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The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
POTTER PICK-UPs.

Prof. A. s. Daniel spent Saturday in Mena.
 4 large crowd attended the Ellis sale Tuesday.
 Dr. c. A. Gordon is having his house painted.
 Bill Coffman returned last week from Oklahoma.
 ". M. Chamblin was in Wander voort Saturday.
 H. J. Gam was a visitor to Mena Monday morning.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. R. Morrow were up from Hatfield Sunday.
 Louis Borden has taken H. s. Linn's place at Hodges Brothers store.
 Dave Hunsaker visited at Hatfield Saturday night and Sunday.
 Mrs. Jeff Lowther and daughter, Miss Stella, were visiting here Sat urday
 Mir and Mrs. Tut Harris and Mrs. s. l.. Brooks went to Hatfield Sunday.
 Mrs. D. T. Rowe went to Hatfield Friday to visit her mother. Mrs. T. R. Bates.
 School is progressing nicely. All
 
 having trouble with their arms. +. s. Linn, J. B. Linn, Mrs. c. z. Potter and Walter Hicks and family spent Sunday at Standing Rock. Dr. c. A. Gordon reports the birth of daughter to Mir. and Mrs. Lee Bates. She is to be called Wanda Ozelle.
 Mir. and Mrs W. E. Jones and daughter, Miss Hazel, visited Sun day at Old Potter, at the Jeff Low ther home.
 Rev w. L. Smith of Mena, and Rev. J. T. Benson of DeOueen, will begin meeting at the Baptist church Friday night Everyone in- vited.
 Mir. Beck, who was here last fall and purchased L. A. Peugh's river farm, is here this week attending to business. His home is in Southwest Texas
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
CENTER POINT cIRcLETs.

We still have dry weather, altho showers are close.
 NJ. G. Jones and son, Ira, were trading in Mena last Thursday.
 Miss Anna Wood held a canning demonstration at Freedom Tuesday Dr. C. A. Campbell of Rocky was called to see Mrs. Veteto Wednesday. Mir. Holiday was at this place last Friday looking for a farm for sale. Henry Chamblin, Will Maddox and J. n. Day were trading in Mena on J. R. Turner of Potter, visited at the home of his brother, Cam Turner, last Friday.
 William Brown and Otis Veteto are employed on the postoffice build ing at Mena. .., John and Nolla Cummings, with their families. visited relatives 'at Muse last week.
 John Cummings and Isaac Saur- baugh made trip to points belo" Hatfield Monday.
 Clarence Owens and Naler Cham blin of Potter spent Sunday at the C. K. Outright home.
 Isaac Hamby and family. of Tex as, are visiting the former's. father and other relatives here.
 Our school began Monday with an enrolment of twenty-two. Doubtless many others will enter soon. H. J. Morris and family enjoyed a visit by the formers father last week, from near Russellville, Ark. Neal McKitchen and family who have lived with Uncle Mason Cham blin for the past season, moved to Mena on Tuesday of last week,
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The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
OLD COVE CoMMuNIoUE.

J. H. Fair began work on the farm he recently bought
 W. J. Helton is working in the lumber yard at Cove.
 Hugh Barton, son of Claude Bar ton, went to Heavener the first of the week.
 Claude Barton and Jeff Wheat are sinking Mrs. Maggie Johnson's well deeper.
 The children of the school were vaccinated last week by Dr. Young of Cove.
 Dr. J. W. Stockton writes that he is in Missouri and thinks probably he will locate there.
 There will be a party at Mir. and Mrs. Manson Belknaps Saturday night Everyone invited.
 John Lowery and Charley Wilson of Vandervoort have been threshing in this neighboorhood this and last week.
 J. W. Turner has had his wagon overhauled and made up-to- date. He says he is anxious for a jo5 hauling.
 c. Liner has sold his farm to Bill Brewer. Mir. Liner intends to go to Northern Arkansas, probably on White river to look for location.
 A fishing party went down near Winthrop and were gone about three days. Among those who went were Roy Stockton, D. Barton, Warren and Ober Rowe and few others. They report a nice time and lots of fish.
 Early Riser.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
s-- iaa--s-li--77-s- EGGER ECHOES.

