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Purely Personal Mrs. M. F. Head has returned from Feronia. Miss Lillie Purcell has returned from Feronia. Miss Marie Ward has returned from Way cross. | W Miss Venita Vickers is visiting rel atives at Ocilla. Mrs. Rilza Byrd and children are visiting at Fales. Mrs. Elias Lott is spending this week at Nichoils. Dr. Q. Holton spent Wednesday at Alma on business. Mrs. E. L. Tanner spent several days in Zirkle this week. Mrs. J. C. Relihan left yesterday to visit relatives.at Wake, Va. Mr. Jim Johnson, of Alma, spent Wednesday here on business. Miss Mattie Christopher is visiting at Reynolds and Montezuma. Rev. W. W. Webster is spending awhile at White Springs, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Stanton have returned from a trip to Atlanta. Mrs. J. C. Jones, of Blackshear, is the gufest of relatives in the city. Mr.'and Mrs. W. H. Jones made a short visit to Wayeross this week. ;u. —i..... Dr. JGeo. L. Touchton is spending a few days in White Springs, Fla. ' i ■■ ' - - Mrs. W. R. Frier left yesterday to visit Mrs. W. R. McLeod in Augusta. Mrs. C. W. Roberts attended the Meeks reunion at Nichoils Tuesday. Mrs. G. L. Touchton is the guest of her grandmother at Willacoochee. Mrs. Rufus Moore and little daugh ter are visiting parents at Suwanee, Ga. | Miss Lillian Price is spending sev eral days in Montgomery with rela tives. % Miss Jessie Overstreet has as her guest this week, Miss Floy Ford, of Tifton. Mrs. Daniel Gaskin, Sr 7 has re turned from a visit to relatives in Baxley. Mrs. W. H. Bailey and children have returned from a visit to Fitz gerald. Miss Irma Mims has returned to Eliott after a visit to her cousin, Mrs. Q. Holton. Mrs. W. A. Mizalle and Mr. George Ryals, of Rhine, Ga., visited friends here Sunday. Mrs. S. J. Stubbs and son, Dr. Jas. Wilson, returned from St. Simons on Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jordan and son, lamar, will spend the week-end at Hazlehurst. Lamar will remain for a short visit to his grandmother there. The Boston Store Is still offering some wonderful values in New Summer Goods on account of remodeling which is now taking place. Now is the time to avail yourself of an opportunity that seldom comes. The Boston Store Douglas, WE G,VE pREM,UMS Georgia Mrs. Dan Wall v/as the guest of Miss Era Goodyear and Mrs. Session Fales this week. Mrs. G. A. Tanner and little son have returned from a visit to rela tives in Alamo. Mrs. E. F. Sapp and mother, Mrs. W. F. Sibbett, visited relatives at Jacksonville, Fla. Messrs. J, M. Ashley and J M. Dent spent Wednesday in Willacoo chee on business. I Mr. J. L. Holton, of Wayeross, was the guesf of his brother, Dr. Quitman Holton, last week. «> Mr. J. F. Overstreet expects to leave next week for a month’s stay in Hot Springs, Ark. Mrs. W. C. Smith and Mrs. Percy Smith are spending a few days with relatives in Nichoils. Misses Daisy and Julia Puckett left Monday for a visit to Wayeross be fore returning home. Rev. H. M. Morrison spent several days in Alma this week in attendance at the -District meeting. Miss Sarah Woodard, left' Wednes day morning for a stay of a few days with friends in Macon. Mrs. W. S. Durst has returned home from a visit to relatives in Augusta and Aiken, S. C. Miss Venita Vickers had as her guests this week, Misse Selma and Olivia Thornton; of Wray. Mrs. M. B. Mathews has as her guests this week, Mrs. R. M. Brown and chfldren, of Cuthbert. Mrs. Melvin Tanner and little daughter left Sunday for Norwood to spend some time with relatives. Judge J. W. Quincey and Solicitor M. D. Dickerson spent Wednesday in Baxley on professional business. Misses Rosalie Barnes and Lillian Moore left Thursday for Sparks to spend several days with friends. Miss Agnes Morrison is attending a house party at Eastman, and will visit friends in Mcßae before return ing. Messrs. Lawson Kelley, 0. F. Deen and George Moore, pent the national holiday in Macon reviewing the state troops. Miss Leonel Jones has returned to her home in Valdosta after a visit to Miss Daisy Relihan and Miss Lillian Moore. Miss Ethel Smith has returned to her home in Atlanta after spending several days here as the guest of the Misses Dyer. Miss Georgia Townsend has return ed to her home in Darien after spend ing some time as a guest at the home of Mr. M. E. Vickers. H. J . Brown and S. K. Thomas, of Cades, S. C., have been on a visit to Mr. S. J. Brown, of this city, dur ing the past ten days. THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, JULY 8,19 f«. Dr. Malone, of Andrew Female Col lege, and Rev. C. A. Jackson, of Brunswick, were guests of Rev. H. M. Morrison this week. Mrs. Margaret Jordan and Miss Gertrude McLean left Tuesday for Athens where they will take a special course in the summer school. i Misses Bessie, Pearl and Addie Butler, of Cuthbert, are visitors in the city, the guests of Mrs. J. L. Young and Mrs. R. S, Dismuke. Messrs. Ira Dent and I. C. Sapp will leave tonight for Baltimore, to be in attendance at the big Elks’ con vention which convenes * there next week. Misses Doris Speighes, Emmi Mar vin and Maggie Marvin, of Whitehall, S. C., are the guests of the latter’s sister, Mrs. O. R. Lowry, of North Douglas. Col. Rufus A. Moore will leave Sun day for Baltimore were he goes