The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-09
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spent Sunday in Mena with her moth.
 CT and sister.
 Blanch and Floyce Slay, here at.
 tending school and staying at the
 home of Mir. and Mrs. Ivan Rowe spent Sunday with their parents, Mir
 and Mrs. Walter Slay, at Stapp, Ok. w. s. Lunsford of Yocana, A. II land F. B. Garrison of Nunley, Lii
 Abernathy, c. Lawrence, George Ed wards, Joe Reynolds of Alder were
 among the farmers to market cotton
 Friday.
 | Mir. and Mrs. w. F. Hunt have moved in from their farm near Union Grove, and are at home on South Eleventh street. The farm has been sold to Claude Clark of the Dallas Valley, who is moving to the same this week.
 ]. w. Long. R. L. Pannell and J. W Whippie left Sunday for Atlanta, Ga, to attend the Confederate reunion
 The last named goes as the represen- tative of Pat Claiborne camp of Mena
 having been elected at the meeting
 held Saturday.
 Miss Ella Clawitter, sister of Mrs
 George Emerson, began work Monday
 as saleslady in the Duke Magruder
 Dry Goods store. Miss Clawittei
 came last week from Wamego, Eas.
 tho she and her parents had formerly
 lived in Mena.
 Mrs. Holder Hudgins arrived Sun
 day from Kansas City for a visit with
 Mrs. J. H. Allen, mother of Mr. Hud- gins. Mir. and Mrs Hudgins were
 married at Kansas City about three
 months ago, and this is the first visit she had made to her Mena relatives. A. Briscoe was at Blackfork Satur- Iday to attend justice court in case
 in which his sons were defendants
 The suit was brought over disagree
 ment of wages for cotton chopDers
 and MT. Briscoe reports that judg
 ment was rendered against his sons. 1 D. J. Embry of Corona, N. M., for merly a resident near Cove, was if
 Mena Monday to look after his inter
 ests in a suit to be tried in Circuit
 court in which he is defendant and
 Dewey Scott plaintiff. The suit is
 brought to recover commission for the
 sale of real estate.
 Mir. and Mrs. Math Simmons were
 in from Board Camp early Monday to get supplies, returning at once to the farm, so that Mir. Simmons could get
 busy preparing ground for wheat, ex- pecting to put out considerable acre
 age He was in Mena last Friday to
 market two bales of cotton, selling at 311k cents.
 Mrs. Jack Crews and three children returned Thursday afternoon to their home at Horatio, after visit with relatives at Acorn and week spent with MT. and Mrs. H. M. Frederick in Mena Mrs. Crews is sister of Mir. Frederick. Before leaving for home Mrs. Crews announced that she and her husband would likely return to Polk county to locate.
 l Sam Riding, jr.. wired his father Thursday that he had just reached Camp Pike from Camp Merritte, N. J. While he said nothing about it, the presumption is that he has been sent to Camp Pike to be discharged, SO the lparents are expecting him to arrive in a day or two. When he does come | there will be reunion at the Riding home, for that will be the first time i ali Jne children viii De nome in about -four years.
 l Revenue Officers Burns and Foster lof Oklahoma passed thru Mena Oh Thursday on train No.s4, having in ltheir custody Tom Tate, whom they had captured in the hills rOf Oklaho- ma, west of Hatfield. Tate is charged with running an illicit still and was being taken to Pofeau, Ok, for ex- animation before the United States Commissioner. The officers are re ported to have seized the still and de- stroyed it.
 l Dr. C. c. Gunnels arrived in Mens I Sunday to look after the shipment of I lumber which is to be used in the con struction of his new residence at Lit l tie Rock The doctor is strictly an ] optimist, and has a glowing report about the development in the oil com panies in which he is interested, and l in addition he has added ssss< l increased zest to his business affairs by joining the Little Rock Aero Club which has already bought an airplane
 and will buy more. He assures his
 Mena friends if landing field fl
 found here he will make his next trir l to Mena in a plane.