The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-20
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
High Water a Lesser Evil Than Our
Deficient Civic Pride.

High Water a Lesser Evil Than Our
Deficient Civic PIide.
Having completed, in detail,
canvass OF our city we think the
above conclusion justified Our Re-
tail Merchants, Commercial club,
and other organizations are doing
their utmost to bring us factories
and better conditions in general-In
other words we are begging for
capital
why not compare present exist
ing conditions and be honest with
ourselves, ca ling fact, fact.
Compare men like the Hallidays, DR..
Grnstead, Or. Bondusant, Messrs.
Chris Beck, Fred Teichman, Dave
Marx. Leon Dennison, John Glynn,
q. p. Eichenberger and a few others.
| Ill building monuments to the city
of Cairo--compare this class of men
to our other class, the owners of
shacks
Think of one man owning nearly
one hundred rentable houses, thog
pens they should be cal ed another
man owning thirty or more, and not
one house worth a coat of paint
| What kind of citizen is a man.
his sole object in life being to build
four or five negro shacks, or rental
property for on most unfortunate
whites, that he may live in idleness
here, or in another city. on an un-
fair revenue and yet constantly
kicks on spending a cent for neces-
sary humane repairs?
What kind of a citizen is the man
owning property that has to he noti-
fed to cut weeds, grass, remove tin
cans, barrels. bricks. tumbled down
buildings, etc. Has he any civic
pride?
What kind Of a citizen Is the man
representing an estate who allows
bui dings not inhabitable to remain
an eye sore and nuisance? Does he
help a city?
What kind of citizen is one
spending several hundred dollars
each summer at fashionable resort
when he has rentable property at
home in need of sewer connected
water closets, paint and repairs?
Would he not be a better citizen
to forego the pleasure of vacation
and apply this money on NEEDED re-
pairs as a civic principle?
! This mritiuU xra do not oara e,
publish the names of this class OF
citizens but if they had the same
, | amount Of civic pride as the first
named gentlemen. won not our
city be much more attractive to the
prospective resident?
We understand all cannot build
four story buildings, but you can
build and maintain neat pretty
= cottage, such cottage filling as i'm.
y portant place as the larger struc.
!, ture.
We have heard the same old com.
y plant these last few weeks: "Oui
tenants do not take care of our prop
erty"
We tell them neither does the
child take care Of its playthings you
buy them each Christmas, still yor
buy the presents over and over agar
and do not compute the cost.
Tenants are not supposed to take
all the care of your property. yoJ
] are TO do your share, that is. lool
after it and see that they do no
abuse your rights
Can we ask: Isn't there am
= other way to invest your money ex
l. cept in poor property? Isn't IL jus
o possible you are not too old to worl
e tknowing work never kills. anC
d that your extra working incom,
IS could offset the amount expended OF
Is civic principle? The way We set
it is that you are a mighty fine. hu
It rather lazy people. incidentally sor
l. of tight.
ie Civic pride never dies and aftei
lie you are gone from this life. you
money has tendency to scatter. I
you are unfortunate enough to hav'
not been blessed with proper civi'
n pride you are going to be neglected
d there and your memory mightil,
neglected here.
e We had two foods. each lasting
e one month They hurt OF course
but they did not keep up all tbs
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