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“The Enterprise Covers Every Nook •nd Corner ot Coffee County— and Then Some.” 20 WHITES AND 40 NEODOES PASSED UP AS QUALIFIED The local examining board finish ed their task for this week last night. They worked Tuesday and Wednes day of this week and Friday of last week. The board will resume their work next Wednesday and examine all men who hold order numbers be tween 800 and 900. On the following Friday the men whose numbers are between 900 and 1000 will be exam ined. Those who completed their ex aminations up to last night had or der numbers up to 800. It is to be understood that only those in Class One are being exam ined. The examinations will continue until every man in this class has been examined. Something like 65 were passed by the board this week. 22 of these leave next Tuesday, all ne groes. Our old quota was 144 and we are still shy 79 of this number, or 57 after the departures next Tuesday. These 57 men have got to be furnished before the new quota will be taken up. The following white men were pass ed up as physically fit and qualified for service and await the call from head quarters : Lorenzy Williams, Nicholls. Thomas F. Mixon, Axson. F. T. Slaughter, Douglas. Homer Vickers, Douglas. Kindred Starling, Pearson. Mm. L. Joiner, Pearson Wm. Corbitt, Pearson. Philip Kirkland, Nicholls. Willie F. Brigman, Nicholls. Clifton C. Nugent, Willacoochee. Henry Taylor, Nicholls. Clifton Lott, Willacoochee. Vernon Gillispie, Kirkland. Thomas L. Cribb, Nicholls. Roy C. Butler, Douglas. Daniel F. Dorminy, Nicholls. M~.com Meeks, Nicholls. John W. McGehce, Douglas. Hiram L. Mullis, Pearson. Ernest Burrows, Nicholls. In addition to these names, twenty, there are 45 others who were passed as physicallyfit, these being negroes, 22 of them leaving next Tuesday. Their names and addresses appear elsewhere on this page. There were quite a number who were passed up to the district board at Fitzgerald. Of this number it is likely that several more will be added to the qualified list for Coffee county. This paper will start next week and publish from week to week a list of those who have failed to show up for examination. These men will be termed slackers, and Clerk Haddock promises to furnish us with this list from week to week as the calls for examinations are made. FOR SALE —A baby carriage. Phone 387. “POLLY BFII tIHGIIS" 11. . v The Enterprise Theatre has booked for next Monday night that great film “Polly of the Circus.” This was to appear last Monday night but was cancelled on account of the “Million Dollar Doll, which appeared here then. “Polly of the Circus” is one of the greatest films on the road today. It is full of romanee and has one of the sweetest love stories in it that you will find in any picture. Manager Hall expects a record-breaking crowd for this picture. In addition to this picture and other pictures you see at this popular the atre, you get more than your money’s worth in music. Manager Hall has made arrangements with Mr. C. Trin ka, of Chicago, who is one of the best violinists in this section today, and he with Miss Marie Ward, pianist, fur nish some of the best music to be found anywhere. Mr. Trinka is a perma nent fixture in Douglas, expects to re main here With the theatre, and the public may expect this excellent pro gram of music every night in addition to the pictures. Douglas Enterprise AND COFFEE COUNTY NEWS VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 43 Wilfacoochse Bailiff Killed By Nap Mr. C. D. McCraw, a prominent cit izen, of Willacoochee, was shot and instantly killed at Crenshaw, Berrien county, at 11 o’clock Sunday by Ed Dancy, a negro. The deceased was acting constable of the Willacoochee district, and ac companied by John T. Pr.ulk, under took to arrest the negro under a war rant charging swindling. Dancy, who was located in a ouse occupied by his sisted arrest, shooting McCraw with a double-barreled shotgun, the load taking effect in the right side of his head. After killing McCraw Dancy snap ped the other barrel at Mr. Paulk and made his escape. Johnson is in jail at Nashville charged with being an accessory, and a posse is in pur suit of Dancy. The dead man was the father of Will McCraw of the Paulk and McCraw Hardware Com pany of Willacoochee. Dancy is an alleged slacker. Patriotic Service AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH The Committee on Public Informa tion created by the President of the United States has prepared a series of views illustrating the wanton and inexcusable destruction of the great cathedrals of Europe and other me morials of art by the German army in the present war. I have secured the valuable and interesting series of pictures for use next Sunday eve ning, and will present theip with an appropriate lecture in explanation. There