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THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE
Douglas, Georgia
Established 1888
Published Every Saturday by
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO.
W. R. FRIER, Editor
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•fficial Organ of Coffee County and
County Commisssioners.
Entered as second-class matter at
the postoffice at Douglas, Ga., under
the Act of Congress of March 8, 1879.
POTATOES IN PLACE OF BREAD.
If wheat remains at its present
high figure or continues to rise in
price, and if there is a corresponding
■tcrease in the price of bread, scien
tists in the department suggests that
the ordinary household will find it ad
vantageous to eat more potatoes and
toes bread. With potatoes at 60 cents
» bushel, 10 cents’ worth, or 10 pounds
will give the consumer a little more
actual nourishment than two 1 pound
loaves of bread at 5 cents each. The
protein and fat are present in ap
preciably larger amounts in bread,
hut the potatoes will be found to
furnish more carbohydrates and more
heat units.
Carbohydrates (starch) contribute
greatly to the energy value of any
diet, and since potatoes are rich in
these families that wish to expend
their money to the best advantage
are recommended to consider whether
they can not make a more extended
■se of them. They are easy to cook
and when prepared in different ways
•an be made to lend variety to the
winter diet when green vegetables
are hard to obtain. Like other foods
relatively rich in carbohydrates, how
ever, potatoes should be eaten with
foods correspondingly rich in protein,
such as milk, meat, eggs, etc., and
with foods like butter, cream, and
meat fat to supply the fat that the
body needs.
Under normal conditions in Europe
and America the potato ranks next
to bread as a carbohydrate food. If
prices change sufficiently to make it
desirable from a financial point of
view, there is no scientific reason why
potatoes should not be substituted to
M great extent for bread. In addition
the potato, like many fruits and veg
etables, helps to neutralize an acid
condition in the body. This is anoth
er reason for its being eaten in com
bination with meat, fish, and other
animal foods.
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The people of Pearson expect to
go after a new county at the coming
session of the legislature. We glory
in their spunk and hope they will win.
That section of the county needs to
be cut off, for our good and theirs.
We can build a greater Coffee coun
ty with less area, and the new county
would make rapid strides from the
beginning. The people are going in
ftb win this time, they say, and we
know they can, if a few little differ
ences can be adjusted, which looks
easy.
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The Alma Times is making rapid
•trides. Each and every issue shows
remarkable improvement. We con
gratulate the new publishers on the
work they are doing for Alma and
•aeon county. The merchants of that
city should rally to such an enterprise.
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All Georgians sympathize with
Brunswick in her present distress. In
the past Brunswick has been visited
with fires, fever and floods, all of
them carrying destruction in their
way, but the recent tragedies eclipse
them all in horror and distress.
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Don’t fail to attend the meeting at
the court house on next Monday night
Matters of great importance to every
citizen of Douglas and Coffee county
will come up and you must be there
to lend your suggestion in disposing
•f then!:
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Give Douglas a real live board of
trade and see what will happen in
six months. The results obtained
from such an organization in six
months would insure a perpetual
board for Douglas.
J. E. BARTLETT ASSUMES
CONTROL COM MON W E A LTH
The Nicholls Commonwealth has re
sumed publication, being suspended
•nly one week. Mr. J. E. Bartlett,
formerly of this city, but more re
cently of The Alma Times, has assjm
ed control, and in future will publish
The Commonwealth.
We predict for the paper much sac- I
cess. Mr. Bartlett is no novice in the
business, having been connected with
several of the Douglas papers for a
number of years. He is a good prin
ter, knows the business fomr A to z
and the people of Nicholls are to be
congratulated in securing his services.
Try an Enterprise Want Ad. *
The Merchant Must Find
A Market For The Farmer
Pre*. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia State College of Agriculture
The merchant and the city man
have encouraged the farmer of The
South to diversify his crops. It would
now seem essential that they aid him
in finding a satisfactory market for
what he raises. W'hlle fanners of the
South cannot be expected to soon
raise, for Instance, enough grain to
make it worth while to construct
warehouses and elevators, it would
seem possible for the merchants to
co-operate, grade and ship in car-load
lots to tiie advantage of all parties
concerned.
