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The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-26
Choice Tomatoes Sell Well.

Claude Clarke of the Dallas Val ley was in Mena Saturday to make a shipment of tomatoes from his acre patch. Last week he shipped out 36 crates for which he received an average price of $i23 per crate, which he considers a good price, amounting to s3.69 per bushel. His shipments this week have amounted to g crates He is exercising great care in the selection and packing of his product, which doubtless has much to do with the good price he is getting.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-26

n N~N " was iiiH1oslAtt " bt III the fields, therefore his vacation trip.
 MT and Mrs. A. V. pirtle returned "Wednesday from Oden, where they had spent ten days at the home of Mrs. Pirtle's parents.
 A 9-pound daughter was born at 8 o'clock Friday night to MT. and Mrs. Frank Embry of Ink. Dr. w. c. Nandiyer was in attendance.
 
 Miss Johnnie Gibson of the Bos- ton Store. left Sunday for a vacation of three weeks, which she will spend at her home in Hatfield.
 Aubrey Givens of Cove spent Sat urday in Mena. He is among the Polk county young men to be called un- der the selective draft for the first examination.
 Dell Templeton and Jake Lott of Ida. Ok, former residents of Polk county, arrived in Mcna Satur- day to visit relatives and old neigh bors i'll the Nocana community
 The Polk County Musical Conven- ton will meet with the Hatfield class on Friday August 3. All lov- CTS of music are invited to attend.
 Marvin Hilton of Nunley returned last Saturday from Camargo, Ok. where he had spent three weeks vis- iting at the home of his sister, Mrs. Fannie Isom.
 Mrs. A. H. Scoggin and son, Wes- son, left last Saturday for Conroe, Tex, for an extended visit at the home of Judge J. NJ. L. pirtle and Mrs. pirtle, parents of Mrs. Scoggin.
 Mrs. C. M Kelley, sister of Mrs. D. NJ. Watkins, accompanied by her son, Master Victor. arrived Friday from Sulphur Springs, Ark, for a visit of week or longer at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Watkins.
 Jack Connally and son. JeG, of Rocky were among the farmers in Mena Saturday. Mir. Connally had not been in town since February, giving as his very valid excuse. that he has been busy all of the time making a crop.
 Mrs. G. A. Hearst and baby, who had spent three weeks with Mena relatives and friends, left Satur- day for their home in Fayetteville. They were accompanied by Miss AZalee HudginS, who will make an extended visit in the university town.
 NJ. D. Winton was in from Rocky Saturday. He has just returned from Talihina and says good rains have covered all the territory that far west. He says, further, that he never saw a country coming to the front so fast, and sees the improved roads as the chief cause.
 J. w. Bratcher, having noted the story about the large beet brought to The Star office by Bob Edwards, goes him several points better by bringing in one which weighs pounds and ounces, and he says that is just a fair sample of many that he has grown in his garden this year.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-26
iieAinai iYest nf Town.

There will be revival meeting begun Sunday. July 29, on the Horn farm located 3h miles west of Mena. The meeting will be held all day Sunday, with big basket dinner. Everyone is cordially invited The services will be in charge of the Rev. w. F Cunningham
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-26
---------o-----~ - FLIES NEVER BOTHER.

Tn the summer flies worry an an imal Get bottle of Farris' Healing Remedy-costs but 50c-makes a pint worth S2.O0. Apply it to the wound. Flies will not bother 1t. Get it today. You may need it to- morrow. We sell it. Thacker Gro- cery C0.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-26

Do you get up al night2 Sanol is surely the best for all kidney or bladder troubles. Sanol gives relief in 2i hours from all hackaehe and bladder troubles Sanol is q ellar- anteed remedy 35c and sle0 | bot tle at the drug store Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-26
Cove Bows in Forestry Division.

