The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

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 W. C. and Lee Lawrence of Shady were in Mena Thursday for sup plies and to call on friends.
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 J. S. Wood came in from Ink on Thursday and spent the remainder of the week with Mena relatives and friends.
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 Dave Holman who has been visit ing his brother, P. s. Holman, near Opal, was in Mena this morning to start for his home in Idaho. -W.SS.
 NIT. and Mrs. John Lofts re- turned Friday morning from Stuart, Ok- where they had been visiting their son, Frank, and family. -W.SS. Walter Jones of Potter and w. B. Bronson of Big Cedar were on the market Thursday with cotton, sell 1 ing to G. W. Petty. ! -W.S.S.- George Riggin, who has been with i Mir. and Mrs. G. A. Kinnett since the holidays, left Thursday for Waldron, where he has employ ment.
 -W.S.S.- Harold Bond began work Friday morning for the Golf Wholesale Grocery Company, taking the place of J. T. Dempsey as travelling sales man.
  Luther Lewis arrived Thursday from McAlester, Ok, to join Mrs. Lewis in a visit at the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. J. G. Wood, at Yocana.
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 MT. and Mrs. J. s. Merriman and two children who had been here from Oakley, Miss, for the last two weeks visiting with MT. Merriman's parents and other relatives, left on Thursday for their home. ! -WS.S. ! pr. r. K. Watkins returned Fri 1 day from Texarkana whither he had accompanied Mrs. Orvile Mcintyre of Fogel, Ok. who underwent on op- eration for appendicitis at Mieheal Memorial hospital on Thursday.
 W W.S.S.- Word reached Mena Friday morn ing of the death on Wednesday, of the eight-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. B. A. Turpin, living near Egg I ger. The funeral services were held Thursday, and burial in the cemetery at Egger. -WS.S.-
 T. A. Hatfield came in from Heav- ener Friday morning to go to Shady to attend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. J. NJ. Hatfield, who died on Thursday morning. He was ac- companied on the trip to Shady by Arthur Lawrence. | " S.S.- 1 Abe Collins of DeQueen passed thru Mena Thursday enroute to Springdale, Ark, where Mrs. Collins has been at the home of her par ents since some time in October Mrs. Collins has been in very bad health and had been in Little Rock for treatment before going to ] Springdae.
 W .SS- 1 A. l.. Bronson was in from Big 1 Cedar Friday to market three bales of cotton, Carl, Whit and Ernest 1 Fisher having come in with him He sold his cotton ginned from the bolls at 2i cents per pound, and the clean staple was sold at 2S12 cents per pound. 1 -w.S.S- | Mrs J. T. Dempsey and children left last Friday for Cove to join ! MT. Dempsey, who is now in the 1 employ of the Cove Lumber Com pany, having taken the place of Lindsey Clement, who is now run ming an auto service in Cove. | ". s. C. c. Logan began work Friday ill the Lochridge Dry Goods store, talk ing the position of decorator and manager of the dry goods depart ment. Until he came to Mena a short time ago he had been em- ployed in the Dixie Store in Elks ! City. Ok, one of the largest depart ment stores in that state.
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 R. H. Hooper and brother, E. l.. sons of R. s. Hooper, arrived in Mena Wednesday on an overland trip from Ben Franklin, Tex, hay 1 ing been on the road for eleven days, and having encountered the snow storm just after crossing Red River The parents of the boys have been in Mena several weeks.
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 Sam pigg and Kelsey Skinner came in from Cove on the early trai nFriday morning for purpose of buying an Overland auto apiece from J. B. Goss and s. l. Wood. the Overland representatives. They closed the deal and were ready to start on the home trip at about : o'clock Friday morning, having awakened Messrs. Goss and Wood to make the purchase.
 James Lofts from near Opal re- turned last Saturday from San An tonic, Tex, where he had speni most of the week with his brother Temuel A. Lofts. who is sick with pneumonia at Kelley Aviation Field He reports that his brother is stead ily improving, but that his father Andrew Lofts. who went 10 San An tonic one day last week. will remain until the sick man recovers.
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 w. A. Riddle. who recently solo