The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-27
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ACORN.
 Mrs. 4. c. Bare and son. James, of Kansas City, kas., who. for the past three weeks have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. $. Peteilsh. par ents of Mrs. Bare, will return this week Co their home in Kansas City They will stop at Heavener for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Harry petefish
 Rev. M. Y Whitaker preached 8 good sermon Co e large and appre~ ciatiye audience at owens Chapel last Sunday. His next appointment will be on the fourth Sunday in~4A 4Au- gust
 A letter from Mrs. w. N. Starbuck tells of her safe arrival at Harold $. D., where she was met by her daughter, Mrs. R. c. kinyon and family, with their nice new auto and driven sixteen miles to their home at Arn0tt, where they are sue- ceeding admirably in the operation spent many years of here early life different points of interest, while tAELC- NIL 0Alu o. lAs tQs 1AlllJ OAA were former residents of Acorn. Grandma Evans and Mrs. Edna ! Hughes and son, Clarence, were Sat- urday guests at the B. s. peteflsh l home.
 A fine new piano is the latest ac- quisiti0n at the home of NIT. and Mrs. Hardie Jones, on Crow Peak l Farm
 Miss Carrie Brewer spent the weekend with her parents at De- Queen.
 Floyd payton. son of Mir. and Mrs. John payton, has been seriously ill. Ben Owens, an old time resident here. passed thru Acorn, on Monday, returning to his home at Beach. Ok, from Poteau. where he had trans acted business. He expected to vis- 1 1t with relatives at Owens Chapel 1 and Mena.
 l Ice cream socials have been re- cent enjoyable social events, at the Thad Reid and Hardie Jones homes. Miss Ora Tucker, of Mena, is spending the week with her uncle, U. D. Tucker and family. i Mrs G. R. Hale and Mrs. Sam Whisenhunt went to Union Grove l on Sunday last, to visit with Mir. and
 Mrs. John Burnett and family. and l especially to see Miss Myrtle Bur-
 nett. who has been very ill for a
 long time. and who does not improve l greatly.
 George Alstatt, who has one of the incest orchards in the country, was at Acorn Monday. doing some plow-
 ing for Henry Alstatt. and attending l lO business. He reports a good croI Idf nearly all varieties of apples.
 Harris and Robson cattlemen ! rounded up their cattle here or
 Monday. One hundred and one head were driven to Mena, for shipment ] to Haileyville, Ok, having been solt to parties at that place. The bal ance of the herd will be placed or
 the range in Scott county
 B $. Petetish returned from De-
 Queen. on Sunday, after 2 short wis
 it there with Mr and Mrs. T. T
 Heaslett and son.
 Mrs. L Harris of Eaglet0n Wal an Acorn visitor on Monday. last
 Mir. and Mrs. Tom Ctlx and daugh- ters, Annie and Addie, of Mprla, were , weekend visitors at the home of MT [ and Mrs Melvin Gillaspy. Mrs. J. T. Bogard. and sons. BuI . and John and daughter, Miss Mary ] of Foreman. and Mir. and Mrs. Dall Cunningham of Mena, have all beer l recent guests at the home of MT and Mrs J D Tucker. ' Mrs Y T Heasett and son, re- , turned to their home at De0ueeu : last week. after 8 visit at the h0mi
 of Mr and Mrs. B. s, petetlsh, heI parents.
 Misses Maude and Anna Reid ant Messrs. John Harper and C!ydl , Rowe, were Sunday guests of Mir and Mrs. Hunter Fleming
 Mrs. J. c. Garland and children , spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs ] E. c. Anderson.
 Edith Thorson, daughter of Mir , and Mrs. Ollie Thorson. and abou nine years old. was bitten on tn, foot. by some kind of a snake. as sh, was going 10 school last Thursday ] Prompt attention probably saved
 her great suffering. and at last re. , norris she was racnVarin0 from thl l Injury.
 Most farmers who have not all
 ready planted their late potatoes l are doing so this week. The Bliss seems to be the preferred variety
 for late crop, altho J. n. Tucker k
 going to try some of those famou, 1 Southern late potatoes the Lookout l Mountain Potatoes have been a I splendid crop this year, in nearly all instances. Joe Garland had one hundred seventy-flye bushels from an acre and a half of ground Fred R. Kinney, on a plot of ground. ten land nine-tenths rods in length. and two and one-third rods in width dug thirty two bushels of Burbank and Peerless potatoes, and no con- l mercial fertilizer was used. Please figure the yield per acre at that rate land open your eyes
 Mir. and Mrs. Peter McWiIliam re- port ripe watermelons at the Golden i Acres ranch.