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The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
vANDERvooRT yERITIEs.

Mrs. Ella Barnes went to Cove Monday.
 Mrs. Affholter and daughter mot ored to Cove Monday.
 Andrew Jackson left last Friday for the oil field at Gainesville, La.
 Mir. and Mrs. Lawrence Merchant and baby are here visiting relatives.
 Mir. and Mrs. Benson and family of Cove called on the latter's parents Sunday.
 Ray Hamilton of Marble Hill went to work here with the surfacing gang Monday.
 MT. and Mrs. Dillon of McCauley were in Vandervoort on business Tuesday.
 Mart Cranfill, wife and baby of Marble Fill were in Vandervoort Tuesday.
 The six-months-o child of Mir. and Mrs. Roy Carl died last Wednes- day of congestion.
 Mir. and Mrs. Balding's little daugh- ter daughter died last Saturday and was buried Sunday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Sam Crisco and little sons are here from points in Kansas They will locate here
 Joe Pagan of East Vandervoort was in town Tuesday to get his car which he had in the garage here for repair.
 MT. Buck received the sad news of the death of his son in Washington. He was a sergeant and was killed when a large truck struck him.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
HATFIELD HAPPENINGS.

Mrs. | I. Alley of Mena visited here the latter part of the week.
 Prof. U. F. lobe of Vandervoort spent Saturday in Hatfield with friends.
 c. E. Cook left Thursday for Tex as, where he will be employed in the oil fields.
 Judge and Mrs. II. ". Finger were week end guests at the c. 0 Tender son home
 Mrs P. J. Bowling and Miss Otus Henderson of Smithville were shop ping in Hatfield Saturday.
 Marguerite Henderson of Wander yoort sent most of last week with Pauline Gates and other friends.
 W. R. Parsons of Wickes spent several days last week with his par ents. Mir. and Mrs. C. w Parsons.
 Mrs. Fred Kleckler and mother were in Hatfield a short time Safur- day en route to their home in Smith vile.
 Miss Christa York left weapesdsy for Little Rock. where she will attend
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
MOUNTAIN FORK FoIBLEs.

Mrs. Robert Sartin has the fever. Claud Bedding butchered a fine beef Friday.
 Basil and Claud Bedding took cot ton to the gin last week.
 J. C.. and s. O. Robinson were transacting business in Mena Thurs day
 While squirrel hunting Lawson Eaves accidentally shot himself thru the foot.
 Miss Willie Gibson and Miss Etta Gray spent Saturday night at the Ira Hall home near Rocky.
 Mrs. Ella Bedding and little daugh- ter, Ida Opal, spent Thursday night at the s. O. Robinson home.
 Mrs. Millie Crawford is spending this week at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Bob Sartin, who is suffer- ing with the fever.
 School at Shady Point began Mon- day with Miss Dora Keller as teacher. W. L. Linam returned home from Mena the last of the week.
 On account of mistake in the mail the Mountain Fork Pebbles for last week reached Mena Thursday and was too late to be published
 Brown Eyes.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
NEWS FROM NUNLEY.

Luke Shirley purchased the Tom Riales car.
 School opened Monday with attend aace of 27.
 Mir. Brumley has just about com- pleted his barn.
 Mir. Westbrok of Mena sang with our class Sunday evening.
 MT. and Mrs. Sampson Harris of ink visited Mir. and Mrs. Heath Sun day.
 Mr. and Mrs. Charley Spencer left Wednesday for Horatio to visit with his parents.
 MT. Nunnelee of Briartown, Ok, has moved back here and is stopping at the 2enniger place until he finds a location
 Mir. and Mrs. W. c. Avea left Tues day for new home in Texas. They are making the trip overland in wag- ons accompanied by their sons-in- law, Gordon and Lloyd Eettles.
 Dave Hawkins passed away Mon- day at l0:30 o'clock. He leaves a wife, five sons and three daughters. a brother and host of other relatives and friends to mourn his death. All the children were with him during his long sickness.
 Quite bit of moving among our neighbors these days. Mir. Stanley is moving on the Thompson farm re- gently vacated by Mir. Harrison. Mir. Bass is intending to move near Acorn this week, also T. Ballew and James Nagoner are reporting they will be on the move in few days
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
UNION cRovE-PosEY HOLLOW.

