The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-04-03
.eeGCRE!uuRRING BEGINS BEGINS
IN ANDE R!IsON MONDAY
81 WILL, WILL your" IS THE
POPULAR PHRASE
ALL WILL ASSIST
For = Cleaner and Psestie. City,
Cleanup and Paint-Up Week
Will Be Launched

Beginning with Monday and lasting
through Friday Anderson will get a
scrugging not to be compared with
anything in the way Of house-clenn-
ing that the ladies of the city have
ever before known. As a result An,
derson Will be found next Sunday a
vastly cleaner city than 1t now is and
the. health of the city during the COM
ing summer months win be much bet
ter.
The plans for the city have all been
mapped out, the Chamber of Commerce
and the Y. NJ. C. A., the business men
and the Ladies' Civic League Joining
hands with the city health officials In
an effort to improve local conditions.
N3xt to the cleanliness In the city is
the necessity of some painting being
done and IL is saio that Anderson
people are taking just as heartily to-
the "paint-up' idea as they are clean
ing up.
! 1t had at first been proposed that a
trophy cup would be awarded to the
block in the city accomplishing most
during the cleanup period but this
idea has been abandoned. 1t was
sIlid that the people OF the city would
probably have civic pride enough
about them to make the work sue
cess without the prize being offered
and if q prize should be given It
might create some discord and IL
feeling.
no Allen w. Clark. the publisher of
a trade paper IN st, Louis. Mo, be-
long the origination of the Cleanup
and Paint-up campaigns, movement
for homes and towns beautiful, for
he first Thought of this idea MS q means
Interesting the general public to all
(, tsHS iIuid a;il nave thorough rivfr-
up of their property. and with tha
Cleanup goes the paint-up, SO rtc-
assary, to make things bright, thus
creating better living and working
t::.:: !s.;::s every un5, preventing
fires, etc. t
Briefly stated, the idea, is to have
eitise and town each year set aside
a week for u general public an9 pri-
rate clean up in their section; to en-
gender spirit of enthusiasm In the
public mind by advertising extensively
IN the five word siagan, "Claan Up and
Paint Up" Eyerybc52, old and Young
should De aEKed 10 ierd nand FOR
II few hours at lNa3t to help put every
Htreet, alley, yard, cellar, passage-way
lnck lot and corner In spick and span
trim Experience In other places In
llicates that when prGperty owners
have once thorough ctesned np their
property: they ara very apt to con-
tinue the good work by cleaning at
regular periods. IL
During 1918. Clean TIP and Paint
tEp campaigns were carried on the;
cities of St Louis, Denver BufFalo,s I
Bpisimore. Ithaca and S79 towns in
the Middle8est.
-ArThak tho So
ing cities has been much more benafl-
lctal than. various individuals work.
ing alone has been demonstrated by 8
what has been done in various parts
OF TIE Uaitei States last yeilT., in File i
city OF Denver The following is what
the chairman of that city said about
lest 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. Hampered by the lack OF time
allowed Tor planning the campaign,
which wae held from, May 26 to 81. and
also by the fact that it was impossible
10 secure the cooperation OF the 4
school children this year In cleaning \
up the vacant lots, the committe Is
nevertheless more than satisfied with
the results obtained - =
E The streets and alleys department.
of the City or Denver, which has vol
unteeredS 10 haul away the rubbish,
which was put cut u result OF the
campaign declares thatJit VIII require
nearly q month to complete It's In
boTs on collecting the tons OF rub
bish.
All together now, 1t IS time to iln-
ish every preparation of the work to |
he done In Anderson. The rubbish to
,Uc pIsy.. IN 'front.' OF Tue uuuss, OF IN
same aiIey most accessible 10 the CITY
ash carts, can be collected the fois
lowing day BY the city and viii be iTi-
msdiately hanled AMY. If Anderson
people will do their part the city can
be made sDotless5 by next Saturday.
81 viii, VIII Yon?sss
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