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The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-09
Yesterday, Today
 and Tomorrow
-

OUR past business has been good We started to please trade by selling Quality Merchandise at an honest price The results have been gratifying OUR steadily increasing volume of trade proves beyond question that you get square deal when trading at Cove Lumber Company's story-quaity goods-honest prices nd treatment We believe this what it takes to please our customers.
 WE INVITE patronage in the future upon the promise that we will make pleased customer every hon at our store Come in and visit when in wheth- you need to trade not.
 First Now-First Always-and Where You'll
 Eventually Trade"
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-09

tricts t was reported also that there was "a growing realization on the part of workmen that their interests are bound up with the interests of the community as a whole and that in creased efficiency resulting in greater productivity" was imperative.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-09

a Keep your stomach, liver and bow els Tn good condition if you would have health Priclxly Ash Bitters cieanses and strengthens these organs and helps Che system to resist disease germs. Price S1.25 per Bottle. Gun nels' Drug Store and Jackson Drug q
 Furniture Co., Special Agents.--Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-09

s an overworked phrase Every store can be covered under that head, regardless of the size the stock carried.
 GOFF BROTHERS GAMBLE COMPANY, Mer- chants feel that their record of satisfied customers and fbe slogan. "Once Customer Always Customer" and entities them to the title MERCHANTS.
 We want you to call and inspect line of Mer- chandse We are in constant touch with the markets, buv in quantity the latest and best goods Our prices compare favorably with others Our stock is large not quantity alone, but variety we'll.
 They say Seeing is Believing so come and see us when in Cove-MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HEAD QUARTERS Compare our prices before buying else where.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-09
A FEW INTERESTING PRICES.

FEW INTERESTING PKIEES
 Mems Overals, per pair -------S2 S2.O0 7-oz Duck (for cotton sacks) per yard - 4Oc Heliotrope Flour 48-pound sack $500 Choctaw Flour, per 4S-pound sack $500 Purity Lard, 8-pound pailsS S250 Wheat Shorts, 100-pound sack k S325 Wheat Bran, 100-pound sack S25O
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-09
Commercial Hotel Cove, Arkansas
 SSSc>SSS Special Rates to Homeseekers

Our hotel will make special 35 cents meal and 35 for all homeseekers visiting the Stuart Land Company When arrive Cove direct to the hotel or the Stuart Land Cs office you will receive promp at tention.
 THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-09
FOR SALEs

so head of well bred Red Poll Cattle. All in fine condition. About 20 head af-steers. 2 bulls. balance choice heifers and young COWS. A bargain if taken now Gall and see. or phone
 DO0LEY BARTON.
 Cove. Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-09
J. ". Fortner

Has rented a good room on the depot front. His business has grown wonderfully this summer and he expects a big increase this fall. He is now ready to handle all the pro- duce that comes to Cove.
 Top prices for Chickens, Eggs and Hides.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
Question Of Hard Surfacing OF
Roads in Primary System
Will be Voted on at
Polls.
/ EXPECTING BIG VOTE
Public Meetings AL Over Coun-
ty Have Been Accusing In
terest and Keokuk and
! Fl. Madison are Busy.

The special election in Lee county,
on the proposition of the hard sur.
facing Of the primary road system,
will be held tomorrow Indications
are for good vote being polled in
will tell whether Lee will tine UP
with the counties that have voted
themselves out Of the mud or wheth-
er it will be content to be without
hard surfaced roads for another two
years.
The election bids fair to bring out
big vote. There have been meet
ings held all over the county, and a
number Of pamphlets, statements and
the like have been circulated both
for and against the proposition. The
people are being informed Of the
proposition, and in Keokuk and
Fort Madison indications are that a
large vote will be gplled.
A primary road system is desig
mated by boards of supervisors In
counties where the special election
is being held. The old inter-county
road system is automatically made
the primary system. This will in.
clude the Red Ball road from Keokuk
north and the river road from Mont
rose through Fort Madison to Skunk
river. An additional road from Fort
Madison to West Point and thence
west to Van Buren, county is under
consideration. All other roads are
called the secondary system and
maintained with the regular county
and township road funds.
Road Fund Makeup.
The primary road fund is made ur
of the motor vehicle tax and an
! equal amount of money appropriated
! by the federal government. This
! fund can be used only for permanent,
grading and surfaeing on the pri
i parry system This county has about
$40, 900 to spend next year. In case
/ the hard surface project is pu1
through, three pavement districts
are established and benefits assessed
against the abutting property. In case
/ the project is defeated, there will be
two mill-tax levied by the supervi
sors, as usual, for the upkeep OF the
; roads. The federal aid already Is
apportioned and Is going to cost
nothing, and the automobile tax will
cost the farmer nothing, except as
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
TRYING TO STOP
THEFT OF CARS
House Judiciary Committee 10 Con
siderine Bill Which Would
Catch Fugitives From One
State to Another.

