The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-04-04
CIVIC LEAGUE BEGINS
WORK IN EARNEST
Two of the First Things to
Be Done is to Beautify
the Court House Grounds
and Wage War Against
the Disease Carrying
House Fly.

Last year great many towns in
the State, and all over the country,
made campaigns against the fly. This
year practically every town in this
State will engage in this work. The
public mind has been quick to grasp
the knowledge that many diseases are
spread by the filthy insect. BY actual
observation more than 100000 flies
have been Matched out in a single
summer from one pair of flies which
survived the winter.
The more flies we destroy now, the
fewer we will have in the summer
months. One fly killed now will be
equal to killing millions in July and
August. Typhoid fever, pneumonia,
tuberculosis, summer complaint and
hook worm disease are all spread by
the house fly. Think of this when
you see flies crawling over the food
you eat. Each fly can carry enough
typhoid fever and tubercular germs
on his legs to give you typhoid fever
or consumption. If every man who
has horse or cow would clean out
his lot and stables and sprinkle a
good disnfectant in his stables he
will destroy the fly eggs and thus
help keep down disease. One horse
or COW stable will breed enough flies
for a community. These disinfect-
ants are cheap and can be bought at
any drug store. Houses must be
screened to keep out the flies which
are bred on the outside. Fly swat
ters can be made by tacking a piece
of wire gauze A by 6 inches, to stick
two or three feet long. These do not
create a current of air and flies are
easily killed by striking them with
these swatters. Tanglefoot fly paper
is good to. catch stray flies and the
old fashioned cone-shaped fly traps
baited with bread and milk and lit
tie sugar, will attract flies into the
trap. These traps may be scalded or
the flies killed with sulphur fumes
two or three times a day.
When you go to beef market and
see flies on the beef go somewhere
else to get your beef. You might be
buying a case of tuberculosis for one
of your children. When you go to a
soda fountain and see the tables COW
cred with flies, go to another soda
fountain, for you might get case of
typhoid fever by drinking infected
milk or eating infected ice cream
Patronize the cleanest grocery store
In town and soon all the grocery
stores will be clean and free from
flies.
The Civic League of Union is or
ganiZing a fly campaign which will
begin Wednesday, April 9th and will
end Monday, April 18th. Cash prizes
will be offered to the school boys and
girls who will bring in the greatest
number of flies during that time, as
follows: White children, first prize,
$500; second prize $500; third prize
$1.O0. Colored children, first prize,
$500; second prize $500; third prize
$1.00. Anyone is eligible to enter the
contest and flies will be accepted in
all kinds of receptacles such as boxes,
jars, bottles with wide mouths, ETC.,
except on sticky fly paper. The con-
test is restricted to the residents of
the Union school district. All flies
should be delivered to the Chamber of
Commerce rooms in the Townsend
building, where the Civic League will
award prizes on Wednesday, April
18th. No flies will be accepted later
than 5 o'clock on Monday, April 14th.
Let everyone "get busy" and help
rid Union of the disease-spreading
house fly.