Should a merchant feel that he does
not want to disturb his connection
with organizations that supply him
western hay and grain, he must then
cease doing business with the farmer
who has his diversified farm products
for sale, which he will hardly want to
do If the movement is of any conse
quence In his community.
It is doubtless true that the farm
er does not know how to grade and
pack his products for the market. It
will be impossible to teach him imme
diately, do what we may. Therefore,
as has been suggested, the merchant
who takes the products may do the
grading and find it worth while. Of
course, a greater part of the farm
Cholera Serum Reduced
Dr. W. M. Eurson, Prof. Vet. Science,
Ga. State College Of Agriculture.
Beginning with January 1, 1915, the
price of hog cholera serum manufac-
by the state at the College of
Agriculture was reduced so that it
now sells at 1 1-4 cents per cubic
centimeter Instead of 1 1-2 cents. The
new price Is just half what it was in
1912, when it was first offered for
sale by the state.
Recent reports of demonstration
agents In Georgia who administered
hog cholera serum show 212 herds
treated. Cholera already existed
in these herds. In fact, 410 hogs
had died of the disease before the se
rum was administered, and 447 were
sick of It when treated. The total sick
and well treated was 6.629. Of this
number 336 died aftw treatment. The
percentage lost was 5.09 and the per
centage saved was 94.91.
What The Com Club Boys
Are Doing And Can Do
Pres. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia State College of Agriculture
More than 113 boys in Georgia be
longing to the corn club made over
100 bushels of corn to the acre dur
ing the past year. They are remark
able yields, but they have been certi
fied to by disinterested and reliable
citizens. The Bureau of Crop Esti
mates of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture reports that there
had been a falling off in yields owing
to the protracted drouth of the spring
of last year. It Is, therefore, the more
remarkable that, the very high yields
should be obtained during an adverse
year. It shows that with proper meth
ods of preparation of the land and
proper cultivation, large crops can b*
grown In spite of drouths.
By all means encourage the boy to
join the corn club. Get the acre In
the best of shape and let him go in
for a record-breaker yield this year.
The ever-increasing usefulness and
value of the boys’ corn clubs is amply
demonstrated and their work must
prove a source of inspiration to every
progressive farmer. No doubt it is
impractical to quadruple the yield of
corn In the Southeastern states in a
single year, but it certainly is possible
to double the yield with a result which
could not be correctly estimated on a
Incubation And
Brooding Of Chicks
Roy F. Irvin, Poultryman, Georgia
State College of Agriculture.
Hatch the chicks early by use of
the Incubator. Early-liatched birds
are strong and lay eggs in the fall
and winter when the price is high.
Late-hatched birds do not amount to
much as They are weaker and
not successful as money makers.
How to get the chicks hatched In
the winter and how to take care of
them Is the subject of a bulletin just
Issued by the College of Agriculture,
which can be obtained by merely writ
ing for It
It is possible for this state to pro
duce Its own chickens and eggs and
have some to sell. Those who would
enter the poultry business and suc
ceed must have special knowledge.
The best Information should fte on
talned from bulletins and other publi
cations.
Market Standard
For Hay and Grain
The Agronomy Division of the
Georgia State College of Agriculture
has issued a placard 18x24 Inches in
size entitled “Market Standards for
Georgia Hay and Grain.” These pla-'
cards are being posted at country
store®, court houses and public places
over the state for tbs benefit of the
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE. DOUGLAS, GA., MARCH 13th, 1915.
produce that the Southern farmer
will have for sale, will be turned
over to the country merchant in ex
change for goods. The merchant gets
a profit off of his goods, of course,
and if he then will grade and pack
properly for the market, as he can
with several commodities, he will be
in position to make another profitable
transaction.
Much can be accomplished both in
aid of diversification and in market
ing, by boards of trades of towns
and cities. Why should they not
make a census of the possible produce
for sale in a given trade radius, ob
tain the co-operation of merchants or
farmers for large shipments and di
rect attention of the large dealers to
the business to be obtained? Why
should trade organizations not system
atically wage a campaign of education
about grading and marketing definite
crops suited to a given area?
