The Mena weekly star., 1917-01-25

| for his store. He plans to put in a complete line of dress goods and clothing.
 Will $. MacLafTerty left Friday night on a business trip to Cedar Rapids, Ia., expecting to be away a week or ten days. He may also go to Animosa, Ia, to visit at the home of his sister.
 J. r, Latimer of Corning, la, and Mrs. F. M. Latimer of Red Oak. Ia., brother and mother of c. NJ. Lati- mer, arrived in Mena on Thursday for an extended visit at the home of ! Mir. and Mrs. Latimer.
 C. B. Lyons, who is running a re- tail business for Temp-Brew in Shreveport, came home on Thurs day to spend few days with his family, during the time that there is Hull in the business.
 Fred Salyers and daughter, Miss Nettie left last Friday for Womble where Mir. Salyers has an appoint ment to meet the insurance adjuster on the matter of adjusting the fire loss recently sustained at the Sal yers ranch.
 l D. " Dudley, who recently bought the 0. B. Adams confectionery stand on Janssen avenue, has been un- able to be at. his place of business 1 for the last several days on account of sickness He is confined to his { bed at his home on Fourth street 
 Fred SaiyeFs came in from his Montgomery county ranch Tuesday, but expects to go to Womble the lat ter part of this week to meet an in- suranee adiuster for the adjustment of the fire less recently sustained when his ranch home and barn were burned
 ". Moseley was in from Rocky Friday to meet q man on a cattle buying deal. He reports that he and Don Winton, Jr., are wintering between so and 100 head of cattle, and that some of them are on full feed The stock cattle, he says, are iall doine fine.
 Mrs. Rachel Edwards of Ali, Ark. arrived n Mena last week from a visit of five weeks at the home of her son, Prof. Hamp Edwards, near i Atoka, Ok. She was met here on i Friday by her son, w. NJ. Edwards, of Ali, and she accompanied him home.
 J. II. Hansard, living on Mountain Fork, west of Potter, came to Mena Thursday to be on hand early the l following day to make final proof on his homestead entry before Cir cult Clerk w. L. Parker. R. H. Nichols and A. P. Epperson came with him as witnesses.
 1 The Rev. J. F. Howard and Mrs. Howard of Chicago, who have been in Mena for a week as guests of Dr. M. R. Began and Mrs Began, left Friday night for Houston, Tex, where they will spend the remain der of the winter. Mrs. Howard is a 1 sister of Dr. Began.
 Fred Erickson, who came from 1 Waterville. Kas., early in the winter and after spending some time with l his nephews, Luke Slangstrom and 1 D. E. Dahlgren, went to Hot Springs, has returned to Mena and will spend some time doing prospecting in the mountains east of Mena.
 | w B. pigg of Knoxville. Tenn. 1 brother of ]. II. pige of Potter, who had spent several weeks visiting ai | tEe homes of his nephcws, w | IIcmer and Levi pieg in Mena and
 Il pigr at Rocky. started Wcdnes- day on the home trip, planning to stop enroute in Memphis to visit lrelatives.
 | Mrs. William Loudermilk of Vir- den, H., sister of Mrs. A. R. Byers and Sam and Jesse Plain, arrived in Mena Friday for a visit of a month or more with her sister and | brothers. It had been 36 years since lshe last saw her brother, Jesse, and while she had seen the others more recently, they all seemed almost likt strangers to her.
 l February If is to be observed turnout the state as "Go- -to-Sun- day School Day Frank L. James lsecretary of the State Sunday schoo | Association has prepared pro- gram for this occasion, supply o which can be secured by any Sun day school superintendent by writ ling MT. James in Little Rock. Hi office is in the Boyle building. II Prof w. T. Blankenship of Cap1 Il Girardeau, Mo, has been secured {, i take the princepalship of the Gran
 his school. taking the place of Prof NV. R. Thurman, who resigned be fore Christmas The high schoo
 had not been in session during tha time, but was re-opened lasf Tdes' l day The primary and inferrnediat1 1 lgrades. on the other hana, have heeI