The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
HATFIELD.

llllN week.
 Miss Johnnie Henderson is here
 on vacation.
 Mrs. J. T. Floyd's mother Is here
 for a weeks visit among AlniolhS
 Mrs Galloway and children left
 Friday for a short yisil in Gilman.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Gates went to
 Mena Monday &ud returned Tues day
 W. A. Griffin has moved to Beech. Ok, to teach a GoUr-mOnth term ol school.
 The baby of lIr. and Mrs. lobe
 was reported quite sick Friday, but
 Mrs. Datha Fortner has pur-
 cahsed the millinery business and
 stock of Mrs. Hoge.
 T. M. Dover, with Ft. Smith
 friends and Bob Green. started on a
 weeks hunt Monday.
 A boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Simmons Saturday
 Dr. Mullins attending. All doing well.
 Mrs w. L. Nichols was called to | Cove Monday tC be with q sister
 Ms. Doctor Harris, Whu Is very | sick
 Rev. w. s. Birge it teaching a term of school al the Green school
 this winter if we may call this weather such.
 frank Upton and Miss Warsham. beth Ot near Rocky were married al the home of Inc bride Sunday, Rev. Birge officiating.
 J. A. Cobb returned last Thursday from Kansas City. With his wife he then left for a short visit with friends at Big Cedar Ok
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Beavers lief, Saturday on No, ? for Oklahoma, where Mir. Reeves will engage with his brother in a machine agency,
 The Kansas City Southern claim agent was in town Monday attempt ing to settle for an injury one of our citizens received on the caboose of the local last week.
 Dr. JOhnsOn's son Bob has re- turned to his home in Hatfield after three-year enlistment in the ar my, which has just expired. He received an honorable discharge. The band boys received some new music recently, and we are being treated to some choice selections Monday and Thursday nights. They will assist the school in the coming entertainment.
 At a mass meeting held the night of Tuesday, Nov. l4, after some school business was disposed of the following officers were elected tOI the Hatfield Fair board for the com ing year; j. o. Gates. president; E. A. Davis, secretary.
 Inquiry among our business men brought to light the fact that busi- ness for October. 1913, was much better than the corresponding month last year How does that sound alongside of the depression announced by other states. Every train is bringing hunters who have their camps in the sur- rounding hills and timber. Friday a special Pullman was set out with the club whose camp was set last week. The atmosphere will be shot full of holes for the next month. Maxine the little daughter of Mr. | land Mrs. Alex Carter. was severely burned by tiltinr a bowl of hot grease in her face W Nhile on a visit to Mrs. Carper'S Sisaec tt Grannis. | Last accounts the child was doing well and the doctor hopes no sears | Will be left. Four oil prospectors were look | ing over this locality last week. They seemed favOrably impressed | with the locality and intimated they would return later and secure leases | and do some drilling. They are still looking over this county with | this object in view.
 Much road work has been done | southeast of town the past ten days, some donating over weeks time. | This IS the proper spirit. We can have good roads here if we will. | There is every kind of material here to make a good road with-timber. | sand clay. gravel, rock, etc.
 While going to Mena from Wickes | Monday tire trouble caused the fol- | lowing named gentlemen to aban- | don their car and take No. f the | balance of the way: Gene Cox of | Mena, Mr.. Cole and Col. Jett and | his son of Wickes. They had some | remarks 10 make regarding the | length of Arkansas miles.
 The Watkins Lumber and Mer- .cantile Company has had T. Davis 1 move a large warehouse on the | railroad right of way to facilitate | JtlN ulilOduluS dllu SLOIdSt Ol IltdNN l hardware and building material. | which will enable them to keep a sufficient stock on hand to supply the steadily increasing demand Storage will also be made of several carloads of sand nearby. The building will be painted and will | present an attractive appearance.
 Mr. Farmer. if you are looking for crop to make you some extra money, we would like to call your attention to raising sorghum cane for molasses. Saturday we made it our business to inquire from men in this locality who have made a success in this line, with the fol- lOwin result: D. l.. Taylor. on Two-Mile, says on good land he can make POO gallons of sorghum. which is now bringing on the local market 60c per gallon. The strip pings, or leaves, are finest kind of | hay and the seed has the yield. and he thinks the feeding value of kaflir. Be 1t also remembered that Mr. Taylor is a very successful farmer, and took many choice pre- miums at our fair. Another sue cessful farmer, S. Potorff made be- tween 300 and 400 gallons of sorg- hum this year, and sold the same for 60c per gallon; and to show the sureness of the crop. Mir. Potorn said it was all made since the 9th day of September Everyone we talked tO Withouf an nypanfiop u,ao l