The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-07

Earnest Words t. Every Citizen
of hickman.

In view Of The gres, Importance OF i'm
mediate action. towards cleansing sud
purifying the city. We earnestly nope
tLat every citizen OF Hickman will resd
this article, aud 90 10 work toward &C
complaining the purpose. II can scsreeiy
be realized that "a community seourged
AS this VAS the past Summer couii be IN
different or that a one would wait the
eompu'sion of the law 10 do his ,ia'y IA
the promises. I's vital and Immediate
necessity cannot he oser-estinaci; sad
there is no use mincing words either to
the authorities or TO the citizens. Life
the life Of your fsmily-,he life Of you
aeighbors family depends upon IL. Ex
perience has proven that il Is MOI only
useless hut il ia N gerous 10 attempt this
cleaning M in hot weather. To sir thes-
.putrid. polluted. fet;d places in the sum
mer, sggravStes the DANCE % spresiin
con,agion and disease aud there is oa
one protection aud that is TO 10 The ssni
tary work of cl-auing stree'-, Ia 'uses
sinks and slums, in the winter Has 'hs
terrible lesson. Taught us = few shor
mouths ago. b-en soon Forgotten
Have We forgotten The deserted homes
the empty streets. the panic aud terror.
the weeping households. the new made
graves, the blasted lives, when each o.
US looked upon our loved little homes as
charnel houses for the dead aud dying
and dared MT risk one Of our loved one-
IN the fatal precincts? Hive we any Sc
surity that these may not return? None
whatever The press TELLS Us too truly
that the germs OF yellow fever at Mem
phis and New Orleans is sill alive, ano
nov and then snstches a vie'im--thst ih'
winter has numbed bat not entirely kill
ed il The press also telIs US that thu
cholera is now in the Eastern world de
popuiating whole countries, AMI. judgins
By it's known characteristics. IL onl,
awaits the Inauguration of ho' weathe
for IL TO stalk abroad in the United States
We know that scarlet fever, diprheria
pneumonis. aud other diseases. so maci
dependent upon sanitary conditions. ar
now raging - epidemics in dIneren
towns, cities and neie hborhoods.
WILL VIZ BIZ wARSED7
IL 90, il il now time to prepare for III
summer and all that il may bring forth
Lot us do our duty and leave the bilanc
20 God; for we may in the near futnr
land we say il not "a an sisrmist. but
Impress the necessity OF the hour. agai
have 10 meet the whitening breath OF th
pestilence, and il will be q great consola
ton amid its woful scenes TO know, as
see our loved ones fall, that we did a
ts-s human foresight and human ehs'
howe.er worded- ca" DC 50
~i,hort- ths--- CO Pe'
elsh'6f odFcftizens. We, therefore, n
peal ,nce again TO The influential citizen
TO he property owners, to the busins
men, in the name of everything that
sac 'ed aud holy. TO act in this matte
1t is not enough to say, ..iet the Mayo
the Conncii. the City Judge an1 the Ma
shall do so aud So" True. these oficis
must act aud do their duty. but there is
deal TOO much red-tsPs lam about the 4
lays Of The law. The nuisance laws ~
too cumsroas-the unwilling citizen ca
obstruet, delay and dodge, aud in SON
instances avoid their enforcement. An
particularly their timely enforcement
Hence the absolute Importance OF eac
citizen cooperating in the work. an
build up such public sentiment tha,
citizen will feel IL disgrace and Grim
not to do his duty in these matters.
We believe the laws should be as plain
simple and direct as possible. and 10 viz;
- swift penalties as possible on the Of
Tenders; and to visit equally as swift
and certain penalties upon officers falling
20 promptly snd Immediately enforce n.
same.
There isno time for iriniug with N.
nssisr, aud deliberate avoidance Of du,v
is crime against humanity. We in,.. :
-s's e'''s - 70 se.sssase sAs .s.t.