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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-13

Miss Caroline Pearson and Miss
Mary Harris Pearson, sos North
Front street, came home last evening
after a pleasure trip to New York
City.
Mrs. Charles e. Ryder AMI small
son, of Riverside, are visiting Phila-
delphia relatives for a few days.
Miss Helen Bruce Wallace. of Pine
street, has gone to Philadelphia fol-
a weeks stay.
Mrs. Samuel C. Todd, 1905 North
Front street, is home after a visit
among relatives in Reading, Michi.
gan, bringing with her a small niece
Mary Alice Caywood, who will spend
the winter here.
Miss Susanna NJ. Fleming, of 107
South Front street, has returned
from Lawrenceville, N. j., where she
visited at the home of her uncle
William Robinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Geiger ard
| small daughter, Thelma Geiger. hav,
gone to Washington, d. c., for ;
weeks visit.
Mrs. Alexander Snyder, of Ard
! more, is a guest of her sister. Mrs
! Charles Francis Etter, 905 Nortl
| Front street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-13

Theodore Moltz, of Detroit, Mich,
will spend the holidays with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Warren Moltz,
of 1885 Derry street.
Miss Martha Ann Wilson, n stu
dent at Hood Seminary, Frederick,
Md, will be the guest of Miss Teddy
Sangree Kaufman, 130 Evergreen
street over the Christmas holidays.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-13
TO GIVE CONCERT

The members of the senior, junior
and primary chorus classes of the
Seller School will give their an
nual Christmas concert, under the
direction of Mrs. Wilbur f. Harris,
Thursday evening, December 20.
The program will include ancient
French and English carols as well as
numerous modern carols and Christ
mas songs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-13
PAULINE NAILEY'S PARTY
ON HER SIXTH BIRTHDAY

Mrs. David Mailey. Of 125 Paxton
street, gave a little party on the
sixth birthday anniversary of her
sprightly daughter. Pauline Pearl
Mailey.
Games. music and refreshments
entertained the children. among
whom were the Misses Sarah
o. Brlen, Dorothy Wiley, Agnes
Wiley, Hazel Haines, Dorothy
! Haines, Lillian Fry, Dorothy Lingle,
Geraldine Mailey. Maxwell McNear,
/ Evan McNear. William Gabriel. Will
! liam Wiley. Henry Grimes and Da-
vid Mailey, Jr. Miss Helen Rickert
assisted Mrs. Mailey in entertaining.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-13
TO ENTERTAIN BOYS

Motion pictures. stunts. games, mu-
sic and a general good time are
promised the boys who attend the
social held at the Y. M. C. a. this
evening. The affair is the first of
series to be held during the winter
season. Boys between the ages of
u and 10 are invited to be. present
regardless of the fact that they are
not members of the association. No
Gree tickets are required, but in fu-
ture affairs a free guest ticket Will
be required. This can be secured
from any Y. NJ. c. A. boy.
Arch II. Dinsmore is boys working
secretary of the association. The So
cial will begin at 7.30 and will con-
| tinue for two hours.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30
lTH0R0 INVESTIGATION OF
 ALL EXEMPTION CLAIMS
Fudge Wright Prickett Instructed to Secure Aflidavils-CaIls Disin-
 tereSted Parties.

Judge Wright prickett, govern ment agent for the Polk county ex- .emption board, has been directed by Ira D, 0glesby, Jr,, secretary of the District Board setting in Fort Smith, that he make further investigation m the cases in which registrants have claimed exemptions, either on account of dependant relatives or on account of agricultural pursuits. He IS to make an investigation on each case and secure afiidavits in ddpli- cate Tn each case, either to prove or dlsprove the claims for exemption.
 He is further directed to call in eight or ten disinterested, reliable persons from different parts of the county to meet with him and to se- cure the afiidavits from them as well as from other persons who may have knowledge of the eases under Investigation. gs.
 The District Board further directs mat If these men refuse to make lnese atiidavits their names are to be certified to the District Board, and !they will then be required to appear before the Board i'll Fort Smith.
 Judge Prickett has made selec- uon of the men and has notified them to meet with him at his office on August 29, 30 and 3i. He has been gwen the names of the Polk county reglstrants who claim exemption, Si oi them being on the ground ef agri- cultural pursuits and i36 on account of dependent relatives.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30
Wants to Get on HigI...ay,

