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The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-20
READY TO COME HOME.

q am having a very nice time" !" writes Abner Fagin, Yank fighter with the A. E. F., to his sister, Mrs. A. P. Schott of Mena, "but, believe me, when Uncle Sam is ready for me to come home, 1 am ready to come" Writing under date of February 24, the young soldier says: q am guard ing German prisoners now and have been for some time. have been to Paris and think it's great city. have also been to Belgium and like that fine. If some of the boys that came over since I did, and are back home already could have been with me on the 18th of October and few other times, they would have seen some real service"
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-20
ROCKY RuMBLEs.

K. Rowe went to Mena Monday on business.
 Most all the farmers have their oats sowed.
 Charles Pollard went to Potter Sat urday on business.
 Willard Lowther transacted busi- ness at Rocky Monday.
 Quite q number of the Rocky peo-
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-20
Curator's Notice of Sale of Realty.


 Notice is hereby given that pursu- ant to an order of the Probate Court of Polk County, Arkansas, the under signed as curator of the estate of K. Nj. Newsom, an insane person, will, on the 18th day of April, 1919, be- tween the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales, sell, at public vendue, to the highest bidder, on a credit of nine months, at the southeast en- trance to the courthouse of Polk County, at Mena, Arkansas, the fol- lowing described lands belonging to the said K. M. Newsom, to-wit: The SWA NEA, the N.Y. SEA. and the NEA SWA of Section 8, in Township 3 South, Range 29 West.
 March 19, 1919.
 J. A. Thornton, Curator Adv. First pub. March 20. Last pub. April 10, 1919
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-20
S. I. A. at Potter.

At meeting at the schoolhouse at Potter Thursday night School Im- movement Association was formed, with D. L. Rowe as president, ans A. s. Daniel as secretary-treasurer There is considerable promise of im- provement at this place in the way of buildings and equipment.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-20
Dad
Miss ottie Duckett spent the wee

Miss Ottie Duckett spent the week end with relatives here.
 Miss Mabel MeJunkin is visiting Mir and Mrs. c. H. Jett.
 4 large crowd attended the Liter arv society meetinp Wednesday night.
 The Rev. Mir. Edwards was a wis., itor in Wickes Saturday and Sunday.
 Everybody invited to attend the sinoine at the Baptist church Sunday night
 Mark Cook Dudley Forsee and Will lis Cook were the guests of Roy Smith Sunday evening.
 Mrs H. B. Black and Miss Hattie ForSee snent Sunday morning with Mr and Mrs. n A Smith.
 The Misses Pearl Comnton. Myrtle Sullivan. Messrs. Ray Rose, Bernie Lcwerv and Berry Bunrh. and Mir and Mrs. II B. Black were the guests of Mrs. L L. Forsee Sunday after noon.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-20
BIG FORK BITS.

Squire J. A. Newman has been ap- pointed administrator of the estate of Calvin Bates, who died intestate.
 An effort is being made to establish postoffice in Redwood settlement, with Miss Ida Ferguson as postmast- CT. The name Hank has been sug- gested to the postoffice department. In the event it is established a spe- cial carrier will be provided until it's postal importance can be ascertained.
 The oil expert who visited the Ali settlement found indications so promising that he indicated drilling would start within three months. Major K. J. Henley and c. C. White have charge of the work in that sec- tion, and w. E. Womble and J. H. Davis of the Womble district.
 J. c. Hampson left Monday for Lit tie Rock, where he will look after business relative to the new man. ganese mines, of which he is foreman. The mines are located five miles south of here on the south side of the Missouri mountains. A new company is being organized under the name of the Mammoth Manganese Mining nd Milling Co. The officials of the company are residents of Hot Springs and Little Rock. There is said to be good indications of man. ganese, but development is handicap ped for the want of an outlet thru the mountains. This they plan to remedy by building a road for motor trucks. Three routes have been un- der consideration, by Slatington, the ont trail. The latter route has been found the most practical, but will necessitate a considerable expendi- ture of money and give number of men employment.
 Mountaineer.
 The Hancock brothers of Long creek traded in Big Fork last Thurs day.
 Prof. R. L. Thompson has the humps.
 Mir. and Mrs. Hugh Cox of near Cedar Lawn, visited relatives at AL der last Saturday and Sunday
 Mrs. Jane Shockley of Big Fork visited with relatives and friends at Alder the latter part of last week.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. J. Bates and son, Harold, of Alder, visited one night last week with Mir. Bates parents, Mir. and Mrs. w s. Bates, at Big Fork.
 The Rev J. B. Lilies, who has been rebuilding fence on his farm at Big Fork, returned to his home at Mena last Saturday.
 As the old saying is, we will have frost in nril ae thprp was thunder the 7th, 21st and 24th of February.
 MT. and Mrs. William Coughran of Mill Creek spent the latter part of last week with relatives at Big Fork.
 The property of Uncle Calvin Bates is being appraisal this week. A sale will be held some time soon. Jesse Newman, w. c. Benson, J. P. and Marion Heath, and Will Hubbard are doing the appraising.
 Two Jumpers.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-20

