The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-01
Correspondence
HATFIELD NEWS NOTES.

C. W. Elliott transacted business 1 J in Mena Saturday.
 A. Dunn and Robt Hunter were
 here from Cove Tuesday.
 Peggy George went to Mena Sat-
 urday and took her regular violin
 lesson.
 P. F. Rouse conducted the lay
 mems meeting al the NJ. E. church Sunday
 There will be a special program
 at the NJ. E. Sunday school next Sunday.
 Charley Bates of Mena and Steve
 Bates of Acorn motored to Hatfield
 Sunday.
 Dr. A. D. Hilton was called to | Grannis last Friday on professional l business.
 Mrs. J. R. Morrow and Mrs Clay ton and daughters shopped in Mena
 Saturday.
 | Rev. W. B. Arnold conducted a f funeral al Eagleton the first part of the week.
 II Tut Harris and family motored down from Potter Sunday and spent
 r Q day in Hatfield.
 Miss Johnnie GipsOn came from
 Mena between trains Sunday and
 visited Mrs. B. Gibson.
 Mrs. R. E. Daly and Miss Isla Cox visited in Mena part of last week, returning home Sunday. II Grandpa and Grandma Brunson are visitin relatives and friends at Mountain Fork this week. Q. R. W0odell came from Cove on Monday and placed a tombstone at | b.n ..f D Mrs. Tom Potter, Mrs. Tom Mur- ter. shODped in Hatfield Tuesday Mir. and Mrs Lee Bates and son were down from Potter Sunday, Vis- iting at the J. R. Morrow and T. R. Bates homes.
 Mrs Christine Hogue has rented her home here to Rev N. 0. Horns by for a year. and left Tuesday for Nebraska.
 Grover Cranford and Boyd Col man returned from Camp Pike Sun day, having been exempted from army service
 AIr and Mrs. Claude Bennett and children were here from Mena on Sunday, visiting Mrs. Bennetts mother. Mrs. Carrie Whipple. , Wyatt Beavers spent part of the
 week here visiting his mother. He is working for the Singer Sewing Machine Company at Naples, Tex w. H. Terry returned Friday morning from Clarksville. Tex, where he had been called by the sudden death of his father, William Terry.
 C. V. O'Neil has a crew in the woods about | miles east of town getting out timber for the handle plant Rev. w. B. Arnold closed a very successful meeting at Dugan Sun day night, there being i2 or l5 con- versions and seven additions to the church
 l.. w. Hall returned Friday night from Eureka Springs. where he had been with a delegation of represen- tatlyes to the I. Q. Q. F. grand lodge, making the trip via the Ford-way Get Mr. Halls description of Eu- reka Springs.
 At the Chris Rysted sale some time ago Lewis Johnson bought a fine Poland China SOW. paying S52 for her A few days ago he bought a thorobred Poland China male, pay
 ing 5000 for him.
 A canvass of the town finds Us in a prosperous condition. John C. Ho-
 heimer of the Watkins Mercantile
 Company reports fifty per cent in-
 crease in business over last year.
 while T. R. Bates reports about 90 \ per cent increase. since he went in- to business here eleven months ago
 w. H. Terry says the restaurant and
 meat market business has material \ " increased and is constantly grow I ing F. Blackwell of the Beach 1 Lumber Company said We have more orders for lumber than we 1 can flll X ear shortage is re- tarding their business to a great ex- l tent presce Keller's blacksmith
 shop and grist mill business is grow N ing, while T. Keller reports liv- II cry business good. The handle II plant is all a hustle. with a good \ business. Supt O'Nei is in the l woods this week with his crew get l ting out timber to tide them over | until the crop rush is over. Bank I deposits have increased 65 per cent 1 over last year, besides there are 70 per cent more patrons at the bank l people with money that never had a bank account before. Mrs. Terry's l millinery sales have greatly in i creased The Dover Mercantile l Company reports a healthy increase
 in sales. with collections fine. When
 asked how the hotel business was. l George finders replied. Just fine" i | Frank Satterneld says his barber l business is good for this time of the i year Railroad activities arc equal l | ly as brisk as last year: express business is good, and Western Union l Telegraph business is fairly good. ! ii9 telegrams having been sent dur ing the month of October. making 1
 ST. i5 war revenue F. II. Buffers !
 drug business has grown consider l ably in the last year. From a doc tors point of view. our people are l distreSsingly healthy Everybody except the writer has money and are contented. All in all we are
 very prosperous and why should
 the war tax worry us.
 ACORN.