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A ATHENS, GEORGIA
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~ THE HOUSE FLY'’S SAGA
By T. H. JOHNSTON, M. D., Health Commissioner.
~ The eommon house fly is very much in evidence
at this season of the vear; hence these few re
marks on their habits and life history.
. In the autumn, house flies die off in large num
bers. Only a few remain to hide away in cellars,
‘attics. and such other out of the way places. With
the return of warm weather they become active
once more in propagating their kind. Eggs are laid
in manure or other organic refuse and from each
egg there comes in from six to eight hours the
larya (commonly known as maggot). The maggot
grows rapidly and in four or five days develops a
hard brown shell which complete encases him.
After a further period of five days, a fully devel
oped house fly emerges from this brown shell.
And so from egg to adult is a short span of ten
days. It has been thus determined that twelve
generations of flies may arise during one summer
season.
:One investigation of a statistical turn has made
a caluculation as follows:
. Allowing that it takes about 3,000 house flies t 0
weigh one ounce, the descendants of one female
fly would in a space of 40 days weigh something
over 800 pounds. The logical time tp begin fly sup-
Jpression is early in the season.
The chief breeding place of ordinary flies is in
‘manure, carcasses of anima's and garbage con
taining organic matter. All of which means that
an accumualtion of filth favors the propagation of
flies.
~ Flies are mechanical carriers of various dis
eage germs, In Civil War days many war wounds
became infected through their agemey, = v 7
In the country districts of ng;th v7€§gorgia oné
miiy §ée in midsummer numerous cases of infected
:%& ‘among children, its spread being due to
Ales. . .
i A research worker in this :collntry once con
%”&W an interesting experiment. ~Honse fiies
gwgapwmitted in the sick room. of one ill with
W&mver. Bighteen of these flies were cap
‘.mre of them showed typhoig, germs either in
_ommpon their bodies. Live typhoid:: germs ‘were
'J,\g‘”v;ai-‘ggi from {he bodies of these flies twenty
tlfi'ee days following their capture and removal
from the sick room.
W may spread the germs of tuberculosis,
fg;?imipfiperiment shows. House fiies Were allowed
3/féed upon the sputum of a tuherculosis patient
_and-the germs of the disease discovered Within
« bodies fifteen days afterward.
T%»g’h\;iiur methods the house, fiy has beep_pon-l
fimm spreading cholera, %fim» measles,
samrlet.fever; erysipelas, anthrax and glanders, ‘
;'wx §s rare in this country. It affects cat
| 116" mostly but it contracted by man usually shows
%a&iaiwefling filled with pus and s often fatal.
g _Qlanders is a disease of the horse. When gom
. mufiicated to man through flies or other means,
~ hard lumps form which break down and become
mms This disease also may terminate fatally.
~ .Aside from the germs that a fly may carry in
.~ hig;body, a bost of them may find refuge upon him.
. Experiment again shows that the number of germs
;mg*t}y increases as the season gdvances. The
mthodxof the experiment was to introduce a fly
_ into a sterile bottle and pour in a known quantity
.of gterile water. The hottle was then shook to wash
| the thacteria. from the body of thd fly and the fly
mrwords removed. A total of 415 flies were 5o
| treated and an average of one a quarter million
. bagteria were obtained from each.
w 4Rerhaps the greatest harm that fiies do is in the
iff‘iflg&eglmation of gastro-intestinal diseases amongst
" young children in the summer months.
. _One summer 1 was in a locality where there
“mmuch sickness amongst children where flies
%{am@mdirectly responsible. 1 told them it was
Smgned doors and windows they needed more than
. megicine, but it didn't do much good.
%}, ~ One woman with a sick baby was induced to put
§iy polapn in a saucer on the table and was im
gprqsa«ed with the number of flies poisoned. The
;:%gay she came to me post haste with a%fearfully
gm‘mm and wearing a dirty look. This young
- hopeful had drank the fly poison and a stomach
WWas brought into nse. The woman solemnly
ifimgxe‘d me that the good Lord had made the flies
.~ ang,. 1 had best attend to my business of treating
. sigk children and let the flies alone.
~ iStudies conducted in England have proven that
~_ fligs may come a mile from a source of infection
. to.ihe nearest village. It was also shown that the
m‘@n&;‘y house fly cannot fly so much as a mile at
_ a time; 770 yards was the longest flight recorded.
~ _Fiies do not travel as far in towns as in the open
~ country, probably on account of the food and shel
. ter agforded by the houses.
~ .Netwithstanding the harm done by common flies
they do not spread sleeping sickness as does the
tsetse fly of Africa.