John C. Scott, president of the Iowa
Sheriff's association is working for the
passage of bill which will stop auto
thefts. The Iowa Farmer in its cur
rent issue says:
Noting that a million dollars worth
of automobiles were stolen in Iowa
last year, President John c. Scott OF
the Iowa State Sheriffs' association
of Keokuk, wrote Representative Ram
seyer, congressman from the Sixth
district, urging law to catch auto
thieves who flee from one state to an
other Such law is in wide de-
mand A measure is now being con-
sidered by the house judiciary com.
mittee to meet the situation. 1t raises
some nice constitutional points. Repre-
sentative Boies Of the eleventh dis
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
Farmers viii Benefit.

= 5CiSttts
Some farmers are opposing the
hard-surfaced roads. They evidently
have forgotten the days in the win
ter and spring when they might as
well have been on desert island.
The roads had no bottom to them
in those days, and the farmer was
marooned. With hardSurfaced
road, he has highway on which he
can travel in comfort the year round.
In little booklet complied by Scott
county supervisors is this Incident:
zone OF the most prominent farm
ers in Clinton county died because
the doctor could not get through the
roads"
Merchants express themselves IA
vorably to the hard-surface road for
the reason that mud roads are the
best allies the mail order house has.
The farmer intends to come to town,
but the road has no bottom. It is
raining and he waits until the rural
mail carrier comes through, and
then he sends his order to the mail
order house. Another thing that
should appeal to everyone, it is point
ed out, is that with hard-surface
roads farmers and truck gardeners
are more able to get their produce
to market, and find a better market
than where they have limited market
facilities, due to limited good roads
to carry their stuff over.
The assessment for hard-surface
roads cannot exceed four per cent oil
the total market value OF the land
Basing the assessment on H200-an-
acre land, the cost would be IS, at
the most, and as this runs for ten
years, would be eighty cents per
year. The average cost, it is said,
will be less than this. and is around
fifty cents.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
CITY NEWS.

Good tomatoes for sale, 75c per
bu Phone Black 80.
Agnes orchestra accompanying
100 children in entertainment at st
Peters hall Tuesday night.
The Woman's Mite Missionary
society will meet at the parsonage
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Cement walks, 12c and 15c q
square foot. Steps, walls, curbs. Al
work guaranteed. REQ 1861, 1907
Palean. P. L. Kennedy.
Regular meeting knights and
Ladies of Security, Keokuk council
No. 1899, tonight at 8 o'clock at M
w. A. hall, Sixth Main. Installation
of officers. All members are urged to
attend.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06

he pays individually for his own
license tag
II the project is defeated tomor-
row, then there can be no hope Of
reviving it for another two years
and the federal aid will be lost tc
Lee county. It will be apportioned
among several counties or given tc
one near here which has already
passed favorably on the plan to pull
itself out of the mud. The county
would get the auto tax only so fal
as 1t is applied to grading and drain
ing the primary system; the law IL
specific on this point
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
oRaANlzEp LAeoR-NoTIcE!

A. H. Abbey of the International
Machinist association, who Is tour
ing Iowa in the interest of labor,
will be in Keokuk Thursday. Mem
bers of organized labor are requested
to be present at Labor hall and hear
Mr.. Abbey Thursday evening. BY
order of executive board of Trades
and Labor Assembly.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
IowlIz THANKS YOU.

Our cash dry goods department,
showing an increase. proves that the
trade prefers cash and save rather
than credit and pay more. Our Cos
sard corset department doubling its
business; seeing is believing. Our
fur coat and fur SCARF prices the
talk OF Keokuk We saved by early
purchase 20 to 40 percent, and SO do
Won LOWITZ.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
LABOR MAN TO
MAKE ADDRESS
A. G. Abbey Of the Machinists, Who Is
on Speaking Tour Of Iowa,
viii Address keokuk
Federation.

