BREAKING THE CONNECTION
BEGIN BATTLE NOW
This Is the Month to Wage War
Against Disease-Carrying
Fly in the House.
In the Interests of Public Health
Every One Must "Do His Bit" ?
Destroy the Few That May
Already Have Begun
to Annoy.
This is the month for the housewife
to wage battle against the most deadly
of all enemies of health and sanitation,
the housefly.
This is the breeding time for the
fly, and for every one killed now, there
will be over a million less in the Sum
mer.
So many women are careless about
flies.
They watch these dangerous pests
walking over cake and bread or hov
ering about the sugar, without any
apparent anxiety.
They allow them to buzz about the
table without making any move to kill
them.
Wilful Neglect.
How can they be so careless when
so much has been printed every year
about the real dangers connected with
the fly?
It cannot be Ignorance that makes
them so negligent about killing off
these disease carriers.
No woman who reads the newspa
pers can plead ignorance as an excuse
for such criminal negligence.
There is only one reason why any
woman can sit still and let the flies,
which they know carry thousands of
germs, walk all over the food, and
that reason Is wilful neglect.
You, who wish to protect your fam
ilies from all possible illness must
carry on an unremitting flght against
the fly and now is the. time to begin.
You may not think it worth while
to bestir yourself for the few speci
mens you see about the house now.
Rut try to realize that each separ
ate one of the half dozen or dozen
flies you see buzzing around now is
the probable breader of a million other
flies.
Later on in July and August, when
the house is full of these pests, yon
will probably use every moans to erad
icate them.
But you will be too late then, for it
Is impossible to wipe out thousands.
Now, however, by killing off every
fly you see, you can prevent your home
and others from being filled with a
swarm of these dangerous insects.
Rend the statistics offered in the
bulletin by the boards of health on
the activities of the fly.
Learn how many deaths have been
traced directly or Indirectly to the
same fatal source.
Ask any doctor to tell you his opin
ion on the question as to whether the
harmless-looking house fly does or
does not carry disease germs.
Expert Opinion.
A great many physicians declared
that the Infantile paralysis of last
summer was spread by flies. It has
never been proved, but it Is very prob
able they might have been Instrumen
tal.
Now, If after you have made these
inquiries you are not satisfied as to
the dangers of the house fly you cer
tainly should have a personal exam
ination by an alienist.
If you are already convinced of the
very real dangers of the fly, and most
sensible women are, work with all'
your might to exterminate those which
may now be roaming about your
rooms.
Use fly-paper, swatters, and poisons
If necessary, but kill off the flies.
Extra Care Needed.
With tha fly season and warm
weather at hand, extra precautions
must be taken in caring for the calf
pails. They should be wished thor
oughly after each feed and sterilized
either with steam or hot water.
Flies are a great nuisance
as uell as being dangerous to \
the health. When sitting dou n ;
to a meal, with the flies both ? ?
eying you. don't grumble at ?
the flies, but blame yourself '
for not having screens in the 1
windows and doors so that the
flirs cannot g0t into the house. \
Swat the first fly I
Flies cause more deaths an
nually than do mad dogs,
which all dread.
While swatting the kaiser,
don't forget to swat the fly.
Both are baby killers, and on
this side of the Atlantic, the
fly murders more infants than
the Ilohenzollern.
FLIES SPREAD TYPHOID FEVER
Investigations of Kansas State Board
of Health Show Responsibility for
Dread Disease.
Chart ? "Deaths from typhoid,"
Kansas investigation 1912-13. This Il
lustrates an investigation carried on
by the Kansas state board of health.
The figures in this chart represent an
average of the deaths from this dis
ease during the years 1912 and 1913.
The highest death rate from this terri
ble filth disease comes, as this experi
ment shows, when flies are most nu
merous, In the months of August and
September, and decreases through Oc
tober, November and December, to
January. Winter typhoid is often
traceable to epidemics resulting from
the fly-borne typhoid of the summer
time.
BEGIN WARFARE RIGHT AWAY
Every Hour's Delay in Fighting the
Fly Means Lengthening of Human
Death List in Summer.
Don't take too lightly the campaign
to swat the fly merely because you
have heard so much about it; that is
all the more reason for taking it seri
ously, for it has not been discussed
enough, apparently, to warn the people
of ail the dangers from the pesky little
insect, for there is much carelessness.
Listen to this from the United States
health bureau:
"Fly time Is more to be feared than
war time.
"Screen your windows. Begin now
in your warfare against flies. You can
not begin too soon. Your precaution
may save your life.
"It has been clearly demonstrated
that "flies carry the bacillus of tubercu
losis in their bodies after being in the
room where a consumptive is con
fined.