are fifty views in all. In con nection with the yiews,) patriotic songs will be thrown upon the screen and sung. Come also to the morning service at 11 o’clock. You are welcome to all services at the First Baptist Church. Come—“ The Spirit and Bride Say COME.” T. S. HUBERT. , PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday, February 24th- Sunday School at 10 o’clock. Morning worship at 11 o’clock. Sermon: “Imparting* Spiritual Gifts.” Evening worship at 7 o’clock. Sermon subject: “Wells of the Heart.” BIG ORGANIZATION TO MEET IN DOUGLAS The Savannah Preebytery will meet in Douglas sometime during April, the date to be supplied later, and further particulars. This will be a great treat for the people, and doubtless will be well at- We are glad to report the improved condition of Mayor Lawson Keley, who has been quite sick. He is able to be out on the streets again. Gus L. Brack Is Naw Ex. Off. J. P. Judge Gus L. Brack is the new Ex. Off. J. P. for this district, succeed ing Mr. H. F. Brown, who retires. He will enter upon his duties right away as soon as his commission arrives. He received his appointment at the hands of the grand jury last week. Judge Brack is no novice in this line of work. He has served in this capacity before, right here in this dis trict, and the people are to be con gratulated upon the fact tna such an efficient officer will continue in charge of this office. • s The Enterprise 'Publishes the Legal Advertising of the City of Douglas, Coffee County and County Commissioners. THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, I EB. 22, 1313 Better Farming in the South FERTILIZER PRECAUTIONS Plant Food Should Have A Legal Guarantee Of Availa bility If It Is To Measure Up To Nation’s Pressing Fcod Demands J. C. Pridmore, Farm Service Bureau, Atlanta, Georgia. While the Ameri can farmer respon iiypPwt: tied to the world wide demand ir. H : gill ture, says that (his j **! Jo.-s not justify a : ri|i let-down in farm .''-•Xri* activities; for he has stated that even greater ef forts must be put J. C. PRIDMORE. forth in the coming months. If the southern farmer is to do his share in producing foods for man and beast, and, at the same time, grow cot ton fibre for the nation, he must either increase his crop acreage, or else grow considerably more per acre than cus tomary. In view of the scarcity and high price of labor at the present time, it seems to be the part of wisdom for farmers generally not to mate rially increase the crop acreage, but to increase the acre yields. Increase Yield Per Acre Acre yields can be increased by better preparation of the seed bed,’ by the use of good seed of varieties adapt ed to the region, by using a more lib eral application of the right kinds of fertilizers and by better cultivation of the growing crops. While all of these factors influence acre yields, let us call particular at tention at this time to the kind and amount of fertilizer to be used. Prac tically all of the southern soils are deficient in phosphoric acid, nitrogen and potash and these must be supplied in some form to get the largest yields and biggest farm profits. While the proper use of these materials will in crease the yields per acre and help supply the nation’s needs, the wise farmer will at the same time strive to get the largest financial returns from their use. To do this, he must exercise care in buying them as well as in applying them. The farmer should understand that plants use fertilizers as foods only af ter they have been dissolved by the soil water, and that which is not sol uble is not available to the plant. It is to the farmer’s interest, therefore, to know that the fertilizers he is buy ing are guaranteed to contain a stated amount of available plant food. FOOD AliSTim QUIRGET GIVES NEW PLi IF BUYIG The Federal Food; Administrator for Georgia has relieved the farmers who produce their own flour substi tutes from purchasing an equal a mount of substitutes with the pur chase of flour. The rules and regu lations provide that the farmers must not purchase, under the permits is sued, more than seventy per cent, of his customary and usual supply of flour. The producer can be issued permits to purchase only in quanti ties from one sack to one barrel, de pending on the number of persons in his family and the amount of flour on hand. When a permit is issued to a far mer and he purchases flour he must surrender his card, or permit, to the merchant making the sale, who in turn is authorized to use the card as a basis for the purchase of flour in like quantity without substitutes. The merchant is required to pre : erve this card and hold same sub ject to the inspection of the Federal Food Administrator for Georgia, and the seller of flour must take up the permit at the time the flour is de livered. A permit cannot be issued 'or less