Funding for the digitization of this title was provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a project of the Georgia Public Library Service.
About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1913)
KILLTIE FLIES SftYS THE STATE BOARD Screen Your Houses, and Cover Up Filthy Places Where the Flies Breed and Feed. Atlanta, Ga.—The house-fly will eventually become as extinct as the mastodon and dinosaurus, if people I will only wake up to the realization of what a horribly dangerous and filthy thing the fly is, declares the Georgia State Hoard of Health. Despite Its tiny size, the common fly is a monster infinitely more deadly than any of the extinct beasts of pre historic times. The house-fly is death’s 1 advance agent. There are about 12 , varieties of Hies known in Georgia, hut they are all alike in the respect that they carry disease. The most common fly of all is the ordinary house-fly, called the musca domestica by scientists —und by various other names by the bald headed man. This fly, familiar to eve rybody, comprises about 9k per cent, of the files found in garbage cans, j dining rooms, stables, kitchens and so on. The remaining two per cent, j of flies in Georgia is principally made | up of the blue-bottle fly, sometimes called the blow fly or meat fly. Gut they are all disease breeders alike. The fly has the most filthy habits of any living creature. He doesn't care where he gets his meals or what he eats. He had just as soon eat the | bread nml vegetables and meat oh your plate, and he tiad equally as soon have some nauseating and unspeaka ble kind of filth which ‘ Just where the trouble lies. If the fly would stick to either kind of diet, he would not be so dangerous. Hut the trouble is a fly will make part of his meal on j some abominable refuse and a minute afterwards, unless you keep him front It, will fly In through your window and make his dessert on your Jam or rice pudding, or on the baby’s milk bottle. He will wipe his dirty feet on It and leave the disease germs ho brought from filth. You can see a rattlesnake or a lion, but unfortunately you can’t see the deadly germs that the fly has smeared on your food. You will go ahead and eat It, germs, filth and all, and by so doing you take your Ilf * in your hands. The health germs In your body may kill the disease germs and they may not. If they don't, illness or death is your portion. Not Theories, But Facts. In the hot summer, when files are most plentiful, the average person’s constitution Is more or less run down ami offers less resistance to disease gerniH. If the public could just lit; made to realize that these are not theories nml mere words, says the Htate Hoard of Health, but that they are actual facts, and that one fly light lug on your food is a deadly abomina tion, such a sentiment would he arous ed as to eventually exterminate the fly and to stive untold mysery und 111 ness and death in human beings. Kora hen to lay two hundred eggs during the course of three hundred anil sixty live days Is considered pret ty good, hut for a fly to lay one hun dred egsg during the course of olio day Is nothing unusual. In fact, it is stated by the United States govern ment expert that a fly lays on the aver age of one hundred and twenty eggs at a time, and that each female fly lays four such hatches. This expert nlso states that these eggs hatch out into niugots and become full grown (lies In ten days and begin to lay eggs themselves and raise up families. Files won’t sit on their eggs to hatch them; they are too busy carry ing disease around to waste time that way. And, besides, in times past they have always found that human beings were willing to look after these lit tle details for them by leaving horse manure around, by letting garbage cans stay open, and by leaving other tilth and refuse uncovered. So all the time the fly loses Is In laying the eggs in such places. The heat of the sun, or file heat generated In the man ure pile. Mill do the rest. In times to come, however, and that not very far off, the Board predicts that tile lly is going to find that hu man beings have gotten wise to his murderous ways and have all screened ! their houses against him and have built sanitary privies and have screen ed the manure piles and learned to keep garbage cans, slop barrels and other refuse containers covered or screened. Methods of Killing Him. In the meantime, the