The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-31

portion Of this fime bS sillness sAsheu as to his decision in reference
 to the accepting the Republican
 layinlllatlon Tor Circuit Clerk. he
 stated that he is still considering the
 matter. '''r ''0
 MT. and Mrs. Tom Cox and chiI-
 ufen were among the Mena folks to
 attend the Acorn picnic, remaining
 oseF sunday at the home of Mir. and
 Mrs. Melvin Gillaspy.
 i Mir, and Mrs. J. B. Goss and chil- I dren, and Ellis Goss and Frank Bell. tspeHt sunday at Bog Springs,
 making the trip in Mir. Goss new sl Overland automobile. N \ Mr. and Mrs. Alba Terry of \ EClarksSille. Tex, who are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs L. W. l Ayeritt, parents of Mrs. Terry. in
 natileld. spent Sunday in Mena as
 the guests of MT. and Mrs. J. F. I Averitt.
 I, J. Dempsey returned Saturday rom Ashdown whither he had ac- epmpanied his brother in-law Ed Jones, who is sick of slow fever. The trip was hard on the sick man, and slnce his return Mr. Dempsey has
 heard that he IS in a critical con- dition.
 Mr. and Mrs. c. s. Tankersley and daughter returned Thursday even lag from Gunther, Tex, having been away since the last of July. They made the trip overland in their I Ford, and enjoyed the trip. except for the fact that Mrs. Tankersley and daughter were not well on the return trip.
 MT. and Mrs. II. '. May and baby boy returned today to Port Ar thur, Tex, after stay of about five weeks in Mena. They are greatly 1 pleased with their experience and 1 express the hope that they may be l able to return other seasons. Mir. | May is principal of one of the Port Arthur schools.
 Master James Fucker Smith and Mss Helen Smith. children of Mir. | and Mrs. J. $. Smith of Shreveport, 1 former residents of Mena, came from DeQueen Friday to spend few | S.I w. K. Holt and daughter, Miss Kath- Teen. They returned to DeQueen | Monday afternoon.
 F. k. Martin, who had spent Sat urday and Sunday with Mrs. Martin | and son. at Hotel Wilhelmina, on Rich Mountain, was here Monday | on his return to Hatfleld4 He re- ports that a good many summer visitors have been at Rich Mountain | 1 this season. tho the hotel is not | | fitted up to accommodate guests | only for light housekeeping. The Rev. R. F. Mallon and Mrs. | Mallon, arrived in Mena Thursday | afternoon from Detroit, Mich. Rev, | | Mallon comes to Mena to take | charge of the German Lutheran | church. He is a graduate of the | Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, | l having been a member of the class | of 1916 Mena is his first pastorate. |
 J. T. Pope, Mr and Mrs. Oscar | 1 Terry, Miss Jennie Terry. Marshall l Pope and Mr. and Mrs. ]. X. Good | man, who were here visiting at the | homes of MT. and Mrs. J. F, Averitt | and Mr. and Mrs John Bell, left last | Friday on the return trip to their | homes in Clarksville, Tex, They | are making the tour in automobiles. |
 Mr. and Mrs. w. ]. Lauck and | family were the recipients Friday | of. some fine fish sent from the lakes in Wisconsin, by Mrs. ] H. 1 Keith of Coffeyville Kas, who with | her family, is spending the summer in the north. The fish were caught | by Mrs. Keith, and among them was a muskellunge, weighing i5 l pounds.
 MT. and Mrs. Levi Wimberly were | in from Egger Thursday to call. on friends and to attend to matters of | business. this having been their first | trip to Mena since last April Mr | Wimberly reports that the first bale | of cotton of the 1916 crop in the Egg ger community was to be ginned | that afternoon at the w. M. Vim berly gin.
 4. J. Owens. son of Ben Owens. living west of Hatfield, spent Satur- day in Mena with his father | Mir. Owens is in the mercantile bus | mess in Kiowa, Ok. and he and Mrs Owens and children have been | spending week with Polk county | relatives and friends. Mrs. Owens is a daughter of the Rev s. A. Neighbors of Potter
 Miss Blanche Harper Easter Mount. Anna Casey and Bessie Roach and Messrs. Chas Grant | Ivan Rowe, Noy Blair and Howard | Payne, composed a party of young folks that spent Sunday at Cherry | Hill. attending the Holiness pro- tracted meeting and then spending the remainder of the day in an out ing on the Ouachita.
 Thos. Harris, Jrq of Ida, Ok. who with Mrs. Harris. is visiting his father at Hatfield, since returning from a visit to relatives in Newton | county. spent Friday and Saturday | with Mena friends. MT. Harris | made the trip from Ida to Hatfield | and Mena in his automobile, but he did not attempt to go to Newton county with the ear
 Dr. A. J. Robbins came in from Cameron, Ok, Thursday to spend week with Mrs. Robbins and Miss Ruth, and to enjoy the cool moun- tain hreezes and pure water. He reports that it has been almost un- Ia ~. 4f. se.