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The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Miss Lille caves is the new sales
lady at w. e. Hollis, beginning her
duties Monday morning. Miss Eaves'
home is at Prescott, but she is no
stranger in Mena, having formerly
been employed by the Lochridge Dry
Goods Company, leaving here about
two years ago. She is considered an
expert in dry goods and ladies' ready
to-wear garments. -
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

John w. Martin of near Cherry Hill
was in Mena on business Saturday.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

DR.. c. A. Gordon and Walter Jones
We're Potter residents in Mena on
Wednesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

and Miss Rillerbell Lacey, aged 16
both residing at Vandervoort.
F. 2. Davis of Big Fork was in
Mena Tuesday to unload the second
car Of shelled corn he has shipped in
this winter for distribution among the
farmers. 81
Word received from DIR. H. r. Getz
at Camp Chickamauga, stated that he
had about recovered from a recent at
tack of influenza expected to be back
in Mena soon.
Among the Montgomery farmers
whom the bad roads failed to keep
away from Mena were Hugh Maddox
and Marion Lewis of Waters, and
Tom Hopper of Opal.
Robert Connally was called to
Rocky Saturday morning by news
that his grandfather, s. t. Connally,
was worse. DR.. P. R. Watkins ac-
companied him on the trip.
r. L. Norris of Matthew & Norris,
is visiting Texas points in the inter-
ests Of the firm. He will be at Paris,
Dallas and other leading cotton CEN
ters before returning to Mena.
7. P. Spear and son, Gaylord, of
Yocana, were in Mena Saturday and
left on the afternoon train for points
in Oklahoma and Texas, with view
of finding new location. Mr.. Spear
has sold his farm to Jim Hill.
w. N. Flagg, living near Old Pot
ter. was in Mena Saturday on bust
ness and among other things, ar
ranged to secure a supply Of the nj
trate that the u. S. Department Of
Agriculture will furnish farmers this
year. a
|h Luther Sellers and Will Langley,
who came in from Mountain Fork on
Friday, required two wagons to make
the trip. The awful roads caused the
first wagon TO break down near
Rocky and THE second barely stood the
remainder of the trip to Mena.
Embry Owens of Polo, Mo-, who has
been in Polk county looking after
real estate prospects, left Saturday
for his home. He already has land
near Hatfield, but is anxious to get
more for the establishment of cat
tie ranch.
j. A. Standridge, Big Fork sol
der, who has been overseas and re-
ceived wounds while fighting the
Huns, is now at the base hospital at
Camp Pike. He is able to attend to
business matters and has written the
Planters State Bank in Mena regard
ing some Of his affairs.
o. w. Thompson, who was former
ly engaged in mining near Camp
Wilder, but who is now at work on the
Saline river in the southeast part OF
the Mena field, was a visitor in the
county seat Friday. Owing to the bad
roads and inclement weather he has
been forced to suspend the moving OF
machinery needed ! the work.
Segt. Horace E. Manley, of the 4th
Cavalry, United States Regulars, who
had been spending a furlough with
his father, John Manley, near Eagle
ton. was in Mena Monday, enroute to
Fort Ringgold. Tex. to rejoin his
troop. The young soldier has been
stationed in the Hawaiian Islands but
came to the United States last Octo-
Der. He has served his first enlist
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

|. A. Axelton arrived from Hope
to make a short visit with his family
in Mena. Mr.. Axelton is in the ex-
press service, with a run from Hope
to Ardmore.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

A marriage license was issued or
Friday to John E. Smith, aged ga
and Miss Rillerbell Lacey, aged 16
both residing at Vandervoort.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

surgery. He and DIR. Hawkins Left
for New Orleans Thursday morning.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Miss Myrtle Standridge, living near
Cherry Hill, died Friday, but the
funeral did not take place until Mon
day to permit the arrival of sister
from Gerty, Ok.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Gene Harper has sold to r. A.
Montgomery his forty acre farm one
and one-half miles east of Mena on
the Cherry Hill road.
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ment and is anxious to be relieved
from service.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

