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The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
ACORN KERNELS.

Rev. Doyle Rowe of Mena nl here Sunday morning.
 Mir. and Mrs. Fred Harris v cupy the Perry Reed place, wh and Mrs. Reed and family mo-
 Mir. and Mrs. Johnson gave Thursday night for the youag A large crowd gathered to en fun.
 MT. and Mrs. Morden can Sunday afternoon and led our in an hour of enjoyable sing the school house.
 John Peyton with his orches compelled to disappoint us S night on account of the sick Mrs. Peyton.
 An Epworth League has b ganized to meet every Sunday Miss Ora Tucker was leader Sundays meeting.
 Lize Lively of Board Camp ing his family this week to tn en Acres farm, where he will ployed this season.
 Misses Nina Crawford, Boul Garland and Pearl Barron, wh al at their homes for Christm cation, returned to work ir school room Monday morning. s
 Mrs. Lazalier and sons of q gee, Ok, who made this pla0 home about six years ago, hsw visiting friends here. The fan spending d few months in MeH
 Perry Reed has again entenE forest service and will begin soon in the Posey Hollow nas hood. The family expects sol move from their homestead to lh mer home of Judge Mills in tAi low.
 s. B. Reed, who recently here from Ratchcliffe, Ark, ha posed of forty acres of his p MT. and Mrs. John Brewer d former residents of this coEs MT. Reed becomes owner of Ma CTS town property of 10 Mena. Mir. Brewers family < again become residents of e munity. We hope the Reed will decide that they cannot d than remain, also.
 Next Saturday night the Il Farmers Community Club nS will be dairy night in charge q Callahan of Mena. Mir. Callaha spent much time and thought c. subject and together with a many years of experience and vation, in a number of placg rom various viewpoints, and from our viewpoint here, is esF' y we'll prepared to present this Ject. We are all more or less ested in cows and will be nor we attend this meeting. Come
 We'll, New Years eve finally and the event the boys and gin been preparing for. EnterinI school building one would thins had gotten out of place and negro community. The black acted their parts we'll and the stealing chase was much enjoye large crowd. Other numbers program were also good and cogee and doughnuts and othef things served by the ladies, about fourteen dollars more Owens Chapel building fund. remained until the midnight when the explosion of powdf ringing of the bell announced I vent of the New Year.
 Mr. Dagenheart recently con q novel Friday afternoon prog, his room at school. Each pup assigned . part, the numbers ( Ing of short ofr-hand talks o subjects ss story of life of Col he Great Purchase. Rules for Comma. Rules for Use of D foint, etc. with . few recitsti poems, memorixed fin lessons other variations. The main ios ihe development of ease in sneaking. The program alst nished good review for the being informal enough that 2 uonk could be made and ms poiiif emphasized after esd ferinhnes This teacher ana are plaaninR ether similar pH' l< rs.itFe the manctony nf e<F' school ~ork
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05

part of the fence is made of short pickets while the posts for several feet below will be boarded up to hold the soil that erodes from the hill. By this method the surface of the yard may be leveled and enriched for grass OF shrubberY.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
RICH MOUNTAIN NEWS.


 J. A. Mackey went to Mena Mon- day.
 Mrs. A. J. Reeder was quite sick last week.
 MT. Rogers of South Valley was in Rich Mountain Monday. ". M. Cox has returned from Wal dron, where he spent the holidays. Mrs. Stevenson of Mena spent one night last week with Mrs. Stakemiller. Mir. Ritz came to MT. DeWitt's Monday from Page, leaving that ev- ening.
 Mrs. Stakemiller is spending the week at the home of Mir. and Mrs. J. M. Shigley.
 Mir. and Mrs. Mixer and little son, Jesse, took New Years dinner at the Beck home. Mrs. Welter spent the evening there.
 MQrrrtfosv. MosA
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05

urday night with Mir and Mrs. B. L. Brown.
 Mir. and Mrs. Walter Seward and son. Keith, spent Sunday afternoon with Mir. and Mrs. c. M. Thomas near Pine Grove.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05

Rates Creek were visitors at tAa of Wiley Edwards Sunday.
 Earl Fountain, who has beca satisfied with town life, ig back to the S. A. Lofts farm
 Charley Furr and Nuben Rg who have been hunting for E week, had good luck with the ! family.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
CENTER POINT.

