The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1893-06-16
A WARNING.

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A WARNING.
/ No argument is necessary to prove
the statement that the rights OF socie-
ty are superior to those of the individ>
ual. II is so reasonable, so IN accord
with common sense, so inseparable
from good and wise government that
to assert the contrary would be to
plead guilty either of vicious or an
ignorant mind. When there is, or
seems to be, a conflict of interests
between an individual and the body
polite of which he is a member, wis
dom and justice alike declare that the
former shall yield the question for the
common good. And especially does
this principle hold true when individ-
ual and public interest are one and
the same, even though the individual
citizen may be lnconvenienced at a
certain time as he thinks, when in
fact whatever sacrifice he makes is for
his own good equally with that of his
fellow ditizens. The point is that so.
ciety has right to demand of any
citizen that he do whatever may be
for the public good. The individual
may be Inconvenience when society
or government, its agent, calls upon
him to go and fight for the common
defense. nevertheless the public well
fare demands 1t and he must go. He
may destroy or conquer the enemy,
the public veal requires it, but he
must neither destroy nor even disturb
his fellow citizens in peace or war for
the public good forbids 1t.
1t is the part of good government,
not only to ward of outward foes, but
to remove or destroy those within,
together with their aids and hiding
places. Whoever harbors a foe to
his country in time OF var is a traitor
so declared by the law, and whoever
harbors foe internal or external,
either national or sanitary is unwise,
if not criminal. The public health is
one great charge and care of govern
ment and to its requirements must
bow alike the high and the low, the
rich and the poor, the great and the
small. The world is threatened with
scourge of cholera between this and
the frosts of autumn, and to ward off
it's spread III this country should 1t ap.
pear is obligatory not only upon the
part of those in authority but also ups
on the part of each and every good
citizen. Hartford has deep inter-
est in this matter. The welfare of the
community demands that all necessa>
~ precautions be taken, not only to
ward off the great scourge, but to pre-
vent as far as possible the generation
Of conditions productive of malaria
and typhoid fever. A general clean
ing up is necessary and if the best in
terests of the community are to be res
spected it will be had. 1t may cost
our citizens, or some OF them, a little
time and expense to remove the filth
they have allowed to accumulate
about their premises or places of bus
mess. They have no right to endan'
ger their own health or that of their
families much less that of the whole
town. Gentlemen, if you will not
clean up, you should he compelled to
do so-compelled, not merely by
public sentiment, but by the strong
arm of the law, REINFORCED by a
healthy and firm demand from the
people.
The pond at the turn OF the Beaver
Dam road demands immediate atten-
ton. Drain it, drain it. There is
enough accumulated filth and stag.
nant water there to inoculate the
whole town with malaria. The in>
terror of the block bounded by Mark.
Ell, Union and Main Streets and the
q. Hardwick place is seething mass
of filth. A prominent citizen remark
ed the other day that there is enough |
malaria there to kill the whole county.
Clean it up, gentlemen, clean it up.
The interior is low and fiat and the
water from the livery stable drains
into it TO great extent and remains
So from various other un,
clean sources. We learn that several
business houses in this block fronting
on Market Street have at this good
hour pools of stagnant water under
them. IL is true? If it is the owners
should drain them without waiting the
request of higher authority. Let the
Honorable Board of Town Trustees
the matter Of taking unmis-
.akable steps toward general clean.
ng up. They should pass stringent
ordinance requiring the entire town
% be cleaned, and especially those
places where the accumulations of off,
courings and filth are becoming a
public nuisance. Clean mp, clean up,
lean up.
Piles can be cured, piles will be