The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-01

 He has improved considerably so that he was able to make the trip home without much difliculty.
 Mrs. Tom Nix left Wednesday for Muskogee where she will make her home.
 Mr. and Mrs. s. D. Cotton of Opal were in Mena Thursday to market cotton and to do shopping.
 w. F. Egger, one of the young farmers of the Egger community, was on the market Thursday with cotton.
 A. k. Garrich of Egger was in IMena last Saturday on his return from a visit with relatives near St. Joseph, Mo.
 Mrs. John Kirsch has been added to the sales force in the Fair Store, to be on duty during the rush of the fall trade.
 J. P. Eubanks, who recently came to Polk county from Anson, Tex, is trying to buy a carload of corn to be sent to Anson.
 Miss Carrie Drennon left Friday for Poteau, Ok, from whence she will go to Fort Smith where she will make her home with her brother
 F. NJ. Loneer, D. w. Cannon. w. A. Herren and Will Fitch of Coolidge, Tex, arrived in Mena last week to prospect in Polk county for loca- tions.
 Miss Julia Harmon, teacher of the Ransom school, returned last Satur- oay from a visit with relatives in McAlester, Atwood and other Okla homa points.
 G. w. Holmes of Abilene, Tex, was in Mena last week for visit with his cousin, J. w. Robertson, and also to prospect for a location.
 Mrs. Iva Thompson and little daughter returned last Saturday from Wilburton, 0k where she had been called on account of the death of her father, William Wehunt.
 Miss Dorothy Douglass and little nephew returned last Saturday from a trip of three months, which they had spent in New York, New Jersey, and other eastern states.
 The Rev. w. J. Dunman left on Wednesday for Little Rock to at tend the Confederate Veterans re- union as a representative of Pat Claiborne camp.
 Fred R. Freid, one of the National Army boys at Camp Pike, arrived in Mena last Saturday to spend a short furlough with homefolks and friends. He left on Sunday after noon to return to camp.
 F. H. Sapp of the Lochridge Dry Goods Company returned Wednes- day from St. Elmo, H.. where he had spent three weeks visiting with his parents and other relatives.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. w. Hewlett and family have moved in from Big Fork and are located on South See ond street Mr Hewlett is looking for a business opening in Mena
 Mrs. P. C. Rogers returned Tues day from Ritchie, Ok, where she had been at the bedside of her fath- CT for the last three weeks, proceed ing his death which occurred last Sunday.
 Luther Bolton, who is now man. ager of the Eagle Grocery Company in Heavener, spent Tuesday night in Mena greeting friends and looking after business for the grocery com pany.
 Mrs. R. E. McGann and little son left Thursday to join Mr. McCann in Fort Smith. Mr. McCann has been sick since going to Fort Smith and this week he was forced to take to his bed.
 Hugh Cherry, who had spent a couple of months in Paris, Tex. re- turned to Mena last Thursday anC will again take up his residence on his homestead near the Mountain Top farm
 w. NJ Tomlinson. who with his family recently returned to Polk county from Oklahoma, was in Mena Wednesday with w. X. Bailey lC close the deal for the purchase oi Mir. Bailey's farm.
 Miss Flossie Rogers left on Satur- day for Eaglelon. where she will spend Sunday with Miss Winnie Bates. Next week she will go tc Black Fork, where on a week from Monday she will begin teaching ir the Black Fork school.
 Miss Ona Anderson of the Oak Ridge district and w. A. Grilliih ol Hatfield were taking special exam ination Saturday for teachers h.