The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-08

:z,~ :z,~.ccS PERSONAL NOTES
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 MT. and Mrs. Will Jones left Sunday f6r their home at Siloam Springs.
 Mi. l. Crowell of Wichita Falls, Tex. z<as in Mena on business Monday.
 R. Sims has bought thru the Hamil- }oh agency the B. F. Chisholm home ou Eleventh street.
 Robert Norris was in Fort Smith 1onday to dispose of cotton bought by Matthews & Norris.
 zee Crawford left Monday for Coal 1ale. Ark, to bring consignment of mules back to Mena.
 U. H. Daniels, manager of the Hat {hld Telephone Company, was in Mena on business Monday.
 Clyde Cunningham was at Wickes Qaturday to attend a meeting of di- Factors of the Wickes bank.
 Grady Embry was forced to quit Ais duties at the Randolph -Embry atore Monday because of illness.
 Mrs. c. A. Lindsay and children, af- ter a visit with Mena relatives. left Sunday for their home at Shreveport.
 Mrs. F. c. Balridge of Paris, Tex, arrived in Mena Monday for a visit With her parents, MT. and Mrs. N. w. Eddy.
 s Mrs. w. c. Johnson and baby of Texarkana are visiting her sister Mrs. c. c. Koker and family on Sev- enth street.
 # MT. and Mrs. R. D. Whitaker and <pn have returned to Talequah, Ok, Following visit in Mena with Mrs Elrod Taylor.
 Miss c. c. Schlosser of St. Louis who had been visiting in Mena with Mir. and Mrs. M. Martiny, returned Nome Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. John Filming left Sun- Ill - .f4n~,,xo,, fo, Enrt Smith ttnnn rq- |teipt of a message an aunt of Mrs Pfnning was dead.
 M Ike Grant went to Texarkana Sun day and returned with his father, John Grant, who has been receiving treat ment from a specialist.
 Clyde Smith of Tacoma, Wash, ar lived in Mena Sunday to be with his Father, James Smith, who IS seriously m at the home on Janssen avenue.
 W. E. Bailey left Sunday for Tex nrkana to begin work as travelling Salesman for the Russell Hardware Company of McAlester. Mir. Bailey Will travel mostly in Texas.
 R. o. Owen, who has been associ- 1ted with J. P. Payne in the real es- fate business has disposed of his in. kerests to Mir. Payne. and on Sunday left for Springfield, Mo, to live.
 Miss Alice Fried who is attending St. Anne's academy at Fort Smith. re turned to her studies Sunday after Spending the holidays in Mena witt Fer parents, Mir. and Mrs. F. R. Fried N Mrs Maude Newcomer has returned from visit at Auburn, Neb. She Hound seven inches of snow at Auburn Nhen she arrived there. but most of il had melted before she began the re furn trip to Mena.
 Fires which are burning in the hills north of the city attracted the atten- Bon of many Mena residents Sunday Might, and made pretty sight from d distance. The fires are believed to Have heen started by careless hunters # ri Mena Mercantile Company pith II. E. Manning and Clifton Gun Bingham in charge, is ready for busi. |z1ess in the store recently purchased npm w. w Townsend. The new firm
 |bects to change the interior of the Hore. and increase some Of the lines carried.
 4 Miss Emily Jo Pipkin left Saturday for Decatur, Tex, to resume her du. ties as instructor in the musical de partment of Decatur Baptist College She had been spending the holiday va cation in Mena with her parents, MT and Mrs. Minor Pipkin.
 Mrs. F. P. Gebhart and daughter left Saturday for Harmon. La, to wis f relatives before going to their new home at Tulsa, Ok.
 County Judge H. W. Finger held cpunty court Monday, and most of the court's time was taken up with pass 5ag upon claims.
 ~ Last year 3I33 licenses for autos Mere taken out in Polk county, but 1his year Sheriff J. A. Thornton is ex- pecting to exceed that number.
 While in aena Saturday. John Bombs of Posey Hollow heard that the Rome of his son, Henry Combs, had been burned to the ground the day preyious.
 Sam Cunningham, Southside mer- chant, and James Hendricks left Sat IL 4 c.. +e,