A. G. Abbey OF the international or
ganizaton of machiinsts is touring
Iowa and will address the Keokuk
Trades and Labor assembly here
Thursday evening at their hall On
Main street near Sixth.
Mr.. Abbey's errand here is not def
nitely known, aside from the fact that
the local labor men are planning to
welcome him. He has been making a
tour of the state.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06
SUNDAY Game postpon.d

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, Oct. Clear weather
prevailed here today. There was
every prospect that the fifth game of
the world series, postponed yesterday
on account of wet grounds, would be
played today Clouds, which hung
over the city Sunday, had entirely dis
appeared. There was a hint of
autumn in the air.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06

SPECIAL ROAD ELECTION
!. IN LEE COUNTY TOMORROW
THE VOTING PLACES.

First ward-NOdler building. IS
North Fourth street
Second ward--Keifer building,
20 South Fourth.
Third wad-Washington school.
125 North Ninth.
Fourth ward-A. J. Hickey's,
226 B street.
Fifth ward-Fred D. Fields,
agent, 314 North Fourteenth.
Sixth wardGeorge Stahrs.
1924 Main street.
Seventh ward-Keokuk Electric
Co., 1901 Bank.
Polls open la. m. to Z p. m.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-06

trict, who Is one of the committee, IL
interested in the matter and is trying
to help solve 1t.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-02-24
TO GIVE OPERETTA TO
RAISE WAR FUND PLEDGE

ATLANTA, Feb. 24-In order to Sc
cure funds for the United War Work
campaign according to their pledge,
Ehe Glee club of Elizabeth Mather Col
aege will present the pretty little OPP
eretta, THE Wild Rose" by Rhys Her
bert, on March g. Miss Marie Van
Gselder will direct the performance
a1d the girls are busily at work pre-
pairing for the event
After having given the operetta in
EAe city of Atlanta, the Glee club will
present it dozen or more times in
Atlanta and nearby towns, and the
girls expect to realize quite a nice
sWm for war work The first perform
RRce will be at the Jewish Educational
Alliance on Capital avenue, and halt
the proceeds will go to the Jewish AL
Mxmce.
Twenty-six' pretty girls will take
@Ert In the operetta, and the costumes
mce very pleasing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-02-24
BARBARA TELLS MIR. FREDERICK
HE is MISTAKEN In HIS
SURMISES.
CHAPTER XIV.

l was stunned, unable to make any
reply to Mr.. Frederick for a few mo-
ments. He waited, saying nothing
more. All the foreboding sensations I
had experienced concerning Neils bus
mess affairs rushed over me with in
creasing impetuosity. Then suddenly
came a sort of Indignation Who was
this man that dared to say such things
about my husband, my Neil? He was
accusing him of dishonesty-at least it
amounted to that.
you are mistaken, I am sure, in
what you say" / returned coldly, al
though I was trembling Neil my
husband, is an honorable man"
81 was afraid you might not take
what 1 had to say in the way l meant
it. But had to say it I couldn't see
your husband ruin himself and
others with out a protest"
The mans face would have convinc-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-02-24
; AMBASSADORS
TOATTEND DIXIE
PEACE CONGRESS