Francis Patrick Rork and Haskell Sturgeon Young of Cove were m Mena Friday to make application for enlistment in ihe Forest Regiment. They were given a preliminary pily- sieal examination by Dr E. H. Hawk ins and the applications were then semi to the recruiting station in Fort %ut5lh
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-26

Many Star readers will remember Mir. Grain, who for several years was cashier of the Merchants Bank al VanderYoort.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-26
To Cure . Cold ln One Day

Take LAXATIVE BRosfO Quinine. Ii stops The Cough and Headache and works off the Cold Druggists refund money if # fails sc cure.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-26
rA. nulnlna rhat noss Not Affnct Ths Elaad

p~cause of it's tonic and laxative effect. I..AxA- TIVE PROMO QUfNINE IS better than ofuinefy ns,{rioe and does not cause nervousness nor eiariro in head Remember ihe fail 1erne and tesk tsr The signature of F. ". GROVE. ase.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-26

George Lunsford, who has been living near Cerroeord0. Ark. during the lasl two years arrived in Mena Saturday morning to spend a couple of days with his father, D Iunsford
 and other relatives in the Ing neigh borhood He reports thaS his crops are in splendid condition, but that the rains have been SO excessive this
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15
INDIANS HOLDING THEIR OWN
Remarkable Change Effected in Race
Within the Memory of Men Who
Are Not Old.

Not such a great while ago, people
who lived on the far side of the Mis-
souri, river read the works of Cooper
as humor. He gave the Indian an
air of dignity, high standing for
honor, even an aspect of industry.
Trans Missouri settlers knew In
dams. They came in contact with
them. Cooper's concept seemed so
different from reality that, with no
effort at all, the reader could make
himself believe he was reading satire.
Now of all the changes which time
has wrought in the plains and noun
tain country none is more marvellous
than the alteration of opinion on the
subject Of Indians. The aborigines
have actually come into a new world
as regards the white mems attitude
toward them. 1t is no longer consid-
cred a worthy simile to speak Of the
town loafcr as being cas- lazy as an
Injun." 1t is no longer the right and
proper thing, to be encouraged by the
best citizens, to skin Indians at bar
ter, to reduce them to a nakedness
by trickery. Today, it is a crime to
kill an Indian. There are men who
have not yet reached the stage Of
grandparentage who remember when
the slaughter of Indians was
virtue.
This great transformation has
been brought about by the Indians
themselves. They have bettered their
living conditions. They have ac-
quired education. Thirty per cent
Of all the Indians in the country talk
the English language Even more Of
them wear the white mans clothes,
As property owners, they are TO be
cuyicd As workers ID thn teld. rail-
road lahorcrs, storcAocu.rs. Office
holders. lawyers and capitalists, Jloy
hold their oun.-Toledo Blade.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15
SEEKS MORE FOOD FROM SEA
Whales, Sea Cows, and WaIrus-
Said to Be Palatabe.

An ever-resourceful commoner,
seized with a realization that three
fourths of the surface of the earth is
water and practically waste, as far
as production of varieties of diet are
concerned, believes that the man.
mails Of the sea are worthy of cultiva-
ton as food, says the Popular
Science Monthly.
1t is estimated that the meat Of
one 60-foot whale, for instance, is
equal to that of 70 head of cattle and
tastes like choicest beefsteak in flavor
when properly prepared.
Other marine mammals which are
good for food as well as for CONNER
cial purposes are the seal, the wal
rus, the dugong and the sea COW. The
dugong has always been priced for
food by Asiatics, Africans and Aus
tralians, and the sea COW, formerly
found in the waters Of the Bering
sea, were so noted for the palatable-
ness of its flesh, its size and for its
gentle fearlessness of man that il
has been almost entirely exterminat,
Ell through mans greed.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15
BABYLON HAD LIQUOR LAWS.

Saloonkeepers seem to have been
under restriction in the days of
Hammurabi, king of Babylon, as in
ours. of the wine seller overcharged
her customer, or sold the drink in
too small a Measure" the law set out
that she should be called to account,
"and they shall throw her into the
water" According to the reading Of
the statute, the English and CONT
mental custom of having barmaids
instead of barmen seems to have pre-
vailed. The wine seller was also held
liable if outlaws collected in her
house, and she did not arrest them
and bring them to the palace. While
the business of wine selling was REQ
ognized, it was evidently regarded
as unsuitable for some classes. The
law said, of a priestess who is not
living in a NAL gea (convent) open
a wine shop, or enter a wine shop
for a drink, they shall burn that
oman."-Case and Comment.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15
f0RCED TO CALL A HALT
Swiss Postal Authorities Found Them.
selves Swamped by Correspondence
of Prisoners of War.

