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The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
ALE ALPINEs.
School Girl.


 Monroe Bowen bought a truck last week
 w. M. Edwards and E. J. Henley motored to Womble Monday.
 Wheat is not good yield as last year owing to the rust.
 Wes Curl returned from Mena Sat urday, where he bought supplies.
 Plenty of rain now days Not very good weather for wheat harvesting.
 Mir. and Mrs. Tom Spake and chil- dren attended preaching at Big Fork Sunday.
 MT and Mrs. J. M. Beck visited Sunday at the David Beck home near Slatington.
 The Rev. Chas. Roberts of Oden will preach here next Saturday night. Sunday and Sunday night.
 o. Hickman. with his crew of men, are over at Waters this week prepar- ing to move a sawmill over here to saw up Mir. Hickman's timber.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
HONOR FOR COL. c. W. MURPHY
Arkansas Bar Association Held Great
 Barbecue at Little Rock.
to The Star

Special to The Star.
 Little Rock, May 29.--For private citizen to hear the most fiattering ecomiums upon his life, spoken by men high in the affairs of state, be- for hundreds of friends assembled for the express purpose of doing him hon or, was the rare good fortune yester- day of Col. George W. Murphy.
 The Arkansas Bar Association held a great barbecue at Forest Park on George w. Murphy Honor Day." and there were speeches by the following;
 Robert l.. Rogers, "How the Bar Regards Colonel Murphy"
 Col. R. G. Davies of Hot Springs, "The Personal Side of Colonel Mur- phy."
 Chief Justice E. A. Mccullough, "How He Is Regarded by the Courts" ]"
 Judge Jacob Trieber, "How He Is Regarded by the Federal Courts"
 Governor Brough, Colonel Murphy as Citizen"
 Ex-Gov. X. o. Pindall presented on behalf of Colonel Murphy's friends beautiful silver service.
 Colonel Murphy made a masterful speech in reply to the many tributes of praise.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
RANSOM READERS.

We are glad we have daily mail thru here now.
 Roy Cole has sold his crop and is making preparations to move away.
 k. A. Thomas aud Chas. Lloyd made a business trip to Hstfeld, returning Monday
 Mrs. Edward Shinn gave a small dinner party Sunday in honor of her mothers birthday.
 A few from here attended a party at the home of George Scott of Cor inth Saturday night.
 Mrs. 1'iIda Williams of Mena is spending this week with her daugh- ter. Mrs. R. A. Thomas.
 Quite large number from this place attended the prayer meeting at the Boyd home near Nunley last Sun day night.
 MT. and Mrs. c. W. Waters and children and Mir. and Mrs. J. B. Wal lace and children from near Mena, were Ransom visitors Sunday
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
 FOR P. o. CLERK AND CARRIER

An examination for postoffice clerks and carriers will be held at the post office in this city on June IA, 1919.
 Age limit, Is to 45 years on the date of examination.
 Married women will not be admit ted to the examination.
 Applicants must be physically sound, and male applicants must be not less than feet inches in height in bare feet, and must weight not less than 125 pounds without overcoat or hat.
 For application blanks and for full information relative to the examina- ton, qualifications. duties, salaries, vacations, promotions, etc, address immediately Mir. Francis M. Reeves, Secretary. Board of Civil Service Ex- aminers, Post Office, Mena, Ark
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
yoN TIRPITZ A 'sTRAPHANGER." ]"
Democracy Trimmed AdmiraPs Beard
 and Also Prerogatives.

Berlin, May 17.-The familiar flow ing beard of Admiral von Tirpitz has been reduced to closely cropped chin decoration, and the naughty former chief of the admiralty may be seen "strap- hanging" in Berlin trans.
 The Vorwaerts, commenting on the admirars present mode of travel, re- calls that just year ago he aroused the wrath of Sunday excursionists by .reserving a train compartment to himself while women and children were forced to stand, and adds that democracy not only has trimmed his prerogatives, but his beard as we'll"
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
Jews May Change Day of Worship.