W. E. Harrell of Eagleton visited
in Mena Thursday and Friday.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mrs. H. w. Cardwell, after a visit
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. d. Shrewsbury, left Satur-
day to join Mr.. Cardwell at Okla
homa City.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Henniger Logan of Coalgate, Ok,
was in Mena Friday visiting old time
friends while enroute to Wickes. He
is planning to return to his former
home near Mineola.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Ransom Lawrence of Smithville is
visiting Ellis Goss and family.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mrs. Barney Thomas was up from
Wickes Friday to superintend the re-
moval of their household goods to
Wickes.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Robert Ball of Oklahoma City, was
in Mena on business Friday. He may
locate here.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mrs. A. v. Schott and daughter.
Miss Maude Schott, of Union City,
ILL.,, who have been visiting with Mrs.
A. 2. Schott, are now at home in the
cottage at "The Boulders."
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

]. R. Davis of Foran Gap was in
Mena on business Friday.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23
PATRONS PROGRAM.
Friday Evening, January 81.
1880 O'clock.

Opening Chorus ........ Audience
Columbia the Gem of the Ocean.
Invocation. ... Rev. f. F. Harrell
Address of Welcome. ..
r Al L =
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

the Naval Academy at Annapolis
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mac. Reed, who has been seriously
i'll at Weleetka, Ok, was brought
home Saturday afternoon, having re-
covered sufficiently to stand the trip.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mrs. Charles Wells and son arrived
in Mena Friday afternoon from West
vile, Ok, to spend the weekend with
Mr.. Wells, agent for the X. C. S.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

j. c. Terrell of Red Acres, west of
Mena brought bale of cotton to
Mena Friday for storage in the bond
ed warehouse. He found the trip an
extremely hard one.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Douglas Walker, owner and mana
ger Of the Cove Telephone system, at
tended to business in Mena Monday.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Frank Amos of Poteau was a Mena
visitor Friday.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

ing here. He owns farm land west of
the city.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Bascom Finger, who is employed
with a tie inspecting crew near Hous-
ton, Tex. came in Wednesday to
spend few days in this vicinity
while the crew is working in the terri
tory south of Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Fred Fried, who is stationed with
the remount quartermasters division
at Camp Beauregard, La, is at home
to spend five days furlough with
his parents and friends.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

F. 2. Davis of Big Fork was in
Mena Tuesday to unload the second
car of shelled corn he has shipped in
this winter for distribution among the
farmers, 81
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Charles Chambers, who has been
living near Ida, Ok, was IN Mena on
Friday enroute to Yocana, where he
will live, having purchased the Clip
Switzerland, farm. He left Oklahoma
because he found it less healthful
than Arkansas.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

G.. w. Whisenhunt of Muse was in
Mena on business Thursday.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mrs. w. A. Baker and daughter re-
turned Thursday from an extended
visit at Manhattan, Kas. They were
accompanied to Mena by Mrs. Bakers
son-in-law, ". E. Almgren, who will
visit in Mena for a while.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

A marriage license was issued on
Thursday to j. B. James, aged "A, and
Miss Malva Joplin, aged IT, both of
Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mrs. w. T. Morgan of Wickes, was
in Mena Friday to visit her husband,
decorator at the new postoffice build
ing, and also to do some shopping.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Capt. E. D. Hutson, the popular
southend auctioneer, was up from
Hatfield to mingle with Mena friends
Monday
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Wiley r. Cox, an uncle of Edwin b.
Cox, who had been visiting in Mena,
left Thursday afternoon for his home
at Metz, Mo.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23
PERSONAL NOTES

A. S. Daniels of Potter was Mena
visitor Saturday.
Miss Bessie Wisely of Grannis, was
shopping in Mena Friday.
Frank Arnold of Grannis was in
Mena on business Saturday.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Miss Katherine Brogan has re-
sumed her work as stenographer at
the Proctor-Smithsl garage after ill
ness of several days.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

spite the bad weather and discour-
aging outlook for manganese.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Miss Mary McNeely arrived Sun
day from Austin, Mimi, to visit
relatives and friends in Mena and at
Ashdown.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Residents of the Nunley neighbor-
hood are showing a keen interest in
the proposition to build the Williams
highway thru Polk county and del
egation from that neighborhood will
likely confer with a gathering of bus
mess men of Mena on Friday.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Word received from Fayetteville
states that A. H. Scoggin is seriously
ill at at his home there with the in
fiuenza. The former Mena mayor
was the last of his family to succumb
to the epidemic.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

H. H. Talton, local manager for the
Commonwealth Public Service Com
pany, on return from a business trip
north Wednesday, was joined by Mrs.
Talton at Fort Smith, and they now
are at home at 410 DeQueen street.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mrs. James Rogers of Woodriver,
Ill, granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. c. Davidson, arrived in Mena last
week for an indefinite stay at the
home of her grandparents.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23
TEACHERS PROGRAM.

