The Mena weekly star., 1919-05-08

the Chicago Postgraduate College. ] Dr. P. R. Watkins reports tho birth of daughter on Monday to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Daniel on Fourth street.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frank Fpllman. after l spending the winter in Mena, left on ] Sunday to visit their daughters in I oelwein, Iowa.
 Mrs. !. Whan left Wednesday for her home in East Palestine, O., after having spent several weeks with Mena and Polk county friends.
 H. Young returned Saturday from a visit of week at the home of his son near Vivian. La. He also spent a week with relatives near Ashdown.
 R. A. Tomlinson. A. ]. Powers. Louie Robert and Fred Van Wagner left last Monday on a combined busi- ness and fishing trip to Montgomery county.
 l Charlie Smedley, aged 2i, and Jon- nie May Miles, aged IT. both of Van dervoort, were granted marriage li- cense Wednesday by County Clerk Alexander.
 Prof. F. W. Hamby is here from Wickes looking after business. He will return home Tuesday. Professor Hamby will be in charge of the Gram his schools during the coming term. Sheriff ]. A. Thornton will leave either Friday morning of Saturday morning to convey four prisoners to the state penitentiary. The prison- CTS are Tom and Charles Marshall, Clyde Troupe and R. J. Frost.
 County Judge H. W. Finger con vened the regular session of the Coun- ty court last Monday, but adjourned until the latter part of the week for the reason that none of the claims against the county had been docketed.
 George L. Clement, who had been home since being mustered out of ser- vice at Camp Travis, left last Monday for Fort Worth, Tex, to again take up his work in the government print ing office of the railway mail service. Dr. W. E. Green was at Hatfield and Cove Sunday in the interest of the Victory Loan campaign. At Hat field he reports a subscription of s4,500 and at Cove, where the meet ing had not been announced, there was q subscription of $250.
 M. c. Jones and son, Ira B., were in from near Rocky Thursday. The last named is making a crop since closing his school at Board Camp, but expects to go back to the school room again this fall, having been employed for another term in the Board Camp schools.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. o. Barnard, Mrs. Edna Rickard and daughter, Letha, and Chas. I. Barnard arrived in Mena Wednesday from Long Pine, Nebr., coming particularly for the health of c. o. Barnard. They will be tempo rarily with Mrs. Julia Mcculley, but will probably locate in Mena.
 Mir. and Mrs. R. Golf left last Thursday for DeQuecn, where they joined Mir and Mrs. Charles Golf in an overland trip to New Orleans, where Messrs. Golf will attend the conven- ton of the Southern Wholesale Gro cers' Association They will be away until about the middle of May.
 Mrs. Omar Williamson and son, Jackson, were in from their home east of Mena Thursday. While in she ob- tained a copy of The Star to send to her son, Sergeant Harry 4. William son, who was recently decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross for the capture, single-handed, of an en- I cmy machine gun. The young man will not be 10 years old until next January.
 Harry Fetish, employed in the ex- press office at Aahdown, vas in Mena Thursday to look after the prop eTty, corner Church avenue and Tenth street, which was recently bought by Mrs. Petefsh for a home. He made up his mind. after seeing the prop erty and noting the possibilities of making t fine home, that Mrs. Pete fsh did better than he could have done Mrs. Petefsh and children ex- peet to come to Mena to live some time this month.
 ! -----------@rS--=- Inspecting Mining Property.
 Mir. and Mrs. 4. VI. MeEwen of Enid, Ok, arrived in Mena Friday for a short stay, intending while here to look over conditions in the city and country and particularly to fnvesei- gate the mining field. In ecrn pany with Richard MessalI, manager of the Enid Manganese Mining & Milling Company, Mir. and Mrs. MeEwen left Saturday morning for the cornpaay's