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The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
Home Building Advantages.

The mail order house is con-
stantly halnmering away on low
prices, saving money for its pa
irons, etc. But are the merchants
of thi tsown doing likewise? The
campaign of the mail order houses
has convinced thousands of coun-
try people that they can buy more
cheaply by mail than at home, and
they get millions of dolalrs in or
ders in return
To get these orders the mail or
der houses have overcome tre-
mendous obstacles obstacle that
are not in the way Of the home
dealer at all. Yet they have per-
sisted in advertising. advertising,
advertising low prices and money
saving, while the local dealer has
with more or less, perhaps less,
calmness permitted trade that by
all the laws Of commerce is his.
slip from his grasp.
One phase Of tins situation, if it
were not pathetic, would be lu-
dricrous: the mail order house is
using to get this trade medium
the local newspaper--that is a
thousand times more effective for
the local dealer if he would but use
it. The mail order house must adj
yertise a catalogue: the local dealer
can advertise specific articles. The
buyer by mail cannot see the thing
no xgDpid hliN for xkraalrs affar ba
has paid his money: the home buy
eP sees the item before he buys it
and gets it as soon as he pay for it.
Moreover-and this is the most inn
portant fact Of all--he has an OPP
portunity to compare different
grades Of the article he proposes
to buy; all grades look alike in a
picture in catalogue. The Com
munity Builder.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
'REMENENDER THE
SABBATH DAY.
Presbyterian General Assembly De-
cides 20 Make Special Efforts
the Coming Near to Keep
This Day Holy.

Louisville, KY, May is.-Organ-
lied and aggressive efforts toward
general realization Of the COM
mandment Remember the Sab
bath day to keep it holy" will be
made throughout the territory of
the Presbyterian church in the
United States OF America this
coming year, if the recommends
tons Of the general assembly, in
session here, are carried out. These
provide for Sabbath observance
committees in every synod Presby-
terry and church, all cooperation
with similar committees of other
denominations and all assisting the
labors Of the Lords Day Alliance Of
the United States and the Woman's
National Sabbath Alliance.
Other matters submitted today
included the preliminary reports Of
the judicial and bills and overtures
committee and that Of the commit
tee on the Assembly Herald, report
ing a deficit Of S2,073.27. Recon-
mendation of the council Of the
Presbyterian brotherhood that a
special assembly comittee of seven
be named to cooperate with the
brotherhood council in carrying on
the men and religion forward
movement was referred to the
standing committee, which will re-
port later iii the session.
On Monday the committee on the
next place of meeting will make its
report This will be awaited with
much interest.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
A BIG VICTORY
California Gives Roosevelt a Plu-
rality of Over $4,000 Over Taft
and LaFollette-Clark Has
10000 More Than Wilson.

San Francisco, CAL, May i5.JDe-
layed returns from remote dis
tricts in yesterdays primaries are
useful only to give a definite fig
ure in the exact pluralities rolled
up by Roosevelt and Clark.
Roosevelt,s plurality is estimated
between 10000 and $4,000 over
Taft and LaFoIlefte.
Clark leads Woodrow Wilson by
probably 10000.
Throughout the state the vote is
comparatively light. Roosevelt
probably carried every county,
even San Francisco, where de-
termined effort was made by Tafts
managers to make a good showing
for the candidate, favored Colonel
Roosevelt by a plurality of 3,l37.
Roosevelt carried Los Angeles by
more than two to one, and other
of more important cities made him
their choice.
LaFollete found consolation only
III San Diego county, which return
ed him his plurality Of any di-
vision Of state. The Industrial
Workers of the World troubles
here are said to have made SEN
timent for him in that section, the
theory being that citizens resented
an investigation ordered by Gov.
johnson, the Roosevelt supporter.
Champ Clark's victory over Will
son is sufficiently sweeping to JUS
tify the prediction claims Of his
campaign managers. He also prob
ably carried every county.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23