as a delegate from the local lodge- of Elks to the national convention which con venes there next week. Mr. and Mrs. Price Heard stopped over Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ashley. They were on their way to their home in Cordele, after an extended wedding trip in the North. Mr. Samuel Thomas, of Lake City, Fla., is visiting George Thomas, at the Greek-American, this week. The two will leave Douglas on next Sun day for New York to spend a few weeks. Mrs. Tom Dent and Mrs. Jim Grif fin, Mrs. Eli Tanner, Misses Leila and Nannie Jardine, Mr. Jim Jardine, Misses Allie Lott, Lillian Goodyear and Mr. Fisher Dent, formed a pleas ant party going to Lucy Lake for a camping trip. The convention of P. 0. Clerks held at Tifton July the Fourth was well attended by clerks of different offices of the state. The delegates elected from Douglas Branch No. 16(50 of the U. N. 0. P. O. C. w£re Thomas W. Overstreet and L. R. Squires. Judge W. E. Thomas, one of the four congressional aspirants, passed thru Douglas Wednesday enroute to Appling county. He will remain in that county until Saturday, when he goes to the lower part of Bacon coun ty where he is booked for an address in the Taylorville district. Miss Annie Melton, of Hot Spings, Ark., a former resident of this city, is spending the week here with friends She has not been in Douglas for three years and was delighted to again be with her many friends here. Her mother did not accompany her and Miss Annie expects to return some time next week. Mrs. J. D. Girardeau, of Thomas ton, and Mrs. J. H. Johnson, of At lanta, and their children, came down some few days ago in the former’s car on a visit to their sister, Mrs. Hoke Davis, of this city, and • with the addition of Miss Willie Pearl Davis commenced their return trip last Tuesday morning at 6 o’clock. Woman’s Club. On Tuesday afternoon the Wom an’s Club met informally at the resi dence of Mrs. M. D. Dickerson and was entertained by her. Refreshments of ice tea with sher bet, served with sandwiches, were served. The committees for the coming year were named and the year book planned. A Lawn Party. On Wednesday evening Mrs. G. F. Dickson and Mrs. H. W. Barrett en tertained at a lawn party in honor of their guests, Miss Lillie Dickson and Miss Bessie Powell, of North Caro lina. There were about forty young people present. Again on Thursday Thursday eve ning Mrs. Dickson and Mrs. Barrett were joint hostesses for their guests. Those invited on this occasion were members of the K. K. K., and some of the younger married couples. Both of these affairs were most thoroughly enjoyed by the fortunate guests. A. B. & A. SCHEDULE CHANGES The A. B. & A. announces changes in schedule to become effective Sun day, June 25, as follows: Train No. 3 for Atlanta and Birming ham, will leave Douglas at 9:10 p. m., instead of 9:18 p. m. Train No. 7 for Atlanta and Bir mingham, will leave Douglas at 7:45 a. m., instead of 9:58 a. m. Train No. 4 for Waycross and Brur.s wick, will leave Douglas at 7:15 a. For quick loans on improved farm lands, at low rate of interest and least expense, see F. W. Dart, Douglas, Ga. Live Stock Progress Being Made In Georgia Tick Eradication And The Introduc tion of Pure-Brsd Animals First Steps Of Greatest Importance (ANDREW M. SOULE, President Ga. State College Of Agriculture.) Remarkable progress has been made in developing animal industries in the South in the past few years. This has been brought about by the general campaign of education carried on by the State Colleges of Agriculture and their extension divisions and the vari ous bureaus of the United States De partment of Agriculture. I recall quite distinctly when the proposition to erad icate the cattle tick was considered a Joke and yet there are forty-two coun ties free of this pest In Georgia alone, and in a comparatively short time the whole state will have been cleaned up. The prosecution of this campaign by state and federal authorities means a saving and an addition to the average wealth of the state of Georgia of fully one million dollars a year. The introduction of pure bred sires is changing the character and quality of our beef cattle, not only in Geor gia, but in the southeastern states as well. About 1,600 pure-breds, mostly of the beef types, were brought into Georgia last year. You can appreciate what a leve-ning influence they are ex erting on our live stock industries. Several years ago the College pur chased scrub cows at $17.60 each and crossed them with pure-bred sires. The progeny from the third cross have made steers weigning 1,400 pounds at about thirty months. We have been offered 10 cents a pound for some of these animals, or $142.50 each. Com paring this with the original price of the dam, the infinite possibilities of live stock production in the south are well illustrated, provided we use the right type of sire and develop pastures of bermuda grass, bur clover, Italian rye grass and Japan clover, and util ize our forage and hay making legumes such as corn and sorghum, and alfalfa, cowpeas, velvet beans to proper ad vantage. When our cotton lands are devoted to the production of winter oats and other cereals to supplement our cotton seed meal, the state of Geor gia will have two or three times its present carrying