The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-10-16
new HIGH RECORD
|. FOR COTTON HERE
Pendulum Seems to Have Started on
Return Swing in Matter Of Market
Iii. s. Hoover of Egger Is Paid
37.75--Buyers Announce Break.


The pendulum has started on the re-
turn swing in the matter of the cot
ton market Reports have been print
ed about cotton going from Mena to
Hatfield, but the change came Wednes-
day when Aaron Furgeson from near
Waters. came to Mers after having
been on the Hatfield market. He had
two bales and the best bid on the same
at Hatfield was "a cents Here the
cotton was sold to Matthews & Nor
ris for 3475 cents pound.
The high price in the history Of the
Mena market. however. was reached
Wednesday when G. w. Petty paid H.
S. Hoover of Egger 37.75 cents a
pound for his bale. Previous to that
Col. George Rector, who on Wednes-
day entered the field as a buyer, had
the distinction of paying the highest
price when Zack f1iil sold him a bale
for 37.60
The market most of this week has
been lowering about 81 cents pound,
tho the buyers on Wednesday after
noon announced that there was a
break Of 125 cents pound. Among
the farmers on the market Wednes-
day were w P. Wood and J. ] Rogers
Of Boles, who received 37.05 cents,
George Holiday of Oden, selling at
37.25, Cue Runyan of Ink, S710, Zack
Hill, 1880, M. T. Crawford. Ink.
$3.50, J. L. Rowton, Big Fork, 1920,
Aaaron Furgeson, Waters, BATE, and
Alfred Howard, Big Fork, 25.25. The
big sale was made by H. E. Davis, who
sold bales to G. w. Petty at prices
ranging from Cd to 81 cents.
The total number of bales bought
to date in Mena is 600, distributed
among the buyers as follows:
G. w. Petty Observation-Disclosures. 304
Matthews & Norris. ......s 49,. .2l9
w. W. Townsend. ............ 83
George l.. Rector. ..........- 3
Total ... 500
An effort to settle the controversy
between the buyers and County
Weigher Robertson was made at the
meeting Of the executive committee
of the Polk County Agricultural
Board, which was held at the court
house Saturday afternoon, but it came
to naught The only definite action
taken at this meeting was the. ap-
|pointment Of committee consisting
OF A. P. Callahan, w. r. Shinn and ].
|C. Garland, with instructions to con-
fer. with the owners Of the Mena
Bonded Warehouse with view of buy
ling or leasing the same. The COM
|mittee is to report at the general
meeting to be held next Saturday.
The buyers are standing pat" on
their position because of the proyis-
ions of a special law enacted. at the
regular session of the legislature, and
approved March 28, 1919, according
to the certificate of Tom ]. Terral,
secretary of state. The act is as fol-
lows:
ACT NUMBER 519.
| AN ACT authorizing the official cot
ton weigher of any bonded ware
house in Polk County to weigh for
the general public,
BE 1T ENACTED BY THE GENER-
AL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE
OF ARKANSAS: BE IT ENACT
ED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE OF ARKANSAS:
Section l. Any cotton weigher EN-
ployed as the official cotton weighe1
of any bonded warehouse located in
the county of Polk and authorized to
do business under the provisions OF
Act Ne. 266 of the Acts of 1917, shall
have the full right and authority te
| weigh for the general public all cot
ton, wool, wheat. corn, rice. alfalfa
fruit, silage and other farm, orchard
and ranch products sold, stored ol
offered for sale provided, such serv'
ices as public weigher do not inter
fere with his official duties as weighe'
| for the said bonded warehouse.
Section 2. All laws and parts O.
laws in conflict herewith are hereb.
repealed and this Act being necessar.
for the immediate preservation of th'
public peace, health and safety shall
take effect and be in force from .anl
after its passage.
| Approved March rs. 1919.