Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-13

Mr.. A. c. FAINT. Of GulfpOrt, spent
several days in the county this week.
Mr.. Warren Lee TexsFkana, Tex, is
visiting his mother. Mrs. Bette Lee. \
Mr.. and Mrs. Peebler, Of Clinton,
spent last weekend with Mrs. Sessions.
Mrs. Gertrude Howard, of West
Point, is the guest of Mrs, 7. W. Brame.
Mr.. and Mrs. HungertOrt, of Inver-
ness, fare visiting their daughter, Mrs.
John Harper.
Miss Inez Miller, of Starkville, Miss,
has beer the guest for the past week
of Miss Cathrine Cline.
Mrs. Dora Southall left Tuesday for
Gallatin. Tenn. where she has accepted
a position in Howard college.
Mr.. Edwin Harkins. Of Noble, spent
several days recently with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Harkins.
Miss Mary Harkins left this week for
Judson, Ala. to enter Judson College
as a stndent for the coming year.
Messrs. Jno. McDavid and Willis
Hunter will leave tomorrow for Nash
vile to enter the governments employ.
Mr.. A. L. Neville spent several days
this week in Mobile, where he went to
see his brother ard also Mr.. Winston
Jones. The latter has been quite i'll
lately but is now much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Swami arrived in
Macon n day this week from the del
ia and will again make Macon their
home. They are domiciled in the cot
tage north of MIR. Tomlinson's.
Mrs. Minnie Clemens and Miss Kate
May were delegates to a meeting of a
Baptist missionary society in Stark
vile last week. Mrs. Clemens spent
days after the meeting with the family
Of her brother, Editor VIM. Ward.
Thomas Hubbard arrived home this
week from P~ascagoula, where he has
been all summer in the employ of the
government agricultural department.
He has attempted several time to en-
list in the army, but has been unsuc-
cessful so far.
One of the Macon boys that the Bea-
con has failed to mention as having re-
ceived a commission is that of Lieut..
Leonard L. Martin, who received his
commissioned at Camp johnson, Jack
sonville, Fla. He was first sent to
Washington, and from there to Camp
Beauregard, where he is now located.
Mr.. Robert Patty received a card
this week announcing the safe arrival
in France of bis brother. Henry, who
left Macon on May 25th for camp,
along with thirty-fve others, a part of
them going to Camp Pike and others to
Camp Shelby. Those that went to
Camp Pike got across first but the
others will probably be across in less
than a month.
deYampart Brame wants his friends
to know, that Notwithstanding his ex-
emption from draft, because he is a
preacher, after having made every ef-
fort to get work as a Chaplain and Y.
M. c. A. work, being turned down by
reason of his age, he made application
to join the Navy, but failed on his phys
ical examination. If he lives and the
war continues, next spring he intends
to make another effort.
The U. S. S. Mt. Vernon. a large
transport. Cnpt. DE. Dismukes of this
place in command. was torpedoed the
early part of the week when 200 miles
off the English coast. The big ship
was able to put back into port without
assistance. There were SO casualties.
one being a ~Poplarville boy. Capt. Dis
mukes' relatiAes and friends in the
county will be glad to know that he es-
capped injury.
Several letters were received this week
from soldiers in France. Mrs. Sessions
had the first letter from her son, Warren
this week that she has had in several
months. lie had met his nephew, Rich
ard Southall, whom he had not seen
since (Richard) was a thirteen year old
boy. Mrs! Murphey received a short
letter from Artie, who, as usual was
full of hope. The Beacon received one
from led. Crawford, somewhere on the
Atlantic.
Mr.. z T. Dorroh, as will be seen in
a notice in another column, has gone
out of business, his retirement being
due to his health, which has not been
good for some time. He has been able
to attend to business but his eye-sight of
late has givenlhim a great deal of trouble
Mr.. Dorroh a been very active in
business since he moved to Macon from
Mashulaville in the sos. first as
deputy sheriff and afterwards sheriff.
followed with several terms as chan
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