Lee Harrison was in Msna on husl. nezs lass Friday.
 sonn tzruest and family attended s''' eszssz 4a1 family fram Mosa.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
ckNEy HAPPENINGS.

A. H. Fountain made a business trip to Mena Monday.
 C. VI. Edwards visited near Blc Fork from Saturday until Sunday.
 Misses f<Snnie and Taf kisennoaser xlsited at the home nf Hugh Ma 44ox Ssfprday night
 hr. sa1 hn csorEe Edw4rds ef
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
OPAL OFFERINGS.
Farmers are breaking land.

Farmers are breaking land.
 James Hendrix of Fancy Hill spent Sunday night at the Rainwater home
 Etta and Elvis Beck and Cecelia Bates of Big Fork visited here Satur- day and Sunday.
 Misses Grace and Ozeta Spake and Maggie Edwards spent Saturday night near Redwood.
 Elmer. the little son of hrr. Far less, who has been sick for come time, is reported no better.
 George and Henry Lilies have pur- chased the Van Free shingle mill and will put 1t in operation near Slating- ton.
 Misses Martha and halinda Abee. vho are attending school at ht. Ida. spent the holidays here with home folks.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
ROCkY RUMBLES-

Ok. ~ " 0''' 0O' E. Rowe and J. S. Pollard went to Potter Monday.
 There will be a community spelling match Friday night.
 Pauline Rigdon spent Sunday with the Misses Lawrence.
 Next Sunday is our regular preach ing day. Everybody come.
 Doyle Rowe and family spent part or last week with relatives here.
 Anolia Rowe went to Hatfield Weednesday, returning Thursday. MT. and Mrs. Grady Pollard spent the holidays with relatives here.
 j. r. Wallis and family are moving on one of the c, B. Connally places. The watch party at the Gober Mauidin home was enjoyed by all present.
 We have made this resolution: That we all get to Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
 The Terrell brothers, Earle Pollard and Gene Wright have returned from Fl Dorado. oA' Mir. and Mrs. J. D. Earnest attend- ca church at Center Point Saturday ana sunday.
 Joe Rush. Everett winton and say eral others from Alder were r,s the watch party.
 mere was party st the &. r Lawrence home last Tuesdsv ni~ht in honor of Miss Bonner.
 Andrew hauldin and family h.x. returned from Texas, where tLsv spent the Christmas vacation.
 Mir. and Mrs. Aaron Clsw.on an. moving out on the Divide. nrs 1,avson will be remembered ss niss Winnie Wallis. J. r. Wallis returned ThurxS.x fr1m 2 visit from Oklahoma. brinring Nith him ~cook." We wish then much happiness.
 Happy Kid. G.ber Manldin xas Potter visssor Sunday. 'e'sA't sss sssisy is our regular slnr- sf. and Mrs F Rowr spent Tn~s. aaf Nsth relAtsees as C<n.ex Ho.rt
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The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-05
ALDER SPRINGS pziSks.

Mn Jones an4 aephew. sf. son.s sE snepping ln Rocky Monday.
 Mrs. Shipr uf near Potter sn...,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-17

power to drive their machinery and
light their own homes, for wherever;
electric power IS available, industries
spring up and communities grow. We
venture to predict that it will not be
long until one or more cotton mills
will be organized at Mooresboro or
baltimore for there has been a senti-
ment in this direction for some time
and the electric power Is great encour-
agement."
In this connection we wish to en-
phasize the fact that there is hardly
any section Of CASTOR county now
without the reach of electric power and
lights. The rapid spread of the South
ern Power company's lines has made
it possible for most of the thickly
populated communities to tie up to the
power lines. II, in case this is not
available, there are plenty Of home
power plants which can lie purchased
at a very low cost. Those farmers who
have used these plants testify that
they don't know how they could ever
have gotten along without them
Gastonia Gazette.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-17