Saturday Morning, February l.
9 O'clock.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Seaman Edgar Peters, of the fUs S.
s Oklahoma, who had sbeen visiting
relatives in Polk county, and stopped
off in Mena to see his brother, Earl
Peters, left Saturday for DeOueen
to visit friends. The young bluejack-
ct has seen service in foreign waters,
and only recently landed from his
ship in New York City, and was given
15-day furlough.
MIR. and Mrs. G. w. McKeen and
little daughter, Jean, of Lawrence
Kas., arrived in Mena Saturday from
Dallas, Tex, for visit Of few DAYS
with Miss Annie McKeen, 3o1 Eighth
street, and with other relatives. Mr..
Mckeen will also spend some time
looking after real estate interests in
Polk and SEWER counties, leaving for
Horatio Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Cunningham,
Clyde Cunningham and Sheriff J. A,
Thornton, left Monday morning for
Fort Smith to attend the funeral of
"uncle" Joe Lane. a veteran official
in the sheriff's Office in Sebastian
county. Mr.. Lane died Sunday morn
ing He is a former resident of Polk
county, and is well known here in adj
dition to being related to several fam
lilies.
Miss Miriam E. Smith, employed
as typist in the War Risk Bureau, in
Washington, d. c., writes homefolks
of having spent a most enjoyable aft
ernoon last Saturday with Chick Car
ter and Foster Pryor, both of whom
were in the capital city on fur
Tough. The former is instructor in
concrete work at Washington Bar
racks, and the latter IL . student IN
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mrs. L. j. Carter Of Wilburton, Ok,
who had been at Rocky to visit her
father, DR.. R. t. Connally, was in
Mena Friday enroute to her home.
DR.. Connally, who is one of Polk
county's Oldest settlers, has been in
poor health for some months.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Indications that prices for livestock
win soon advance were shown in the
lively bidding and good prices paid
for horses, cattle and mules at the w.
H. Allen sale near Ink Wednesday.
Colonel Malicoat classed the sale as
the "best in the last thirty days"
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

+ Perry Barnes, former Mena resi-
dent, but whose parents now live at
Phoenix, Ariz., is in the city to visit
old friends. The young man has just
returned from three months overseas
service. He was member of the
1917 class of the Mena high school.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

ul Hy at annapolis.
DR.. c. A. Gordon and Walter Jones
We're Potter residents in Mena on
Wednesday.
]. A. Watkins of Vandervoort was.
in Mena Tuesday arranging for big
clearing sale he is to have at his
store, beginning February 1.
Mrs. f. M. Pipkin and daughter.
Miss Mabel, left on Thursday morn
ing for Mansfield, La, for few.
days visit.
]. F. Little left Tuesday afternoon
for Kansas City to look after inter-
ests in the new mining company,
which is expected to be soon ready to-
operate in the Mena field.
Mrs. A. v. Schott and daughter.
Miss Maude Schott, of Union City.
ILL.,, who have been visiting with Mrs.
A. P. Schott, are now at home in the
cottage at "The Boulders."
Miss Ruby Stations of near Gerty.
Ok, former resident of Polk coun-
ty, was called to Mena to attend the
funeral of her sister, Miss Myrtle
Standridge Of Cherry Hill.
Big Fork was represented in Mena
Wednesday by M. B. Fried, Steve
Bates and Walter Bates. Mr.. Fried
cam in after wire for fencing pasture,
while the Messrs. Bates took back
load of feed for stock.
DR.. E. E. Holt, who has sold his
suburban property, will not leave
Mena if he can find another home for
his family. Good houses of the right
kind are hard to locate just now, and
DR.. Holt is finding difficulty in getting
what he wants.
John Lang of Carrollton, ILL.,, Har4
Iry Whitaker of Eldred, H., and L.
r. Whitaker Of Houston. Tex, are
in Mena to attend the funeral Of the
late r. D. Whitaker. The first named
is the son-in-law Of the deceased, and
the other two are sons.
R. Golf left Wednesday morning for
st. Louis to attend a meeting Of all
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Miss Ruby Stations of near Gerty,
Ok, former resident of Polk coun-
ty, was called to Mena to attend the
funeral of her sister, Miss Myrtle
Standridge Of Cherry Hill.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

