The Mena weekly star., 1920-08-12
Correspondence
COVE CATCHES.

Dr. Nelson was doing business in Watson last Monday.
 Cove had a rain Saturday that made the farmers feel glad.
 Ed Turrentine of Smithville was a Cove visitor last Saturday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Doyle Rowe of Potter visited in Cove last Monday.
 Mrs. Thelma Hansard visited her mother at Hatfield last week.
 C. C. Hounsell, and wife made trip to Mena last week on business.
 Mir. and Mrs. Howard Weeks moved into the Presbyterian manse last week. Mrs. A. B. Gill. who has been down with the fever, is now mending slow Iy.
 Mrs. Sally Dorsey of Mena will visit with Mrs. ]. H. Skinner for week or two
 J. R. Boren made trip to Texar- kama last week to look after his new farm.
 c. c. CopIan and wife moved last week into the nice home ot Mrs. Gray.
 The old fashioned camp meeting at the Kit Daniels farm is creating much interest.
 About 300 crates of cantaloupes went out of Cove last Monday for Kansas City.
 + D. Ladd, telephone man from Smithville, was on the streets of Cove last Monday
 Most of the farmers around Cove report bumper crop of early corn and cotton.
 ]. J. Henson and wife of Mena were visiting at the home of their son in Cove, last week.
 Rev. J. A. Riggs of Hot Springs is visiting his sister, Mrs. j.. H. Skinner, for few days.
 ]. A. Walker sold his motor car last week and bought a package of coffee and teaspoon.
 Some of the farmers say the worms are destroying their hay crop and late corn and cane.
 w. M. Hansard, one of Cove's pop ular merchants, made business trip to Mena last Monday
 Mrs. J. H. Rowbarts and Mrs. Thel- ma Hansard motored to Mena last Tuesday doing shopping.
 ]. A. Walker, brother, l. w., and wife and children of Mckinney, Tex, are here visiting for a few days.
 John Harrah of Ranger, Tex, and
 
 ner at T. A. Woodell's last Sunday.
 J. A. Coffy, whose three children have been sick for the last two weeks, reports them now getting better.
 J. l. Burgess of Ida, Ok. was in Cove last week on his way to visit his mother. who lives iii Howard county.
 Mir. Gartsides of Buffalo, N. r., was in Cove last week looking after the f,E Il se. ty.
 Tom J. Dempsey and two daugh- ters, Miss Lucille and Miss Mosell, are spending aweek in Hatfield visiting friends.
 T. A. Woodell, manager of the Cove Lumber Company's big store, was transacting business in Smithville last Monday.
 C. Nelson, who lives on the Eudaly farm, sold his crop to the man who has bought the farm, and will move back to Texas.
 Mir. and Mrs. H. M. Walker of Bot ter are visiting at the home of Mir. Walkers brother. Dug Walker, for a few days.
 Frank McCauley and family of Bar ~tlesville. Ok, stopped off in Cove on their way to visit friends and relatives in 0ctavia, Ok. Mrs. Anna Darnell of Waldron, sis ter-in-law of Mrs. Coplan, came in Monday to visit the J. J. Coplan fam fly for a few days.
 Mrs. Jim Barrett of Healdon, Ok, is visiting with her sister, Mrs. J. A. Coify. and her father, Miss J. F. Dud- ley, for a few days.
 Rev, II. E. Nixon will be home from the Bible conference in Missouri, and will preach next Sunday morning and evening. Sunday school at 10 a. m. J. ". Mcdonald who lived close to Cove for 20 years or more, and now lives at Ida, Ok, was in town last week calling on some of his old friends. Miss Lillie Blaekman, who makes her home with Mir. and Mrs. s. M. Jackson, was visiting friends in Fl Reno and Rush Springs, Ok, and re- turned home last week.
 Deputy Sheriff Dug Walker made a flying trip over in Oklahoma last Sat urday and arrested the two Lester boys, alleged bootleggers, and landed them in the Poteau jail to await trial in the federal court.
 The writer took in the fair at Hat field last Saturday and the citizens of Hatfield should be proud of the grand shensafs nsf ef eff all Il kinds of products raised in Polk county. The exhibition was splendid and was as good as you will find at a state fair. The showers in the afternoon spoiled the carrying out of the afternoon program. But the people were all there. The brass band from DeQueen was quite an addition to the fair. Congressman Wingo made a fine talk to the people. The many stands did a world of business, and the crowd was more than 5000 people. The ladies should have great credit for the fine exhibit of goods shown in the art hall. credit to any county fair.
 C. w. Hill of Nashville. Grand Pa triarch |. 0. 0. r. Encampment, and pr. c. C. Gunnels of Mena. Grand Representative Sovereign Encamp- ment of Arkansas. were here Monday night to transfer Mena Encampment No. 26 to Hatfield. Besides the Mena members coming in the transfer. B new members were taken in, coming Iron Cove, Hatfield. Potter and Cor sicn, Nebr., l. 0. 0. F. lodges. 0ffi- cers elected and installed were D. W. Connally. Chief Patriarch: Dan Har- rah, Cove, Senior Warden; !. A. Hughes, Mena, Junior Warden: s. E. Pottortf, Potter Lodge, High Priest: F. o. Yeakey, Scribe and J. R. Neal. R0ard Car.y Ts.aar..~n~ TIL. 1.I-.