"Our investigation shows that as the
temperature rises the flies become
more active and intestinal diseases be
come generally prevalent, with a corre
sponding increase in mortality. It Is
a mistake to think that these diseases
are due to the hot weather.
"Screen your windows. Hunt flies as
you would death !"
No Flies
Mean a
Clean
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Cleanliness
Means Efficiency
Better Homes
Better Schools
Better humanity
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Draw up The Slack
A man of fifty-two years has had
what he calls chronic indigeston for
fifteen or more years. In that time he
has consulted some famous internists,
specialists and many general practi
tioners in different cities. Various ex
planations of his trouble have been of
fered. and various lines of treatment
employed, most of them being more o'
less helpful for a brief time, and near
ly all of them being at least scientific,
lie is a man of considerable horse
?ease, and he does not readily absorb
pseudo-science. However, he still has
his indigestion.
Queried and cross-examined he
gives the following history, which 1>
not at all unusual: Twenty-five years
?go he contracted syphilis, and was
BRACE YOURSELF EVERY HOUR. ,
thoroughly and properly treated.
Eight years ago the Wassermann test
of the blood was negative. Twelva
years ago a good physician offered a
frankly doubtful opinion that locomo
tor ataxia was developing; this opinion i
was probably Influenced by knowledge 1
of the history. But the man shows no
symptom suggestive of locomotor
ataxia at present; that may be due to
the thorough anti-syphilitic treatment
he was given through several yeara. J
We all know that It takes at least
three years to conquer syphilis.
One year ago he had an X-ray nega
tive, or several negatives of the abdom- ,
inal region. A marked prolapse or sag- ]
ging (ptosis) of the stomach was de
monstrated. Now, this condition does 1
not necessarily cause symptoms; some 1
people have a sagging stomach and
perfect health But some people havo
pronounced astigmatism without suf
fering any unpleasant effect, wlilla
others must have carefully fltted
glasses for slight errors of refraction.
Some people have floating kidney and
are quite unaware of any disturbance
of health; others complain of mucu
suffering from a loose kidney. As a
matter of fact this man's right kidney
was floating, though the X-ray pic
tures failed to show it.
The doctor who suggested the X-ray
pictures now ordered an abdominal
supporter. ? The patient wore it for
nearly a year, but continued to suffer
from distress after eating. belchln<
huge quantities of gas. dragging pain
and soreness about the flanks, tender
ness over stomach, and the other in
definite symptoms people call indiges
tion or dyspepsia.
Discouraged, he tried still another
doctor. He wvj now advised to as
sume the knee-chest position for a
few minutes after each meal. In this
position the patient gets down on all
fours, then lets the chest sink to floor
but keeps the hips high, with thighs
klways perpendicular to floor. It per
mits abdominal and pelvic organs to
rise, or fall, as you please, upward to
ward the diaphragm. Then he was
urged to lie down for half an hour or
more on an inclined couch or bed with
hips several inches higher than should
srs.
He was further taught how to stand
erect, and advised to "brace himself"
nvery hour by the clock, no matter
what he might be doing or where he
might be.
A new broom sweeps clean. Th*
man Is delighted with his relief. He
!ias gained several pounds in a few
weeks ? and it seemed impossible for
tUm to gain weight heretofore.
Position is not everything in thld
world, yet it Is well worth cultivating.
Questions ami Answers.
Acid Fruits and Rheumatiz.
A. F. R. ? Should one with chronic
rheumatism indulge In such things as
lemons, tomatoes, grapefruit and the
like? Are not such fruits full of acid?
Answer: One should, whether he has
rheumatiz or not. In the first place, nu
Joint disease Is caused by arid In th?
Itlood : in the second place, all fruit acids
circulate as alkaline salts, thus tending
to increase the alkalinitiy In the blood.
Canker Sores In the Mouth.
L. C. H.-? Please tell me what will
?elleve canker sores In the mouth. I
iave them every few weeks.
Answer: Touch each suspicious spot
ivlth tincture of iodine morning and night.
Look well to your oral hygiene, or huva
the denist do it.
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Mean So
Much More Than Money
Your money would be of little use to
you if the Germans should win the war
abroad and come over here to complete
their w ork of world subjugation. Invest
your money in Liberty Bonds? one Bond
arms a soldier and may save his life.
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Smithfield, N. C.
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Dentist
ALL KINDS OF DENTAL WORK.
Special attention given to treatment
of Riggs Disease and Oral Proxphy
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? not a luxury
After your house needs painting, every year
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Oxfords
About
300
pair
OXFORDS
brought
from
last
season
Beacon
$4 to $4.50
Crboett
$4,50 to $5
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$5 to $6
Come and look them
over
At Old Prices
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Sniilhfield, N. C.
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limit? If not YOU know why.
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- Smithfield, N. C.