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The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19
woNDERFUL vIcToRY N AIR.

Fifteen years, December II, 1918
Orville Wright Of Dayton, o., made
the first successful flight with a
heavier than air machine. He was in
the air one minute and made a speed
of s5 miles an hour. During this
year, 1918. height Of 2S,900 feet
51a miles has been reached, a speed
Of 145 miles made, and one machine
carried ~ passengers for an hour
Another is building with a maximum
load capacity Of 154 men of aver
age weight Of 140 pounds. Carrying
mail is soon to be common thing
in the United States, and it is talked
that airplanes may be used to hasten
mail and passenger delivery from
ocean going vessels by flying to land
when 500 miles cut from port.
And we are so accustomed to such
wonders that we scarce give them a
passing thought.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19
oF INTEREST no TuRKEY.
e Kansas CITY sta.

From The Kansas City sta
/ AS Turkey understands the stu
atic=, according to Ward Price, a
newspaper correspondent at Constan-
tinople. that country did not sign the
armistiee as a beaten nation. but as
a sort Of gentlemen's agreement be-
tween the nations Of the world.
Indeed, according to Mr. Price, the
party in power in Turkey, is very
greatly incensed over the administra-
tion of the terms of the armistice by
Allies. and it has just voted, very
gradgingly, to maintain the present
relations in order to side over the
critical situation
That being the case, Turkey as
That being the case Turkey has a
surprise coming to her in the way Of
interesting and authentic informa-
ton. Turkey is about TO hear some
news. The terrible Turk will get the
word direct within few weeks which
is certain to shock his soul. He is to
hear that he must get to work and
pay the world an honest debt.
Turkey will be kept so busy during
the next few years at the useful oe-
eupation Of paying the fine which the
police court of civilization viii assess
against it that It viii have little time
to follow its old past time and ma
tional sport of numbering defenseless
men and women and children.
The "sick man Of Europe is about
to be given a dose of medicine in
tended toe ure il of the chronic Gus
sedness which has kept the diplomat
ic doctors and nurses of the Old
World in attendance during the past
quarter of century. 1t will be so
tired of its job Of paying for its last
big drunk that it will go home on
Saturday night hereafter and 20 to
bed, instead Of the usual weekly per-
Torrance of going on tear and
shooting up the peace of Europe
Here's to the strength of the arm
that administers the dose, and here's
to the strength Of the dose TO be adj
ministered And here's a tip to the
corner druggist who fills the pre-
scription: Never mind the fine meas
urements to go into the bottle. A few
ounces more or less of the wrong
stuff will not be resented by world
that is weary of the Turk.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19
LIKE AN ELECTRIC
BUTTON ON TOES
Tells Why a Corn Is So Painful and
Says Cutting Makes
Them Grow.

Press an electric button and you
form contact with a live wire which
rings the bell. When your shoes press
against your corn it pushes its sharp
roots down upon = sensitive nerve and
you get shock Of pain
Instead Of trimming your corns,
which merely makes them grow, just
step into any drug store and ask for
quarter of an ounce of freezone.
This win cost very little but It is suf-
ticent to remove every hard OF soft
corn or callus from ones feet. A few
drops applied directly upon a tender
aching corn stops the soreness in
stantly, ard socn the corn shriveis
up so it lifts right out, root and all,
without pain. This drug freezone is
harmless and never infiames or even
irritates the surrounding skin. Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19
a LEssoN woRTH WHILE.

