The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-03


.-.,n are very hospitable, and al
careful to entertain stran-
80. 90 Init they want to put the pub
~, notice that they will not be
home" on Friday, March 5th,
,,.a that date has been decided
ron as general Cleaning Up Day, !
- very woman in town expects toJ
,arv busy, and in no plight to see
,,ranv. Very early in the morn
" of that day they are going to
r caDs and aprons, and armed with
u ,.nnbing brushes, pruning shears
81 nj such like they propose to make
r.~vf1iug spic and span.
The movers in this matter wish to
very practical and consistent, so
s.~ are going to ''sweep well around
sa.r own doors" before they dare
ra outside to make suggestions
a other folks. 1t is just kind of
~,r-naI benefit association in which
,.,ryh0dv will want to have a part.
f+ar everything has been gone over,
ora9t deal of sulphur burned
81 md chloride of lime sprinkled around
Erbat few germs are left will be gasp
,a for breath. Then the members
If the Civic Improvement Club and
IN who cooperate with them will
s Eo ready to lay aside their working
oro+hps. put on their freshest pink
nnsIfn dresses, look pretty and smile
81 welcome to all visitors.
Everyone who has Dawson's vel
Hare at heart and has thought along
- line of the betterment of her citi-
II IONS must realize that her greatest
heed Mt present is civic improve
#,nont-a general Overhauling that
viii nut our little city in such shape
M+b9r we can welcome strangers with
& mr having to hang our heads in
#ehame over the dirty streets and 9th
4 er unsightly things that have no
Nnlace in an up-tO-date, progressive
community.
For some months the women of
n Dawson have had this matter under
\ consideration, for they are thorough
Iv mbued with the idea that who
#m9kos two blades of grass grow
where one grew before" is a public
snanefactor; so they propose not only
H. make the grass grow thicker and
groener in Dawson, but they intend
#that it shall have place just where it
4 Twill beautify most and be removed
#from where it mars the view. For
Svarious reasons they have not made
! the progress hoped for in the begin
ming, but instead of being discour-
d LACED they have taken up the matter
Swith renewed zeal, and propose to do
Something really worth while. There
Nis nothing that will so stimulate and
selevate the moral and social cOndi-
#t0us as absolute cleanliness.
1t will be a great deal better than
any patent medicine you can buy.
#Try it,
The Civic Improvement Club pro-
poses to give every man, woman and
4 Child a part in this god work and to
that end extend through The News
cordial request, and have faith
enough in the citizens to believe that
every one will give their hearty CO.
operation in this splendid undertake
Img.
The mayor and councilmen are in
thorough sympathy with the move
ment and have shown every cOurte-
Sy in their power, for which the ladies
feel very grateful All the city
carts have been given over for this
one day, March 9TH, to the club,
and the members earnestly request
everybody to get up early on this
particular morning and have the
trash from their premises piled at
the back gate ready to be carted
away so that there will be no time
lost in waiting.
To say that Mrs. Guy Chappell is
chairman of this civic improvement
committee is sufficient to put every
body on notice that if they keep up
with her in this laudable enterprise
l1eE Will have to get busy.
Unfortunately Dawson is without
sufficient space for a large park, but
the ladies' propose to take hold of the
ground around the fire department
building and make it beautiful with
shrubs, flowers and grass. They have
asked for the privilege of transform
ing the eye-sOre in the rear of this
building, as it is directly in front of
lAe Dawson Inn dining room and
guests are not apt to get a favorable
impression of the city with such
view as that offers.
lhe city officials will consider at
lnelr next meeting the matter of re-
moving rubbish from this plot to
make way for something better.
Although it is rather late the ladies