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The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03

The Rev. Mr.. Whitaker preached
at Union Grove last Sunday, and all
his numerous friends were glad to
see and hear him once more. -.
Pedagogue came back from a trip to
Hatfield pretty well pleased with the
way crops are looking at home. Cot
ton is SO late that school will not open
for him until August A. Many farm
ers are not thru chopping cotton yet.
The big picnic at Browns Spring
continues to grow in size and import
ance. A big time is expected. A num-
Der of fine addresses viii be made
and the fine singing for which the
Union Grovites are justly wellknown,
will delight the crowd in rendering
the patriotic songs. Another feature
will be the singing of the old time
songs, which our fathers. knew. Brent
and Dale Barron, two of the medal
winners at the oratorical contests in
Mena last year and this, will both
speak. A large crowd is expected.
Ebert Montgomery who shipped
four fat hogs in the community car,
did pretty we'll with them. He re-
ceived $2050 or about 1914 cents per
pound on foot. And this, too, the
same day when local buyers were Of
fering 16 cents for fat hogs. After
the initial cost of the hogs and the
cost of the feed was deducted he re-
ceived nearly fifty dollars net for his
work of feeding. This shows two
things: first, the benefit of cooper
alive marketing; second, the advant-
age of keeping pure-bred hogs, which
use the feed to good advantage. Mr..
Montgomery keeps the purebred Dur
Ocs.
Peter McWilliam, d. r. Newsome,
j. C. Garland and Edgar Moves par
ticipated in the shipment of lambs
on Mciday Many Mena people ex-
pressed surprise at the large number
of lambs and said they did not know
! there were so many in all of Polk
county. 1t is to be hoped that more
will engage in sheep raising as Polk
county is well adapted to this and il
! furnishes another opportunity for CO
operative marketing. By-and-by the
! farmers will eliminate the middleman
in many of their transactions, thus
keeping for themselves this extra
profit. Sheepraising is profitable as
! it turns waste products into wool and
HlutOOHs DSoluSS SStelhs liu u lhAS
waste
Among the orators for the July A
celebration at Browns Spring, are the
Rev. w. L. Smith, Co. Supt. T. j. Will
banks. Co. Agt. O. L. Henderson, the
Rev. J. w. Dollar, and several others
are expected to come.
On Saturday night an impromptu
celebration was staged at the home of
Mrs. o. B. Aston, near Holly Springs
in honor of the safe homecoming of
her son. Riley, from overseas. An
anvil was fired several times, which
caused much perturbation in the
minds Of sundry stockholders in vari-
out dipping watts At Acorn is was
feared that Elm Springs vat was
gone and at Elm Springs they
thought the Corinth vat was extinct.
while Abe Cox, Jesse Bass and c. G.
Milliken came hurrying dreading to
find the Brown Springs vat "blowed-
UP sucker" The relief Of all may
be imagined on learning the nature
of the conclusion Pedagogue
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03
OLD POTTER POINTS.

Hurrah for the 4th.
Our farmers are very busy fight
ing the grass.
Cattle dipping again this week.
Come along old Pride.
DIN Turner says his cotton patch
would make a fine meadow.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Doyle Rowe,
Of New Potter, son, June 30.
VIII Imoe, who has been in Okla
homa for some time, has returned
home
Mr.. Cunningham, who was serious
" sick last week, is able to be out
again,
Hubert Turner, who is employed
with the Kansas City Southern, visit
ed homefolks Sunday
Miss Anolia Rowe of Rocky spent
Saturday night and Sunday with rel
atives at Old Potter.
Our Sunday school is progressing
nicely with Will Carr as superintend-
emit Come and join us.
Myl Did you ever see SO many
pretty corn fields 1t will soon be
good bye to We chops and mule feed.
II you want to see a fine COW and
one that furnishes the milk and butter
lust take look in J. w Ingram
lot
Miss Lora Hunsaker of New Pot
ter attended our Sunday school and
visited at the Charles Pirtle home on
Sunday
Miss Hazel Mckee has been EN-
ployed as principal and her sister
Miss Carol as assistant of the Old
Potter school.
Porter Moore is kept busy pulling
autos out of the creek near his home,
the recent rains having washed out
such holes in the crossing.
The Old Potter bali team, with En-
NETT Pirtle as captain, is planning on
doing big things this summer Hur-
rah for the Old Potter boys.
Carl Pirtle, who was injured in an
auto accident, was on the road to re-
covery, the last heard from him. The
young man is in Los Angeles, Cal
The opening of school has been
postponed another week to give the
farmers more time to clean up their
cotton patches. The school will open
July Ia
The housewives of this community
are very busy these days canning
beans, blackberries, cucumbers and
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03
COVE CATCHES.

