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The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
Musical Convention Organized.

The Eastern District Convention of Polk county was organized at Yocana last Sunday, June 1. s. J. Oslin was appointed by c. F. Hill, the president of the county musical convention, to call the meeting and to serve as chair man in the organization. There were representatives from Yocana, Cherry Hill, Big Fork, Opal, Ink, Hilliard Owens Chapel and Hickory Grove. The officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows J. H. Vanhorn, pres ident; Prof. E. L. Garrett, vice pres ident; L. L. Brown, secretary-treasur- CT; Mrs. Inez Wimberly, correspond ing secretary; w. L. Lunsford, Lee turer, Miss Allie Norris, Organist, and Zack Hill, Chaplain This convention starts off well and will do good for the cause of music in Polk county, The next meeting, which will embrace the third Sunday in September, will be held at Big Fork, two miles south of Egger.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
HEAD TO
 BE BEST POSSIBLE
Board of Education Decides to Have City Superintendent and Will Seek An Experienced Man for This
 Important Place

Mena's schools are to have city superintendent the coming term, and the board of education is looking for the best man possible to get for the place.
 This was decided upon at meeting of the board held Saturday morning for seating the newly elected mem bers and organization of the body. w. w. Townsend was elected presi- dent and Fred c. Embry secretary.
 The board decided it was necessary to have a superintendent and will en- deavor to secure on who has had the experience that will enable him to fill the bill in Mena.
 While no definite action was taken the board discussed the matter of graduated salaries for teachers and will take definite action later. The question of paying salaries commen- surate with ability and experience was brought to the boards attention by Mrs. o. B. Bagshaw, principal of the Central school. It is a custom in vogue in leading cities that has been overlooked in Mena in the past
 The board also received the resigna- tion of Miss Lillian Watson of the high school, but took no action regard ing the vacancy.
 The new members of the board are Judge H. W. Finger, Hal Norwood and Fred Embry
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
ALL FOR BETTER HOGS.
Polk County Poland China Breeders to Join National Organization.

The Polk County Poland China Breeders Association has applied for membership in the American Poland China Breeders Association, with headquarters in Chicago. R. Golf is president of the local organization and J. F. Averitt, secretary. When the charter is received other breeders will join the local body, which is in tended to help develop breeding of Poland China hogs in this section.
 J. F. Averitt is assisting in caring for 12 full-blood Poland Chinas which arrived at his place Saturday. The dozen are sons and daughters of Ma ola, the thorobred Poland China SOW Mir. Averitt paid $110 for about year ago. Since buying Maola the animal has farrowed 34 pigs, which brought between $500 and $700 to the owner. The 34 pigs came in three filters, the first being 10 on May 31, 1918, the second f2 on December 15, and the last 12 on May 31, 1919.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
POLK COUNTY FOLK
 SUPPORT SCHOOLS
Thirty Nine Districts Vote Maximum Tax of 12 Mills, While Thirteen Others Increase Former Levy
 Where Some Made Mistakes.

County Supt. Wilbanks has tabulat- ed the returns of the May school cleo tion in Polk county with the follow ing results:
 Of the Sl schools in the county, 39 voted the maximum tax of 12 mills; 2 voted 10 mills; IT voted from T to 10 mills; 13 voted less than 2 mills and one, Shady, voted no tax at all; four schools have not reported. Wander voort is the only town on the railroad which voted less than 12 mills and she increased her levy mill. Cove main- tained her reputation for unity by voting unanimously for J. c. Allen for director and for 12 mills tax. In the east end of the county two towns. Board Camp and Egger, as well as many of the smaller schools, are go- ing their limit for the education of their children. The returns as a whole show very few votes against school tax. A few schools, unfortu-
 nately acted upon the theory that since they had no school last year be- cause of the scarcity of teachers, they need vote no tax this year. In so doing they lost the best opportunity some of them will ever have to make lasting improvements in their schools. Many of the more foresighted schools, however, grasped this same opportu- nity and will profit thereby.
 The report shows a net gain among all the schools of 65 mills tax for school purposes. Five schools voted to improee or rebuild their buildings, and several are purchasing new furni- ture. In fact the returns of the en- tire election speak we'll for Polk coun- ty. The schools will undoubtedly show improvement as result of this election. The names of the schools which voted twelve mills, or a great CT tax than they did last year, follow:
 Acorn, Alder Springs, Baker, Board Camp, Bowman Spur, Center, Center Point, Corinth, Cove, Cross Mountain, Egger, Elm Springs, Grannis, Cedar, Hartley, Hatfield, Holly Grove, Holly Springs, 0uachita, Overturf, Opal, Piney Grove, Pleasant Hill, Potter, Hickory Ridge, Ransom, Rich Moun- tain, Rocky, Shady Grove, Sprinedale, Sunf1ower, Thacker, Union Grove, Welcome Home, West Valley, Vest view, Wickes, Mena, all voted 12 mills.
 Dallas. Womac Spur, New Bethel, Oliver, Shady Point, Crystal Hill, Highland, Oak Hill, Brushy, Lone Val ley, Two Mile, Midway, Vandervoort, voted greater tax, but not 12 mills.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
ReIatires Ininred in AIabama.

