The Mena weekly star., 1916-10-19
PERSONAL NOTES

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 A; H. Heiss pf lnk attended to business in Meila Monday. Y
 J. 4. Wilhite of Nunley is in Mena tc help oht in the Averitt store dur- tlng t1e rush of fall trade.
 MISS Mary Harman left Tuesday alt,esEnoonftor Shreveport. where she Will be until Christmas at the home oi Mir. and Mrs. E. I. Harmang Grant c. Billings came from De- queen Tuesday to attend diretit lcourt being interested as attornav Tn some of the pending cases.
 Henry Maxwell came in from Rig Fork Tuesday evening with a bale ol cotton weighing over 600 pounds Tor which he received l7.75c per pound. VI
 A son was born Tuesday to Mir the C. G. Raff residence on stilweii Heights. Dr. l.. B. Gunnels was in attendance.
 Mss Rhoda Everett came from DeQueen Tuesday afternoon to he the guest of Mr. and Mrs. w. F. An derson and other Mena friends for several days.
 N. I. Doyle, who had spent about ten days in Polk and Montgomery counties, visiting relatives and friends, left Wednesday for home in Weatherford. Ok.
 C. A. Neder of Fort Smith. district manager of the Southwestern Tele- phone and Telegraph Company. was m Mena "Wednesday visiting Local Manager H. w. Roberts.
 Tom Philpot arrived Tuesday aft ernoon from Childress, Tex. for visit at the home of Dr. and Mrs. W. ". Philpot in Mena and with rela- tlVes Tn the Egger community.
 R; J. Abernathy of Big Fork Sam Hickey of Oden and J. B. Widener of Alder are among the east end farm- CTS In Mena Wednesday to get sup piIes and look after business.
 Prof. J. N. Fair, who taught the Opal school during the last term. was in Mena Wednesday to leave for Soper Ok, where he will teach a country school during the winter term.
 Mrs. F. C. Baldridge, who came to Mena last week to place her son. Leon, III the Mena schools and to be at the home of her parents. Mir. and Mrs. N. W. Eddy, left Tuesday Tor her home in Veda Ok.
 R. E. Daily, station agent for the kansas City Southern railway in Hatfield. wer in Mena "Wednesday to attend Circuit court as a witness in the ease of c. E. Sorrels vs. The K. (. :. Railway Company.
 7. R. Davis and James Jackson of BLACK Fork were among the farm CTS detained in Mena "Wednesday on account of rain. They brought in cotton, but. had to hold it in the wagon yard until the rain slacked up.
 MT. and Mrs. ]. II. Sorrel. who came from Texas about a year ago and have since lived on a farm in the Holly Springs neighbOrhood. have traded the farm for city prop erty and have moved to town. Their new home is on Hornbeck avenue.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. B. Cook of Kan sas City spent Wednesday, here. Mir. Cook is the claim agent of the Kan sas City Southern Railway Company and was here on official business. while Mrs. Cook was the guest of Mrs. J. T. Magruder and other Mena friends.
 Mrs. Mary Howard, mother of Mrs. R. H. Nall, arrived Tuesday after noon from Belleville, III, where she had been in the st. Elizabeth hos pital for several months. Mrs. How ard had so fully recovered that she made the trip to Mena with little discomfort.
 Dale Cunningham, who has been with the Reynolds-Dayis Grocery Comr eny for almost four years, during which time he has been em- ployod in the warehouse, has been advanced to the position of travel ing salesman, taking the place of Hugh Stapp. who gave up the work last Saturday.
 Mr. and Mrs. w. J. Manning and granddaughters, Murial and Wini- fred Manning, who had been guests at the home of Mir. and Mrs. D. Nj. Watkins and Mir. and Mrs. w. E. Watkins, left Monday for visit to old home in Birmingham, Ala. Mrs. l Manning and Mrs. A. c. Watkins, 1 mother of D. NJ. and w. E. Watkins, | are sisters.
 The Payne & Horner Real Estate Agency this week sold the J. M O'Bar property on Eagle Gap ave- nue to J. A. Davis. MT. 0'Bar, who lives in Fort Smith. had only just recently bought this property from D. V. Dudley. Messrs. Payne X Horner were also interested in sell ing 80 acres of the A. N. Pirtle estate to the Rev w. l.. Smith.
 Judge J. T. Bowling and prosecut- ing Attorney Abe Collins had justl closed an adjourned term of Cir-.l cult Court in Howard county, when they came to hold the Polk Circuit Court. The session last Saturday night had lasted until midnight. the l final trial being murder case inI which Mr. and Mrs. John Smith were found guilty of murdering c. $. Led ford.