+, Egger made business trip 10 Mena Monday.
 Mir and Mrs. Holder Philpot trad ed in Mena Friday.
 Pfof Fair made a business trip to Board Camp Saturday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Walter Cagle and family spent last week near 0den.
 Mir. and Mrs. Jesse Philpot and Mrs. Littleton traded in Mena Satur- day
 Mir and Mrs. A. c. Bratcher and family returned Saturday from Hot Springs, Ark.
 Mir. and Mrs. Sam Whisenhunt of Acorn spent Friday night at the home of Mark Lofts.
 Levi Wihmberly of this place spent Sunday evening at the Nick Risen hoover home near Waters.
 Mir. and Mrs. T. J. Barton spent Saturday night at the home of W. P. Crawford. near Big Fork.
 Richard Wimberly and Roy Phil pot spent Saturday night at the P. s. Holmes home near Midway.
 Mrs. Ruth Ault of Oklahoma came in Saturday to visit her parents, MT and Mrs. Henderson of this place.
 Messrs. Ray Philpot and Richard Wimberly, Marvin and Curtis Jack son. all of this place, were trading in Mena Saturday.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. K. Borough. Mir. and Mrs II A. Hoover. Misses Fan nie and Annie Thornton and Bertie philpot spent Saturday night at Highland.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
vANDERvooRT vERITIEs.

Miss Opal Bell of Hackett City visited friends here last week.
 Miss Mable Lee came down from Mena on Monday to visit her father Dr. F. A. Lee.
 Mrs. A. J. Bailey and daughter re- turned Monday morning from a visit with relatives in Oklahoma.
 Miss Clydie Hansard was down from Cove last week, the guest oi her aunt. Mrs. c. A. Affoiter.
 Miss Byrdie Grady came from De- Queen Monday and is spending the week with her friend, Miss Floreine Knox.
 Miss Ruby Vaughan, of sham rock. Tex, is spending the week at the home of her grandparents, MT. and Mrs. J. T. Knox.
 Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Woods mo tored up from Ashdown Saturday, and were the guests of Mir. and Mrs. W. A. Sandefur, Saturday night and Sunday.
 Miss Essie Cecil.who had been vis- iting relatives here for the past few weeks, departed Saturday night Tor Mulberry, Ark. being accompanied bv her uncle. F. N. Cecil.
 Mir and Mrs. Clyde Troutt and iit- tie daughter came from Mena Sat urday, spending few days at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Troutt's par ents. Mir. and Mrs. c. c. HounseIl.
 Among those from here who S-n- daved at Baker Snrings were: MT. and Mrs M. o. Cecil and family K. IT. ard Mrs. Skinner of Cove, Mrs. Ru-kler. Mrs. Mary Nations. Mrs. Ella Barnes, Mrs. F. M. Cecil. Miss
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
SHADY SHADOWS.

Crops are looking better, but not enough rain yet.
 Jess Arnold made a business trip to Mena Saturday.
 Mir and Mrs. w. c. Lawrence's baby had been seriously i'll.
 The meeting at this place closed Sunday. There were many, conver- sions.
 The singing school of this place starts August 5, with R. F. Hampton as teacher.
 Tom Foster and E. T. Avants made a trip to Mena the latter part of the week.
 Mrs. H. A. Began of this commu- nity has been seriously i'll, but is reported better.
 N. Harrison of Dallas visited at the home of his sister, Mrs. c. A. Lawrence, Sunday.
 John Ringgold and J. H. Nal CT were at this place Sunday organ izing the Shady singing class for convention.
 w. H. Harrison of the Ozark ranch drove about 400 head of cattle near the Cossatot creek for water and a little grass.
 K. F. Hampton of Howard coun- ty visited friends at Shady the lat ter part of the week. He expects to return home Monday
 J. R. Tibbs made a business trip to Smithville the latter part of last week. He was accompanied by Luth- CT Tibbs. Mir. Tibbs expects to move near Smithville.
 Mir and Mrs. George Tibbs re- turned to their home near Smithville. They have been visiting at the home of Mrs. Tibbs' parents, MT. and Mrs C. A. Lawrence.
 Daddy's Waiter.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
COVE CATCHES.

