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


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.
II 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 nNTESTI-
NAL DISEASES
Please kill flies EVERY AUTUMN THERE is A 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
combined.
The fly spreads every known disease children and
adults frequen every disease breeding spot and hunts
purposey for filth
Early in the season KILL FLIES.
In the middle of the Summer KILL FLIES.
And Autumn and in the Winter if you find them,
still KILL FLIES.
Treat the fly as our ancestors in the days
Indians and the wolves
First shut them of your house. make that they
get then kill them off rapidly possible and pray
for the day when you will longer have to protect house
against them,
Screen your windows
Screen your doors
New fly screens made netting that
important than coat of paint automobile,
for fly screens means protection for children
your from the flies absolutely possible
your food supplies and protect your babies faces
rately.
As the child lies asleep keep mosquito netting
Keep your sugar bowl butter dish and food supplies
cred
Don't forget that you flies their breeding place is
nearby filth may be behind the door under the table or in
the cuspidor.
If there is no dirt or filth there will be no flies
If there nuisance in the neighborhoOd write at to
the Health Department.
Do not allow decayng material of any accumulate
premises All refuse should be removed at
covered with lime or kerosene.
Keep all recptaC for garbage carefully covered and the
cleaned or sprinBed with oil or lime
that your sewerage system in good order Pour kero
I'M he
Cover food after meal Burn or bury all table refuse
Screen all food offered for sale Buy food that has been
posed to flies.
only by intelligent cooperation that the fly
finally be abolished.
The citizens should combine the national State city and
village should combine with them wipe
the flies that carry all the diseases
very nearly ALL and the mosquito that alone nfec with
malaria and yellow fever.
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 take the matter
seriously.
Darwin told us that single pair of flies in ortyegh
hours-he quick breeding African hy-wi lay enough eggs
and breed enough maggot devour lion leaving nothing but
the white bones.
flies surviving through the Winter plague
afresh the following year
And careless citizen leaving breeding ground
qutoes supplies enough to infes the whole country.
Fortunately for three years the people
alive the fact that their enemies the tiny fly and
quito and the invisible disease deadly and
dangerous than the great monsters of prehistoric
times the wolves and lions of our day.
Discussion has begun newspapers have taken it up and
offered prizes few public officials have at last TRIED do
something But only beginning has been made.
The country must realize the danger and the duty Chill
be taught that the killing of flies good
essary act, painful as il is to take life
Do what you to public feeling for the sake of
public safety.
And in the meanwhile DO WHAT YOU CAN INDI-
VIDUALLY.
Kill the flies