The Mena weekly star., 1917-04-26

W. 1. Mckinney, who had been here from Hazel, Ok, and had gone to Heavener last week, returned to Mena Saturday.
 C. B. Connally came in from Rocky Wednesday to attend court, being interested in the hearing of the ease of State vs. w. l.. Parker. Mrs. Hardie Jones of Owens Chap el came to Mena early Wednesday, with her daughter, Miss Dessie, who is attending normal this week. Sam Gray of Mountain Fork spent part of this week in Mena to at tend court as a spectator and also as witness in the case of State vs. Andy Self.
 J. E. Joplin of Wickes spent Wednesday in Mena looking after business matters, and incidentally getting lined up on proceedings in Circuit court.
 B. Sandlin, deputy sheriff of Cove, is in Mena this week to assist the sheriff's force in summoning spe- cial jurors and in serving other pro- cesses of the court.
 w. F. Hunt of Hatton was in Mena Tuesday to make final proof of his homestead entry before County Clerk Will Alexander. D. Hoyle and E. l.. Henson came with him as wit nesses.
 J. w. Dawley and Ben c. Eastin, president and secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Hugo. Ok. left for home Tuesday, after spend ing several days looking over Polk county and Mena.
 w. B. Barton came from Fort Smith Wednesday to go from here to WOmble to attend stockholders meeting of the Black Springs Lum- Der Company He was met here by 70. B. Witherspoon of Cove.
 Tom J. Wilbanks, who had spent most of last week in Mena to attend the hearing of the civil cases in the Circuit court, returned from Gran his Sunday night to be here during the trial of the criminal cases.
 N. F. Bales, who returned to Mena last week from Little Rock where he had been taking treatment at the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases, went to Hatfield last Monday to spend week at the home of his son, Merton.
 G. c. Golf, 0. B. Witherspoon, Fred Gray. Duley Barton, of Cove, c. l.. Coler of Wiel1es, John Oliver of Potter and Ode Turner of Rocky were among the out-of-town people who were summoned as special ju- TOTS, reporting for duty Wednesday morning.
 Ray Snyder, who lives in Parsons, Kas, and is visiting at the home of his uncle, w. J. Ruark, in Hatfield, spent Tuesday in Mena. Mir. Shy der's parents used to live on a farm near Hatfield. They still own the place, and are planning to come back to Polk county.
 l.. H. Johnson of Hatfield came to Mena Monday to appear in Circuit court on behalf of the Bank of Hat field in the cases against Jim and Richard Johnson. Simon Bean and Paul White of Smithville came in. with him, and had also been sug- poenaed as witness in the same cases.
 Mrs. J. L. Holt, president of the Rebekah State Assembly, left Tues day to visit the lodges at Cove, Grannis and DeQueen, and at the latter place she will attend the Dis trict convention, which is to be held Friday She will later go to Texar- kama. expecting to return to Mena the first of next week.
 Miss Carol Patton, who had been. employed as saleslady in Nails Book Store. left Wednesday, for, Atlanta, Tex, where she will take up the work of canvassing for the introduction of Biblical publication. She will be associated in the work with Miss Mayne Moore, who spent several weeks in Mena last fall in the interest of the publication.
 Will Steel came from Texarkana Sunday to be in Mena Monday for the meeting of the Democratic Con- gressiona! committee which was held to canvass the returns of the primary election held April fl, for the nomination of candidates for the election of delegates to the constitu- tional convention. The general elec- tion for this purpose wilitbe held on June 26, and the Constitutional con-. vention will convene November i9.
 Mrs. w. F. Holt left last Tuesday for Philadelphia where on Friday night and Saturday afternoon, her daughter, Miss Kathleen, will give her senior recital in expression and music. Mrs Holt stopped in Tex arkana to spend the night with her