State Board of Health earnestly calls on the indi vidual people of Georgia end on the health officials of towns a..d cities to do their share of this hum riant work Every time a fly lights on your food, remember where lie may have come from. The State Board of Health gives the following three suggestions as pra» ttonl and serviceable in killing flies: Fly Poison. Dissolve one drachm of bichromate of potash In two ounces of water; add sugar or honey. Place In a saucer where children cannot get to It, as It Is slightly poisonous. The flics drink It and quickly die. Another effective fly poison Is made by placing a icaspoonful of formalin In a saucer of w iter, to which milk or sugar or honey has been added Tills should also be placed out of reach of children, as it is likewise somewhat poisonous. To Make Fly Paper -Boil two pounds of ordinary resin In a pint of castor oil and tipp.g with a brush to the paper or to any surface desired to be used to catch flies. This makes an excellent ami effective fly paper. A Haven Os Refuge. One of the most charming I things about wild creatures is the alacrity and confidence with which they respond to the kind ly advances of human friends. A remarkable case of confidence on the part of wild ducks in some human friends is quoted from Recreation by Prof. William T. Hornaday in “Our Vanishing Wild Life.” One mile north of the little village of Mosca, Colorado, lives the family of Mr. J. C. Gray. On the Gray ranch there is an Ar tesian well that empties into a small pond about one hundred ! feet square. The pond is never entirely frozen over, and the water is warm even during the coldest weather. Some five years ago, Mr. Gray got a few wild duck eggs, and hatched them under a hen. He , reared and fed the ducks on the little pond. The following spring ! they left the place, to return in ! the fall, with broods of young;; they also brought other ducks to the home w’here they were pro -1 tected and fed. Every year since, the ducks have scattered in the spring to mate and rear t heir families, hut have returned again with greatly increased numbers in the fall. I drove out to the ranch on November 24, 11*02, and found the little pond almost black with the birds. From Mr. Gray I learned that there w'ere some six hundred ducks of various kinds on the pond at that time, al though it was then early for them to seek winter quarters. The family habitually approach ed the pond from the house, which stands on the south side of it, and if any person appears on the north side, the ducks im mediately take fright, and fly away. Mr. Gray strewed wheat on the ground and in the water. The ducks waddled around us within a few inches of our feet, without paying the least atten tion to us, or to the old house dog. Six miles east of the ranch is San Luis Lake, to which the ducks travel daily while the lake is open. When they are at the j lake it is impossible to approach within gunshot of them. Some boys and men have learned the habits of the birds, and shoot at them from hiding-places along their course of (light to and from the lake. A good many ducks are shot in that way, but woe to the person caught tiring a gun on or near the home pond! Away from home, the birds are like other wild ducks, and do not recognize any members of the Gray family. At home they fol low the boys round the barn yard, squawking for food like so many barn-yard fowls. The Money Value Os A Woodpecker. Prof. W. T. Hornaday, direc tor of the New York Zoological' Park, says that if birds were as ; numerous today as they were six- J ty years ago, it would mean a saving of many million dollars to American farmers. The slaugh-; ter of migratory birds is surely | 1 followed by the increase of de-; structive insects. Among the: best of the farmer’s bird friends are the woodpeckers, especially the red-headed members of the species. In proof, one careful observer, says: “A pair of them nested in a dead cottonwood-tree near my uncle’s orchard one year. 1 One day l watched them through , a pair of opera-glasses. The young birds were about half grown. The parents made ninety six trips in one hour, each time with a worm. It is safe to say that they saved ninety-six apples in that hour a box worth, say, one dollar. If the birds worked ten hours a day. they were worth ten dollars to my uncle, or. in the three weeks the birds were in the nest. $2lO. Can a farmer afford to kill a