First word of terrible accident which occurred near Birmingham Ala, came to County Clerk W. l. Parker and family in letter Monday The missive told of tragic ending te picnic party, in which three persons were killed and five injured, three of the latter related to the Mena resi- dents A truck on which part of the picnickers were returning home was struck by locomotive. Among the injured were Misses Edna Bar rington and Annabelle Robinson, nieces of Mrs W. L. Parker, and Ryan Owen, a brother of the Mena women. None of the three were fatal ly injured, tho they suffered severe hurts.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
HuddIeston- Plaster.

Miss Method Huddleston of Mena, and Alfred Plaster of Chicago, were quietly married at Chicago on May 2s, and will make their home in that city.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05

Registered Guernsey Buil-Service fee
 $2.00. See J. P Callahan, Fair Play Farms, or phone S7.-Adv. s9tf
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
WHITE WAY SHOWS ON MENA' A'SSTREETS
Bright Lights Appear After ConsiG- erable Delay and the New Feature Makes Splendid Improvement in
 the Downtown District.

Mena's new White Way flashed bright lights to the world for the first time Thursday night and won the un- stinted praise of those who came out to witness the innitial appearance of the innovation.
 If there were any disappointments or any derogatory criticism of the new wrinkle of city lighting they were lost in the outburst of praise that fol- lowed the first flash of lights shortly after 8 o'clock. But quite a number exclaimed: Where's the band? ?" This referring to the promises of the Com monweaIth officials to help celebrate by coming to Mena and bringing a fine band when the lights were turned on
 Another man, with an eye to util- | ity, remarked that when the night po- lice wanted to know what was going on all he had to do was to stand in the middle of the street and look, as he could see every store front. This ap- piled, of course, to either Mena or De- Queen streets.
 Such exclamations as "the're beau tiful," "my, what difference in the looks of the street, doesn't this look fine," were heard in the crowd of first night admirers, and speaking of crowds, the White Way helped bring out the biggest crowd of pedestrians that has been seen on Mena's streets after nightfall for many moon.
 One enthusiastic admirer of the new lighting system said, "Now that we have the White Way can't imagine how we lived this long without having one beforeg' A prominent siizen took one look down Mena street south ward, then another look northward, and exclaimed, At last it looks like a real street in a live town"
 A city official said, 'The only thing the White Way lacks to make it good enough for Mena is to make it twice as large" Another of the city fathers said that after seeing the lights he was sorry they were not placed so as to hang over the outer edge of the sidewalks.
 In the opinion of many who saw the White Way in it's opening, it will serve to bring people downtown at nights and give Mena something she has lacked for many years-a real after dark activity in the retail dis trict.
 Strangers in the city complimented the new system of lighting and prais- ed the enterprise of those citizens who are responsible for the improve ment.
 There were few of the 150 lamps that did not show the first night. This defect will be remedied at once, Mana ger Mccoy of the Commonwealth Pub- lie Service Company, declared. It is also believed that additional lights will be ordertd, now that it has been shown what the White Way really means.
 The White Way extends on Mena street from Hickory on the north to just beyond Gillham avenue on the south. On DeQueen street 1t covers the territory from Sherwood avenue to Hickory avenue It gives the down town district a metropolitan appear ance that ought to create pride among those folks who believe, hope and work for bigger and better Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05

REFERS MORE-EGG TONIC makes loafers lay. Guaranteed. Get it at the Corner Grovery 21-4t
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
MENA LAND AND IMPROyEsc
 MENT COMPANY REORGANfZED
Concern, With All Realty, Notes and Accounts Goes Into Hands of
 Local Men.