Jim Martin and Estella Combs att tended services at Yocana Sunday.
 Mrs. Henry Canaday and Estelle Combs were Mena visitors Tuesday.
 Henry Canaday left last week for Slsmore, Kas., where he will work this winter.
 Mir. and Mrs Jeff Bell are visiting with Mrs. Bells parents, MT. and Mrs. Woods, at Mt. Ida.
 There will be an entertainment at Union Grove Saturday night followed by pie supper and cake for the prettiest girl.
 Aunt Sarah Harris is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Rector Lunsford, of Yocana this week, getting acquainted with her new grandson.
 The people of this community were saddened by the death of Mrs. Rob- ert Brown, which occurred at her home near Page, Ok. on October 25. Mrs. Brown was well known here and was loved by all that knew her. She is survived by her husband, R. T. Brown, and eight children, five girls and three boys, an aged mother, three brothers and two sisters.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
COVE CATCHES.

Green beans are still being shipped from Cove.
 U. B. Witherspon went to Mena Monday on business.
 F. M. Cecil of Vandervoort was in Cove Thursday on business.
 Mrs. Willie Sunderman of Mena is Visltlng Ed Henson this week.
 w. !. Underwood If Watson. Ok. was m Cove Tuesday on business.
 Kelsey Skinner and family visited Francis Cecil at Nandervoort Sunday. Walter Eason of Dallas. Tex. is visiting R. N. Mcfarland and family.
 Mrs, Ella Barnes of pandervoort fasited Mrs Kelsey Skinner Monday.
 The Cove Lumber Companv has moved their stock to the new barn lhe manager Han1p Taon. has rnoved i'sfo the new house built for him.
 Paul C. ThoFne Of Broken Row was in Cove last week on oaieial buslness Rev. 4. S. Hensau isf. for pnnsn,s ok. where he will make his fufs,re tome.
 v. 3: Hubble, superintendent of she
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10

the state fair the remainder of the week.
 J. H. Daniels has installed new and up to date switch board at the telephone exchange and is prepared to give his patrons much better serv- ice.
 The Ladies Aid has resumed their meetings and a social session was held Friday at the home of Mrs. Willard Lowthers which proved to be a very enjoyable affair. The business meeting for this month Will be nelu Friday the 18th, at the church and all members are urged to be present:
 The school carnival held last Thursday night for the purpose of raising funds for the domestic science class was a success in every way, the proceeds amounting to $67.5O, and all in attendance considered they re- ceived the price of admission many times over in the entertainment fur nished.
 MT. and Mrs. J. B. Williams, ST, have improved their home by the ad-- dition of an 11x1e foot room, and have papered and painted the interior of the house turnout. They have also constructed a cement cave that TOT convenience and appearance leaves nothing to be desired Water Is piped from the well to a milk box in corner of cave, and thence to the stock lot several rods away. It is shelved both with cement and lum- Der, and provided with good ventila- tion.
 Early Tuesday morning the follow ing boys left by truck with c. 0. Henderson at the wheel for Little Rock to attend the state fair: Rus | sell Williams, Victor Pottorff, Elmer Dover, Morton Glastonbury, Olin and Glen Schults, Fred Riding, Eli Low thers, Emmett Kermit and Floyd Myers, Tarvin Johnson, Leahman Ep- pinette, Bennie James, Newell and Hughy Crane, Gerald Poole, David Paul and Orville Ogden, Joe and Car ral Fraker and Elree Wheat. They were accompanied by Messrs. J. w. Middleton, J. A. Slote, Marion Davis and R. P. Albin, who will have them in charge They expect to return Sunday.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
TWO HIGHWAY VIEWS,
 WHICH Is RIGHT?