It is reported that the Jewish con- gregation is contemplating changing the time of their weekly religious service from Friday night to Sunday, to correspond with the hours observed by the Christian denominations Lead CTS of the movement claim that this is more in keeping with the times. The congregation is also planning to erect a handsome new Temple, hav- ing outgrown the present edifice, the Temple B'nai Israel, which was erect ed more than twenty years ago.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
OLD COVE CLIPS.

Mayme Little was baptized Sunday at the Six-Mile ford.
 Mrs. Lena Lane and daughter. Opal Clara. of Womble are visiting friends and relatives here.
 MT. and Mrs. Jim Morley of Hat field were guests of Mir. and Mrs. J. R Williams Sunday.
 Wash Mccoy and Bertha Latch were married Sunday morning at the Ihonae of Doug Davis. \ George Barton and family came in Rst Monday from New Mexico. They Npect to stay here another year. Vesse Little, ]. T. Stockton and An " Whisenant are working for F. c.
 Ve. Mir. Little bought J ITS and
 s crops
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
ROCKY RUMBLES.

E. Rowe lost fine mule last week. Clyde Miller has landed on this side. A. o. Hill is on the sick list this week
 Argus Rowe was Mena visitor Sunday.
 Bro. Mooty filled his appointment here Sunday
 Don Winton and Grady Pollard were Mena visitors Saturday. Mrs. Will Hauert's brother arrived Tuesday morning from France. Mir. and Mrs J. c. Terrell visited MT and Mrs. Earl Pollard Sunday. MT. and Mrs. w. A. Mize and chil- dren. Gilbert and Woodrow. visited at the c. M. Ulmer home Sunday. MT. and Mrs. Win Warner gave a tacky party Saturday night. Roe Hill and Anolia Rowe got the cake for being the tackiest.
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The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
CENTER POINT CIRCLETs.

4. F Lehman was in Mena on busi- ness Monday.
 Mrs. John Lively was quite sick Sunday night.
 Emmett Rowe and family of Rocky srent Sunday at the home of Eli Turner.
 Willard Lowther and family of Old Potter spent Sunday at the Eli Tur- ner home
 Naler Chamblin has the humps. Several cases are reported at the saw min near Mrs. Earnest's home.
 Diah Shepherd and family have moved from Rocky to this settlement and are occupying the John Turner propertv.
 John Mckinney has been very sick with earbuncle on his side and other ailments. He is now believed to be on the road to recovery.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
Program of Acorn Boys and Girls
 Club-Friday Afternoon, June 6.


 Call to Order by President. Roll Call and Reports.
 Two-Minute Talks.
 Tomato Diseases" Gar land.
 Preparing Hens Nests" - Etta Garland.
 Setting Hen"-Eva Hinson. Taking Off Little Chickens"- lAileen McWilliam
 Bleeding Baby Chicks" Tony Hale Feeding Chicks to Weeks Old' Christine Fleming.
 Feeding Chicks to Weeks Old' Virginia Harris.
 Lice and Mites on Chicks"--Lot- tie Golden.
 Remedy for Lice and Mites"- Pearl Barron.
 Summer Chick Diseases" Zoel keener.
 Feeding Pigs"-Dale Barron. Pasture for Pigs"-Brent Barron Breeds of Swine" 70 l.. Tender Ison, County Agent.
 "Care of Calves"-I. c. Harris.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
Correspondence
HATFIELD AND COMMUNITY.
te,..,,l reu,is has a new Ford.

