The Mena weekly star., 1919-09-04

Mrs. A. C. Golf, here from Eagle
town, Ok, and Miss Maude Board
went to Fort Smith Monday.
Lit Alternately of Big Fork and j.
B. Lilies of this city returned Thurs
day morning from business trip to
Mansfield, La.
Mr.. aid Mrs. w. H. Mize and chill
dren of Cove came to Mena Wednes-
day that some of the members Of the
family might have dental work done.
Mrs. Ellis Goss and two children
returned Wednesday from Shady,
where they had spent week at The
home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. A Lawrence,
parents of Mrs. Goss.
Edgar Peters of Board Camp is on
duty as bookkeeper at the Hilton
Garage, taking the place vacated by
Gregg Purvis, now with the Duke-Ma-
gruder Dry Goods Company.
Henry Lewis, aged 32, and Miss
iona Ford, aged 81, both of Bachton,
Ok, were married Thursday at the
office of County Clerk Will Alexander,
the ceremony being performed by the
Rev. F. F. Harrell of the First M. E.
church, South.
Mrs. r. M. Campbell, here for two
weeks visiting relatives, left this aft
ernoon for her home in Texarkana
She was accompanied on the home trip
by her niece, Miss Opal Campbell,
who will visit at Texarkana and Win
throp before returning home.
v. L. Price of Foreman, Ark, dry
goods salesman of wide experience,
has accepted a position with W. E.
Holt, where he will be in charge of
the drygoods department. Mr.. Price
expects to be able to have Mrs. Price
and children come to Mena before the
opening of school.
Word came Monday morning of the
death of William Baker of Wickes at
hospital in Texarkana, where he was
taken last week for an operation. The
remains were brought to Wickes and
were inferred Monday afternoon. Mr..
Baker was the father of Mrs. Albert
Ross of the Dallas valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Green of Maude,
Ok, arrived in Mena last week from
Vandervoort, where they had been at
tending the associational meeting of
the Primitive Baptist church. They
will visit Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Williams in
Mena and Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Norris
at Yocana, Mrs. Green being a sister
of Mrs. Williams and r. L. Norris.
w. |. Green, again on duty at the
Farmers G. Merchants Bank, looks as
much at home at his desk as tho he
had not been away from it for the last
four months. Mr.. Green is taking the
place of j. Willis Hopson, president
the institution, while the latter is on
a trip to the southwest in an effort to
benefit his health.
Mrs. Samuel H. Suits left Sunday
for Fort Sam Houston, Tex, in re-
Spouse to a message tho her soldier
husband, Samuel H. Suits, was in a
critical condition following an opera
ton for an abscess on the lungs. He
had been at the base hospital at Fort
Riley, Kas., and only recently had been
removed to Fort Sam Houston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Lofts, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Barron and Mr.. and Mrs. r.
/. Groves composed delegation of
former Egger residents who left Tues
day for Stewart, Ok, where they are
going to make their homes. They
shipt out car Of household goods and
horses, which was accompanied by
Fred Barron. Mr. Lofts bought a
farm near Stewart about month ago,
and Messrs. Barron and Groves will
help him cultivate it.
The Allen & Mcmillan real estate
agency last week closed the deal for
the sale of the George Murphy and
William Owens farms near Potter to
c. /. Marriott of Elk City, Ok. The
Murphy farm consisted of Ga acres
and the Owens farm adjoining it con-
tanned 40 acres. The two places have
three sets of improvements. Mr.. Mar
riott and family win come to Polk
county in the fall, when they will get
possession of the farms.
Dr.. c. c. GGunTiei5 came Tuesday
from Little Rock to be here to look
after the shipment of lumber to be
used in the erection of residence for
himself and Mrs Gunnels at the cap
ital city. The lumber was cut on his
own lands and then handled by the
Lauck Lumber Company. DIR. Gun
nels is an enthusiastic oil booster, be-
ing vice-president of the Victory Oil
e. Gas Companies Nos. / and 2, both
of which have begun active operations
and both of which have separate hold.
| ings.
w. A. Worthington, long known il
the loan business in Polk county, ma;
contracted with the Southern Trust
Company of Little Rock to take charge
as general manager of it's farm loar
department in Arkansas. Mr.. Wor
thington left Monday for Texarkana tt
look after business for the company
His new departure will make it ne
cessary for him to move to Little Rocl
within month on so, but he says h,
will not sell his Mena home, as h,