The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-06
Little Church Hill Girl
Has Killed 80, $50
Flies.
CHILDREN ARE
FORMING CLUBS
Boy Scouts and Methodist Mis-
sion Boys Are Making Strong
Running in Crusade-Col-
ored Children Also Striv-
ing Hard for
Prizes.

Records nre being smashed right and
left In The Times-nispatch's great fly
awaiting contest. Inst night, the third
dny of the crusnde, totnI CASUALTIES had
been reported to the City Health De-
pnrtment to the amount of 54O,34O, and
IL this ratio is kept UP through the
fourteen days of the contest, the tatnI
number of flies killed will reach tho
neiEhborhood of 100000. The con-
testnnts rapidly seeing the ndynn-
tnge OF the club iden and are Joining
tnEcthcr In one contestants nume,
Little Sarah Johnson, of iii North
Twenty sixth Street, is still leading thu
1900 contestants with a total of 90,3S0
lies killed and counted in the first
three days OF the contest Tuesday af-
ternoon she brought in $3.50, and yes
| terday she increased this by 27,30O.
Vernon Kahn. of 225 North Twentieth
street representing the boys OF tho
Methodist Mission is running second
with total slaughter of 60,7G0 flies.
His largest single days kill was made
yesterday and totaled 2S.2S0.
scouts Enter Coutest.
The Boy Scouts OF Richmond have
finally entered the lists in an organ
lied body and made their first kill yes
terday. George Sipp, in whose namo
the Boy Scouts entries are being
made, brought in 29,232 flies yesterday.
and Immediately Jumped into third
place in the race for the sa5 prize Sam
Brown, of loo North Twentieth street.
is now in fourth place. with total
count of 2I.S6o flies turned in to tile
Health Department.
Among the colored children the race
! is Keen, although the Kills reported by
,hem nave not come in the neighbor-
! mood of those reported by the whito
| contestants. Any colored child In
Richmond. even If unentered In the
contest AT this time, can plunge in to-
day and BY making a determined fight
run away with the SEQ prize offered
Tor the highest contestant. Madallne
Murray. of 70S North Ninth Street. ,s
leading the colored contestants witt.
count OF $3.50. Paul Davis is running
second with S.5i0, while Cecil Whitley
is in third place. with 1910. Tho
fourth place is held by Oracle Jeffer-
son, who made her hrst entry yestcr-
day OF 1900 1t is readily seen that all
these contestants are closely bunchcd
and that there is fine opportunity
Tor children to enter to- day and win
out.
interest Increasing.
AS tho days of th.. contest pass by
the youthful contestants are getting
on TO the finer points of ny extcrmina-
ton and are pressing into service tiy
traps on the city dumps, the markets
ana the stables. On the first day of
the contest only S5.2l2 flies were turned,
IN to the Health Department. The sec
ohd day brought forth lSl,12S a great
gain over the first days returns. bur
yesterday topped them all with a total
count of 32l 600 flies The interest Ia
S'eauily on the Increase. and the con-
testants are getting their blood up.
There is the finest opportunity for
club effort In the various schools OF
iichmond If the teachers of different
classes would organize fly swatting
clubs and make the entry in tn. mama
OF one pupil, 1t would soon be seen that
the race for first place would levelop
into Il free-for-all scramble In other
cities where similar contests have been
Held the club scheme mas been worked
with great success in the schools The
idea has been taken hold of bv tho
BOY scouts here and by the bows OF tho
Methodist Mission. and these two will
make tremendous fight for the irst
money.
Another warning is needed for the
contestants who are holding their flies
out instead of bringing them daily to
tiae Health Department. Remember
taat your h!es Will shrink. and being
counted by the measure. Will fau Short
counted while freshly killed Thts ls
a point which must oe kept in mind IL
the contestants would ggt the full
Denett of labor expended
How TO Catch Flies.
y few pointers from the successful
hy-swattlng crusade in the city of
Worcester. Mass, Will probably Do of
help to the contestants iii tie local
fight Read what the Ladies Homo
Journal prints about thu winner OF thar
contest.
The flies were delivered chNy at tho
newspaper ofiiG= between 6 +. NJ and
+. NJ. were measured, credited to tho
contestant. and then burned. The con-
test began on June 20 at Z. NJ. >los-
in2 on July Is at & p. VI Doctor Hodge
made public all the antormatlon hs
had, acquired regarding the killing of
the insects ana. his knowledge aided
the young ny swat to a great
extent. lie pointed out that The gar
bage can OF tins home is the hezad0uar
tors OF the ny, and ne told how to
catch them ther'A Cut hole about
three inches In diameter In the ton of
tho garbage can. bore three small holes
on the edge OF the large Sel4. and in
sert the three wires which protrl,de
from the bottom OF ms f'y-trap. Lave
the cover OF the can raised suffc,antly
to permit h!cs to enter Flies crawl
into the can under It's cover gorge
themselves. and tfo:n start for ths
light The only light that snters thc
can comes through the screening os
the ty trap. hence the ny, moving
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