Wanted to Buy-A small farm near
 Mena; must have best of terms Would prefer to buy on crop pay
 ment. N. & Gibbs, Kiowa. Ok, Box 4S.-Adv. 12-2t
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-20

Notice to Polk County Farmers.
 We have several clients who are anxious to locate in Polk county. If you have a good farm for sale, list it with us. Allen & McMillan.
 Room 2, Cox Bldg. Adv. 12-1t
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-20
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.

1 dresser; 1 commode; stand ta- bles; 4 stool chairs; l rocking chair; 6 other chairs; bedsteads; sets of springs; good Faultless sewing ma chine; 2 kitchen safes; stone jars q to gallon size); 100 empty jars, different sizes.
 Between 50 and 60 gallons canned fruit, and many other articles too nu- merous to mention.
 TERMS: 5000 or under, cash; over $1000, bankable notes bearing interest at 89o, due November 1, 1919. 2ed off for cash on sums over S1000.
 J. T. BARRON, OWNER. W. I. Green, Clerk.
 Ed Hutson, Auctioneer
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-20

Anyone interested in monuments will find me at Cove for the present. O. R. oodell.-Adv 12-1t
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-20
FARMING MACHINERY.

1 Gee-Whiz single trees; double shovels; Georgia stocks; l 1s-sec- tion harrow; l hay fork; 2 collars; 1 Chattanooga 2-horse blow; 1 or- chard harrow; 2-horse turning blow; l section harrow; 1 cultivator; 1 cotton planter; 1 end-gate seeder; corn sheller; l lawn mower; grind rock; blacksmith bellows, and other farm tools.
 One wagon and harness. Lot of blow harness, check reins, etc.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-20
Public Sale.

1 will sell at Public Auction, at my place, 4 mile east of the County Poor Farm, and "A mile west of Old Potter, on the Lower Rocky Road, on THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1919
 Beginning at 10 O'Clock, the following livestock and other goods:
 STOCK. 2 good brood mares, 2 and II years old; weight of each about 1900 lbs; good ones.
 1 2-year-old mare, colt May |. l mare colt, 1-year old coming May. 1 red COW, 6-year-old 1 red muley male, year old. good brood sow
 head good hogs.
 1 good brood sow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05
SERVANTS BY OTHER NAMES

THOSE women in Germantown who
= thought they were going to solve the
servant problem by a change in its
nomenclature apparently forgot that
some one once said that a rose by any
other name would smell as sweet.
The "house-assistant" plan has been
abandoned, because the young women
who expressed their willingness to do
housework for others when not called
servants did not seem to be willing to do
the kind of work usually expected of
servants According to the reports, they
wished to choose what they would do,
and there were certain things they would
not do at all. And they did not like it
when they were not treated as one of the
family and introduced to guests.
Some other way to get household
drudgery done will have to be found
than by changing the name by which the
work is known. The problem is still un-
solved. The housewives will await the
next experiment not with hope, but with
Willingness to make it,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05
The Laws of Rhythm

