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Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
Sundays Music at Broadway Church.

Following was the musical program at Broadway church Sunday as ar ranged by the organist, Frederick ". Lester:
 Morning service-Prelude, Andan- tino from Rosamunde, Schubert; an- them, Hear My Prayer, Berwald; re- sponsive reading; hymns 153, 363; of- fertory, Pastorale, Lemont; postlude in B fiat, Ropartz.
 Afternoon service-Pre1ude, Eleva- tion in A fiat Mehul; anthem, Venite in E flat. Schneider; choir hymn, The Day is Past and Over, Speaks;' post Jude, Magnificent in F, Claussmann
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
Day Weavers Trim Night Men.

The Day Weavers took two games from the Night Weavers in their bowl ing match at the local alleys Satur- day afternoon. F. Gley was the star performer of the match, taking high single with 122 and high total with 305. In the Mill League No. 2 the Smash piecers took three straight. The SCoreS.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to acknowledge with deep gratitude the kindness and sympathy ! of neighbors and friends during the illness and following the death of Lewis c. Fitts. MIR AND MRS. GEORGE E. FITS
 AND FAMILY.
 Hampton. March 25. 1917.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
BORN.

HTSC0X-In Norwich. at Backus hos pitai, March 24. 1917. a son, Gilbert Case. to Richard N. and Viola Case Hiscox.
 MASSEY-In BallouvilIe, March 12, 1917. g daughter to Mir. and Mrs. Joseph P Massey. INGALLS-In Danielson, March 20, 1917, son, Robert Lemuel, to Mir. and Mrs. l. s. IngaIls.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
Holy Name Society Holds Monthly Meetins-St. Joseph's Society Meets Stars Reorganixe-Pe-sona

The monthly meeting of the Senior Holy Name Society was held in the assembly room Sunday afternoon at f o'clock with large number present. Vice President William T. Mahoney presided and business pertaining to the good of the society was transacted.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
TAFTVILLE

Local Men to Organize a Class in Cotton caIcuIation-Lenten Services at TaftviiIe Congregational Church Funeral of Martin Murphy-Per- sona!s and Notes.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
At the GreeneviIIe Congregational
 Church.

Rev. C. H. Ricketts delivered an in- teresting and impressive sermon on Sunday morning at the Greeneville Congregational church on the Moral Authority of an Obligation. The choir sang and there was a large attend
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
Lenten Services at St. Mary,s.

Evening Lenten services at St. Mary's church this week are on Tues day and Friday evenings. The Lenten sermon will be preached on Tuesday evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26

Albert Fitzpatrick of Prospect street who has been confined to his home with illness is so far recovered as to be out
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
Anniversary SPecialS
 In KitchenwaTe
cEDAR OIL POLIsH

We have sold all kinds oF Polish for Floor and Furnituro-but nofh4 ing that was superior to che fol- lowing
 Hayden's Cedar oil, 4-ounce bot tie, 90; pint can 23e.
 Ruby Gloss Polish, extra quality, refined, S-ounce bottle, 23cj 16- ounce bottle, 45e; 32-ounce bottle, gee.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
REGULAR 1ee E~ VALUE AT ~S

School Serge. S2 inches wide. worsted effects on dark grounds.
 Black and White Check Sutting, 36 inches wide.
 Odd lengths in Voiles, Organdieg and Muslins, pretty floral effects.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26

Miss Eva Hyde of this place spent the weekend with relatives in Willi- mantle.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26

Hector Gauchier of New London was the guest of his parents on Providence street over the weekend.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
Personals,

William Sargent of New London was a caller with friends here on Sunday.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
MARRIED.

SToCKDALE - EVANS - In Putnam March 19. 1917. by Rev. George H Stone. William P. Stockda1e. .of Bos- ton and Miss Bertha Evans of Put nam.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
CROPPING BoWLs
SHOE PoLIsHEs

1Oc can in 1 Tan Polish, ee. 1Oc can 2 fin 1 Black Poligh, Sc. 10c can Shinola Black Polish, Ye. Aluminium Pie Plates. regular 1ec at 12c.
 Aluminium Pie Plates, regular z5c at 15c.
 Heiseys' Colonial Syrup Pitcher, removable top, regular soc at a9c, Glass Bathroom Shelves, complete with nickeled brackets and screWg-
 1S-inch Shelf-SPeeial at 5ee
 24-inch Shelf-SpSeiRl at 6ee
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
Notes.

