The Mena star. (Mena, Ark.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-12
STATE EXCHANGES.

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state and national elections, because
the people want it and the best inter
ests of the state demand it.-Magnoila
Journal.
For the last three weeks there mas
not been Sunday school OF any ae-
nomination in our town. what's the
matter. brethren? Don't let the Sun
day schools play out. -Corning Courier
III the next legislature refuses 10
provide reform school for young
criminals the people of grand old Ar
kansas will Dewey the members IN
short order when they offer for re-
election Magnolia Journal
Many inquiries have been made as 10
whether the water works have been
turned over and accepted by the city,
TO which we will state that they have
not, and will not be until they are in
perfect working order and thorough
test made by the board of improve
ment and city council. Sloan Springs
| Democrat.
| The continued rains of last week
very greatly damaged the crops OF
both corn and cotton along the river
bottoms. Owing to the rank
growth of the cotton stalk, the contin
ued wet weather is causing the green
bolls to rot and 1t is expected that in
consequence the size of the crop will
be considerably reduced. Mag nolia
journal.
Dir. w. +. Justice returned Monday
from trip to Polk county. While
there he took up a homestead on
Mt. Mena near the large summer re-
sort hotel. DIR. Justice will erect a
number of cottages on his claim to
accommodate summer visitors to Mt.
Mena. He will also engage in fruit
raising. He will remain in DE Queen
for some months yet, however. The
Bee wishes him success in his under
taklng.-De Queen Bee.
! Van Buren, once had canning facto-
ry, broom factory. an adamant facto-
ry and steam laundary, all of which
shut down for lack of patronage. Can
we expect to locate other enterprises
when the record shows that we will
not patronize them. Friends, patron
ize home industries, home merchants,
home newspapers, and the people who
have capital to invest will soon learn
that the people of Van Buren stand by
home concerns, and will beg for adj
mission to the home circle Van Blu
rem Venture.
The chief of the secret service divis-
ion of the treasury department, much
of the work of which the past year has
been done in Arkansas, contains sever
al Interesting facts concerning the
operations OF the department, the re-
port covering the year ending June 30.
In all $50 arrest were made by secret
service agents, which is considerably
above the average, though less than
in the three preceding years. OF the
persons arrested 200 were convicted.
290 are awaiting action of the court.
144 were not convicted, one escaped
and one died. Arkansas Gazette.
Several of our state exchanges are
advocating the sowing of wheat. ANY
change would be for the better. we
think. If our farmers could make all
that they need on the farm and plant
only enough cotton TO get money, for
taxes, schooling, literature, Including
home paper, and the like, they would
have much more prosperous time. If
we could open an Asiatic market for
100000 bales of cotton we might
still afford to raise. Even in that
event, we should not neglect to make
our farms self-supporting, as far as
possible, and not have our smoke
houses and our corn cribs a: thousand
miles or SO from home. -Onachita
Herald.
A. W. st. John of the Mena Star
stopped off at Sloan Springs Saturday
night Mr. st. John was on his way
home from Kansas City, where he had
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