Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-02-01
Personal and Local Items

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ridian SUNDAY and Monday.
Mr.. Jack Shannon of Lebanon. Tenn.
is visiting relatives in Macon.
Mrs. Hervey Field. of Calyx, visited
her homefOlks several days this week.
Mr.. John Cleary of Bell Buckle, Tenn
is visiting his sister, Mrs. W. NJ, Jones,
Jr.
Miss Grin Ford, of Wahalak. is a Wis
itur at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. l..
Holt.
Mrs. W. o. Barnes, Jr., returned
Monday from a two weeks stay in Hat
tiesburg.
Mrs. WV. FAINT and children of New
ton, are spending the weekend with
Mrs. ]. c. Cannon.
Mr.. Van Cavett. of the Union Central
Life Insurance Company, has been ir
Macon this week.
Mrs. w. R. Rainey and Mrs. Ernest
Wherry visited Miss Dora Evelyn Con.
nor in Columbus this week.
Mrs. T. S. Humphries and little
daughter. of Durant are the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Berkeley Maury.
Mr.. w. M. Henderson will leave to.
morrow for New York to purchase 9
spring and summer stock Of goods.
Mrs. W. R. Little, who has been ir
Jackson for several months, is with her
parents, MI. and Mrs. J. P. Hunter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brame arrived in Ma.
con this morning from Jackson, and Mr..
Brame will be at his Office here for two
or three days.
Mr.. T. B. Thornell and family, who
have resided in S%huqualak the past four
years, will return February 1st to re-
side at this place, their former home
Meridian Star.
Mr.. M. R. Halstead returned today
from a visit to his old home in northern
Indianr and he says they are having the
coolest winter there they have had ir
Is. The night it got as low as l below
here it was 35 below III the town where
he was visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Beard arrived
in Macon Saturday. The latter hat
been for several months with Mr.
Boards mother in Memphis, while HI
has been at Camp Beauregard. HI
had had a decided dislike for army lif,
and by persistent effort secured his re
lease.
After a pleasant visit Of ten days t.
Hattiesburg and Camp Shelby. Mrs
W, o. Barnes, Jr., returned to he
home at Macon, MISC, Saturday night
Mrs. Barnes wa a guest at the Hatties
burg Hotel while here. Mr.. Barnes re
sides in this city, being the chief &C
countant for T. S., Moody & Co., a
Camp Shelby. -Hattiesburg American
Mrs. Harry Horner. after spending
few days with friends and relatives i
Macon. left Thursday to join Lieut.
Horner, who is stationed at Leo
Springs, Tex. Mrs. Horner. who, as Mis-
, Elizabeth Stewart, was much beloved
especially among the Younger set, wi
be located at San Antonio for the pres
ent.
: The friends in Macon of Mr., ]. L
Hughes, who has been living in Mem
phis for the past year. will regret t
learn that he has been confined to hi
E bed for ten days, due to slipping or tn
ice and breaking his collar-bone and dis
locating his shoulder. The doctor VIII
attended Mr.. Hughes slipped OF the ic
e a short time after and broke his arm
I Mr.. Hughes ia in the shoe department
at Goldsmith's.
"Big Bud" received an anonymou
! communication this week criticizin
some county officials. Neither Nh
Cavett nor The Beacon would counte
I nance the publication of such a lette
unless the writer has the manhood an
courage to sign his name. No unfai
or captious criticism will be publishe
whether signed or not, as such thing
can he done in q nrnner shirt and In