Sandwich, H., May Is, 1912.
The Star Publishing Co, Mena, Ark.
Gentlemen-I enclose draft for
$500 to pay my subscription to the
Democrat from May, 1911, to May
1, 1913. | always enjoy looking over
the Democrat and you have Ger
tainly made fine paper of it.
am glad to note from time to time
how people are buying and settling
in and around Mena. | think West
ern Arkansas has a wonderful fu-
ture in store for it--in fact, if one
would predict now what Western
Arkansas Will be in ten years from
now think people would say. He
Is a dreamer" | am Interested to
quite an extent. financially. in Polk
county land, and hope 10 move
there some day.
Wishing you continued success.
Sincerely,
ira Il. Converse.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23

worth while if only for the sake Of
relieving school from its dreadful
numbing monotony; but it is worth
while on higher grounds. There
is infinitely more true education IN
raising a melon or making d Die
than in learning by rote "a verb
that makes an assertion by coup
ling an attribute complement to the
subject is called a c0pula.0 The
melon and the pie justify Them
selves and satisfy the mind. The
reason for every step taken is ap-
parent in the product. Life GER
tainly has far more to do with mel
ons and pies than with eopuas-
Saturday Evening Post.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
THINKS THIS 4 CHOSEN LAND.
John Hoenscheidt, Publisher Of II
Newspapers. in Nena.

John Hohenscheidt Of Wichita,
kas~ publisher II eleven German
newspapers ia Kansas. Oklahoma
and Missouri. spent Thursday ii
Mena. she guest 81 n. G. Il. Allen.
the general assent fer Tie Kansas
CITY southern At tins point.
Mr.. hohcnscheids has been max
ing tpur ~ the seulh nionr TIE
fofi Arthur Route. aud Thursday
in conversation with : representa-
tte ef thls paper Indicated pla|uis
hlt &seiief 81 lhss particular ioeAi
liy ~ the superior ~ nst a. hna
saeH ~ Hseas HlAa nntes af Ghs
thinHA - saw AnA ieas4a ana
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The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
INK DOTS.

Henry Cearley mas returned from
ldabel, Ok, where he has been for
sometime.
Miss Belle Davis of Mena spent
Saturday night with her grand
father. i. g. Conn.
Miss NirTie Rosson, who has been
staying IN .Mena for sometime 4
visiting homefolks.
Miss Maiinda Cearlev Of Nena Is
VISITING her mother. Mrs. Mary
Mrs. Willie Holmes Of Oklahoma
City Is visiting friends and relatives
al tins place.
The singing AZ the home of Mr..
Policeman Sunday night was tnueh
enjoyed. DfRamsgs We're Miss Fnla
tmDfy and Byrd Harris.
The decoration Il Concord snn-
day VAS quite q success es,.e,... !
il'ii'.ifs-a people being present 4
kt'ea IsfnefaIn Nas rendered ana s
lailf aiiipef serAnd. Every grave
2 - decorated. W lhank e4erpunp
= e assisted IN this serssfn.
Misses Mars aud 5uaea fnele -
! 1e''as spent SATURDAY, nietf md
rnn'ltf win their hFallsfr. 1nls
Earlr.
y AFf hAtu eaHsf fsns a4.ih.+
- ttft tfEHf af.d ihe fnnafs -.
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AH4 plkH uHA NJ ana
N8sH fHH'f* 81 &ssH4s
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ava .f.44fE $1,000 - fss
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
INDIGESTION
A Disorder that Breeds Dis
ease in the Body, and an
Easy Way to Cure It.

Take care of the stomach and you viii
have little need for the doctor
When the stomach begins 20 show
signs of disorder; when the food digests
slowly and with discomfort; when yox
have heartburn; feel bioated and uneasy,
you are IN condition that needs atten-
ton.
prickly Ash Bitters corrects the as
ordered stomach by strengthening and
toning up the digestive organs, driving
the badly digested food into the bowels
and thence out of the system.
Constipation is nearly always pres
ent when the stomach becomes sour or
aisordered. Prickly Ash Bitters con.
tains the medicinal qualities which act
as restorative and regulator for the
stomach and bowels. Il strengthens the
digestive organs, cures constipation and
prevents the return Of bilious conditions.
Thousands Of people who have re-
ceived lasting benefit from this great
remedy willingly testify to its power IN
curing indigestion, constipation and kid
ney trouble.
- suffered from constipation for years, ana
tried many remedies. but Prickiy Ash BitseFss
he only medicine that has ever done ME any
good. Through its use am now in good health
and entirely free from all traces of my former
Gcubie."--B. p. sTIoALL, winnsboro, Louisans
Get the genuine with the figure
s'3'' In red on front label.
Sold by druggists. Price si.VO
Jackson Drug CO., Special Agent
Davis Drug Co., Special Agent.
Gunnels Drug CO., Special Agent
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
OPPORTUNITIES