: a‘frhe resourceful Germans have lately developed
a yemedy for this disease which will probably
have a far reaching effect on the development of
the areas affected.
Flowers have been associated - with ,weddings
fo‘if“ fflmusands of years. Orange blossoms have
alfi’aj‘s been the most-used wedding flower and
are supposed to portend luck and happiness.
The' agile chamois of FEurope balances itself
upon dizzy mountain peaks, gathering its forefeet
s!“g ‘WW~ fl:; e ,qf.-@
1 PROMISES -MADE TO THE FARMER
~—During the- presidential campaign of
11928, the Republicans made overtures to
‘(the farmers of the nation assuring them
legislation would be enacted beneficial to
|the agricultural interests, if they would
support Hoover for president. The farm
ers, especially those of the West, accept
ed the statements of these leaders and in
most every instance a solid vote was roll
ed up for Hoover. Many of the farmers
{ of the South believed the promises of the
| Republicans, and they, too, fell in line
and were caught in the net of the Repub
lican propagandist.
The New Yark World has come to the
front in a statement showing the deceit
and false promises of the representatives
of the Republican party. That newspaper,
‘says:
" “It requires no extensive research to
discover that the farmers as a whole will
derive no real benefit even from the agri
cultural schedules of the new tariff bill.
And the bill carries fourteen other sched
ules which tax him more heavily on the
things he has to buy. About the best thing
that can happen to American agriculture
‘this year would be the rejection of the bill
by congress or its veto by the president.
It will be a dark day indeed for most
farmers if the Hawley-Smoot biil ever
goes on the statute books.”
It is astonishing how the farmers of this
country will go along year after year, tak
ing the sop of promises from the leaders
of this party when they should know that
their only real friends and benefactors
are to be found in the Democratic party.
Maybe before =another presidential year
has arrived, the farmers of the West will
realize where their interests lie and not
be deceived over and over by Republican
propagandists, many of whom are highly
paid publicists with no thought of sincer
ity of purpose. -
A FIFTY-FIFTY DECISION
Recently in New York, a physician and
a social worker held a debate on the ques
tion as to whether children fared better
in the country or in the city. The question
was discussed from every angle by these
able authorities, but when the discussion
had ended it was judged to be a fifty-fifty
proposition.
The Christian Science Monitor com
menting on the debate and giving its opin
jon as to the results, said:
“A vital issue was raised in a debate
staged recently in New York wherein a
physician and a social worker at a lunch
eon endeavored to clarify -the question
whether it is better for children to be
reared in the country or the city. As to
whether they contributed anything sub
stantial to the discussion is another mat
ter, alhough it may be acknowledged that
each gave the other a run for the money.
Anyhow Miss Lillian Wald, the social
worker, virtually stated that neither con
vinced the othemywhen she said as her
final word, “I told"you we would agree.
Bring the social and educational advant
ages of the city to the country and it is a
perfect place to rear a child. But as a
social worker I must again point out that
they are not there now!” .
“Looking at the situation frun: a some
‘what different point of view, perhaps one
‘might say. given more or less similar op
portunities, a whole lot depends on tae
child itself! ol :
“When it comes to balancing vacuum
cleaners, electricity and deferred pay
ments against sunlight, freedom for exer
cise and play, and fewer noises, the bal
ance wouFd_s‘eem to be on the side of the
latter. However, statistics—what should
we do without statistics?—seem to show
that there are more conditions of physical
disability among country children than
among city cnes! Which would appear to
indicate that the opposite of what one
would expect may be’ what one finds to
be the case. And this further points to
thie: fact -that, after all, perchance it is
neither sunlight itself nor yet vacuum
cleaners that are at the bottom of the
matter. A busy, happily occupied life,
whether in country or city, and an unself
ish motive will be found to work wonders,
no matter what the environment.”
Insofar as we can see, the debate was
a draw, but we do believe that the child
in the country has the advantage over the
child of the ctiy. The open life, pure fresh
qir and freedom of space adds much to
the health and to the development of the
child, mentally and physically.
BUILDING IS ON THE'BOOM
Building in all sections of the nation
has shown a _andez;_fu‘l, increase during
the present year, especially is this true
since the first of March. According to of
ficial building permits received by S. W.
Straus and Co., during the month of April
show there were 554 leading cities and
towns throughout the country amounted
to $210,,411,881, a gain of 12 per cent
over March when the total was $188,452 -
117. The number of March permits issued
showed a considerable gain over that of
February.
The foregoing figures are from a relia
ble source and an indication of a return of
prosperity and of substantial conditions
throughout the country. In the South,
much construction has been done. In fact,
this section of the country has shown a
wonderful rehabilitation not only in build
ing, but in industrial and agricultural
lines.
