The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-11-01
WOMEN APPEAL
FOR A CLEAN CITY
And Urge a General 0bser-
vance Of Clean-Up Week.


Is Palatka in need of cleaning Z?
Perhaps the men do not notice the
condition of the city, but it is most
glarlngly apparent to the housewives.
In the fall we renovate our homes;
should the city be neglected? 1t is
our duty to clean the city as well as
our homes for the city is only our
larger home. The home is an express
sion of the people who live in it. The
condition of Palatka cannot really be
the expression of the people living in
it. Cleanliness has been forgotten to
some extent in the hurry for improve
ments, and many citizens seem to be
TOO BUSY with their own interests to
think that the city needs little Of
their time. Let us hurry up and
clean up before more strangers come
into our city and carry away the i'm
preston Of neglect and untidiness.
Citizens, you have duty toward your
city, and we wish to urge that you do
something if it is only to sweep your
own doOryard. BACK as we'll as
front; which applies not only to
householders, but most particularly
to the merchants along our main
thoroughfares.
Business men, if you would take
time to think what the impression of
stranger would be on walking
around our city; to see papers lit
tered in many places and old boxes
and barrels sitting on the sidewalk
filled with rubbish, many times with
an offensive odOr; do you think, il
you were in this strangers place, you
would be likely to locate in such a
city? No, you would not.
1t is sound business proposition
to take an interest in the civic con-
dition of your city as we'll as a citi-
zens duty toward that city. The more
attractive our city looks the more will
she grow, for people will wish to To-
cate here.
We beg of the citizens to bestir
themselves and help to make this
Cleaning Week a vigorous and tho
rough one, and one with lasting re-
suits.
Some of the conditions that should
be remedied are:
To require all merchants and house
holders to keep their premises in a
CledHIy anu Jluy COHulIlOIl.
Garbage to be collected at night or
early morning, all over the city, be-
fore citizens are on the streets, and
covered garbage cans to be used.
The discontnuance of tacking up
advertising bills on trees and poles,
to fly in the wind or be pulled down
and thrown in the streets. Also the
stopping of hand bills being thrown
into the street and private yards.
That owners of bill boards be re-
quired to keep all litter from them
cleaned up,
That empty boxes and barrels for
refuse on the sidewalk be prohibited
as unsightly and mar to our fine
pavements And that no empty box
es or debris, or Instructions of any
kind be allowed to stand on the park
ways.
That all owners of vacant lots be
required to keep them clean.
That merchants be prohibited from
sweeping trash from their stores into
the street.
There are ordinances covering most
of these conditions but heretofore it
has seemed not to be the sentiment
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