Dale Young of Tulsa, Ok, is spend
ing a few weeks vacation with his par
cnts here, DIR. and Mrs. T. B. Young.
Barney fisher traded his auto to
one of Vandervoort's merchants for
a span of horses and new carriage.
Thomas Young and Otis Goodman,
two of our Boy Scouts, made hike
to Baker Springs this week to spend
weeks vacation with friends.
Archie A. Silvey of the u. S. S.
Tacoma, received an honorable dis
charge and arrived home Tuesday
morning from New York, N. " He
wears the chevrons and stripes of a
1st class engineer from his good ship,
and while he, speaks well of the Navy
in many respects, still he says he ex-
poets to remain a ''land-lubber" the
remainder of his life. He made
eight round trips to France and back
conveying troops over, and then spent
last winter in South America.
Philomel.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03
CENTER POINT cIRCLETs.

William Patton and wife were in
Mena on Monday
J. II. Maddox and son, Jewell, were
in Mena on business Monday.
Owing to the pressure of farm work
the attendance at the Community Club
was small Friday.
Miss Anna Wood, home demonstra-
ton agent was a guest at the I. NJ.
Davis home Friday.
There was singing at the J. H.
Maddox home Sunday afternoon,
which was well attended.
David Chamblin won first place in
our weekly spelling contest Saturday
flight at the G. r. Outright home. and
which he generously shared with all
present
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03
EGGER ECHOES.

Mrs. DIR. Heron left last week for
Octavia, Ok, to visit her sister, who
is sick
Several from here attended the
Children's Day service at Waters on
Sunday.
Mrs. Joie Williams of Midway spent
Wednesday night with her son, Levi
Wimberly.
William Barton, A. E. Garrick and
Charley Sterner marketed sheep in
Mena Monday
Mrs Mary Lee of Waters is visit
ing this week at the home of her son,
D. II. Lee of this place.
Mrs. John Lofts of Mena, who has
been spending a few days at Egger,
returned home last week.
Mrs. G. " Wimberly and children
returned home Friday after spending
two-weeks visit at Octavia, Ok
Brown Ewes
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03
RANSOM RAMBLES.

PRAYER Meeting was held last Sun
dav night at the home of Asa Gatlin.
j. G. McKeen, with wife and
daughter, Helen, spent last Sunday in
Mena.
Nov Blair left last Monday morn
ing for the Kansas harvest fields,
where he has job driving the
header.
Crops are still in the grass and the
rain continues to come. The pros
poets for corn are fine but the cotton
is small. owing to so much rain.
All our visiting now is on Sunday,
as the farmers are all too busy during
the week. Those visiting last Sun
dav were r. A. Thomas and family
with 7. A. Jones of Nunley: Miss Lee
Stokes with LAME Wear and Mr.. and
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03

Prof. and Mrs. |. G. Harris wer'
callers at Acorn Sunday evening.
Grandma Evans daughter, whose
home is in Florida. is visiting her.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Sapp Of Mens
were visitors at Golden Acres Sun
day evening.
Miss Mary Frances Roger of Mens
spent Saturday and Sunday with
Miss Tony Hale.
The Fitz Lumber Company has
I bought 4 mules and wagons from
Frank Cannon.
Auctioneer McWilliam was recently
visitor at Hatton. where he con-
Quoted farm sale.
Mrs. Harry Petefish and Mrs. Mel
lie Bare and children, visited Mrs. G.
Mathes Thursday evening.
Arthur r. Hale, who has been Wis
ting his uncle, g. r. Hale, for some
time, left Sunday for his home in Ala
bama
Mrs. 7. Mathes and children and
sister. Leila Burke, of Horatio, visited
at the G. X. Hale home from Thurs
day until Saturday.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Acorn Community Farmers Club will
be held Saturday night, July 5. An
interesting program is being pre-
pared.
Mesdames B. F. Barron and Craw-
ford, with Misses Pearl Barron and
Nina Crawford, attended the Sunday
school rally at the Nazarene church at
Mena Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Hembrey of Marble
City, Ok, who have been visiting
their daughter, Mrs. w e. Snow, are
now visiting another daughter, Mrs.
Mike Collins Of DeQueen.
Since the regular July meeting of
the Acorn Boys and Girls Club
would come on July A, it has been de-
cided TO hold the meeting at some
later date. This will be announced
later.
The Rev. Mr.. Dickerson will preach
at the Acorn church Saturday night,
and Sunday at IL o'clock Sunday is
also Brother Kelly's day at Acorn,
where he will conduct services at 3
o'clock, his regular time.
Everybody.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03

