The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-13
eeen pee confined to her bed for the last five weeks.

|. tSo 0AtiAs Ol Nlilnam was recent " added to the sales force of the Moseley & Son store.
 E. E. Leonard, one of the old resi- dents of the 0den community. was in Mena for supplies Tuesday.
 Eugene Harper, living on South Fourth street, has been confined to his home for three weeks by sickness.
 o. B. Withespoon and W. A. Wor- thlngton of Cove were in Mena on business Wednesday.
 R. B. Miller was in from Board Camp Wednesday to lay in a supply of seed oats and field seeds for the spring farm work.
 Mrs. J. K. Joplin returned to her home in Wickes Tuesday afternoon, after a two-day's visit at the home of MT. and Mrs. I. E. Lindsay. Mir. and Mrs. Robt. Connally re- turned Wednesday from Rocky, where they had spent week at the home of Mir. and Mrs. c. B. Connally.
 William Waltman returned Satur- day from Fort Sill, Ok, having re- ceived his discharge from the infan- try branch of Uncle Sam's army. R. B. Board, cashier of the Plant CTS State Bank, after having been off duty for a short time on account of an attack of lumbago, is again on duty.
 Grady Embry was in from Board Camp Tuesday looking after load ing and shipment of a carload of hogs which he has bought for the Kansas City market.
 Mir. and Mrs. W. W. Townsend were moving Tuesday to the suburban res idence property on Reine street, which they recently purchased from the late Dr. [. E. Holt.
 s. ?. Pigg, who has opened at ga rage at Ashdown, is spending a part of this week in Mena on business and visiting friends. He started in busi- ness in Ashdown about a month ago. and reports that he is we'll satisfied with his venture.
 F. z. Davis left Tuesday afternoon for Lewisville, Ark, to join Marion Francis in the sale of a carload of mules, which they had shipped to that point from Mena.
 Mir and Mrs L. J. Martin of Wich- ita, Kas., who had been in Mena for several weeks, while Mir. Martin was selling out a carload of horses, left for their home Tuesday afternoon.
 Serphine Ernst went to Wander voort Tuesday afternoon to join Mrs. Ernst and the children, who have been visiting at the home of Mrs. AL win Bailey for several days, all of them returning home Wednesday. 
 The Rev. r. F. Harrell of the First M. E. church, South, returned Tues day afternoon from Texarkana, where he had attended a group meet ing of the pastors of the Texarkana district in reference to the Centenary movement.
 D. R. Roberts was ir from Opal Tuesday. He was glad to hear of the progress made on the Jefferson high way, but was more interested in see4 ing a movement started for a per manent highway to the eastern part of the county.
 Rufus Davis came from Hatfield on Tuesday to spend Wednesday in the county seat. MT. Davis reports that the farmers in his community are already pushing spring work, many of them having begun sowing oats and preparing land for other crops.
 John H. Hamilton, who has been in Texas points for some time visit ing and recuperating, writes J. l.. Horner from Corpus Christi that while he has been able to go on fish, ing trips and other outings, he is not improving in health as much as he desires, and plans to return to Mena soon.
 ]. Nj. Hatfield and Will Lein were in from Shady Tuesday to get sup plies for the Hatfield Store. Mir. Hatfield reported that his son, Clai- borne, is now with the American forces in France, but that he hopes to be released in time to return to Polk county to make crop the coming season.
 M. F. Whitaker, living north of Mena, has been doing good business this winter, selling home butchered pork, having thus far sold and killed twelve porkers. In spite of the high price of feed, he states that the ven- ture has been profitable, netting him about $150 aside from the meat for his own use,
 II. H. Randolph, who eight weeks ago underwent an operation for the removal of a psoas abscess, is show ing such marked improvement that he was able to be out of doors for a short time Tuesday. With the com ing of warm weather he hopes soon to be able to take an auto trip about the city
 George J. Clark, commercial sales os.o,E fot tho Con, m orwaalth Public