The Mena weekly star., 1919-01-30

Charles Schofield of Wickes, was In l Mena Wednesday.
 Fred Mills of Wickes was in Mena | to look after business Wednesday.
 J. D. Johnson of Eagleton was in the county seat on business Monday.
 Edwin B. Cox left Tuesday morning 1 on business trip to Oklahoma points.
 II. s. Rhodes of vandervoort was trading with Mena merchants Mon day
 Robert Connally and c. J. Colp went to Fort Smith on business Mon day afternoon.
 Dr. c. A. Campbell of Hatfield, 1 coroner for Polk county, was in Mena on business Monday.
 Hal L. Norwood left on Tuesday for DeQueen, where he has business in the Circuit court, now in session.
 Frank Lee went to Vandervoort on Tuesday morning to assist in his fathers drug store for several days. ? Colonel and Mrs. c. M. IAtimer, who left Mena last month for San Jose, Calf. have since moved to Santa Cruz.
 County Supt. T. J. Wilbanks and o. L. Henderson, farm demonstrator, were in Hatfield Tuesday visiting the schools in that vicinity.
 Will Allen of Potter was in Mena Monday and arranged with Alex. Patton to send burial outfit to Big Cedar for his brother, J. M. Allen.
 Richard Messall, manager of the Enid Manganese Mining & Milling Company, left Monday afternoon for Enid, Ok, on business for the con- pany
 After returning from trip to Nun ley, Dr. J G. Hilton reported that he found no really deep mudholes, at least he explored none deeper than two feet
 Dr. P R. Watkins was called to Wickes Wednesday afternoon in con- sultation with Dr D. L. Rollins, whose wife is suffering from blood poisoning.
 George Pennsbacher mechani i'm with the Jce Lyons Machinery Com pany's force in Mena, left Wednesday afternoon for short visit at his home at Bonneville
 H. Young arrived home Monday from Ashdown, where he had been called by news of the illness of his niece, Alice Fitzgibbons. He reports many eases of influenza in Ashdown
 Robert Sale who is attending Hen- drix College at Conway, will get the hone news from Polk county thru the Weekly Star, which is bigger and better, and decidedly cheaper than letter writing
 Miss Beatrice Elum of Texarkana, who has recently become a resident of Mena. is the rew assistant at the Busy Bee cafe on Mena street, which is now under the management of w. M. Chamblin
 Sheriff J A Thornton will take c. C. Throop to Little Rock, where the latter is wanted as witness in the court martial of Ben Brown and J. c. Kenny at Camp Pike Thursday. Throop, Brown and Kenny were ar rested not long ago for the robbery of the depot at Vandervoort.
 ". A. J. Smith is forced to find a new location for his paint shop, be- cause of the wrecking of the frame building adjacent to the Cox & Strat- ton building on Mena street He will have new quarters with E. M. Hamil- ton, the stone cutter, north of the Commercial Club office
 Perry Anders, well known about Mena. where he served several months as recruiting officer for the regular army. is back on a 10-day furlough from Camp Bowie, Tex, to visit his wife, now teaching in the Southsi6e school Mrs. finders, it will be remembered, was formerly Miss Julia Harmon.
 R. L. Norris has received word from his nephew, Norris Hilton, now some where in Germany with the American Army of Occupation, the first word from the young soldier since peace came. The young man is with the s0th Division and is evidently finding much to interest him in Hunland. He is a son of John Hilton of Octavia, Ok.
 c. g. Barr, late of Mansfield, La, is in Mena to stay, he announced at Hotel Mena Saturday morning, soon after his arrival. MT. Barr was in Mena last month and purchased q home place on Bethesda Springs road, where he will live. It will also be a summer home for his daughter, now resident of Mansfield, but who ex- poets to join her father during the heated term. in the Arkansas high lands
 Grief in Nj. (. TrumbuIl Home.
 NTena friends of MT. and Mrs. M. c. Trumbull were greatly shocked Sat