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 A RISE
IN THE DEATH RATE FROM TYPHOID. THIS RISE is
TRACED BY THE SCIENTISTS DIRECTLY TO THE FLY
We beg of you kill flies THE FLY KILLS TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN EVERY YEAR.
The fly causes more blindness in children than all other
combined.
The fly spreads every known disease children and
adults equens every disease breeding spot and hunts
purposely for filth
Early in the season KILL FLIES.
In the middle of the Summer KILL FLIES.
And in the and in the Winter you find them,
still KILL FLIES.
Treat the v as our ancestors in the old days treated the red
Indians and the wolves
First shut them out of your house. make that they
won get in kill them off rapidly possible and pray
for the day when you will no longer have to protect your house
Screen your windows
Screen your doors
New fly screens made of wire netting that will not rust are
important than coat of paint automobile,
for fly means protection for children
Protect your from the flies absolutely possible
Protect your food supplies and protect babies faces
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 their breeding place is
nearby filth It may be behind the door under the table in
the cuspidor.
If there is no dirt or filth there will be no flies
there nuisance in the neghborhood write at once to
the Health Department
allow decaymg material of any sort to accumulate
your premises All refuse should be removed at
covered with lime or kerosene
Keep all reoepaces for garbage carefully covered and the
cleaned sprin1led with oil or lime.
See that your system good order Pour kero
into the drains.
Cover food after a bury all table refuse
Screen all food offered for sale Buy food that has been
posed to flies.
is 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 wipe the
the flies that carry all the diseases
very nearly all and the mosquito that alone nfects with
THE THING CAN BE DONE for 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 one single pair in fOrtyeght
hours-the quick breeding African fy-w lay enough eggs
and breed enough maggo to devour hon. leaving nothing but
the white bones
few flies surviving through Winter the plague
afresh the following year.
And citizen leaving breeding ground
qutoes supplies enough to nfest the whole country.
Fortunately, for three years the people have been
alive to the tiny fly
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 and
offered prizes few public officials have at last TRIED to do
something But only beginning has been made
country realize the danger and the duty Chill
dren taught that the killing of flies good
essary act painful as it is to take life.
Do what you to public feeling for the sake of
p''- And in the meanwhile DO WHAT YOU CAN nDL
VIDUALLY
Kill the flies.