The Mena weekly star., 1917-03-29


 E. T. Avants of Waters was among the farmers in town Saturday.
 Mrs. Ellen Embry of Ink was in Mena Saturday to do shopping. l
 Elder Chas N. Burnett came in | from Board Camp Saturday to go to Two Mile to make his regular ap- pointment on Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Davis, who had been in South Dakota since their marriage last May, returned to Mena last week to again make this their home.
 Postmaster R. S. Allen returned Friday evening from Smithville where he had spent most of the week on the farm.
 County Surveyor w. K. Mcyev who had been doing some surveying in the Holly Springs neighborhood, returned to his home in Grannis Saturday.
 County Surveyor W. E. McVey of Grannis, came in from Rich Noun tain Thursday afternoon and Friday went to the Holly Springs ocmmu- nity to do some surveying for w. T. Ward.
 w. R. Standridge and ?. b. Mays of the Opal neighborhood were in Mena Saturday to attend the meet ing of the Federal Farm Loan asso- citation and to do some trading.
 Uncle Dan Nations of Vandervoort was among the out-of- town people Tn Mena Saturday to make settle ment with tax collector and to look after other business at the court house.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frank Lewis and daughter of Hatfield were Mena visitors Saturday, MT. Lewis having come up particularly to attend the meeting of the Democratic County Central Committee.
 Miss Johnnie Henderson, who came from Hatfield Friday evening began work last Saturday in the of flee of Collector H. w. Finger. and will likely be on duty until the close of the tax collecting period and the annual settlement.
 Mack Hughes of Cove was in Mena Saturday to attend the Democratic committee meeting. Mack is let ting it be known quite freely that he intends to offer as a candidate for the nomination as sheriff at the next primary.
 $. R. Morgan, formerly interested in the First National Bank of this city, having succeeded Messrs. smith and Acruman in the manage ment of the institution, came in from Little Rock last Saturday to spend the day here on business. Lee Olney, who is now superin- tendent of string of electric plants for an Oklahoma company with headquarters at Muskogee, came in from Fort Smith last Saturday to spend the day on business and to visit his mother and other relatives.
 Frank Harkey of Hatton, who has been Tn the employ of a painting crew for the Kansas City Southern railway, going as far south as Port Arthur, arrived in Mena last Friday i to spend Saturday with friends. He lplans to go north next hoping 10 get lwork Tn Heavener or Pittsburg. |
 Mrs. Tow, mother of Jess Tow, re- turned to Mena last week to again make her home here after having been at the home of her daughter III olathe, kas., for the last eight of nine months. On the way to Mena she stopped at Sulphur Springs for a visit at the home of Mir and Mrs. Jess Tow.
 w. B. Barton, who had been look 1 ing after business interests in Wom- ble, returned to Mena Friday, leay- l ing that afternoon for Cove, from whence he will go to his home in Fort Smith. He was accompanied by Miss Gladys Woodell, who had been visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Levi Witherspoon.
 The Rev. R. A. Sublett and Mrs. Sublett of pauls Valley, Ok, are vis- iting at the Antlers Hotel as the guests of Mrs. Harrison and family. Mir. Sublett is brother of Mrs. Har- rison He is the pastor of the Bap- tist church in Pauls Valley, and on last Sunday morning he occupied the pulpit in the First Baptist church of this city.
 Jas. D. Head passed thru Mcna on Thursday on his return to his home in Texarkana from Fort Smith. He Improved the opportunity to shake hands with a number of his friends whom he met at the train He plans to come to Polk county this week in the interests of his campaign for the lnomination as delegate to the Con- stitutional convention.
 Mrs. Mack Trent and baby, who had spent the last three months with Mrs. K. C. Trent and daugh- ters and R. Osborn on Mountain Top Farm, left Thursday night for Akron, O., where they will join Mir | xl.. .e. :xt II .f