The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-05

spurred on by the record of Monday.
tins 5000 children entered in Th,
Times Dispatchs great ily-swatting
contest, went to work yesterday with
a Discriminate that resulted in new
records for days kill. one contest
ant alone. a whAe girl, took to the
Health Department in the City Hall
bays containing more than $4,000.
which she had killed In two days with
the aid of traps and SKATERS. Scores
OF others added as many as 10000 To
their totals. and hundreds made first
entries of 1900 or more
The contest bids fai. TO break all
i.cords Tor snch affairs. In san Anto-
MA TEXAS, where the first fly-swatting
crusade was undertaken. an clevcr-
year-oid boy captured the hrst prize
with total kill OF $4,000 hies but
this record Will go by the board lie
the contestants in this crusade keep
up the pace they have set The little
girl who carried in 81 oOu yesterday az
ternoon will only have 10 average :,
daily XIII of $4,000 10 smash the San
Antonio record.
The warning printed in The Tines
Dispatch drove hundreds OF contestants
INTO the Health Department in the af-
ternoon to have their iles counted.
FROM to o'clock. three officials oc
the department. worked at top speed
II easuring and recording the bags OF
files which were presented ny the
young contestants. Tho young folks
came from every section of the CITY
and represented every class of society.
but the same eagerness and determi-
hation was apparent on all faces
sweeps Whole City.
Tho fly-swatting craze nas swept tho
CITY like a cyclone. There has never
been movement which has held out
the same fascination Tor young and
Old and while ;he srown-ups cannot
enter the race for the money. they are
privileged TO give assistance 10 the
young competitor. The fruits OF the
cub idea became evident yesterday,
when the boys club. which registered n
XIII of $4,000 on Monday. came back
with total almost as large. The club
scheme Is good one. and one that is
very likely to take the Irize money.
Many OF the contestants do nor nm
deistand that they are allowed to Kill
mes In any way possible. except b. tho
use of fly-rapeT Kill ar capture them
any way YOU can--iust get them and
hrinE them in 10 be counted. IN one OF
tho cities where a swatting contest
was conducted. a bright young boy
made several fly traps from screens
and placed them about one of the city
markets Flies by the thousands and
hundreds of thousands were trapped
IN this ingenious way and the 10y ran
away with tho first prize
The same idea can he pu, into prac-
iee here. Any marketman will lie
only too glad to have you set Your
traps around his place Empty them
several times day and you will have
10 carry Your Kill to ta- city Hail in
clothes baskct. In Washington, an
other boy set his traps in tho city
dump heaps. and one rap caught No.
ooG flies for him IN single dav.
stables are al,o am excellent place for
making wholesale hauls. for it IS there
that the flies breed and gather in the
greatest numbers.
Better Prizes Here.
If YOU want 10 bag thu greatest num-
bers don't he content with going over
the house and the yards You can get
1000 day maybe by doing that. but
extend your operations 20 ncighborins
stables. dumps and markets. Trap 'em.
swat EN- or poison en- IL makes no
difference low you get Them, lust rss
member the one rule--"Cet the fH-,.
While the fiy-swattina conte-4s ts
other cities have resulted in surpris-
ingly fine effects, the prize money Of
iered by The Times Dispatch Is 80
CONTINUED on Ninth PaGa)