In addition to the healthfulness
and extreme beauty Of surround
ings that 90 50 far to make life a
delight for the people who east
their lot here, ample opportunity
for material advancement is to be
found by those who seek it, espe-
cially along the lines Of produc-
ton.
Only a few progressive men have
given earnest effort to the grow
ing Of forage crops. and yet il has
been demonstrated that all such
crops grow wonderfully-the vari-
Gus tame grasses, sorghum, milo
maize, kafllr corn, cowpeas, clover,
and lastly. alfalfa, is gradually
gaining foothold that seems sure
of permanently. much to the profit
of the growers.
Allied and inseparable from this
branch Of agriculture is the raising
of stock. Not half enough are pro-
duced in this section. Cattle bring
good prices, the climate is adapted
for their growing, both for beef
and milk. Butter that is well made
and handled commands high prices
and the local demand is much
greater than the supply.
Hogs grown here are free from
cholera, and can be raised at good
profit by the combination of intelli-
gent methods and good stock. Hogs
from Polk county have brought the
very top Of the market on several
occasions.
The poultry industry is Develop
ing wonderfully, and yet the field
of opportunity is hardly touched,
The poultry products now going
out from here have more than
doubted ~ the past year or s0--a
eplendid chance for intelligent eff
fort.
During the fall, winter aud early
spring lettuce, onions, radishes.
spinach, celery and such garden
product is supplied from out-of-
town coming in by express. This
should not be allowed TO exist an
other season. The good money thus
paid to outsiders should be kept at
home.
There are many others that
should be kept before the public,
and movements are on foot to use
such opportunities.
We have. in abundance. the very
things that mean most to healthy,
industrious, normal humanity
and no matter how much Of these
we use and enjoy, there Will be
plenty left for others.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
HOW TOUT|LIzE
OVERRIDE fruit
Commissioner Markham Sends Out
Suggestions Concerning Home
Canning Outfits.

Little Rock, May 20.-In the
weekly letter to the Arkansas
farmers. issued by the Agricultural
Department of the Missouri Pa
eific-Iron Mountain system, L. A..
Markham has the following to say
in regard to disposing of surplus
fruits and vegetables:
Arkansas will have a big crop
of fruit and vegetables to dispose
of this year. Naturally some of
this fruit will be defective and a
certain percentage of il will become
overripe, and in either case it will
be unsuitable for shipment. There
will also be a surplus OF garden
vegetables porduced on many
farms, but in most instances this
surplus will not be large enough
for a profitable shipping business
How can these fruits and veg
etables, thus barred from the dis
lant markets, be saved and turned
into money! Already the writer is
beginning to receive requests for
information of this kind. Now
here is our suggestion. Buy a
home canning outfit at once, and
get to work. Begin with the straw
berries, and later turn your atten-
ton to blackberries and various
garden vegetables, such as beans,
peas, tomatoes and green corn.
During the summer and fall you
will find plenty OF work on the
peaches, pears, sweet potatoes and
pumpkins.
Anyone Of average intelligence
ought to be able to make from $40
to S25 every day that he puts in
at this during the spring, summer
and fall In fact, the writer has
known small farmers to make as
high as $500 to $1,000 in a single
season with their home Gamer.
"A good outfit will not cost you
much. A machine with a capacity
say, Of 200 to 1000 cans per day,
should not cost more than SO to
Si5, and machines large enough to
take care Of large crops Of fruits
and vegetables can be purchased
for from S25 to SIS. Write the
Agricultural College, Fayetteville:
State Department Of Agriculture,
Little Rock, or the writer. for
names Of reliable dealers in home
canning machinery.
DO not fear that you will be UNI
able to sell the output from your
Gamer, if your work is property
done. While the home Gamer i
intended mainly to utilize class
OF stun that, because of overripe-
ness or defects, would not bring re-
munerative prices in its crude
state, the home pack, when prop
erly put up, always sells for n
higher price than the output of the
canning factories. Thousands of
farmers are every year selling
everything they put up at a good
DO not stand back on the ground
OF inexperience. With the aid of
the full printed instructions for is
use, which will be sent with your
outiit' you Will soon learn how h
put up first-class pack"
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
I--7-------7-7-
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR RETURNED