Frank IeWlS mas new co,
 Tarp Whisenhunt of Smlthvliie' spent Saturday in Hatfield. ,.
 Mrs. Albert Griffin IS visiting this week with her mother at Zafra, Ok.
 Miss Marjorie Dodd, of Faulk, spent las tweek in Hatfield visiting her many girl friends,
 Hatfield was crowded Saturday with women, boys, girls and children. Dad stayed home and worked.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Lively and c1il- dren of Rocky were here Friday shop ping and visiting relatives.
 Mir. and Mrs. Wesley Mcdonald and children visited with relatives at Smithville Saturday and Sunday.
 H. P. Bingham was in town Satur- day notifying his friends that he "shore" had fine crop of crabb grass on hand.
 Mrs. Frank Satterfeld and baby are here from Texarkana on a visit with relatives. Mr. Satterfield is still in the army.
 Mir. and Mrs. Henry Tasting of Six Mile entertained their friends and neighbors with an ice cream supper on Saturday night.
 Miss Mamie Little was baptized at the Liner Ford on Six-Mile Sunday by the Rev. N. o. Hornsby, A large crowd attended.
 Henry Howard, recently from the army, and Miss Anna Bell Klegg were married at the brides home on Wednesday of last week.
 There is to be w. 0. w. unveiling and decoration at the Six-Mile ceme- terv on June 8. The Rev. B. w. Ar hold of Patmos, Ark, will ofiiciate.
 A big crowd met and cleaned the cemetery on decoration day. The ladies at noon served dinner in picnic style and everything was delicious.
 Wash McCay and Miss Bertha Latch, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Tib Latch, were married Sunday in Hat field at the home of W. J. Davis, jus tice of the peace.
 Mrs. Andy Tucker was taken on a cot to Texarkana Monday for medi- cal treatment She has been i'll for some time. She was accompanied by Dr. c. F. Johnson.
 Sunday school was organized at Pleasant Hill Sunday with the Rev. k. l.. Rigsby as superintendent; w. s. Cutler, s. A. Sloan and Mrs. Isy Rigsley as teachers.
 A crowd composed of Manning Cochran, Alb. Bates, Lahue Quisen- berry, Jewel Harris, and Pate Crow motored out to Mountain Fork Sat- urday and had a time fishing and swimming.
 The musical entertainment on Wednesday night of last week was we'll attended and appreciated by all present Miss May Parker deserves much praise for her tireless work with the young Hatfield music folks.
 Miss Alice Williams, assistant cash fer of the Bank of Hatfield. took suddenly i'll at the bank Saturday, and was taken home in a car by her fath- CT, ]. k. Williams. in an unconscious condition. She was reported better Monday.
 For our Hatfield school during the next term the following teachers have been employed: Prof. and Mrs. I. c. Harris of Acorn; Miss Beulah Neal of Mena; Mrs. Amos Musgrave, Old Cove, and possibly Miss Leila Nichols of Mountain Fork.
 The antis met Wednesday of last week and elected new officers. w. T Myers was elected chairman, Joe An. ders, secretary, and Sam Powell treasurer. Joe Lewis, J. F. Taylor anc J. c. Crump were former officers ir this camp, but none of them were present.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05

church at Big Fork Saturday and Sunday
 Some of the ladies of this neighbor- hood had green beans on the table Sunday for dinner.
 Colonel Standridge, who Is working close to Black Springs, spent the weekend with his sister. Mrs. Tom Spake.
 Columbus Rowton went to his home near Black Springs Sunday, after spending the week with his daughter, Mrs John Mobley and family.
 Soldiers Sweetheart.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
RATES CREEK KAcKLEs.

All the farmers are cutting wheat
 ". A., Curl was trading in Mena last Friday.
 Tom Spake and family attended church at Biz Fork Sunday.
 lncle Mark Hughes. who has been sick for sometime, Is reported TO bet ter
 Mrs Laura Maxwell attended
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
WILL RETURN ON BOAT.
First Plane to Cross Atlantic in Air
 Will Not Fly Back.

Washington, June 2.-The Ameri- can naval seaplane NC-4, which ar rived at Plymouth, England, Satur- day. thereby completing the first transatlantic flight, will not at tempt a nonstop or any other kind of a flight back to the United States, Secretary Daniels, said today. The seaplane will be dissembled and shipt to this country.
 The secretary said the navy con- templated no attempt at nonstop trans-ocean flight in the near future Jas the navy did not desire to make a spectacular showing, was not in any competition for any transatlantic flight honors and did not favor stunt flying.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
New IIse for a FIiyyar.

