The Mena weekly star., 1916-09-28
Correspondence
a----=-s-- HATFIELD H0TSTUPH.

w J. Davis made buSlhess ttlp 10 smithvilie Saturday
 DnWse HarWell left sunday Tor hing- Hing Ok, on business.
 Cotton was golns at from t5.S5 col as95 in Hatheld Tuesday
 Ed Mershon has added stock or dry goods to hls grocery store.
 Mrs F F Balthrop Is much improved from a bad spell of sickness.
 Sherif Finger and hts deputy, Mir Bratcher, were in town on business
 Wat Beavers left sunday night for Cameron, Ok where he will enter
 Mr. and Mrs. T NJ Dover returned Tuesday from three days visit at Fort smith
 Erooeries and expects to be ready for business in good shape in a few days
 A farmer hargained with T. R. Bates Tuesday. for a culuvator, with the agreement to pay for it this fall in
 Arlie Nichols came home Friday from the Agricultural school at Magnolia, but will return when the malaria cpl .demic there has died out
 George pottorff writes to home folks that he Is located with Emery, Bird, Th4yer X Co. one Of the largest de- s,arfment stores in Kansas City
 Frank Lewis has purchased the Hen- try Finger farm just north Of town and fWill make it his future home instead of moving back to his farm on Six x-Mile.
 pr Johnson in gathering his corn Mondav found that some af his land made s6 bushels to the acre; only for Che dry weather it would have made 50 bushels or more
 Col Frank Rork made a shipment Of canned fruit Go AusieN. Nehr. Mir kork Is in receipt of several communications from northern buyers asking for pos tatoes and fruits of all kinds.
 Get your wood now Cut the longest sticks inches too short and haul about six more ricls than it takes to do you Then you will not run short in the spring during cold nights.
 Tue women of the w c. T. V held rally services at the NJ E. church Sun day at II a. m. Enthusiasm was weak as all the crowd was against whisky. It Is dangerous to talk favorable to whiskey around Hatfield. let alone
 Heiter Iltslepage and his wagon and team gave the following named girls 2 hay ride to pie supper at Gam Isula Martin Ethel Rouse. Novilla Lew is Johnnie Lfttlepage, luna Tender son and Agnes Littlepage. IL was a gay crowd and they all had fine time.
 The Lynn X Epperson Mining Co, of iBoyntoaL Ok, have opened up the old Ward mine 10 miles east of Hatfield They have put in 10 days work in 2 shaft 1885 feet deep and will be back the 10th of next month to resume work sregularly Hatfield will be their ship fping point
 fn the items for September i4 issue .G The Star the Hatfield correspondent wrote on both sides of his paper. He thas learned that printers of all kinds only read one side of manuscripts or news sheets. In this manner some in teresting news missed being published especially one Item dealing with tho ceotton market here this year
 ~ E- Allen and l. D. Henderson et- tended Federal court at Fort Smitl last week as grand Jurymen While there MT Henderson visited the pris' sesz % See what prohibition has dons 4Fea 4fN 4f safN T4a fouua nplV 2O nrfann CTS ia the Federal prison as compared NrcE quo at this time or year whef sltis0y was there There were ls pris' sfsatnrs in the county jail to it's former too when the town was wet.
 Gold has been discovered aroune Hatfield in great quantities And the farmers now are smoking good cigars wearing their hats on the back of thetl heads shaking hands With everybody and working the clerks in the stores fes3eath, But this gold Is being foune n cotton patches. and only farmers ars getung any benefit from it. Hundree r1ogiaf bales are putting people on theh geet
 Tom Stockton topped the cotton mar. ket in Hatfield Tuesday by bringinl an two bales that brought l5,9e whtcl fsas bought by II. F Bales. buyer foi Watkins Lumber & Mercantile Com oany This cotton was graded in the sseia and was free from all stains oi trash lt grew from the Mebane seed.
 Fred Rouse returned from Joplin
 
 stie4sed with Polk county. the gardei spot of the world
 Farmers now gathering corn say th' ears are little smaller this year thar asual but Hre very solid. firm and wei formed Cotton Is turning out good Fn fact all crops are much better thaf fhc most optimistic persons estimated Sne month ago, Polk county has uevel Fsad a crop failure. but why enumerat, all the good things of this county whef sl5ere are no vacant houses as It is sssan&e who come here seldom leav, and those who leave either come bacl er try it nwfullv hard
 The young mems club that meets al Che school building every Friday nigh Es up tree for a name that will sui its purpose and al the same time pleas, so many diversified minds. some wan to discuss prize fights and geology gthers want to argue on politics anf lreligion. and a few object to discuss my anything except good garden seet sand the latest styles of clothing. On' fesiow went so far one night as tt 1NauR 70 take up an hours time trytnl 4so explain te the crowd how to mak, a good colt mu9zle