The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-16

each suggests the remedies-"clean
up" boil the water.
No one has dared to describe the
mode of cleaning. 1t is to be OBJ
served that the streets are swept
little and the rubbish wagon loaded.
The street cleaners are in evidence
with spades and the rubbish and
empty cans are being hauled to the
dump pile. The open excavations in
the surface drains show some evil
dence of being slightly lined. The
hundreds Of private privies without
sewer connections are suggested to be
cleaned. This cleaning may have
been carelessly attempted. But from
slight observation, it becomes appar-
ent that the cleaning up" process
hasn't been well done. These are the
old common and oft repeated direc-
tons from those in authority--the
municipal officers of Greeneville.
These are only feints made to avert
deserved criticism, and to allay the
just fury of public opinion. Who
will dispute these facts?
will not attempt to account for
the origin or the cause of this terri
BILE epidemic, from which the people
are placed in great and threatening
peril Of physical suffering, and deaths
in many happy homes from this ty-
phoid epidemic.
But bear with me until | recite
few facts. II these facts are evil
dence of the cause Of the presence of
this disease and its terrible results;
consider them. If the facts | cite are
foreign, false, or untrue, reject their
consideration.
This, the good year 1920, is not
the first time the typhoid fever has
been in Greeneville. This is not the
first year when in several instances
the disease has proven fatal.
Not many years ago Mr.. James
Galbreath, living on the lot now oc-
cupied by Mr.. George Bitner, died,
and two or three of his family died
from typhoid fever, Near the same
period Miss ---- Kirkpatrick died
with typhoid fever, on the corner lot
on Irish and Depot streets, adjacent
to the Galbreath lot. Just across De-
pot street, on the lot adjoining the
line of the Kirkpatrick lot, the dear
little Miss Anderson succumber to the
typhoid fever. On the second lot
above the lot Miss Anderson died on,
this fell disease summoned the charm
ing Miss johnson to cross the mystic
river" and some others have died on
the limited area of the circle whose
I
center is the corner of Irish and De-
pot streets, within a radius of 600
feet. Of course there have been a
few scattering deaths in other To-
4 calities of Greeneville, results of ty-
phoid fever. But around what CEN
ter have so many persisted? Why
have SO many Of these typhoid cpl
denies had their origin within so
small circle as this one whose center
is the intersection of Depot and Irish
streets? Are these statements facts?
If these statements of facts, that so
many persons have died within the
circle | have described are true, is it
not logical conclusion to state that
the typhoid fever epidemic now pre-
vailing, and those that preceded, are
mot" due to impure water. Ii the
epidemic was produced by the water,
the disease would not be localized. 1t
would be more prevalent. If the ty-
phoid fever now raging was produced
by the water, it would be a logical
conclusion, that the fever would be
more prevalent and uniformly diff
fused.
Well, then, why is the typhoid so