Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-02
THE THEORISTS.
Woods Full Of Men With Ideas anG


VHE: THEORISTS.
Woods Full of Men with Ideas and
Kicks.
The city is filled with theorists. Each
man thinks that he could run the bust
ness better than any one else if he only
mad chance of the opportunity.
That class of people. who are never
satisfied With anything other people do.
is a large one. The present field is a
fine one for them, fraught with innu-
merab!e opportunities for criticism.
These opportunities are being taken
advantage of, and /; large proportion of
the population has resolved itself into
a kickers' convention. Many of these
Kicks are doubtless justified. Others
are not.
The following sensible communica-
ton was received by the Evening Tel
egram yesterday from a prominent res
idcnt of East End:
Newport News, Va. August 1, 1899
Editor Evening Telegram:
Your editorial OF July 3lst was one Of
the best things l have read for a long
time. 1t was clear concise and straight
TO the point. Were the advice therein
given needed. our prosperous city
would not now be in the throcs of a
panic which is rapidly decimatng our
population and must work almost ire
parable injury to our city. And lust
now. when the sound of saw ana ham
mer is heard on every hand. must come
this scourge which. if not checked in
It's incipiency. will injure our City to
such an extent commercially. that it
will be years before it RECEIVERS
Every outgoing train Will bear away
thousands OF our citizens to all points
of the compass. Each Individual
Wherever he may be going, will tell his
friends Of the new disaster which
threatens to shake the citadel of our
prosperity to it's very foundations.
OF course. it was no fault OF ours that
brought this scourgc within our gates.
What is needed now is such a cleaning
UP of our streets and alleys as we'll
make spread of the disease impossi-
bic. How can this be ACCOMPLISHED :?
By beginning such a crusade against
nth that the outside world will here
alter speak OF Newport News as that
nice, clean city" instead of that filthy
place. as is is now known. Let the
Business Mems Association see that the
council passes sanitary laws which are
SO wide and far reaching and which are
SO strictly enforced that even a mans
bad breath will become frightened and
retire to said mans ntestines-instead
of wasting its sweetness on the desert
air."
Let the Board Of Sickness" change
It's name to the Board Of Health =
spit on its hands hitch up it's trousers
and see to it that every property owner
as Well as renter, has every vestice Of
nth cleaned up around their premises
and hauled away to some remote point
and burned. Let the Board of Sickness
see to it that the carcass of the dead
horse which is slowly rotting in the sun
be properly disposed Of. The putrefy-
ing remains of this dead animal were
dumped on the open ground not more
than tour hundred yards from rows Of
dWeHlng houses where the inmates are
compelled TO endure this death dealing
aroma. EVERY breeze from the south
(anu they are mostly from that direc-
ton at present carries millions OF
fever germs into the homes OF
families all over the city. The
Health co Board was notified of the
existence Of this pestience. but the
health officer sent out to look into the
matter reported that it was nothing but
skin and bones.
1t must be something more than skin
ana bones when it can be smelled half
mile away. Even if it were nothing
but skin and bones. the carcass was
dumped where it lies to-day when it
was a mass of putrefying eshh. What
SUR on our boasted civilization to
nave carcass lie and rot until it is
nothing but skin and bones" And
this within the corporate limits OF the
city, or so close to it that the dead ami
mai could hang its tongue in the CITY
limits. while it's body was in the coun-
ty.
Let such stringent measures be taken
tnat 1t Will be impossible for the scourge
to obtain foothold here. AZ YOU saw.
editorially, let every man see that his
own back yard is cleaned up, and then
there will be no necessity for ones
nelshbor's to poke their noses over into
someone else's yard and business.
! hope The Telegram will keep ID the
good work it has begun, ana not let up
until Newport News can smile at her
self and say Amt nice"
Yours yarv tr,IIv