The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-14

AMERICAN SCHOONER SUNK BY SUBMARINE Grew REPORTED SAVED
PERTINENT SUGGESTIONS BY GREENWOOD civic LEAGUE
To All Citizens and Property Owners
of Greenwood.

The Municipal Committee of Housekeepers, The Cit
Health Officer, The County Health Officer and the Cit
Engineer met together Thursday, February Sth an
carefully the things needed to make Greenwoo
healthful and beautiful town. And feeling sure ths
every CITIZEN white colored when he or she really cor
siders it wishes to work with and have sanitar
and beautiful town. call you to help US to tina
end. For we believe the improved health conditions
the town in 1915 when Greenwood took the prize for be
ing the most sanitary town. convinced each thinking per
son that sanitary town means healthy town. So WI
need not enlarge that but mean only to appeal
you for your cooperation to the end that our babies
little folks middle aged (the real workers and old peo
pie, all OF whom are necessary to welfare as town
may enjoy that greatest of all blessings good health
At that time the State Sanitary Officer told us that old
papers on the street not unsanitary but KNOW
they ARE unsighty. And whenever train rolls into
Greenwood the town receives slap in the face from all
sorts of unsghty things around each railroad depot
and along the right-of-way. a
: Won't we ALL TRY to remember not to throw down
such things, but them until put them into
proper receptacle for them, which we hope the town
VIII furnish all along the business part too far dis
tances. What do you think strangers will think when
they pretty fountain gotten because of our prize
in the ceanes town contest then look around and see
the unsghy and diseasebreedng things on our street?
Suppose each street town will enter into friendly
rivalrykeeping in view always that it Greenwood as
a town that wish to beneft-with the Others as to
which shall be the ceanest and the pretest for the next
year. .ant we enter into the spirit Of it, and have all
strangers who to the celebration Of Mssisspps
hundredth birthday that Greenwood is the prettiet
and cleanes as well the most hospitable town and
We can great improvement in town. but there
is still much room for improvement if we would be
what should be town. it will take the individual
and personal effort Of every man, and child of us
to reach the mark Let's each of consider the rights
Of others and how easy it will be THEN to see the
things we should do well as those should not do
You who have and horses which you stake on the
streets do you think it to those who live on those
Streets in nearly every instance YOUR NEIGHBORS and
chose who must pass along them 1t is pleasant to
nave horse lot at your front door to pass
through one? And if streets used such won't
be just dsagreeabe pass along them? and aren't
he flies breeding in the filth the streets just apt to
scatter typhoid germs if bred in any other place? Did
have typhoid fever? you did you will remem
the long and weary weeks months it took
uy from it, and sometimes it strikes even strong young
men fatally ''
And you property owners who never keep the grass
nd weeds your side walks furnish resting places for
mosquitoes which bite the children who play along the
treet and give the malaria. 1t may be that your
hidren grandchildren will have to suffer for your
areessness And those Of you who have dangerous side
vaks, with holes in which the unwary old man woman
nay step and fall, infictng injury from which the
Id do not rapidly will your conscience be clear
mishaps because of your negligence? to your
uty citizen? Can an intelligent salve
hat conscnece by II did not to have anyone hurt"
II meant to fix it and waited for more convenient
me to do it in?" THINK now and DO now. =
We believe in Greenwood when she thinks for when she
tarts after thing she gets it,
Let's start after this goals The prettiest cleanest,
nd healthiest town anywhere. =
Please watch this space every week for time for sug
estions as to how we can reach this goal.
Municipal Committee Of Housekeepers.
City Health Officer il
County Health Officer v
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