William Miller of New London spent the week end with relatives here.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
TOILET PAPER
LARGE WASTE PAPER sAsKETs

Pongee Soft Crepe. 10c a roll Special 3 rolls for Pic.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26

Highest 50, lowest 35.
 Comparisons. Predictions for Saturday: Rain. Saturdays weather: Rain, followed by clearing. Predictions for Sunday: Fair. Sundays weather: As predicted.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26
SQUARE BATH ROOM MIRRORS
 White Enameled

sx1O-inch Mirrors, regular 65o ai sx12-inch Mirrors, regular soc al 74c.
 1Ox14-inch Mirrors, regular 9sc at s9e.
 10x1s-inch Mirrors, regular 31.lO at SIPS.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-26

Mrs. Frank Bique has returned to her home here after undergoing treat
 ment at the hospital.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
Half Your Living
 Without Money Cost

A right or wrong start in 1917 will make or break most farmers in the South. We are all facing crisis. This war in Europe puts things in such uncertainty that no man can foresee the future with any degree of clearness.
 The sure and certain increase ii cotton acreage means lower cotton prices next fall. Cost of all food and grain products is high, so high that no one can afford to buy and expect to pay out with cotton.
 It's time above all others to play safe; to produce all possible food, grain and forage supplies on your own acres; to cut down the store bill
 A good piece of garden ground rightly planted, rightly tended and kept planted the year round, can be made to pay half your living. It will save you more money than you made on the best five acres of cotton you ever grewl
 Hastings 1917 Seed Book tells all about the right kind of a money say ing garden and the vegetables to put in It. It tells about the field crops as well and shows you the clear road to real farm prosperity. It's Free. Send for 1t today to H. c. HASTINGS CO, Atlanta, Ga.--Advt.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
iCALOMEL DYNANITES
 4 SLUGGISH LIVER
Crashes Into Sour Bile, Making You Sick and You Lose Days
 Work.

Calomel saIivatesl It's mercury. Calomel acts like dynamite on a sluggish liver. When calomel comes into contact with sour bile 1t crashes into it, causing cramping and nausea.
 If you feel bilious, headachy. constipated and all knocked out just go to your druggist and get a 50-cent bottle of Dodsons Liver Tone, which is harmless vegetable substitute for dangerous calomel. Take spoonful and if it doesn't start your liver and straighten you Up better and quicker than nasty calomel and without making you sick, you just go back and get your money.
 If you take calomel today you will be sick and nauseated tomorrow; besides, it may salivate you, while if you take Dodson's Liver Tone you will wake up feeling great, full of ambition and ready for work or play. It's harmless, pleasant and safe to give to children; they like it. Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
MANY CORN AND PIG CLUBS.
Agent Delaney Is Greatly
 Encouraged.

County Agent Charles E. Delaney reports that he is meeting with splendid encouragement and coop eration in the matter of organizing corn and pig clubs among the boys of the county. He was at Wickes Wednesday and there secured the assurance of a club of eighteen members. On Thursday he was in Cove. and there fourteen boys signi- fed their willingness to enter the club work. Most of the boys will take up both the pig and corn club work. Friday afternoon Mr, De- lanev went to Hatfield to cooperate with the boys who for some time had been interested in the organiza- ton of a pig club From Hatfield, Mir. Delaney went lo Little Rock to attend the meeting of the Live stock Breeders Association. which was held this week
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
DEATH OF MRS 0. E. STARK.
Funeral Services Sunday at iO;SO \
 M. at Residence.

Mrs. Ella Stark, wife of z. E. stark, died at 2.30 o'clock Friday afternoon at the family home SIX miles west of Mena. Mrs. stark had been ill for about two weeks, having suffered from complications follow ing lagrippe. The funeral services were held Sunday forenoon at iO:30 o'clock, and were in charge of the Rev. r. A. Park of the Pres byterian church. lnterment was in the I. 0. o. F. cemetry.
 MT. and Mrs. Stark came to Mena about six years ago from the Isle Of Pines, where they had spent about seven years. going there from Kan sas. Her native state is Michigan.
 Mrs. Stark is survived by her husband, and by brother and sis ter, who live in Michigan. Other surviving relatives are Dr. Stark, sister-in-law, two nephews and three nieces, Mrs. C. c. Mills, lfv- ing on Eighth street being one of the neices.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
 PETER HICKMAN PASSED AWAY
Remains Were Taken Saturday to
 Okcnne, Ok, for Burialy.

