The Mena weekly star., 1919-08-28
Correspondence
HATFIELD HAPPENINGS.

HATFIELD HAPPENINGS.
Mrs. Frank Rork was in Mena last
week having dental work done.
r. r. Bates left Monday evening for
Fort Smith on a business trip.
Tandy Myers is absent in Alabama
at the bedside of his sick mother.
Mrs Webb is moving this week to
the home purchased from j. o. Gates.
Prof. and Mrs |. G. Harris came in
Sunday from their farm in Washita
township.
Mrs. Ella Cook and children of Sa-
pulpa. Ok, are visiting ]. f. Lewis
and family.
Miss Lucille Gibson has left for an
extended visit at Mr.. Gipson's old
home, west of Waldron.
r. X. Bates disposed of his truck
the other day at a good profit. He ex-
poets to purchase another soon.
r. r. Bates expects to leave next
week for a months vacation, during
which he expects to visit points IN
New Mexico.
Aubrey Churchman is working
while the school is closed, at the KEEL
Ter garage. Aubrey has the embryo
of fine rnachinist in him.
j. A. Slote Of the Pines Plantation
left on Monday for Business trip TO
Omaha and other northern points. He
will be gone about two weeks.
Bob Williams will open pic
ture show here in a short time. His
projecting machine is on the way now
aud will be here in few days.
George G. Becker. State Plant In
spector, is here, having inspected
the local nursery. He found every
thing 0. X, and has issued a clean
bill of health.
Miss Beulah Neal came in on No.
from Mena. She expects to stay sew
eral days helping Prof. Harris and
the other teachers on an exhibit for
Education Day.
Our county surveyor, I. r. Davis,
is engaged this week in running some
lines for J. o. Gates on his property
east OF town. 1t looks is If there
would be new addition to Hatfield.
Pleas 2so; has Just Just returned from
an extended trip to Beaumont, Kan
sas City and other points. He III
start Tuesday with his wife for a
visit with the latter's sister at Ard
more, Ok.
The Rev. Mr.. Smithson, who was
here conducting protracted meeting
for the Disciples of Christ, has dis
continued his meeting for ~the pres
ent. He expects to resume them as
soon as the quarantine is lifted.
Considerable land is changing
hands here, most of it being in the
shape Of division of farms. Some OF
these subdivisions will later be cut up
into lots. Hatfield is very much in
need Of the building of new houses, as
there is not a vacant house IN the
town.
The X. C. S. railway has written
Prof. Harris in response to his letter
asking for a special train for Educa-
ton day, advising him that special
rates will be put on for the week OF
the county faiE Round trip tickets
viii be good returning to Monday
September 3, and the round trip fare
will be one and one-half the one-way
rate.
On Wednesday the truck growers
will meet in Hatfield and go in cars
to Wickes, there to gather points Oh
the formation of truck growers as
sociation. This is a step in the RICH
direction as it will enable the truel
growers to get all there is in tn,
business. When the growers form al
association of this kind and buy co
operatively as well as sell this way
they will quickly see the benefits Of
it.
Little. Miss Oovella Henderson
daughter of Carl Henderson. who has
been sick with diptheria. is GONZALES
cling. She has been extremely fortu
nate. The school is expected to open
next Monday. The Board of Health
closed the Sunday schools, the two
protracted meetings and all other pub
lie gatherings until danger of an out
break Of the scourge was passed. The
report that there were a number OF
cases of diptheria was untrue as this
was the only one.
j. A. Slote of the Pines Plantation
is busily engaged in marketing the
output of his cannery. Several loads
Of these canned goods have run from
$50 to sos per load. Everything here
was produced on the Pines Plantation
except the cans, fruit and vegetable
labels and cases. What Mr.. Slote has
done can be done by others if they are
willing 70 work. He has turned down
orders for several thousand dollars
MhAAH vi EVoUc WhiNU iS Is uiabiC W
fill The nrodnct Of he ss:=.:ssssi and can
Merry has become so well known that
he has ceased exhibiting He now
holds three blue ribbons obtained at
state horticultural shows This is an
object lesson to others and it is to be
hoped that it will be needed. When
more Polk county farmers produce all
they need to eat and a surplus to sell.
then they will hpuoua fndenandent
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