The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-04-03
SCRUBBING BEGINS
IN ANDE RSON MONDAY
81 WILL, WILL YOU?" is THE
POPULAR PHRASE
ALL WILL ASSIST
For a Cleaner and Prettier City,
Clean-Up and 'aint-Up Week
Will Be Launched

Beginning with Monday and lasting
through Friday Anderson will get a
scruggins not to be compared with
anything in the way OF house-clean-
| ing that the le3ies of the city have
| ever before known. AS a result An
derson will be found next Sunday a
vastly cleaner city than II now is and
The health OF the city during the COM
ing summer months will be much bet
ter.
The plans for the city have all been
mapped out, the Chamber OF Commerce
and the Y. NJ. G.. A., the business men
and the Ladies' Civic League joining
hands with the city health officials in
"A effort to improve local conditions.
Next to the cleanliness in the city Is
the necessity OF some painting being
done and 1t is said that Anderson
people are taking just as heartily to
1.-THE "paint-up' idea as they are clean
ing up.
1t had at first been proposed that Il
trophy cup would b. awarded to the
block in the city accomplishing most
during tho cleanup period hut this
idea has been abandoned. It was
said that the people of the city would
probably have civic pride enough
9bout them TO make the work a sue
cess without the prize being offered
and IL % prize should be given It
might create some discord and Ill
feeling. ~
To Allen w. Clark, the publisher Of
q trade paper In ST. Louis, Mo-, be-
!oaG a:s oss::s:::a:a::::3o :3i os Tho Clean Up
and Paint-up campaigns, movement
for homes anu towns beautiful, for
he first thought of this idea as means
interesting the general public to ali
taEe hold and have thorough Glen
up of their property, and with the
cIean-up goes the paint-up, so Isc-
nssary to make things bright. thus
creating better living and working
conditions for every one, preventing
fires, etc.
Briefly stated, the idea Is to have
cities and town each year SET aside
IA week for a general public anG pri-
rate clean up ih their section: to en-
gender n spfritt6f enthusiasm In the
public mind by advertising extensf',a 81 ,
fl The FIVE word slogan, "Clean I'G ard
Paint Up" Everybody, old and Vr:.ls
Should be asked to- lend hand for
few hours at, 1e:ist tolhelp put every
street, alley, yard; cellar, passage-way
lack lot and corner i'll spick and span
trim. Experience In other places in
dicates that when property owners
have once thorollg ghlx cleaned up their
tihu6 the good Work F6y" cleaning at
regular peri6da.e - 5fsfeA '',a'
During 1919 Elean Up and Paint
Up campaigns We're Carried on the
cities OF st. Louis, Denver Buffalo.
Baltimore, ithaca and 879 towns I'M
the Middlewest. t'odA 20
That the organized effort for clean
Ing cities hqs been much more benefi-
cial than yarioust individuals work
ing alone has been demonstrated by
what has been done in various parts
Of the United States last year, in The
city of Denver. The following Is what
the chairman of that city said about
last years work.
The results obtained this year and
the enthusiasm with which the move
ment was received have satisfied the
committee that another year, with am
pie time for preparation. Denver can
be made the "Spotless Town of Am
erica" Hempered by the lack Of time
allowed for planning the campaign,
which was held from May 26 to 81, and
also by the fact that IL u as impossible
school children this year in cleaning
up the vacant lots, the committe Is
nevertheless more than satisfied with
the results obtained ~
The streets and alleys department
of the City OF Denver, which has vol
unteered to haul away the rubbish,
which was put ont a result OF the
campaign declares that It will require
nearly q month to complete its Ia
bors on collecting the tons OF rub
bish. ~
All tngether naw. It ie time to fn-
ish every preparation OF the work to
be done In Anderson. The rubbish to
be piled In front of the house, or in
same alley most accessible to the city
ash carts. can be collected the fol-
lowing day by the city and will be i'm
mediately hauled away. II Anderson
people will do their part the city can
be made spotless by next Saturday.
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