Peter Heckman died Friday eyen- ing at 8 o'clock at his home on Jones street, having reached the age of about 75 years. Mir. Heckman had been ill only a very short time, and the end came without warning to those about him. On last Tuesday he sustained fall and since then he Had been confined to his bed from the effects of it, but he had not been considered in critical con- dition He is survived by his wife and three grown children. One of the sons, Anton Heckman, was at the home at the time of his fathers death. Funeral services were held al St. Agnes Catholic church Saturday at o'clock D. m. ana the remains were taken to 0kenne, Ok, for iutermpnt. heinz accompanied by son. Anton, and by l. Rinehart a son. -in-law Mrs. Heekman IS un- able to 20 for the reason that she is in poor health on account of a slighl stroke of paralysis she re- gently sustained.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
LEGAL NOTICES
Commissioners Sale

Notice is hereby givtn, That h pursuance of the authority and di rections contained in the decretsl order of the Chancery Court of poN County, made and entered on the 18th day of January, A. D., 1917. ir a certain cause, No. 423, then pend ing therein between Joseph H. Seott B. NJ. Babcock, and Nora Babcock as complainants, and Verdis Miller and Roy Miller as defendants, the undersigned, as commissioner oi said court, will offer for sale aI public vendue to the highest bid der at the Southeast front door a, entrance of the County Court Houss in which said Court is held, in tho County of Polk, within the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales on Saturday, the 24th day of Febru, afy, A. D., 1917, the following de- scribed real estate, to-wit: All of the SWA of NEA (ess q strip oI of the east side ten rods wide east and west and 80 rods long north ana south, being acres in said stripl also all that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter described as follows, to-wit: Be ginning at a point on the east line of the Kansas City Southern Rail- road, fe rods southeast of where the said right-of-w crosses. the west line SEA of NWA, thence north & degrees, east 3i rods and , feet, to a point i2 rods south and g rods and feet west of the northeasl corner of said tract. Thence south to the southeast corner Of said SEA of NWh, thence wes. 70 rods. thence north on a parallel line with the west line to the right-of- way sf the Kansas City Southern Railroad to the place of begin ming; also all of the NEh of SW1 except a strip off of the west side i0 rods wide east and west and SO rods long north and south. Also all of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (except that part described as follows, to-wit. Re- ginning at the northeast corner. thence west 20 rods. thence south to the east line of the Kansas City Southern Railway right cf-way Thence southeast with the rlsht-of- way of the Kansas City southern Railway to the east li-s. Thence north on the east line to the place of beginning. And all of the Northeast Of the Southeast Quarter that lies west of Buffalo creek, m Section 10 in Township South, of Range g W est, in Polk County, Arkansas containing in all about i09 acres.
 TERMS OF SALE: On a credit of three months, the purchaser being required to execute ] pond as re- quired by law and the order and de- cree of said court in' said cause with approved security. bearing in- terest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from date of sale until paid, and a lien being retained on the said premises sold to secure the pay ment of the purchase money.
 Given under ny hand this 90lh day Of January, A. D., 1917.
 w. l.. Parker \ Commissioner in Chancery Adv. First pub Feb.
 Last pub. Feb. 9, 1917.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
Con,missioner's Sale.

Notice is hereby given, That n pursuance of the authority and di- rections contained in the decretal order of the Chancery Court of Polk County, made and entered on the 18th day of January, A. D. i9i7 in certain cause (No.4f2) then pending therein between E W Rivers, complainant, and C. Allie Shockley and Gladys NJ. Shockley and Ellen B. Shockley, defendants the undersigned. as Commissions of said Court, will offer for sale ai public vendue to the highest bid der. at the Southeast door or en- trance >f the County Courthouse ia winch said Court IS held, in tlW County of Polk, within the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales on Saturday, the 2ith day of Febru- ary A. D. 1917, the following de- scribed real estate, to-wit: The South East Quarter of the North West Quarter and the North Eas Quarter of the South West Quarter of Section Twenty Eight (28) in Township One (i) South. of Range Thirty-two (32) West, containing eighty acres, more or less, in Polk County, Arkansas.
 TERMS OF SALE: On a credit Of three months, tine purchaser bclis required to execute bond as re. suired by l;asaaf law and the order aid decree of said Court in said cause with approved security, bearing T. Icrcsi at the rate of ten. per cent per annum from-date of sale until paid, and a lien being retained on the premises sold to secure the pay ment of the purchase money.
 Given under my hand this 3Otn day of January, A. D. i9i7
 w. l.. Parker,
 Commissioner in Chancery Adv. First pub. Feb. i.
 Last pub. Feb. p, 1917.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
Family in Dire Trouble.