Guy Gray and family of Wilton spent Sunday, last, with his mother here.
 Kate and Mayme Grady are home on vacation from their school at Conway.
 Train No. killed a good COW for Kit Daniels at the crossing at Cove Sunday evening.
 Miss Bertie Bell came in home yesterday from Weatherford, Ok, she had been visiting her parents for two months.
 Miss Erma Silvey returned from Broken Bow. Ok, last week, where she had been spending a few weeks with her brother.
 Mrs. ]. w. McPherson returned on Sunday from Pittsburg, Kas., where she has been visiting her parents for the past three months.
 The hot dry weather is damaging the corn crop seriously, but as it has rained most all around us in the past few days we expect our drouth to De broken soon.
 Mrs Dather Faulkner and daugh- ter, Laverne. with Bonnie Silvey made a weekend visit with Mrs. elAAh4tNA " AttNtHttf iltHANiooiit just west of Hatfield. last week.
 The Red Cross sale here Saturday netted about SIG, and as the crowd was small, not all the offerings were put up for auction. Capt. Ed Hut son did the auctioneering in his usual jolly way.
 Miss Fannie Colley returned last week from Oklahoma, where she at tended summer term of school, and commenced fall term of school at the Sanders school house just over the state line west of town.
 Guy Clark, our efficient barber, has left Cove and is running his shop at Hatfield Guy is one of the best bar hers in the state and our loss is Hat fields gain. Guy, in his tonsorial work, will be a revelation to the Hat field people
 Phiiomei.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
BOARD CAMP BOMBS.

B. P. Sargent left Friday for Ala. bama to visit relatives.
 A refreshing shower fell at this place Friday and Saturday.
 Captain w. N. Tomlinson made q business trip to Mena Saturday.
 Tom Gillian made a business trip to Montgomery county on Friday.
 Bill Spears of Slatington was at Board Camp on business Saturday
 Dr. J. G. Hilton was here from Mena Monday to vaccinate the school children.
 Roy Lynn left Saturday for Collin county, Tex, where he will work for a while.
 Rev Charles Burnett left Thurs day for Oklahoma, where he will con- duct a meeting
 Joe Shirley has begun the cree ton of a new dwelling on his farm up at Standing Rock.
 Marvin Hendricks left Tuesday for different points in Oklahoma and Texas, where he expects to find work
 Misses Clio and Milo Perry, Stella Watkins and Claude Brown were visitors at this place, Saturday night and Sunday.
 Rev. l.. H. Havel from Norman, Ok, began series of meetings at the Christian church of this place Saturday night.
 The district meeting was held Fri day, Saturday and Sunday at the Primative Baptist church at this place. The meeting was well attend. ed.
 Phillip Lewis and family and Misses Fannie and Grace Watkins of Yocana attended church service at the Primative Baptist church Satur- day and Sunday.
 Oscar Ellison passed away on Wednesday afternoon and was laid to rest in the Primative Baptist cemetery Thursday. He leaves Q wife and two sons and host of relatives and friends to mourn his death. He was sick about three weeks.
 Mrs Maude Wilcoxen died at the home of her parents, Mir. and Mrs J. W. Corley, Sunday morning, after an illness of about four weeks. She leaves a husband, a little son. father and mother, three sisters, one broth CT, all living at this place, and one brother living at Ida, Ok.
 Uuncle Fuller.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
HOLLY ROOTS.

