The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-10

C R Nixon now lGeated and in a drug business at Bates. in Scott county, is paying Polk county friends visit this week. Mr Nixon says he is prospering in his now location.
 Abraham Riley of Granns was in Mena Friday to make final proof of ! his homestead entry before County Clerk Will Alexander. William and George M Youngblood came with him as witnesses.
 Mrs Guy Thornton and son, Jack, who had been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ]. J. Mershon, par ents of Mrs. Thornton, returned to their home in Fort Smith on Thurs day afternoon
 | w. J. Stratton, who has been off duty at the kelly-Stratton Company of and on for the last three weeks, is rather seriously ill at his home with bronchial pneumonia following a siege of influenza.
 Mrs. c. A. Lindsay and children of Shreveport. on their return from q holiday visit with relatives in Okla home, stopped in Mena Wednesday to spend few days with relatives and friends before returning home. Mr and Mrs. H. H. Randolph and family moved last Thursday to their farm home on the Bethesda Springs road, better known as the Experi- mental Farm. Mir and Mrs. Oscar Afford are going to occupy the Ran dolph cottage on Seventh.
 Alex Coyle of Grannis was in Mena Thursday to look up titles to real es- tate. He was accompanied by I. T. and G. NJ. Lauderdale, who recently came from Dallas, Tex, and have bought a i60-acre farm near Gran his, known as the E. R. Bryant place.
 Mrs. Mary Gee returned to her home in Castle, Ok on Wednesday, after having been with relatives in the Egger community since before Christmas. She was brought to Mena by Joe and Annie Philpot, her nephew and niece.
 1 Fred Duke, who had been home ' from Camp Pike on a leave of ab- sence to help make the annual in ventory of the Loehridge Dry Goods Company stock, returned to Camp Pike Thursday to take up his duties in the quartermaster's department.
 Mrs. A. B. Barnes and three chil- dren. who had been holiday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. w. P. Afford, par ents of Mrs. Barnes, and with other relatives, left last Thursday for Heavener where they will spend a few days before returning to their home in Legal, Ok.
 Mr. and Mrs J. $. Myrick. here ! from Ada, Ok. visiting their son. J. E. Myrick, left Wednesday to spend a few days with friends in Fort Smith. When they return they will again become residents of Polk county, having about closed a deal for the purchase of farm near Nunley.
 J. J. Mershon and R. L. Pannell left last Thursday for Lonoke, where they expect to get employ ment on the construction of the avi- alton camp Mir. Mershon was em- ployed for several months on the construction work at Camp Pike, re- turning to Mena shortly before Christmas.
 Herman Bathke, who had public sale of his personal property last Thursday, is making plans to leave in week or so for South Dakota. where he will locate in the Rose bud reservation. He still owns his Polk county farm. Mir. and Mrs. Bathke and family had lived in Polk county for the last two years, hav- | ing come here from Nebraska. Mrs Herbert Began and Mrs. Keran Neville came in from Shady Wednesday night and were met here by their fether, J. A. King, who came from Buck Knob. Scott county, to have Mrs. Neville accompany him home. Mrs. Neville had been here | for treatment for eye trouble. and after she fully recovers, she plans to visit her soldier husband at Camp Beauregard.
 Fred Hoffman, son of F. r. Hoff- man, arrived in Mena Thursday to make his home in Polk county. He had been living in Ordway, Col, but during the last several weeks he and | Mrs. Hoffman have been visiting relatives in Kansas and Oklahoma, Mrs. Hoffman still being with her parents in Liberty, Kas. Mr. Hoff- man will likely live on his fathers farm near Hatfield.
 Mr and Mrs. Charles Beaston and four children, who came from Mus kogee. Ok, just before Christmas, have decided Co locate in Polk eoun- | ty They arc temporarily living on South Second street. but expect to go onto farm in the spring. AIr. Beaston is former resident of the county. but left here about 20 years ago, going to 0klahema and having since lived in that siatn. Ho form erly lived on what is known as the R. A. Montgomery plaae east of Mena.