The Mena weekly star., 1919-04-24

sunday with MT. and Mrs. T. R. Bates, parents of Mrs. Pigg.
 F. L. Worrell of Rich Mountain came in on train No. Thursday ex- pecting to see the battle tank, but when he found it gone, he went on to DeQueen.
 J. W. Wilson of Danville, Yell county, was here Thursday to appear before Squire s. H. Smiths court on behalf of client, who was a former resident of Yell county.
 Allen & McMillan this week sold the J. H. Schumacher SO-acre farm located east of Mena, to John Hub scher. Mir. Schumacher will retain possession of the farm this summer
 MT. and Mrs. w. B. Thomas of Wickes, accompanied by Misses Ethel and Ollie Lewey and Ozie Rose, were among the south-end people in Mena Thursday to see the Battle Tank and do shopping.
 Dr. c. A. Jerome of Little Rock. as- sistant to Dr. Marvin Gregory, in spector in charge of tick eradication lin Arkansas, was here Thursday to consult with Grady Hand, in charge of the work in Polk county.
 Dr. P. R. Watkins and Dr. B. H. Hawkins have joined the list of Coun- ty Fair boosters, each having notified Secretary Eastin to add his name to the list of subscribers for S5, thus bringing the total fund up to $2,010.
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 The Rev. J. w. Hammonds of Van dervoort, missionary of the Ouachita Association of the Baptist churches, was in Mena Friday to go to Board Camp and other points in the eastern part of the county in the interest of his work.
 Mir. and Mrs. L. H. Johnson of Hat field were among the out-of- flown folks in Mena Thursday to attend the Victory Loan meeting. When asked who else was here from Hatfield, Mir. Johnson replied, "Just say that all OI ndJnelQ buTn6Q out.
 Mrs. J. c. Hartzell left onSatur- day for her home in Texarkana, aft CT spending the last three weeks with her parents, MT. and Mrs. L. E. Am brose, and other relatives. Mir. Hart zell is now employed in the First Ma tional Bank of Texarkana.
 
 Claude Wallace reached Mena last Monday from Mineral Wells. Pecan Gap and other Texas points, where he had been visiting relatives since being mustered out of service early this month at Camp Bowie. Tex He was in overseas service for eight months.
 J. w. Thatcher returned Friday from Poteau, Ok, where he had closed a deal for the purchase of rooming house of which he will take charge the first of next month. He reports that K. R. Jackson, who on Sunday took charge of cafe in Poteau, is doing fine business.
 Peter l. Bittlebrun, wife and daugh- ter, have reached Mena from Aber- deen, s. Dak., and are visiting the formers brother-in-law, J. P. Calla- han, and family at Twin Gates. Should Polk county meet their expec- tations Mir Bittlebrun and family plan to make it their home.
 Claude Williford made the first pulling of slips Friday from his sweet potato bed, taking out 25,0O0 plants in such small space that it can hard ly be noticed. There are thousands of plants in the bed ready to be taken out, and will be next week if the weather continues warm.
 R. T. Morrow and son, o. L. Peugh, James Banks and P. P. Patterson were among the farmers in from Big Cedar, Ok, Saturday to get fertilizer and other supplies for the spring farm work. They report that farm CTS in their community are all about ready to start cotton planting.
 James Gateley, son of MT and Mrs. R. A. Gateley, reached Mena Thurs day from Camp Pike, having been dis charged on Wednesday. He was a member of Company H, 147th Infan- try, which was apart of the 47th Di- vision, and returned from overseas on March 2S.
 A. s. Daniels, teacher in the Potter school during the last term, has been employed to take charge of the Rocky schools for the coming year. The patrons of the district desire to make the school the community center, and the teacher and pupils the leader in community activities, an opportunity of which Prof. Daniels is glad to take advantage.
 Waldo c. Austin, after spending over week with relatives in the Dallas valley and friends in Mena, left Thursday for his home in Heav- ener. He is making plans to attend school under government auspices, in consideration of the fact that he was wounded in overseas service. He will take up agriculture, but has not yet been assigned to an educational in- stitution.