The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-27

,.,- - 2, -'.--. - - Mrs. Uriel Thacker and slrs. L. 0. Dickson.
 J. c. Allen and family of Cove are visiting in Mena.
 Ellsworth Gardner, who had been home since being discharged from the army left Tuesday for Muskogee, Ok, where he expects to get employment.
 Mrs. Freeman L. Johnson and baby left Wednesday for their home at Lit tie Rock, to join Mir. Johnson, who is employed in the state treasurer's of- flee.
 County Supt. of Schools, T. J. Will banks conducted the regular quarter ly examination for teachers at the courthouse Thursday. Twenty-Five took the tests, eight of whom were from Wickes.
 Dr. B. E. Dunman of Wickes, while in Mena Monday, closed a deal thru the Kelly-Stratton agency for the purchase of the Oldham residence at 908 Second street. The doctor ex- poets to return to Mena to live. J. L. Vaughan, who came from H. linois about three years ago and had since been living on a farm three miles west of Mena, has moved to town and on Saturday opened a gen eral merchandise business in the D. B. Joplin old stand on Janssen ave- nue.
 T. A. Winton, in charge of the com missary of the Buschow Lumber Co.,, at Page, while in Mena Tuesday, an- nouneed that he had resigned his po- sition, to become effective April |. He has not yet decided what to do, but suggests that he will likely re- turn to Mena.
 w. E. Stephens, who on last Fri day, closed his term of school in the Ouachita district belowA Opal, was in Mena Tuesday to get supplies to re- stock the w. A. Hughes store at Opal, which he had bought. He took out two big loads of feed, flour and gen eral merchandise.
 Private L. I. Harrelson, in the ma chine gun branch of Uncle Sam's service, returned to Mena Friday, having been discharged at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. He entered the service ot Camp Pike, and was than transferred to Camp Beauregard and later to Camp Taylor
 W. L. Ratledge from west of Hat field, was in Mena Tuesday with three bales of cotton, selling one to Mat thews & Norris at 20.4 cents a pound, and storing the other two in Mena Public Warehouse. He reported that he found no market in Hatfield and that only one firm was on the mar ket in Mena.
 J. B. Goss has a force of men con- sisting of c. A. Smith, J. R. Grant and Will Fur, at work repairing the building recently vacated by W. R. Cole on South Mena street. Mir. Goss expects in course of time to replace the frame structure with brick, and will then move out the frame build ing for use as a warehouse.
 
 H. F. Hauert, brother of Mrs. Phil T. Stevenson, arrived in Mena this week from Crum Creek, Ok, where he had been visiting his sister, Mrs. Oliver Burnett, since returning from San Diego, Cal, where he had been in the naval service. He had been sta- tioned at Mare Island and San Diego, and has been placed on the reserve list.
 Albert Middleton went to Texarl1a- ma on Tuesday, and on his return trip Wednesday was accompanied by Mrs. Middleton, who had under gone an operation at hospital some time ago They were accompanied on the home trip by Mrs. s. J. Phil pot, mother of Mrs. Middleton, who had been with her daughter since the operation.
 Mrs. c. N. Kelly and little daugh- ter here visiting at the home of Mir and Mrs. J. W. Gardner, parents of Mrs. Kelly, left Friday to join MT. Kelly at St. Louis, where he is in the civil engineering department of the Frisco railway. They had contem- plated starting on the trip earlier in the week, but were prevented from doing so on account of the illness of Mrs. Kelly.
 Big Order for Potato Slips.
 The largest order for sweet potato