The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-30
TO RID BAMBERC
OF MOSQUITOES
CITIZENS VOTE TO UNDERTAKE
ERADICATION WORK.
$4,000 From |. H. S.
Committee Now Canvassing Bamberg
For Funds.-About $4,000
is Needed.

AZ tue mass meeting OF Bamberg
citizens held at the court house last
Thursday afternoon for the purpose
of discussing the malaria situation
in this city, considerable enthusiasm
was aroused, and before the meeting
was adjourned little more than ST.
600 had been pledged toward paying
the city's portion of the cost of the
work. A committee, composed of A.
M. Brabham, C. w. Rentz, R. NJ. Hit,
Mrs. G. Frank Bamberg, Mrs. John
H. Cope, and Mrs. J. c. Lewis, which
had been previously appointed, was
requested to continue it's work, and to
raise the remainder OF the fund neces-
sary to execute the work.
In accordance with this request,
the committee has continued it's ef-
forts in behalf of raising approxi-
mately $4,000, and it is hoped to
complete the work this week. The
committee is deeply indebted to Col.
J. c. Guilds and to Captain L. NJ.
Fisher, both of whom gave valuable
assistance to the committee.
The meeting Thursday afternoon
was presided over by Col. Guilds, and
Mr.. C. w. Rentz stated the purpose
for which the meeting was called.
Captain Fisher was introduced, and
stated in detail the plan of the mala-
ria campaign that has been proposed
to rid Bamberg of mosquitoes.
Captain Fisher stated that he was
working under the auspices of the
State board of health, the Internal
tional health board, and the U. S.
public health service. The public
health service, acting in cooperation
with the International health board,
" h;ch is maintained by the John D.
Rockefeller foundation, has proposed
to the malaria districts of the South
where local cooperation is given. The
Rockefeller foundation offers to put
in dollar for dollar with the State
board of health. AS yet, however,
there are no funds available for this
pu-ccse n this State, hut 9amherg
is assured of receiving the sum of
$4,000 at least, and possibly $4,000,
if this work is undertaken at the pres
ent time. In view of the fact that
the eradication of malaria in Bam-
berg VIII cost more than double the
maximum sum that could be allotted
to the city, the difference will have
to be made up locally if the work is
undertaken. If the cost were COM
paratively small, the city would have
to pay only one-half of the cost.
Captain Fisher told of the work
that is being done in the city of Harts-
Vile. He stated that Hartsville un-
dertook this work several years ago,
and that as result the town is COM
paratively free of mosquitoes at this
time. The work has not been COM
pleted, however, and the health SER
vice is assisting the town to complete
it.
AS to whether or not the campaign
will be effective, which is question
that is being frequently asked, Cap
tain Fisher disposed of all doubt in
this direction. He stated it as pos
tive fact that malaria eradication was
to Bamberg merely matter of dol
lars and cents-that if the town puts
up the money, the work can and will
be done.
Malaria is prevalent in every coun-
ty of South Carolina, the captain stat
ed, but that in this section it was,
naturally, more prevalent than in
the upper sections of the State. For
the sake of your children. if not for
yourselves, get rid of malaria is the
advice of Captain Fisher, who added
that much of the failure of children
to make good at school can be attrib-
uted directly to malaria.
Captain Fisher explained the re-
suits of malaria and what it does to
the individual and the community,
but it is hardly necessary to repeat
this, as there are few persons in
Bamberg who are not we'll qualified
to tell what it has done for them.
Showing the vast benefits derived
from eradicat tion work. Captain Fish
er told of the campaign al Roanoke
Mills, n. c., where the cotton mill
contributed $1,000 toward the cam
paign. A year or so later the presf-
dent of the mill told him that the
efficiency of the mill employees had
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