woodiMxker?” THE MONTGOMERY MONTTOR-THURSDAY, AUG. 14, 1913. Sheriff Sale. $ 1 Georgia— M antgoroery County. / Will lie told before the court house door in Mt. j Vernon on the fir»t Tuesday in Sept, 1913, be- l , tween the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder ( | for cash, certain property, of which the following * is a complete description: l A certain one-fourth undivided interest in one f hundred acres more or lesH and bounder! as foi- * lows: On the north by lands of Mrs. John Gordon, K on the east by lands of A. C. Mosley, on the south ( Ly lands of J. W. Moseley and on the west by lands ' of I, Q. Coleman and known as the Lovedy Car- roll place. Levied on and will be sold as the prop- t erty of John Carroll to satisfy two justice court »?xecutions issued from the justice's court of the x, 275th G. M. district of said county in favor of Dr. t Robert H. Mobley vs John Carroll. Written no- tire of levy given In tergns of the law. This the sth day of Aug., 1913. / James Hester, Sheriff M. C. J Sheriff Sale. ( Georgia—Montgomery County. j r Will lie sold before the court house door in Mt. / Vernon on the first Tuesday in Sept., 1913, be- t tween the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder ( for cash, certain property, of which the following t • is a complete description: ( Three bales of seed cotton or thereabouts, one bale of cotton being on the porch of the house K. G. Gray lived in at the time of levy, in said county f and state, one bale on wagon in ffeld and one bale ' jon the ground in the field then tended by said R. G. Gray and in his possession. Levied on to be f. sold as thh property of R. G. Gray to wttiafy «ri j * execution issuix! from the City Court of Dublin in j \ favor of H- N- Thigpen vs K. G. Gray. Pointed t out for levy by plaintiff in fi fa. Original levy on : * Oct. 21, 1911. Plea of illegality dismissed in the ; * [ City Court of Dublin Sept. 11, 1912, and levy or- . j dered to proceed. Written notice of levy given in * j terms of the law. This the sth day of Aug. 1913. ! i James Hester, Sheriff M. C. < W. L. Wilson, A tty.lf or Plff. Sheriff Sale. | / Georgia—Montgomery County. ( Will be sold before the court house door in Mt, t Vernon on the first Tuesday in Sept., 1913, between ’ the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for , cash, certain property, of which the following is a j i complete description: Lots of Land Nos. Two and Three situate, lying and being in the Town of Alston, and in said < county, located in Block No. 9as shown by the • plan of said town, and bounded as follows: On the i | north by lands of J. W. Sharpe, on the east by Lot t | No. 4, on the South by Broad street and on the i west by Lot. No. I in said block. Levied on anti < will l»e sold as the property of Ira L. Anderson to satisfy a ft fa issued from the superior court of said county in favor of Ella Ricks vs Ira L. An- t derson. Property in possession of said defendant 1 and by plaintiff pointed out for levy and written { notice given as required by law. This the fith i day of Aug., 1913. Levy by A. B. Hester, deputy sheriff. Jas. Hester, Sheriff M. C. { For Leave to Sell. Georgia—Montgomery County. j J. A. Thigpen, administrator of ; the estate of Teresa Thigpen, has ( in proper form applied to the uii j dersigned for leave to sell all ( lands belonging to said estate,!; this is therefore to ci:o all and J j singular that said application will j ; be heard at my office on the first Monday in Sept. 1918. This the Ith day of Aug., 1918. Alex McArthur, Ordinary. Por Year’s Support. < Georgia—Montgomery County. , August Term, 1918. 1 The appraisers appointed upon i the application of J»*zzie V. Hy man, widow 0. 1). Hyman, for < twelve months support for herself j out of the said estate, having ’ filed their return, all persons con- j cerned are hereby cited to show i cause, if any they have, at the j next regular Sept, term of this . Court, why said application should not he granted. Alex McArthur, Ordinary. ( NEW ROAD NOTICE. Georgia—Montgomery County. ( 0. A. Walker, Jas. H. Walker, A. 11 Mclntyre, M. 11. Mclntyre, W. E. Mathias, Mrs. F. E. Odom, F. M. Sharpe and others hav- , ing applied for the opening and ( establishing of a new bublic road ( ; leading from the 275th G. M. dis- trict line near the home of G. \Y j Mclntyre and running in a south i easterly direct ion to Sharpe’s ! Spur in said