The Star favored the new consti-
tuition because il sincerely believed it
contained far more of good than Of
bad or doubtful. but its defeat IS not
a blow that is going to cripple Ar
kansas irreparably, nor will it need to
delay for long the development Of the
good things the proposed basic law
contained.
And it has taught us--or the would
be-constitution builders a lesson or
two that they might have known and
might have profited By had they not
overlooked the mood of the people.
In the first place it is doubtful if
a time Of war, with al the abnormal
war time conditions, is the proper
time to take up such problems.
Constitutions are builded much more
to meet peace conditions than war
conditions because we live for most
part in peace.
Then there seemed tendency to
put things into the constitution that
with all propriety could and should
be left in the hands Of the people,
and for the people to adjust from
time to time as experience and vary
ing desires and conditions might
warrant.
But the biggest weakness in the
whole effort was to attempt to es-
tablish great basic law on which all
other laws Of Arkansas were to have
been founded, without giving the
people any choice in the constituent
parts. The voters were denied any
right to analyze, separate and choose
from the things they liked or did not
like. They must swallow, under the
arrangement the whole mass at a
gulp, or reject it entirely. This was
neither fair to the thinking people,
nor in accord with the best ideas of
suffrage. The prophecy is made here
and now that it won't be tried again
in Arkansas.
If this last error had not been
made, and If campaign of educa-
ton had been begun some months
earlier, it is safe to say that Arkan-
sas now would have a new consti-
tuition and a pretty good one, instead
of the Anticipated one that hangs as
a load around her neck in matters
of development and progress.
Arkansas folks, and particularly
constitution builders have learned
lesson at the hands of the voters
And the taxpayers, as usual, must
foot the bill, but the experience J;
worth the money, and our state anc
her people will fare the better for i
when another effort in the same di
rection is put forth.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19
----a------~---
FROM WATSON. OK.

there are quite a number Of influ-
enza cases IN the neighborhood.
The Watson school is getting along
nicely tho all Of the pupils have not
YET started on account Of the inffu-
enza. The children are arranging 3
nice christmas program. The teach
ers are Mrs. Lillian Butcher and Miss
Velma Kinkaid.
Elmer Tate. who departed from this
NE Saturday. December IA, left !
young wife, father and mother. Mr.
and Mrs. E. ID. Tate; three brothers
Tom, Roscoe and Bill, and one sister
Lille, and host of friends to mourn
ms death. The remains were laid Il
rest IN the Watson cemetery, the Rev
J. D. Shaw conducting the services.
School EfrI
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19
ACTIVITIES AT ACORN.
Saw Mill and Planer New Industry
Farm Club Busy.

Acorn has a new saw mill and a
planning mill for dressing all grades
of lumber, and has a dozen or more
new employees who with their fami-
lies make a goodly increase in the
population. Mr. Fitz, the mill own
er came from Fit. Dodge, Iowa, and
is buying lumber and logs at various
points on the K. c. S. Ry., for mill
ing in transit, and from the local
saw mills in the country around. He
has also contracted several tracts Of
timber which is being cut, sawed and
hauled to the planer, giving work to
a number of men and teams. Several
new cottages have been built, others
are to be built Town lots are sell
ing from $3.50 to $500 each. Five
and ten acre tracts for fruit, poul-
try and gardens at reasonable prices,
SO Acorn expects to grow.
G. r. Hale and B. S. Petefish own
the two general stores.
Land around the country brings
from $40 to $50 an acre, and there
is an abundance of free pasturage in
the National Forest Reserve about
one to two miles from town for cat
tie, sheep, goats etc., with fine well
and spring water everywhere. Large
deposits Of iron and manganese are
found near Acorn, and have been To-
Gated and partly developed for ship
ment. This ore is valuable for Spieg-
eleisen or ferro-manganese.
The community farm club, with j.
c. Garland, president, and P. Nc Will
liam, as secretary, was organized
last winter. 1t has big problem on
its hands, that is to decide what and
how to plant the next years crop, so
as to get the best money returns for
the cost Of seed, labor, etc, especially
with a real scarcity of help on the
farms. Most farmers expect a good
price for cotton, corn, hogs and cat
tie, and other food products, even if
the war is over.
I Mr.. Crawford and family from
Mena have taken the farm Of w. A.
Ragland to rent, recently occupied
by j. d. Tucker who has moved to
Mena.
E. w. Snow and Edgar Moves have
built neat and attractive cottages
and the mill company has built and
improved two houses for their mill
men nearby on the land of B. s,
Petefish Ben Barron and Budd Bar
ron have each built new houses east
of Acorn. Several new families have
I located near here the past year, and
considerable land is changing hands
at advancing prices Many families
have been sick with the grippe or the
"flu," but nearly all are getting well
again, although Melvin Gillespy, NJ
w. Roger and others are still in bed
The school has been closed for the
past two weeks. and Prof. Harris
was among the victims Of the "flu. y
There have been no deaths thus far
in Acorn.
We are all glad the var Is over
Now for peace, prosperity and good
roads.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19
CORRESPONDENCE CONTINUED
ROCKY RUMBLEs.

