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The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Heartburn, heayiness in the stom-
ach, bloated feeling, coated tongue,
bad breath, dizziness and vertigo
(blind staggers), quickly relieved by
Prickly Ash Bitters. People who
have used it cay they can eat hearth
ly without misery, where before they
tried it the most healthful food SEEM
ed to get them out of fix. Price $1.25
per bottle. Gunnels Drug Store
Special Agents.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14
The Strong Withstand the Heat d
Summer Better Than the Weak

Old people who are feeble and younger people
who are weak, will be strengthened and enabled GO
eothroueh the depressing heat Of summer by TAX
TEN. You can 5000 fseIits strenethenins fnvigor-
sting Eject e3e.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

d. E. Myers of Hatfield while in
Mena Wednesday reported to John H.
Hamilton, chairman of the Give-A-
Bushel campaign, that he had fund
of S65.70 collected for that fund, and
that the same was on deposit in the
Bank of Hatfield. BY the way, Mr..
Myers as chairman of the Commun-
ity Council of Defense, is keeping
an accurate record of the contribu-
tons made to the various war funds
by the members enrolled in the Coun-
ell, so that when the war is over he
will know who has been the givers.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

SURGEONS agree that in cases of
Cuts, Burns. Bruises and Wounds, the
FIRST TREATMENT is most impor-
tant. When an EFFICIENT anti
septic is applied promptly, there is
no danger of infection and the wound
begins to heal at once. For use on
man or beast, B0ROZONE is the
IDEAL ANTISEPTIC and HEAL
ING AGENT. Buy it now, and be
ready for an emergency. Price Csc,
SOC, $1.00 nd $50. Sold by Jackson
Drug Co.-adv
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Bates arrived in
Mena Thursday from Golden, Ok, to
spend two weeks visiting relatives
and friends in the Big Fork commun-
ity. They were accompanied on the
trip by their daughter, Mrs. H. l..
Looney and son, Argy Bates, who had
spent two weeks with.the Polk coun-
ty folks in the Golden and Glover
neighborhoods. When Mr. Bates
goes back to Oklahoma he expects to
drive thru his bunch of about 80
head of cattle which had been on the
range at Big Fork.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

We pay best cash prices for Liberty
Bonds. We buy and sell stocks. Write
as. Morgan-Yatter Co, 1910 South.
western Life Bldg, Dallas, Tex.
Adv. aug .z3dwtf
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Il. B. Alexander Of Heavener was a
Iona visitor Friday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

In vanHorn of Egger was
'anr the few farmers in Mena Fri
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

John H. Hamilton, chairman of the
"Give-A-Bushei" campaign is send
ing out notices for another meeting
of the school officers Of the county
to push the campaign until can
vass of every district in the county
has been made. The meeting has
been called for Monday, November
IS, at 2 o'clock p. m. This will be the
first day of the adjourned session of
the Circuit court.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

A reader of The Star called atten-
ton today to the uncertainty of mail
service during these strenuous times
by stating that he had on November
6 received a letter mailed in France
on Oct. II, while at the same time
letter mailed in Mena on October
"a, directed to Mt. Ida, did not reach
its destination until October 81. Still
another letter mailed to Mt. Ida on
October 20 did not reach there until
November2.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14
PERSONAL NOTES

T c. Colp of Russellvilfe, Ark, is
Mena on business.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

lestl" held came over from We
fatbs a' uk., Wednesday to visit his
J. D. Reid, of the Owens
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

III n Montgomery is on duty in
I'M M. Shields store on the South
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

II O. Yeakey of Hatfield spent
.voral hours with Mena friends
thursday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

|w b Short of Muskogce, is in
lana and is planning to spend the
Inter here.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Mrs. M. J. Crosson returned Friday
morning from Camp Travis, Tex,
where she had been at the bedside
of her son, Raymond, for the last
three weeks. He had been sick with
influenza, but is now convalescing.
Upon her arrival at home she had a
call to come to Sailisaw, Ok, to be
with her daughter, Mrs. Lee Watt,
who with her two children is also
sick with the FLU"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Will J. Blue and fam
lily arrived in Mena Wednesday from
DeQueen to again make their home
in Polk county after an absence OF
eight years They had lived near the
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

s,. M and Mrs. w. G. VIM and son
rsa "so N Mena Thursday from War
tsa;. Bradley county to make this
lOsat.Ih nome. They are temporarily
sooa at The Ozark. but expect
:" 70 get home Of their own.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

