The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27

i Thursday in Mena on business. Mrs. T. c. Johnson was down from Rich Mountain last Saturday to at tend to business and visit friends.
 Mrs w. A. Long and baby came | from Wickes Thursday for visit with MT. and Mrs. J. II. Long on Seventh street.
 Dr. w. c. Vandiver reports the birth of a t0-pound daughter on Friday morning to Mir. and Mrs. Frank Strickland of Board Camp.
 J. II. Vanhorn of Egger was on the market "Wednesday with a bale of cotton weighing i92 pounds. He sold to G W. Petty at 20la cents per pound.
 fl. F. Manning and Porter Allen arrived Thursday evening from Fort Smith having made the trip with Ford to demonstrate the Manning Thermo Vaporizer
 Jack Hudgins spent Thursday with Mena relatives and friends and to look after business matters, re- turning to his home in Hot Springs Thursday evening"
 | Miss May Pike, sister of George Pike and Mrs. J. G. McKeen. arrived Thursday from Kinsley, Kas.. to spend the fall with Mrs. McKeen. living near Ransom.
 1 MT and Mrs. George Edwards of Alder were in Mena "Wednesday to do trading, and 10 join the other Polk county folks in bidding fare we'll to the soldier boys. D C. Clark of Cove, accompanied by his nephew, C. E. Swindle of Tus- cola, Tex, arrived in Mena Thurs day for a visit with J. w Robertson and family and other relatives. ! Mrs. $. Palmer, after spending two weeks at the home of her son, A. B. Palmer at Twin Oaks farm in the Foran Gap country, left Wednesday for her home in Chillicothe, Mo. ; Isaac Workman was in from Big , Cedar Friday to get supplies. He re- ports that cotton will be moving soon from the Big Cedar neighbor- hood, but he added that the crop would moi be very heavy this year.
 Mrs. Frank Boyles of Houston. who had been visiting Mesdames T. ! A. Winton and Claude Bennett and other Mena friends, left last week for Emmett, Ark. She will make stop in Philadelphia before return 1 ing home.
 Dr. L. 0. Dickson, Mrs. Dickson, and son, Fomby, and Mir. and Mrs. ! Levi pigg left Friday afternoon on a 1 trip to Mt Ida from whence. after spending the night, they went to Hot Springs, where they plan to spend a week.
 1 The Rev. John D. Freeman arrived ! in Mena Thursday 10 go from here to Two Mile to attend the annual meeting of the 0uachita Association of the Baptist churches. which con- vened Friday and was in session Saturday and Sunday
 I On invitation of Prof. C. K. Will kersOn, Dr. E. k. Holt talked to High school at 8:30 on Friday morning ] It is the purpose to bring the best thoughts on health and hygiene be- fore the students by the eo-Opera- ton of the local physicians. ! Tom l. Wilbanks of the Ozark school came in from Granuis Friday morning and after spendiiig tbc day in Mena left that evening for Big Fork to attend the district educa- tional meeting He was on the pro- gram Saturday to discuss "The School as a Social Center" | Mrs L. R. Muller and little daugh- ter. Lee Nell are here from Fort Worth, Tex, to spend he winter at the home of Mrs. s. A. Heath, mother of Mrs. Muller, living on south Third street They will also visit with Mrs. Baker Wallace of Holly Springs, sister of Mrs Muller
 ! E. B. Bates was in from Big Fork ! Friday to market a load 0f 92 gallons iof seeded ribbon cane He and his father, stephen Bates. have the rep intation of making some If the finest syrup that is marketed in Mena. Their output this year will amount lto between 250 and 300 gallons. i Mrs. 4. J. Robbins returned on "Wednesday from McAlester, Ok, whither she was called two weeks ago on account of tho death of Dr. A. J. Robbins. After a stay in Mena of three or four weeks. she plans to ! go to Savannah, Ok, where her daugliter, Miss Ruth, is teaching school
 Mir. and Mrs J. s. Merritt and son, Lee, who had been with Mena friends and relatives this week, left Wednesday for their home in Fletcher, Ok They made the trip in their automobile and on the return went by way of Texarkana and Dal- las to avoid the had roads north of Mena
 i Mir. and Mrs J. J. Butler passed thru Mona Wednesday enroute from 0uinton, Ok, to the home of Mr.