/"Why do they play jazz music in restau-
rants in the rush hours?" asked Pericarp.
"Go on" said Demosthenes McGinnis !;
"I'll bite. Why|'
''To make a quick turnover Of customers"
was the reply. Swift music means swift
moving jaws, swift moving jaws mean quick
disposal of viands, speedy eating means
rapid getaway"
''When they play jazz / move without
moving my jaws" confessed the Quiz. "Me
for the open where I can hear the sweeter
music of passing street cars, changing bells
and honks of automobile horns"
''Music hasn't ballhoolyish thing to do
with T." cannonaded the Emphatic Idealist
"It is the blinkety rhythm that gets you
j have a doddering case of blithering head
ache every time l eat a frizzlety meal on
dinghorned railroad dining car. I'm forever
irving to keep time with the vorpal wheels
that go galumphing on the Jabberwocky
ties"
:" IT'S rule that works both ways" in
terpolated the Boss. with malice. II call
to mind the case of the farm boy who cHSirned
TO the tune of the Dead March in Saul
Z. Bread and cheese, TAX thy case.' The
farmer tried the experiment of giving him
apple pie, whereupon the boy increased the
churn tempo with Apple pie according Iy.' ,
And plum pudding brought the quick march,
Plum pudding I'll gle thee drubbin'' I
would suggest gentlemen, that you get some
thinu saorovimatine plum pndIine for lunch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05
Troubles Of a Poet


Dear S.-I have been reading your col
umns with interest for some time now, and
they have inspired me to try to write some
verses G will not call them poems), but I
have got into considerable difficulties over
them, and ! want to ask you if you will
kindly help me a little.
Every now and then l have a thought
which seems to me worthy of being turned
into rhyme, and I can generally get two
lines OF 1t started, and then the trouble is to
get the other two.
For instance, the other day saw an old
lady trying to cross the street at one of the
skipstops. You know the traffic does not
stop there. and she did not know what to do.
She waited long while and l thought, How
pathetic that is l might have told her
to go to the next corner and get across there
but preferred to try to write a poem about
the sad scene.
So began:
There was an old and wthered dame
She tried to cross the highway"
That started all right, but then my trou-
bles began. I had to get n rhyme for
''dame,r and could only think of "came."
game" "same," name" fame"
blame and one or two others that were
no good.
Will you please be kind enough to tell me
which of these you think would be the most
suitable to use?
The last line, though, I fear will be still
harder. You see, Highway rhymes with
"byway," but there is no byway near the
place that would have anything to do with
the scene-that is, don't think so, though
if you had been there you might have seen
/ some connection in which to bring in the
"byway."
Don't you find it much harder to use
word that ends like "highway" than sim
pie one like "dams'?
Some of my friends told me that ought
to have dictionary, and / bought one-a
vest pocket one-but in it I see that the
words are arranged according to their first
letters and not by their ends, so that it is
very little help to me. / might be able to
go through it and copy out all the words
that begin like dame" with ''ba-,"s
"ca-," "da--," "fa-," "ga-,"' ha-'"
and so on, but it would be an endless Job
to do the thing with highway; would
have to read the whole book.
/ don't want to bother you, but would
appreciate any help. Yours respectfully,
]. b. WRAPRASCALI
You've come to the right shop, son.
If you are worried by a dame
Who tries to cross a highway
And your way doesn't bring you fame
L faith, juststry it my way.
And my way would be to make it read:
- young and pretty lass
Who tried to cross the street,
Which is ever so much easier, don't you
think?
The dangers of free yerse are being ex
epplided by the Entente's efforts to solve
the Fiume problem,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05
CAN JERSEY BE WET?

DROHIBITION was the issue between
Mr.. Bugbee and Mr.. Edwards in the
fight for the governorship in New Jer-
sey. 1t was but thinly veiled in the
beginning 1t bore no disguise at all
toward the end of the campaign. Mr..
Edwards stumped the state promising
the people "a liberal" enforcement of
the dry laws. His opponent declared
flatly for state cooperation with the
federal authorities in the enforcement
of the prohibition amendment. Mr.. Ed
wards won the election against power
full Republican organization that was
ranged behind Mr.. Bugbee, though there
have been times when it seemed clear
that many powerful Republican groups,
especially in the southern counties, were
doing their utmost to elect the Demo-
cratic nominee.
The election has almost the effect of
a state referendum on the question of
prohibition. 1t leaves Mr.. Edwards in a
strangely ticklish position. If he keeps
his promises to the people he will have
to disregard the spirit, if not the letter,
of the constitution of the United States
after January 90
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05