To the Editor Mena Star.
 Please give me some space in The Star this week.
 On the 26th of last month the Outlook magazine published an arti- cle on Arkansas and the highway sit uation. The writer of the article, Sherman Rogers, points everything very rosy. It is quite different to the things last March.
 So who are we to believe, MT. Rogers or the New York Times :? Bothl What Going to believe both sides 2" I can hear the reader ask. Certainly, for there are two sides to everything and it often takes some extremist or extremists to clarify things.
 Now I would like to go on and ex- plain some things. But what's the use? The worst has past and we should all do just as this same MT. Rogers suggested in a speech he made in Little Rock before he wrote the article.
 This is briefly what he said:
 Arkansas should bury it's local and political squabbles in the locality in which they originated, and it's citi- zens shoHld write ::: j.: camp ETi to advertise the resources of the state
 Of these words one can all agree. For there is nothing to be gained in holding grudges over the past or do- ing anything that will violate the laws of friendship and good will.
 Arkansas is a great state all right. and all it and the whole south needs Is to begin manufacturing it's raw products at home, cotton especially. and stop this paying high freight rates two ways and ultimately paying six times more for our own home products in the finished state than we got in the raw state. This is Tom fooling and some day it will be stopt. And incidentally it might be said that these high freight rates will eventually prove to be blessing in disguise. They will start farmers to raising everything they can in their own localities and induce manufac- turing inclined persons to locate near tho spot where important crops are grown. Also these high freight rates Will create a greater need for good roads. For on short hauls they can carry freight cheaper than the rail- way companies
 Yes! let the good road boosting go on. For the worst is over and as to the past we will soon forget ii Forget! Yes, forget Even Napol- con the most destructive character the world has ever known. ia still favorably remembered for the fine highways he once built acrose tLa Alps in order to get his soldiers into Italy. The others we forget.
 To forget everything that keens people divided is the most praisa- worthy thing man ever did. if is the zenith and omega of all great ness. People were created to he friendly and it always takes all the people, both rich and poor, saint and sinners to settle any big question.
 Joe Lewis.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
DEMAND FOR POsSUM cLUB
 TICKETS SETS NEW RECORD
Maximum Number Agreed Upon. 17s Quickly Taken and Scores Are
 Disappointed.

At no time in it's history has the Polk County Possum Club faced sucb a demand for banquet tickets as ,. this year. Early it was agreed bv tha M d;1 rectors that but 175 tickets would ha sold, and this was done almost i,nne- !diately on being offered. There has been, in addition to calls from Mena a real demand from points soufh in the county, Hatfield, Vandervoort and Miekes among the most uryent Wickes called for 20 tickets. but ris orIs, z could be spared from the I75 ai iotted, and the directors are tryino to md way out to accommodate annl,s cants, "Pph-
 AfranEements have been made wifb Ine ladies of St. Agnes church 10 servs -. The banquet. and. an a more convenl s9i place, the Cox building. corner ef nena and Jansen, vas selected ae tf. place for holding the feast. ''s
 There IS no doubt but this hano..s. vii De the best ever given br the csnh both in tAe menu and the enterta,s- ment features. '''s' 'A ''''
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10

