The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-25
A Plain Unuarnished Tale"

little washouts, for the passerby to
climb and jump.
Second avenue, between West Pine
street and the cemetery, has fine side
walks, most of the way, with some
pretty gardens.
Bay and Main streets have beauti-
fully kept sidewalks and gardens, but
the old High School campus is an
ugly spot because the city fathers,
who should set better example for a
city beautiful have allowed these
grounds to grow up in weeds.
Take it all in all, the city forgot all
about cleaning up on cleanup" day,
and the committee and officials who
were supposed to be active and doing
that day, were nowhere in evidence.
The News had the alley nearby
cleaned out, and swept out, and in five
minutes thereafter young men began
to throw their paper lunch bags from
the windows of the Hattiesburg Bust
ness College, to litter up the alley
again. A lack of proper education
along certain lines. On the west side
of The News office there is cart load
of grass the city promised to haul off
yesterday, but which remains serene
and undisturbed
Some Suggestions.
These suggestions we would like to
make: For a successful cleanup
day" let the Civic Improvement Com
mittee make a house to house or
phone canvass, asking their friends
to pledge themselves to cleanup"
their premises. This should arouse
some public interest; but the next
step is the secret of success. Get up
public subscription to pay for doz-
ems and dozens of wagons to take off
trash and cans and bottles from each
home that wishes it. For it is a fact
that many house-keeper nearly goes
wild trying to get rid of trash she can
not burn; such as cans and bottles,
etc, and paying for such things to be
hauled off is expensive. There is so
much of this trash accumulated in
dark corners and alleys and fields and
yards that if the city would collect it
all even once, the house-keepers
nipht he apooura1od 80 ~ Loo. 49,. 4 -
keep up with the Getty beautiful" idea
in the future.
Next, landlords should be compelled
to cut down weeds on vacant lots and
sidewalks. The NJ. ]. & X. c. lot on
west Pine street is man high with
weeds around the sidewalks and from
this green mass on each side strong
odor has made it disagreeable for the
pedestrian, while it is a picnic for
fever germs.
A third suggestion for the success
of city cleaning day is that the COM
mittee in charge keep list of all
available men-gardeners and labor
ers, so that the busy house-keeper can
phone to headuarters qfor some one
to cut grass or NOV her lawn. and
not be put to the inconvenience of
hunting some one to do 1t.
A fourth and last suggestion is to
offer a prize or prizes to the most
attractive front or back yards.
And right here, the city certainly
should begin at the fountain head to
champion the slovenly manner in
which the court house and the pretty
grounds surrounding it are kept, is
the talk Of every stranger within
these gates, and all who have any
ambition or eye to the "city beauti-
full"
Honorable Mention.
The Forrest Club is a beautiful
place, the grounds being carefully
tended; and another place which
would certainly receive a prize If one
were offered, is the lawn and grounds
surrounding the home of Mrs. Nell
Hemphill on West Pine street. The
S. l.. Heidelberg home on Main, the
G. L. Hawkins residence on Main, the
w. M. Conner residence on Short Bay
and the D. M. Watkins place on West
Pine, all have prettily kept grounds,
and there are hundreds of other pretty
lawns and gardens, but a prize offered
would bring out a hundred more at
least.
The Civic Improvement Committee
should not become discouraged or
despair; rather should they buckle on
the armor of Endeavor, and next time
show more zeal and earnestness and
enthusiasm in their work.