The Mena weekly star., 1919-09-25

state legislature, as the representa- tive of Polk county.
 A. NJ. Parker of the firm of Manor & Parker, real estate agents at Cove, was county seat visitor Wednesday,
 J. R. Huddleston of Waters was in Mena Wednesday to get load of goods for the Wood < Huddleston store at Waters.
 w. D. Harper, in from Egger or Wednesday, sold four head of fine beef cattle to Ben Stratus of the Ar kansaw Meat Market.
 Mrs. W. S. Mapes of Goodnight Ok, sister of Mrs. E. c. Proctor, ar rived in Mena Monday for a visit al the home of Mir. and Mrs. Proctor.
 J. s. Sandige, retired grocer of Shreveport, is in Mena to get the ben eft of the fine Ozark climate and pure water. He is stopping at the Cont iHCIAldl ilQlC4-
 Mrs. Josh Cross, who had been here on account of the illness of her moth CT, Mrs. L. E. Hendricks, left Monday for her home at Hominy, Ok, tho her mother is little improved
 J. H. Ritchie, formerly resident of Polk county, and now in the employ of the Gypsy Oil Company in Oklaho- ma, has written The Star to change his address from Drumright to Keif- CT, Ok.
 Mir. and Mrs. Virgil Henry left Sat urday afternoon for Wickes, Mir. Hen " having given up the job as sales man in the Duke -Magruder Dry Goods store He planned to leave Monday for Okmulgee, Ok
 Mir. and Mrs. W. C. Rowton re- turned Saturday from Hawkersville Ok, where they had visited Mir. and Mrs. Jesse Reece. After spending a day with Mir. and Mrs. J. M. Flaw thorn, they left for their home at Black Springs.
 G. W, Petty was notified last Thurs day that his brother, John T. Petty, who, on Sunday, underwent an opera tion at Michael Meagher Memorial hospital in Texarkana, for the re- moval of a goiter, is getting along fine, having rallied splendidly from the shock of the operation.
 Noel Lyons, bookkeeper for several months past in the First National bank, has given up the job and left Thursday for the Desdamona oil fields, where he will have employment in a bank that is to be opened soon in which it is understood Edwin B Cox and Walter Nance will be inter ested.
 MT. and Mrs. D o. Owensby and children, and c. H. Moore, brother of Mrs. 0wensby, arrived Sunday morn- ing from Calvin, Ok, to be here for the funeral of Soldier Samuel H. Suits. Mrs. Owensby and MT. Moore are brother and sister of Mrs Suits. They will visit relatives in Montgomery county before returning home.
 George Sauter returned to Mena Saturday after having been in serv- ice on the Mexican border for the last fourteen months as member of the 8th Cavalry. He was mustered out at Presidio, Tex. Soldier Sauter volun- teered his services, and then was mus tered out under the provision of the law permitting all who entered for the period of the war to secure dis charge.
 A. c. Briggs came in last week from Rochelle, La, where he had been in charge of meat market for some time. He says he has. come back to Mena to stay until he regains some of the weight he lost since leaving here. When he left Rochelle he weighed f48 pounds, which ds just 50 pounds less than he used to weigh. Mir. Briggs says that he has not been sick, but he has just gradually lost flesh, and he found that wreA he exertsd hiAsslf at