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
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' 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.
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