Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17

Mrs. Roht. Patty Is visiting her
DAUGHTER, Mrs. Hairston, near Craw-
ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. n =. Harrison and
Mrs. Flvnn of Columbus, motored to
Memphis.
Miss Ida Miller is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. F A. Going and family at Ethel
vile, Ala.
DR.. c r Bush attended the meeting
held in Jackson, this week, of the State
Medical association.
Mrs. T. s. Boggess and son have re-
turn d home after severalweeks' visit
with relatives in Fort Worth,
Mr.. Shelf Thomas. Jr. vent to Jack
son Monday to attend the marriage Of
his sister, Miss Ruby Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. s A. Montgomery, Mrs.
Thornton. Miss Montgomery and Miss
Ada Aust were visitors to Columbus
Wednesday.
Miss Mamie Warren Jones, who is a
student at the Baptist Hospital in
Memphis. is spending several days
with relatives.
Mr.. jim Broome, of Macon. spent
Yesterday in the city with his wife,
who is visiting relatives here. -Colum-
bus Commercial.
Mrs. Chas. Combs. WHO has been
visiting relatives in town for the past
ten DAYS. returned to her home in
Greenwood today.
Mr.. f. T. George was in New Or
leans several DAYS this week attending
2 meeting of the Interstate Cotton
Crushers association,
The many frierds of Mrs. Allie
Swami will be glad to learn that she is
improving and will be able to leave the
Turo Infirmary in another week.
Mrs. J F. Jones returned Wednes-
day from a visit to her daughters, Mrs.
Geo. Hauenstein in Hattiesburg and
Mrs. Heath Chambliss in Laurel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Osborne Kirby and
Mr.. and Mrs. James Broome motored
to Columbus Wed esdav and witnessed
the great screen drama 'The Birth of a
Nation"
Mr.. and Mrs. F., L, Harris and son of
Boston, and Mr.. G W. Robinson of
Elburn, ILL.,. who have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Richmond, re.
turned last Friday to their homes.
The friends in Noxubee of Mrs. J A.
II INrri,Cr u,ol1 Bynu,, Nov, ur Mice ;pJc
Cunningham, will rejoice to know that
she is convalescing from a critical ill.,
ness. She is a patient in ar infirmary
at Lakeland, Fla.
Mr.. Davis Patty, who for some time
past has been bookkeeper at the Mer.
chants and Farmers bank, left Tuesday
for Camp Shelby, at Hattiesburg,
where he goes to join the army
Columbus Commercial.
Mr.. Sterling Sargent, of New York,
is in town on a visit to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. T. Sargent. He has a va,
cation Of thirty days. and will spenC
the greater portion here with school
day friends. Before returning to New
| York, he will visit his sister, Mrs. V
| Morgan Morris in Montgomery.
A picnic at Towards Lake last
Saturday chaperoned by Mr.. and Mrs
McMiIlin and Miss Marion Patty wa,
enjoyed by the following: EN- Yates
lola Lathram, Helen Carleton, Martht
Linda McHenry, ElIenor Shannon
Nary Hark ms, Finis Carleton, WalteI
Stokes, James Horton, Phelan Hunte.
and Edwin Murphy.
The many friends of Capt. John r
Dinsmore, of the 347th Infantry, a
Camp Pike. Ark, who was home il
April on a sick leave, will be glad t
earn that he has now entirely recov
cred from al attack of pneumonia
Capt. Dlnsmore, whose home Is il
Macon, with his wife, visited Colum
bus before returning to Arkansas
Capt. Dinsmore during the past weeI
WAS named personnel officer of tn
347th Infantry columbus CONNER
cial.
Mr.. A. T. Dent received last wee
from his son, Lieut., A. T, Dent, Jr.,
copy of THE Stars and Stripes" tn
10th copy of Vol. |. which is the oliicia
, newspaper of the American Expedi
i tionary Forces in France The las
letter received from Lieut., Dent wa
about ten days ago, and at the time h
was writing he was IN good health
having recovered from a throat troubI
caused by a gas attack some time be
fore.
After an absence of more than tw
years Col. E. b. Boyd has returned t
Macon. There is no man who has bee
so. keenly missed from Macon and tn
county. nd no man mas returned HON
in greater favor and higher esteer
than that in which Col. Boyd is held b
AL. The Beacon shares the opinion @
the whole community when it say
that it is an honor to Macon to b
represented by Col. Boyd in an
capaf.ty and that no tIuer gentleman
no better citizen lives in our Who'll
land.
Mr.. Lutz returned Thursday fror
Atlanta, where he went to see abou
securing some German prisoners I
work in his saw mill near Dancy, Ala.
and also Mr.. Sherrod's mill on tn
N0Xubee river. The officer in charg
had jurisdiction only on territory II
miles distant from Atlanta and tn
matter had to be submitted to Wasl
lngton. The government furnisht
two guards with every twenty-five me
and feeds the prisoners, the cost to tn
r mill men being 81 80 for each prisont