At a meeting of the directors of the Mena Land and Improvement Com pany held Wednesday at the office of the Kelly-Stratton Company, the en- tire concern, property, notes, ac- counts and good will was formally transferred to local men, as had, in reality, been done some time previous ly, as stated in The Star.
 A reorganization then was per- fected by the election of M. A. Strat- ton, president; R. Golf, vice president; J. F. Hood, secretary and Clyde Cunningham, assistant secre- tary-treasurer.
 This deal, in effect, transfers to the new corporation, which will be con- tinued under the same name as the old, all real estate held in Mena, DeQueen, Ark, Heavener and Watts, Ok, to- gether with all notes, etc, as before stated.
 The Mena property is practically all in the form of residences, those taken over by the original corporation, an auxiliary of the Kansas City Southern Railway Company from its employees, at the time the division was removed from Mena On March 15 past this Mena property consisted of about 90 tracts, of which 20 have since been sold by the parties taking them over.
 The balance of the real estate con- sists of vacant lots, 39 at DeQueen, 4S at Heavener and 22 at Watts.
 The Mena property, under tn. plan of the reorganized concern, is being sold either for cash or on an easy payment plan.
 Attending the meeting from Kansas City were Guy B. Wood, president of the old organization, and J. M Souby, solicitor for the Kansas City Southern Railway Company.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
Starts Candling Eggs.

Now that the regulations requiring the candling of eggs are on the White Produce Company has put in an elec- tric candler It is the invention of Manager F. D. Ellsworth, but does the work rapidly and efficiently All eggs must be candled from now until sum- mer is over.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
Piles Cured In 6 to f4 Days

I,rucsists refund money if PAZo OINTMENT fails lo cure itchine Blind Bleeding or Prctrudins Piles.
 Inrta ,'ly f'ves f'r''ne Pi'es snd you can get
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
No Wsrns in a Healthy Child

All children froubied with worms have an un, healthy color, which indicates poor blood and as rule. there is more or less stomach disturbance GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC given resuiariy for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, i'm prove the digestion, and act as General Streneth- enng Tonic to the whole system. Nature VIII then throw of dispel the worms, and the Child wil DC tn perfect health Pleasant to take. COG per bottle
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05

Strayed- d-3-yr. .-old red steer; weight
 about 625; crop right and swallow for left ear. Wide horns. No brands Mena Meat Market. Reward.-Adv. 129-2t 23-lt
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mittee with F. G. Urner, editor OF
Products Review, of New York, op-
posing any further restraint. lie said
the legislation under consideration
would tend to decrease the usefulness
and efficiency of the cold storage sys-
tens.
Tomorrow the committee will begin
hearings on the proposed amendments
to the food control act suggested by
President Wilson, with Assistant At
torncy General Amcs rs first witness.
Recent opinions by food administers
ton officials that eleven cents was n
fair price for sugar are being trans
mittcd by the Department of Justice to
district attorneys for their information
in the campaign against protitrcring.
Attorney General Palmer said. however.
that no price for sugar could be fixed
by the government.
Eleven Cents Fair Sugar Price
power Of the food administration to pro
cure the cancellation Of licenses, the De
partmcnt of Justice hopes to reach some
cases of pr0titcCring in sugar that would
be- moro difficult to reach through en-
forccmrnt Of the criminal provisions Of
the food control act.
This position of the department was
made pNin in circular sent to federal
district attorneys today. calling attcn-
tion that food administration officials
had taken the position that sugar should
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-14