cd IS. Nearly every driver who killed
a. man last year still has, his license
and is still driving on the streets Of
New York, it was asserted. Forty per
cent. of the killings were due to the
recklessness of drivers, according to
District Attorney Banton and Chief
Magistrate McAdoo.
Mayor William Hale Thompson
made a speech last Sunday at the cell
ebration of Der Deutschen Tag" on
the municipal pier by Germans in Chi
cago, says a special dispatch to the
New York Times, in which he de-
nounced Americas entrance into the
World war and defended his attitude
in the matter. He was cheered fire.
quently. He said that both he and his
audience realized the mistake that
America had made in entering the
World war. II fought against it with
all my ability and l have not changed
my views one atom," he said. Il stand
that it is in the best interests of the
country that we should avoid any for
eign entanglementsi and should con-
Germ ourselves only with our own do
mestic affairs. America for the Amer
leans is my view, let the others do
what they like"
Leaving America to take up his
residence in England because, he said
there is no intelligent companionship
George f. Brown of Stonebridge, one
of the show places Of Dedham, sailed
last Sunday on the White Star Line
steamship Pittsburgh, says a special
dispatch from Boston to the New York
World. 81 am giving up America for
England. because L crave the intelli-
gence of the English people. In Amer
lea T find intelligence in the middle
class that accomplishes the great play
in making both ends meet The rich
class misses this pleasure. The mid
die class Is the backbone of the coun-
try, the men that won the war, who
make their wages with their minds.
They go home sober, due to prohibi-
ton, which escapes the upper rich
class, who get their supply Of liquors
from the bootleggers and nobody cares.
am going to England to- join the
leisure class that has intelligence
which could have enjoyed in Ameri-
ca had I the luck to be born in the
middle class"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-17
MERE MENTION

German experts estimate that specu-
lating foreigners have lost close to
nine billion dollars as the result Of
the depreciation in the value Of the
paper mark, and Of this amount Amer
leans have been stuck to the amount
Of about one billion dollars. The total
losses to foreigners on account Of the
depreciation Of the mark has been ten
times more than Germany has paid in
reparations and Germany has made
the While the time and
place have not been definitely settled,
the probability now is that the Near
East peace conference will be held in
Switzerland, either in Geneva or Lau-
sanne-..T The Pacific liner Honolulu
caught fire out in the ocean about six
hundred miles from San Francisco one
day last week and was burned to the
waters edge pending the arrival of
help summoned by wireless. The 261
passengers on board had taken refuge
in boats fastened by means of ropes
and chains to the burning hull.
Several vessels came to the rescue,
and the passengers were brought back
to San Francisco on the United States
Transport Thomas. .-.T The treasury's
new offering of s50O,00O,0O0 Of 4 1-2
per cent. bond has been over er-subscrib-
ed to the amount Of more than bill
lion dollars-.-.~...Fr F franklin Bouillon the
special envoy Of the French to Musta-
pha Kemal, claims that it was he and
not the British who induced Kemal to
sign the armistice agreement; that
Kemal was persuaded to sign through
friendship rather than out of fear or
force. than 200 automobiles
passed over an abandoned babe in a
New Orleans street one night last
week without giving it a scratch. Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Brook saw it by the
glare of their automobile lamp, and
they say they are going to adopt it
as their own.
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9s,,tasraus Department.
Credentials oemanded.-some years

Credentials Demanded.-Some years
ago the late Squire Abingdon Baird,
Bart, came to this country as financial
backer Of Charlie Mitchell, English
heavyweight, who was matched with
Jim Corbett, then world champion.
Baird was wealthy and good scout,
although at times inclined to be bit
brusque.
Just about that time it was quite the
thing for successful pugilists to at
tempt to elevate the stage, the theat-
rical business being cluttered up with
chaps who hitherto performed exc!us-
lively in the squared circle.
One night during his stay in New
York. the Squire and some friends
were taking some slight refreshments
at the Holman House bar when a
popular young matinee idol drifted in.
He was introduced to the party and
Joined the group. Presently during
lull in the conversation, Baird leaned
over his shoulder and whispered:
BEG pahdon, old chap. but wot did
the chappie say your line was?"
~ lam a member Of the theatrical
profession" was the reply.
"Aw," calculated the sporty baronet,
looking over the others slim physique,
4 say, old chap, pahdon me. but who in
'en did you ever lick?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-17
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
g. a. y y
Paragraphs Gathered Here, There and
Everywhere.


