The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-19

Rev. ]. B. Williams Of Hatfield
was a Mena visitor Tuesday.
DR.. P. r. Watkins was called t.
Fort Smith Wednesday afternoon to
see a patient
Mrs. NJ. E. Frazer and little grand
daughter left Tuesday for Texarkana
to spend Christmas.
j. G. Lawrence was able to be at
sin store Wednesday, his first triT
since his attack of "flu."
Mayor Ira o Smith was at Wickes
and Athens Wednesday on business
for the Proctor-Smith Company.
Mrs. E. W Moore, accompanied
by Misses Agnes and Johnnie Little
page, We're shopping in Mena
Wednesday.
R. T. Morrow of Big Cedar, t. j
Smith Of Nella and R. II. Putnam OF
Board Camp were among those who
sold cotton in Mena Wednesday.
Miss Dixie Pritchett who had beer
visiting at the home of Alderman and
Mrs H. NJ Frederick, returned tC
her home at DeQueen Wednesday.
DIR. ]. r. Davis of Fort Smith, was
called to Mena Wednesday for con.
sultaticn with DIR. 7. M. Fletcher
regarding Little Archie Zachary.
Arch Ellsworth of Nunley was one
of the returning soldiers who reached
Mena Tuesday. He was mustered out
at Camp Pike upon his return from
Camp Upton, L. l.
Mrs. w. d. Durham who had been
visiting relatives and friends in
Mena and the Dallas valley for the
last several weeks, left this after
noon for her home in Kansas City.
Holder Hudgins, who returned to
Mena Tuesday, having been muster
ed out of service at Camp Pike, was
one of the soldiers who got as far as
Camp Merritt, N. j., when peace was
declared.
]. A. Feds of Opal was a visitor
to The Star office Wednesday and
was one of the many farmers who
were not disappointed because the
stock law was defeated at last Sat-
urday's election.
Six precincts had failed to make re-
turns to the election commissioners
Wednesday and the members were
unable to state just when the official
canvas of votes of Saturdays con-
test would be held.
B. F. Putnam Of Springdale, Ark
who has been visiting his brother R
F. Putnam near Nunley, is planning
to go to Crockett, Tex, to spend the
winter and will probably leave the
first of the coming week.
Among the out of town visitors
who were trading in Mena Wednesday
were d. e. Wise and G.. r. Price
of Cove; j. A. Smith of Blansett
H. A. Andrews of Umpire; ]. ]
Johnson of Vandervoort and T. A
Bates of label.
Mrs. James r.. Wood of Ashdowr
reached Mena Tuesday and will spend
the holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Hal Norwood. Capt. Wood
is expecting to be mustered out Of
service in time to join his wife dur
ing her visit here.
Word came back from Texarkans
Tuesday afternoon that the specialist
who examined II. H. Randolph had
decided it will not be necessary to OPP
crate on him. Mr.. Randolph will stay
at the hospital there awhile for treat.
ment, but his wife returned to Mens
Wednesday.
B. G. Smith and Perry Hess Of
Egger were in Mena Tuesday to buy
feed to carry thru their stock this
winter, an experience which they dc
do not care to repeat another year
The former remained over to attend
the meeting of the w. O. w. held
Tuesday night.
Postmaster r. S. Allen has received
his first consignment of the 1919 is
sue of w. S. S. The new stamps are
of smaller size than the 1918 issue
and are colored blue instead of green
They will be on sale beginning Janu-
airy /, at the same schedule of prices
as this year, but the stamps will
mature a year later.
Mrs. A. M. Salyers and daughter
Miss Beulah, were at Hatfield Tues
day to attend the funeral of Homer
johnson. son of DIR. c. F. Johnson
and nephew Of Mrs. Salyers. The
young man had reached the age of
% years, and was a victim of pneu-
monia following an attack of influ-
enza. He passed away Monday af-
ternoon.
At least two Polk county boys will
get chance to see Berlin. They are
John B. Shepherd and Everett Rowe,
former residents of Rocky. w. l..
Shepherd, father of the former was in
Mena Wednesday and said that the
last letter received from his son was
to the effect that he was with the
army travelling into the German cap
ital
Advocates of law prohibiting the
running at large of hogs will likely
petition State Representative Barney