The Berner Bund of November q
announces that the Swiss postal au-
Jhorities have fixed the number of
letters or packages that may be sent
abroad free at ten a month for each
prisoner, and that no picture post
cards will be sent without the regu-
lar postage being paid. No restric-
lion is placed upon the number of
letters and cards that the prisoners
may receive from abroad, or may ex-
change among themselves within the
borders of the republic
In explaining the reasons for this
limitation, the Swiss newspapers
point out that as a result of the Swiss
governments Hberality in handling
mail free, letter writing and the
sending OF picture postcards had be-
come almost a mania among the m
termed men, and that some of them
had sent out as many as 5 or 20 let
tiers and so postcards i'll a single day.
The official report of the Swiss
post Office shows that during the
month of October the average num-
Der Of letters and cards forwarded by
Switzerland for prisoners in the vari-
Gus belligerent countries was 327,-
591, while the daily average for pack
ages was 1862, and for money or
ders $3.50. Since the beginning of
the war the Swiss post office has for
warded 1S1, us, 44O letters and cards
to prisoners of war, as well as 81
270,195 packages and 5,532, 617
money orders, to the value Of $15,-
39755o. By fast freight and the
mails Switzerland has forwarded g.
199,031 shi pments of food supplies
to French, British and Russian pris-
oners held in Germany, with total
weight Of 6,133 tons.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15

MUSIC TEACHING Piano lessons
by Evan Thomas Roberts, an
violin lessons by Herbert Stanley
Roberts, 72 North Main street, Lam
bertville, N. j: Bell Phone 151R5.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15

DRESSMAKING Plaina and fashion
able dressmaking wanted, at my
home. Experienced. Mrs. W. L.
Scott, Lahaska, Pa. Bell Phone 55R5
Buckingham.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15

REAL ESTATE TO EXCHANGE
Desirable properties and lands in
and around Trenton, and in Burling-
ton and Camden counties, to ex-
change for lands or properties in
and around Lambertville and New
Hope. All offers treated confidential
Theodore G. Kitchin, Lambertville
or New Hope; Bell Phone 106.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15

REAL ESTATE Four family dwell
ings, in Elizabeths yearly rents
$3.50. Price $4,000. Will exchange
for Farm, Krautwurst, 209 Pine St
Elizabeth, N. j.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15
man. y

but they generally manage to get
the car from off him"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15
DOES THE WORK.

"Have you knocker outside your
door,"
"No, but l don't miss it. I have
a husband inside"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15
OWES 1T TO GRATITUDE.

'You ought to do something for
that cold"
'What! After the way it has treat
ed mc?"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15
SAFE PLACE FOR FAITH.

Put your faith where it will be
safe; and the only place where
faith ever can be safe is in the shrine
of an action.-Phillips Brooks.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15
MAYBE so.

''Wombat writes such kindly
novels"
lie must use that sympathetic
ink"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15
THEIR TRANSIT.

GLOW quickly objects pass from
eye to eye"
'Do you do it on the bridge of the
use ?"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15

'Why are you so set on having a
COW and few chickens?"
"To satisfy the summer boarders.
They expect EN- after seeing these
BARNARD PLAYS"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-03-15

MUSICAL STUDENTS WANTED
Students in instrumental music are
desired, on piano or organ. Please
advise H. Kathleen VanPeIt, New
Hope, Pa.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17
MISTRIAL IN MGILL TRIAL.
Jury Fails to Agree I'm Action Against
Florence Men Accused of Assault.
ing Teacher.

Florence. Oct. 12.-The case against
IT, E. Connor and G. L. Oliver. the
Cartersville men charged with assault
and battery with intent to kill upon
the person Of F.. T. McGin, who was
teaching school in Cartersville at the
time the difficulty occurred, result
ed In a mistrial. The jury was out
three hours and being unable to
reach an agreement two hours after
they retired, the jurylnen asked for
the complete evidence in the case.
Judge Wilson stated it was impossible
to try the case over again, and the
foreman then asked for the elements
constituting self-defense. Judge Will
son explained these clearly and def
nifty. The court room has been
crowded all day. Attorneys for the
defense put the plea Of self-defense.
The troble occurred in Cartersyille
last February, Connor and Oliver hav-
ing accused the school teacher of
using undue violence in furnishing
their children. The three men were
brought together at tho postoffice at
night and a discussion of the matter
there resulted in Mr.. McGill being
fearfully cut about the face. Connor
was twice knocked down and Oliver is
accused Of having jumped on Nc
Gill when he had Connor down. Nc
Gill was brought to Florence. where
his wounds were treated and the sew
cred arteries tied. 1t was the opinion
OF DR.. Mcmillan. who was Mr.. Nc
Gilrs attending physician, that the
wounds might have proved fatal had
they not received skillful and prompt
attention. At the time Of the trouble
Connor was magistrate of Carters-
vile. He still holds the Office
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17
LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN.
treasury Officials Hope That Today
Will be Red Letter Day.

