The Mena weekly star., 1919-05-29

E. l.. hOReTS ana Joe hOgSlS Ot Chant were in Mena on business Fri- day.
 J. B. Nixon, retailer of druggist goods at Bates, Ark, was in Mena Friday on business.
 In listing their personal property with the assessor this year Polk eoun- ty residents are required to tell the number of dogs they own.
 M. F. Lutes was offering local buy CTS some fine Irish Cobbier potatoes Friday, being among the first to sell home grown spuds of thls variety.
 W. w. Fincher ana wife, who re- gently disposed of their home at Be- thesda Springs, left Thursday for Gardner, Kas., where they will visit.
 Mir. and Mrs Will Adams of Fore man have come to Mena to spend the summer. They will be at home in the Dickson residence on Port Arthur avenue.
 Thomas Nj. Taff, who spent Thurs day in Mena visiting K. B. Wallace of the Eureka Music Company and get ting better acquainted with conditions in Mena, returned to his home at Stig- {, Ter, Ok.
 Lieut.. Henderson Jackson, who has been visiting at Hot Springs, the pas. few weeks, returned to Mena Thurs day and is again at his place in the big drug store.
 The Rev. E. C. Rule and family of Columbus, Ark, arrived in Mena on Thursday afternoon for visit with the Rev. F. F. Harrell and family, parents of Mrs. Rule
 Perry D. Hill of Alder, and Miss Eliza Yeaman of Board Camp were married in the office of County Clerk Alexander on Thursday the Elder J. W. Bratcher performing the cever mony.
 R. 0. Slough of Fort Smith, sweet potato expert, was in Mena Wednes- day for a short stay. He reports that more sweet potatoes are being plant ed in Arkansas than ever before known.
 Mrs. E. E. Holt and son, Tom, left last Friday for an extended trip to eastern and northern points, among these being St. Louis, Mime apolis, Detroit and Erie, Pa. She ex- poets to be away about four months. i Two more Mena homes were glad dene6 Friday when two more of Mena's fighting men who have been in overseas service returned. Earl Haines and Carl Barham arrived on No. 3 and were given warm wei come.
 Lieut.. Harry R. Getz surprised his Mena friends by appearing on the streets Friday morning, planning to spend ten-day furlough here. The former tick eradicator has been sta tioned at Denver since his return from army service.
 Mrs. M A. Richmond and Miss Richmond, residents of German, Tex, arrived in Mena Thursday morning for visit at the home of the formers nephew, Willis Thompson, west of Mena. Mrs. Richmond formerly lived east of Mena.
 DeQueen street can now boast of having real lunch room among the businesses on this busy thorofare Mrs. Ira o. Smith has opened the little lunch room in the room next to Bigge's tailor shop, and is building up good trade.
 Among the graduates of the Little Rock High school this year is Miss Christine Cravens, former student ], at the Mena High school. The gradu- ation exercises occur May 30 The young lady, who is sister of Mrs. Will Horner, will attend WardBel- mont at Nashville, Tenn, next term.
 Among the Mena residents who will attend the commencement exer- cises at Ouachita College at Arkadel- phia, which began Sunday, are Mr and Mrs. J. E. Bishop, Misses Maxine and Vashti Jackson, Truman and Ed ward Leeper. The Misses Jackson and Messrs. Leeper will make the trip to Philadelphia by auto.
 Mir. and Mrs s. B. Wynne, living northwest of the city, were in Mena shopping and visiting friends Thurs day. Mrs Wynne brought in some fine heads of cabbage as evidence of her ability as gardener, being the first homegrown on the local market. Mir Wynne is a tobacco raiser and will have two acres to care fer this season.
 ] Nj. H. VanZandt of Cove was a Mena visitor Thursday. He is one of the old-time residents of Polk coun- ty and brought the cheering news to Mena that the county was promised the greatest fruit crop known here in forty years. Mir. VanZandt says that there appears to be an abundance of all kinds of fruits, huckleberries, strawberries. blackberries, peaches, apples particularly.
 Mir. and Mrs. Mark P. Olney and W A. Ragland have returned from Tex l arkana. where Megsrs OInev and