The Mena weekly star., 1919-05-01

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 Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Green and chil- dren are making plans to leave soon on recuperating trip to New Mexico points.
 D. R. Roberts of Opal was in Mena Thursday to get supplies for his store and to take look in on the court proceedings.
 Lieut.. Col. c. A. Mitchell, of the field artillery branch of the U. S. army, arrived in Mena Thursday on recruiting duty.
 T. P. Davis came from Hatfield on Thursday to look after business and to attend court, doing the latter only as a spectator.
 Miss Otus Henderson, teacher in the Hatfield schools, was in Mena Thursday between trains. Her school work ended Friday.
 z. A. Hilton of Dallas was on the market Thursday with a bale of cot ation, which he sold to Matthew & Norris at 19 cents a pouEd.
 Judge E. W, Mills and J. H. Hilliard returned to St. Louis Wednesday, and expect to return here in May to con- slider a crate and box plant.
 M K. Peninger, here to attend court, left Friday afternoon for his home in Ida, Ok, going from here to Hatfield, from where he will make the trip overland.
 J. k. Campbell of Conger, Tex. former cashier of the Merchants Bank of Vandervoort, is in Mena to attend Circuit court as one of the de- fendants in the suits against the banking institution.
 Arch Reeves, oldest son of Mir. and Mrs. F. M. Reeves, is here from Hell ena, Ark, where he is in the employ of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. He will spend several days visiting his parents and Mena friends.
 The Rev. w. l.. Smith reports that yhle at his farm south of Mena Thursday afternoon three hail storms passed over that section between 1 and o'clock, doing little damage, however, on account of the smallness of the hail.
 Judge J. s. Lake came from De- Queen Wednesday to be here for the Circuit court. Judge Lake is the at- torney for the plaintiffs in the several suits filed against the Merchants Bank of Vandervoort, which came up for hearing Thursday.
 J. H. Davis of Womble arrived in Mena Thursday to visit friends and look after business. Mir. Davis was a resident of Mena until about twelve years ago. He was accompanied from Womble by Col. w. L. Fulton, who went from here to Oklahoma points.
 Mrs. T. K. Moore, w. H. Hounsell and w. M. Reyes came from Grannis Wednesday to attend Circuit Court as witnesses in the case of w. E. Clinton vs. Kansas City Southern Railway Company, but found upon arriving that the case had been settled by com promise.
 W H Starr has men at work build ing one story cottage on the site of the building he recently razed at the corner of Church avenue and DeQueen street. The main part of the building will be 26x2S feet with an addition of 12x12 feet for a kitchen, pantry and back porch. The work is being done by M. NJ. Morley and J. J. Mershon.
 Allen Watkins, court reporter, for merly a resident of Mt. Ida, is now living in Ashdown, having made the move last February. Mir Watkins had been ordered to report for special service in the adjutant's office at Camp Pike, and had been ordered to report for duty on November 14, but when the armistice was signed he was released from service.
 Misses Many Self, Ruth Pilgrem, Carrie Nance and Tillie Birdsong of Poteau, Ok, were guests at the An tiers hotel last Saturday and Sunday, having come to Mena to spend the weekend vacation in Janssen park and in the hills about Mena. They en- joyed the experience so much that they may be counted on to some again and bring others with them.
 That Star advertising brings re- suits is being demonstrated by the Lindsay Jewelry Company in their special offer they are making for the sale of South Bend Watches. Harry Wade of Wichita, Kas., travelling representative of the company, writ ing to the firm says: Judging by the mail orders that are coming in you are doing good watch business. Keep it up."
 L. Winham of Texarkana, govern ment appraiser for the Federal Land Bank of St. Louis, returned home Wednesday after having spent over week in Polk county, going over the applications for federal farm loans. He passed upon forty applications, which if accepted will materially in- crease the membership of the local or ganization, of which Dr. W. B. Flick is secretary.