The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-24

J. A. Tornton came in last week | from Fort Smith.
 Dr. D. w. Connally of Hatfield was a Mena visitor Friday.
 John Jett of Wickes was mixing with county seat folks Friday.
 J. K. Joplin, A. C. Higginbottom and c. Il. Jett, Jr., of Wickes spent Friday in Mena on a business mis- sion.
 J. NJ. Hatfield, postmaster at Shady who has been stormbound in Mena since last week, started on the home trip Thursday.
 c. B. Connally, in Friday for load of goods for the store at Rocky, re- ports that he encountered the most ] slippery roads that he had ever travelled in this county.
 Paul Muxen went to Wiekes on | Saturday morning to load out a car load of hogs for shipment to Kan sas City. He expected to have the car shipped into Mena to load a | number of head he has bought here.
 John Wimberly and Holder Will Hams was in from Egger Friday to get supplies in order to be ready | for spring work which they realize | will soon begin. They came in | Thursday evening, returning home Friday.
 J. A. Mackey and James paynter 1 were down from Rich Mountain Fri day. They report that timber and i everything else about Rich Noun tain is covered with ice and the outlook is that it will remain so for several days yet.
 A. c. Bratcher came in from Egger Thursday to look after the sale of | carload of mules which he and 1 Harrison Thompson recently ship ped in from northern Arkansas. l The mules are being kept at the w. N. Wallace wagon yard
 Mrs. c. H. Higgins writing The Star from Joplin, Mo, states that she and Mir. Higgins and the boys reached their new home in good shape, tho they had to take the train for a part of the trip on account of the bad weather which made auto mobile travelling impractical.
 
 J. C. Hauerwas in from posey Hol- low Saturday began preparation for canning season next summer by placing an order with the Watkins Hardware Company for 1000 cans. He also took out a gasoline engine which he had bought of The Star Publishing Company.
 Dr. F. C. Mullins came in last week from Saratoga, Howard coun- ty, to make his home and open an office in Mena. Mrs. Mullins and daughters had been living here since early last fell, when the daughter, Miss Louise, began work as one of the teachers of the Central school.
 John Combs passed thru Mena Friday on return from his former home near Rocky to the new home on Irons Fork, with load of hay. He found the roads mighty hard on thr team, but he found consolation in the fact that he was better off than the man who did not have hay tu haul.
 Sidney W. Duke of the First Ma tional Bank has been off duty all of last week on account of illness He is at his room at the home of Mir and Mrs. J. T. Spring, corner of port Arthur and Fourth street A nurse. Miss Mcvey. came from Fort Smith Friday morning to take charge of his case.
 J. \. Wilhtc. in from Nunley Fri lev reported thai his aged father, ] H. Wilhite. was taken rather crit tally i'll Thursday with what threatened to be an attack of pneu- monia. He is past seventy years of age. and if is feared that it will be hard for him to undergo a seize of pneumonia.
 Phil. Cornell. located at Fairfield, O.. at the Wilbur Wright Aviation field. has written homefolks that he was fortunate in passing the ex- animation which entities him to take lectures on all parts of the aero plane. He was one of 26 out of his company who passed the examina- tion.
 Mrs. Sarah ]. Palmer from Hat field spent Saturday here on busi- ness. Mir. and Mrs. Palmer came to Hatfield last summer from Shawnee, Ok. and bought farm just out of Hatfield on the Smithville road. During the next season they will do their share in helping to solve the feed and food problem.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Steel and on eWdnesday of last week, the noon for Heavener where Mir. and Mrs. Steel will take charge of the Hill House, one of the best estab- lished hotels in Heavener. Until recently the Hill House has been under the management of D. F.. Jaggers. who sold his interests to MT. Steel.
 II. Nj. Willard, who for several years has conducted a grocery and !