Miss Mary Harris is still serious ly sick
 Sunday school at Union Grove was well attended.
 Roy Swiger is out of school on ac- count of vaccination.
 The protracted meeting at Holly started Sunday morning.
 Jim Ward and Jim Brown have gone to Eagleton to work
 Jack Cox is busy hauling the Ktn- worthy sawmill over to the new mill site, on Gap creek, where he expects to start up next week.
 J. S. and Mrs. Hinson were visit ors up Union Grove way Sunday. George Converse and Uncle Frank Ward have been hauling lumber to the planer.
 B. c. Anderson of Yocana is sup erintending work on I. c. Harris house. John Middaugh, Frank and Marvin Ward, Ebert Montgomery and Dad" Inbody are helping him
 Pedagogue.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
Arkansas Flour Saving.

From the Post Dispatch.
 The Arkansas Food Administra. tion has just made known how the people of that state effected a saving of 40,567 barrels of flour, enough, il is said, to feed 2,028,350 Europeans for one month on the wheat flour ra. tion that was permitted at that time to residents of the United States. The remarkable part of the story is that this flour was either in the home bins or was in the stores waiting for buyers.
 1t came about this way: Aller Kennedy, Food Administrator fo1 Sebastian county, was impressed by the home and store stock of flour al the time that the need for conser- vation of wheat became known. He issued a request that each household- CT and storekeeper turn back all flour over that needed for 30 days opera. tions under the new rule. The retail stores took the flour from the house. holder and the wholesalers from the retailers.
 The result to this appeal was astonishing, and he reported his success to Hamp Williams, the Ar. kansas aid to Food Administrator Hoover. He was impressed, and a statewide appeal was made to coun- y administrators. They in turn asked their people not to be outdone oy any other county, and what seemed to be an endless chain of re- turning wheat flour was begun. But there was an end, finally. When it appeared that the people were thru, tne returned flour was sent to New Orleans and turned over to the Grain corporation in that city, and long since has reached France. A check Tor $442.9l4 was sent to the Arkan- sas Food Administration and this in turn was distributed to those who had sacrificed their private stock that the allies might be fed.
 Administrator Williams exnla;ns that this record does not rsveal an unusual storage of flour in Arxan- sss' as most AFkansans buy flour in
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
 BATTLES FROM ROCKY.

Carl Coulter is reported no better.
 Herbert Campbell went to Mena on Tuesday.
 George Latimer was out from Mena Sunday.
 Clyde Miller visited at the Tyler home Sunday.
 Rufus Manlev had the misfortune of getting snakebit July 2s.
 Mir Wvnne renorts he has traded for the Wil'is Standridge place.
 Mir. and Mrs Rowe and family mo- torod to Dallas Sunday afternoon.
 We are naeding rain badly in this vicinity Cotton i~o'-s fairly we'll but corn is burning badly.
 David n~d~r was hera fram Dal- las Monday. Fe ran0rts that he has four brothers in the army.
 Quite number oF the v~une peo- nie from re~tor Poi~t attended the sineine at Rocky Sunday.
 Willard Lowthor received card
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
Real PIuck.

A. J. Smith, county demonstrator, held meeting of the club boys at Hatfield this week. There were twenty-four in the Hatfield club present. Among them were those whose corn was washed out in the spring and planted over, and some who had lost costly pigs, and others whose corn was dried up SO as to make nothing. After hearing the various reports the demonstrator asked that those who were discour- aged and willing to quit to show hands. Not a hand went upl "That is what call real pluck" said the demonstrator, land the pluck that is sure to win" xxx
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01

smith canned peaches last week, putting up 254 quarts.
 Mir. and Mrs. bethel Bates attend ed the baptising Sunday afternoon. Tomp Putnam of Big Fork, Ark, arrived Sunday. He and his wife will leave for their home Monday.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. A. Bates and Mir. and Mrs. J. C. Smith attended church at Herdon school house Sunday.
 Pet and Jane.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
ACORN