Happened to Europe" published in this
newspaper. Mr.. Vanderlip forecast no
remedy. He overlooked public opinion,
which has way of inspiring direct
action whenever crisis becomes alto
gether intolerable.
Barcelona has been long suffering.
It's large working population-for the
city is by far the busiest in Span-has
won many deserved rights. Beyond this
point an era of tyranny set in. A lock-
out on an unprecedented scale is the
harassed public's answer.
In spite of manifold present inconve-
niences and virtual paralysis of the
city's life, the result can hardly fail to
exert a healthy and SOLDERING influence.
In the end syndicalism cannot safely
challenge democracy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05
The Inquest

'The psychology OF Mr.. Wilson aud
'What did Mr.. Wilson mean'" mere the
subjects of repeated questions during the
days proceedings. the report of the
German Investigation noD being conducted
IN Berlin.
The Scene
T OST are the legions that beloved and
~ clustered;
Sunken the submarines, staining the sea !;
Eaten the wurst and the kraut and the
mustard;
Vanished the vaunts Of the vanquished
Won Spec.
Tanned are the Titans Of terror tremendous !;
Long since absorbed are the seidels Of
beer;
Statesmen have ceased to be slick or stu
pendous:
"Excellenz' Ebert evokes a chill cheer.
'Weltmacht' is wizened and wearily
waning;
Gone are the gambols of grandose greed {;
Crushed is the craft, current cries are COM
planning,
Nincompoop mobiles are kneelng in need.
Yet in the woe that has wrung the wrong
headed,
Left is link with that mighter day.
Subtle psychology still is embedded
Deep in the dregs of the darkest dismay.
The Query
"What was the Presidents mental equa-
tion?"
"What was the complex ofsMr. Gerard?"
Pundits divulge without fear or evasion;
Savants finch not, though the, riddle be
hard
"whut was Americas aim when she thun-
dered:
Cease in your slaughter or we'll inter
vene'?
What was the reason we blatantly blum
dered?
Is it good science to say what you mean?
doctors, we hang on your words this No
vember
Certain you'll show that our kulturs not
dead;
And that you'll never tell us to remember
That Mr.. Wilson meant Just wkat he
said ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05

TT SHOULD surprise no one if the
: whole scheme of radical propaganda in
the United States crumpes before to-
days news from Massachusetts. If
labor, organized and unorganized, had
F, not responded instinctively with the rest
of the people to the profounder impulses
that make all Americans one in spirit
j Governor Coolidge could never have
swept the state as thoroughly as he did.
The election will be historic 1t pro-
yided the first opportunity that any
great community has had to answer the
rising implication Of a new class con-
seriousness and to reveal the nature of
present general reactions in America to-
ward the bigots and economic quacks who
believe that they have found something
better than law and more desirable than
common justice.
The whole problem of political radical
ism as it is has recently been presented
to the country was duplicated in minia-
ture in Massachusetts.
The most spectacular sort Of campaign
methods were adopted to make Governor
Coolidge appear an enemy of labor.
There was a direct and vivid appeal to
class consciousness. This was because
Mr., Coolidge opposed the police strike in
Boston, crushed it and refused to admit
that it could be condoned
Yet even in Boston, where organized
labor is strong and where even race pref
udice was depended upon to count heavily
to the governors disadvantage, the Dem
ocratic majority dwindled and Mr. Cool
idge received big vote.
There are lessons in the Massachusetts
election not only for the propagandists
of unrest and hatred, but for millions of
earnest people who have been making
wild assumptions about "the spread of
bolshevism in America" After all, the
number of Americans who shout from
soap boxes is very small and it is be-
coming pretty clear that they know little
and understand less Of what is actually
at the heart of America.
The issue in Massachusetts was plain
1t was Americanism-or something else.
1t was submitted for the judgment of
Itypical American community which in
NUDES all sorts of people who normally
Nhect all shades of feeling Ard we have
SAN what happened
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05
AMENDMENT OBSEQUIES

UNLESS the furious amendmenteers
y actually take pleasure in defeat, it
is difficult to understand their present
tactics. 1t is now the doubtful privi-
lege of Mr.. Lodge to score up a second
reputation of his efforts to rewrite the
Shantung clauses in the peace treaty.
Such motions are doomed to failure
They are timewasters which augment the
public's irritation.
The passage of the treaty, with sane
and enlightening reservations, is a vir
tual certainty. Popular sentiment would
1oy be best served by definite action
which would again unite us with our
chief allies as we were united on that
memorable November day nearly one
year ago. Like all poor shows, the SEN
atorial vaudeville can we'll be spared.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05
sYNpIcALIsM LOCKED OUT

