The Mena weekly star., 1917-12-06


 Mr. and Mrs. o. L. Hampton re- turned Monday afternoon from Fort Smith, where they had been visit ing for a couple of weeks.
 Mrs. L. c. Aeruman and children returned to Texarkana Saturday, after spending Thanksgiving with Mrs, J. J. Mershon and family.
 Mrs. w. NJ. Darwin of Wickes spent Tuesday here to have dental work done and to visit her sisters, Misses Arizona and Leona Daniels.
 J. w. Dilbeck, J. B. Lilies and A. B.. and Ben Dilbeck of Big Fork were among the farmers here Tuesday, making the trip in J. w. Dilbeck's s auto.
 Miss Jennie Hume has been added to the sales force in the G. W. Petty store, to be on duty during the rush of business incident to the holiday season.
 MT. and Mrs. w. R. Loder and three children of Newton, Kas., vis- iting at the home of s. H. Kilbury near Potter, spent Tuesday with Mena friends.
 w. NJ. Lowery of the Bunch neighborhood near Wickes, was in Mena on Tuesday to market load of cotton bolls, selling to T. A. Allen at the. Mena gin.
 Arthur Quick, a ranchman of Wolfpoint, Mont. arrived in Mena Monday to spend a day or two in this vicinity Investigating fruit and truck growing conditions.
 I. A. Axelton left Sunday for Camp Pike to again take up work on the cantonment. He had employment there for several weeks during the fall at remunerative wages.
 Mr. and Mrs. A. c. Clark and son, formerly residents of Nunley, re- turned last Tuesday from Hom- iny, Ok, where they had been living for the last several months.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. H. DeLoach and children left Monday afternoon for their new home in Texarkana, where MT. DeLoach will look after the bookkeeping fer M. c. Trum- bull.
 W. |. Green of the Farmers and bank and J. T. Ward of Two Mile, left Monday for Antlers, Ok. in response to word of the crit ical illness of a relative.
 Roy Maltby arrived on Tuesday from Dilworth, Ok, to join Mrs. Maltby in visit with Polk county relatives. They are planning to start on the home trip the latter part of this week
 Mir. and Mrs. R. A. Brock, who lived for year near Board Camp, coming here from Texas. left on Tuesday on an overland trip to Spencerville, Ok, where they plan to make their home.
 R. A. Fegley, who came to Mena a short time ago from near Ardmore, Ok, has bought 40 acres of land To- cated west of Mena, and will become a resident of Polk county. The land was bought of w. P. Sunderman.
 The Rev. w. N. Crowson left on Monday afternoon to attend the Lit- tie Rock conference of the M. E church. South, which convenes in Philadelphia on Wednesday, He will make stops in Hope and Ashdown to visit his daughters.
 iMr. and Mrs J J.G. Goodner and children, who had beer in Mena for two weeks, having come from Jen- nings. Ok, where Nr G0odner had been employed in the oil fields, left this morning for Watson, Ok, where they are going to live on a farm.
 Mrs. Leland Agard and baby ar rived Monday from 0kmulgee, Ok, for an extended visit with MT. and Mrs. K. H. Copes, parents of Mrs Agard. They were accompanied by Miss Opal C0pes, who had been in 0kmulgee for the last three months.
 J. W. Edwards came in from Heavener Monday to spend few days with nena friends and to look after his property interests. MT. sold his dairy business last and has since established a grist mill. using f5-horsepower engine as motive power
 WinsOn Johnson, eldest son of NIT. and Mrs. J. A. Johnston. returned ts Mena Tuesday morning after being away since early last February. He came directly from Monroe county, AskapsAe the hs had been ia Tsxss, S1Dafs.a a4a EsssaS