DIR. Ed Smith, who with Mrs. Smith
have been visit'no with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Proctor. has gone to
Tulane University - New Orleans
to take post craduate course IN
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Thornton and
children left Thursday morning for
Tex, to investigate the
country in that vicinity.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mrs. Theresa McClelland, vice pres
ident of the Four States Oil, Gas and
Mining Company, was called to Fort
Worth, Tex, on business, leaving for
that point Thursday afternoon.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Deputy Sheriff w. E. Anderson
went to Rich Mountain Monday morn
ing to collect taxes, that point being
the first place on Sheriff ]. A. Thorn
tons schedule to be visited.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Johnson of Cor
nell, H., who recently came to Mena
to try out the balmy climate, good
water and pure air of the Arkansas
uplands. have secured quarters at
608 Refine street and expect to make
their home there until they go north.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

w. e. Bailey and family have ar
rived from Fort Towson,s Ok, to make
Mena their home. The family will
occupy the residence recently vacated
by Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Tomiinson, at
9th and Magnolia. Mr.. Bailey, who
recently purchased tract of land and
the Luttrell sawmill. will engage in
the lumber business.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

E. p Twiford of Mena is in Fort
Smith attending the sessions of feder-
al court and serving as a petit juror.
This is Mr.. Twiford's first visit to
Fort Smith in nearly thirty years, and
he found but very few of the old
familiar landmarks left.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Ambrose Bratcher left Thursday
morning for Texas points, planning to
make an indefinite stay for the bene-
fit of his health.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Frank Follman and wife, Of Keota,
Ia, reached Mena Friday morning
for a visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
rauley. Mrs. Follman and Mrs. eau
" are cousins. Mr. T iinan he's
Aeen IN the hotel business n Iowa fer
mo wears. but viii ~vs rite corr
H''~ns in Mena with of locat-
d9lgS~ giF1Af brA
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

The Bank of Bonneville, which was
robbed by lone holdup man this
week and about $500 taken, is the
bank of which M. G. Latimer Of Mena
was cashier for three years. Mf.
Latimer is now third trick operator
for the Kansas City Southern, but
lived in Bonneville for many years.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mrs. Eula Olentine and II. M. Sad
Ter, who had been in Mena to look af-
ter mining interests, have returned
to Muskcgee, Ok, but will return to
resume operations when the road con-
ditions improve
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

DIR. A. E. Wiley and family have
moved from Bethesda avenue to their
former home on Seventh street DIR.
Wiley has increased his realty hold
ings by purchasing four more lots
close to his home.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

J. T. Winton of Cedar has letter
from his son, Grover Winton, serv-
/ ing with a machine gun company with
the A. E. f., stating that he was on
the firing line when peace came and
saw men killed all around him. The
former Rocky lad escaped injury from
Hun bullets. He does not know when
he and his comrades will be sent back
home.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

J. B. Dickinson, mine manager of
the Federal Company, which is de-
veloping manganese properties south
east Of the citv. left Thursday after
noon for Oxmulgee. Ok. and Joplin.
Mo-, on business for the company.
The Federal company is one If the
few company that kent wark;no de-
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mr.. and Mrs. l. E. Lindsay returned
Wednesday from Vandervoort, where
they attended the funeral Of Otis
Bell, son of Mrs. James Nations.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Word received from Dr. II. r. Getz,
at Camp chickamauga, stated that he
had about recovered from a recent at
tack of influenza expected to be back
in Mena soon.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Word has been received from Mrs.
Albert Middleton that it is believed
she can be cured without an operation
and for that reason will probably re-
turn home to Mena at once. She had
been at Texarkana under the care of
a specialist.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Deputy Sheriff v. I. Ellsworth left
last Saturday morning for Camp
Pike to turn over to the military au-
thorities two men who have been held
in the Polk county jail for robbery of
the X. C. s. railway station at Van
dervoort. The men are Benjamin
Brown and James R. Kenney.
Browns parents live in Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Clyde Whisenant, who has been Wis
ting friends and relatives in Mena
left on Monday for Newpodt News
Va, to rejoin his company. He is
with the medical corps in Uncle Sans
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Anderson, whe
left Mena some time ago for Poteau
have decided that Polk county is 9
better place in which to live, and have
returned to again take up their resi-
dence.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Sims of Pitts
burg, kas., reached Mena Thursday
morning to make visit of a few
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. II. Sims.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23