- Through the generosity Of John d.
Rockefeller, London is soon to have
one Of the finest medical schools in the
world. Work has already begun on
the first part of the building program,
on which more than a million dollars
Is to be spent. This includes provls-
ion for a new nurses home for the
University College Hospital, an obstet-
ric building of six stories, and an en-
largement of the medical school. The
project will reach completion some
time in 1925.
- Deducting the receipts for the sec
ond game of the world series amount
ing to $12e,554, says the New York
World, which will be turned over to
charity, the total receipts for four
games amounted to S4S4,921. OF this
the players share is s247,3O9.71. The
Giants and Yankees receive IS per
cent, the other 25 per cent going to
The clubs finishing second and third in
each league. Each player Of the
Giants will receive approximately $4,-
1918 and each Of the Yankees s2,-
967.71.
-Co-eds of the University of Wis
consin are up in arms because new
city ordinance Classics the junior
promenade and the military ball, the
most important social events of the
scholastic years, as public dances,
while ruling by the dean of women
prohibits co-eds from attending pub
lic dances under penalty Of expul-
sion. Another point at issue is the
closing of all student dances at mid
night instead of l o'clock. Profess
sors have complained that students
have come to Saturday morning classes
bleary eyed. tired, yawning and lack
ing in knowledge-all because they at
tended a l o'clock party on Friday
night. -.
Cost of living in England, accord
ing to the latest monthly bulletin of
the ministry of labor, showed the
smallest. percentage advance over the
prewar average that has been report
ed in any month since 1917. AS COM
pared with July, 1914, the average per-
centage increase in food, rent, cloth
ing, fuel and light combined, was last
month 70 per cent, as compared with
"a per cent the month before, with 80
per cent at the close of 1921, with 169
per cent in December. 1920. The post
war maximum was 176 per cent in No
vember, 1920. At the signing of the
armistice, the cost Of living was COM
puted 120 to 125 per cent above the
prewar average.
& During the year ended July 81,
1922, S5S persons were killed by auto.
mobiles on the streets of New York
city. Although approximately 400 Of
these killingsfare alleged to have been
due to criminal negligence, no one has
been held responsible or punished, ac-
cording to acstatement made by the
chief medical examiners office. Pleas
ure cars killed sac men, women and
children. Tracks killed 32; buses kill
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-17

Two Dark Sides.-"Cyrus Rasp ran
a grocery store down on the corner for
about twenty-six years." related old
Riley Rezzidew Of Petunia, land as he
done so utilized about half of his time
in denouncing the public for lot OF
thieving hypocrites, who prayed loud
ly with one hand on the Sabbath and
beat him out of his just dues with the
other on week days, fggeratively
speaking, of course. Said he ort to
know, il anybody did, that 65 per cent
Of all humanity was Intentionally dis
honest. .y a.
well, then a feller came along and
gave him about twice what it was
worth for his store. And ever since
he has been declaring that 80 per cent
of the retailers are and always have
been thieves and robbers, and mem
tioning that he ort to know If anybody
does. And as far as 1 can make out,
he's pretty nearly right on both prop
ositionsS-Kansas City Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-17
Tuesday, October II, 1872

- The National Security league of
New York has come out against. con-
gress interfering in supreme court de-
cislons and will campaign against cam
didates who are in sympathy with the
movement. A letter has been sent to
senate and house nominees asking
their stand on the question of the res
olution to permit congress to review
the court decisions, and a fight will be
made nationally and locally against
what the league bulletin calls super
radical proposition"
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CONDITION SCHOOLS
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each school according to enrolment
was III in white schools and sS In
negro schools and the average attend
ance for whites was so and for negroes
65.
The average number of white pupils
to each teacher in the schools lest
year was "a while the average colored
teacher has 81 pupils.
The average expenditure for each
white pupil last year according to en-
rollment was $3.50 and for each negro
pupil 1882. The average expenditure
per pupil for both races was $2S.1S.
The average salary paid white male
teachers was s1,341 and the average
salary paid white women teachers was
1874. The average salary for both
sexes was 1886.
The average salary paid colored men
teachers was $3.50 and the average
paid colored women teachers was s215,
the average for both sexes being 1924.
White schools in the country aver
aged term Oh 14l DAYS ldSl year anu
the town schools ITO days. Negro
schools in the country ran an average
of rs days and those in the towns 1S1
days. The average of the county OF
both races in days was so.
The report. shows that % white
schools and So negro schools employed
only one teacher. There were 20
white and IL negro schools employing
two teachers and white and one
negro school employing three teachers.
Three negro. and nine white schools
employed more than three teachers.
Three districts each own teachers
cottage. They are Oak Ridge, Rock
Hill and Fort Mill. Two districts, In
dia Hook and McConnellsville convey
ed pupils to school at public expense
during the year, according TO the an
nual report.
. Grade Enrolment.
The following table shows the en-
rollment OF whites and negroes by
grades:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-17

