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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-16

was a letter addressed to her from doctor in the far West, which told Of the serious illness of David. @
 Johns eyes gleamed- with, anger as he, realized that his quiet Amelia, who had always, asked his advice, and had never taken it upon herself to act without it had really gone. Why hadn't she shown the letter to him at once? True, she had asked him for money to go and see David, but he had not given it to her. Hadn't David dis graced him? Brought his honored name down to the dust? David, their only son and child upon whom they had built such high hopes.
 Poor David," he said, "1f l had known you were so sick, but"
 The "poor David" was said not with out sorrow, but he was getting used to the boys absence, although he had missed him at first. But should he get used to getting along without his wife, if only for time? John was one of those men whose husband love was stronger than his father love.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-16

The very independence of Amelia! She had sold the spoons that were a wedding present from her aunt, and had cost $25 or more a dozen! And the old hall clock! Why, he-although it was a maternal heirloom on his wife's sIde-had refused $200 for 1t.
 While he went to the hall to see if the clock was really gone, Amelia was being carried miles away from him by the fast moving train. After a two days journey, which seemed a year, she reached her sons bedside. He Clasped his wasted arms around her neck, and his sunken eyes drinking in her every look, as he cried 5oyfully, 70, ma! My darling mother. you've come"
 "Yes, child. Yes, yes. my boy. mothers come!"
 A few days after David said, "I wish pa was here, too. But fathers are diff ferent. It's mothers that stick to a feller through thick and thin. O, mai I.can't realize that it's five years since I saw you. I've tried hard, ma. out
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-16

do Co earn enough, to study music"
 Your voice is superb, Peg-wondeFs full ] listened while you sAnE. You still 1eve to sing?"
 "I adore it." with a dnS disregard for nicetys of expression.
 'stilSwznt to be prtuH doaAsr"
 "N AI guess so."
 ;. So, what could John Lang do but gather the @1ittle mite into his eager arms and cover the lovely white face with kisaes until the roses came laugh ing back, and the big. sad eyes, twin kled.
 AndPegU, being 6 very human<hs- ing, how could she help explaining gsylyS after the first rapturous em- bTaceawere oVerS ~Oh. Bhsnt be glad to give that cAntankerous old boss of mine c dignihed notice tomorrow. And goodness, won't loTeto 'drudgS in that glorious kitchen nSoUIl~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-16

his part Of the argument with ve- hemence, Peggy with fire and anger, and ending up with the stinging and blinding information. And you've gone and went and done yourself too much honor, mister, to think I'd be your kitchen drudge, for I'll be mo- body's galley slave. I'm going on the stage to be 8 famous prima donna so there!" And John, cut to the quick, had run away from home and had not seen her since.
 But tonight as he paced his studio, with the cheerful glow from the open fire casting wistful shadows, he lived the scene all over again. He won dered how little Peggy was. He knew she had left the little town after the death of the aunt with whom she had lived. He wondered whether she had kept to her old determination to go on the stage; and he shuddered. For all
 her temper and girlish arrogance.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-16

Jane's voice trailed into an embar- rassed silence under the level gaze of Aida Barnes. She jerked her shawl around her shoulders nerVously, but fingered in the open door as the other woman uttered a calm:
 "No-I can't think of anything now. Jane, but I'm tend q tablez-and if I come across anything I'll bring it when I come to the sale"
 She resumed her pie-making with a cool ignoring of her callers tarrying that provoked Jane into a snappish:
 Well, don't fail to come-for I ex- pect Henry and his wife will be there. or course. you knew he was married ?'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-16

mine. you know-and the old hall clock. You will find your dinner on the stove and I've engaged Mary Ball tp do your washing on Mondays. You are a good hand to cook, so I guess you can get along somehow. If you should need any medicine, there's the pep pernint in the kitchen cupboard. on the left hand corner of the third shelf from the top, and the catnip and oth- CT herbs are hanging in the northeast corner of the garret. Shall stay as long as David needs me.
 AMELIA"
 On the table beside Amelia's note
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-16

most exclusive clubs, and the literati welcomed him with open arms. But he was anything but happy.
 Of course, there was a girl at the bottom of it all. There usually is. He had not seen her since she was slip of a maid, with a turnedup nose which no amount of coaxing and nurture could keep the freckles off, and very rcd hair that curled and tossed pro vokingly. Everybody made fun o; her treckles and hair; that is, everybody
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-16