Mark P. Olney, G. L. Lochridge
and W. P. Parks, the knights
Templar who went in I. NJ. Davis
automobile to the Grand Com
mandery meeting at Hot Springs,
returned in the car about o'clock
Saturday morning. The trip was a
hard and rough one, due to the bad
condition Of the roads. From
their reports the worst roads they
found were in Center township,
just outside of Mena. The next
toughest place was between Mt.
Ida and Black Springs, in Mont
gomery county. The road for about
20 miles out of Hot Springs was
excellent. and good time was made.
In order to complete the trip, Mr..
Davis was compelled 10 buy two
new tires.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
MAKING SCHOOL WORTH WHILE
oregon Has Set an Examplc in
broadening Edueation

fiNe thousand school children h
oregon already grow all the non
corn and melons they can consume
ana something q q surplus to sell.
winch brings them pocket money
Through efforts ~ the state hanf-
ers association. the elase a..
.,'Ata he agricultural college ana
nc public schools. sexeuiy-s ~.
Thousand pupils are going INTO -
- cultural ana industrial CONNIE.
tliof this yenF They vii yel.e
n'''pns. vegetables grain nsss 40
l'NAtlss a. carpentry. srwlnn ana
epeslhE 4 ereat nlany fr.ses i.eze
l'@A i'feA islea and there u4H ha :
~ aAa ekl.lllllee IS shs f.rs.slnets
ettt taa lutee Ind Kefx ufaa.
ae'Hf sehsal Nh'.azsa
fNsH AiNHlsnE AA alitr e.s1
sita' iefH1 sss flsaH Hsn4 e..s
Hss - A a tae4 aAs ..s.s.
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The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23

Tho careful mother. who Watches
closely the physical peculiarities OF her
children. win soon discover that tne
most important thing in connection with
a child's constant good health Is TO Keep
the bowels regularly open. sluggish
bowels will be followed by loss OF appe-
tite. restlessness during sleep. irrita-
bility and dozen and one similar evil
dences of physical disorder.
At the first sign of such disorder sav .
tba child n teaspoonful of DR.. Caldwells
svrup Pepsin at night on retiring and
reneat the dose the following night ~
necessary-more than that will scarcely
be needed. You will find that the child
will recover its accustomed good spirits
at once and will eat and sleep normally.
This remedy is vast improvement
over salts, cathartics, laxative waters
and similar things. which are altogether
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23

NOTICE is hereby given, that IN
pursuance OF the authority ana al1
rections contained in decre'ass
order Of the Chancery Court y
Polk County. made and entered on
the 9th day Of April, 1912 in a GER
tain cause. No. 1926, then pending
therein. wherein q. II. Barnes,
Plaintiff. and Catherine +. HARRISON
and W. Il. LEIGHTON, Defendants. uns
undersigned. as Commissioners =
said court. will offer for SAFE 4
public yendue To the highest DID
der. at the Southeast door or en-
trance OF the Court House OF ron
County, within the hours pre-
scrlbed by law for Judicial sales, 81
the 18th day Of June. 1912, me les-
lowing described real estate sis-
uafed IN the County Of Polk, star
81 Arkansas. to-wit -
The Northeast quarter M "
the Southwest quarter ~
Section Fourteen. IA IoNisal.f
-Four &, South. Range Ihliyr-sRspp
81 West except ! strip g -
Southeast corner Of said ifaea - -
yards wide East and West. ~ -
yards long North and south -, -
containing ISL acres more @
Terms - safe IN frr14
hires months. she purchaser pssas
Required "a axefAfe ! bond
and the order and decree g go
court ln said cause. VIII Hli'iPsss9.s
security. bearing suinr
fAlF 80 81 Fff efEl per hNnNh
lIaiH nf sale until raid HllH
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
URIEL THACKER MARRIED.

Word reached Mana Tuesday Of
the marriage Sunday at Linden,
Tex, of Uriel Thacker. the we'll
known grocer, to Mrs. R. l.. Nc
Chung, a sister of Mrs. L. 0. Dick
son. Mr.. Thacker left here last
week, but no one suspicioned that
he was going for his bride. Mrs.
McClung lived in Atlanta, Tex,
which is close to Linden. She has
made many visits to her sister in
Mena, and is we'll known here.
The couple returned to Mena
Wednesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
LOCAL OPTION NOT
BEST PROHIBITION
The Rev. !. G. Adams Says 1t Is
Means 10 End, but Contends for
constitutional Amendment.

