The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-04-26
KILL FLIES AND SAVE LIVES

With the advent of spring comes
the pestilential fly. He makes a
disagreeable subject either in con-
versation or in reading, but until peo-
pie realize the Importance of killing
the fly it will be the duty of this pa
per to devote some space to this dis
agreeable insect from time to time.
The Merchants Association of New
York have issued bulletin on this
subject, which covers it so well that
we herewith present it in full:
Kill at once every fly you can find
and burn it's body.
Observers say that there are many
2 reasons to believe there will be more
fics this season than for number
of years.
ihe killing of just one fly NOW
means there will be billions and tril-
lions less during the summer.
STClean 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 do not go where there is
n.thing to eat, and their principal
diet is too filthy to mention.
The Fly Is the Tie That Binds the
Unhealthy to the Healthy!
The fly has no equal as germ car
rier; as many as five hundred million
gems have been found in and on
v..e body of single fly.
u IS definitely known that the fly
is the carrier of the germs of typhoid
fever; it is widely believed that it is
$50 the carrier of other diseases, in
nl,hl; possibly infantile paralysis
re ;c.y presence of fly is a sig
i notification that housa-
unc.canly and Inefficient
20 noY wait until The insects begin
.,oc; anticipate the annoyance.
-. 3, ..ty s.ad june are the bes
h. 10 conduct an anti-fy cam
,gn.
ne farming and suburban districts
provide ideal breeding places, and tn,
new born flies do not remain at theil
~' ~ migrate, using rail
IS OF trans ,ort
i cities.
..... B. 20 lives!
-. I,i!l;ng Flies
DtI,es Govcrnmo
-o!,owing su. ;gcstion 70
house flies: Form
s~d u.n salicylate are tn
80 pasL liy poisons. Both are supe,
90 10 ar enic. They have their ad
atagcs for houshold use. The,
- no. poison to children; they ar
.",en.ent to handle, their dilutions
s!rple and they attract the flies
Preparation of Solutions
a.dchydc solution of
sly The correct strength m
a.,,ae y adding ) teaspoonfuls
tic concentrated formaldehyde solu
Ion, commercially known as forma
'n, to pint of water. Similarly
he proper concentration of sodium
s,.-cy.ate may be obtained by d s.
solving ; teaSpoonfuls of the pure
chemical Ga powder) to a pint of
water.
An ordinary, thin-waled drinking
C~ss IS filled or partially filled with ,
,tue solution. A saucer, or small |
tiete, in which is placed piece of
ITHlIE blotting paper cut the size
OF the dish, is put bottom up over
the glass. The whole is then quickly |
inverted, match placed under the
edge of the glass, and the container
is ready for use. AS the solution
dries out of the saucer the liquid seal
at the edge of the glass is bro':en and
more liquid flows into the lower re-
ceptacle. Thus the paper is always
kept moist.
Cthcr Simple Preventives
Any odor pleasing to man is of
fensive TO the fly and vice, versa, and
VIII drive them away
Take five cents worth of oil of
lavender, mix it with the same guam
tty.of water, put in a common glass
atomizer and spray it around the
rooms where flies are. In the dining
room spray it lavishly even on the
table linen. The odor is very dis