)HN stared at the note on the table until it's every word was burned into his brain. It said:
 "I am going to David. You would not give me the money to go with, so I have sold the sDoOus-they were
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-16

you haven't any thing to contribute to our rummage sale? I thought that perhaps you might give some thing, and take a table. You know you haven't been to any of the church dOings since-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-16

HIN LANG ought to nave been 8 happy man. He had sud denly come into fame as a popular novelist; his writing had brought him an easy competeEce; his talents had won for him a cordial
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-16

ing loose a medley of sounds which very much resembled what a French menu looks like, only a trifle thicker.
 Sometime later we discovered that he was Bulgarian, dubbed Heinz by the hospital attendants, because no one could understand his line of talk enough to get his real name and be- cause he occupied Room 57.
 The fact that Heinz left the scenes of his nativity when the grape shot became too habitual for comfort, made one think that he was not with out some amount of gray matter in his anatomy, but when on the second day after his arrival in the land of the free and home of polite graft, be paused in the middle of a busy street to contemplate the lofty structures and allowed his person to become entan- gled in the cog-wheels of progress, it looked as if his judgment wasn't so keen after all and that he would probably have done as well by staying at home and being shot up by the enemy.
 After the curious visitor was care fully picked out of the mechanism of two automobiles and q truck. the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-16

WAS a comicaI
 fellow and the first time we saw him
 was when he in serted his features, accompanied by a two-bit smile, into our d e D ar t n e mt one day recently and arrested our attention by kurn-
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

O. A. Lavinder, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. b. Lavinder. reached Mena last
week after having been discharged
from army service He was overseas
about Is months, and came home with
the regiment that had been especially
selected to accompany General John J.
Pershing. He was among the sixty
men especially chosen as bodyguard
for General Pershing in the parades
at Washington and New York.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23
j. P. PAYNE e co. Smltnlng

First-class Smithing Coal ready for
delivery. Come in and get a sample.
sahagh Il Co. Mena Adv 4l-12t
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

J. +. Hagan has the distinction Of
being the first to store potatoes in the
Mena Potato Warehouse, having de-
livered 80 bushels Saturday Of the crop
he bought Of A. p. York J. H. Ham
ilton was the second to make use of
the storage privilege offered by the
warehouse, placing six bushels, a part
of his share grown or vacant lots by
j. p Eubanks.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

H. Sanders and ]. E. Reynolds Of
wickes were in Mena Friday on bust
ness with county officials.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

A. M. Hill of Dallas, Tex was in
Mena Wednesday, going over the min
ing situation with w s. Arlington.
when he left Thursday morning he
was accompanied as far as Texarkana
BY Mr. Arlington. Mr.. Hill and fam
ily were IN Mena last summer, and at
that time he became Interested in the
manganese proposition, which appeals
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

G. H. Johnson, Mark Dover and Col.
Ed. Hutson were up from Hatfield
Monday on business with county Off
Gals and others.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

B. G. Smith, Jacob and Bill Dera-
mus and A. = and Frank Barber were
a delegation Of Egger farmers on the
Mena cotton market Thursday. hav-
ing come in Wednesday night They
all sold at 81 cents pound, with the
exception Of Mr.. Smith, who topped
the market by getting 38 cents. He
received total Of $20406 for his bale.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Mrs. r. r. st. John returned last
Friday from visit of a month at
her old home at Lamar, Mo-, and at
Carthage, Mo.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Amos Musgrave and G X. Sims of
Hatfield passed thru Mena Wednesday
enroute home from Kansas City,
where they had been on the market
with the cooperative shipment Of cat
tie made last Saturday out Of Hat
field by the farmers near that place
and Cove.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Judge III. w. Finger and Mrs. Fin
ger and son. Bascom, spent Sunday
with relatives at Hatfield.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

County Clerk Alexander on Thurs
dav issued a marriage license to Ed
ward M. Billingsley, aged 26, Of GRAY
civ. Ark, and Miss Nella Crawford,
aged 90, of Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

