard in Meridian several
days this week.
Mrs. ]. E. Dorroh, after a stay of
two weeks at home, returned to Alex
andria, La, Thursday.
Mr.. Winfield Sargent, of the 144th
Supply Train at Camp Beauregard, is
at home on a short furlough.
Trooper Robert Dinsmore, who is sta
toned at Camp Beauregard, spent a
few days recently with relatives in the
county.
Sergeant Ernest Hunter, of Camp
Beauregard, spent several days this
week with his parents, MIR. and Mrs.
J.. P. Hunter.i
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. G. Chandler left
Tuesday for New Orleans. and the lat
ter will be q patient for a week or two
in the Tuoro infrmary.
Mrs. P. C. Barley and children ar
rived home the early part of the week
from Lakeland, Fla, where they have
been for about two months.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Anderson, Miss
Lillian Anderson and Mr.. Henry Ed
wards were in town this week to meet
their cousin. Capt. Sam Clark, who was
at home on a furlough.
Don't fail to 60 to the City Hall Sat-
urday. Besides the Demonstrations of
various kinds, Miss Powell, state agent.
and Mrs. Sweringen, chairman Womans'
Committee for the Third Liberty Loan,
will talk.
As will be seen by a notice elsewhere,
DR.. Oliver, veterinarian from Columbus,
will be in Macon next Wednesday,
April 3rd. at Shannon's stable. Any
one needing his services can see him at
that time and place.
The custodian of the town clock and
official rime-keeper, W. E. Avery,
wishes The Beacon to announce that in
accordance with the Presidents com
mand, the change of time will be made
in Macsn at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. J. T. Sargent, who has been i'll
for the past two weeks, was taken to
DR.. Price Ivy's hospital in West Point
last Sunday morning. Her condition
has somewhat improved, and it is
hoped that she will not have to undergo
an operation.
Mr.. Philip F. Jones, from Hatties-
burg, is visitsng his homefolks. He
has been at Camp Shelby for several
months, but a good portion of the time
was spent in the hospital, and on We'd
nesday was given an honorable dis
charge OH account of his health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Minis Hunter received
a card yesterday from the War Depart
ment announcing the safe arrival of
their son, Everett. in France. Before
being drafted he was employed as an
electrician in Meridian and went to
France from Camp Pike.
Mr.. J. R. Lockley left Wednesday for
Camp Beauregard to visit his SOILS, Joe
and Van, who are members of the l55th
Infantry and have been in service near
ly two years, spending last summer on
the Mexican border. Mr.. Lockley will
also visit his son, Clarence, who is a
student at the Normal College in Hat
tiesburg.
Capt. Sam Clark, from Camp Beau
regard, was at home with his mother,
Mrs. Irene Clark. several days this
week. He left Wednesday for a few
days stay in Bristol, Va. Capt. Clark
is the head of a machine gun company,
and they were on the Mexican border
several months last summer. There is lit
tie doubt that the same months this
summer they will be in France.
A mule colt, contributed to the cause
by Mr.. Frank Harris, will be auctioned
off or Monday next in front of the
court house for the Ex-Prairie Red
Cross Chapter. A lot of soy beans,
peas, corn. etc., which have been con-
tributed. will also be auctioned. The
ladies will be glad to receive any other
contributions from periodically inclined
persons, either white or black. Send it
in Monday to the court house! Do
your bit!
Turkey hunters have had good luck
the past two weeks. Last week
Messrs. Allie Swami, Emmett Dantzler,
Wyatt Jones, Jr.. and Tom White Crig-
Ter went to a section about six miles
north Of Mashulavllle and Mr.. Swami
killed two fine ~two-year-old gobblers at
one shot. The same parties, except Mr..
Dantzler, went again Thursday morn
ing Of this week and Mr.. Crigler bagged
two fine gobblers. No one else got a
shot.
Cashier Yates of the M. & F. Bank
spent several days recently in Birming-
ham, where he went to take a course
under Director McNeel as to how to
make out the different income tax re-
ports. The report for a farmer is about
as intricate as it is for a ~million-dollar
manufacturing plant, and it takes a
Philadelphia lawyer and a dream book
to fathom the intricacies of the blank.
If it keeps up, the same remark that
Sherman made about war will apply
also to the rich and near rich.