NuNLEY NEWS.

Lonnie Cooper has returned from
France.
The new Sunday school is still i'm
proving at Nunley.
Mother Wagner has been seriously
ill., but IS improving.
Mrs. Frank Brumbelow has gone to
Horatio to visit her son.
Quite a large crowd attended the
singing at the Salyers home Sunday
night
Mrs Rhoda Caves Of Tulsa, Ok, is
visiting her brother, ] w. Everett, Of
Nunley
The farmers are still having plenty
of rain. Some have decided to make
hay instead Of cotton
Farmer
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03

Hatfield people will be pleased to
learn that Miss Ola Littlepage has
consented to teach the sixth and
seventh grades the coming year. Mrs
l. G. Harris will teach the primary,
Miss Beulah Neal Of Mena, the
second and third grades. and Mrs.
Amos Musgrave of Two-Mile, the
fourth and fifth. School will not
open until August 4, owing to cot
ton and other crops being so late, due
to the rainy weather Hatfield
schools will be represented in the big
Educational Rally at the County fair
in September.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03
ROCKY RUMBLES.

Miss Maud Terrell, who had been
visiting at clifton, Ok. returned
home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Rowe left
last week for Whitesboro, Ok, where
they win make their home.
Mrs. May Tow and children of Oil
ton, Ok, came in Saturday to visit
her father, J. G. Terrell and other
relatives.
Rocky and Potter played a game
of ball Saturday evening with the
score Is to in favor of Rocky They
will play again next Friday evening
at Potter.
Letters received from Miss Collie
Pollard, who is taking the Pasteur
treatment at Little Rock, says she is
getting along nicely, and expects to
return home July Ia
Sunbeam
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03
DALLAS DoINGs.

Huckleberries are almost gone, but
as blackberries are getting ripe, why
should we worry.
The cantaloupe prospect for this
community is fine. There are a few
small melons now.
Several people of this place attend
ed the singing given at O. B. Heath's
last Sunday evening.
Mr. Sewer, who has bought the J
ID. Kaylor farm, is staying at the
Kaylor home until Mr.. Kaylor gets
his new house built.
The young people of this place will
give an ice cream supper next Sat
urday night at the school house Come
early, and don't forget your pocket
book. The proceeds win be used for
church purposes.
Shy Fox.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03
vANpERvooRT yERITIEs.

Mr.. and Mrs. X. H. Skinner and
baby we're down from Cove Sunday.
Misses Opal Bailey and Zada Price
spent few days last week with their
friends at Wickes.
Mrs. Walter Grady of Lockesbure
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. T
Knox one day this week.
Mrs. J. NJ Tomlin and daughter
Flora and Mable. were up from
Wickes one day last week.
The Rev. j. w. Fulton was down
from Hatfield Monday to make ar.
engagements for revival meeting be-
ginning next Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hal II Vaughan and
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03

many other things that grow ngood
old Polk
Word has been received that Pvt.
James Lowther, who has been in ac-
tive service in France and Germany
for more than a year, has returned to
his home at Muse, Ok.
Our Sunday school and community
will celebrate the Fourth of July with
picnic at the big spring near Old
Potter. Everybody come and bring a
big basket of dinner. There will be
ball game in the evening at the
school house. Everybody welcome.
Mutt.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03
SHADY SHOWERS.