county, said proposed i road, in passing through binds of j A. H. and M. H. Mclntyre, will ( I run the original road, passing |on the northeast side of \V. E. I Mathias’s horse lot and at Mrs. | Odom's place passing within 60 ! feet of old road bed. Notice is hereby given that said application will he granted on the lirst Tues- | day in Sept, next if no good cause l | tie shown to the contrary. This; 1 the sth day of Sept.,* 1918. \V. H. Moxley, Chiu. Co. Com’rs. ! Notice to Debtors and Creditors ; All creditors of the estate of j David Miller, deceased, late of Montgomery County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render in their!' demands to the undersigned ac- 1 cording to law. and all persons 'indebted to said estate are re- ( quired to make immediate pay ment. This August 7th, 1913. A. C. McLennan, < I Adr. Est. of David Mi! er, dec. i | Commercial | j Printing J I QUALITY KIND | This printing business is an every-day thing with us. ® For nearly twenty-five years we have made a specialty of 0 that department of the art known as “job printing”— ® | Letter Heads, Envelopes |j I Note Heads, Circulars | if Cards, Pay Checks <| | Programs, Etc. | -y y ijg •■y The Montgomery | Monitor | MT. VERNON, QA. Telephone No. 40 | ' Sheriff Sale. Georgia^-Montgomery County. Will be sold before the court house door in Mt. Vernon on the ttrst Tuesday in Sept., 1913, be tween the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, certain property, of which the following in a complete description: One undivided interest in the Margaret Mosley estate, containing twenty-nine and nine one-hun dredths (29 9-100)) acres, sitaute, iying and being in the Tiger G. M. district of said county anti state anti bounded as follows: On the north by lands of Tom Phillips, on the east by lands of Henry Mos ley anti on the south by lands of Mary Blocker. Levied on anti will be sold as the property of Man nit* Mosley to satisfy a mortgage execution Issued from the superior court of said county in favor of 11. W. Bigger staff vs Mannie Mosley. Wrlten notice of levy given in terms of the law. This the sth day of Aug., 1912. James Hester, Sheriff M. C. CITATION. Georgia, Montgomery County. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned have applied to the Ordinary of said County for leave to sell lands belonging to the Es tate of A. B. Conner, deceased, for the purpose of uaying debts. Said application will be heard at the regular September term of the Court of Ordinary of said County, to be held on the first Monday in September, 1918. This August 4th, 1918. Cora E. and C. C. Conner, Administers Estate A. B. Conner, deceased. Clinton I*. Thompson, Adm iu ist rators ’ All y. Notice. One of the oldest Cotton Com mission Houses in Georgia wishes to arrange with one or more in fluential citizens of Montgomery County to canvass the County in its interest. Will be pleased to hear from parties prepared to take up the question. Good chance fora live worker. Address “Cotton,” P. O. Box No. 406. Savannah, Ga. ad Notice to Public. I hereby warn all parties not to extend credit to my wife, Missouri Calhoun, for the reason that she has voluntarily abandoned me without sufficient provocation, and 1 am not liable for anything furnished to her. This the 7th day of July, 1918. ad J. A. Calhoun. SEABOARD AIR LINE ; 1 Annual August Excursion to the / 1 ; j ’ Mountains and Eastern Cities | ' I AUGUST 13 1 r ;l;. ;jj | Rate from Mt. Vernon I To Washington, $15.80 I l J: To Richmond, $12.30 | 3 | To Norfolk, $12.20 f: Correspondingly low rates to various other mountain and :j seashore resorts. Tickets limited to reach original starting jj ;!; point not later than midnight Aug. 31, 1913. ji SPECIAL STEEL COACHES AND SLEEPERS ; ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND FANS ■ ;j; For full information relative to rates, reservations, etc., :| « see nearnest Seaboard agent or write |! ' j C. W. SMALL, Division Passenger Agent Savannah, Ga. I : *- (IFv EPOSITS INSURED | *S Against Loss ij: O© © © j| S|; 0© © © No Matter from What Source it May Come ij |: ©;©©;© ' “ ij 5 I We are constantly adding new , i|i accounts, and our business is increasing | ) |j j _ ;| > s at a very satisfactory rate. i | J Possibly you also might be glad to i i . . ‘ ' jl ;!■ join us. :j THE PEOPLES BANK 1 SOPERTON, GA. zi ; j 1 * Take the County Paper and Get all the news of Montgomery.