capacity of live stock. Die-Back Disease Severe On Peaches Many Georgia Peach Trees Seriously Affected By Disease This Year, Especially Less Thrifty Ones (T. H. McHATTON, Prof, of Horticul ture, State College Of Agr.) Die-back, a fungous disease has be come more serious in Georgia peach orchards this year than usual. It gets its name from its characteristic way of attacking tips of branches, causing them to die back as the disease pro gresses. Unchecked it often kills trees. At this time it is felt wltn special severity because of hardships which the trees have suffered during the last year or two from unseasonably early and late freezes and by reason of heavy demands upon the trees’ vi tality by unusually large crops. The weaker trees are suffering in many orchards from the disease while the more vital ones are resistant. Pruning away infected parts Is rec ommended. The pruning tool should be disinfected after each severance of a diseased limb. When very seri ous, three sprayings with self-boiled lime-sulphur should be made, the first about September 1 and the last in October. Inexpensive Cotton Cultivation (LOY E. RAST, Cotton Industry Dept., Ga. State College Of Agriculture.) Shallow cultivation of cot ton is economical, it con tributes most to the growth of the plant, it conserves the moisture in the soil better than deep cultivation. Deep cultivation with a plow common ly used throughout the cotton grow ing belt, : means unnecessary loss of the moisture needed by the plants; it means the disturbance of rootlets through which the plant is feeding, thereby robbing the plant of some of its food, and it means plowing one furrow at a time when the same en ergy might be used to three or four furrows at a time as deep as they ought to be plowed. Shallow cultivation not only means rapid and inexpensive cultivation, but it means that the planter can cultivate more often. The oftener the cultiva tion —if it be shallow —the more the moisture is held for the plants and the more they grow and the heavier the fruit. More frequent cultivations thus justify themselves with more profitable returns. During the past sj - ing there was a drouth. Springs dn uths are coming to be common. A very harmful prac tice generally used in the cotton field of Georgia is to “bar” off the cotton before chopping it out. This means that the cotton is left on a ridge with a deep furrow on either side. It means that the ground under and around the cotton dries out in a drouth and leaves the young plant in poor shape if it does not die outright. Had the soil been harrowed only, this heavy loss of moisture would not have occurred, the plants would have con tinued to grow and so much replant ing would not have been necessary. You and Your Friends—and ji i§ 1 |pj; You tried it because wo told tj|l| you how good and delicious ||| J But friends began lg Wf Y* V drinking it because you told them jjfe was. Thiaia theerd <Ssj9gL-_- —A I I—H | « j 'JjJ, Demand the genuine by full name— TwO \UjR 1 )ji ’ A “ ' nicknames encourage substitution. illlilllllllill 111 Sflwjf The farmer who prows only one I crop makes a mistake- —-and goes K broke when that crop fails or there Bj isn’t any market for it. Almost as great H a mistake is made by the fruit grower who produces only B kind as by the farmer who doesn’t add fruits to his crops. ■ Fruits judiciously selected, planted properly and cared for right will be a source of ready money. The farmer w ho grows Rome peaches, pears, plums, persimmons, etc., always can find a cash market for most of these. Diversify Your Fruit Growing Has Been Griffing’s Watchword Farmers who had learned to diversify made money just the same when cot ton could not be sold. Fruit growers who had gotten away from the one crop policy sold some of their other fruit for good prices when oranges were generally a drug in the market. ■ For years our Mr. C. M. Grilling has urged the importance of diversified fruit | I growing as well as diversified farming. In the catalogue he has published and ■ H in the public press he has pointed out how wherein both in combination mea^^B "ULUX” Onepicce Invisible Bifocal Lens Bifocal Leas SSFt 8 Perfection Achieved in the oraviiMisQjT < ULTEX ,, ®®iyi csiux vynawsifj v# mm ■ mm It has the merits of all bifocals and the faults of none. Ophthalmic experts aeicnowledfre that the toric (or curved) form with a lanre and comfortable reading portion makes the most effective bifocal lens. This yon have in the “ULTEX” without the disagreeable colors of Hie rainbow. We recommend the “ULTEX” bifocals to our customers, and will be pleased to further explain it a advantages. If you are particular about the wel fare of your eyesight, come to us for glasses. You will find us with the best in Lenses, Frames, and Service. W. R. WILSON Optometrist and Manufacturing Optician. Even if one is making money on one fruit grow n in quantities, the planting of some olher kinds in smaller lots is a w ise thing. Even orange growers have sometimes made as much off other fruits as from their groves. Even though cotton and grain and oranges now are in great demand, don t forgot the lesson! Make your plans now not to be caught again, no matter what happens. Grow enough things to sell some so long as anybody is buying— and to live on afterwards.