than thirty days nor more than sixty days supply. The new ruling allowing the farmer who has his own substitutes to pur chase flour in this manner is confined strictly to the man who produces his own corn, rice or other wheat sub stitutes. As Chairman of the Food Administration for Coffee County. I have appointed the foiiowing agents who will issue cards to the farmer* for the purchase of flour, at the fol lowing places in this county: Quick Acting Form. For the best results in the cultiva tion of general field crops, materials carrying phosphoric acid, nitrogen and some potash should be applied. Pot ash is more deficient in the light and sandy soils than in clay soils. Not 'ess than 150 to 200 pounds of com plete fertilizers per acre should be used and hundreds of farmers find more than this amount to be most profitable. Fertilizers containing these necessary plant foods are generally es sential for the most profitable produc tion of all field crops. Since there is such a world-wide need for crops, and since farm products are higher now han ever before, it follows that the farmer who strives to fulfill the na tion’s needs just now by the use of such plant food as is necessary, se cures at the same time the largest pos sible financial returns for himself. American-Made Potash Good As German Kind If there is any doubt in the mind of a farmer about using fertilizers con taining American-made potash, in the belief that it is not as good as that which was formerly obtained from Ger many, his mind can be set at rest by any chemist or agricultural authority. Any one who knows in what form the potash exists in the American-made product will declare that muriate or suflate of potash is the same to the plant whether it be obtained from American sources or Germany, and that the plant asks no questions as to where it originated, but feeds on it just the same. Raise Home Supplies And Some To Spare “Store bought” foods and feeds are too high priced for any farmer to pay, even if he could find them for sale. The wise southern farmer will get in a crop of corn and velvet beans, pota toes, vegetables of various kjlnds, grow a few hogs and poultry and oth erwise look out for the needs of his family and his tenants. With all of food products bringing such good prices, the southern farmer should do a patriotic bit if he would raise enough to spare some for the armies while he is raising his cotton crop. J. A. Davis, Nicholls; D. L. Can non! Nicholls;J. A. Thurston, Am brose; C. B. McCall, Willacoochee; B. T. Allen, Pearson; J. L. Palmer, Brox ton; Y. O. Mathews, Axson; J. A. Cromartie, West Green; C. E. Ba ker, Douglas; Moses Griffin, Doug las; W. P. Ward, Douglas; E. R Smith, Willacoochee; W. M. Sum mer, Pearson; E. L. Moore, Brox ton; Levi O’Steen, Douglas; E. L. Grantham, Douglas; R. J. Cornelius, Douglas. Any effort on the part of the far mer or dealer to evade the spirit of the permit or any misrepresentations in obtaining or using the same will subject the party so misrepresenting or disobeying the rules and regula tions to the penalties prescribed by law and the Federal Food Admini strator. The people of Coffee county, I am sure, will realize and understand which are of force to insure the sav ing of flour for our soldiers and al lies in France and to insure the fair ar.d equal distribution to all alike of the flour used in the country. The parties who are serving the people in the capacity of agents and myself as County Food Administra tor are doing this work without any pay or compensation whatever, and I feel sure that the retailer, the wholesaler and the consumer will work in harmony with the Food Ad ministration and willl give their hearty co-openation to the regula tions as outlined and put in force. ; J. W. QUINCEY, Chairman Federal Food Administrator Coffee Co. $1.59 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE 22 COFFEE COUNTY I.CCRBES LEASE TUESDAY FOR CORDON Now Program For Eating Places Public eating places in Georgia are now officially on a new food program, and like the households, observe the following schedule. 1. —Monday, Wheatless. 2. —Tuesday, Meatless. 3. Wednesday, Wheatless. 4. —Saturday, Porkless. 5. —One wheatless meal a day. 6. —One meatless meal a day. Hotels have been observing the nent’esr Tuesday and wheatless Wed nesday but now they must observe Monday as a wheatless day, Saturday as a porkless day nnd have one meat less and one wheatless meal every day. It is left to the eating place pro prietor to designate which meal will be wheatless and which meatless each day. Later they will be asked to re port whic meal is being observed. These new rules place patrons of the public eating .houses on practi cally the same bread allowance that is being observed in England in that they provide that a portion of bread or roils serve patrons shall not con sist of more than two ounces. Not moer than this quantity should be served to anyone at any one meal except that when rolls or bread made from corn meal, oatmeal or bran are served and when only one kind is ordered, a portion may consist of flour ounces. Rolls, the regulations say, should not weigh more than one ounce ap.e e. Public eating places row come un der the Food Administration's bal ing regulations and must s< ure li wires and * j governed accordingly. victo.y bread my be sc.'