Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-13
What Is a Hero? Usually a
Life Saver
You Can Be Life Saver Very Easily BY KILLING FLIES
Copyright.

You should kill flies THE FLY IS THE MOST DAN
GEROUs INSECT ON EARTH. IT IS MORE DEADLY THAN
THE COBRA MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE TIGER.
It is your duty to kill flies. THE FLY CAUSES THOU
SANDS OF DEATHS ANNUALLY FROM TYPHOID FEVER
All good citizens must kill flies THE FLY CAUSES
THOUSANDS OF DEATHS ANNUALLY FROM NTEsTI
NAL DISEASES
Please kill flies EVERY AUTUMN THERE IS RISE
IN THE DEATH RATE FROM TYPHOID THIS RISE is
TRACED BY THE SCIENTISTS DIRECTLY TO THE FLY
We beg of you to Kill flies THE FLY KILLS TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN EVERY YEAR.
The fly causes more blindness in children than all
causes combined
The fly spreads every known disease to children
adults equens every disease breeding spot and hunts
purposely for filth
Early in the KILL FLIES.
In the middle of the Summer KILL FLIES.
And the Autumn and in the Winter if you find Them
still KILL FLIES
Treat the fly as our ancestors in the old days treated the
Indians and the wolves
First shut them out of your house make that they
won get in kill them off rapidly possible and pray
day when you will longer have protect house
against them.
Screen your windows
Screen your doors
New fly screens made of wire netting
important than coat Of paint automobile
for fly screens protection for children.
Protect your house from the flies absolutely possible
Protect food supplies and protect your babies faces epa
As the child lies asleep keep mosquito netting over it.
Keep your sugar bowl butter dish and food supplies
cred
Don't forget that you flies breeding place
nearby filth may be behind the door under the table or in
If there is no dirt or filth there will be no flies.
there nuisance in the neighbOrhOOd write at to
the Health Department
Do allow deoayng material of any sort to accumulate
your premises All refuse should be removed at
covered with lime kerosene
Keep all recpaoes for garbage carefully covered and the
cleaned or sprinlded with oil or lime
See that your system is in good order Pour kero
into the drains.
Cover food after a meal Burn or bury all table refuse
Screen all food offered for sale Buy food that has been
posed to flies.
It only by earnest intelligent cooperation that the fly
finally be abolished.
The citizens should combine the national State city and
village governments should combine with them to wipe the
enemies Of the flies that carry all the diseases
very nearly all and the mosquito that alone infects with
THE THING CAN BE DONE for it has been done by gov
ernments in Cuba in Panama and in New Orleans.
The trouble is that the country will not take the matter
seriously.
Darwin told that single pair of flies in forty eight
hours-he Quzbreedng African fy-wi lay enough eggs
and breed enough maggots devour lion leaving nothing but
the white bones.
few flies surviving through the Winter the plague
afresh the following year
And careless citizen leaving breeding ground
quoes supplies enough to infest the whole country
Fortunately for two three years the people have been
alive to the fact that their enemies the tiny fly and
quito and the invisible disease germsenemes deadly
dangerous than the monsters of prehistoric
times or the wolves and lions of our day.
Discussion has begun newspapers have taken up and
offered prizes few public officials have last TRIED TO do
something But only beginning has been made.
The country realize the danger and the duty Chill
dren must be taught that the killing of flies is good and
essary act painful as it is to take life
Do what You can to public feeling for the sake of
And in the meanwhile DO WHAT YOU CAN NDI
VIDUALLY.
Kill the flies.