The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07

p'ii " ill dilu Alitu w dlhluS came from Mt. Ida Tuesday to spend day with Mena friends, returning home Wednesday forenoon.
 A son was born on Monday, De- cember 4, to Mr. and Mrs. ]. B. Wal lace on Stilwell Heights. Dr. P. R. Watkins was in attendance.
 C. F. Hill of Potter brought five head of i0-months-old hogs to the Mena market Tuesday and took out S70.20 as a reward for his efforts.
 F. S Stanley and son, Dewey, were in from Board Camp Wednesday. MT. Stanley has begun blowing to get his land in good shape for next years crops.
 II. Melville of Vandervoort spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Mena arranging for a public sale of his personal and real property to be held on December fl.
 Charles Pirtle from near Potter returned to Mena Tuesday after noon from Spiro, where he had been at the home of his sister, Mrs Chas. Carr, since Thanksgiving.
 J. A. BaSsett who is in the employ .of the Fogel Lumber company at Fogel Spur spent Tuesday and Wednesday with Mena friends, re- turning to his work Wednesday aft ternoon.
 The Rev. J. R. Rushing, who has been assigned to the M E. church, South, of this city, will not be able to occupy the pulpit for services next Sunday. The Rev. w. M Crowson will occupy the pulpit in his stead.
 R. L. Andrews, living near Potter, held a public sale Monday of some .of his personal effects in prepara- ton to moving to Coalgate, Ok He was in Mena Tuesday to load out the remainder of his goods, and left Wednesday for his new home.
 C. Sterner and Lou Martin of the Egger community were on the market Wednesday with cotton each bringing in three bales. They struck a declining market, and yet had no complaints of the price which is still ranging about l9 cents
 Mrs. w. c. Ashmore is reported s.vs tfanfix- III af ACh east of Mena. Mr. Ashmore has also been having a seize of illness, and even now is not able to be out Miss Mildren Steele is at the Ash more home caring for the patients.
 B. s. Bell was in from his farm east of Potter Wednesday to attend to business matters. With him was J. c. Lilies, a brother-in-law from Wagner county Oklahoma, who is in Polk county seeking a favorable location for cattle raising.
 John McKinsey, who is in from Waters this week arranged to buy back the Farmers Wagon Yard, which he had formerly owned He in turn leased the yard to Louis Rogers of Waters, who immediately took charge. John Ansley, who had owned the yard for about year, left Wednesday for the Waters com munity, where he will live on the farm
 Mir. and Mrs. Willis Hobson ac- companied by Mrs. J. T. Bogard and Miss Kate Bogard, mother and sis ter respectively of Mrs. Hobson, ar rived in Mena Tuesday from Fore man. having made the trip overland in Mr. HobSon's automobile. They are the guests of MT. and Mrs. Dale Cunningham while in the city. They plan to start on the return trip on Thursday.
 Mr. and Mrs. s. p. Orrick and children of Big Fork have moved to Mena. coming in Monday. They are now at home on the McCaleb 5-aere tract adjoining the Twin Gates dairy property. Mir. and Mrs Orriek made the move chiefly that their children might have better educational advantages, having been located 25a miles from the nearest school Tn addition to doing some farming, Mir. 0rrick will do some photography work which he has followed as an avocation.
 
 Dr. l.. Q. Dickson. Mrs. Dickson and son. Fomby, returned Tuesday from a trip of ten days which they had spent with relatives in Shreve- port and Hosston, La, and in Jeff erson, Texas. They spent Thanks giving day at the home of Dr. Dickson's mother in Hosston, and greatly enjoyed the family home coming, though they were grieved while in Shreveport on account of the death of c. W. Dobson, a cousin <F s- .wx