The Mena weekly star., 1916-10-19
ACORN.

Mrs. G. R. Hale IS having the house all nicely papered this week.
 The Literary at Holly Springs last Saturday night was we'll attended. A. H. Frederick of Corinth made a business trip to Eagleton Monday.
 Will Tucker and family of Mena,
 were Sunday guests of J. $. Tucker and family.
 w. C. B. Allen was quite sick early in the week. Dr. Watkins was I'ealled to attend him.
 Mir. and Mrs. Manuel Black and children moved last week to Will Fuckers farm near Mena.
 The Garland family entertained their friends at musical social at their home last Friday night Rev. J. H. Huston and Mrs. Illus ton were dinner guests at the D. l.. | Holiday home on Sunday last. Gene Anderson and son, Homer, returned on Saturday from Waldron, where they have been at work. Sweet potatoes are being dug now, and there are reports of nice ones, tho the crop was cut short by
 dry weather.
 1 Rev. F. Nj. Whitaker will conduct | a meeting at Divers Chapel next Sunday, October g, at fl o'clock, immediately following the Sunday school
 A large delegation from C0rinth will attend the conference of the
 Arkansas district of the Nazarene church. to be held at Mena, begin ming on November 8.
 We are told that work will soon begin on the dipping vat, which, by
 the way, will be built on the Hardie Jones farm. T. D. Reid was in Mena
 on Monday getting cement and other materials.
 Roses, roses. Arkansas roses. So
 many have them, but one of the prettiest displays of red roses is in the yard Of Mrs. c. w. Wiles of Cor
 inth, where they are blooming in lprofusion.
 Mrs. T. D. Reid accompanied by her daughter, Miss Maude, and son, Willard, went to Womble on Tues day of last week, where they are guests of Mrs. Reid's sister Mrs. Delana Kent
 Joe Garland has an acre and a half of Irish potatoes which promise well. He is building a storehouse,
 of logs. in which he plans to store his potatoes and any other crops
 which he may have.
 Those who are so fortunate as to
 have late tomatoes are getting the cream of the crop The late to- matoes are the ripest, reddest and finest favored of all, and best of all there ara no snmhilrnad ones
 Mir. and Mrs. Sorrels, who for the past year, have lived on the :.
 II. Golden farm. at Gorinth, moved
 Co Mena last week. Their friends came m on Thursday evening, and 1 held a song service as a farewell.
 The singing class at Corinth meets
 every "Wednesday night with Will
 liam Fleming as leader, and has a good attendance. The class Is planning to attend the singing con- lNention al Shady Grove next Satur- day and Sunday.
 c, R. Hale is among the ranks Of sorghum makers. and has a mill on his farm at Holly Springs, where
 Homer Evans resides. MT. Hale has quite an acreage of cane on his
 farm which is turning out well. Be- sides making up his own cane. Mr. AAuAt 3o NtAtlE CuSlVAn MbAR Rt Rev. J H. Huston gave d farewell sermon last Sunday at Corlnth. and a business session was held after the regular services. Rev Huston goes Co pastorate at Waldron, and Rev. Hiekerson of Parks. takes his place here. and will conduct a meeting in
 the Nazarene church at C0rinth, if
 no changes are made, on the third Sunday in November.
 B. :. PetefiSh returned last week from Virginia and other points in Illinois, where he had spent two
 weeks. He reports q pleasant visit, land says he heard complimentary mention of the Polk County 'Possum Club all along the line. Jack Owens our successful young farmer. living on the old Owens homestead. has between thirty and forty bushels of sweet potatoes from one-f0urth acre. and they arc nice potatoes too. He has gathered his corn. and has 250 bushels of good heavy ears, and some of 1t will be fed to the tQ head of hogs. owned by him Jack Owens might we'll serve as m example for many. as he finds n0 handicap to his efforts Teddy
 Russell, a Mena boy. has been his