Little Rock, June 3.-The Harrison Times has set an example for other papers of the state when confronted with a shortage of power. The power plant was put out of commission by a big flood, and so the Newman boys hitched up their Ford automobile to the press and the linotype, and brought the uaper out as usual. It opens ut field of illimitable possi- bilities.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
Program for Acorn Community Far mers' Club Meeting Saturday
 Night, June '.

Song, America" Ethel McWilliam. Defamation -Lano Barron. Paper oa 'Legumes"-M. J. Me Groarty.
 Discussion. ecitation-Toka Hale. Talk on "Terracing"- Edgar Moves. Talk on "Onion Growing" g"--Mrs. B F. Barron. Discussion. Question Box Conducted by Secre- tary.
 Light refreshments will be served
 Program Committee.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
MANY OIL COMPANIES.

In Recent Weeks 15 Have Gotten by"
 Blue Sky Department. Special to The Star
 Little Rock, May 30-During the last few weeks, fifteen oil companies have been authorized to sell stock in the state, and the applications of eight more are pending in the Blue Sky Department of the State Bank Commission. Next week, Harvey C.. Combs, in charge of the department, will go to Texas to make a personal and official inspection not only of the companies that are seeking admission, but of the holdings and prospects of those already licensed.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05

ing at the home of his mother. Mrs. J. C. Shelton.
 Styles Westbrcok came Saturday from Dierks to spend few days at the home of his aunt, Mrs. John A. Watkins.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. w. Knox and lit tie son, Logan, of Brownwood, Tex, arrived here Monday and are visiting at the home of Mir. Knox's parents, Mir. and Mrs. J. T. Knox. They came thru in their car
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
Black Eyes.
\NDERvOoRT YERITIEs.

Vermillion left Tuesday for an
 Nvislt with relatives in Texas. Fiton of Blum. Tex. is visit
The Mena weekly star., 1919-06-05
BOARD CAMP BOOSTERS.

Pedagogue
The Press., 1919-07-24
UNION
Mt. Ochepetuck

Miss Elizabeth Baldwin of Hartford is spending few days at the noun tain and chateau, the guest of her grandmother, Mrs. J. P. Baldwin, and her aunt, Mrs. Lawson. The vesper service last Sunday was we'll attended, there being about forty in attendance. Rev. MT. Von Deck gave very stirring and interesting sermon on the text Thou art weighed in the balances and found wanting. Next Sunday George V. Smith, the edi. tor of the New England Magazine, will speak on ''The signs of the times" al the four-o'clock vesper service. Rock Meadow Miss Mabel Heck spent Sunday with
 Mrs. Henry Leffingwell on Stafford Street Samuel Heck has resumed his work with the Lyman Seed Go. of Spring field after being at home through the spring.
 MT. and Mrs. Louis Stanton and in fant son and MT. and Mrs. Herbert
 Bradway of Brimfield were at George Bradway's on Sunday. Mrs. Mary Webber, Eddie Webber
 and Charlie Miller of Springfield were at Myron Heck's the first of the week
 Mrs. Webber will remain through the week.
The Press., 1919-07-24
HOLLAND

