Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-06-28
Personal and Local Items

Rev. de Yampert Brame, Of Handley.
Texas, is visiting home folks.
Nose Farmer. from the Battleship
Utah, is at homo on a turlOugh.
Mrs. Mamie Hunter Of Meridian. is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Phelan
Hunter.
Mrs. Cleary of Bell Buckle, Tenn. is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Wyatt n.
Jones, Jr.
Mrs. N. E. Holman left Friday to
spend a month with her daughter, Miss
Mary Holman Of Meridian
Mrs. ]. E. Hibbler of Mcleod, is
spending a few days with her
daughter, Mrs. W. NJ. Jones.
Mrs. Vadale Cochran returned to
Holly Springs Monday. after spending
q month with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. D. Binion.
Miss Annie Ella Ames returned home
Wednesday from Columbus, Ohio,
where she has been taking a course
preparatory to becoming q trained
nurse.
DR.. M. q. Wheeler of America, Ga,
arrived in Macon the early part OF the
week to Join Mrs. Wheeler, who has
been the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. E. V. Yates for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Patty, Miss Pat
= A. Tz-.an 80 hoRda0n loft
Thursday for New Orleans in their car.
From there Miss Patty will go to Eagle
Pass, 7, xas, to visit Mrs. M. II WEIGH
Mr.. Curtis Herbert is now filling the
position of prescription clerk with the
drug firm of Weaver and Harrington
in Columbus. Mrs. Herbert n
daughter, Katharine Roberta, will
probably remain in Macon until the
first of August.
Mr.. Walter E. Stokes will accept an
invitation he received this week from
Geo. W. Perkins, chairman. to attend
a meeting of the Southeastern Military
department of the National war Coun-
Gil Y. M. c.. A., to be held at the
Capital City club on July End.
A fire Thursday morning at $3.50
DESTROYED a coal and chicken house in
the real of the Jail. The rear part OF
Sh%annon's buggy house was also
slightly damaged before the tre de-
partment got a stream turned on 1t.
Burning out hen nests to destroy mites
| was the cause of the fire.
Mr.. Prim, who has been with A.
Klaus & Co. for the past year. but
who is within the draft age and sub.
ject to the call by the government will
leave today for Mobile and will probab-
" be in Uncle Sans service after the
| first of the month in the ship building
yards in the aforementioned city.
Mr.. George Goussett and family re-
turned Tuesday from a trip to Natchez,
which they made In their auto without
a puncture or mishap of any kind. Mr..
| Goussett says the crops the entire
| route are splendid and there is every
| indication of a splendid corn crop. They
went by Louisville in going over and
came back by way of Meridian along
the Jackson Highway.
Mr.. Jas. A. Campbell. who has been
| with Mr.. Horizons garage for a num-
Der of years, has rendered his services
20 Uncle Sam and is now waiting a call
and is ready to leave with a days no
tice. His leaving will be q matter OF
regret to almost every auto owner In
the county, as he has long been recog-
nized as the most expert auto physician
in the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Shaver left
Tuesday for Greenwood, where they
will visit friends, and from there will
visit friends near Hot Springs, Ark.
They will hererfter make their home
with their son, Mr.. Dale Shaver, near
Dixon, ILL.,. from which place they came
to Noxubee twelve or fifteen years
ago, making their home first on the
York place, a few miles east OF
Brooksville, and for the last few
years east of Macon. 1t is with genu-
inc regret that we are to lose them as
citizens of the county.
A gentleman who is a pretty close
observer and who has been travelling
about the country this week i'll the in
terest of the War Saving Stamp cam
paign says the indications are that
there are more boil weevil in the
county than there has been in five
wears, Notwithstanding the extreme
low temperature that prevailed the
past winter. The increase in the acre
age of cotton has been considerably
this year, probably rs per cent, but
with the present prospect for the dam
age by weevil and the shortage of
labor. the chances for anything like a
normal crop is very remote.