The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-08


 Dr. J. l. Philpot of Grannis snent Monday in Mena.
 sLevi Shaw of Grannis was a hns. iness visitor in Aena Monday.
 
 Math Parker from near Nnnlav was among the farmers in Nena on Monday.
 G. V. Conn, I. N. Turner and q NJ Leonard were among the farmers in from Egger Tuesday.
 B. H. and J. F. Morris of ona, were among the astsend farmers in Mona Monday and Tuesday.
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 Eli Turner was among the farraers inssMena Monday to pay taxes and look after ether business affairs
 Dr. w. c. Vandiyer reports inc birth of a girl Monday night to MT, and Mrs. Jack Blackwell at Yocana:
 Misses Myrtle and Bonnie Wood came in from Yocana Monday to spend few days with Mena rela- tives.
 l.. P. Puryis, Ben Goolsby and Mr and Mrs. NJ. B. Ellison were among the Board Camp folks in Mena on Tuesday.
 Mrs. Sarah Alexander went to Fort Smith last Saturday night for visit of two weeks or longer at the home of Mir. and Mrs. o. A. Alexander.
 Guy Hawthorne went to Heavener Monday to close some of his affairs connected with the dray business which he recently sold out.
 L. T. May of Big Fork was in Mena Tuesday to get load of freight for the G. B. Bates store. He was ac- companied on the trip by J. w. Bates.
 c. B Connally of Rocky was in Mena Monday to arrange for getting out new directory for the Rocky Mena Telephone Company, of which he is the secretary.
 Frank Sims on Monday bought 24 head of mules, which were brought to Mena from Oklahoma by J. A. Reed of Hot Springs, and before the close of the day he had sold I4 head of the bunch.
 James Ward, uncle of Mrs. Ma rion Wimberly, spent Monday and Tuesday at the Wimberly home while enroute from Dierks to Colo rad0 points. He left Tuesday for his western trip.
 Mrs. Levi pigg and children and mother, Mrs. T. R. Bates of Hatfield, left last Monday for a visit of two weeks at the home of Mrs. ]. But Ter, daughter of Mrs. Bates. lNing in Quinton, Ok.
 Mir. and Mrs. S. J. King, who had been conducting a boarding house for the Major Slave company west of Mena for the last year and a half, have given up the work and have moved back to town.
 I. A. Henderson of Hatfield was a business visitor in Mena Monday He was accompanied on the home trip by his daughter, Miss Johnnie, who had been at work in the office of Circuit Clerk w. l.. Parker.
 
 D. K. Webb left Monday afternoon for Wickes, from whence he will go to Dierks, where he plans to open a retail Temp-Brew business. He ex- poets to be ready for business at the time of the lot sale to be held next month.
 Dr. A. w. Rice of DeQueen. veter- marian in charge of tick eradication in this district, spent Monday here. He was accompanied by Dr. H. R. Getz of Washington, D. C., who will be assoelated with him in the tick eradication movement.
 Mir. and Mrs. Louis Gore and chil- dren returned last Monday from Henrietta, Ok, where Mr Gore had been employed at his trade of ear- penter since early last fall, and where he was joined last winter by Mrs. Gore and the children.
 Walter Brumley from near Nun ley was on the market Tuesday with a bale of cotton which he had saved to sell at taxpaying time, but he realized that the difference in price which he received and that which he might have secured last winter would more than have paid his taxes
 J. T. Dempsey. who came from Camden Sunday to spent short time with homefolks on account of the illness of some of the children, re- turned to Camden Monday evening He reports that the wholesale Temp Brew business in which he is en- gagged in opening much better than he anticipated.
 Mrs. w. J. Stratton came from Windsor, Mo. to join her husband who came to Mena about two weeks ago to take an interest in the Kelly Stratton Company. Mir. and Mrs Stratton's household goods arrived Monday, and they moved Tuesday into the cottage at POI Tenth street,