THE Barcelona lockout, which has been
in progress several days, has a sig
nifcant and definite bearing on the in
dustrial situation throughout the world.
Catalonia has long been the stronghold
iof syndicalism in its most autocratic
r1n, For the declaration of a strike
{ motive or grievance was regarded
tiite unnecessary. Vital industries
tied up merely to indicate the su-
q power of the syndicalist leaders.
played upon the sensibiljties of the
c with the assurance OF virtuosi.
unparalleled situation was vividly
>by Frank II. Vanderlip in his
lnative little work "What
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05
THE WINDS
on, WHEN the wind comes stealing

0H, WHEN the wind comes stealing
~ From far and far away,
You have the strangest feeling
There's something it could say
1t whispers, whispers, trying
To tell the thing it knows,
But somehow can't, and signing,
Away, away it goes.
And sometimes it comes singing
song of fairylsnd,
secret message bringing 49,
/ almost understand
l see the flowers rousing,
And nodding when they hear,
But soon again they're browsing
think that winds are queer.
/ wonder if the wild winds
Are those grown old and sad?
Oh, love best the child winds,
So little and so glad
And are the gusty high winds
The big boy winds at play?
They're not so nice as my winds
That laugh and run away!
When winter winds are bowling,
And all is gray and cold,
The poor old world seems scowhng.
And sorry, too, and old.
But when child winds blowing,
Out of sky all blue,
To set the green things growing,
The world seems glad and new
Edna Kingsley Wallace in "From Won
derings and Other Things"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05
THE SAUCEPAN

There's work to be done this afternoon ant
we ought to get through early
Which, when you come to think of it
suggests Squeers, who made scholar spell
window and then told him to go and clean it
Darn work, anyhow!
Election days still come and go
And duty plies the goad;
And very well the voters know
1t showed.
Of bulletins brief, blunt and plain
No citizen complained.
And winding up contractors reign,
1t rained.
The crowd enjoyed the joyous tale
The bulletins retailed.
While giving Moore joyous hail
1t hailed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05

Women who were unable to vote yester-
day may console themselves with the thought
that they were no worse off than the Pres-
dent and with the further thought that his
influence was far spread despite his in
ability to exercise the franchise
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
1. Columbus made four voyages to the new
world.
.. Incunabula means early stages of
thing, and specifically books printed
before the year 1900. The Latin
word means swadding clothes.
8. Soft coal mining became a recognized
industry in Pennsylvania In 1910.
4. Malachi is the last book of the Old Tes-
lament
8. The Sepoy rebellion broke out in India
in 1857.
@. Scrapple is particularly a Philadelphia
article of food.
T.. A fidus Achates is devoted follower.
Achates was the faithful friend OF
Aeneas in Virgil's "Aeneid."
s. Plurality is the excess Of votes over
those cast for any other candidate for
the same office, and E4fticularly i,yer
those of the opponent receiving the
next highest number Majority is the
excess of votes over the total cast for
all opposing candidates.
o. The colors of the flag Of Sweden are
yellow and blue.
10 XII. Is forty 10 Roman numerals
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05

Not even the striking n.iners will deny
that with a scarcity of coal prices of every
thing will go amountiug and with the
strike won there would Immediately be ap-
parent cause for another.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05

One New York precinct turned out a
full vote. Every voter was presented with
three pounds of sugar. Case of sweetening
the political jackpot.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05

Whether Massachusetts went Republi-
can or Democratic was of less Importance
than the record of its standing in the matter
of supporting the law of the land.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05

A., ~. n.,,. The Red Cross and
' '' ' the cross on the ballot
Iross at Ihat worked side by side
yesterday. All the workers needed was a
heart and dollar and civic conscience.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05

Now that we have elected the right kind
of man as Mayor, it is up to all of us to give
him the right kind of backing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05

Saloons were closed yesterday. There
was suspicion that the free and independent
voter might get googly eyed on one half of
| per cent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05

Some presidential booms die of dry rot
and some are talked to death.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05

The bakery manager killed by burglar
while defending his employers cash proved
his heroism just as surely as any soldier
that ever faced the fos.