Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-04-19
BEWARE OF THE DANGEROUS
HOUSE FLY.

than the Enemy.
Kill at once every hy you can find
and burn his body.
Observers say that there are many
reasons to believe there will be more
flies this season than for a number of
years.
The killing just one fly NOW means
there will be billions and trillions less
next summer.
Clean up your own premises: see
and insist that your neighbors do
likewise.
Especially clean "out- -of-the. way
Places" and every nook and Granny.
Flies will not go where there is
notrrng to eat, aid tneir-principal diet
is too filthy TO mention.
The Fly Is the Tie that Binds the Un-
healthy 10 the Healthy!
The fly has no equal as a germ
carrier; as many as five hundred
million germs have been found in and
OH the DOuy OF single ny.
1t is dehnitely known that the fly is
the carrier OF the germa,of typhoid fe-
yer; It is widely believed that it is also
the carrier" of other diseases, includ.
ing possibly infantile paralysis.
The very presence of fly is a signal
and notification tlat a housekeeper is
uncleanly and inefficient.
DO not wait until the Insects begin
to pester; anticipate tle annoyance.
April, May and June ure the best
months to conduct an anti-fy cam
paign.
lhe farming and suburban districts
provide ideal breeding places, and the
new born flies do not remain at their
birth place but migrate. using raiiro..
anu otner means OF transportation, to
,oHns and cities. l.
hiil iiIes and save lives-
RECIPES FOR KILLING FLIES
ihe United states Government
niaAes the following SUGGESTION for
tne destruction of house tihs: Formal
ID sodium salicyhte are the
two best fly poisons. sod are supe-
rioI to arsenic.. Thsssss& their dis
da 'an.ages iot houseuo.u use. They
are not poison to cuiidren; they ale
convenient to handle, their dlluLions
are simple and they attract the flies.
Preparation OF S0lut.Ons.
A foimaiuenyde solution of approx
lmateiy the correct strength may be
Iuade ny auulnS teaspoonrpis OF the
concentrated lorma.uenyde solution,
commercially known as formalin, to
PM OF water. similarly, the prop
er concentration of sodium salicylate
may be obtained by dissolving 3 tea
spoonIulis OF tne pure chemical Ga
powder) to pint Of water
container, found convenient for
automatically Keeping tie solution al
was aSaIIaD.e 1ol mes, is an Or
nary thin-Walied drinking glass part
ly filled with the solution. A saucer
or small plate. in which is placed q
piece of WHITE blotting paper cut
the size of the dish, is put bottom up
over tIe glass. The whole is then
quickly inverted, a match placed un-
der the edge OF the glass, and the con-
tanner is ready for use. AS the solu-
tion dries out OF the saucer the liquid
seal at IL edge OIL the glass is broken
and more liquid COWS INTO the lower
receptacle. Thus the paper is always
kept mois..
Other Simple Preyentives.
Any odor pleasing to man is often.
sive to the fly and vice versa, and will
drive them away.
Take five cents worth of oil of layen.
der, mix it with bne same quantity Of
water. put it in a common glass ato
mizer and spray it around the rooms
where flies are. In the dining room
spray it lavishly even on the table
linen. The ouor is very disagreeaDlt
to flies but refreshing to most people
Geranium, mignonette. heliotrope
and white clover are offensive to flies
They especially dislike the. odor o.
noneysuckle and hop blossoms.
According to a Frencn scientist fliei
nave intense natred for the color blue
Ltooms decorated in blue will help t.
Keep out the tiies.
Mix together one tablespoonful O
cream, one OF ground black pepper ant
one OF brown sugar. This mixture II
POISONOUS to flies. Put in q saucer
uarken the room except one window
and in that set the saucer.
! 10 clear the house OF lies, burn py
rethrum powder. This stupefies tn,
hies, but tney must be SWEPT UP an,
oURNED.
Recipes for Stables, Barns and
Out.Of.DOOrs.
Borax is especially valuable aroun,
iarms and out vi doors. One poun,
Va DoraA to Lweise bushels OF manur
Viii De found desirable as polso
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