win Barton attended prayer. meeting aft springdale Saturday night. Mir. and Mrs. T. ]. Barton vlsited their daughter. Mrs. William Jackcr- son, of Ouachita Saturday night
 Lawrence Deihl, Herbert Hess and Curtis lh;lpot attended prayer mesl- ing as Ten Foot Saturday night. Mrs. Fred Harris of Owens Chapel and Miss Zula Davis of Hocana WIS., tied at the D. H. Lee home Friday
 R. l.. Thornton and Roy Philpot went to Mena Tuesday and drove back an Overland car for Wiipurn Philpot. The ball game between Egger and Yocana schools Friday was interest ing and resulted with 20 to l3 m favor of Egger.
 R. L. Darrough, R. L. Thornton, Dennis Cagle, Ben Deihl and Mss Josephine Lanigar attended singing at Yocana Wednesday night.
 Mrs. Mary Lee, who has been yis- ting her son, D. H. Lee, and daugn- ter, Mrs. T. ". Thornton, this week, returned to Waters Monday.
 Mir. and Mrs. W. M Jackson, who have spent the last three weeks with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. |. ]. Bar tor returned to their home Saturday.
 There will be a pie supper at the Egger school house Saturday night November 12, the proceeds to be used .e finish paying for the school library. Everybody invited.
 w. w Philpot and family, accom- panied by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Philpot left Thursday morning by auto for Fort Smith to visit their son, Roy who is there taking a business course,
 Smiles.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
INK SPLAsHES.

School at Concord is progressing nicely with Prof. Shinn as teacher
 Isom Perry of Egger spent Satur- day night and Sunday here with his brother, A. A. Perry.
 Mir and Mrs.O. s. Harris spent Sunday at Nunley with Mir and Mrs. Calvin Heath.
 George Cross and family are mak- ing preparations to leave for Hominy, Ok, to make their future home.
 Remember that next Sunday after noon will be Mir. Crawford's regular time to sing at Concord and all come.
 MT. and Mrs. Will Riley and daugh- ters, Florence and Annie, spent the week end visiting with rela ives at Potter and Rocky.
 H. A. Audas and grandson, Ted Audas, of Waldron visited from Fri day until Monday here with MT. and Mrs. H. k. Audas
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
EGGER ECHOES.

R. E. Lee of Waters was in thi, vicinity Thursday.
 Uncle Tom Philpot made a bushes, trip to Mena Tuesday.
 J. E. Darrough attended confer ence at Dallas Saturday and Sunday
 Miss Edie Philpot spent the weel .erd with her grandparent at Spring dale.
 Mir. Murphy and sister of 0paI visited their brother, Grover Murphy Friday.
 Chester Lyles and brother, Bill have moved on the John Wood farm af fornna.
 Misr Anna Thornton is visiting her cousin. Miss Fila Reyes. at Board Camp this week. f.4 Misses Fila and Beulah Reyes of Board Camp visited their aunt. Mrs. E. Thornton. Thursday.
 Cage Phiipof and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Philpof,s parents. 2. H. Miller. at SfinQdaia. cef%:s and Walter Ptilpof and A.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
CENTER POINT.

Mrs. Eli Turner is among those on the sick list this. week.
 Uncle Will Patten and wife were trading in Mena Monday.
 Bro. Bedding delivered good sermon to a medium sized congrega- tion Sunday.
 Ode Turner, Pate Barnes and Lee Harrison were atten ling to business in Mena Tuesday.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Earnest and Miss Anolia Rowe of Rocky attended services here Sunday.
 Christopher Earnest and wife and Mrs. Pate Earnest and son, Raymond, were trading in Mena Monday.
 Next Sunday night at early candle light there will be prayer meeting at the Center Point school house.
 Mrs. Ode Turner was called to Pot ter Tuesday on account of the serious illness of her father, Mir. Hunsaker.
 Mrs. Tone Wilc0xon and Mrs. Ora Lemming went to Bob Sartin's across the river, where Mrs. Sartin is real sick.
 Will Gordon and family of Noun tain Fork were here to attend church and visit at the home of Tom Lem ming
 Mrs. Pate Earnest and children and Grandma Earnest returned Thursday from 0ctavia on weeks visit with relatives.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charlie Sartin went to Mena last Thursday to see their daughter and get acquainted with their new granddaughter.
 Dr. Webb has sold his farm to Mir. Barnes of Dierks who will take pos- session at once and Dr. Webb is nov ing to Mena to look after the inter- ests of his poultry house.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
CURING
 HOUSE IS FILLING
Estimated There Are 2500 Bushels Now in, With 1900 to 200O Yet to Come-Service Is Appre-
 ciated.

