The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-13

S- A. McOA0ley CT Shady was a Mena visitor Friday.
 E. M Bartlett of Hartford. Ark.. spent Thursday in Mena on business.
 Nick Fryar of Waters. Louis Shir- ley and Silas Burr of Oden, were in Mena Friday.
 Mrs. A. Nj. Powers, of Heavener. visited Saturday with Mrs. Clyde Cunningham.
 Deputy Sheriff V. I. Ellsworth was in Hatfield on official business Sat urday afternoon.
 John Ellison and Wright Shirley of Huddleston were in Mens on business Friday.
 The Rev. J. B. Lilies went to Big Fork Saturday to fill pastoral en- agreements.
 Young Mckinney has returned from business trip to Little Rock and vicinity.
 Elihu and Ellis Morphew were Big Fork residents who were trading in Mena Saturday.
 R. B. Board, cashier of the Planters State Bank. is confined to his home by an attack of lumbago
 Mrs. D. B. Joplin left Friday for her home at Dyer, Ark, after a visit in Mena with friends and relatives.
 Mir. and Mrs. Albert ]. Parent are entertaining Mrs. Parents mother. who arrived in Mena Friday from Du- luth, Minn.
 W. R. Meek and Bert Carpenter from near Cove, were in Mena Fri day, bringing wheat to have ground at the Mena Flour Mills.
 A. J. Connery of Muskogee, travel ing auditor for the Commonwealth Public Service Company, was Mena visitor today.
 Ben George was unloading a car load of meal corn Saturday, which he had shipped in for distribution among Polk county farmers.
 C. r. Edwards of Alder brought wheat to Mena Saturday to have it ground into flour and hauled back, in addition, corn for stock feeding.
 Aka.-,,,tl... f IL fled the rainy weather and slippery roads to come to Mena Saturday to get additional goods for his store.
 Mrs. & V. Heath and sons, who have been visiting her parents in Mena, Mir and Mrs. J. B. Lilies, have returned to their home at Heath val ley.
 Dr. J, G. Hilton, who travels the rural roads about as often as most of us, says anybody that wants mud hole had better hurry up, for they're going fast.
 w A. Taylor of Smithville, Ok, spent Thursday in Mena looking after business matters. Mir Taylor is in business at Smithville, and reports a very nice business last fall.
 Corporal Colonel Standridge, who has been in Uncle Sam's service at Camp Travis, Tex, was in Mena Fri day, enroute to visit his sister Mrs. Tom Spakes ot Alder. He is still in service but was granted furlough
 Mrs. A. M. Green, mother of Mrs. c. J. Branstetter, came from Cove on Friday to spend the weekend with Mir. and Mrs. Branstetter and chil- dren, living at the corner of Refine street and Southerland avenue. She returned home Monday afternoon.
 W II. Taylor of Poteau is the new pharmacists at Jackson's. Mir Tay- Tor has only recently been mustered out of Uncle Sam's service. He was in the medical department of the Ma rine Corps, and saw service at Nor folk, Va.
 Marriage licenses were issued Sat urday by County Clerk Alexander to the following: J J. Steel, aged 40, and Annie Holt, aged r, both of Hat field; Dewey H. Chapman, aged 20, and Mabel Giles, aged IS, also resi- dents of Hatfield
 Word reached Mena Wednesday of the death of E. F. Stevens, former resident of Mena, he and Mrs. Stevens having lived for many years in one of the Lochridge cottages on North Mena street. The death occurred at Van Buren.
 Marriage licenses were issued on Thursday by County Clerk Alexander to two young couples Clyde Waller, aged IS, and Miss Allie Rhines, aged 15, both of Grannis, were licensed to we'd The same privilege was grant ed to Dewey Winton, aged 19, of near Potter, and Miss Nellie M Roberts. aged 15. of Hatfield.
 ". A. Ragland, who has been sui fering from hiccoughs since last Sat urday has not been able to obtain re- lief from this troublesome aiiment, and on Thursday afternoon left for Fort Smith, where he will take treat ment from Dr. Charles Holt at St. Johns hospital.
 Gregg Purvis, son of Mr. and Mrs.