A. G Gray is in receipt of pic
ture of the Fighting Fifth Regiment
Of the z. S. Marines, taken in front
Of the capitol building at Washing
ton on August II. The picture was
sent by Guy d. Richie. step-son Of Mr..
Gray, who is a member of the regi-
ment, and was wounded at the battle
of Chateau Thisrry, after which he
was sent to Paris to act as steno-
grapher for the Peace Commission.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Owenssof Coal
gate, Ok, report the birth of daugh-
ter on October Ia. Mrs. Owens is the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. N. F. Bales.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Mrs. J. J. Mershon returned home
Sunday from Texarkana, where she
had been helping care for the sick at
the home Of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Aeru-
man for the last three weeks. She
was accompanied to Mena BY her
daughter, Miss Mary Mershon, who is
employed at Shreveport
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

BUY AND SELL -MENA AND
POLK COUNTY REAL ESTATE
they PLEASE THEIR PATRONS
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

E. N. Shutter returned last week
from the Desdamona, Tex, oil fields,
where he had been employed in a
garage for about month. He is con-
sidering the reopening of the Shutter
auto Shop on DeQueen street.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Grady Hand, U. s. Inspector in
charge Of tick eradication, now has an
Office located in the basement of the
postafiice, having made the move from
the courthouse the latter part of last
week
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Daddy" Davis was in his element
one day last week when he had the
job Of decorating the show windows at
the Fair Store. He artistieally dis
played the line Of goods handled by the
store. and to make things more at
tractive. used miniature aiTpIane as
the central feature in one Of the win
dows,
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Mrs. S. D. Allen and son, Vernon,
returned to Heavener last Monday
after having been with Mena rela-
tives over Sunday. Vernon returned
to Heayener about two weeks ago
from Newport News. where he has
been driving a truck since being mus
tered out of the army
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Tom J. Wilbanks, cashier Of the
Bank of Grannis, was in Mena Mon
day to get his automobile and look
after business matters. During his
absence from the bank, the institution
was in charge of Fred G. Embry of
the Planters State Bank, who went to
Grannis Sunday.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Mr. and Mrs. r. r. York are here
from Dennison. Tex, to attend Cir
cult court, They are the appellees in
an action in which Win Tow is APP
pellant, and which has been appealed
from the justice court.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

c. f. Sossamon left last Thursday
for the oil fields about Homer, La
Mrs Sossamon and little son, during
his absence, will remain at the home
of the Rev ID. J. Sossamon and Mrs.
Sossamon
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

to him even more after a thoro inves-
tigation.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Will HAMLET, in from Ink Friday,
i. another farmer who received top
price for his cotton, selling bale to
Col George L. Rector, at 3S cents a
,o,xvd
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baker reached
Mena Wednesday evening from
Wickes to again make their home in
mena Mr. Baker made crop near
Wickes and having gathered and sold
the same, he will now go back to work
for the Lauck Lumber Company.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sims returned
Friday from their trip of 21k months
during which they covered much of
the northwest, visiting and sightsee-
ing. They were in Oklahoma, Mis-
souri,, Kansas, New Mexico, California,
Oregon. Washington and Nebraska.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

9. M. Davis and daughter Of Cove
were in Mena Monday. the daughter
having come to have dental work done,
and Mr. Davis to report for petit jury
duty.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

FREQ Gray and G. G. Cor OF Cove
were ii Mena Sunday on an effort to
get excused from jury duty, during
the October term Of court. The first
named had been summoned for grand
jury duty, but was excused for the
reason that he is the onlx druggist in
Cove, and for the further reason that
bis services are now urgent on account
of an epidemic of sickness in the
Cove community.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Mrs. W. f. Mershon returned
Wednesday from visit with relatives
at Greenville, Tex. She also went to
Dallas to attend the fair. and on the
return trip stopt at Texarkana to Wis
it Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Acruman and
family.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Adolph Lyons, vice president Of the
Joe Lyons Machinery Company Of
Little Rock, is in Mena for visit at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jesse
Badt He will remain over to attend
the session of the Polk county Quorum
court in an effort to interest the menu
bers in the purchase of road machin-
cry.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Miss George B. Anthony, steno=
grapher for the Golf Wholesale Gro
Gerry Company, returned Sunday from
a vacation of 10 days which she had
spent at the home of her sister, Mrs
w. f. Cevault, at Drumright, Ok.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Ivan Rowe began work Friday
to be in training in preparation for
the cashiership of the Bank Of Caddo
Cop, which he will take upon the open
ing Of the new institution. Mr.. Rowe
has been in the employ Of S. |. Woods
in the general mercantile business for
a long time.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23
Ladies and Misses Ready to- Wear
NEW AUTUMN AND FALL STOCKS ARE NOW READY
hng the most comprehensive line pleasure Featuring
Prntzess and Palmer garments.