The directors of the Potato Cur ing House cooperating with the Commercial Club, are doing good work this year ln the effort to help save the sweet potato crop in the trade territory tributary to Mena. Up to date. the front room of the curing house is practically full, several hundred bushels have been stored m the rear room, making total or about 2,500 bushels. From l,5OO to 2,000 bushels more are yet to come in- Of the amount now in the curing house, over half have been stored by the growers either for use or Tor future sale.
 The crate problem was solved thru the help of A. C. Higginbottom of the Isett Lumber Company of Wickes, who arranged to furnish a hobby crate, making deliveries almost daily by truck so that it has been possible to supply the demand from day to day. The company is paying DO cents per bushel, for sweets sorted, graded and packed under the regula- tions for Standard No. l, which pro vides for a variation of from la inches in diameter to not over 3A, and not over eight inches in length. The canning factory is still buying potatoes, also, payng 35 cents per bushel for field run. In buying the potatoes, an effort is being made to establish a standard grade and adopt a uniform package, so the Polk coun- ty sweets" will be a firmly estab- lished product on the outside market.
 That this service is appreciated by at least some of the benefciaries is evidenced by the statement made Tuesday by M. D. Keener of the Acorn community, who, one receiving payment for 100 bushels, said this transaction has simply saved me from wasting a lot of good foodstutf,. for had there been no market for sweets" in Mena many of mine would have gone to the bad or else been fed to the hogs.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
RANSOM REPLIES.

School is in session now with Mir. Carl of Ink as teacher.
 A Mir. Crow from Mena moved on the Allen farm last week.
 R. F. Wear of Ink stayed all night with John Dodd Sunday night.
 Sunday school has closed for the winter. It will open again next spring.
 Mir. and Mrs. Leslie Wood killed a hog last week. They are all well at present.
 Mir. and Mrs. Bell Wallace of Mena spent part of last week with the Mounts.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Graf of Mena took dinner with friends in Ransom last week
 This part of the world sure needs a rain. Some arc hauling water for household purposes.
 Crops are about all gathered here now A good crop of corn was made but the cotton was very light.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
ALDER SPRINGS DRINKS.

County Superintendent Morden vis- ited school here Tuesday.
 J. A. Baggs and family visited relatives at 0ctavia last week. Everyone remember singing here third Sunday evening by Mir. Gibbs. Dink Winton of Oklahoma visited with relatives here a few days last week.
 Bro. J. L. Reed of near Old Potter attended prayer meeting here Sunday night.
 T. H. Horton moved near Potter this week, where he will rent for an- other year.
 Misses Maud Crawford and Beat rice Roberts spent Sunday with Miss Ethel Shipp of near Potter.
 MT. and Mrs. Rome Brown and children of Fort Townsend, Ok, wis., ited home folks here last week. MT. Johnson of Mitchum school house has rented the Terrell farm here and are moving in this week.
 Dewdrops.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
CORRESPONDENCE
ACORN CUPS.