II H. Sexton and S. S. Little of
LII Mountain were Mena Mena Wis
ors Thursday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

chapel neighborhood, and incidentally
to look for location so that he and
his family can come back to Polk
county.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Cossatot bottoms east of DeQueen,
and all of the family have contracted
malaria. Mr.. Blue will move to the
Frank Thompson farm near Nunley
as soon as his goods arrive.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Tucker and
family, who have been living on the
w A. Ragland farm near Acorn for
the last three years are moving to
Mena this week They will occupy
the H. M. Frederick residence on
Refine street
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Frank George and Henry Lilies of
Faters were on the Mena market
I'm cotton Thursday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Miss Mildred Steel was called to
Fagleton Friday to take charge as
.,,rse of a pneumonia patient.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Misses Lou and Decie Putnam.
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. T. H.
Putnam Of Big Fork we're in Mena
Friday on their return from Glover,
Ok, where they had spent two weeks
visiting their sister, Mrs. j. w. Dill
beck.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

j. S. Pollard and Emmett Rowe
came in from Rocky Thursday to bill
out a car Of cotton seed which they
had loaded out from their gin. The
car was loaded to full capacity, con-
tanning 40 tons, which at present is
worth SGT per ton.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Edgar York has written Mrs. York
that he left Camp Beauregard, La,
under date Of November 2, and the
supposition is that he is now over
seas. He was among the registrants
that entrained from Polk county on
September 4, and after short time
at Camp Pike, he was transferred to
Camp Beauregard.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

8 Mr. and Mrs. l.. G. Bell were in re-
eipt of word Thursday that their
on. Private BENZ. F. Bell had arrived
hfely overseas.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

=; NJ. Edwards and Joe Kirkland
lrOm Holly Springs Thursday re-
p my TO John H. Hamilton. chair
na; a y the "Give-A -Bushelp cam
, ra,sn mat school district No. 6 had
a'sd s2i for this fund.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Mayor Ira Smith went to Fort
|mith Wednesday and returned with
mother Little Giant truck, which ne
Rove back.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

George Fried, who had spent the
summer and fall on his fathers farm
in Russell county, Kansas, has re-
turned home to await his call to SER
vice under the selective draft act. He
had previously made efforts to enlist
in the navy, but was not accepted be-
cause of being under age.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Ray Rowton came from Heavener
Wednesday and spent Thursday in
Mena distributing advertising mat
ter for a closing out sale to be held
by the Grand Leader of Heavener.
He states that his father. w. w.
Rowton, and family are planning to
move to Honey Grove, Tex, as soon
as the business at Heavener is clos
ed out.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Col. H. w. Knight, promoter of
the Mena-Hot Springs Electric rail-
way, writes Secretary Eastin of the
Commercial Club, from Chicago that
he expects to return to Mena next
week, unless not fully recovered
from the FLU" to put the railway
project to completion.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

In. B. Cardwell Of Talihina, Ok,
.as in Mena Friday to go to Opal for
visit with John Cotton and other
blends.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Dr. A. W. Rice of DeQueen, who
Las charge of the tick eradication
work in Polk county, was in Mena on
official business Saturday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

a. v Plrtle and other Mena rela-
s ives were relieved Wednesday upon
a;sar,ng that Charles Pirtle at Jop-
~, mo, who had been critically i'll
n.'ii q relapse from the 'sfiu'' was
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Miss Evelyn Shipman, who has
been visiting her sister Mrs. Fred
Embry, left Saturday to return to
Ter home at Honey Grove, Tex.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

mr. and Mrs. lack Yeargan and
cnlldren called to Mena last week on
sseouht OF the illness and subsequent
asA1n OF Mr.. Yeargan's mother, re-
turned to their home in Pittsburg,
kas., Friday
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

1. Z. Borders, who for some time
past q has been in the employ of the
wen Fargo Company. has given up
lne Job and is again working for the
Watkins Hardware Company.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