Well, let us hope that we will not have
any more elections in Clarke county until
September 10. o
Judging from the small percentage of
the registered votes cast in the recent
election here, evidently our people have
become fed up on elections.
We are expecting a decrease in the
number of candidates for the office of
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| A Little of Everything and Not
| Much of Anything
| BY HUGH ROWE
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Not so many years ago, a
y o u n g lpreacher, revialist,
came to Athens, pitched a
tent on a vacant lot near the
First Methodist church, and
commenced a ‘revival,
The young preacher was un
usually attractive in manner, af
fable, sincere and consecrated to
the wok of saving souls. His
preaching soon attracted the at
tention of the people and during
the weeks he conducted services,
the mammoth tent was crowded
nightly. Mr. Cobb Lampkin be
came interested in the young
preacher as well as in the meet
ings and during his stay here,
he was a guest in the home of
M:r. Lampkin. His sermons were
gems and his power for speaking
appealed to and impressed the
vast audiences that attended the
meetings. :
After several weeks of
revival meetings, this young
preacher folded his tent and
moved on to other fields
where his services were in
demand, :
His conversion and entrance
into the ministry and the remark
able success with which he has
met reads like fiction. A flag
man on a railroad in South Geor
ia; an unbeliever in God; one
night he attended a tent meeting
coducted by an itinerant preach
er; ha was imnressed with the
sermon; he was troubled over his
sins; he became a beleiver in the
church and in God; he announced
to his friends that he had been
called to preach, and preach he
must, but he lacked preparation;
his conversion and ' desire to
preach soon became known in the
community; an interested citizen
furnished the money for him to
enter Emory Unive:sity and later
a theological seminary. When his
work had been finished at these
institutions he entered the minis
try and sirce that ime he has held
some of the most important
charges in the Southern Confe:-
ence of the Methodist church.
This young man has held
charges at Houston, Texas;
Birmingham, Alabama and
other places of equal impor
tance. He is mow a Bishop
in the Southern Methodist
Conference,
Reverend Arthur J. Moore was
elected a Bishop at the Southern
Methodist. Conference, recently
held in Dallas, Texas. At the time
of his election he was pastor of
a church in Bizmingham. At Em 4
ory, he was a classmate of Rev.
Lester Rumble, pastor of the
First Methodist church in this
city. He is well known to many
people here who will rejoice over
his elevation to a Bishopric of the
Methodist Conference.
With the passing of the
street cars, Lumpkin street
should now be widened from
Broad street te Milledge
avenue and a sidewalk built
on the east side of the street.
While a great deal of the abut
ting property is owned bv the
state, the municipal authorities
could well afford to make the im
provement ard bear the éhole
cost. Under the laws of Georgia
a municipality cannot force the
state to pay for paving in f-ont
of its property. This point was
decided a number of years ago
when ‘the City of Atlanta under
took t~ collect from the state the
cost of paving around the Capi
tol. We do not presume that any
citizen would object to the
mayor and council paving and
widening this street, e v e n
though it became necessary for
the city to pay the full amount.
“Eliza,” said a friend of
the family to the old colored
washerwoman, “have y o u
seen Miss Edith’s fiance?”
‘“No, ma’am,” she answered, “it
ain’t been in the wash yet.”—Jack
o’-Lantern. -
1001 GEORGIA VERSES
No. 94
(Note——The first woman in
the world to receive a college de
gree from the first chartered in
stitution empowered to grant de
grees to women, Wesleyan Col
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lege, Macon, was Miss Catherine
Brewer, later 'Mrs., Benson).
The institution with credentials
clear ; : o g
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D. G. B.
Mercer, Wesleyan ;
" . Hold Graduation
MACON, Ga.—(AP)—Sixty-three
seniors of Wesleyan College as
sembled here today to receive di
plomas from Dr. W, F. Quillian,
retiring president, and hear an
address by former Governor John
M. Slaton of Atlanta.
Speaking on the subject, “Imita.
tion of Christ,” the Rev. J. Ern
est Rattenbury of Southport, Eng.
land, delivered the baccalanreate
sermon yesterday. Bishop W. N.
Ainsworth and the Rev. 1. p. Ty.
son participated in the services.
Mrs. Lulu Kendall Rogers, the
school's oldest living . graduate,
was among those present.
In another section of the city,
Dr.. J. B._ Lawrence, executive
secretary of the home mission
board of the Southern Baptist
Convention, delivered the hacca.
laureate sermon to graduates of
Mercer University, who will re.
ceive their degrees tomorrow.
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