The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18

C. W. Sawyer of Cove was in Mtna Thursday trading with our merchants.
 c. E. Connally of Rocky was among the farmers marketing cotton in Mena Wednesday.
 A son was born last Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Will Anderson. living at iiO5 Hornbeck avenue.
 Mr. and Mrs. c. C. White of Clagett spent Thursday in Mena buying furniture and other supplies.
 II. D. Mildfelt of Clay Center. Kas.. spent last week in Mena at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mildfelt.
 R. E. Urquhart, after several days in Texas to look after his oil interests, has returned to Mena.
 k. M steward, l.. C. Tipton, and 0. J. Plunkett of Baker Springs were in Mena Wednesday to get supplies.
 Mr. and Mrs. Cling Bates and chil- dren left Saturday for Muskogee, Ok, where Mir. Bates has employ ment.
 Tom J. Wilbanks, who has a Vaca- tion of month as teacher in the Ozark school, is spending this week in Mena to attNnd court
 Mrs. L. s. Watson was called to Westyille, Ok, Sunday morning on account of the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Clyde Jones.
 Ford Younce, thru the Kelly Stratton Company. lats week pur- chased the J. D. Holman suburban home located southwest of Mena.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. Colbert and daughter, Miss Hattie, who had been in Mena for several weeks, left Mon day for their home in Texarkana.
 Mrs. A. J. Robbins left lats Mon day for Savannah, Ok where she will join her daughter, Miss Ruth, who is employed in the Savannah schools.
 Mrs. W. D. Welch left Thursday last for Kings Spur, where she will join MT. Welch, who had been there for some time looking after his saw mill business.
 C. M. Jackson, son of the Rev. M c. Jackson and Mrs. Jackson. of this city, arrived Sunday from Stamps, Ark, to spend some time prospect ing for location in Polk county.
 MT. and Mrs. c. H. Reed of Quincy, H., arrived in Mena Sunday with the expectation of becoming residents of Polk county. They are at the home of Mir. and Mrs. J. w. Thacher.
 Joe Emerson has been carrying the mail for the last week on Route No. g. taking the place of Walter IMcGeOrge, the regular carrier, who has been confined to his home by illness.
 
 Mrs. w. c. B. Allen of Acorn did her bit last Saturday in raising funds for the war library. After tag ging every one she saw in Acorn, she came to Mena to assist in the tag day efforts.
 Mrs. Merle Edwards of Port Ar thur, who had been visiting with Mrs. F. J. Rosback, mother of Mrs. Edwards, left Saturday for visit with MT. and Mrs. J. w. Edwards in Heavener.
 ]. w. Compton came from Hora- tio Sunday to be here for the ses- sion of Circuit court to prosecute an appeal from the justice of the peace court against the Brown ln- ternational shows.
 The Rev. T. NJ. Hollingsworth and son and daughter, MT. and Mrs. Fred Hollingsworth of Watson, Ok were in Mena last week to buy furni- ture and home equipment to fit up the young folks for housekeeping.
 F. B. Ashmore came from Jones' boro Saturday to be on hand Mon day to respond to the summons to to jury duty. He was excused, how ever, for the reason that he is no longer a resident of Polk county. R. E. McCann left last Monday | for Fort Smith, where he will take over the business of the Redner Photo Company, which he pur- chased last week. He will be joined later in the week by Mrs. McCann and son.
 Dr. J. c. Hilton of this city and Dr. | D. w. Connally of Hatfield, secre- tary and president respectively of the Polk County Medical Association, left Sunday for Kansas City to at tend the meeting of the Southwest ern Medical Association.
 F. NJ. Reeves of the postoffice force took part of his vacation last week, tho he will reserve five days luntil the fishing season next spring He went to DeQueen to attend Chan cery eoutr, being interested in some cases that are coming up for trial. | C. w. Knight began work Monday afternoon on overhauling the Tobin building. 606 Mena street, now the nronartv of C Davis of Snring-