nephew of Walter o. ColHesh, the S25-
a-weak clerk Of the bank who confessed
to falsifying records. The clerk has
given his property to make good the
indebtedness.
An account of the company held In
West Philadelphia bank also has been
seized.
Colonel Puscy said today that the in
vestigators had ascertained that one Of
the directors had made arrangements to
sell certain property and that he had
been able to tic it up pending the out
come of court action against the direc
tors who are held responsible for the
$225 600 bond issued to cover the
Amber deposits of state funds. The
colonel, however, said he understood the
negotiations had been made before the
bank failed. He would not name the
director.
It also was explained that a number
of properties have been put up for sale
by persons having overdrafts and by
those who owe the bank large sums OF
money. Several have been sold and the
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After Big HOarders

Todd Daniel, division supCriutcnd
cnt for the bureAu of investigation of
the United States Department of jus
ticc. said today he is employing vir
maII, his entire investigating force
.ouking big food hoarders.
His investigation is extending not to
Philadelphia merely. hut to all nearby
points. including southern New Jcr-
soy and the coast cities. eastern and
ccuJral ronnsylvania. and the state of
Delaware. His investigators are study
ing prices and storage conditions in,re-
lation to every food commodity.
District Attorney Kane spoke strong
ly about the need Of curbing food prof
trcrs.
"Thcrc is no use mincing matters" :"
aid Mr. Kane. Things are in a very
bad condition. Prices nrc frightfully
righ, especially prices of green vcgc-
Tables
Mr., Kane said he felt persons should
not get the Impression. however, that he
was ah,r to prosecute dealers whcr-
oyer housewives lodged complaints
against excessive prices.
"proSccution without conviction is
futiIr," said Mr.. Kane. THE Lever
law provides punishment for food
honrdcrs. You cannot prove boarding
against the corner dealer who charges
FIVE cents too much quarter peck for
his tom1torS. There is no provision in
tn" bill to punish dealers for charging
unfair prices.
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deprived Of their trading licenses, under
the Lever bill. IL they hoard food to
enhance the price.
THE Lever bill is not sufficient to
meet the emergency, in so far as the
small dealers are concerned. New York
during the war had drastic state law
which made the situation there easier
to handle. would approve n drastic
law in Pennsylvania. but the next scs-
sion Of the Legislature is two years
distant.
"Thc remedy | see lies with rcor-
gunizcd county food administration,
especially the enforcement bureau of
the committee. 1t functioncd excel
lcntly during the war. Prices then
were not unreasonably high. all things
considered. though the law was the same
then as now.
"Thc vital need is the publication of
fair price lists, as was done then. The
power Of public opinion will make the
little dealer keep down his prices. We
will take care of the big dealer"
Mr.. Kane said he was anxious to
bring prosecutions, but that under the
law successful prosecution would have
to show that the defendant had boarded
food in sufficient quantity to affect the
market: that by boarding he actually
had affected the market, and that there
was no justifying reason for the hoard .
ing.
/ Important developments today in the
fight are;
( Sixteen carloads of United States
Government service foodstuffs have ar
rived in Philadelphia and will be placed
on public sale at prices below market
rates
| Postal officials here have sent hurry
call to Washington for orders telling
them how TO conduct their part of the
/ public sale by parcel post.
! At least two carloads of the food will
br sold Mt government prices in the
/ Gimbcl store next week. probably Tues
day, with the cafeteria plan of sal,
prevailing. Other sales will follow.
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AIR CLUBS MAY JOIN
AViators' Club and Aero Club Con.
slider Merger

4 joint meeting of the Aviators' Club
of Pennsylvania and the Aero Club Of
Pennsylvania will be held at the 'Engi-
nccrs' Club. 1871 Spruce street. this
evening to discuss a proposition where
by the merger of the Aero Club of Penn
sylvania with the newly formed Avia-
tors Club. composed of OK government
scrvic" flyers. may be consummatcd.
Joseph \. Stcinmctz, president of the
Aero Club of Pennsylvania. in calling
the meeting of that club. said: "a large
representation of the Aviators' Club and
Aero Club will be present at the meet
ing, and it is hoped that the aviation
interest in this locality may be best
served and strengthened and that Il
strong unit of national defense will be
thus assembled by the unilication of all
interests.
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"PU Pdy," BoIdnd
Says; Hits PrObers