Carry on.-When Private Hanrahan
went into the army he picked the am
munition train as a mans job of the
sort he had been accustomed to on his
road construction gang. His ideas
changed slightly when the sergeant
ordered him and the rest of a squad of
rockies to toss big shells into an auto
truck to be taken to the front.
Eanrahan walked around the shells,
regarding them intently, but evincing
no inclination to manhandle them. The
sergeant noticing his hesitancy, bel
lowed:
'Wottsamatter? Scared Of 'em?"
Scared Of them nothin'," retored
Hanrahen contemptuously. "but sarge,
I enlisted for the duration OF the war
and l want to stick around until she's
through duratin'. An besides, tomor-
rows pay day."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-17

work on the two bridges to be built
over. Bullock's Creek, one on the West
road and the other on the Sharon
Hickory Grove road would begin, that
the material for the bridges is now
being gathered. Timber to be used
in each bridge is being treated with a
creosote preparation by a Charlotte
lumber concern which has the contract
to furnish the timber, according to
Mr.. Brown.
Shealy Released.
Jim Shealy, negro who shot his wife
and daughter at their home on the
Mrs. w. R. Carroll place on York No.
4, ten days ago, after he had failed to
shoot a hawk, has been released from
Jail by order of Magistrate Crawford
of Bethesda township. Shealy claim
ed that he was lest funning" and that
he did not know that the shotgun he
aimed at his better was ready for
action. The injured persons are now
considered out Of danger and 1t is
quite possible that Shealy will not
have to answer in court for his folly.
Bethany School Opens.
Bethany school entered upon the
work of the 1929 session yester-
day morning with an initial enroll
ment of about 80 which 1t was stated
would be considerably increased with
in n few weeks. Interesting exercises
We're held in connection with the open
ing. Short talks were made by Su-
perintendent of Education John E.
Carroll, Rev. w. p. Grier, pastor Of
Bethany church and Hon. E. w. Purs-
ley Bethany school this year is again
under the general direction Of Prof.
Rodney Love. His assistant teachers
are Prof. Lee Gettys and Misses Mary
Summerford and Margaret McCarter.
A number of children living In the
Dixie neighborhood will go to Beth
any to school this year, the school at
Dixie having been abandoned and an
automobile truck purchased to carry
the pupils to Bethany. Trustees Of
Bethany school district are w. B. Nc
Gill, w. T. Davidson and w. H.
Howell.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-17

Columbia State, Saturday: Liens
on the property Of Francis j. PelZer,
80 Broad street, Charleston, and Henry
w. Frost, SO South Bay Street, Char
lesion, were withdrawn yesterday by
the internal revenue department, ac-
cording to information reaching Co.
lumbia from Charleston, where dis
charges were filed in the Eastern dis
trict of the United States court in
favor of the above men. Mr.. Frost's
name was not connected with the first
information given out in regard to the
liens issued on the property Of five
men, but yesterday it was learned that
a lien was issued against him for $40,-
720.75, of which S27,147.16 was for taxes
lien was promptly paid by Mr.. Frost
and yesterday he was given a dis
charge by the revenue department.
With the addition of the amount
against Mr., Frost the total amount of
liens reached $512,993.S6 against six
South Carolinians. Heading the list
was the lien against Campbell Court
nay of Columbia for s194,92S.56; Sec
ond was ST. John Courtnay Of Colum-
bia for S1S4,134.3S; third was Ashmead
Courtnay of Charleston for 1,373.S3;
fourth was Henry w. Frost Of Charles
ton for s40,72O.75; fifth was Henry Rut-
ledge OF Charleston, for $21,7S0.5S and
sixth was Francis J. Pelzer of Char
lesion for s20,O56.56. The liens were
taken in all cases for income taxes al
lodged to be due and not paid. Both
Mr. Frost and Mr.. Pelzer were relieved
of the liens against tho n when the dis
charges were filed with the court and
it is believed that some of the others
will pay the amounts assessed against
them within day or two. possibly to-
day. The taxes dated back as far as
1917 in one case and as far as 1918 in
several cases, it was alleged.