W. H. Darwin of Wickes, James
Nations Of Vandervoort and d. E..
Myers of Hatfield were among the
Southend men to make returns to the
election commission.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Cunningham
returned Thursday from the home of
their daughter, Mrs. Earl White, liv-
ing west of Mena, where they had
been since early in the week on ac-
count of the very critical illness of
Mrs. White, who is suffering with an
attack of ssflu."
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Private Harrison Standridge arriv-
Cd Wednesday from Camp Pike to
spend a Through with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Standridge at
DIAL. ~
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

w. E. Clinton of Grannis spent
Thursday in Mena on Business. Mr.
Clinton reports being very busy with
ton reports having been busy witt
farm work this fall, chief of which
was taking care of sorghum crop
having made 400 gallons from hi
homegrown cane. He installed a mil
in order to be better take care of his
crop.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Jos. R. Gill, forest ranger, came in
from Eagleton Friday to spend a day
With his family on Stilwell Heights.
he will return to his work again on
Saturday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

W. Nj. Moore, an experienced cleo
.trician, has taken a position at the
garage of the Zachary Motor compa-
ny and will have charge of the bat
terry department.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

A carload of Polk county steers
left Mena Saturday for the Kansas
City stockyards. The animals were
shipped by G. V. Merryman. who
lives west of Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Inquiries are coming daily to Sec
rotary Eastin of the Commercial
Club concerning Polk county farms,
ranches and manganese lands. The
mail on Thursday morning contain
ed 10 such inquiries, all Of which
were responses to advertisements
placed by Mr.. Eastin.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

u. W. Stockton, who had been in
|tne general merchandise business on
south Mena street for several
months, has closed out his business
Nunley. e'i
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

James McPhetrige, with the claims
department of the Kansas City
Southern railway, with headquarters
in Heavener was in Mena Thursday
on his return from trip to DeQueen
Mineral and other points south. He
is just recovering from an attack of
the "ffllu flu. I"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Il ]. C. Ballentine, who has returned
recently to Mena from Oklahoma,
has opened shoe repairing shop in
Albert Robertson's store house on the
ksouthside.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Sergt. Fred Strickland is home in
Mena spending a five dav furlough
with his wife. Upon. his return to
his duties at Camp Pike, Sergt.
Strickland will enter the officers
training school, expecting to begin
his studies there November Ia.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Private Arch Ward, home on an
eight day furlough from Camp Beau
regard, La, visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. C. Ward of Eagieton.
spent Friday in Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Regain came
in from Shady Forest Ranger station
Thursday to be met here by Mr.. and
Mrs. John E. King, parents of Mrs.
Regain, who are moving from Buck
Knob, Scott county to Mena. They
will live in the city until Mr. King
finds suitable farm property to buy.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

A fine shorthorn male, solid red
in color, came to Mena Saturday
from West Fork, Ark, and will
make his home at the farm of
~ II. Holland near Ink The animal
attracted much attention at the ex-
press office before unloaded and TAX
en- to his new home.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-11-14

Freeman Dover came from Hat
field Thursday TO volunteer his SER
vices to the local exemption board
He was accepted and assigned to the
motor track department, and direc-
ted to report for entrainment with
the other registrants next Monday
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18

'Tildcn. read your MAX last night
lie said. "Thcrc's honest human stuff in
it. 1t toached me- It's all wool and
yard wide and no fake
"The finest compliment you can pay a
New Engiander," Mr.. Tilden said, ''is 10
tell him that he gives YOU what you paid
for. We're mostly thought of as sellin:
wooden nutmegs. But, without meaning
10 fish for ;e-,e of those pleasant words
and to throw light on what We were dis
cussing, would YOU say what you liked il
the book? Was It because 1t made You
want more than ever 10 go TO warl'
NO." the man said Illuminating. I'D
enlisted before l read YOUR book. No, it
was because | felt human beings in If and
their feelings touched me-
Then for the time being you forgot tie
Kaiser" Mr.. Tilden said (Which means
that my propaganda was stamping"
"You insist, then. that It's j proposition
of oil and wacri'' | asked.
When Oil and Water Mix.
"Oh, they mixr' Mr.. Tilden responded
"Oniy, as I've said, it requires an artist
hand of the finest. When piece Of SUI
perb art moves the beholder. it is very
likely TO move him in the direction of
something to do-which is all the effect
propaganda can ever hope for.
Il think, for example, that Dickens is
both artist and propagandist in Nicholas
Nickleby and Darid COpperfeld. Think
Of how Christmas Carol makes yoa want
TO dip into your pocket and be good TO
cripples or contribute to the Salvation
Army Santa Claus. There is no mistahiaS
the fact that Dickens felt that children
were horribly treated in certain type of
private school then and be wanted %
remedy matters went about doing L
through his books. Well. he got propa-
ganda and art in his results-but j. takes
a Dickens TO accomplish il.
81 guess the critic is right Mr. Tildcn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
The Author of "khaki' On Doing His Bit

