The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01

day with homefolks, returned to Page sunday evening, where he is in charge of the commissary of the buschow Lumber Company.
 Stephen Bates, in from Big Fork Monday to make delivery of some of his 1917 sorghum crop, reports that there will be little sorghum made in the Big Fox country this season. 
 k. w. Moore of Hatfield is a Mena visitor Monday He is just back from Western Oklahoma and states that a very severe drouth is prevailing out there. He will return there soon.
 Mrs. F. L. Hairgrove and son. Peter, were in from Route No. 2 Fri day to market Elberta prches. for which they found ready sale at $2 per Dushel. They have about 30 bushels.
 D. L. Huffman of Bigger came in on Saturday to meet two daughters. Mesdames Nome Cauley and Arthur Lee of Logan county, Ark, who will Vislt their parental home for while.
 Among out-of-town visitors Satur- day were Thomas Chambers of Egg ger, Calvin Allen and Henry Wilson of Nella, Scott county, J. R. Woods of Ink and M. K. Penninger of Ida. Ok.
 MT. and Mrs. J. W. Pyland and two children arrived from Oklahoma Sun day and will visit for time Mir. and Mrs. A. c. Cauley, sister of the former, and Mir. and Mrs. B. F. Brum- ley.
 J. H. Allen, in attempting to dodge tree while assiting in sur Veying, severely cut his leg with an axe last Friday. He came home on Saturday and will be laid up for a time.
 The Hamilton Real Estate Agency last Saturday sold the Joe Turner 65- acre farm and crop, north of Rocky, to George W. Tracy. MT. Tracey also bought the crop on a neighboring farm.
 Ben Lutes of Marshal, Ok, writes homefolks that he had a splendid wheat crop, having made 500 bush- els on a hundred acres, but states that other crops are cut short by the drouth.
 L. A. Thompson of Carlton, Tex, arrived Friday and will visit his uncle, B. F. Thompson, five miles east of Mena for a time. He reports crops as burned up by drouth in that part of Texas.
 Master Twinkle Burnett of Board Camp, son of Rev. Charles Burnett, was a Star visitor Saturday. He was interested in operation of The Star machinery. He states that his father Is now assisting in a revival meeting at Kinta, Ok.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Lee of Dallas, Tex, who have been visiting MT. and Mrs. J. K. Mount of Ransom, parents of Mrs. Lee, and other relatives; left Friday for Paris, Ark, to visit before returning home.
 W. J. Bonner, on the Southside, re- turned Friday from a business trip thru parts of Oklahoma He disposed of some cattle at Hartshorne, receiv- ing fair price for them. He reports fair crops out there.
 Ford Younce has everything ready to start up his sawmill, recently par tially destroyed by fire, on the Began tract west of the city As water is scarce Ike will have to dig well in order to get a supply.
 Mir. and and Mrs. J. H. Embry of Ashdown. who have been visiting Mir. and Mrs. E. c. Embry of Board Camp and MT. and Mrs. J. M. Owens of Owens Chapel, returned to their homes Monday afternoon.
 s. E. Moore, who severely cut D. l.. Ford few days since, in an alterca- ton between the two, out on Two Mile, came in Wednesday and gave bond for his appearance before s. H. Smith. J. P. at later date.
 NIT. and Mrs. 2. A. Hilton returned Thursday from Gulfport, Miss, where they visited for two weeks with their son, Dr. D. A. Hilton. Dr. Hilton has been accepted for service in the army and will report for duty soon.
 Mrs T. T. Heaslet and son, Clar- ence, of DeQueen, and Mrs. Harry Petefsh and son, Glen, of Ashdown, are visiting B. s. Petefsh of Acorn. Mrs. Heaslet is his daughter and Mrs. Petefsh his daughter-in-law.
 Rev. c. P. Williams came in Sun day from Shady, where he conducted very successful revival meeting, which closed Sunday morning. He now goes to Holly Springs school house to conduct a meeting.
 The Rev. T. A. Park went to Cove Sunday afternoon to occupy the pull pit in the Cove Presbyterian church that night. He has consented to preach for the Cove congregation once a month for three months.
 MT. and Mrs. Will Alexander and Mrs. J. I. Alley and her brother, Gus Pirtle, who left Monday with Judge Alley for Little Rock. returned home