The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-14
Start Swatting
Them Now
A Little Timely Advice on The
Old Subject of Flies


bere at home last year than were
lain on the battlefelds Of France,
Flies sent more human oeinss lnto
their graves within the past ~ nouths
than all the wild beasts OF all the
wild jungles, mountains and plains u
the world did. -, a..
The fy is more dangerous than tne
roaring lion, the sinking. tiger. the
coiling snake or the crouching wild
cat, because it is easier to- AVOID the
lion, tiger, snake or wildcat
The fly has killed more people tlaah
all the criminal murderers OF all na-
tions and all time.
The fly is never harmless and Is a.
ways harmful.
Flies kill more human beings THAN
earthquakes, tornadoes. hoods' 1Hes'
volcanic eruptions.
Flies kill more people each year
than are drowned that year ID All
the lakes, rivers, ponds and oceans
combined.
Flies are more deadly than rattle
snakes, more to be dreaded than man
eating sharks, and more to De reared
than the ella monster or the tTahtoia.
Heres some expert testimony on
the subject of flies:
I'm it's habits the fly is probably
the most Objectionable insect Win
which man comes in contact, says
DR.. Ernest A. Sweet Of the United
States Public Health Service, who
adds:
1.-The fly not only breeds in filth. but
I it continues to frequent objection ae
material throughout the days o. its
existence. leaving only to invade the
| residence of man. contaminate his
food. and oftentimes to spread dis
ease.
"Flies may transmit disease in eth
or of two ways The first method rs
by mechanical transference, whereby
the insect becomes contaminated with
the parasites OF micro-organzma OF
disease as a consequence Of frequent
ling filth and places where these agents
labound, thus carrying pathogenic or
ganisms directly to food and drink
partaken Of by man.
Milk, which is one OF the pest
media for the growth OF bacteria, may
be contaminated by flies merely
through the act of feeding.
THE second method of disease
Transmission is by inocuiation. For
tunately houseflies are Of the nom
biting variety, and therefore inca.
pable Of spreading disease in this
way. .:,..-. -.
transmitted by housesiies. the follow
ing are worthy of consideration. Ty-
pf1oid fever, diarrhea and enteritiS,
cholera, dysentery. parartyphoid fe-
yer, intestinal parasitic Infections.
sleeping sickness, surra. nasana
! Another manner in which dies dis
sefninate infection :.is through the
reKurgitation or vomiting of food. It
is unpleasant to consider that insects
/ which have but recently frequented
i earbage heaps. cuSpidofs5 and manure
|piles may be guests at our tables, but
it is all the more. disgusting to- con-
slider that the very material OF which
tthey have partaken should be subse-
/ uuently, distributed over our own food
and then received into our system.
: The number. of such vonaited spots de-
posted by well-fed flies may be enor-
nous, frequently rising to hundred
or more a. day.
One fly killed today may save the
life of human being this summer
your life, it may be!
| One f1y less today means hundred
thousand less next September.
Swatting a fly today is equal to
swatting hundred thousand four
months hence.
L. A Riser,
State Board of Health