Continued From PaEo One
hy this failure. never personally bor-
rOwCd dollar from the North Penn
Bank. nor did l ever profit one cent by
any transaction. No commission was
paid for any loan.
II met Ralph Meyer. the cashier,
not more than five or six times, and
then only in business way. l deny,
cmphatically, that I, or any one con-
ncrtcd with our companies. caused or
contributed to the failure of the North
Penn Bank.
"I have assisted the authorities in
every way by throwing our books open
to them, and by rendering Colonel
pusCy complete statement OF the
transactions of our loans with the bank.
CcnsurinS me through the press docs
not help and has only nampered me
in paying off the just obligations of
my company
Puscy Raps Boland
"I suppose said Colonel Pusey,
"tbat Mr.. Boland thinks his statement
is logical and lucid explanation of
his relations with the North Penn
Bank. There are, however, two sus-
picious transactions which we are in
vCstigating.
The first is the certification of
Mover to Boland deposits of $12o 900 in
the bank, which transaction never ap-
! pparcd on the books of the bank, but
did appear in the books of Boland's
insurance company and also credited as
cash asset by the Insurance Depart
mcnt of New York state.
Then again there are the notes
fifteen Of them. aggregating %1S0.O0O
bits Of paper known to be absolutely
worthless and signed admittedly by
I clerks. other employees Of the Boland
Company and perhaps by elevator run
rcrs and porters. The fact that these
notes bear Endorsement by the James J,
Boland Company rs guarantor makes
them of no more value.
"Boland's indebtedness to the NORTH
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proceeds applied to the bank assets.
Elwood II. Strang, the $35-n week
clerk, who owned three motorcare and
three homes, has not yet been located.
He was reported to have been seen here
last week, but the district attorneys
Office has no knowledge of his where
abouts.
Banking Commissioner Fisher, who Is
expected in the city late today, will
confer with Assistant District Attorney
Taulane, Deputy Attorney General
Myers and Colonel Pusey, special deputy
attorney general, on the results attained
through their months investigation. 1t
il believed that the planned-for arrest
of another man implicated in the wreck
ing of the bank will not occur before
Monday.
Speaking for this office" said Mr.
Gordon, "I can tell you that an arrest
will be made in very few days. At
this time we cannot hand you the name
of the man to be arrested. 1t will
require some days to marshal the evil
dence. But the arrest will be made,
and here in Philadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-14

Mayors of fifty Now Jersey cities will
apDcar before the House agriculture"
committee Monday to domuud that
something be done by Congress to re-
durc tine high cost of living.
Mayor GiIIon, Of Newark, saw
Chairman IIaugcn today.
"Wc expect to nave Il big dclcGn
tom" the mayor said land we will
march up this hill to let Congress know
that the situation demands Immediate
attention..
New York. Aug. 14.-By \. PO-
The fight to lower the cost of living in
New York city and state began to
take definite form today with the COM
mission appointed by Governor Smith
ready to start ON its inquiry into the
causes of inflated prir"*, and the ac-
tivity of city officials in arranging for
the sale next week Of vast stores Of
surplus army supplies.
The first order for surplus army food
stores Mt a total cost Of 81 go 600 in
cludcs 900 900 pounds of ham, 800,
600 pounds Of bacon and 425 900 crates
Of canned vegetables and soups, con-
dcnSrd milk and syrup.
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Hearings on Gold Storage

regulating cold storage concerns were
continued by the House agriculture com
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I'c urges. however. TINT President
Wilson. by executive order, restore the
drastic food regulations under which the
food administration acted.
These regulations were repealed. tn"
last of them in January. The Lever
bill is still in force, however. and will
be until peace formally is declared.
Until it lapses, the President retains
power to restore the regulations which
he repealed.
"Duriug the war" said Mr.. Hep
burn. "dcalcrs were licensed. 1t was
Sucriiird Just what margin of profit each