A good friend of The Star, writ
 ing from Potter, states that he made a visit to the home of James H. Ammons, who was shot by officers recently and is belfast and helpless because of his wound and conse- quent loss of an arm. The writer says that he gathers that the neigh bors do not think the shooting was necessary and asserts that Mf. Am mons neither looks nor talks like q desperate. and that on the whole the family seems to be respectable, and. now that it's head and support CT is helpless. faces q heart-breaK- ing outlook The neighbors are giv- ing such aid as they can to tide over the immediate needs.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
QUICKLY FOLLOWED HUSBAND.
Mrs. Isadora Smitherman Passed
 Away Early Last Friday.

Mrs. Isadora smitherman passed away Friday at 4:35 o'clock a. m, at her home on Carter avenue, be- tween Polk and Adams street sur viving her husband just one week, 2 hours and , minutes. She had been in comparative good health until just recently, the shock of her husbands death having been the greatest contributing cause that brought her to her last illness. She was born in Wood county, West Virginia. in i8i3, and had thus reached the age of 74 years. She was married on Christmas eve, 1861, in Parkersburg, W. Va, to William A. Smitherman. Tn 1865, MT. and Mrs. Smitherman moved to Jackson county Mo-, and after go- ing back to West Virginia and thence returning to Missouri, they came to Mena in 1900 and had since lived here. Mrs. Smitherman is survived by one son, George l.. Smitherman, of this city, and two daughters. Mrs. Ida Jennings, of Mayview, Mo-, and Mrs. Ora Daniels of Spokane, Wash.
 The funeral services were held Saturday forenoon at i0:30 o'clock at the residence, and were in charge of the Rev. w. l.. Smith of the Bap- tist church. lnterment was in the |. O. 0. F. cemetery.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
BIRNETTs POLK COUNTY
 SALARY BILL WITHDRAWN

Little Rock, Feb. House Bill No. 25O. introduced by Representa- tive Charles Burnett has been withdrawn. This bill raised the salary of the sheriff from s25o0 to s2SO0; for county clerk, S23O0 to s2500: for circuit clerk, S2300 to S2S00. and making the county judge exofIicio road commissioner, in- creased his pay from 5000 to $500 per year.
 This bill was introduced by Mir. Burnett, after he killed the bill passed in the Senate by Senator Johnston, making a straight raise of $700 each for the county and cir cult clerks, and $500 for the sheriff.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
Dipping Vat for Freedom Township.

The farmers of Freedom township have organized for the purpose of building community cattle dipping vat, and as soon as the weather moderates construction work is to be begun Isaac Saurbaugh, John Day and J. R. Turner were in Mena Friday to get cement and other sup plies to De ready to begin work. The vat will be constructed according to the plans and specifications furn- ished by the government. The val is to he built on Powell creek, on the farm of J. II. Maddox.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
NUDGE ALLEY MIsQUOTED.
Does Not Oppose Taxation on Mort naaeS-Met Governor Patterson.

Judge j. |. Alley returned Thurs day evening from Little Rock, where he had been during most of the week. Mir. Alley stated to a re- presentative of The Star that he was. misquoled by the Arkansas Ga zette in reference to his attitude on the taxation of mortgages. He is not opposed to the taxation of this class of property, but he IS op- posed to the method of taxation as provided in the revenue bill intro duced by Senator Brown of Rison. Judge Alley, on his trip to Little Rock, had the pleasure of meeting former Governor Malcolm R. Pat terson of Tennessee as a fellow pas senger as far as Texarkana, and on the night spent in Texarkana, he had the further pleasure of listen ing to an address delivered by MT. Patterson.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
New Reform sehooI ror slate.

Representative Charles Burnett writes Mena friends that a bill pro viding for the transformation of the Boys Reform School near Little Rock into an industrial school for girls is now pending in the legis- lature. and that the same bill pro- vides for the purchase of a site for the location and establishment of Ia reform sshool elsewhere. He sug- gests that Polk county people might be interested in getting the new in- stiintion iocated in this county.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
MILLION BUSHELS
 OATS LUST IN l9|6
Twelve Per Cent of Crop Is Destroyed By Snaut--The Best Remedy
 !s FerH4siin.