Asa Golden came Sunday for q visit with home folks.
 Miss Pearl Barron again took up work in the Rocky school Monday.
 The community club meeting was very we'll attended Saturday night.
 4 good singing was enjoyed Sun day afternoon with Mir. Morden as leader.
 Club boys and girls remember that Friday afternoon is the date of Jhelr meeting. with the county agent.
 Mir. and Mrs. Leonard Roope went to BianSett, Scott county Sunday to visit Mir. Roope's mother, returning Tuesday morning.
 There was some disappointment caused by the failure of the truck marketing contracts to arrive but this will be attended to sometime soon.
 They say conditions are bad, but our weather during the past two months can't be included. If anyone ever saw better they have been twice blest.
 Hiss Hester Henson spent the week end with the Mcdonald family, wht are living on. the Turner place until Goldens can give them possess sion ef their own home.
 Thursday afternoon regular meet ing day of the women of the com- munity have opportunity to meet at the school dormitory with the county agent for instructive work.
 Ethan Garland joined the bunch of boys from the Hatfield vocational training school who with Instructor Pref Middleton. left Tuesday morn- ing in motor truck for Little Rock.
 Miss Hazel Troxell expected to re- turn to her school work in the Big Fork school Sunday but was unable to do SC on account of sickness. Miss Nina Crawfrd went in her stead Monday.
 The girls have gotten their basket ball court marked off and are pre- pairing to get in some good practice. There are not many girls to choose from for the team, but few good players are being developed.
 Among other interesting things which happened in Mena during that busy week of court and poultry show. teachers association, etc, was tho contest arranged for the country women and girls by County Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Austin. It was the making of shortc2kes, using the dried peaches, products of the Consolidated Fruit Growers of Cali fornia, the second prize being also five pounds, of those fine peaches. Other supplies and equipment were donated and furnished by liberal minded Mena merchants. And did you notice Acorn carried off the two first prizes, Mrs. McWiliam in the women's contest and Miss Pearl Barron in the girls. The third prize in each contest was also made possi- ble by a donation from one of our citizens.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
RAINBoW SETTINGS NEws.

MT. Owen has returned home from Cove.
 J. W. Shelton shopped in Mena Friday.
 Forest fires are out. It has burned quite lot of fence for Mir. Stutler.
 Mir. and Mrs. Purscell are gonig to leave. We are sorry to have them leave.
 Mrs. W. H. Hooker has organized Sunday school with full attendance last Sunday.
 Alvis and Willie McLemore have returned home from Talihina, Ok. where they have been for several weeks at work.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
ROCKY RUMBLEs.

Dr. c. 4. Campbell of Potter was a Rocky visitor Friday
 Miss Sallie Connally visited Miss Pauline Rigdon Sunday.
 Little David Greer is reported i'll with pneumonia this week.
 c. c. Ulmer marketed cotton in Mena last week for Rowe 6 Pollard. The Misses Anolia Rowe and Win nie Wallace were shopping in Mena Saturday.
 School began here Monday with Prof. Andrew Mauldin as principal and Miss Pearl Barron has charge of the primary room.
 Sunbonnef Sua
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
FREEDOM NEWS.

M. |. McNeil was in Mena on busi- ness Monday.
 Willis Outright was in Mena on business Monday.
 William Patton and wife were trad ing in Mena Monday.
 A. F. Lehman was in Mena on business. Saturday night.
 Isaac Saurbaugh and wife arrived home Monday from a two-day stay in Mena.
 ]. R. Warden of Marshfield, Mo. is visiting at the home of Isaac Saur- baugh.
 Jewel Maddox arrived home Sunday for El Dorado, Ark, where he has been employed for the past two months.
 J. A. Warden and Isaac Saurbaugh have purchased shingle mill from M. L. McNeil and B. F. Williams and hope to nave it running soon at the home of L SaurbauglN
The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-10
CRYSTAL HILL SPARKS.

". L. Durham made business trip to Mena Monday.
 Mrs. H. W. Stewman was Board Camp visitor Monday.
 T. A. Linn and son. Ray, made a business trip to Ment Tuesday. Miss Birdie Roberson returned home Friday after spending week with relatives in Mena
 Mr. and Mrs. Mat Watkins of Hil- lard visited Sunday with Mir. and Mrs. Frank Roberson here.
 Mr. and Mrs David Mitchell and children of Oak Hill spent the week end with Mir Mitchell's mother here. Everybody remember that Bro. Woods will preach here Sunday at II o'clock. There will be Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
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