The following paper was pre-
pared by the Rev. J. G. Adams and
submitted to the w. c. T. U. Of
Mena at a recent picnic:
Local option is means to an
end, but not the best form Of pro-
hibition. The best form is that
which comes by constitutional
amendment or enactment. 1t is
best for two reasons: First, it can
not be obtained without popular
vote, and a popular vote in favor
of good law with a popular ma
jority behind it is more easy to en-
force than is the one without such
support. The liquor interests can
sometimes control the executive,
can sometimes intimidate the
courts, can sometimes buy up the
legislatures, can sometimes bride
the officers of the law, but the
liquor interests cannot buy nor
bride the people. Constitutional
prohibition is preferable, be-
cause it eliminates the ques
ton from politics. There will
not be any more lobbying with the
Legislature by the liquor interests,
as the prohibition law can never be
repealed except by the people, and
as there is often part OF nearly
all legislative bodies that are pur-
chaseable, and the liquor interests
are always ON hand with the cash
to influence the legislature in their
behalf. Many times they have TO
decide only one or two votes in
either branch. of the house to carry
any measure they wish to pass.
But you cannot buy the people.
Prohibition Of the people, by the
people and for the people OF the
whole state is better than local OPP
ton, as there are expenses and dis
asters incurred by the saloon, the
cost of which must be paid by the
state, and not by a less locality.
Again, under local option law the
influence and effect of the saloon
| is not confined to the territory
where the saloon is located, but
breaches far beyond in many ways.
First, they ship liquor into local
option districts and encourage the
drunk habit in dry territory by
flashy liquor advertisements and
| the Offering of premiums for the
getting up of clubs for the pur-
chase of liquor.
Second, people in local option
districts are brought face to face
with the saloon when forced to 20
into towns where liquor is sold.
Many times boys from local option
districts are sent back home drunk.
Third. our state tax is increased
as a result Of the liquor traffic.
The saloon has never been able to
pay fer the damage done to prop
erty and the loss Of life. There are
great many advocates Of local OPP
ton just at this time, but state
wide prohibition is the issue. You
have never heard the liquor inter-
ests advocating local option, except
when the issue was statewide
prohibition. Then, and then only.
are they very ardent advocates Of
local option. 1t has fallen to my
lot to meet many of the so-called
local option leaders Of Texas in
joint discussion when local option
was really the issue. but they
fought hard against it then, and
will be found at the same old stand
after July =, especially so if the
force amendment is defeated.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
Bowels are Basis
Of Child Health

too powerful for child. The ho,n
Mrs. A. A. Higgins. MOUNDS ,Ss Of
Mrs. NJ. G. Moore. Happy, ARR Okla,
ways supplied with DR.. caiso a.
Syrup Pepsin, and with tha,', "eh'a
with thousands Of others, there as
no substitute for this grand iaxat,vas
1t is really more than laxative e.
contains superior tonic properties wh,os
help to tone and strengthen the st stomach
liver and bowels SO that after 'ihae a.as
use of II all laxatives can be disno r..e.
with and nature will do its own ,u,.ssa
Anyone wishing to make a trial ~ I'm Nm
remedy before buying ii in the ras., ms
way of a druggist at fifty cents rs u mar
dollar large bottle (fanily sizei o one
nav 9ave "a e sample bottle sent to the home
w. B. Caldwell, 405 Washington 1T IT
Monticello, I'll. Your name and adarSSte.
on a postal card will do. ess
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
HOW,S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known
+. J. Cheney for the last IS years,
and believe him perfectly honor
able in all business transactions,
and financially able to carry out
any obligations made by his firm.
Waiding. Kinnan a Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Q.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally. acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, &c per bottle. Sold b. all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family pills for con-
sfsp3ilon.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23


This paper is favored with an ex-
cellent article on the successful
growing and handling Of peaches,
supplied BY I. P. Fulton Of Cove.
This is offered by Mr.. Fulton as
merely an opening for what he
hopes will be a general discussion
Of the subject. The suggestions
made are apt and valuable, and
must be needed if Polk county ever
reaches her place as producer Of
peaches on really profitable ba-
sis. Lets have more on this and
any other subject Of like interest
to the producers Of fruit, vegetables
and farm products.