The Robesonian., 1918-01-14
NO PIG PENS IN TOWN

Town Fathers Deny Petition-De-
eide Life is More Than Meat"
Sanitary Conditions Must be
Improved at Union Station
Exit Air and Flobert Rifles
TO Collect Taxes by Distress
Children Must Not Drive Autos
Other Town Matters.
Al a meeting Thursday evening the
MAYOR and town commissioners refus-
ed to grant a petition signed by
large number of citizens asking tor
the privilege of keeping hogs IN town
as long as the war lasts. The town
fathers decided with the secretary OF
the State Board of Health that life
is r7ore than meat.
Tie petition set forth that the "un-
der3i2ned freeholders, voters, taXpay-
ers and citizens ask the honorable
board 70 grant US the privilege OF
keepiDg hogs within the corporate
limits Of the town for the period of
wa. or. if the war should close this
summer, the hogs to be killed or NOV
ed outside of town not later than De-
cen,ter 25, 1918. on condition that the
hog pens shall not be kept within 100
feet of any dwelling house or bust
ness house. unless agreeable to all
parties concerned; the pens to be
| thoroughly cleaned and disinfected
once each week and subject to san
! itarv inspection at all times; the pens
not to be built less than Is inches
above the ground; also any other reg
ulation this board may deem neces-
sary to add".
Mayor Proctor stated that he was
under the impression that there was
a State law forbidding the keeping Of
hogs in towns of certain sizes, and
in anticipation of this petition took
this matter up with the North Caro-
lima State Board of Health, and read
to the committee and to the board the
following letter from Secretary W. S.
Rankin of the North Carolina State
Board of Health:
"December 22nd, 1917
"Hon. James D. Proctor,
mayor Of Lumberton,
"Dear Mr.. Proctor:
"Replying to your recent letter rel
|
ton in Lumberton for the admission
Of pig pens to the town, l wish to say
that as a conservation measure for
Lumberton the hog pen is all right
provided the town is more interested
in the conservati ton of pigs than it is
in the conservation of babies. Life is
more than meat.
"There is no law to keep the people
from having hog pens in Lumbertor
if the people want them.
''In this connection it may be peril
'nent to ask why the hog pen was ev-
er driven out of Lumberton, or, SO fa1
as that is concerned, out of any town
"There has been some advocacy
within recent years by sanitarlums
of high standing, of municipal pigge-
ries, that is to say, for the use Of the
towns garbage in raising pigs in pas.
lures or pens established some dis,
tance from the town limits. l an
not aware Of the advocacy or the sane.
tioning Of pig pens in towns or cities
by health officers of any reputation
whatsoever. AS State health Officer
I do not hesitate to condemn such. {
proposition both as sanitary meas
ure and as a war measure. It is true
that the war has established a higher
price for pork. It is equally true thai
the war, in bringing about the ex
animation of millions Of American
men taken from the healthiest agt
period, and from the rank and fill,
of industrial America has brought t,
. light an amount of physical imperfec
ton that establishes with all clear
thinking people new value for healtl
conditions far in excess Of any addi
tional value that the war has places
on pork. ,
Of the babies,
= (Signed) "W. S. RANKIN,
"Secretary'
at Union Station.
t The chief of police was instructe
to serve notice on the agent of tn
Seaboard Air Line Ry. Co. that tn
t toilets and waiting rooms at the unio
: station must be put in sanitary cor
, dition and kept so.
Mayor Proctor presented the resie
d nation of Mr.. F. A. Wishart as stree
:, foreman, the resignation having gon
into effect December 8, last, and aG
e vised the board that he had appoint
J. ed MIR. j. S. Thompson to succeed Nj
e Wishart at the same salary-$75 tn
n month-until the action might b
/ confirmed by the board. The actio
o was approved by the board and th
o employment made permanent.
e Mr.. Carl Bullard was hired as a
r. extra night policeman at salary {
a S55 the month.
1t It was ordered that Mr.. Hug
Thompson, who has been driving tt
fire truck since Mr.. E. J. Glover, fo7
rner driver, left for the army, be pal
II S55 the month-the same amount pal
le Mr.. Glover
II Enforce Ordinance Against Shootin
Air Rifles.
e, Chief of Police Alf H. Mcleod We
r instructed to enforce the ordinans
le with reference to shooting air rifle
le flobert rifles, etc., within the inco
he porate limits Of the town.
$, No Loafing About Town Hall.
&c