Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-02
ATLANTA BEGINS CHASING
DIRT IN GREAT CLEANUP;
MAYOR CALLS ALL TO AID

Atlanta is to he washed cleaned
and painted in the next six weeks as
it never has been before
"Spick and span is the slogan Ot
the day The Clean Up" campaign
has the cooperation Of improvement
clubs. merchants, city officials, ar
lists, housewives, school children and
3 n patriotic residents determined TO
make Atlanta genuinely clean for
Shriners week
Although Clean Up" day conduct
ed under the auspices OF tine Atlanta
Federation Of Women's Clubs. " not
until April 1S, work has started TO
have the city in such a condition that
the cleaners" will have 10 use fine
tooth comb 10 find instances Of dirt
and Nth
This city will be on a sort of dress
rehearsal for its big party in May
Tin Cans Must Go.
Mayor Woodward has taken the big
municipal broom IN hand. and prom
iseE to run II over The streets in
way that will make a Holland VIII
lage look like a pig sty He is going
to give all municipal buildings a dust
ing and scrubbing that they viii never
forget, and then cremate every speck
of dust IN the new cltXIncinerator
Improvement clubs throughout the
city will take care Of their respective
districts The rusty tin cans that
Turk in byways and alleys viii be AS
much a curiosity on April Is as a six
legged giraffe
Citizens who have been putting off
the painting of their homes will do
well to get busy and brighten them
without delay, for the man next door
Is already stirring his paint
Gardens will be weeded and put in
order Parks and squares will hum
under the mowers and busy rates.
Sidewalks will glisten after one or
two thorough applications of the hose
and broom. Waste places win bloom
with flowers instead of scrap iron
and crusted brick
viii Be "Spotless Town"
Atlanta viii be a spotless town and
one that every citizen can look upon
with pride, If everyone does his duty
WITH the women and men united,
there can be no doubt that the
campaign will be successful The
men backed by the Chamber OF Com
merCe. Atlanta Convention Bureau
the Shrners' committee and other
civic organizations stand prepared to
lend the movement their moral and
financial support
Remember the Clean Up" cam
paign extends from now until the
very coming of the Shrincrs, with the
climax on April rs, the day on which
the women's clubs nave charge of
the work
Nell r. Wilkinson president Of the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. has
entered the movement body and soul
With him the cleaning up OF Atlanta
Is one OF the most vital things for
the welfare Of the city
Urges Garden Club.
Atlanta is naturally one Of the
most beautiful cities In the world
he said. But there can he no real
beauty without cleanliness BY a lit
tie effort on the part of each citizen
cleanliness of the entire city can he
attained Then there Will be no
doubt that Atlanta is the most beau
tiful city
Vacant lots should be beautihed
II is a common sight to see a lot in
the most fashionable section OF the
city heaped high with refuse OF all
sorts A garden club should he or
gained here to provide for planting
these lots each spring with flowers
and vegetables
1T would be q simple matter to
start such "A club Not only would
the city be made prettier by improv-
ing upon the eNesores but the poor
people living ia tenemeuts, where
they have no opportunity for gar
dening could have a plot of land to
plant the smaller vegetables
Clean Up Back Yards
The back wards should be given AS
much attention a 6 the front wards n