The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-02
Next Thursday Cleanup Day.


written on this subject, it seems hard
to know just what to say to arouse
the civic pride of our citizens. but AIN
sure nothing better can be found
than the extracts below, taken from
an article in the Pictorial Review:
"A town or city is as dirty or at
tractive as it's people make it. 1t
cannot rise above the level Of it's
citizens. When travelling, you realize
that dirty city is made, up o. dirty
households, inefficient citizenry. #
you do not keep your city clean, you
confess to unclean individual homes.
AS a man liveth, so is his home town.
If you believe in your home town and
have testified to this belief by invest
ing in property or business venture,
increase your property values and
your income by demanding clean
town. Remember, it takes concerted
action, community pride of all class
es, in all sections of town, to bring
about municipal cleanliness.
"Clean your own home first, be-
cause no woman can throw herself
heart and soul into municipal
house-cleaning campaign if her own
home needs her attention. And while
cleaning look to your plumbing, your
drainage, your we'll and cistern. Burn
your refuse in hole dug for the
purpose" (Do not put paper boxes,
etc., out in the street, burn them at
the back.)
First cousin to a ,refuse-strewn
alley is that weed-choked lot between
you and your neighbor." (Ramberg
cannot be clean and attractive as
long as property holders are allowed
to keep their vacant lots covered with
weeds, trash and undergrowth.)
"Clean your street. Do you think
that a neatly clipped lawn and well
kept gravel walks will command re-
spect from those who pass your
house, if they see the sweepings from
lawn and walks have been flung out
into the gutter or street? Don't you
judge neighborhood by the condi-
ton of the cutters and streets in
front of the houses? Don't you see
them first and the front yards and
trim porches next? Clean your mar
kets. Make it very clear that mer-
chant who sweeps the trash from his
store into the front street or back in
to the alley is not desirable citizen
worthy of your trade. Boycott that
tradesman who keeps vegetables,
fruits, and other foodstuffs in filthy,
unventilated, over-heated cellar. Take
your trade from butcher who hangs
his meat where it is exposed to flies
and whose apron and hands are dir
ty. or the grocer whose bins and bar
rels are always open. Offer your trade
to clean dealers and put the fear of
God and your sanitary laws in the
hearts of those dealers who are un-
tidy.
"Clean your schools. Do you know
whether your schools are kept clean
and how they are cleaned? Do you
know whether they are freed from
/ dust, germs, or whether they are
sprinkled with a disinfectant?
There is a great difference between
removing dust and laying it, between
digging out germs and numbing them
with disinfectants. Have you ever
seen the lavatories and toilet rooms
in your local school houses? Do you
know whether the plumbing is IN
good condition and the water supply
clean and pure? Do you know Wheth-
er YOUR children use common or an
individual drinking cup or fountain
faucet?
"Clean your churches. Do you
know whether the sexton airs the
church after service or closes it up,
germs and all? Do fresh air and sun
| light ever bathe your dear OLD
church. as the word Of God bathes
your souls on Sunday?
"Clean your movie theatres. Have
you ever stopped to consider what the
popular movie theatre can do to
hurt health conditions in your town!
The unventilated theatre is probably
the best little breeder of germs in
your city or town. BY all means
clean up your movie theatre. In
sist that it be thoroughly aired after
both afternoon and evening perform.
ances, that ventilators and proper
cleaning facilities be installed, or you
will not patronize nor permit your
children to patronize the theatre.
Clean up your dairies. Perhaps
this looks like big contrast in civic
house-cleaning. But stop to organize