The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-25
Correspondence
HATFIELD NEWS.

Rev Galloway is home for Christmas.
 Mr. smith of DeQueen is here visiting friends.
 Talley Wooddell was in town Sunday visiting friends.
 B. Gibson Of Smithville, Ok, was in town on business Monday.
 Miss Edna Await left Friday to spend Christmas with homefolks.
 Wallace Galloway has returned from college to spend Christmas at home.
 Rev. Willbanks filled his regular appointment here Saturday and Sunday.
 The wagon from the Helen Gould mine loaded supplies here one day last week
 Rev L. P. Smith and Rev. Jesse Green of Mena were in town Satur- day evening.
 Rev. Mr. Carroll of Gillham preached at the Baptist church Sunday afternoon.
 G. H. Johnson and brother, Free man L.. left Sunday to visit their grandmother in Alabama.
 S. C. Frost made a shipment of peanuts to the Bain Peanut Com pany of Shreveport recently.
 Mrs. Owens and children from Coleman, Ok, are here visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Davis.
 Joe finders is bringing his cattle from the range, and they are look ing fine, He has around 200 head.
 ?. F Rouse Henry Martin and John Bilbray left Monday for Ft. Smith, expecting to return Christ mas ENe.
 Judge Arnold. Andy Tucker and Miss Johnnie Henderson were among the passengers on the local for Mena Monday.
 Frank ROrk and family mOtored down from Mena in the hack last week to the farm, where they will spend the holidays.
 L. W. AVeritt, who suffered stroke of paralysis las summer, was on the streets Saturday shaking hands with his many friends.
 Rev. Birge and brother John were in town Saturday. The father and a sister of Mrs. Birge are visiting here with a view tO locating.
 Mir. and Mrs. Robert Stevens are at home for Christmas, visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Stevens and Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Green.
 The secretary of the Hatfield Fruit and Truck Growers Associa- tion has inquiries from seed houses for peanuts If interested ask him for addresses.
 J. o. Gates has purchased the Evans stock. recently sold at re- ceiVer's sale at Vandervoort. If there is a real nice, fat, juicy worm Cor bargain around. MT. Gates is sure the bird to find him.
 A copy of the Vandervoort paper came tO our desk Saturday. After reading it, advertising and all it is our opinion that the people there have an editor with the ability and to make them a good pa- per. Now it's up to them.
 W. R. Stone and family and car )f fine stock have arrived from Fur ley. Mo. Mr. Stone will raise fine stock, making a specially of thor )ughbred hogs. He recently pur- chased. through Frost X Frost the 3arrOws place west of town, which s finely adapted to this purpose. Welcome. If you want to know who some If the live wires are in this town ake a look at their advertisements 1; n the Hatfield business directory. l space reserved in this paper dur ng the holidays. Give them a lib- ral share of your patronage. The ( Ost of advertising falls on no one ! nd the town gets the benefit Think his over. Grandma Fraker. 79 years old, mother of C. T. Fraker. died at her lOme west of town Saturday. She vas born and raised in Knox coun- y. Tennessee, where the body was aken by her son for burial. She is [ by four children, two liv- ng in Tennessee, one in Alabama. md son, c. T.. who lives west of Hatfield. Mrs. Fraker has been a member and active worker in the First Baptist church since early 'irlhood.
 Coal Found at Hatfield. The older residents know, but few of the newer mes do, thai coal was found when ligging well just east of the gin. \ quantity was taken to the black mith shop and some Weids made with it. No idea of the depth of he vein could be ascertained, as water came in faster than it could De taken out as they had only buckets. This we'll is right up to he road and unguarded and a menace to public safety, but be- ore it is filled we would like to see thorough investigation made, and Hattie will furnish a gasoline en- ,ine and pump to keep the water lway while it is being done. In mother well a short distance from his coal was also found, but as before the quick rise of water put stop to the digging. The late, Try summer permitted going 10 a -reater depth than heretofore which disclosed the fact that large irea through here is underlaid with 'oal at no great depth.
 Hattie.