The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-07-29

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~ ed and wavering advance of
age and death, comes the Ar
gentina ant Committing atrocities at
every step. this newest insect pest
may cover the country. Government
experts who have spent months Of un-
renting study Of the creature decline
to commit themselves.
If a certain line marks its nOrthward
limit the Argentina ant will not get
beyond Georgia. But it already is be-
yond that line. Again. the experts
say If another set Of contingencies
govern it will not go north of Colum-
bus, o. Yet nothing is certain, and
none will deny that it may cover the
United States and penetrate Canada.
The Argentina ant is an undesirable.
Its malignant offenses are so many
that they obliterate and outweigh its
one virtue. which is that when it goes
into a house the bedbugs go out Even
this one virtue may be regarded as
doubtful when it is known that the
Argentina ant will bite human be-
ing and will make it's bite peculiarly
effective and painful If it can reach a
tender spot. such as the space between
the fingers at the point of intersection
with the palm, 1t is known to have
killed babies. 1t is known to have
killed newly Matched chicks. 1t devas-
/ tastes many forms Of vegetation, and
as a household pest it stands in a
class by itself. Nothing to compare
with it as an everlasting as well as
dangerous nuisance ever has been dis
| covered.
il eats whatever man eats. 1t penc-
| trates iceboxes, breadboxes, paper par
GELS and even glass fruit jars If the
housewife forgets to put on the rub
Der gasket before she screws the cover
! down. In houses infested with II
there is no sleep unless the legs of
the beds are wound with tape poisoned
with something that will affect and
stop this ant and only certain poisons
will do that Beds to be secure must
be pulled out from the walls so that
no part of bed or bedding touches the
wall. and the person before retiring
must stand upon an insulated chair
and make certain be is not taking any
| of the ants to bed with him. Let the
baby but kick the corner of a sheet
against the wall and in a few minutes
| the screaming infant has TO be snatch
ed from its crib, disrobed and i'm
! mersed in water TO make certain that
! all the ants are removed.
In such a house the use of poisons
and repellentS must be continuous. A
little carelessness and the foodstuffs
Of the household are filed with count.
less numbers of the ants in a short
time. The ants are predatory social
lists. If one finds a way to get into
sugar, fruits. meats, lard, olive oil
cream, butter, eggs, raw or cooked
fish, cornmeal and even wheat -four h'
does not keep the secret to himself
The ant scout informs the tribe and
they all come.
1t is customary to wind the legs OF
the dining table with poisoned tape
and sometimes even set the legs Of the
tables upon panes of glass coated with
vaseline poisoned with some repellent
Yet so persistent are the little immi
grants in their attacks that even these
obstacles do not always stop them. The
government reports are full of state
ments TO show the ineffectiveness OF
all repellent agencies when the ants
get on the rampage.
Ants Kill Babies.
:. Is In fheSe statements COLLECTED