The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-17
Correspondence
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Louis Rcrk is suffering from an ahccss behind his left ear.
 Ed Morrison is reported sick with the flu" at Camp Pike.
 J. C. Allen and family were up Sunday from Cove, visiting relatives.
 Ira McCowan has bought and talk en charge of the D. Nj. Fitz restau- rant.
 Abe Stevens, wife and baby Sun dayed at Cove with Robt. Stevens and family.
 W. E. Watkins was here Saturday from Mena looking after business affairs.
 Mrs. Ben Matson left Friday for Joplin, Mo-, where they will locate in the near future.
 Mrs. Jettie Cheeks and baby arriv- ed Thursday from Bleyins. Ark. to visit her mother, Mrs. z. Stinscom.
 Rev J. c. Evans returned Monday from Ida, Okla, where he had just closed very successful revival meet ing.
 l.. H. Johnson and Ed Hutson were at Smithville Tuesday, where they held livestock sale for Will Kim berlin.
 ]. A. Slote has been dragging the roads near his home to good advan- tage, working when the mud stiff fens after a rain.
 Misses Daisy, Okla and Nevins AL len of Smithville spent Monday night here, the guests of Misses Iunie and Eelma Henderson.
 A party at J. w. Kesler's Friday night was enjoyed by several young sters, Miss Willie Parker of Mena being a guest of honor.
 A Rumely and oil pull tractor and an Austin road machine passed thru on Saturday on the local and attrac- ted quite a bit of attention.
 Mir. and Mrs. T. K. Bates Sunday ed with Potter relatives, Mrs. Laura
 Butler of Quinton, Ok, returning with them to visit this week in their home.
 Miss June Henderson and Homer Terry are home from Draughon's Business College at Ft. Smith, having come in because of the flu" closing the school.
 Sam Pigg, wife and son were here from Cove, visiting relatives.
 Frank Hays and Lee McAtee came down from Page and Sundayed with their families.
 Buck Henderson of Louisville. Ky, is here and will build residence for Ike Henderson, on the ground where his home burned some time ago.
 E. F. Stinnett passed thru here Monday enroute to Horatio, in re- ponse to telephone message that his his daughter, Mrs. Earl Pettigrew, was dangerously sick.
 Misses Gene and June Henderson and Miss Willie May Parker had an outing Tuesday at Mill No. of the Beach Lumber Company, making the trip on the lumber trucks
 Joe Mckinney stopped off here Thursday enroute from Gillham, where he had been on business. While here he was the guest of MT and Mrs. J. D. Henderson and family.
 Ben Watson has received word that his son, Frank Watson, who was wounded in France some time ago, had returned to tine u. s. A. and is confined in a Government hospital in Iowa, unable to walk.
 Mrs. K. l.. Palmer and daughters, Misses Edna and Emma returnerd home Saturday from GiiihaHh, where Mrs. Palmer IS teacher iii the school School closed down on &C., count of influenza scare.
 w. l.. Nichols and son, Dewey, mo- tored to DeQueen last week, where they attended "Give-A- -Bushel' meeting. Mrs. Nichols and the chil- dren going as far as Gillha into visit Mrs. Alice Webb.
 Mrs. J B. Williams was called to Ft. Smith last Thursday to the bed side of her son, Oscar and family, who have influenza. A message from her Monday states they are better, except, the baby.
 A few days ago one of our festau- rant men, needing some small paper bags called at one of our stores and was informed by one clerk that they were short on them, when another progressive clerk, who is always look ing out for business said "We can let you have all you want in few days, we have a car load coming" Some bags.
 One of our citizens while in Mena last week heard Mena man tell a mining gentleman, that 1t was no use to come down here as We were a back number and would not offer him ally ll-1QCtilNAbcs I4fEIN NIGEL A1tl- zen that has ever been miles away sponse to a telephone message that and speaks better of us than that es- pecially if he or any of his friends are candidates for office. Pull in your horns Mir. for we are going af- ter our part of the mining business and we usually get what we go after
 .a arranging speaking dates for last Sunday, Dr. Rushing advertised Hatfield as rural district. Now, we have the utmost respect for our rural communities. They are of the best quality of citizenship and are progressive. If the Doctor will come down we will show him that we are very much on the map. Just half way between Ft. Smith and Texar- kama and half way between Kansas city and Port Arthur, with some ef the best ''up to the gainutes business houses to be found anywhere. Our population is composed of live wire people The travelling men, (eight of them) calling on our merchants every Monday, say 1t is the best business point between Heavener and De- Queen. The cotton buyers give us credit of having the best cotton in the territory. The K. C. S. railroad is making their switch here about IA ssssle longer, which indicates that we have the business to justify the ex- pense of the venture. We have the