ATLANTA, Feb 24.-The Southern
Congress of the League of Nations,
which is to be held in Atlanta on
February % and March l, is of SUI
wneme interest to all people in the
Southern states who are working for
aae adoption of a league of nations,
x0ch as is favored by President Will
aaR-
All sessions of the congress will be
open to the public, and visitors from
ether cities, whether accredited dele
gates or not, will be accommodated to
the capacity of the great auditorium
MrHory, in which the sittings are to
be held
Rx-President William Howard Taft,
the president of the League to En-
fierce Peace, under whose auspices the
congress is to be held, will bring with
min to Atlanta a mighty battery Of
speakers chosen from the principal
statesmen and publicists of the ma
Eaan, including three ambassadors, &C.
Eard, formerly of Berlin; Van Dyke,
Esrmerly of the Netherlands, and Nor
ganthau formerly of Constantinople.
Special interest is centering in the
wOmans division. Many of the most
prominent club women of the South
hr nd hnv
Bsr of events have been prepared
apart from the regular sessions. Dr.
Van Dyke, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw
and Mrs. Phillip North Moore, presi-
Rent of the National Council of Wo-
men, will address these meetings.
The delegates which will attend to
Ghe number of several thousand, will
be drawn from every department of
EEae South's life, including governors,
college presidents, labor leaders,
ssE0minent churchmen and leaders in
rHral life.
Discussion will revolve around the
adoption of a league of nations, in
which America shall have her right
Gal place; and an organization will be
effected to continue the work of arous-
Sng the people of this section to the
active support of President Wilson in
mis- effort to have such league as he
may be able to secure at the Paris
Guuference properly ratified by the
Wnited States senate at the proper
Gime
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-02-24
The Promoters Wife
Copyright, George Mathew Adams.)
By IA NE P E L P S

wouldn't feel l could afford to do; yet
I'll gamble | am worth te ntimes as
much as Forbes-your husband. | am
interested in him-and in you There
aren't enough steel-sharp young men
floating around for him to make a
bungle of his business life just because
he is in hurry to fill his basket with
golden eggs"
But, Mr.. Ferderick-I don't under
stand. l have told him he would make
himself i'll, but he only laughs at me-
l have never urged him to extend his
business to give me luxuries, even
though 1 have accepted them gladly.
am afraid l don't understand
why
mo wonder you don't. But you will
when l tell you that no young man can
make money as fast as he does, in
the way he makes it and do it hon
estly. Someone is bound to suffer.
Forgive me, but l had to tell you so
you could make him call halt before
it is too late. Already he is looked
upon bit suspiciously by conserva-
tive business men"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-02-24
SHOULD FERTILIZERS FOR COTTON Be REDUCED?


quantity experience
will more
Profits production
fertilizers. in price
general field Therefore increases
profits of cotton production decrease rapidly easily
burdened
in producing depend
the lands of the South
the farmer
producing the plain appica
lions would simply cutting farmers
to be clear that farmer having kind
let high labor cost his through
of fertilizers.
Fertilizers high But not so
much the price the poftpoucng fertilizers
be guide Fertilizers increase yields
In other
expensive factor making
expense and make profits
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-02-24
DAILY HEALTH TALKS
Better be Careful About Your
Kidneys
BY N. B. COOK, NJ. u

Foods taken into the stomach go through
wGriou; chemical changes, and some Of
&a8ese changes are poisons that must be
AIfed out and disposed Of. 1t is the duty
aE the kidneys to do this, When the kid.
mxs do not fully perform their vital work,
%Ezth may be only a few hours away.
Rxppily, Nature has provided warning
HAErTns telling people when their kidneys
Hwnot well. these warnings come in the
9wm of dragging pains in the small Of the
szEnsea, headache, scanty urine and FREE
WMEut desire to pass it, short breath, numb
Hzs, cramps, coated tongue, bad breath,
units under the eyes, thin blood, dry skin,
aEgIng in the cars, spots before the eyes
M1n8 many other symptoms. All come
Gxzm the one ca use of kidneys that are not
H7hEring the poisions out of the system. To
aEETcome these troubles, DIR. Pierce, of
Euffalo, N. Y, compounded what he calls
AEmric Tablets. No other kidney medi
Eae is its equal in giving relief and re-
establishing healthful work in the kidneys.
TSe treatment is very simple, as you need
mgshing except water when taking Anuric
s1Ahlets-a glass of water with each tablet
KNss washes and fiushes the kidneys while
sER medicine itself is dissolving the uric
1ssd poisons and driving them out.
AzBric Tablets are made double strength,
I'D that they dissolve uric acid the same as
hn& water dissolves salt or sugar. Most
Psgple need Anuric Tablets because most
pe1gple have uric acid Better get that
prison out of your body for safety's sake,
md better begin today
To gently and agreeably coax the bowels
hack into normal activity, take DR..
RieTce's Pleasant Pellets. They are just
rs good for costiveness as his Anuric Tab
hts are good for kidney disorders. and that
u saying great deal,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-02-24