washington. Oct 13.-Treasury Off
Gals hope that this will DC a Liberty
Loan red letter day in response to
appeals urging that have been sent to
all local chairmen as the result OF
the slow progress Of the sale thus far.
Although reports are far from COM
plete officials are not optimistic over
'he showing. Reports show that
treeks and Italians are among tn
most enthusiastic purchasers in Chi
cago' Buying bonds for babies Is be-
coming popular.
treasury department issued loan
statement saying reports from Atlanta
district showed unmistablc signs Of
increasing confidence"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17
La F0LLETT DODG|NG ISSUE.
SAYS HIS ST. PAUL SPEECH WAS
MISQUOTED.
Also COntradicts BIyan-Insists That
Former Secretary Knew Lusitania
Carried Munitions.

Washington, Oct 11.-Lines Of the
inquiry into Senator La Follettes al
legged disloyal speech before the Nom
Partisan League at ST. Paul, Minn.,
became more definitely known today
with the senate investigating COM
mlttee's report of matter from the sem
ator, outlining his position and trans
mitting an approved transcript of his
address.
In substance, Senator La Toilette
denied saying the United States had
no cause for war, denounced some
press reports of his speech as
grossly false" and certified to the
accuracy Of the record regarding his
statement that former Secretary Bry-
an knew of ammunition being in the
Luisitanias cargo. He asked to EXAM
inc any witnesses called by the COM
mittee and to submit his own testi-
mony, and expressed a desire to be
heard should statement of fact i'm
speech or his right to make il be ques-
| toned.
The committee also received reports
OF the senator's st. Paul address from
the Minnesota Public Service COM
mission, varying in no important par
ticular from the one submitted by La
Toilette, and documents from the state
department and Congressional Library
regarding the Lusitania question.
tomorrow the committee will meet
to determine further action and prob
ably will temporarily halt the inquiry
10 await statement from Mr.. Bry-
an, who already has denied publicly
that he knew the L0sitania carried
munitions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17
BETHEL CHURCH HOST.
Harmony Pesbytery I'm Fall Session
Near Olanta.

Olanta, Oct. 12.-Harmony Presby-
| terry met with Bethel church, about
ten miles from here, Tuesday at 2 =.
NJ. After dinner had been served on
the grounds the meeting was called to
order by the Rev. b. S. McChesney of
kingstree, the last moderator present.
DR.. John w. Bradley, medical mis-
sionary to China for the past Is years
and "a ruling elder of the Bishopville
church, was unanimously elected mod
orator. The Rev. H. A. Knox OF
Georgetown was elected temporary
clerk. At 8 o'clock Tuesday evening
the committee on foreign missions
made its report and in connection with
IL DIR. Bradley lectured en- his work in
China. The Rev f.. b. Carr was re-
ceived from Wilmington Presbytery
He has accepted calls to Lanes and
Greeleyville. The opening sermon was
preached by the Rev. w. l. Sinnott Of
Salters Depot. and the communion SER
mon was preached by the Rev. r. L.
Grier of Mayesvlle. The next meeting
in the spring will be at Mt Zion, a
country church near Bishopville The
presbytery adjourned Wednesday at
y. m. to meet at synod i'm Seneca nj
the call OF the moderator.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17
CRISIS IN GERMANY,
CHANCEIIIOR MICHAEIIS SOWING,
SEEDS OF OWN DOWNFALL.
Government Ring Attempts to Use
Uprising In Navy as Weapon
Against Party of the Left,