Buy your Ready -to-Wear now while you can
get your size and pick from the Mammoth
Stock we have on hand
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Mrs. C. M. Edwards and mother,
Mrs. Sarah Reed, returned wednes-
day from Gentry, Ark, where they
had spent week with relatives. They
were met there by Mrs. Edwards son,
who is at work in the mines at Jop-
lin
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Robert Kelly arrived last Thursday
from KANSAS City to join Mrs. Kelly,
who has been at the home Of his par
ents. Nh. and Mrs. B. f. Kelly, 20i
North Adams street while he has
been at work in the oil fields
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

] N. Dashiel, who is making col
lection of seeds of farm and garden
products, on Friday received a pound
q seed wheat from the Agricultural
Experiment Station at Tuscon, Ariz.
II is Of the Early Baart variety and
mas g record Of having produced 81
bushels per acre. He also has sam
Pie Of "Kanred." the wheat originated
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Mrs Eva NJ Whitney of Kansas,
after spending 23h months in Mena.
stopping with Mrs R. Barnard, left
Wednesday for her home. She used
to own farm west of Mena, but sold
it while here this summer.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

l. y. Lane, in from Potter Monday,
was accompanied by his nephew, A.
P. Broderick of Caddo, Ok, who, with
Mrs. Broderick, is visiting Polk coun-
ty relatives.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Harry Rabb began work last Tues
day in the T. s. Peters blacksmith
shop, where he will take training for
six months under the auspices of the
government under the act providing
for vocational training for disabled
and injured soldiers, sailors, and ma
rines. Mrs Rabb and baby came this
afternoon from Rich Mountain, and
they will be at home at 507 Fourth
street
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Mrs. Lloyd Board arrived in Mena
Saturday from Joplin, Mo-, coming in
response to a message Of the serious
illness of her father, Charles Grumpy.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

M. w. Roger came from Lockes-
burg Saturday to be here to report for
grand jury duty, being one of the al
ternates for this term of court. He,
however, hoped to get excused at the
session of court Monday.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

F. j. Greiner returned Friday from
Billings, Mo. He was accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. ] L. Alvey, parents of
Mrs. Greiner, Mrs. Shutter and Mrs.
Konkler. They have closed out their
affairs at Billings and will make their
home in Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

H. A, HILL son of Mr.. and Mrs. C.
F Hill Of Potter, reached home Sum
day after four years service in the
navy He was discharged at New
York last Friday, and then came Ii
rectly home.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Z. Nj Billinesley of Ola, Ark, re-
Gently back from Germany, where he
served with the Army of Occupation,
IS visiting friends IN Mena. oolulef
Biliingsley was a member of the Third
Army, and for time was stationed at
Coblenz. He was discharged at Camp
Pie on September Is.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Isaac Workman, in from Big Cedar,
Ok. Friday, announced that he would
leave Oklahoma soon for Sebastian
county. having bought farm near
Fort Smith. He brought in two bales
Of cotton grown on his Big Cedar
farm, belonging to the man TO whom
he sold out.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

The Rev. J. L. Cannon Of Tear
kasa, presiding elder Of the Texar-
kama district of the NJ e. Church,
South came from Vandervoort Sun
DAY, and on Sunday night occupied the
pulpit Of the First NJ e. Church,
South, and held the fourth quarterly
conference. He was at Egger Monday
holding the quarterly conference for
the Cherry Hill circuit.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Mesdames Xavier Weber, w. Nj.
Lowery and Wesley Cook came from
Wickes Friday to be guests at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. B. N. Eddleman
until Sunday.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Hubert Knight arrived last Thurs
day from Coalgate, Ok, to be at
bome for a few days. He has been
employed in a machine shop and
earape at Coalgate since last June.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Charles Cooper of Atlanta, Ga, a
nephew Of Mrs. j. G. Hudgins, arrived
in Mena Sunday for visit with Mrs.
Hudgins and daughters and other Polk
county relatives.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Drs. B. H. Hawkins and r. R. Wat
kins were called to Board Camp Fri
day TO attend Dir. Charles L. Sanford,
who had suffered a dislocation Of his
left shoulder in being thrown from a
horse.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Rawl Laughlin of the Poteau Office
81 the Bennett-C oker- Byrne Engineer
ing Company, after several days work
in the Mena office, left Thursday for
poteau to finish some surveying in
LeFlore county, Ok, when he will re-
turn to Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Mr.. and Mrs. ] s. borough and
two children of Egger returned on
Wednesday from Childers, Tex, where
he had spent six weeks with Mrs. Eta
Thornton, mother Of Mrs. borough.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

