The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-09-18

in from Hartley Monday to get sup
plies.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Goss and chill
dren, and Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Goss,
spent Sunday with relatives at Big
Fork.
James and Richard Holiday, sons
Of j. w. Holiday, left last week for
Limestone county, Texas, where they
90 to pick cotton.
James Wood of Yocana was in
Mena Monday on his return from Fort
Smith, where he had been on duty as
member of the Federal petit jury.
J. A. Watkins, merchant at Van
dervoort, was among the business Wis
itors in Mena Tuesday. making the
trip to the county seat in his auto.
J. w. Profit Of Pittsburg, Pa. is
here to spend a week with his moth
er, Mrs. J. A. Profit. and his brother,
M. H. Profit, and with other relatives.
Mrs Delcie Handy, sister Of Mrs,
Willis Shirley left Tuesday for her
home at Oklahoma City, after having
spent five weeks with Mr. and Mrs.
Shirley
j. A. Mackey of Rich Mountain was
Mena visitor Saturday, returning
home Sunday morning, after attending
the meeting of Masonic lodge Satur-
day night
Mrs Ed Medford and two children
of Gerty, Ok, arrived IN Mena Satur-
day for a visit at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A. Kenneth and with relatives
at Board Camp.
G <. Riggin, here from Manches-
ter, Ok. visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G. A.
Kennett and Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Hilton,
left for his home Tuesday after two
weeks in Polk county
]. A. Hughes began work Monday
in the j. G. Lawrence & Co. store,
taking the place of J. r. Lawrence,
who in turn began work for the Wat
kins Hardware Company.
L. c. Wood of Ink and w. d. Har-
per of Egger were on the market
Tuesday afternoon with bale of cot
ton each. They sold to Matthews &
Norris at 30 cents per pound.
Albert and Henry Barker of Boles,
Scott county, are in Mena prospecting
for locations. Both of them expect to
move to Mena with their families il
they can buy suitable property.
County Judge Fl. w. Finger left
Thursday afternoon on a business trip
to Texarkana, but he win likely ex-
tend his journey to Longview, Tex, to
visit at the home of his brother, j
F. Finger
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Norris and fam
lily have moved in from the farm near
Yocana to give the children the advan-
tage of the Mena schools. They are
occupying their home on Magnolia av-
enue, opposite the High School build
ing
Miss Pauline McVay of Grannis
was one of the prize winners in an
"ad" writing contest recently held BY
the Fort Smith Times Record. The
lads" of the prize winners were
printed in the Sunday edition Of the
paper.
w. M. Matthews of the firm Of Mat
thews & Norris, cotton buyers, is al
Ashdown this week looking after
business for the firm. They are 60
ing to open an Office at Ashdown, and
will cover the territory on the Frisco
as far west as Hugo, Ok.
Mr.. and Mrs Sam Coleman anc
children and VIII Pike, brother Oh
Mrs. Coleman, who had been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pike in Mems
and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. McKeen near
Ransom. started Tuesday on The re
turn trip to their home at Blanchard
Ok.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Johnson
after spending week with relatives
at Smithville, and Hatfield, are back
in Mena to be here for the remainder
of the week. They were accompanied
to Mena by Mrs. W. ID. johnson Of
Smithville. who will spend day here
shopping.
H. Trout left this afternoon fol
Springdale, Ark, where he has ac
cepted position as miller with the
Springdale Milling Company, a firm
for whom he had previously worked
for ten years. He had been employed
in the Mena Flour Mill for the last
two years Mrs Trout and children
will go to Springdale as soon as Mr.
Trout secures house.
Joe Hawthorne, who, with his fam
| lily, moved to Mena some time ago
renting a residence on Hickory ave
nue., has bought home of his own
making a deal with John Lofts fol
the purchase Of the porperty at 20l
South Adams street, the consideration
being $4,000 He will get possession
of the place on November L..
J. B. Hendricks of Board Camp hal
been in Mena this week at the bedside
of his mother, Mrs. L. K. Hendricks
who is critically i'll at her home Oh
the corner of Fourth street and Holl,