The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-02-26
PLANS WAR ON FLIES
THEY CAN BE EASILY KILLED
NOW IN THE HOME.

THEY CAN BE EASILY KILLED
NOW IN THE HOME.
Warm Days in Winter Offer Best
Opportunity for Conducting War OF
determination.
The News and Courier says the
.harleston Civic Club is preparing
for an active house and yard cleaning
ampaign with the advent OF spring.
4 meeting of the health committee
vas held recently at the residence Of
DR.. Allen to consider among other
SUBJECTS ridding homes and shops Of
flies. MI. William E. Simmons, who
has earned distinction as ay-fghte.,
was present by invitation to give his
views and a practical demonstration
o. fy-killing. After orier talk he
showed how easy it would be for eN-
cry housewife and shopkeeper to XIII
the flies indoors.
1.-THE determination Of the ny,
said Mr. Simmons, els vital neces-
sity. In the light Of recent discoV-
cries he stands revealed as the most
deadly enemy OF mankind-more
deadly even than war. In the Span
ish-American war he killed hun
dred times more good American SOL
diers than the Spanish bullets Unr-
ted States army surgeons fixed in
dubitably upon him the responsibility
for the frightful mortality tnat oc-
CURED In the great military camps
from typoid fever, dysentery and oln-
er diseases. The proof was so over
whelming that the United States Dn-
reau Of entomology has renamed hin,
the typhoid fly.
"a few years ago alarming out
breaks OF typhoid fever In New York
city were traced to his agency. m
7estigation found him congregating
In vast numbers on floating sewer
age along the river fronts. Captured
specimens were loaded with typhoid
germs. By sprinkling red powder on
groups the movements Of the flies
we're traced directly to the infected
sections Of the city. Later an out
break Of typhoid fever occurred at
Plattsburg, N. Y. Local authorities
attributed it to water, mil8 or some
tosdstuf, but an investigator from
New York city showed it was due to
flies, by tracing them from the sew
erage OF the Saranac River to the
infected portions Of the city. Surgeon
General Moore, of the British army
In India, traced an epidemic Of car
buncles to flies that swarned by a
roadside. Innumerable other in
stances Of the agency Of flies In
spreading disease might be cited, but
the above are sufficient.
"The fly is not merely nuisance,
he Is noxious, exceedingly nox1ous.
With frightful industry he spreads ty-
phoid fever, dysentery, cholera, car.
buncles, consumption, enterltls ana
other intestinal disorders; whcopinS
cough, grippe, diptheria, supparation
or fostering of wounds and abrasions
Of the skin, blood poisoning. In facr,
almost all infectious diseases.
"His hairy body and legs are Gun
ming contrived vehicles for transport-
Ing particles Of filth and other seln
mediums to the persons food ana
drink Of human beings. The foot OF
the fly is perfect mop for swabhing
and conveying disease germs. Germs
are also conveyed in the excremeG'
or 'fy-spec' too frequently deposited
on food and drink. It has been
shown that 5000 children are killed
annually by flies in New York city
alone. About half million cases Of
typhoid fever and $4,000 deaths oc-
cur every year in these United States
and the fly Is responsible tor The
greater number, II not all of them.
''Ne more important work then can
be undertaken by any community
than to exterminate the fly. The
time Is fast coming when 1t will be
considered disgrace for any city 10
be infested by flies. But how can we
exterminate them? The problem can
be solved more easily than is genel-
ally believed. The first step is to kill
every fly you find in the winter tue.
Flies nnivited take refuge in your
homes from the winter cold and pre-
serve themselves to go out and brec!
with the return of spring. On warm
days they come from their hiding
places and buzz about the dining
room or kitchen. Then is the time TO
kill them. You can do 1t easily and
effectively with Sheppard's Fly Dr1V-
er. Cleveland, Ohio, has earned the
distinction Of being called the 'fyless
city, The result was accomplished
mainly by a campaign for killing 1iies
In winter time Every housewife
should get Immediately on the 100.
"The second step in the wors CT
is to attack the breed
Ing place, but that can be safely ae-
terred until spring, and is property
the business of the municipal author
tiles"
We commend the above to our
readers. We are all interested IN
getting rid of the flies Why no,
start a crusade against these pests
right here at home, and lessen the
menace they bring to our homes.
Now Is the time to exterminate the
lies. Kill every one you see, and let
he city break up the breeding places.