The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-06-24
Correspondence
COVE CATCHES

Miss Mamie Little visiting al
Wickes last week.
Farmers are all very busy working
their corn and cotton.
MI and Mrs. Lane of Womble are
visiting in Cove this week.
n A. Dunn took in the good roads
aeeting at Mena last week.
Mr. Baker will move to Hatfield this
Eeek 10 be close to his work.
Cove and surrounding country re-
reired a fine rain last Thursday.
Sterling Chilcoat Of Ashdown visited
At the /. A. Dunn home last week.
Mrs A. 3. Colly is convalescing
slowly and will soon be able to be out
sga7u-
j. A. Coffy's father, of Mena, spent
Sunday with his son and returned
acme Monday.
Kit Daniels is improving his home
BY putting on a new roof. Cove Is still
On the boom.
Mrs. S. M. Jackson passed the ex-
ANIMATION last week for teacher certi-
Kicase at Mena.
Guy Gray of Winthrop was visiting
Elves over Sunday.
gille. Tex, are visiting the X. H. Skin
ner home this week.
Mrs. Olivia Brown of the sanitarium
AZ st. Louis is spending week visiting
w1th Mrs. ]. FL. Skinner.
Mrs. 0. b Witherspoon and children
with Mrs. J. II. Rowbart took In the
show at Hatfield Monday.
VIII Barton OF Okmulgee, Okla,
son OF w. j. Barton Is here for week
50 visit with his parents.
O. B. Witherspoon and Steve Win
1on made flying trip to Broken Bow,
Okla, last week on business.
Harry Starr one of Snithville's pro-
gressive merchants was shaking hands
with friends in Cove last Monday.
]. II. Skinner, Or. Nelson and Mike
McAlan all of Cove made a trip to
Lockesburg, Ark, to visit home folks.
Cove will ship cucumbers this week.
Get your crates now The market on
Cucumbers is $3.50 to $3.50 per crate.
DIR. Massey of the Stewart Land com
pany reports that there will be big
demand for Polk county land this fall.
Mrs. ]. A. Coffy and children spent
last week visiting her sister, miles
out from Gillian and returned home
Saturday.
MIR. Gore, father of Mrs. G. G.. Goff.
who has been under the doctors care
Tor the last two weeks is now able to
be out again.
and Mrs. ]. w. Treal were passengers
30 Mena last Monday, returning home
On the evening train.
Sunday school at Welcome Home
next Sunday at 1880 o'clock and
preaching at $3.50 o'clock. Good sing
ing Everybody welcomed.
Mr and Mrs w. c. Barton of Caddo
Gapp son and daughter-in-law of Mr..
and AIRS. B II. Barton, ST., are visiting
Mr. BartoR's parents over Sunday.
The Presbyterian Sunday school ex-
pects Is celebrate the 4th of July on
Saturday. July Ord at the Fulton Park,
a biz basket dinner and a good time.
Sunday school and preaching at the
Presbyterian church next Sunday as
usual. Song and praise service every
Wednesday night. Rev. Fl. E. Nixon,
pastor.
* II. Skinner sold his nice home
lately Occupied by c. S. Tankesssly to
W. f. Johnson of the Commercial
Hotel Mr.. johnson will move In Inn
mediately.
Mrs. Pipkin and her daughter Mrs.
o. 3. Colly who formerly lived at Cove
sut are now at Oklahoma City are Wis
fting with some of their old friends for
a week or two.
G. NJ. Couch of Oklahoma has
bought the Commercial Hotel at Cove
and expects to make it first class
notel by remodelling and refurnishing
r. See his ad in the Mena Star
Pleasant Grove church held deco
ration and all day singing at the
church last Sunday The crowd was
Afge and was enjoyed by all present
Eood preaching and fine singing.
Henry Stockton lost a valuable barn
BY fire last week. The fire was dis
covered about four o'clock inn the
morning. The cause Of the fire is not
known. The total loss was about S4.-
500.
Get your wax bean seed and plant
more beans for the fall market. One
HAL has sold 100 bushel of green wax
beans at $500 TO $500 per bushels
from less than an acre and you can do
the same
Don't forget the big 18th of July cele-
hrafion at Welcome Home school
house on Saturday. July Ord. Free lem
0uade and cold ice water. Fine singing
and big basket dinner a good time for
everyone
Grant Bell formerly OF Cove but now
OF Heayener, Okla, met with a bad ac-
rident last week. He was taking trans
poftation on freight train headed
for the harvest fields of Oklahoma and
fell between two cars and the car
wheel cut his right foot off.
b. p fisher who moved to Texas.
+ now located in New Mexico on
tins 49-acre farm He also has a gro
Gerry and gas station, Is well fixed and
enjoying life and thinks he will strike
Oh before long. Mr. fisher is here
visiting his mother and father for a
lew days. Barney is looking fine and
g always ready TO make trade.
horrible accident happened last
week 20 Henry Chapman who was
night Waterman for the Cove Lumber
Go. sometime ago, but who, at the time
81 the accident was working for the
Kansas City Southern as bridgeman.
at Beaumont. Texas He was caught
y the opening of the steel bridge and
BADLY crushed. breaking his right leg
70 three places and broke his back IN
TWO places and several other cuts and
bruises and it is feared he will not
i've Mrs. Chapman was called last
wednesday and went immediately.
y e are glad to hear that the dirt and
rock has begun TO fly on the jefferson
highway. This is like the Peace treaty