The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-27

the place of T. A. Carter, who has been on the sick list for some time.
 Mrs. Levi Pigg and children re- turned Thursday from Hatfield, where they had been visiting Mrs. Pigg's parents, MT. and Mrs. T. R. Bates
 F. J. Greiner of the Golden Rule Farm was in Mena Thursday to make shipment to Fort Smith of 250 Plymouth Rock eggs for matching purposes.
 W. H. Riding and son, 0lin, the latter just returned from France, were in from Hartley Wednesday. They brought cotton to market, which sold at 23la cents.
 H. Thompson returned Thursday morning from Kansas City, where he had been on the market with a car load of hogs shipped out of Mena by him and Grady Embry.
 Dr. F. c. Mullins, while here from Grannis Monday arranged for Mrs. Mullins and children to join him, and they will move to Grannis this week. The Mena residence has been rented.
 Sergt. Roy Mount reached Mena last Monday from Camp Travis, Tex, where on last Friday he was mustered out of service. He had been in the Field Artillery branch of the service. 
 A. c. Bratcher returned last week from Amarillo, Tex, where he had been for several weeks for the benefit of his health. He is not much im- proved, and may soon try some other locality.
 Mrs. B. R. Campbell and children arrived in Mena Sunday from Pitts burg, Kas., to make their home on Mrs. Campbeps mothers place in the west part of town. Mir. Campbell is employed in the mines at Pittsburg.
 Mir. and Mrs. William B. Carter were in from Faulkner township Fri day to make final proof of their home stead entry before Circuit Clerk W. L. Parker. J. F. Coffman and Arnold Faulkner came with them as witness es.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. Homer Pigg ar rived Saturday from Hope, where Mir. Pigg is the county demonstrator. Mir. Pigg returned to Hope the first of this week, but Mrs. Pigg will spend some time in Polk county with rela- tives.
 MT. and Mrs C. H. Cole have let ter from their soldier son, j. o. Cole, written from 6 base hospital in Toul, France, but the young man fails to disclose for what reason he is in the hospital. tho he assures his parents that he is now all right.
 
 Ffr. and Mrs. John Meurs returned Saturday from Winnie, Tex, where they had been for the last six weeks on account of the illness of Mrs. Muers' mother. They are expecting their son and family to arrive this week to make their home in Polk county.
 Mir. and Mrs. Hamp Lofts and sons came in from Board Camp Sunday to spend the day with Mir. Lofts par ents, returning home Monday, after doing some trading. MT. Lofts is planning for a big crop this season to make up for the partial failure last year.
 P. L. Chamblin arrived in Mena on Monday from Wardville, Ok, in re- sponse to word of the death of his brother, Henry Chamblin, which oc- cured at Rocky Friday night but found upon arriving here that the funeral had been held Sunday after noon
 Misses Ona and Ethel Anderson. daughters of Mir. and Mrs. Henry An derson of the Oak Ridge community, and Miss Mertice Reed of the same neighborhood, are attending the Mena Commercial College, making the trip back and forth from their homes daily.
 Judge J. l. Alley and B. J. Stuart went to Board Camp Monday for the trial of the case of Tom Rials vs. Doyle McCown, before Squire J. R. Perry. The issues involved were the value of a yearling which was sup posed to have been killed by fall ing tree.
 Sam Badt of the Boston Store, has for the present given up goods- buying trip to Chicago, on account of an injury he sustained to his knee Wednesday evening. It seems that he was delivering goods in the Shrewsbury neighborhood, and when the rain began he made rush for the auto and stumbled and fell over