J. S. Lawrence made a business
trip to Mena Saturday.
Mr. and Mrsh Milton Lawrence
went to Mena Saturday.
The prayer meeting and Sunday
school are progressing nicely.
There win be an ice cream supper
at the church next Saturday night.
School began here Monday morning
with Miss Seabie Jones as teacher.
Lonely Kid.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03
The Best weekly Anywhere.

DR. e. H. Black, writing The Star
from Leslie, Ark, encIoses $3.50 for
renewal to the Weekly Star, and
closes with: "Place me on the roll for
another year for one Of the best week
ly papers ever printed anywhere. /"
DIR. Black has many Mena friends who
viii be glad to know that his state of
health and general well being can take
the stamn Of 90 K.n
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03
HATFIELD HATFIELD !
WHY 1T GROWS
WHY 1T GROWS.

GOOD MORNING, STRANGER! HOW ARE
YOU? Fine, sir. But would like to know what
makes Hatfield talked so much? That's easy. Read
this and you will see:
Hatfield is the largest town in the county Neither
is this talk due to highway opponents. For of the
people in and around Hatfield good roads boosters
To get at the bottom of things and explain up the
darkey says will have to take several things into
consideration.
In the first place the town is made up of splendid set
Of citizens and business In the second place the
town has good country surrounding it, all hickly dot
ted with good farms and set of farmers and stock
rasers who exceptionally sturdy honorable and pro-
gressive In the third place the business men of Hat
Geld always know how to deliver the goods either in
prices quality quantity The town always does things
a big scale
Now it is planning 70 have a Big County Fair on the
8th and 9th of August
names of some of them are: J. O. GATES and L. H.
! JOHNSON president and cashier, respectively Of the
Bank of Hatfield w. L. NICHOLS bookkeeper for T. NJ
Dover Mercantile Co.; J. c. HOHEIMER manager Of the
WATKINS L. & M Co.; E. H BUTLER licensed phar-
macst~druggst;. C. " DALE, proprietor Star Hotel;
LEE GIBSON, manager Beech Lumber Co; IRA KEEL
LER garage man; w. S. QUISENBERRY groceryman
and also MRS LEILA TERRY the mliner is always in
for the upbuiIdine of the town.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03
Card Of Thanks.

We wish to thank each and every
one of our many kind friends who so
kindly assisted us in the last two
weeks of our beloved wife, mother
and daughter We also wish to thank
the priest for his words of encourag-
ment. Philip Schneider
and family
Adv. 27-lt s. H. Witsaman.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03

little son, George, Of Shamrock, Tex,
visited at the home Of Mrs. Vaughan's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j 7. Knox, the
first of the week
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03
ACORN CUPS.

way they yelled sounded like old
times.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03
UNIoN GROVE UNITs.

Mrs. John Graf and baby, Loren
were Ransom visitors.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-07-03

Kodaks and films at WITHDRAWALS.
Adv 150-Et 26-2t
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
PenciImakino in Madras.

The government Of Madras has de-
cided that the experiments which have
been made by the department of indus
tries for the last three years In the
manufacture of pencils have reached a
stage at which the industry should be
made over to Q private enterprise.
says an exchange. Arrangements for
the sale of the pencils produced by
the factory were completed in August,
1917, and the profit and loss state
ment prepared by the auditors for the
period from September l. 1917, to
March 3, 1918. shows that in these
seven months the factory made a
profit Of Sl,994, which represents a
return of little over 20 per cent on
an assumed capital of $16,220. Dur
ing the same period the factory pro-
dueed 1850 gross of pencils and sold
$500 gross. The factory has DELHI
erately been run on as small scale
as was consistent with the purpose in
vieW-namely, the demonstration on
commercial lines of the prospect of
the industry, Pne factory produces
black lead pencils lacquered 10 yari-
GUS colors, copying pencils, carpen-
ters' pencils and diary pencils. Elk
periments with red and blue pencils
are under way.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
Hoodoo ship Redeems Herself.


