The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-11-20

party departed on the train Wednes-
day afternoon for Pensacola, Fla.
S. L. Thomas Of Hatfield was in
Mena Wednesday with some fine SAM
pies Of homegrown tobacco, which he
disposed of to local users of the nat
ural leaf. Mr.. Thomas is a former
Kentuckian. and experienced in tobac-
co raising and curing.
George w. Petty was present at
the opening of the new bank at Caddo
Gap Saturday, he being one of the
organizers. Ivan Rowe, who is to be
cashier of the new bank, left Sunday
for Caddo Gap, making the trip over
land in his car. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Rowe
The brick building on Sherwood av-
enue, opposite the passenger depot,
has been bought by Ben Strauss, who
will use it as meat market. Henry
Christy, the present occupant, is NOV
ing into the building next to the
Savoy Hotel. AS soon as needed re-
pairs are made the Strauss meat mar
ket will be moved to the new location.
Lost Child by Membranous Group.
The funeral of the infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Orrick was held
Thursday morning at Odd Fellows
cemetery, the Rev. W. l.. Smith Off
ciating. The little one was one Of
pair of twins, two years of age, and
died Wednesday of membranous Group
at the home on the Jackson farm, to
the south of the city.
Among the farmers from the west
end of the county, who brought cot
ton to Mena Thursday and Friday
were c. B. Connally, j. r. Handy, J.
c. Terrell and w. J. Nichols
]. w. Sargent of Board Camp was
in Mena Friday with home grown
wheat, some of which he had ground
into -four for his own use, the rest
being sold.
A. M. Hill Of Dallas, Tex, accompa-
MED by Frank B. Gaffney, Walter
Harris, Pierce Harris and H. G. Scholl,
all of Texarkana, were in Mena Thurs
day to look after mining interests.
r. W. Armitage of Checotah, Ok,
formerly Forest Ranger at Shady. was
in Mena Tuesday on his return home
after spending several days with Mr..
and Mrs. Peter McWiniam at Golden
Acres farm.
DR.. o. E. Jung of Fayetteville, vet
Urinary inspector of the Bureau of
Animal Industry of the Arkansas Uni
versity, was in Mena Thursday in
consultation with o. L. Henderson,
county agent.
S. J. Reeves of Pittsburgh, Kas.,
who has been sojourning in Mena for
several days, left Friday morning
with a camping outfit for Posey Hol-
low, expecting to do considerable
hunting and trapping in that vicinity
this winter
w. S. Blackshear of Overton, Tex,
has closed deal thru the Payne
agency for the purchase of the Holli-
day farm, northeast of Mena, from
Columbus Hutchins. Mr.. Blackshear
plans to move to his new home just
as soon as possible.
Fl. P. Lofts and sister, Mrs. C. l..
Garrett, left Friday morning for
Stuart, Ok, the former to prospect for
a new location and Mrs. Garrett to get
things ready for the arrival of Mr.
Garrett and carload of household
goods. The CARROTS viii locate this
coming year near Ashland, Ok.
Using a Ford one-ton truck for con-
w. H. Carton and family of
six are making the trip from Plank
ington, S. D., to DeRidder, La. They
stopped in Mena Friday for a brief
rest. The party carries in addition to
a camp outfit on the truck, some
goods, including a sewing
machine.
Chas. Adams of Vandervoort, where
he has been located since last Janu-
ary coming from Kansas City, has
written the secretary of the CONNER
cial Club for information about Mena
and the surrounding country. saying
he has decided to locate near the coun-
ty seat.
George T. Latimer, who recently
came to Polk county, locating at Van
dervoort, was at Commercial Club
headquarters Wednesday seeking in
formation about apple culture in Polk
county with view to putting out a
commercial apple orchard on his farm
near Vandervoort. Mr.. Latimer and
family came from Albany, Tex, two
weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. Stuart of De-
Queen, and Miss Mamie Stuart of
Paris, Tex, are in Mena for So
journ. Mr. Stuart is the head of the
Stuart Land Company, and also
brother of B. ]. Stuart, Mena attor-
ney.