.ci on wheatless days. This is bread con taining- 20 per cent of bread substi tutes. Pies, cakes, doughnuts and pastries may be served on wheatless days, pro vided that 33 1-3 per cent or more of wheat flour substitutes are mixed in the wheat flour used in the manufac ture of all such products that are served every day during the week. Red Cross Notes It would seem practically easy for the members of the Rod Cross to give one afternoon each week to the work, if they had their heart in the cause. Up until Wednesday there have been deplorably few to carry on the work. On that day there were twelve in the Surgical Dressing Class and eight for the hospital garments. It is to be questioned if the German women are as slow in working for their country and their soldiers, and here’s hoping that the earnest and thoughtful women of our town will feel that this call is as for aach of them personally, and not for somebody else. Furney Appointed Lineman G. & F. Gy. Mr. C. A. Furney, who has been connected with the bailiff’s office in this district for some time, has ac cepted the position of lineman for the G. & F. Ry., on the division south of Douglas. The position becomes ef fective at once. The G. & F. are putting in a com plete telephone system along their line and most of their work will be handled in this way, instead cf by telegraph, and it was necessary to employ a regular man to keep these line* up. Mr. Furney Is an exper ienced telephone man and of course his services were in demand. On next Tuesday, the 26th, twenty two Coffee county negroes will leave for Camp Gordon, according to an of ficial call which reached here last week. The call was first made for the 23rd, and Clerk Haddock so notified the men, but it was changed later until the 26th, and the men, all colored, will leave via the Georgia and Florida for Ilazlehurst and the Southern to At lanta and Chamblee. These 22 men will be part of the old quota of 144. Coffee county has 79 more men to furnish under the old quota before the new quota is taken up. With the leaving of this num ber there will still remain 57 to be sent under the old quota, '’’he bal ance will likely be white men and may go forward at any day. The following is the official list of the 22 negroes who will leave next Tues day morning: Henry Wilson, Nicholls. George Lyons, Douglas. Jasper Lewis, Douglas. James Thorne, Douglas. Shelley O’Neal, Douglas. Armstrong McPhil, Ambrose. Pete Knowles, Douglas. John Harris, Broxton. Claudy C. Roberson, Wilacoochee. Lennel Mobley, Broxton. Mose K. Johnson, Axson. Pearl O’Neal, Douglas. Eugene Coleman, Axson. John Edwars, Broxton. Oscar Beasley, Douglas. John Powell, Doughs. Horton Rowls, Fairfax. Ed Allen, Willacoochee. Cordy L. McDonald, Broxton. Roy Lott, Willacoochee. Fachion Walker, West Green. App Wilcox, Douglas. Jule Bryant, Douglas. William Harris, Broxton. The last two names are alternates. They -ire sumoned to be here Tues day and wiii go in the event some fail to show up. FOR SALE For sale, large white and yellow chrysanthemum plants, very double, $1 per dozen. Won blue ribbon at the Coffee County Fair. Mail orders promptly filled. Mrs. J. E. LOTT, Broxton, Ga. 2t AiUSIG PHAM NORMAL PUPILS' The following program will be given by the voice, piano and expression pu pils of the Georgia Normal at the au ditorium next Monday night at 7:30. Every one is invited to attend. PROGRAM. Piano Solo, Miss Eula Wilson. Piano Solo, Charles Lynch. Piano Duet, Howard Whittington, Miss Gaffney. Reading, “Who Told the Story?” Miss Lena Faircloth. Piano Solo, Dan Jardine. Piano Solo, Miss Eva May Hender son. Reading, “Aunt Sylvia’s First Ge ography Lesson,” Miss Virginia Grif fin. Piano Duet, Miss Minnie Belle Grif fin, Miss Gaffney. Piano Solo, Miss Mary Cochran. Vocal Solo, (a) “Li’l Boy,” (b) Flo rian Song, Miss Maurine Moore. Piano Solo, Miss Lois Farnell. Piano Solo, Miss Robbie McLean. Piano Solo, Miss Allie McEachern. Reading, “Aunt Sophronia Tabor at the Opera,” Mis Oldin Vickers. Piano Solo, Miss Ethel Levin. Piano Duet, Miss Ethel Deen, Mary Campbell Patterson. Piano Solo, Miss Madeline Moore. Reading, “An Aspiring Dishwash er,” Miss 'Willie Fearl Davis. Quartette, “Springtime,” Misses Car olyn Whittington, Maurine Moore, Ruby and Grace Gaffney. Piano Duet. Miss Carrie Griffin, HELP US By Telephoning NEWS ITEMS to Numbers r. 44 or 106.