Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-05
Let Translate ''lnduStriouS"
Getting rid of Dust.
A W0mdn of GOIdSbOfO Writes Con.
vincIngly And we Hope Effect.
ually on The Impending
Vital Question That
Can Only be Set
tied by Settling
The Dust.
Editor Argus: !:

I'VE the undersigned, for the sake
# health, for relief of merchants and
housewives, for improvement to our
city, beg and implore the mayor,
board of aldermen and members of
The street committee of city of Colds
ooro, N. c., to devise some means and
aonsummate some plan by which the
streets of the city shall be sprinkled
regularly during the summer months"
The above petition, started into cir
culation few days ago by some of
che members of the Woman's Club.
mas met with such cordial response
N signature and sympathy of inter-
est from those to whom it has been
presented that it seems we'll to bring
before the public at large some OF the
necessities for the consummation OF
lie plan proposed.
FOR the sake of health
Ii one believes in the germ theory,
he knows that many diseases are due
TO the presence in the body of living
organisms Or bacteria, which when
aiken into the body produce morbid
fleet upon the SYSTEM, or form poi
sons that are often fatal in their ef-
lects. This doctrine no longer rests
on indirect evidence alone, but on the
positive discovery of such bacteria in
such diseases as typhoid fever, etc.
There is no more frequent or sure
means of getting such bacteria into
the system than with little particles
2 rica to
vent this possibility?
Who would not give a trifle to pre-
vent
| what he would give a thousand worlds
to cure?"
"t'or the relief of merchants and
nousewives"- Ax;a
"t'or the merchantS"-
| Some of the most enthusiastic en-
| dorsers of this petition have been
merchants and clerks in stores. who
say that yards of their fresh summer
stock is often rendered absolutely un-
| ,aIabie because of dust that is blown
| INTO their stores every time the doors
are opened. 1t settles on counters and
stock With such insistent regularity
It is Impossible to get rid of it before
the damage is done.
/ ron, the housewives
| When the hOusekeeper does her
2 cleaning well once a day, it should be
done with for that day. Amy daily
attentions to all the little household
duties, though small in themselves, in
the aggregate take much time and
thought for the doing, if only once;
but when this work is accomplished
only to be undone in ten minutes by
, a flood of dust from the streets
. household duties become wearisome
to say the least. Its no use," Is a
phrase used many hundred times a
day by housewives who (if it were not
for this ever-present dust) would do
their work cheerfully and well. AS it
is, dust" and disposition" are very
e variable quantities, and there's no
f sure way of keeping either from be-
.ng very troublesome.
r For improvement of our City
y. hy do we dread summer in Colds
|. boro? 1t isn't any hotter here than In
many other places. We wouldn't want
10 scratch summertime off our calen-
dar anyway. But we would like to
| nave sprinkled streets! Anyone who
e has been tempted to take a walk or 9
e ,irive on beautiful summer day
S nnows what it is to start out with
: dreams in your head and come back
: with dust in your eyes. When you've
e gotten it in your hair until it's brist.
e iy; your eyes until they're blind; your
: nostrils until they are afflicted with
:, Ichronic sneezing; and your shoes un
til you feel like you're shod with sand
h paper-it's rather natural to want t.
l. leave Goldsboro for the sea-
.o| Why not second the above petition
le with Industrious efforts to consum
d, mate some plan for daily sprinklin
- of the streets throughout the summer
he Let's translate industrious" int
Sc getting rid OF dust" and make Colds
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