Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-02-13
Personal and Local Items

Ms n W. NOVN 10 WISHING lSloNlNSo
in Newton.
Mr.. c, D. Featherston spent several |
days this week in Memphis,
Mrs. jim Hibbler left last Saturday
for her home in Chattanooga.
Mesdames Dare and Bethany were
visitors in West Point this week.
The young son of Mr.. and Mrs. Polk
Farar is quite i'll with pneumonia.
Editor Ward Of the Starkville Times
was visitor in Macon the early part
of the week.
Mrs. R. E. V. Yates visited Mr.. and
Mrs. H. w. Field at their new home
at Calyx this week.
Mrs. John Downer of Brooksville
was the guest of her sister, MIRA.
Thos. Harper last week.
Mrs. T. J. Woodfn of Okolona has
been the guest for several days of Mr..
and Mrs, VIM. Tucker.
Mrs, Jno. A. Tyson, Jr., left last
Tuesrday for Atlanta and St. Louis to
purchase her stock of Spring and
Summer millinery
A daughter was born on Thursday
night, Gust in time to miss Friday,
the 13th) to Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Skin
ner.
The Beacon was in error last week
in naming the daughter born recently
to Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Walker. The
name is Annie Lucille and not Mary
Louise, as stated by the Beacon.
The many friends here of Miss Dor
othy Witty of Winona, will regret to
know that she has been seriously i'll
with dyptheria. Mrs Lamberson re-
ceived news Thursday morning that
the crisis was past and her recovery
was now hopeful.
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| Mr. J. E. Dorroh, who is cashier of
| a bank at Melville, La, was in town
| this week to make the acquaintance of
his son, who, with Mrs. Dorroh, has
been with Mr.. and Mrs. Harkins for
the past month. Mr.. Dorroh and his
family left Thursday for their home
in Melville.
Mr.. Garrard Harris, the we'll known
author, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Minor this week. His best known book
! Joe, The Farmer Boy" has been read
by most of the school boys of the
country, and his other books have hac
almost equally large circulation. Mr.
e Harris is now with the U. S. Depart
l. ment of Agriculture.
t. Mr.. W. J. Satterwhite, of Yves
II Point, who is soon to come here witt
lie his wife and child to reside, spent thC
% first of the week in the city. Mr.. Sat
If terwhite is to succeed Mr.. W. A. Deal,
a who has recently been promoted to tn,
office of district manager of the Meri
- dian office. Mr.. Deale expects to ge
away within the next ten days.-Co
:, lumbus Commercial.
as News reached Macon yesterday iron
ed Miss Ruby Logan of Hohenlinder
40 AhioS,s q lOIDICI tCaSItl III bllt MAUI
/, High School, that her father was in
very critical condition, having bee
Sc kicked by horse and several rib
at were broken and other internal inju
n ries, which it is feared will prove ia
Of tai. 1t was due to her mothers il
ut health that Miss Logan resigned
tn Il
n mi A most distressing accident happen
tn ed last Saturday afternoon late whe
IN; the Standard Oil truck, driven by
~, nt young man named Wyatt who cam
nd here recently and took charge of tn
N, company's business here, ran over an
F. crushed the leg Of IL year old negr
girl so badly that it had to be ampu
ed tated, The girl is a daughter of Fol-
~ est Galloway, employed at the OF NIL
ee. The girls leg was amputated by DR.!
Murphey & Withers, and has sine
been at he home of Hannah Jonei
Her mother is not living and ther
'ed was no one at her home to take car
- of her. 1t is said she ran in front c
nix the truck while chasing a dog.
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sa The picture show has been close
ok by order Of the county health office
in IN on account Of the prevalence of the fl,
81 though as far as we have been able
,or ascertainthere is not a case in tow
e., e., There are a number of cases in I'll
aid country, mostly among the colore
population. Drs. Murphey q Withel
er report only two families among IL
eed whites, Mr.. Boone and family on M
md viii Taylor's place. Mr.. and Mr.
Boone and their children are all col
tee fiend to their beds at one time. The
. are several i'll with the malady in Il
home of Mr.. Ernest McIlwain in Il
the Soule Chapel neighborhood. The do
ock tors report that all the cases are of
mild type, and none are dangerous
ing i'll.
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'ee Capt. Stokes Celebrates SD Birthda
Mr.. w. H. (Wade) Stokes of Gree