The American transport Sierra
which steamed into hapbor recently
carrying more than 1900 wounded
soldiers, is a ship that "came back,
according to stories told by Old-timers
who follow the sea. 4 dozen years
ago she rammed a coral reef IN the
south seas and was, apparently,
wrecked beyond hope of salvage. II
the stories told about her are correct,
she has crashed into vessels anchored
In harbor, but she has sailed serenely
through the mined waters of the Eng
lish channel and evaded the German
submarines on the high seas as she
carried the troops to France. So she
has evened the score and lifted the
SPELL
Incidentally, despite her misfor-
tunes. she Is a comfortable ship and
a good sea boat. Once she was re-
garded as unlucky and 1t was almost
impossible for her owners to get a
crew. When the war broke out the
Sierra broke her spell of misfortune
and performed her share In driving
autocraey and militarism into exile.
Any sailor will tell you that ships
have personality. The Sierra just
cascades personality and temporal
ment. Having shown the world what
she could do In the line Of tantrums,
she reformed. She has made money
for her owners. despite her accidents,
and has an excellent record In the
service of her country.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
Wrong Kind of Animal.

This is the latest Paris boulevard
story.
Hindenburg died, and since he was
q marshal he went to heaven. But
the German functionary at the door
said to him:
Marshal, you must enter on a
horse"
Hindenburg descended to hunt for
q horse and encountered the German
crown prince.
$50 you're dead, too?" he said.
"Yes." responded the kaiser's son,
II ate too much Holland cheese. But
show me the door to heaven, where,
naturally, / CO."
Hindenburg took the crown prince
by the arm and they got in line be-
hind the other heaven-bound pilgrims.
The line moved up and finally they
reached the door where the German
functionary again blocked linden
burg.
Marshal" he said, Il told you to
get horse, not an ass"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28

The Firth Of Forth is, of course, one
of the most notable things in all Scot
land. From Kincardine, where 1t Of
ficially begins, to that imaginary line
just west Of the Isle of May, from the
Fast Neuk Of Fife to the mouth of the
Tyne, In Haddingtonshire, where 1t Of
ficially ends, is distance of 48 miles !;
while from shore to shore the ex-
panse of water measures anything
from one and half miles, at Queens
ferry to seventeen and a half miles
off the Isle of May. Within this great
expanse of water whole fleets may
ride at anchor in perfect safety, and,
although little is known of the great
scenes which must have taken place
in these waters during the last four
years, the story of the Firth Of Forth
during the great war, eliminating, as
it did the other day, with the surren.
der there of the German high seas
fleet, will be not the least interesting
of the many stories which still remain
to be written.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
Keeping Up the White Hous.

President Wilson has been extreme
ly conservative in allowing expendi.
lures for the White House since he
has occupied 1t, and not a dollar has
been expended, particularly since the
declaration of war, that could DOS
sibly be avoided. Last year, however,
the walls in the state parlors were re-
papered, but the same design of wall
paper was kept In all of the rooms.
The handsome patriotic design of the
blue field and stars, which was re-
stored in 1903, and which has been so
popular. still graces the walls of the
blue chambers. The rugs were re-
placed by new ones, while dainty new
curtains Of lace were hung under the
heavy draperies. All the furniture
has been reupholstered In the same
pattern. These small renovations have
given to the first floor at the White
House very attractive appearance.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
His Utter SeIfjshness

i adopted French war orphan the
other day." admitted ]. Fuller Gloom.
"Obserying that nearly everyone else
asked for pretty little girls, specified
that mine should be boy-the home
lier the better, the rattiest and rilnti-
est that could be found, and bowlegged
If possible, or one who had lost his
palate, or something of the sort. My
idea was to get one that, having been
showed back and snubbed all his little
life, would appreciate the small bit
was doing for him all out of propop-
ton to what 1t really cost, and thus
gst myself vastly overpaid in graft
tude. NY nQtive was an entirely
selfish one, I assure y0p,"-Kansas
City Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
Goat Got Even

One really unusual incident oc-
Cured during recent military cere-
mony in France, and that revolved
about the goat mascot Of one Of the
divisions in the parade. The goat had
followed in with his men as befltted
a proper mascot, but once In the
square he was rudely relegated to
the rear ranks. 1t CHANGED that
number of red-hatted staff officers took
up their position in front of the goat
and stood during the inspection at at.
tention with huge bouquets out back
from under their arms. When the In.
spection was over the officers stood at
ease again and looked to their bou-
quets. They were holding only stems.
The mascot had taken sweet revenge
and square meal for the insult to
his dignity.