The Rev. c. W. Mayfield Of Van- dervoort was in Mena Monday on his return from Union Grove. where he had held meeting under the aus pices of the Primitive Baptist church during the Iast week. Pre- vious to that he had held a meeting at Midway. following the close of the association. Mr Mayfieid is not To- cated in the proposed Jefferson Highway Improvement District. but he knows the value of good roads thru his residence III Illinois and In diana, and proposes to get home within the limits of the district
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30
NEW SLATE COMPANY FORMED.
W. C. Benson of Big Fork Is Resi-
 dent Manager of Enterprise.

w. c. Benson, who was in from
 Big Fork Wendesday had with him Ia 3i-page prospectus of the United |Slate Mining and Realty Corporation, company organized and incorpor- ated under the laws of Missouri, with an authorized capital stock of s50,00O. The corporators, directors and officers are all Kansas City men with the exception of Mir. Benson, who in the prospectus is credited to Mena. The officers are Frank II DeNise, president; Frank c. Foster, vice president and Claud l.. Hor- hing, seeretary-treasurer. The mem bers of the board of, directors in ad- dition to the officers are w. J. Humpy, R. D. DeNise, l.. s. 0'Don- |nell of Kansas City and w. c. Ben son. o. F. Winner of Kansas City is the general counsellor of the corporation.
 Mr. Benson will be the resident manager of the business, and he states that he has been directed to proceed at once with the develop
 ment and the preliminary work preparatory to opening the mines and selecting the site for the ma Iehinery. In this connection he states that WombIe, is making ad-
 vances to be made the shipping point of the concern, but at this time the preference is for Mena owing 10 better railway and bank ling facilities, but it is expected that Mena wifi contribute something te-
 ward building highway to the lmines and mills.
 The prospectus after discussing the nature and extent of the Ar lthe Arkansas slate deposits says, "These deposits are practically all confined to four counties, Polk
 Montgomery, Garland, and Saline, in the first two of which are located the holdings of this company
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

and just all the folks. Referring to his recent request for permission to lie on the ground and drink his fill from Jansen park spring, he said he had to rc: back to good water by degrees, and had first filled up from the waterworks hydrant.
 The Judge is fully foo pounds shy
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30
fD MERCHANT HAS
 GAINED l9 POUNDS
| aImand Says He Could Talk s pav Long About Tanlac- |Feels as Well as Ie Ever
 Felt in His Life.

Nearly two thousand people 1T
 28,snta alone purchased Tanlac 1T
 ..S week recently. These people
 .4akesented nearly every walk ol I,ft including great many prom
 .asbt business men, and almost ~;thout exception, every one of the n.,.nber had something good to say as,a,lt Tanlac. Among them was Mir
 F Almand, the well-knOwn uholesale and retail seed and grain .asrehant. whose place of business .s located at 27i-273 Peters street Mf Almand is not only one of the 6ie business men of Atlanta, but a nan of high character'and strict in- leerity, and as one of his friends Expressed it, His word is as good as iis bond"
 Like a great many other men of afIairs who stick cose to business, Ar. Almand, to use his own state- if1ent, was all rundown, and felt the need of something to build him up ii an interesting interview a few days ago, he said:
 For more than a year 1 have suf- 1ered a great deal from stomach tfDuble, and was hardly ever free rom indigestion. After eating Would always have gas on my stom- ach, and would belch up sour, undi- kested foods.
 Fl also suffered from heartburn a 2feat deal. and was extremely ner- Nous. l felt like I needed something aiD build me up but did not know jnst what l needed l felt languid znd tired out most of the time. My iher was sluggish. and l suffered a 0reat deal from biliousness. At Hines l just felt like could not Five my business the attention it needed
 Like everybody else l got to feading about Tanlac, and decided ID give 1t a trial. Besides, l heard I great many people say it was a Enc medicine, so 1 began taking it, and by the time l had finished my second bottle l had gained i9 pounds D actual weight. Honestly, l could HHttalk to you all day, and wouldn't be able to tell you how grateful I Feel toward this medicine. If you bad seen me before I began taking lt you would not believe me to be 6he same man.
 \ II have talked about this medicine So much, and look so much better Since began taking it, that lot of .Jny customers call me "Tanlac Jack. !" 75ack IS my nickname, but, anyway, V feel just like new man. 1 never Buffer with heartburn and indiges- Zion any more, and am not nervous Hike l was l also sleep we'll and get snp in the morning feeling fine and peady for work. 1t is certainly a Iwonderful medicine, and my only Fegret is that I did not hear of it Sooner"
 Tanlac can be obtained from the Rackson Drug X Furn. Co, Mena; |Fred W. Gray, Cove. Ark: E. II. But Fer, Hatfield, Ark; J. A. Chilean, |Wickes, Ark; s. II. McCurley, Gran |nis, Ark; Egger Drug Company, Bigger, Ark; c. B. Bates, Big Fork, |Ark AdN
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30
Diphtheria Closes School.