an the one ease you take sides on ques-
tons, you try to drive home lesson.
You teach, preach. In the other your
chief concern is TO create something that
will live. Just now, since the war started
everybody wants to do something, and
certainly everybody's taken sides. l won
der if that has anything to do with the
comparative slump in creative art7
as there any form of art that lend,
itself better to propaganda than mostf'
"Sati-e, l think. You can seldom
achieve satire without achieving art. The
very mode of expressing satire requires
suggcstivcresS, deftness of presentation,
trick and Inspiration that make up art.
"Ict the satirist starts where the prop
agandiSt starts, with critical attitude,
sense Of something to be mended, desire
10 mend it. The -satirist, as such, is con-
tented with pointing out what is wrong,
ligh:ful, artistic way. Thus far he and
the propagandist travel together. 1t IS
where the latter wants to 60 on and offer
q conservative, positive remedy, things TO
do, that the two usually part. And art,
fas.iiious creature, tends TO prefer the
sati:iSt.
"Ba. when the propaganlist is grea.
enough 10 keep art with him you have
such effects rs Cervantes's Don QuiTote
dealing mcdieva!ism its death blow. But,
ugain, there arc few of rs who are Ger
yantescs.'
"TEen YOU don't considc- that most Of
oar Liberty Loan posters, recruiting tracts
aud their kin arc in the main artislic?'
Mr.'Tilden smiled.
Il. have many friends WHO are doing
that kind of work, like myself! Think Of
us as in ovcralls and doing something
useful. Perhaps We will be forgiven for
whatever we lack in art in this emergency
and lets make it just one account to set
tie with those who started this war"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18

THE Use Of Germany as an economic
l. power, her peaceful penetration of
commercial barriers TO the uttermost parts
of the earth, would-Henri Hauser de-
clares in GermdHy's Commercial Grip on
the Uorld-in few years have made
Germany sole mistress and dictator of the
economic forces of the world.
BY what dishonest methods and insid-
iouS propaganda this prospect was
brought about NJ. Hauser sets forth in
most exhaustive detail. Germany before
1914, he tells US, was already at war witt,
the world and on fair way TO victory-a
victory which would have been as fatal
for the democracies of the world as
victory by force of arms.
Why then. with the world power al
ready within her grasp, did Germany in
August, 1914, resort to force of arnsf
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
By JOSEPH GOLLOMB.

EREEMtN TlLDEN wrote KhGLi
frcm the sane motive, say, as the
poster was drawn of the red haired young
man taking off his coat TO fight the Hun.
Service was Mr.. Tildcn's aim. "Propa-
gar!a, therefore, not art" frowns the
art FOR arts sake critic, disapproyal
cleaning frcm MS tortoise shell casei
,Isicn.
ra;ting aside, for the moment, tie OBJ
vio"S rctoIt tifat service, too, has its rea-
son Tor being, Mr. Ti.dcn and L tOyed
with the critics dic.um, which casts out
iro.a the realm of art all the Liberty
Lean, recruiting, food saving posters that
have colcred the land, the Niagaras Of
written propaganda pouring of the
presses, the war plays, even sculpture
Ike 10 Davidson's. SPIRIT Of France.
1t was an agreeable hot weather topic
with little likelihood of heat developing in
tie discussion; and the balcony of the ont
oc door restaurant of the Players Club,
with a nmrmurouS fountain sending up
rainbow lit sparkies rom below, was
most agreeable setting for the chat.
He's a Regular Fellow.
II one must divide humanity as either
artists or regular people in looks and be-
havior, set Mr.. Tilden down among the
regulars. OF middle stature, smooth
shaven and of the familiar enough face
of the practical American, he looks com
peient TO discuss engines, sales campaigns
or the wheat crop-and it is likely he can.
But you can detect his kinship TO the art
ist clan by the look in and about his quiet
gray blue eyes, as he quietly talks. The
look 0f a man who has a column of figures
in his minds eye is not the same as his
who is anaiyzing thought or building
fancy.
A man came over 10 orr table.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18