G. c. Timer is sick.
J. S. Pollard was Mena visitor
Tuesday.
Cotton is about all out in our neigh
borhood.
j. c. Terrell and son. Guy, were
trading in Mena Monday.
NJ. d. Winton went to Mena Tues
day for supplies for his store.
Mrs. Lille Day, who died at Center
Point Sunday. was buried at Rocky
Monday
G. 3. Tyler and daughter, Nettie
from Big Cedar, Ok, were visiting al
Rocky last week.
0rville Winton and Whit Robt
came in Thursday from New Orleans
La, where they had been in Uncle
Sans service. Sunbeam.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19

A force Of men are at work on the
road that must be built If Mena IS to
receive the shipments and benefits
Of the big manganese mines south
east. It is up to the business men
to see thai this work IS carried on
unite the trucks start hauling ore
into Mena. II they fail to DO this
they will not deserve and probably
won't enjoy-the business and pros
perity that such an industry viii
bring.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19

Mr.. Bill fiohenzoiiern, il report il
true, has been invited 20 take his
buds and depart from Holland, to
avoid trouble for the country. Report
also says Bill declined the invitation.
Probably his failure to invade and
loot the Dutch nation was a well
planned preparedness measure. He
wanted one spot handy to which he
could flee if the worst came to the
worst.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19

"All ! have ! lay at your feet"
The maiden arehed her exquisite
eyebrows and said nothing.
Doesn't that make any impression
on youg"
every little. You see, ] have an
idea that could step over all you
could lay at my feet without raising
them more than two inches off the
floor"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19
RANSOM RAMBLEs.

Irwin Gatlin spent Thursday night
at the Mount home
r. A. Thomas and family are get
ting along nicely now.
Quite a number of Ransomites
were trading in Mena Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. X. Mount spent
Sunday with Mr. ard Mrs. ] B. Wal.
lace near Mena.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Willis and
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19
How Ahont L Woodrow I

At the Elysee Palace dinner Presi-
dent Wilson concluded with these
words his reply to President Poin:
care: II raise my glass to the health
Of the president and Madame Pom
care and the prosperity of France.
But in the name Of the Great Bone
Dry, when Woodrow lifted his glass
did it have anything in it, or. more
important still, did 1t have anything
in it when he put it down again?
Arkansas Gazette.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19

The most energetic workers feel
lazy and low-spirited at times. This
condition is caused by impurities in
the stomach, liver and bowels, which
should be gotten rid Of before they
bring on sick spell A few doses
Of Prickly Ash Bitters cleanses the
system and sends new life and vigor
to every part Of the body. Price $1-25
per bottle, Gunnels Drug Store,
Special Agents ADV.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19

family spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Blair. '
Mrs. Tilda Williams Of Mena Il
,yvl,sltlng her daughter, Mrs. r. A.
Thomas.
Misses Lee Stokes. Ethel
Gatlin. and LAME Wear and Irwin
Gatlin went to Nunley SUNDAY af-
ternoon.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19

The only way to work up q crouch
about Mena weather nowadays IS to
concentrate fault finding mind on
some cloudy or rainy day that Is past
and gone.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19

There was story that the Ger
mans in Coblenz showed DISPOSE
ton to sheer at American soldiers.
The latest is that there are 10000 Of
our boys in that community, so It
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19

Taken Up:--A spotted pig weigh
ign about SO lbs No marks or brands,
Owner pay fer keep and advertise
ment. r. F. Putnam, Nunley. wit.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19

may De asserted the snesring has
become unpopular
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19

rirhins the hleedL Yoa can soon feel ms Ssrrnrh-
sAins fnvieuratine Es--- Price &C
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19
GASOLINE ENGINES.

