The Mena weekly star., 1916-05-04
COVE CATCHES.


 J. W. Phillips. of Texarkana, Is visit ing his daughter. Mrs. NJ. F. Gray.
 Born to Mir and Mrs. Ambrose Hun ter. May ?. a son, pr. Young attending
 Born to MT and Mrs c F. Hitchcock April 23. a daughter, Dr. Gray attend ing.
 Mrs NJ F. Dulaney of stanfordville N Y is visiting her niece and nephew Miss Mamie and Martin Mullins.
 Mir. and Mrs. I, J. Copeman, of Tulsa are spending the week at the Narrows Mr. copeman Is collge mate of D. w Franehott
 MT and Mrs C. C. Con entertained a large party of young folks at their beautiful home last Wednesday night Music. games and refreshments being the order of the evening
 Attention Is directed to the fact that the question of county uniformity of text books win come up at the school election on May 20 Uniformity has been in effect for 12 years, but must be re-adopted every six years.
 Our neighbors about Hatfield are question and it is likely that the movement will result in the farmers and fruit growers planting out a large acreage of berries next fall and spring What Is being done here at Cove?
 Edwin T Martin returned home last week from Pine Blu0 He has been with the surveying ccrps of the ex- tension Of the Hot Springs. Pine Bluff and Meml his railroad. further work having been suspended on account ot hi4h water in the White River dts trict
 This town will never get proper pro- teetion from the hoodlum and lawiess element until 1t Is Incorporated. and has mavor and town marshal whose fetss ttsSlf h., -1f Y,. are strictly enforced. Not only this but the town will never be cleaned up properly until the work is done through orders of corporation officers.
 Rev j ". Edwards of this place was stopping al the home of Prof noad last Saturday night and came near losing suitcase full of clothes hy fire He was at the church with the poaa family when the alarm was given and if it had not been for some neighbof carrying out his suitcase 1t would have gone with the other con- tents of the house
 Polk county Is the richest and poor est part of Arkansas in this respect nature made the richest and man the poorest Here we have nature on the one side with the choicest of wild fruits growing in field and woodland, aud on he other side we dnd man with litGe natch of cotton or corn Here nature shows us shines of gold and silver copper lead and zine and all around us we find man digging little shallow holes in the ground that he calls mines Nature has in her voice less but eloquent way shown how 10 obtain wealth from the surface tf the soil. and Is doing her best to show us what untold riches sI0mher beneath her somhre mountains Yes. this is the richest and poorest part of the United States
 Next week if nothing happens. Cove will be represented In the Weekly Star bS E full page of advertisements of its various business interests and full and complete report of the news of the town and community For long time our business men have re- cognized the necessity of having an advertising medium. and this corres- pendent has badly needed more room for news matter than can be crowded into a sman space This arrangement will give every local interest the full benefit of having the large circulation of an old and we'll established news paper without having to go to the expense of publishing a local paper It is certainly great advantage
 Fisherman