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THE DOUGLAS EHTEKPfiJISE DOUOUS, (iEORMS / ESTABLISHED IfiSH t Published Every Saturday Dy THE ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY W. R. FRIER. Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE* ONE YEAR -SI.OO SIX MONTHS THREE MONTHS 25 Publlshei The Lrgdl Advertising Of The City Of Douglas, Coffee County, And 'County Commissioner*. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Douglat, Ga., under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1879. If I knew you and you knew me— If both of us could clearly see, And with an inner sight divine The meaning of your heart and mine, I’m Sure that we would differ less And clasp our hands in friendliness; Our thoughts would pleasantly agree If I knew you and you knew me. —Nixon Waterman *** * * THE TOLL OF THE HOLE WEEVIL. The press is having a great deal to say now-a-days about the boll weevil, the pest that all Georgians have been looking forward to its visit for several years, and now that we have it in our midst, experts are holding meetings throughout the state in an effort to hedge against this menace in the best possible man ner. Already a boll weevil expert has been as signed to Georgia for the remainder of the fall and wintr, and he will give benefit of his knowl edge and experience which he has gained dur ing the past few years. He is under the super vision of the government and will be at the service of Georgia farmers during the winter. The Augusta Chronicle contained a very ime article on the subject in Wednesday’s paper, and we herewith reproduce a part of this able editorial which gives a vast amount of infor mation aboljfthe insect: “The story of the weevil as told from dif ferent sections varies only in .the amount of damage which has been wrought. 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It feeds upon the inner tissues of the square of the boll, thus gradually increasing the size of the whole as the larvae itself increases in size and when fully grown it has eaten out a comparatively large cavity in the square or the boll. When the pupae is first formed it is very tender and delicate, and as it ages the outer skin becomes harder and tougher. When grown the weevil varies largely in size, the smallest being barely one-tenth of an inch long and the largest a quarter of an inch long. Gen erally the advance of the boll weevil does not take place until fall, when large numbers fly considerable distances. This is usually caused by lack of food owing to the great number of weevils eating everything in the way of cotton in sight. The average distance traveled by the weevils annually has been sixty-five miles but since they have reached Georgia the progress has been more rapid. In 1915 they traveled 100 miles in Georgia and almost as great an ad vance has been made the present year. “The spi'ead of the boll weevil is shown in figures which the adult produces, the first hatch ing being about June 30th, numbering seventy weevils; the second generation, August 10th, 2,450 weevils; the third generation about Sept ember 22nd, 85,750 and the fourth generation about the first of November, 3,001,250. The boll weevil is at present within fifty miles of Augusta and during the next two weeks may progress far in this direction. “The only possible method by which to combat this pest is in diversification and inten sive farming. In the sections where the boll weevil has been present for the past several years the farmers have been forced to abandon the one-crop plan, and once they have gotten started they have prospered by the change, but they have been slow to learn the lesson and the cost of the experience has been heavy. The thing for the business men and the farmers of the Augusta district to do is to profit by the experience of others and get ready now to evade the dis astrous effects of the boll weevil, for there is} no way to evade the boll weevil itself.’’ ***** Things are happening every day in the democratic campaign which points to the re election of Woodrow Wilson. He has gained steadily for the past few weeks and the betting in New' York is now even where a month ago, it was odds on Hughes. THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, OCT. 28 191 ft. Lookl^L M won’t hurt me! That's be- M cause thev’re made with Calu- ■ 9 met —and that's why they’re ■ ■ pure, tempting, tasty, whole- M some —that's why they won’t M Received Highest Awards Cheap and big can Baking Powders donot save you money. Calumet does—it’s pure and far superior to sour milk ahd soda. ARE YOU? Are you contemplating the purchase of a coat suit? 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