Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-27
ORGANIZATION FOR
MOSQUITO CONTROL ,
IN SUMTER FORMED
Every District In Entire County To
Have Part In Great Working
Force
DOCTORS TO COOPERATE
VIII Ask Financial Help From
County Board of Roads And
Revenues

/ A meeting of county interest
and one of the largest attended pub
lie meetings yet held was that at the
courthouse Thursday afternoon to
complete an organization for mos
quito control throughout the county
With John w. Shiver, temporary
chairman, the meeting was called to
order, the purpose and Importance
of which was explained, introducing
DIR. j. A. LePrlnce, one of the fore
most authorities on mosquito control
in the United States, who made the
principal address in advocacy of the
Sumter County Mosquito Elimina-
tion association, the formation of
which the meeting was called. DR..
LePrince was followed by several
doctors who made short addresses.
Permanent officers elected were:
John w. Shiver, president; DR.. H. A.
Smith, first vice-president; Rev. C. A.
Phillips, End vice-president; H. P.
Everett, secretary, these to appoint
at an early date man from each
militia district of the county and a
women from each school district of
the county who will form an execI-
tive committee to work with the
heads Of the organization.
Miss Sarah Cobb, principal of Fur
low Grammar school, made a motion,
which was adopted, that school clubs
throughout the county be formed
who togather with the Boy Scouts,
render such assistance necessary to
the committee in connection with
the work to be done.
Stephen Pace made a motion
which was adopted, that the county
commissioners in constructing new
culverts can greatly assist in the
work by seeing to it that these cul-
verts be properly drained.
Judge R. L. Maynard made a mo
ton that the executive committee
confer with the county board of
roads and revenues and ask for fl
nanciaI aid to help the organization
to properly carry on the work un
dertaken.
Rev. C. A. Phillips, principal of
the Thompson school, made mo-
ton which was carried that a vote
of thanks be rendered the Times
Recorder for it's assistance in placing
before the people of the county the
importance of such an organization; !;
to DIR. LePrince for his splendid and
helpful work, and to the doctors of
Americus and Sumter county for
their cooperation in this work.
There will be placed at the Cham
Der of Commerce a box for the re-
ception of any complaints which the
citizens of Americus or the county
wish to register or any suggestions
to offer. These complaints need not
be signed. They will be followed
up and the cause corrected and re-
moved whenever possible.
This committee was appointed to
90 before the county commissioners
to ask that body to aid in the work
SO necessary for the health of the
county: Stephen Pace, chairman; c.
d. Brinkley and w. H. Chappell.
H. C. Woodfall of the State
board of health in Atlanta, was in
attendance at the meeting. He eX-
planned that on account of lack of
funds, the state could not render as
sistance in the work.
Many out-of-town physicians were
in attendance at the meeting, show
ing that the whole county is inter-
osted. Among those present were
Dir. L. M. Hawkins, of Leslie; DIR;
Bagley, of DeSoto; DR. Boggs. of
Cobb. From Americus were Drs.
f. B. Anderson and B. F. Bond.