The Mena weekly star., 1919-09-18
WALTER ELLIOTT, Editor


load of hogs In Hatfield last Monday
for l5c per pound. Polk county always
gets the best prices.
Miss Winnie Belle, formerly of Cove
ubt late Of Mena, started for Hamlin
Tex, to take course of training in
the Nazarene college.
Take notice and read p. w. Taylor's
ad in the Star and see how he is try
ing to help the farmers by reducing
the high prices on staple goods.
Tom Stockton, brother of Bill Stock
ton of Cove, was killed ia Santa Ana
Calf, Monday, September IS, by com.
ing in contact with an electric wire.
b. w. Teeter and Mack Hughse
Polk county deputy sheriffs, passed
thru Cove last Friday with three men
who failed to dip their cattle last year.
L. M. Clement, foreman at the Cove
Lumber Company's planer, motored
over to Broken Bow, ok, last Satur-
day and returned home Sunday even.
ing.
S. p. Pigg of Ashdown is here visit.
ing and looking after business. Mr.
Pigg was formerly cashier of the Cove
bank and we are always glad to see
him.
The Stuart Land Company, with an
office force of five men, are still over.
taxed with land buyers from all over
the country. They have farms for ev
erybody.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jones and Mr. and
Mrs. r. L. Jackson and children, all
relatives of T. H. Chapman, from Dun
can, Ok, visited at the Chapman home
last week
Cotton picking time has come and
there were several wagons in the field
today being filled with new cotton
Our new gin viii start up for business
next Friday.
The two Misses Shives from Gill
ham, now on their way to their new
home in Tulsa, Ok, stopped off here
to visit a few days with their friend
Mrs Rouhart.
l. Ross Silvey is making several
changes on his home in east Cove By
building l6-foot porch along the front
of his house, putting In new floors and
adding one new room.
T. A. Woodell. who has been suffer
ing several days with a swollen jaw
or a bad toooth, went to Mena last
Mondo-y apd nollod ~, ..po 80 tba Jo,,
lists, who gave him relief.
Mrs. Nathan EudaIy babe friends
good-by and left on the night trair
Tuesday for her new home in Win
field, Kas. Mr., Eudaly left last weel
to make ready the new home.
w. Fl. Bowman, who sold his farm
south of Cove month ago, has latel.
bought another close by. Mr.. Bowma
knows good thing and that is, h.
does not expect to leave Polk county.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kelly and MI
and Mrs. f. r. Pierson, ali of whom
have been visiting their friends at Pi
lot Point, Tex, returned home las
week, saying that they had a splendi'
time
Messrs Wooley, Hiaumet, Brine
Jackson, Allbrittain and several Others
east of Vandervoort will ship car o
cattle next Thursdy, thru the aid o
o. l.. Henderson, county farm demon
strator.
A telegram was received last Satur
day stating that Hardy Barton was run
down by street car in Pasadena, CT
his skull frctured and one foot badl,
crushed. B. H. Barton, brother
started for Pasadena on the first train
s. C. Gentry was down in Texas
Russ county and Pamela county. nea
Carthage, visiting his people durin
the last two weeks, and he tells us tina
in these two counties the corn Gro
and peanut crop are extra good thi
year, but cotton is almost ruined b
the boil weevil.
At the 0. b. Witherspoon home o
Tuesday night, September 3, Mr.
Witherspoon presented her husban
with one OF the finest baby boys
Polk county o. b. says he will be
shortstop on the Cove baseball team
Mother and baby doing nicely. d
Young was in attendance
Miss Kate Harrell, one of the mo
popular young ladies or Cove, went |
Mena by auto with Ruby Smith, WI
had just received his discharge fro
the army. They were married in Mer
! by the Rev. +. f. Harrell of the Fir
. M. Il. church, South, Monday, Septez
Der s. Their many friends wish the
long and happy life.