In leaving Mena for their home last
week, A. G. Finn and wife left with
the knowledge they were going into
real winter weather. They live at
Bijou Hill, S. Oak, and the latest
news they had from that point was
that it was &c degrees below zero, and
the snow was 10 feet deep. Mr.. and
Mrs. Finn had been visiting with Mr..
Firms brothers family in Mena.
Mrs. e. P. Titus AMI daughter, Miss
Sarah, returned from northern points
Wednesday, Miss Sarah having spent
some time with relatives in Buffalo,
and Mrs. Titus from Kansas City,
where she was called by the fatal ill
ness of her mother, Mrs. E. P. Shoup.
Mrs. Shoup formerly lived in Mena,
when Mr.. Shoup conducted bakery
in the early days of Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

The Rev. w w. NJ. Crowson and wife
left Friday afternoon for Center
Point, Howard county, where they
will live and where Mr.. Crowson will
have charge Of circuit of Methodist
churches.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Miss Minnie Morris of Hatfield is
making her first visit to Mena and is
finding much TO interest her. She is
sister of Mrs. M. Kessinger Of the
Ozark, and will probably remain and
assist in the management of this
popular place.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

J. L. Fletcher, and family, who re-
Gently moved to Mena from Watson
vile, Calf, has rented the Thatcher
place on the Talihina road, just out
side the city limits, and will test out
possibilities in gardening, poultry
fruit and other things for which Polk
county is famed
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Joe Ogden, son of ]. R. Ogden, ar
rived in Mena Friday morning, hav-
ing been mustered out Of service. He
has been overseas with the Motor
Transport Corps, and comes back
home with a wounded hand, received
when two army trucks crashed to-
gether.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

M. F. Fisher and the Rev, j. ".
Kelly of the Cherry Hill neighbor-
hood aver they started from home on
Wednesday morning but they did not
reach hiena until Friday morning.
The condition of the roads is respon-
sible for the alleged delay, they said.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-23

Miss Anna Wood, home demonstra-
ton agent for Polk county, went to
Hatton Thursday afternoon to in
struct the young ladies in the school
there in building a freless cooker.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-03-20
Promoted To Major.

DR.. Virgil q. kinnaird, of this
city, while stationed at Liverpool.
England, was promoted to the rank
Of Major in the L. S. Army and has
been sent to the University of Mar
settles, in France to take further med
zeal training where he will remain
several months. DR. Virgil was COM
missioned first Lieutenant in the
Army in June 1917 and was, sent to
Fort Riley. Kansas, where he remain
ed until Unit No. 40 tBarrow's unit
was assembled at Camp Taylor early
in 1918. While stationed at Camp
Taylor the doctor was promoted to n
Captaincy. He went to Southhamp-
ton England with his unit and did SER
vice at Salisbury Court, Peytonton
and Liverpool. The Doctor was Civ
en- the choice of going either to
France, Germany or Russia to serve
the army of Occupation or taking a
course Of training at the University
Of Marseillcs. He chose the latter
and with DR.. Reddish, of Lexington,
will remain in France.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-03-20
Resolutions.

Whereas, it has pleased the all
wise and merciful God to remove
from earth to that eternal Home.
our dearly beloved sister, Mrs. Lura
Belle Land, Jan. 27, 1919.
Resolved, first, that the Women's
Missionary Society of Liberty Baptist
Church hold in loving remembrance
and bear testimony to her faithful
and loyal service.
Second, that we extend our heart
felt sympathy to the stricken husband
and other relatives, praying Gods
sustaining grace upon them in this
hour of bereavement.
Third. that copy of these resolu-
tions be placed upon the minutes of
our Society, copy inserted on the
records of the Liberty Baptist church
and published in the Western Record
er.
Mrs. Hiram Ray, President.
Mrs. Ebert Calico, Vice Pres,
Mrs Nora +. Teater, Secty-Treas.
Committee,