Sunday school at Acorn has been postponed until September on ac- count of the hot weather.
 Henry and Fred Casavechia of Little Rock. are spending a few days with thier brother, Willie McGroarty
 Mrs. Edwards and little daughters of Mena are spending this week with Mir. and Mrs. NJ. W. Roger and family.
 James Tucker, who is working at Foreman, Ark, is spending three day vacation with his parents, Mir and Mrs. J. D. Tucker.
 Mir and Mrs. Fred Barron and little daughter, Juanita, of Cherry Hill, spent the weekend with Mir Barron's parents, Mir. and Mrs. B, r. Barron.
 Mrs. T. T. Heaslett and little son Clarence, and Mrs Harry Petefish and little son, Glen, of DeQueen, are spending this week with B. s. Pete fish.
 Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Townsend, Mir. and Mrs. Nj. P. Olney and Miss Kitty White, all of Mena, were Sun day afternoon visitors at the Water Valley farm.
 Asa Golden, who is employed as express messenger on the K. C. s. railway. spent Il part of last week with homefolks.
 Basket ball teams have been or ganized at Acorn, both male and fe- male teams. The ball will be ordered this week and playing will soon com mence.
 The school safe at Acorn last Sat urday was we'll attended, people coming from a distance of seven or eight miles. to old. The sale was a great success, bringing nearly $500, a large amount, vastly in excess of the cost of the furniture. As show ing the prosperity of the country, only two of the purchasers made notes. the balance ail paying cash. The board decided to r. tain stoves, chairs and tablesf or students com ing into the dormitory. Special ar- engagements will be made for students wishing to board at the dormitory, and attend school.
 School Kid
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
GAINED TWICE AS
 MUCH AS HE HAT
T Feel 20 Years YOupvs. n
 Did When I Took Nv r, .naa | of Tanlac," Says A. L. Hoes,l. D'''

T have not only gained bs,. :. fifteen pounds had lost, but - = sa .a' teen pounds heavier than I vsa r'a Ii' fore 1 started to loose weight ', s'. !. feel all of twenty years younn, "u' a ! when l took my first dosa ssr thn lac" said A. L. HockbolsvoOOl VI isa nouned Hoholzer), an evne.. s. SprO. chinist of Columbus, Mis- ma time ago. '' some
 T had stomach troubles and matism, for a mighty lone 'tau t; raee my troubles pulled me deu.A ,''le, sat would have to lay off from my uuul ! for a week or two at a tima n s'fs time l went back to work ;t ,. nsefy hame way. 1 would have to uni, sas as 'as got so weak l couldn't Tft gan pounds, and fell off fifteen ~ 'eA in weight. Nothing 1 ate ssuua. ss. with me and was so nervons s's@ 'a restless that l couldn't sleen at -T s;s.1 sla Nothing took did me any 0ooS s4s
 Unless a person suffers ,a did, they can't realize how glsa 1s l to have my health back aos;a, an !, started taking Tanlac and beona era.' : pick up right away. It seemed sl la my food tasted different. and s,,. .' thing ate built me up until [ os;.s, ,s'', back all lost and fifteen nor.sl ss,';e more. My strength has come hal s \ me until l can lift two hundred , " fifty pounds without bit of trouE. Of course l recommend TariIse s cause it sure helped me-
 Tanlac is sold in Mena by Jack,m Drug X Furniture Co, and bv \. established agency in every town Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
Ivory Handle Plant Burns at Hatfield

Tuesday morning at o'clock fire was discovered at the Ivory Handle Plant at Hatfield, and the same was burned. entaiiing loss estimated at $l,600. This factory had been in op- eration for several years. On ac- count of its inability to get suitable timber it was rumored that it would soon remove to some other place, possibly Nashville.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
Turn Machine Guns on prussians.

Amsterdam, July BOA new strike has broken out at Kalk, in Prussia. near Cologne, according to the Echo Beige. Machine guns were used to suppress the movement and the lead CTS were arrested, the dispatch de- ciared. The police, it added, were still busy when the report was sent. dispensing the crowds which con. tinued to gather in the streets
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
GOVERNMENT c TAKES CHARGE
 OF TELEPHONES AT MIDNIGHT

Manager II. ". Roberts of the local telephone. exchange was busy Wednesday checking up and get ting everything in readiness for the government control, which became effective at midnight that night.
 It is not expected there will be any redical changes in the near future, at least insofar as directly interests the patrons and the public.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
Win Be Splendid Building.

