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YOUR BANKER—WHAT HE CAN MEAN TO YOU. How Much Time nd Money l)o You Save by Being Able To Pay Bills with Checks. Tlie luxuries that we are enjoying today have crept up on us unawares; therefore we do not appreciate them as fully as we should. If we could recall the past, we would be extra, ordinarily grateful for the privileges of living in the present. 1 had the task of paying quite a number of small accounts. I wrote quite a number of checks. The bills were all in Douglas. I put the checks with the statements, enclosed them in envelopes, put on a two cent stamp and dropped them into a mail box. The task was finished. My banker will furnish me with a receipt from each of the firms. He will file the endorsed checks when they are presented and paid, and they will come back to me as receipts. Suppose I could not have written checks. My job would have been dif ferent. It would have taken me sev eral hours to go and pay these bills and have those statements receipted and it might have required more than one trip, as the proprietor or book- NORJU S Exquisite Candie/ FOB, CHKI^TMAJ* “That’s right,’’ said Santa Claus, "put down Norris, because fine candy m ak c s such an ideal Christmas gift.” \\ hen \ou give a candy so fine as Norris, in a box of such strik ing beauty as the Variety Box, you enjoy the satisfaction of knowing that the gift will be recognized as having just that SAPP’S PHARMACY, Douglas, Ga. Vt’HEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THEM The Ransom of a Prince Could Buy No More ffrincrto (Sift Give golden moments and hours of restful, easeful trans portation, this Christmas. Give princely luxury and beauty. Give a Buick! The ransom of a prince could buy no gift more certain, to win the heart of every member of the family. ■Greatest BUICKbSu A 20-15 LEONARD BROS. MOTOR CO. Harry C. Vinson, Manager M here Service Is A Fact and Not A Promise BUCK CARS AND PARTS FITZGERALD, GA. DOUGLAS, GA I hone 345 Phone 50 keeper was not in when I called. Where does my banker come in on this great scheme of paying those bills? He furnished the blank checks. They cost him some money. He had them printed. That cost him some thing. lie furnished a teller to record the checks and see that they were properly receited or endorsed, which takes time. That teller’s time was worth something. Somebody paid it. The banker paid it. When 1 sit down and think how much time and money the banker sav ed me by making this possible, I won der what I can do to compensate him. Is it right for me to ride him and to ride his institution? It seems to me to be as little as I can do to give him an account that will be profitable to him, and carry a balance that will en able him to serve me thisSvay without loss. If he wants to put a slip in my can celled checks notifying me that my balances were so small that he had to charge me fifty cents for service during the month, I will thank him for it. I will be surprised that he can do so much for fifty cents. 1 am convinced that he renders the most efficient service at the smallest [ cost that 1 have ever seen rendered in any of the other professions. little extra touch which is cor dial, sincere, personal. The price is $1.50 the pound in one-, two-, three- and five pound sizes. The Variety Box is Christmas wrapped, ready for giving. Other Norris Christmas Can dies for grown-ups and children just received by express. THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, DEC. 17, 1926. BOX SOCIAL DECEMBER 18 AT VICKERS CHAPEL SCHOOL The pub ; v is cordial’y invited to attend the Box Social at Vif'urs Chapel School on the night of Dec. 18 by the teachers for the benefit of the school. CHRISTMAS NOTICE FROM THE POSTOFFICE I have matie all arrangements for the handling of the" Christmas mails, I will have automobile delivery of parcels next week and everything will be handled as expeditiously as possi ble. When the incoming mails ar rive the parcels are assorted by the carrier placing each section of the city which can be made on one de livery in seperate piles, and when these are disturbed or disarranged, it inconveniences the carrier and retards his work. To assist us, I respectfully request that patrons wait for regular delivery service, as the clerks in the office will be very busy and unable to deiver these parcels from the window, except where box holders recc%re_ such delivery. ' Give us proper consideration and be patient, and I promise you the best service that can be rendered by the force at my command. Wishing that everyone will meet with their expectations, and a merry Christmas to all, I am, your friend, L. S. Peterson, Postmaster. GEORGIA, Coffee County. To Whom It May Concern: Notice is hereby given that J. M. Stevens, as administrator of the estate of Henry Stevens, deceased, having applied to me by petition for leave to sell the real estate of said Henry Stevens, de ceased, and that an order was made thereon at the December Term, 1926, for citation, and that citation issued. All the heirs at law and creditors of the said Henry Stevens, deceased, will take notice that I will pass upon said application at the January Term 1927, of the court of ordinary of Coffee County, and that unless cause is shown to the contrary at said time said leave be granted. This the Bth day of December 1926. W. P. Ward, Ordinary. QU A RANTIN’ E NOTICE! To all livestock owners in vicinity of Ambrose. Any livestock foun< ! on properties of SEABOARD FARMS will be placed under quarantine due to presence thereon of disastrous po tato diseases. All expenses of quar antines will be born by owners of such livetock. By order of State Board of Entomology. 2t COW STRAYED! Black and white Holstein cow strayed from my dairy Saturday morning. Any information will be rewarded. J. M. Kitchens, Douglas, Ga. It NOTICE TO TOBACCO GROWERS! 1 will have on hand all varieties best tobacco seed, also cotton seen meal and fertilizer for plant beds. RALPH W. GRIFFIN. CHILDREN’S FATAL DISEASES Worms and parasites in the intestines of children undermine hordth and so weaken their vitality that they are unable to resist the diseases so fatal to child life. The safe course is to give a few doses of White’s Cream Vermifuge. It destroys and expels the worms without the slight est injury to the health or activity-of the child. Price'3sc. Sold by DENT’S DRUG STORE Bilious dull feeling “3\r; old stand-by is Thedford’s Black-Draught—l have used it off and on for about 20 years,” says Mr. W. S. Reynolds, of R. F. D. 2, Arcadia, La. “I get bilious and have a bad taste in my mouth. My head feels dull. I don’t just feel like getting around and doing my work. I know it isn’t laziness, but biliousness. “So I take a few doses of Black- Draught and when it acts well, I get up feeling like new—‘full of pep’ and ready for any kind of work. “I can certainly recommend it.” In case of biliousness and other disagreeable conditions due to an inactive liver, Black-Draught helps to drive the poisonous im purities out of the system and i tends to leave the organs in a - ' state of norma), healthy activity. ] Black-Draught is made entirely | of pure medicinal roots and herbs and contains no dangerous or harmful mineral drugs. It can i be safely taken by everyone. Sold everywhere. Price 25c. JJJ^^uVERM^PtOWE IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE Have You Tried It? GOOD EATS for The HOLIDAYS After a whole year of waiting the holidays are here—so eat, drink cider and be merry. This is the season for putting extra leaves in the tables and unusual activity in the kitchen \ —because feasts are again in vogue. A Cut we’re ready for all the man sized appe- I tites with the largest and most complete store 8 of good things to eat imaginable. I - * trimmin’s but real rtllin’s for the meal itself. Wholesome, nourishing foods of unexcelled He Knew What I Wanted EXQUISITE —is the only word which describes the wonderful perfumes in our special Christmas stock—so delicate and fascinating are the odors—so dainty and graceful the crystal bottles—so lovely the’ silk lined boxes in which they are packed. Perfumes lead the parade—always—in the thing that will please her most—but, our selection of gifts that will also please is -much wider. We are listing a number of the beautiful Christmas gifts which we have: - TOILET SETS WRITING SETS COMPACTS STATIONERY • MAYONAISE SETS CONSOLE SETS * BEADED BAGS MANICURE SETS HAND BAGS ATOMIZERS Dent’s Drug Store Douglas, Georgia