Copenhagen, Oct. 11.-Germany's
paper crisis over the Pan-German
propaganda, which loomed SO big in
anticipation, but was so small in re-
suits, has passed.
In its place has risen a new and
this time really serious crisis. caused
by the attempt of Chancellor Michael.
u.s. Vice Chancellor Helferrich and
Minister Of the Navy Won Capelle to
use the alleged plot in the German
navy as a political weapon against the
party of the extreme left in the
reichstag.
IT Is not improbable, German polit-
ical observers point out. that Charco,-
ior Michaelis, in an hour of apparent
success, sowed the seeds of his own
downfall. Results are not to ba OK.
pected Immediately. as the reichstae
adJourns this week, but the new con.
ditions Of German political life. it is
contended. will undoubtedly, from
now on, work against Won Bethmann.
Hollweg's successor.
The immediate results of the dis.
closures Of Chancellor Michaelis and
Vice Admiral Won Capelle have been
that the government Socialists have
been driven into complete opposition
and into alignment with the radical
Socialists.
The followers of Philip Schiede-
mann have delivered formal decla-
ration Of war against the government
until Chancellor Michaelis has been
removed from office, and the radicals
the members of the center and even
the National Liberals have criticised
and condemned the Michaelis-Capelle
move as one which ought not to have
been made until the government had
complete proof of the completely of
the three radical Socialists in an ac-
tual conspiracy to mutiny.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17
F|eHT|Ne IN MUD.
GEN. HAIG HAMMERING GER
MANS REGARDLESS OF
g. WEATHER.
Present Drive Is to- DislOdgc Ger
mans From Balance OF Ypres Ridge
While Shaken from Recent Battles.

The statement of Major General
Maurice. director or the British war
ONCE. that 1.-The British steam roller
moves slowly mp hill, but is now going
down hill and the battles are follow
ing each other more and more rapid
iy," 10 borne out by British drive In
northwest Flanders this morning on a
six mile front. First reports say the
advance Is progressing satisfactorily
There Is nothing to- indicate that the
French are participating i'm this drive
The British are appare ntly trying to
take that part OF Yprcs ridge remain
ing I'm German hands. Gen. Haie
believes II IL useless to wait for good
weather in Flanders and has decided
on any clear day with sufficient light
to get the ranges. to launch a drum
fire. drop a barrage and push on im the
mud and renewed rainfall. 1T Is point
ed out that no may be taking adva n
tage OF the reported weakened Ge r
man morale.
Omeial dispatches said that at ar
early hour the British pushed several
hundred yards into the German lines
The advance along wide sector av-
eragcd nearly half n mile. The Ger
mans seemed to have scnsed the ap-
preaching battle. but were ignorant
where the blow would fall. They
sent gas shells against the British
lines for two hours last night. large
number OF prisoners were taken by the
British. who fought way to within
about one thousand yards of the CEN
ter OF Passchendaele village.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17
FOREIGN PRESS SUPERVISION
Government Will Require All Such
Newspapers to Issue Only When
Licensed.

Washington, Oct. 12.-Government
supervision Of the foreign language
press under the trading with the ene-
my act will begin next Tuesday, after
which time all such publications moi
granted special licenses must file with
their local postmasters. before Offering
for circulation by mail or otherwise,
thorOgh TRANSACTIONS Of all articles re-
specting the government of the United
states or any other nation at war.
The president will delegate his au.
thority to issue licenses to the post
master general in q proclamation tc
be issued shortly and the postoffice
department already is receiving appii
cations. Licenses will be granted only
TO papers whose records are deemed
to warrant confidence that they will
not abuse the privilege.
Postmaster General Burleson dis
cussed the campaign to suppress seGi-
tiOus and disloyal publications at to-
days cabinet meeting He said af.
terward that good results had been
accomplished. Several papers are
cited daily to show cause why then
mailing privileges should not be can
celled and many of them are barred
a hearing. although the postoffice de.
partment makes no announcement
of it's action.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17

Washington. oct. 12.-Reports that
the railroads are contemplating in
iorhaily requesting the government to
a'd them In obtaining money TO main
'"'h ana enlarge their plants and
equipment To cope with the high tide
OF traffic are regarded by officials
here as forecasting "A concerted mo. =,
toward that end.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17
MORE SHIPS REQUIsITIONED.
Government Will Take Over All Ships
Over Fifteen Hundred Tons.

Washington, Oct. 12.-The govern
ment has announced that on October
10Th 1t would requisition all American
ships OF fifteen hundred tons or
more, instead of twenty-five hundred
tons as first announced. The great
need of tonnage causes the change.