The Mena weekly star., 1918-03-07

Dry Goods store during the white goods sale.
 Bunyan Bates was in from Big Fork Thursday to market produce, bringing in, among other things, 90 pounds of honey which he sold at 20 cents per pound.
 Charles Hiaumet of Vandervoort was in Mena Thursday to take exam ination under the selective draft. He came out as a Class 1 man and is ready to do his part
 H. R. Grove came in from Egger Thursday to go to Shady Point, where he spent week with his son, Bratcher, in an effort to recuperate from long siege of illness.
 Mrs. A. C. Higginbottom, Mrs. w. M. Hedge and w, NJ. Lowery of Wickes were here Thursday to do trading They made the trip in the Higginbottom auto driven by Roy Rose.
 
 Robt. Connally was in from Rocky Thursday to get a load of goods for the store. He was also investigat- ing the feasibility of buying a truck to be used in freighting his goods from Mena.
 Lloyd. the seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. l.. NJ. McCraw. living on the south side, was taken to Tex arkana Tuesday to undergo mas told operation at the hands of Dr. l.. H. Lanier.
 Robert Connally, in from Rocky one day last week, made a contract thru ]. A. Cornell for the purchase of Smith Form-a-T Truck to be used in freighting goods from Mena to the Connally store in Rocky.
 Mfr. and Mrs. l.. N. Whisenhunt returned Friday from their wedding trip to Texarkana, Hot Springs and Little Rock, having been away al- most a week. They will live in Mena, but have not yet decided on a res idence.
 Leonard Eskew, who until recent ly had been in the employ of the Watkins Lumber Company, left last week for Philadelphia, where he will be at the home of his parents for some time before going into a new line of work.
 Miss Bessie Kirby, sister of Mrs. L. s. Watson, after spending a fort night with Mr. and Mrs. Watson and family left Thursday morning for De0ueen, where she will join T. c, Jones and children on the trip to Los Angeles, Cal.
 o. c. Cornelison of Pittsburg, kas., division superintendent of the Kan sas City Southern railway, passed through Mena Thursday on No. |. enroute to Hatfield to check up con- ditons leading to the freight wreck Wednesday afternoon.
 Mr. and Mrs. w. E. Holt returned Thursday afternoon from Antlers. Ok, where they had been for a week. They were accompanied by ". J. Brinton of Paris. Tex. who former iy was a member of the sales force in the Loehridge dry goods store.
 Alr. and Mrs. w. R. MeeK of Covc were in Mena Thursday. bringing 10 bushels of wheat to be ground at the Mena mills. Mir. Meek says he has eight acres of wheat this year that looks most promising and has gar den stuff that soon will relieve the food shortage
 John Kirsch, who for several months has been employed in the mail service in Texarkana, Has been transferred to the railway mail service on the run between Mena and Sloan Springs Mrs. kirseh is still in Texarkana. but expects soon to return to Mena
 I. N. Lane, B. w. Teeters, s. l.. Brooks, w. P. Mcintosh, J. w Bratcher, J. w. Leeper, J. H. Roger, J. F Logan and T. w. Anderson were among the confederate veter- ans to attend the meeting of Pat Claybourne Camp held at the court house Saturday afternoon
 William A. Strawn, one of the Polk county registrants stationed at Camp Jackson, s. C., as member of Battery D, 3i8th Field Artillery. in remitting his subscription to The Star writes that there are only five Polk county boys left at Camp Jack son, the others having been trans ferred to Camp Beauregard, La.
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 w. ]. Tucker recently closed deal thru the Payne X Sunderman real estate agency for the purchase of the Jacob Gruener farm of 2i0 acres located near Potter. The farm is better known as the Dill Lane place, but for several years had been owned by Mr. Gruener. who is resident of Chicago.
 J. NJ. Lackey of Egger was in Mena Thursday on his return from a trip to Oklahoma west of Hatfield where he had bought tract of 400 acres of land, which he expects to develop into stock farm. He will, however, remain on his farm near Ecger during this season. tho he has