Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-20

Miss Danella Yates arrived Fri.
day to spend the holidays.
Miss Mary Harkins, student at
Judson College, is at home for the
holidays.
Mrs. Edna H. SpessaEd and Miss
Mary Holman of Meridian are the
guest of Mrs. NJ. E. Holman.
Lieut.. l. B. Warren returned the
first of the week from Camp Gordon.
He is at present at Mr.. Ormsby's.
Master Owen and little Miss Ma
mic Barnes will spend the holidays
with friends and relatives in Macon.
Miss Bessie Boggess of Athens,
Ga, is spending the Christmas hol-
idays with her sister, Mrs. Ed. Muir
phey.
Misses Avis Cockrell, Katherine
Cline, Beulah Bell Bethany and Wv
ian Egger students of Meridian Col
lege are visiting home folks.
Mrs. H. NJ. Wheeler, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
E. V. Yates, for several weeks left
Thursday for Camp Gordon to join
Lieut.. Wheeler.
Miss Julia Bliss Joiner of Tupelo,
but who is a teacher in the Jackson
schools, spent last weekend with her
sister, Miss Mararet Joiner of the
Macon High school.
Master George Hauenstein is a
refuge from the flu. which has been
very bad in Hattiesburg, and will be
with his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. F. Jones, until after the holidays.
Mr. Chas. Lindley received a letter
last week from his ION William E.,
who was wounded in the arm some
time ago and is still in the hospital.
Mr.. Lindley has another son, Leslie,
in France, who escaped unhnrt.
County Attorney Allgood has been
confined to his bed all the week, suf-
fering from an attack of the infuen-
"a. He is much better but is taking
no chances during the bad weather
prevailing by coming out.
Prof. Cox was exposed to the flu.
the first of the week, and was quaran-
tined and not allowed to teach, so the
trustees allowed him to join Mrs
Cox, who had gone to her home in
Monticello, Fla, to spend the holi-
days.
Mrs. Thos. McHenry went to Mem
phis Thursday to be with Mr.. McHen-
ry, who underwent an operation
Tuesday at st. Joseph's hospital. We
understand his condition is improving
and he is getting along as well as
could be expected.
Lieut.. and Mrs. ]. E. Dorroh are at
home, Lieut.. Dorroh having been
mustered out at Camp Green, S. c.,
about ten days ago. They went to
New Orleans and stayed a week be-
fore coming home. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dorroh will probably return to New
Orleans, as the former has accepted
a position there. .
Mr.. Edmund Patty purchased sew
eral weeks ago, the stock of groce-
ries of the Patty Grocery Co. and will
enlarge the business and carry a
stock of general merchandise. He
has rented and is fitting up the store
house next door, and will carry in
everything that is carried in a
of general merchandise.
Sam Cock,ell, who has been taking
course in aviation at the George
town University, Washington, arrived
home yesterday, having been given
an honorable discharge from the sero.
He has been living in Wash
for the past eighteen months,
but thinks now that he will not re-
turn.
Mr.. Sam Adams went to Texas re-
and spent several days with
MS son, Mr.. Albert Adams and his
at Giddings. They have had
several disastrous crop years, prac-
no rain falling over a good
of that state for several years.
There is an Industrious and thrifty
set of German farmers around Gid
who are making the best ofcon-
1itions and hoping that time will
bring them an era of prosperity.
Many sweethearts, mothers and
wives were made happy this by re-
letters from their loved ones
across the sea. Many Of the boys
have not been heard from since peace
was declared and it naturally causes
much uneasiness and worry. The
mails, tho, from ever-sea has been
congested worse than at any time