Germany driven beyond the Rhine.
greater Poland established, with Serbia
restored and the Berlin Bugdad menace
removed and her colonies lost Germany
will yet have industrial weapons in her
hands.
Industrial Germany is not dead nor is
she sleeping. Throughout the neutral
countries her agents of peaceful pcnetra -
tioa are busy taking orders for deliveries
after the war, and even acting as agents
and making deliveries of goods for firms
IN the Allied countries, thus keeping iu
touch with their customers and their com
petitors at the same time.
Mobilize for Trade!
How are we to meet the German
menace, 10 fight the powerfully organized
German industrial and economic machine!
Mr.. llauser insists that We must ''or-
game expectation, as in the midst of
battle we have had TO organize war;
The establishment Of a systematic Gus
toms policy on the part of TIC Allies. VI.
llaascr believes 10 be essential if the
world is to be saved from German com
IHcrcial ralc. at is not a matter of de
claIing for or against certain theory:
il lie matter OF defending oneself against
IN adversary who IS always on the watch.
and always ready 10 have recourse 10
every method to evade international law.
Ne can see only one means of acting with
efficacy. ard that is not to act alone.
TO boycott Germany is a dream, a
nightmare But, here. as elsewhere, tie
Entente has the duty of making Germany
pOwerlcss for harm, of r"esiahIsEIng 10y
atty in international RELATIONS II we are
inspired by this policy. not only will
France regain the place TO which her posi-
ton on three seas, the wealth of her soil.
the qualities of Ter inhabitants and her
history cntiilc her, but we will have also
restored 10 every nation. to the small %
70 the great the means of developing
freely tue resource which the derive
rom nature and from their genius
This work is Complementary v"'un,
20 CheraGamc's books on Pan German
schemes i! exposes Germany's designs
for the economic exploitation ot the world
is fairly and as forcibly as Chcradamc
struck home IN his expose Of German
designs for The military exploitation and
subjugatioE of nations. As a sincere and
profound work on German economies and
industrialism this book of NJ. IIau>crt
should prove invaluable TO the student of
economies Us wei. is 10 the man of 6D>i-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
War. the Way Out.

There was one way, and Only one VA,
by which Germany could save her face,
and that was BY War. The taking up Of
arms is only another phase OF the German
war, waged for the sole purpose of bring
ing indcnnities aud what was more ur-
gent for industrial Germany annexation
Of territory 10 provide needed raw ma
tcrials, the lack of which had been largely
responsible for bringing Germany to he
verge of an economic collapse.
The whole Of Germary's mdu,tr.a, al
economic fabric had been ,carcd On
gigantic biuf. Every known business
precedent had been violated. Credits had
been advanced and extended on he ill.,
sicSt security. The State had lent = s.
lance beyond The rcmo,c~t bounds If
safely. TO foster and holster N Industrial
activity. As a result oye:proda,,ior. had
Increased 10 IN alarming cN;aa.t BIT i''
huff almost went through. Had jicI MAJ:
had better access 10 Iav materials ;hoga
might have been 80 war, bgl The w"r.G
would have been a. subject economically
10 German coI:Io, - /. conq&,'cG %, Ger
man aITs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18

said. There's something that MAKES tic
work on thing like Kkaki an art-vcrs'is-
propaganda affair. The two fight each
other That is, in the hands Of any but 4
supreme artist.
They Would Be Themselves!
II sat down to write Khaki frankly as
an act of service, my bit. We'll, before l
had written hundred pages / got inter
csted in my characters, aside from the job
/ had set them TO do. | wanted them TO
help lick the Kaiser. They wanted to go
off on a tangent and live their own lives
in their own way. And if they should de
eide 10 help recruiting they meant to do it
in their own good time, without regard
whether they got around to the Job OF
licking the Kaiser in this look or in al
other.
"As near as | can describe it, I think
their tangent was in the direction of art,
whereas as propaganda | had no time
or space 10 waste on anything else. | had
10 make every word count in n very def
mite purpose | had set for the book, which
had in mind when began it."
Odd You have it primarily in mind, or
did You feel it, say, in your nervesF |
asked, hoping my question wouldn't re-
mind him of Hermione.
81 get you," he nodded. Il think that
points out the difference in the starting
points which art and propaganda take.
In one case you say, I'm going TO help
recruit Marines Then you try to think
of n good advertising slant at your prob
lem. You think of your prospective al
dience, what appeals to them, how 10 get
them 10 do this or that. Your mind is
what is mainly working. Your purpc,e
is utilitarian. That's propaganda.
But when YOU feel a character or n
group of EN-, and your impulse is 10 make
them alive, regardless whether they'll work
for you or not, then they fight the propa-
gandist in you.