Ira 5. Jones was in from Rocky thls week, being on an enforced va eallon from his duties as teacher of she Center Point school. which has peen closed as precautionary measure to prevent the spread of uiphtherla with which the children pi one family have been afflicted, ana from which one death has oc- ssurred. The school was closed on nonday, August 20 and will remain closed for all of this week.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30
Adv. 2o5 X a5 fl.

port having gathered two bushels from two small trees.
 J. P. A. Johnson of the Pine Grove Neighborhood, returned Sat urday from a trip of two weeks to Oklahoma City, Chickasha and other Oklahoma points.
 ]. A. Thornton returned to Mena Sunday afternoon to be at home for few days, when he will leave for Prairie county and other points along the line of his duty as deputy U. s. Marshal.
 w. F. Lowery of Wickes spent Friday and Saturday in Mena to have dental work done. He re- mained to attend the aHti-highway meeting Saturday night, returning home Sunday morning.
 The Rev. W. L. Smith on last Fri day night started a meeting at the 0liver's Chapel, which will continue for a week or ten days. lie heid two services Sunday, preaching both in the afternoon and night The six-year-old daughter of MT and Mrs.gJ. W. Robertson, who has been i'll for 8 week with appendi- citis. is reported to have passed the lcrisis "Wednesday and will not likely have 10 undergo an operation. .1ft lI fra
 R. R. Miller, Douglass Walker Louie Scott and T. E. hedd of the Hatfield community were in Mena Monday as witnesses for the defense in case of Hatfield vs. c. C. Latch which was to have come up for a hearing in the court of Justice of the Peace L. N. Burnett Monday.
 w. T. Steuart and his tenant Frank Heller, of Bog Springs were in Mena Monday to appear in the court of S. H. Smith in which Hell Ter had brought an action to have his landlord placed under peace bond. After reaching town and be- fore the case came up for hearing the men succeeded in reaching a compromise, and both returned home better satisfied than if they had threshed their differences out in court.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30
Dipping Activities.

pr II. R. Getz went to the G. w
 petty farm on the Ouachita on Mon- uay to recharge the dipping val ana to assist in dipping MT. petty's nerd Of cattle On Saturday last he was Tn Vandervoort for the initial ulpping at the vat recently complet- GU A second dipping took place ou Wednesday. While at Wander Eoort arrangements were also made iof the construction of a dipping Nas on the farm of A. Hiaumet, To- caIed live miles east of Nandervoort
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

in weight and is big man yet-- and says he is 72 years young and never felt better His stay is in definite anywhere from few weeks to few months For soma time he has alternated between Shreveport, La. and Vieksburg Miss. having q son at each plaee.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30
MR. DUKE MAKES 4 STATEMENT

