The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-09
CLEAN BACK YARDS AS
WELL AS front ONES
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Woman's Clubs, and the CIVIC improve
ment committee of the Commercial
Club. is bearing fruit. In every sec.
ton of Hattiesburg today, workmen
are engaged in removing dirt and de-
bris of months standing, and the
street have been filed with wagons,
loaded with the debris, on their way to
the dump heap.
1t is hoped that by next Tuesday,
when all Hattiesburg will take hol-
iday and put the finishing touches on
the cleaning up campaign, there will
be but little to do except celebrate the
exit of the trash.
Whistles Will BLOW.
Practically every business house in
Hattiesburg will be closed all Tuesday
afternoon. Promptly at II o'clock on
April Is, all the whistles in Hatties-
burg will be blowed, all the bells rung,
automobile horns sounded, and the
band of the w. |. Swain Show will
parade the streets, which will mark
the opening of the half holiday. Mr..
Swain has volunteered the use OF 20
of his working men and horses and
wagons. to be taken possession of by
the cleanup committee. What dis
position will be made of these has not
yet been determined.
Prof. F. B. Woodley announced this
afternoon that the negro schools or
Hattiesburg also will be given half
holiday Tuesday, and the colored stu
dents will be afforded an opportunity
to engage in the work.
Representative of the Commercial
Club already have visited the negro
sections of the city, and have been
promised assistance from the inhabi-
tants. The negroes have shown a. dis
position to help in the clean up move.
ment, and scores of back and front
yards already have been cleaned.
The City Commissioners have been
asked for the use of their street clean
ing wagons for the afternoon, with
| which to remove the collected debris
in those sections where the residents
have found it impossible to secure
methods of transporting it. They have
not yet given an answer.
Houses Will Close.
| The following Hattiesburg business
establishments today announced that
they would close their doors next Tues
day at noon: Hemmer & Sons, Elias
George, A. F. Parker, Julius Forbert
II. P. Pickett, v. Martello. the Gem
Fruit Company, Longs Meat Market
Pure Food Grocery Store, Hollis Fur
niture Company, Kress' Five and Ter
Cent store, Joe Shelby, Hawkins Hard
ware Company. Nathan Shoe Store
Lschkoff's, Rubenstein's, Oscar Jor
dan. Chicago Bargain House, G. s
Curry, E. Curry, A. ]. Petro, II. Z
Evde. Joe Yamen and Virginia Casl
store.
Reasons for painting up and clean
ing I'D In connection with the cam
paign being fostered by the federation
and the Commercial Clubs sub-com
mittees, are given by one of Hatties
burg's largest property owners as fol
lows:
"Why should property owners pain
up in addition to cleaning up? Their
are fifty reasons for 1t, and they al
mean money to the property owner.
'1n the first place, house from
; which the paint is falling in fakes
leaving the wood exposed, is, othe
things being equal, worth about $50
less in a prospective sale than a hous
exactly the same, but freshly and neal
ly painted. In large house the dii
: ference in price would be even greater
Next, houses, no matter OF wha
they are constructed. deteriorate NOR
rapidly when implanted than whe
they are given a coat of paint ever
few years. Frame houses should be n
: painted at least once in four years;
this is not done they deteriorate NOR
> rapidly than any other class or houses
Better Chance to Sell.
1.-THE home owner who keeps ri
place neatly painted has two chance
to sell against one chance that Offer
for the fellow who lets his place
until it looks as If it had a case
leprosy.
: "a neatly painted house attracts tt
eye even of the most casual observe