The plant disease survey made dur ing the last year and covering more than one-half the counties in the state shows that smut caused the loss of 1s per cent of the oat crop according to the report of ]. Lee Hewitt, Plant Pathoiogist with the University of Ar kansas, who says that there was little disease and loss where the seed had hean treated with gernaiin before planting
 Ten million bushes of oats were produced in Arkansas in 1916. Twelve per cent of this crop, or 100000 bushels were lost because of smut. The average yield for the state was z7 bushels per acre; consequently. three and one-fourth bushels per acre was the average loss. With oats at 60 cents bushel. tn average farm price, $1.56 was the average money loss per acre. By treating seed with formaiin before planting with a cost of about two cents per acre and the work. this enormous loss 10 the farm srs of the state could have been avert cd Every farmer in Arkansas should see the value of the fomalin treatment and use 1t before planting the 1917 crop.
 Two Causes of Loose Smut.
 Loose smut may be caused by either of two fungi which are so similar that they may be considered as one in the treatment for smut The loss from smut is greater than is commonly sup. posed for: i Smuttv stalks are usual " shorter than healthy ones and not easily observed 2 The boot some times hides the smutty heads which 2hen appear only as immature or bar ren plants 3. Smut ripens several 6ays before cutting. and may blow away. leaving the smutty stalks naked and not noticeable
 smut is a parasite plant that grows snside of and feeds upon the oat plant Smut robs growing oat plants of nour- zshmenf and weakans them some tfmes so much that they cannot push Kheir panieleS or heads onl of the sheath of the upper leaf
 'Threshing Machine Agent of Infection.
 The black masses Of smut, seen when the grain is ripening, consist of .countIess numbers of spores. When khe oats germinate and grow the smut spores germinate also The tiny Arz1ut plants penetrate and enter the Dat plants. growing up within. There ds nothing 10 indicate their presence until the heads form. At this time the cat kernels are filled with the smut. Sometimes only part of the iAezd is affected. 4 part of all of the stalks from each stool may be attack
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08

4 heavy cold in the lungs that was expected to cure itself has been the starting point in many cases of diseases that ended fatally. The sensibh course is to take frequent doses Of BILLIARDS HOREHOUND SYRUP. It checks the progress of the disorder and assists nature to restore normal conditions. priee 25c, Doc and si00 per bottle. Sold by Jackson Drug X Furn. Co.--Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
O684O
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, U. ; Land Office at Camden, Arkansas January fl, i9i7.
 NOTICE is hereby given that
 JAMES F. COFFMAN, of Hartley. Arkansas, who. on sep, tember (, 1915, made a Homesteaa Entry, Serial No. 06S4Q, for tne SWA NWA, Section 26, Township { S., Range 30 w, 9th Prineipa Meridian, has filed notice of inten- tion to make Final Commutatlo1s Proof, to establish claim to the lanp above described, before the Pro' bate Clerk of Polk County, at MenA Arkansas. on the 233rdd o233rdd day of Fep- ruary, 1917.
 Claimant names as witnesses; c. ]. Watkins, S. NJ. Watkins, y n T Floyd. and George Faulkner, ~ of Hartley, Arkansas.
 R. D. Newton. Register Adv. First pub. Jan iS. Last pub Feb. i5, 1917.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
A WORD WITH WOMEN.
VaIuahle Adrice for Menn ReadeI

Valuable Advice for Mena Readers.
 Many a woman endures with noble patience the daily misery of backache, pains about the hips, blue, nervous spells, dizziness and urin- ary disorders, hopeless of relief be- cause she doesn't know what is the matter.
 It is not true that every pain in the-back or hips is trouble peculiar to the sex" Often when the kid neys get congested and inflamed, such aches and pains follow.
 You can tell it is kidney trouble if the secretions are dark colored, contain sediment; the passages are too frequent or scanty. Then help the weakened kidneys, Don't ex- pect them to get we'll alone.
 Doan's Kidney Pills have won the praise of thousands of women. They are endorsed at home-Read this Mena woman's convincing statement:
 Mrs. E. c. Proctor, iii2 Jansen avenue, Mena, says: T suffered from soreness across my kidneys and nervous. My sight often blurred so badly I could hardly see and specks noated in front of me. I used only one box of Doan's Kidney Pills be- fore I was relieved My back has not pained me isnce and all the other ailments have been relieved" :"
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for kidney remedy get Deans Kidney piIls-the same that Mrs. Proctor had. Foster Mil- burn Co. Props, Buffalo, N. Y- Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-08
THE HEN THAT LAYS

is the hen that pays. If she does not lay, kill her, but before you kill her give her R. A. Thomas Poultry Remedy twice day for a week, and then you will not kill her for she will be paying you a profit. It not only makes hens lay but is is a rem ~dy for Cholera, Houp. and Gapes.
 We guarantee it to cure or we re-
 fund your money.-Adv.