 To the People of Mena and Polk County:
 As many of you already know was among the first persons called from our county for military serv ice under the Selective Service law. approved May 18th.
 l Immediately after the draft was published a few people, after sec ing my name on the list began wor rying, thinking that possibly for some reason l would not be taken and they are still worrying and talking, thinking that this talking will help to get me in the service. These few people tonly a few are sore at me for reasons, which they will not tell you-if they did you would give them the horse-laugh.
 They have started all kinds of reports about me in connection with this draft. They even say that I stated that the farmers and rough necks could fight in this war and that l was not going. This I posi- lively deny and will make oath to the effect that l did not make any such statement. Why should ] make such statement? Can you see any good it would do me?
 As to the farmers and rOughnecks, as they say, beg to state that in my opinion there are no such things as roughnecks in our county, but we have lot of good, hard-working farmers and laboring people and they are as good as any people on top side of the earth You will al- ways find them standing for right and always ready to. assist in any undertaking for the betterment of our county and it's people. | honor these people and always shall. Il was partly raised on a farm myself and the most Of my relatives are farmers.
 The only statement that I have made in connection with this draft was to the effect that l regretted having to leave the business with which l am connected after work ing my way from the bottom to a little better place, and putting all that l have accumulated into the business. 1 presume that most of the other people who were drawn dislike to leave their farms and their families. note that the great CT part of the people who passed the physical exemination filed claims for exemption, which is evidence that they do not care to go at this time, but I suppose that they, like myself. will be willing to sacrifice everything and give their lives to their country if necessary, should this war come to that point. l appreciate the fact that 90Tc of the best people of Mena and sur rounding country are regular cus- toners of the Lochridge Dry Goods Company, of which 1 am manager Our business is growing as time passes and there certainly must be a reason. We are giving our best , efforts to this business and doing every thing within our power to run a business that will be a credit to our town and county and appreciat- ed by the people,
 War or no war, the Loehridge | Dry Goods Company will be here with the largest stock of dry goods, shoes and clothing and kindred lines, of any house in Mena. Our prices will always be the lowest and our service as good as we know how to make it.
 We are your friends and appreci- ate your friendship and good will. Come to see us any time it is con- venient for you to do so.
 Very Respectfully,
 Fred Duke. Adv. 205 X 8 it.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30
..OIdv Lindsay Comes to ToWn.

S. l.. (Oldl Lindsay is in town to visit his sons. I F. and Dudley. and his daughter, Mrs. George Gritiiths,
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30
Market Conditions

5 "a report on market conditions today can } be nothing more than a repetition of the
 5 old story of advance on advance Mills and
 5 factories have been forced to limit quantities on many orders. There will be greater de- lays in deliveries for the balance of this year than there has been at any time dur ing the past several years.
 the most superficial view of the market must convince any buyer that the goods now in our house will cost more today than when we bought This fact makes it possi- ble for us to name our Fall prices based on the old market It should further demon strate the wisdom of early covering of your merchandise requirements for the balance of the year
 it is indeed fortunate that at this critical time with prices sky-rocketing and deliver ies uncertain, that we have in our house such tremendous stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes and kindred lines, and the greater part of this stock was bought on comparatively low market Our big two story building is packed full from top to bottom, having in our house about forty } thousand dollar stock of high-cIass mer- 3 chandise. Wehave carried over from last year lots of Shoes, Winter Underwear, Outing
 5 Flannels, Domestics Wool Dress Goods,
 5 Clothing, Sweaters, Blankets and many
 5 other items that will be sold at last year
 5 prices. Foresight, capital, buying power
 3 and untiring energy in securing the neces-
 sary quantities of the goods you need at low prices should induce you to patronize this store. The early buyers will get the bar gains this season. Make it a point to be one of the early buyers.
 Lochridge Dry Goods Go. "The Home of Style and Good Values"
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

w NJ. Chamhlin and two sons of Potter trading here Wednesday Mir. Ghamblin says that the rain which fell Tuesday night was the first good rain that had fallen in the vaiiey about Potter since early in the summer. andsyet in spite of the scarcity of rain he says crops have held out well. 'fleoh z. ies ~
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