Something extra good. Inquire at
Star office.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-29

Coats OF Silvertone. Cut
Bolivia, Crystal, Pompom.
raccoon collars, beaver coll
lars, moufflon collars, seal
plush collars, self collars
many of them lined with
pussy willow, others with
peau d'cygne or yarn dyed
satin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-29
Ammonia Tank Explosion
Rocks Lebanon Houses

Lebanon, Pa, Oct. "a large am
monia tank at the plant of the Mer-
chants Ice Company, at Ninth and
Water streets. exploded last night at
Sis o'clock, rocking the northwestern
section of the city and almost suffo-
eating people for many blocks in
fumes of ammonia. The terrific ex-
plosion wrecked a 5000-gallon water
tank on top of the building and when
this fell in carried down a large set
OF cooling racks and the entire wreck
age fell down through the roof of
the main tank room. The building
is a wreck, entailing a loss of up
ward of $4,000.
AS the place was closed two weeks
ago no one was in the plant and no
one was injured. The plant is oper-
ated by a subsidiary concern of the
United Ice and Coal Company of Har-
risburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-29

Coats of Velour,
Broadcloth. Pom
pom, Kersey. Sill
vertip, + e a { h e T
Fluff and Novelty
with beautiful fur
or seal plush col
lars, lined through
out with guaran-
teed linings-in a
wonderful color as
sortment-sizes for
misses and women.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-29

the tables at luncheon given by the
Red Cross in the McAlpin hotel yes
terday. when the regular walters and
cooks went on strike.
Many of the guests volunteered to
wait on themselves and friends. and
others even volunteered to help In the
kitchen. The luncheon was voted
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-29

panied General Pershing to France.
declared that the standard of the
medical care given the American sol
diers was the highest in the world.
Including the wounded. he said, only
forty three men in 1000 are i'll, and
of these only per cent. suffer from
disease
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-29

succeed Major General william C.
Gorgas as surgeon general of the
United States Army. arrived here to-
day on a British ship. He was ac-
eompanied by Brigadier General ].
H. kean, his deputy. Both will pro-
ceed to Washington.
Major General Ireland, who accom-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-29
Only 43 Yanks in 1000
iii, Says Mai. Gen. Ireland

An Atlantic Port, Oct 29.-Major
General Merritt w. Ireland, head of
the medical department of the Amer
lean expeditionary forces in France.
who recently was relieved in order to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-29

one of the most successful OF the
season.
Walters and some cooks at the
waldorf Astoria and Claridge went
on strike at the noon hour. too, leav-
ing the lunch hour crowds at those
hotels without service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-29
Society Women Upset
Hotel Walters Strike

New York. Oct 29-Society women.
bartenders, porters and housemaids
were pressed into service to wait on
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-29
Flying With Shafer
OUT IN A RAINSToRM

LETTER FROM DAUPHIN BOY TO HIS MOTHER
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-29

Use McNeirs Pain Exterminator--Ad
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-12-20
WHAT ALLIED BILL"
(Ccntril)utcd.)

(Ccntributed)
When your back is broke and your
eyes are blurred
And your shin bones knock and your
tongue is furred
And your tonsils squeak and yom
hair gets dry
And you're doggone sure that you're
going to die,
YOU'RE skeered you wont. and afraid
you will,
Just drag to bed and have your chill
And pray the Lord to see you through
For you've got the Flu, boy.
You've got the Flu.
When your toes curl up and your belt
goes flat,
And you're twice as mean rs n Thorn
rs cat,
And life is long and dismal curse,
And your food all tastes like a hard
boiled hearse,
When your lattice aches and your
heads a-buzz
And nothing is as it ever was,
Here are my sad regrets to you,
You've got the Flu, boy,
You've got the Flu.
What is it like, this Spanish Flu?
Ask me, brother, for I've been thru.
1t is by misery out of danger.
1t pulls your teeth and curls YOUR
hair,
1t thins your blood and Draws vour.
bones
And fills your craw with means and
groans,
And sometimes, maybe, you get we'll,
Some call it Flu call it hell
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-12-20
GLAD TO TESTIFY
Says Watoga Lady, "As To What
Cardui Has Done For Me, So
As To Help Others"