The State College of Agriculture has
the information. It Is perfectly willing
to do everything In Its power, but its
resources are, of course, limited and,
only through co-operation with local
organized agencies can it accomplish
the largest amount of good. This co
operation It welcomes to the end alone
that the College may do Its educative
work.
Champion Pig Of The Pig Clubs
James E. Downing, Organizer Pig
Clubs, Georgia State College
Of Agriculture.
The champion pig club boy of Geor
gia is Evans Jackson, Madison, R. F.
D. 4. His record shows that he pur
chased a pure bred pig six weeks old
for $7.50. He fed it $10.25 worth of
feed and when it was ten months old
It weighed 320 pounds. It took the
sweepstakes prize at the state
fair and he values it at
$60.00, which it Is well worth.
On this basis his profit Is $42.25. Be
sides this he won prizes and a schol
arship to the short course of the Col
lege worth considerably more. The
gains in weight for his pig cost 3.4
cents per pound. A circular has been
Issued by the college for use of the
members of the pig clubs. It tells
how to Join and carry on the work.
dollars and cents basis. That the corn
crop of the South will materially In
crease from year to year is shown by
what has been accomplished within
the last decade, and just as soon as a
large enough number of the boys who
are now members of the clubs come
into possession of the landed areas of
the state, they will proceed by reason
of the success they have had to in
crease the yield of corn and the area
of land devoted to it until an adequate
supply of this essential cereal is raised
for all tha purposes in which it can
be devoted profitably in the South.
Boys with records are a valuable as
set to any community because they il
lustrate something well worth while.
They show how theories can be trans
lated from the realm of possibility Into
concrete results. They constitute in
fected areas of new ideas in the com
munities in which they reside. Their
example is sooner or later emulated
by their friends and neighbors, and
the reputation they establish for them
selves and the locality they represent
becomes one of its most valued and
treasured assets. All honor to the
boys who are leading the vanguard in
the fight for the rejuvenation of agri
cultural practice in the South.
Spray Calendar For Georgia
T. H. McHatton, Professor of Horticul
ture, Georgia State College Of
Agriculture.
A bulletin has been issued from the
College, entitled “Spray Calendar for
Georgia.” It is designed to meet a
wide-spread demand for information
of this kind in the state. How to make
spray material and how to apply It to
various fruits and vegetables are set
forth plainly enough for any farmer to
successfully make the spray material
and apply it.
Upon the success in combatting
plant diseases and Insects frequently
depends the success of growing fruits
and vegetables. No farmer should be
without a spraying outfit and the nec
essary knowledge of how to apply
sprays. The spray bulletin can be
had by writing to the College for It,
as long as the supply lasts.
farmers who need education in meth
ods of grading hay and grain this
year especially, that they may dis
pose of crops other than cotton to a
disadvantage.
The suggestions in the placard are
based on regulations applying in the
markets generally with variations to
apply to hay crops that are grown in
Georgia, but are not listed In hay mar
ket centers. It is expected to give
the farmer a knowledge that will en
able him to get the best possible price
for his hay and grain crops.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Condensed Statement of the Condition of
, /he Pinion SBanking
Georgia.
Jit Close of Jebnuuny 271 A. 19/5
Resources Liabilities
Loans and Discounts $290,106.92 Capital Stock Paid in $ 49,500.00
Stocks and 80nd5...... 16,191.00 Surplus and Profits Earned 53,478.34
Banking House and Fixtures 55,751.06
Other Real Estate 20,614.12 Deposits 215,266.30
Cash and Due from Banks 29,263.74 Bills Payable and Rediscounts 93,682.20
Total $411,926.84 Total v s4ll,926.84
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Interest Paid in Our Savings Department
Spring Opening of Millinery
MISS MABEL SAYRE Announces
Wednesday and Thursday
March 17, 18
Opening Days of the Spring
Millinery Season at her Store
East Sycamore St.
Douglas, - - - Georgia
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