| Mr. and Mrs. Safnp. Bechdatilf and Ison. Wayne. of Walton, Ind, anfi
 and Mrs, john Forgy of Logsnspert, | Ind. who had been guests at the home. of Mr. and.sMrs John Gihson for week, left for their homes on
 Wednesday. Mir. Bechdaul and Mrs.
 Forgy are brother and sister. re- spectively of Mrs. Gibson.
 ----
 J. E. Fields. son of Ed. Fields, liv- ing near Big Cedar, was in Mena
 Wednesday to get medical attention for powder burns in his face caused week ago by explosion Of a rifle
 cartridge as he was attempting to
 load the gun Powder grains were 1 imbedded all over his face. but the
 most trouble was caused hy grain
 which was in his right eye.
 | R. L. lilies of Little Rock, former resident of Mena, and a product of
 the Mena schools. having attended
 the schools from the primary grade thru the High school, graduating in 1912, and later graduated from Hen
 drix College, writes The Star that he
 is to report for duty at Camp Fun
 ston, Tex, on August 30. for the
 second officers training camp.
 1 ]. H Welter and daughter. Miss
 Nina, of Eagleton were in Mena on
 Wednesday to do trading They hrot l in speciments of last years sweet potato crop which they had pre- served in fine state up to this time
 They also brought in a iwig of Blue
 Damson plum tree which was lit-
 terally loaded with fruit. They re-
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

Mrs. Horace Scoggin and baby. whe had been visiting al the home of the Rev. w. M. Crowson and Mrs. Crowson, and with Mena friends. left Tuesday for their home in Nashville.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

MT. and Mrs. George L. Rector and daughters. Misses Lillian and Leonora. Mrs. George L. Rector, IT., and baby. MT. and Mrs. Chas. w. Reed and three children Mrs. Willis and two children and Mrs. T. F, Priest spent Monday evening on an outing at the Ouachita crossing on the old Cherry Hill road. They were taken out in Councils truck,
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

J. E. Disheroon brought to The Star Wednesday fine specimen of Yellow Yam. It is far from matured but weighs about two pounds.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

Arnold Edwards came in from Me Alester, Ok, Tuesday morning, going from here to Alder to visit his par ents. He is in the employ of an au- tomobile company at McAlester.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Henson. who had been living on the Jackson farm southwest of Mena are shap- ing their affairs to leave soon for Phoenix, Tex, where Mr. Henson expects to farm.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30
PERSONAL NOTES

MT. and Mrs. Steve Heath of inc Heath valley neighborhood were in Mena Wednesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

W. w. and Walter Philpot were Tn from Egger for a short time on Wednesday to do trading. They re- port that crop conditions are fine this year in the Egger community, and late cotton, especially, they say, IS making fine showing since the late rains.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

D. w. Carter returned Monday rom a trip to Springfield, Mo, and Miami, Ok, having been away for about ten days.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

J. H. Embry came from Ashdown Tuesday to spend a day with his parents, MT and Mrs. E. G. Enlbry, at Board Camp. He was met here hy Grady Embry, who took him out in his Overland. He returned home Tuesday night.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

Q. L. Cooper returned Monday afternoon from Round Top, Sevier county, where he had spent Sunday with his parents. Mrs Cooper and son, Rupert, who accompanied him on the trip, will remain on the farm for a week or more.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

Dr. C. L. Baker left Monday after noon for Independence, Mo-. where he will attend the races. He will ar range to have The Nubian brought back to Mena
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

Miss Myrtle Wood daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. c. Wood of Yocana, returned Tuesday from visit of five weeks with relatives in McMin- vile, Tenn. On the return trip she came by way of McAlester for a visit at the home of her sister, Mrs. Luther Lewis.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

Mrs. Walter Spears and baby of McAlester, Ok, arrived Tuesday for visit with Mrs. Spears parents near Yocana.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

w. C. B. Allen, who had returned to his home near Acorn last Satunr- day from Kansas City, was in Mena for few hours Tuesday, going from here to Shreveport.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

Mrs. Minnie Autrey of Womble spent Tuesday night in Mena as the guest of Mrs. V. C. Parker on her return from a visit in Heavener and other Oklahoma points. She start ed for Womble on Wednesday, her return home being hastened by the Icritical illness of her brother, Rob- ert Reece.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

port having gathered two bushels from two small trees.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

Ebert Chapman, who had been visiting his parents in Texas, re- turned to Mena Tuesday to go from here to his home near Oden. He spent the day al the home of his aunt Mrs. J. A. Johnston.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

Miss Vivian Mckinney. who taught in the Heavener. schools last year. and was reelected for this year. has given up the work to accept posi- tion in the Shreveport schools, which will open September 2f Mrs. Mckinney is contemplating going to Shreveport with her daughter for the winter.