Watoga, w. Va.-hlrs. S. W. Caldwell.
OF this town. says: "When about IS years
OF age, suffered greatly :. Sometimes
would go month or two, and had
terrible headache, backactc, and bearing
down pains, and would just drag and
had no appetite. Then -. . if would last
two weeks, and was so weakening,
and my health was awful.
My mother bought Inc a bottle of
Cardui, and began 10 improve after
taking the first bottle, so kept it up till
look three, IL gained, and was well
and strong, and owe it all to Cardui.
am married now and have 3 children
:. Have never had 10 have doctor for
female trouble, and just resort TO Cardui
II need tonic. | am glad TO testify 10
what it has done for me, so as to help
others"
II you are nervous or weak, have head
aches, backaches, or any of the other
ailments so common 10 women, why not
give Cardui a trial? Recommended by
many physicians. In use over DO years.
Begin taking Cardui today. II NAV
be the very medicine You need.
NC-l3O
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-12-20
GOOD ROADS MEETING IN RICH.
MOND IN JANUARY.

Richmond, Dec. Announcement
is made Of the eighth annual conven-
ton of the Virginia Good Roads AS
ISOLATION to be held in Richmond on
January 18th, 18th and 10th.
With the prospects of peace and
the removal of the restrictions upo,,
construction work, imposed by the
National Government on account of
the war, the question of highway i'm
provement has again come to the
fore. Work of this kind promises to
be Il most potent factor in providing
suitable employment for our returned
soldiers and those released from war
industries.
Many do not realize the important
changes made in the road laws of this
State during recent years, whereof ;
Virginia has put itself in sine with
the more progressive States by es-
tablishing 4 State Highway Sys-
tenn" connecting the principal cities
and county seats, to be constructed
and maintained wholly by the State.
1t has also provided FOR TIE designa-
ton Of County Highway System"
to interlock with the State system
in all the counties of the State, to DC
constructed and maintained jointly by
the State and counties.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-12-20

In the Clerks Office of the Circuit
Court of the County of Tazewell
on the 18th day of November, 1918.
ANNIE S. BLEVINS,. -. Plaintiff,
against
THOMAS A. BLEyINS, Defendant.
The object Of this suit is to obtain
ia divorce from The bonds of matri
mony lii favor Of the complainant OIL
the grounds of desertion.
And an affidavit having been made
and filed that the defendant, Thomas
A. Bievins, whose last known place of
abode is Youngstown, Ohio, is not res
ident of the State of Virginia, it is
ordered that he do appear here within
fifteen days after due publication here
of and do what may be necessary to
protect his interest in this suit. And
it is further ordered that q copy here
of be published once week for four
successive weeks in the Clinch Val
ley News, Il newspaper published in
the county of Tazewell, and that n
copy be posted at the front door of
the Courthouse of this county OH or
before the 18th day of November,
1918, that being the next succeeding
Rule day after this order was entered.
A copy--Teste:
e. w. GREEVER, Clerk.
j. w. HICKS. p. q. nov.S-4t.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-12-20
THE WORK OF THE ALLIED AR.
MES NOT FINISHED.

"The war is over" is an expression
frequently heard. No; only the fight
ing has ceased under the armistice.
Tho Peace Conference will meet car
ly in January to consider and formu.
late terms Of peace. How can there
he treaties of peace with peoples thai
are without governments? Germany.
Austria, Turkey, Hungalia, Bulgaria,
are all in II chaotic state of anarchy
and confusion, while Russia is seeth-
ing with Bolshevism Be not surprised
to hear that Foch's army is entering
the territory Of these turbulent ma
lions of murdercrs 'rrom the Baltic
Sea to Constantinople," and establish
some sort of stable government.
The war is not won until peace
and order are established and crimi-
nails brought to justice and punished.
The armistice is not peace, nor n
guarantee of peace, and the United
States cannot withdraw her armies
.until the object for which we fought
has been attained. To do so would
be to lose all
No, the war is not over The armies
OF occupation must continue to occu-
Ply and perhaps do more smashing be.
fore the autocrats come to their sens
eS