The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-17

Strawn of Rocky is member, was continued in sesion.
 ! Mrs. r. R. Watson, sister of Will $. MacLalferty, left Tuesday after noon for her home in Animosa, Ia.,
 after having been with MT. and
 Mrs. MacLafferty and family since before Christmas.
 Mrs. D. Delay, Mir. and Mrs. Paul
 Elmore and J. F. Elmore arrived on Wednesday from Rogers, Ark, i to make their home in Mena. Mfr. Delay is coming thru with a car Of stock and household gods.
 Robert Dashiel of Henryetta Ok, is here this week visiting his father, : J. M Dashiel. He came in the first of this week and reports that he was sixteen hours on the road on account of delayed train service.
 The Rev. R. P. Mckinley will preach at Hatfield next Sunday January 20, at fl o'clock a. m., using as his subject, The Christians Duty Toward Civil Government During War Time"
 Frank Whitaker, son of Mir. and Mrs. R. D. Whitaker, living on Dal- las avenue arrived Wednesday from Denver to visit with his parents. He came in as surprise to his parents, which was particularly pleasing to his mother, who is not in good [ health.
 ] Mrs. H. o. Estes and four children arrived from Gilham to spend the i day with Mir. and Mrs. o. l.. Cooper and other relatives. going on to ] Waldron on "Wednesday to visit with Mrs. Estes mother, Mrs. NJ. F. Sim mons, and other relatives and friends.
 Mrs. w. H. Hannebaum and four children arrived Wednesday from Billings, Mo, to join Mir. Hannebaum who came to Mena last week and had succeeded in getting quite well located on the George Emerson farm, east of Mena, which lie had bought.
 Mrs. L. II. Young and two children who have been in Mena since Christmas left Tuesday to join MT. Young in Oil City, Pa. They had been living in Haileyyille, Ok, dur ing the last year, but this winter decided to return to Oil City where they had formerly lived. w. E. Hanhebaum, who came came from Billings, Mo, last week with F. J. Greiner, and has since bought the George Emerson farm east of Mcna, received his house. hold goods Tuesday and with She help of R. c. Winchester and other Ineighbors moyed the same to the. farm.
 W. II. Terry of Hatfield, special agent for gathering cotton statistics, lreports that there were 5,l3i bales of cotton ginned in Polk county from the 1917 crop prior to Janu- ary 1, 1918 For the same period last year, he aorts. there were iii9 bales pinned an increase of S92 bales in favor of the i9i7 crop. i R. T.. GaFe .eame in "Wednesday from Okiaiilgee. Ok, where he has heen employed as carpenter since early last fall, The work fnr the present is. at n asstandstill on accNlnt of the cold weather and heavy snow, SO he concluded ta. spend q week at home. He had not been home before since labor day.
 Train service from the north is fstill greatly delayed on a,rount of bad weather Train No. 1, due here at 3:l5 this morning arrived at 1 o'clock this afternoon, being over ten hours behin Train No 2. due Ibis aftern on at 2.77 is reported fonr hours lata- Thus far the trains from the south have heon almost on time.
 l. D. Moore of Evanston. Wyo., grandson of Mr. and Mrs. A. l.. Durham of the Dallas valley and a brother of Miss Maude Moore. teacher in the Sonthside school, left for his home on Tuesday aft CT having been with Polk county relatives for the last l5 days. He is in the employ of the Union Pacific railway company at Evanston. be- ing in charge of the turntahle at the di,.inior, raoinl lnnainH in Errnnctnrn