] A Miller came n from Foreman
Thursday to close the deal for the
purchase Of the Conant property on
the corner Of Port Arthur avenue and
Twelfth street Mrs. Miller was in
Mena couple Of weeks ago, and at
that time decided upon the purchase
Of the property. Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
Ter viii come to Mena to live as soon
as they can get possession of the
property.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

J. L. Sanders and T. A. Sturgeon,
two young farmers Of Watts, Ok, are
in Mena this week to prospect for
farm locations. They are old ac-
quaintances Of w. +. Holt.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23
LADIES' SKIRTS.

In plain colors. Weaves of Storm and French
Serge, Panama and Poplin Colors, Navy and
Black.
Prices, $500, $500, $3.50, $500, $3.50, $500
and up to $500
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23
LADIES' SUITS.

Presenting the newest of styles, colors Of
Navy, Burgundy, Silvertone Tope, Black and
Dark Brown Material, Broadcoth, Tricotine
Poplin, Velour and Serge.
Prices $3.50. $4,000, S32.5O, $500. $780,
$4,000, and up to $500.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

O. A. Alexander was in Mena Friday
% his initial trip as salesman for the
Williams Echols Dry Goods Company
Of Fort Smith, having given up his
job with the Apple Hat Company. In
conjunction with Clint Goodwin, he
has the contract with the Fort Smith
concern for the territory covering
Western Arkansas and Eastern Okla
bona
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

r. J. Alternately and M. II. Edwards
Of Big Fork were in Mena Friday to
have load of wheat ground at the
Nena Flour Mill. MIR. Duwdrus Is
selling out his Polk county property,
and expects to leave in about two
weeks for Coalgate, Ok, where he
vii farm.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Br and Mrs. D. Melter are nov
at home On tie farm ON the Bethesda
Springs road, bought last spring by
Mr. Molter, having moved from the
farm east Of Mena to make place
for the new owner, D. J. Reinstra,
who came from Port Arthur last week.
Mr. Molter still has his sorghum mill
IN operation on the old place, and will
keep it there until this years crop is
made up.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23
LADIES' SILK BLOUSES.

Large collection Of the new styles, of Georget
Crepe and Crepe de Chine. All the newest
coors
Prices $3.50, $3.50, $3.50, $1,000, and up to
$3.50
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

Whit Hawkins, living out on route
No. 4, was in Mena Monday morning
to report for petit jury duty, but
found upon arriving here that he was
not due until Tuesday morning.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23
LADIES' COATS.
CHILDREN'S COATS.

Showing the new creative styles in colori
Sivertone, Navy, Black Dayk Brown, Tan
Grew Materials Of many weaves Of heavy e
ings neatly designed.
Prices, s25OO $3.50, $4,000, $500, and
to $4,000.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-23

John v. Jones. living out on route
No. 2. was in Mena Friday to make
fnal proof of his homestead entry be-
fore Circuit Clerk W. L. Parker. He
was accompanied by Mart D. Lemons
and Robert l.. Sartain, who were his
witnesses.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-03
WILLIAMSTOWN

There Will be an Epworth league so.
eiaf in the yestry of the NJ +. church
this wednesday, evening, to which
the young people are cordially invited,
On Friday evening, Dec 5, there will
he an illustrated lecture in the Con
gregational church by Rev. Willis f..
Sparhawk of Randolph on "The Heart
OF the Sierras" See bills adv
The new pastor Of the Congregation
al church, Rev. Charles F. Walsh, ar
rived in town yesterday, accompanied
by his wife and daughter They are
staying for the present with Mrs.
Laura Walker,
Town Clerk Glen r McAllister. Dep
uty Sheriff A. A. Reed, and Petit Jury.
men Warren " Grearson and Percy J.
Jeffords went 10 Chelsea yesterday TO
attend the December term of Orange
county court. Messrs. Gresrson and
McAllister returned last night,