Mrs. A. Esten Clough is spending a | week in Long Island.
 Mrs. John D. Parker of Hartford l was the guest on Saturday of Mrs, Lewis B. Price.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Olds of Andover | were the guests Sunday of MT. and
 Mrs. Myron G. Sparrow. | Judge and Mrs. Edwin s. Agard re-
 turned Monday after spending 2
 month at Charleston Beach.
 Mrs. Roland, who has been spending
 eight weeks at the Steele House, is
 taking a trip through the Berkshires
 The Young Peoples Society oi
 Christian Endeavor will give a food
 sale Saturday afternoon on the church lawn.
 Mrs. Harriet Kite, MT. and Mrs Howard Kite and Miss Kite of Rock vile were the guests Sunday of MT and Mrs. Walter Crittenden. Albert Thomforde, Miss Anna Thorn
 forde and Mrs. Henry Thomforde of New York are spending some time at MT. and Mrs. Frank A. Luhrsen's. Mrs. McWatly and daughter, Genie McWatly, of New Jersey and Miss Helen Ludlow of Boston have returned home after spending some time with MT. and Mrs. Wm. B. Ludlow. The annual fair of the Ladies' Aid of the Lee Methodist church will be held in the town hall next Wednesday. In the evening an entertainment consist ing of music and play will be pre- scented.
 The death of William Ritchie, the five-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. Ritchie of Hartford, is of special in
 terest in Holland for Mrs. Ritchie was Miss Clara Mccormick, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Andrew J. Mccormick, and was resident of our town for a good many years. Much sympathy is felt for the family in their great sor- row.
 Gordon Christopher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis K. Christopher, has ar
 rived home from overseas. He was in the service two years and the last
 four months was spent in a French l college, where he was studying chem | istry. This was special course that | the government gave to two hundred | selected soldiers. He will give talk
 on his life as a soldier in the Congre- | gational church Sunday evening.
The Press., 1919-07-24
Miss Grace Gurley returned home last Tuesday after visiting in Philadel-

|> Miss Grace Gurley returned home last Tuesday after visiting in Philadel- phia at the home of her brother. George Whitehouse of Atwoodville was the weekend guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Mathews. C. B. Russell of Brockton, Mass,
 was a recent visitor at the home of
 Mrs. Mary Clark and son, William. Leon Woodwork will spend the next two weeks of his vacation visiting
 with relatives in and about the town. Mrs Julia Burnham of East Hamp- ton is stopping at the home of her parents, where she is helping in the
 care of her mother, who is quite i'll. The Wilmington ball team journeyed to Eagleville last Sunday where they went up against the team of that place and were defeated by the score of II to 4. ...
 Wm. Clark and his mother, Mrs.
 Mary J. Clark, accompanied by Mrs. Ida Dawkins of Denver, Col, and Rob- ert Hull of Norwich motored last Sun day to Holyoke where they visited l friends.
 Theodore Worden met with a very
  | while cranking an auto It back fired and broke his wrist. He was removed to the Johnson hospital where the injured member was attended to. It will be good news to the many
 friends of Gardiner H. Hall, who has | been so seriously ill, to know that he has improved most wonderfully and is
 now on the gain, and all hope to see him out again after his long. confine-
 ment.
 l Mrs. Anthony Accero, of the Fisher place, presented her husband with a
 bouncing pair of twins last Tuesday
 morning, one weighing 8 lbs. and the
 other 813; both boys. Mother and sons
 are all doing as we'll as can be ex- pected.
 l At the preaching service in Memo
 rial church last Sunday letter was
 read from the former superintendent
 of Sunday school, George Westerfield
 asking for dismissal from the Feeder
 ated church of Wilmington in order
 that he may join the Methodist church at New Brunswick, N. J.
 1 Mrs. L. c. Dimock recently returned
 from Spartanburg, s. C., where she spent four days with her brother, who | is ill at the base hospital at Camp Wadsworth. Mrs. Dimock was ac-
 companied on Fher trip by Miss Olga l IPobuda, who spent week in New York and came home with her sister | Mrs Q. A Burian. and son.
The Press., 1919-07-24