Contractor c. N. Cole is making rapid progress on the reconstruc- tion of the brick heretofore known as the Hope building, corner of De- Queen street and Janssen avenue. Wednesday the concrete floor was be- ing laid and the roof was going on. The Zachary Motor Company will have a splendid place for business when it moves therein few weeks hence.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
Must Not Spoil the Work.

Dr. H. R. Getz returned to Mena the latter part of last week after having spent week in Little Rock on business. He reports that the au- thorities in charge of tick eradica- tion are pleased with the progress being made in Polk county, but urged that all cases where laxity or indif- ference is shown be sumniarily han died so that few careless individ- uals will not undo the work that a community is doing.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
Mrs. Mary Curley Dead.

Mrs. Mary Curley, living near Ink, died on Wednesday after having been sick for several months. aged 61 years. Deceased leaves seven chill dren. five of whom lived at home or nearby, one in Texas and one in Oklahoma. Burial occurred Wednes- day in Concord cemetery, serv- ices being conducted by the Rev. N. O. White.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
GLOVER GLEANINGs.

Haven't had any rain here yet. but crops are not hurt to any great ex- tent
 Miss Pauline Holmes and Mir Duly Williams are to be married Monday evening.
 Our meeting closed Saturday night with fourteen new members added to tho church.
 Mrs Alma Bates and Mrs. Ozie
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
FOREST TREES DYING.
Past 3 Months Only Had Inches Rainfall-Normally 1857 Inches.


 RainfalI-Normally 1857 Inches. The long continued drouth is be- ginning to show it's effect even on the forest trees, some evidently already dying and others being plainly in distress. The California privet hedge around Jansen park also is dying in places. Tine total precipitation thru the present excessively hot month is .68 of an inch. The normal for July IS 4.s3. To make it much worse May. with a normal of 634 had but 1.18. and June with normal of 40 had but 214.
 In other words the past three months, which usually have a com bined precipitation of 15.57 inches. only had inches.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01

from his brather, Isaac, Monday, say ing he had landed safely lover there"
 The singing school started at this place Monday, with a small at- tendance on account of the whoop- ing cough.
 Julia's sister.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01

Cecile Nations, J. o. Cecil and F. M. Vermilion.
 Rev. MT. Benson preached a most interesting sermon at the Missionary Baptist church on Sunday at II o'clock, Rev. Mir. Hammonds filling the appointment at the evening serv- 1ea
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
Flier Admitted to Legion of Homo,

Paris, July 30.-Lieutenant Nun gesser, the second French ace. was cited for the legion of honor today having brought down, according to the official announcement, s1 Ger man planes and destroyed three ob- servation balloons.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01

barrels and in the past have u.s much larger quantities than they ss now. Especially, he says, farmers \ n the past have provided, when buvn, four, en annual stock. Mir. HOov,, and others interested in the worlF. food supply have warmly conush. lated Arkansas on this achieyemsnt
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
Perseeution of Jews in Warsar.

Iersecutioh or Jews m Warsaw.
 Stockholm, July BOA great sen. sation has been caused among il. Jewish workmen in Warsaw bv th, sudden disappearance of l9 membeu of the executive committee of th Jewish trades union, according k Jewish newspapers of Warsaw. sau the Jewish press bureau here. The men had been working with the Zionist and Socialist organizations Their disappearance, it is added, k apparently due to the mysterious ar rests connected with the persecution of Jews now going on turnout Po- land, Germany and Austria.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01

For Sale-One light Automobile at q
 bargain. In good running order See J. A. Cornell or phone 16l or ls2
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-01
MARRIAGE LICENSES GRANTED

July 21. Herman B. Black, Wickes. aged q Miss Mabel M. Smith, same aged 2
 July g. B. H. Harper, LeFlore County, OkiahOma ............a aged ol Mrs. Emma C. Harper, same aged B
 July 30. John Hamilton, LeFlore County Oklahoma ...... aged A Miss Ora Thompson, same aged ls