The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-27

MISS fiorene Knox of Nandervoort was in Mena Thursday to shop.
 c. B. Connally of Rocky, was among the farmers in Mena Thurs day.
 J. A. Watkins, merchant of Van- dervoort was in Mena last week on business.
 J. c. Goodner and James Wilhite of Waters were in Mena Wednesday and Thursday for supplies.
 Fred Norris was in Mena Thursday on his return to his home near Bigger, from visit at Gerty, Ok.
 M. F. Pugh and John Bricker of Muse were on the Mena market on Thursday with bale of cotton each.
 Mrs. L. H. Johnson returned to her home in Hatfield Wednesday after noon, after visit with Mena friends
 Mrs. W. I. Richardson of Hatfield was in Mena visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Will Lowe, last Thursday
 MT, and Mrs. John Martin returned Wednesday from Hatfield, where they had been visiting MT. Martins grand father since the first of the week.
 The Mena Commercial School was moved Friday to new quarters in the MaeLafferty building, the rooms for merly occupied as Red Cross head quarters.
 Miss Ruth Robbins came in from near McAlester, Ok, last Saturday and on Monday began her duties as the teacher of the seventh grade in the Central school.
 L. H. Johnson, cashier of the Bank of Hatfield, passed thru Mena Friday enroute to Fort Smith, where he at tended the meeting of the district bankers association.
 J. H. Long, former resident of Mena, passed thru the city Friday en- route to Wickes, to visit his son, W. A. Long. He had been spending the winter in east Tennessee.
 ]. N. Petty and E. Nj. Markham from near Womble, were in the mar ket Monday with five bales of cotton, selling to c. W Petty at a price rang ing from IF to 25 cents pound.
 A. l.. Nunes of Leon, Kas., who had been looking after property interests at Grannis. and visiting at the home of his son, J. E. Nunes, was in Mena Thursday, leaving on Friday morning for his home.
 J. W. VanHoy, U. s. title agent, with offices over the Farmers & Mer- chants Bank, returned Thursday from Scott county, where he had been ex- amining titles of Scott county lands recently purchased for the Forest Re serve.
 A. C. Higginbottom, of Wickes, while in Mena last week, bought two fire teams for the Isett Lumber Com pany from Sims & Lofts. One team was span of mules, the other good team of mares. Mir. Higginbottom also bought a fine Jersey COW for his own use from Frank Sims.
 Lee s. 0lney, assistant general manager of the Commonwealth Public Service Company, on his return to Fort Smith on Thursday, was ac- companied by his mother, Mrs. Vir- ginia Olney, who will spend several weeks with Mir. and Mrs. Olney in their Fort Smith home.
 E. c. Enochs, with the Gateway Produce Company of Texarkana, while in Mena Thursday on his reg ular trip, gave Secretary Eastin of the Commercial Club the assurance that J. A. Robinson, general manager of the company, would be in Mena on Wednesday, March 26, to meet with the cantaloupe growers.
 c. J. Watkins and Ben Johnson of Hartley, were on the market Thurs day with cotton. Mir Watkins brought in bales and Mir. Johnson 2. They sold to C. w. Petty, the first named receiving 24 cents per pound and the latter 21.5 and 24 cents for the separ- ate bales. J. M. Watkins, Clarence Watkins and Arch came in with them.
 James Harmon Knight, the infant son, aged three weeks, of Mir. and Mrs. c. R. Knight, living on the Southside, died Thursday morning
 The funeral service was held at the home Friday morning at 9 o'clock, an was conducted by the Rev. Mir. Davis. Burial was in Owens Chap el cemetery at 2 o'clock Friday after noon.
 J. D. Molter closed the deal Tues day for the purchase of the H. H. Randolph farm on the Bethesda road, and better known as the branch ex- pertinent station. Mir. Molter, how ever, will remain on his farm north east of Mena until next November, at which time he will give possession to D. J Rienstra of Neiderland, Tex, the new owner.
 c. B. Grady and sons, R. W. and Herschel, and nephew, H. Q. Grady, all of Lockesburg, were Mena visitors Monday. The last named left Mon day afternoon for Billings, Ok, where he is am ralnrrad in fha oil fieIds hllf fha