Henry Carey and wife of Springfield were guests over Sunday of MT and
 Mrs. Frank Angley.
 Miss Esther Alexander and C.. w. Doherty of Hartford are guests of MT.
 and Mrs. Nathan Ward.
 About one hundred dollars has been collected by the ladies of the A. O. H.
 for the Irish victory fund.
 Mrs. James Mclaughlin, who has been at the Johnson hospital for the past two weeks, is improving. MT. and Mrs. w. o. Judd have moved from their place on Stafford Street, which they recently sold, and are now occupying rooms in the Dennis tene-
 ment house on East Main street. Miss Virginia Wildey of South Orange, N. J., is guest of her cousin, Miss Harriet Louise Wildey. With Fred Wildey they have been spending few days in Worcester and Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Bates of East Nassau, N. Y., were guests of MT. and
 Mrs. Fred w. Bates the past week, and Miss Mildred Bates is visiting her sister, Mrs. Benson Fuller, in Conway, Mass.
 William Allen of Lisbon Center, Me-, has accepted the position as sub master at the Stafford high school for the next year. MT. Allen graduated from Bates college in June, 1917. In college he specialized in science and during his last two years was an assistant in the physics laboratory He had to work his way through col lege so that he could not devote as much time to athletics as he wished He was; however, a member of his class team and will take an active in terest in the athletics here. Since graduation MT. Allen has spent eight cen months as an assistant in the chemical laboratory of the Naval Medical school in Washington, D. C., where he has done good work. The following item will be of inter- est to older residents as Mrs Hartlon and family lived in Stafford in the seventies: Mrs: Sarah Ann Hartlon aged 70, died last week Wednesday at her home, 100 Ashley St., Springfield She was born in England and leaves two daughters, Miss Emma C. Hartlon
 of Springfield. and Mrs. F. Stewart Chapin of Longmeadow; one sister Mrs. George Parish, of New Haven and two brothers, William A. and Allan Dobson of Hartford. The funer- al was held Friday afternoon at
 o'clock in All Saints Episcopal church ! with burial in Oak Grove cemetery
 Mrs. Hartlon was very active in the
 early work of Grace Episcopal church | and has within recent years given the cross in. memory of a daughter, and ! the choir rail as memorial to he1 | father and mother.
The Press., 1919-07-24
Orioles.

As for myself am turned contrac- tor of hammock netting for the orioles, taking my pay in notes. I throw strings out of the window and they snap' them up at once. They sit in the cherry trees hard by and war ble, Hurry up! hurry upl" I never found out before just what they said. But if you will listen you will find that this Is what they first say. A vul- garism, admit, but native.-Lowen.
The Press., 1919-07-24

Two-base hits, Dickey, Huden, Bo- lieau, Rourke; stolen bases, Gilman, Dupre, Dickey, Ericson, Sullivan; sac rifice hits, Dupre; double plays, Sulli- can to Ericson to Mccarthy; bases on balls, off Cerago 2, Galliger 5; struck out, by Cerago 2, Galliger 5; hit by pitcher, Webber, Cerago, Rourke; left on bases, Stafford 6, Monson g.; time, 2 hours; umpire, Pero
The Press., 1919-07-24
HOME NEWS.

LOCAL NOTICES.
 Natter under this head 12 cent p sr line.' White and coiored millinery, trimmed and untrimmed, greatly reduced in price at Miss Beckwith's.
 Watch for the new policy at Day's Photo Studio, and in the meantime bring in your amateur work. F. ;. Holmes, Mgr.
Evening journal., 1919-04-21
17-YEAR LOCUST
WORRIES FARMERS

There Is no longer any question about
this being locust year" in this part OF
the Delmarvia Peninsula. The horn
tailed cicada has arrived and speaks
fOr himself. or will IN the near future,
when he doffs his brown shell and cuts
loose with his russet wings and his
melancholy wall about "Pharoah."
Early gardeners have been tossing
up the grub in great quantity, showing
that they are near the surface and
about at an end Of their seyenteen-year
journey.
Orchardists are feeling the usual ap-
prehension about their trees. and espe-
cially the very young ones, for which
mother locust seems 70 have special
penohant-tke reason for this being
that the tender branches make easier
boring for the egg deposit owners
OF mountain forest lands are likewise
dreading the visit OF the destructive
insect, as they make terrific havoc OF
the young chestnuts. that being the
favorite tree upon which they propa-
gate the next crop. With tens Of
thousands Of chestnut trees destroyed
by the blight in the past couple sea-
sons, the remaining can IN afford the
ruinous visit Of the locusts.