ed anyone that he really believed what
he said. All my indignation against
him oozed away, the while l did not
believe what he had told me-rather I
tried to compel myself to think | did
not believe it, He was mistaken, that
was all. He had misunderstood Neil.
He had meant we'll.
I'm sorry spoke as | did Mr..
Frederick. | am sure you mean to be
kind. But | am just as positive that
you are mis-judging Neil-Mr. Forbes
would do nothing wrong How you got
that impression l do not know He
never talks business with me, so can
1 OF discuss it intelligently-w not,
if could, without Neil's knowledge
Your loyalty does you honor, but"
he hesitated, waited a moment. Then,
but even if lose your friendship
which I value greatly must tell you
once more. Try and CT MIR. Forbes
to go slow. AS l said, someone is
bound to suffer. Not Only you and
him, but innocent parties -peopei who
invest all they have in some wildcat
scheme because they, like you, believe
in the man who is putting it over
know what am talking about Please
fol- give me if you can, and believe that
I have only done this because OF my
very real liking for you both. Your
husband is brilliant young nan. He
can make a good living without doing
things which, to say the least, are rep
rehensible."
He had risen while talking. Now he
extended his hand to me, and after
looking in his eyes l took it. His ex-
preston was sad, and I knew he had
spoken truly when he said that he had
meant what he had done as a kind
ness.
Can you forgive me?" he smiled
down at me, He was very tall man.
Il forgive you because know you
meant to be kind. But you are as sure
ly mistaken When you realize it you
will come and tell me, won't you?"
Il certainly shall And no one would
be happier than l if that should be the
case. I leave for the West tonight, so
shall not see you again. 1t may be
months before l magain in New
York. Please do not let what l have
said make you unhappy"
l kept "a brave face until he had
gone. Then all he had said came back
with crushing force. Was Neil in his
anxiety to make money, his desire to
live handsomely, doing things which
were looked upon with suspicion by
conservative business men"-as Mr..
Frederick had said? l wouldn't be-
lieve it! l couldn't! Why even father
had been satisfied with what Neil had
told him of his business affairs. And
father was terribly strait-laced That
he was also as ignorant as a baby of
the methods of promoters and certain
capitalists I did not know, would not
have believed No-Mr. Frederick had
been misinformed
I couldn't sit STILL neither could I
put my mind upon anything save what
had just passed / put on my hat and
took brisk walk, thinking to rid my
self of my foolish fears" as I called
them to myself. But the sensation of
foreboding remained with me. l could
not shake it off.
l wished Neil were home had de
cided to say nothing of Mr.. FredericK's
reason for calling on me, but to urge
Neil to confide something of his af-
fairs to me, and so convince myself
that he was perfectly all right in his
methods
Tomorrow-Blanche Orion Invites |
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-02-24

Tomorrow Orion Invites
Neil and Barbara to Dinner.
The sun., 1919-01-26
COFFEE MARKET.

The coffee market was again dull and
without special feature of any kind Call
prices were TO 10 points below the pre-
vious close and showed further Losses
under continued selling by Wall Street
and a lacl: Of support OF an aggressive
nature The market closed a net losses
of 20 TO 25 points.
The sun., 1919-01-26
LOANS TO ALLIES IN
JANUARY DECREASE
United States Pays Out Onl,
$40, 200, 900-Average Has
Been Si00,O00,000.

WASH SGroN. Jan. 25.-America's job
as banker for the Allies has been lighter
this month than at any time since the
nation entered the war. Only $780,
600, 900 has been paid out as allied loans
since January /, the Treasury reported
today, although payments on that ac-
count for long time ran around 5000
900 900 n month. The reduction is caused
principally by the curtaimert of ship
ments Of food, for payment of which
the American credits largely had been
used
Until Congress enacts the penilnE bill
advocated by the Treasury to authorize
loans to the Allies for other than strictly
war purposes officials do not loop for
much change in tho present low rate
Of demands on the American Govern
ment
Total credits extended ny the Treasury
now amount TO sS,5sS.77S. 900. but only
s7,s54,s1s0 900 has been actually paid
out under these credits
Greece, Liberia and the Csccho- Siovak
National Council never have present
ed claims for payments. Russia still
has sl37.0o0,00o TO her credit on the
Treasury books, although she has not
appealed for money since tho revolution.
Credits established and payments
made UP TO to-day we're reported NJ
follows