Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, April 29, 1915, Image 4
I tN a tenement district lived a family
X and dirt. The whole atmosphere of
they called "home" was one of ho;
1 squalor. To prove the power of sugg<
= placed on the table a miniature statue
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? the Venus shone out in all her u
E elevating and brightening her strange
Si good woman called a week latfcr and :
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Real Campaign Is
Taking Place of
Old Time "Clean Up"
"ANNUAL BATH" FOR TOWNS
TABOOED.
Five Thousand Communities Will
This Year Join "Clean Up and
Paint Up" Movement.
MORE than 5,000 cities and towns
will this year participate in
"opening weeks" in the National Clean
Up and Paint Up" campaign, according
to Allen W. Clark, chairman of the
National "Clean Up and Paint Up"
Campaign Bureau, St. Louis. Many of
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v thus breaking away from the oldestablished
"clean up" or "annual
bath" idea and are striving to make
their improvement programs continuous
performances.
Files tn the bureau's offices, which
Indicate that the organization lias in
reality become a national clearing
house for the dissemination of community
betterment ideas, show, that
last year more than 2,000 cities and
towns made an effort to "clean up and
paint up." "This year," commented
Chairman Clark, "it looks as though
wc would cooperate with more than
{>,000 communities, in each of which
some live civic leader is trying to improve
living conditions. Though a
majority of these campaigns will start
with an 'opening week,' a definite
program of activity, we know that the
bureau's success has been chiefly due
to the fact that we try to get away
from the old-fashioned 'annual clean
up' Ider. that has become odious tp
many civic leaders and an annual joke
in many cities. The plans of the
bureau call for continuous campaigns
that bring permanent results and help
form worth while civic habitB."
The Work to Be Done.
The work of the bureau this year is
more comprehensive than ever before.
jii ci j imii^ inui win ucHumy, prererve,
improve sanitation, reduce Are
risks, and better health conditions has
been carefully provided for. Among
the things which local "Clean Up and
Faint lip" campaigners are doing this
year are: Cleaning the streets and
alleys, front yards, back yards, cellars,
stables, atticks; the removal of ashes
and rubbish; cleaning up vacant lots
of rubbish and weeds; eliminating
breeding places of flies and mosquitoes;
planting and care of trees,
hedges and flowers; and the liberal
use of paint on everything that
needs it.
It.,is this constructive, permanent
nature of the improvements effected
that has won the endorsement of
national leaders in every branch of
civic uplift work. Among tbose serving
this year on the National Bureau's
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CI-.EAN UP, PAINT UP. REPAIR
The springtime ( upon us, ths
time for cleaning* up and painting
i up. Those who have contemplated
improvements to their hotnos or their
.property in any part of the city, and
(srho were data?ed hy the Wd weather
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surrounded by filth had been cleaned up,
: the little room which a pathetic but sincere
>e!eas depression and ?the subtle influenci
sstion, a good woman If the homes in a i
of the Venus of Milo. and shabby, values
rt and wretchedness, orate. But if some 1
whiteness and purity, his home, it radiates
t surroundings. The and soon the whole
found that the place attractive,
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advisory committee are:
Mrs. Clarence Baxter, Klrksville,
Mo., chairman of the Women's Committee
of the National Bureau, is
also vice chairman of the civics
department of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs, and chairman
of the civic and health department
of the Missouri Federation of
Women's Clubs. Dr. S. J. Crumbine,
I iu|jeT*ii, nmi., president. or tne asboi
elation of Rtate and Province Health
! Officers of North America. H. 3. Bu?j
tenhelm. New York, editor of "The
American City." Clinton R. Woodruff,
Philadelphia, secretary National
Municipal League and editor of the
"National Municipal Review." Mrs.
| Philip North Moore, St. Louis, ex-president
National Federation of Women's
Clubs. William Woodhead, San Fran|
cisco, president of the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World. P. S.
Kldsdale, Washington, D. C., executive
secretary American Forestry Association.
Richard B. Watrous, Washington.
D. C., secretary American Civic
i Association. Mrs. Geo. Zimmerman,
i Fremont. O., chairman of the civics
: department, General Federation of
, Women's Clubs.
Paint and Self-Respect.
The one most important factor in
' spreading the gospel of cleanliness,
: thrift and civic pride, which the
i Bureau is trying to do, is the work
1 of newspaper editors throughout the
i country, asserts Chairman Clark. For
instance, here is what Paul Brown,
editor of The St. Louis Republic, has
to say of the movement:
"Thousands of American cities and
towns have taken up the National
1 Clean Up and Paint Up' campaign
that originated in St. Louis three seaHOns
ago. It haa been indorsed by
: thousands of civic, commercial and
! women's organisations all over the
nation. The cities that have made
themselves a part of the movement
1 are cleaner and better citios because
! of it. The Republic aided in launch- j
ing the initial campaign and is glad
'.o know thnt the Federation of
Women's Clubs is planning a general
St. Louis campaign for this spring.
This will aid in making 'St. Louis the
Healthiest City,' for paint is the great
preservative and a powerful aid in
sanitation. Add to beauty and economy
the fact that paint has a sanitary
value, and the arguments apply with
added force to the big cities. Naturally
the paint dealer profits by such
campaigns. None but the pessimist
will object to this. He gives value
received and more. The house thar
is painted is the better for it. A
neighborhood that has cleaned up and
painted up is a better one in which
to live. Paint makes for self-respect
and justifiable pride."
In the office of the National "Clean
Up and Paint Up" Campaign Bureau
hongs a room-size wall map, with
overy state dotted by red stars deaoting
cities conducting campaigns
last year. And so il is Inie that civic
leaders in thousands of towns are
working to "get their town on the
1 map" this year.
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i Better Hometown
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Everybody Get
Behind the Broom
of recent months, could not do a hotter
thing than start now on a clean up
i and paint np campaign.
A little fresh paiat and the vigorous
use of the scrub brush make morals
cleaner Add to these a shrub or two.
and a neat back-yard garden and
you'll know Um Jar aJ livtag
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the dirt had been washed away and 3
: attempt at decoration had been made || ;
t was effective.
reighborhood become weather-beaten 3
in the whole neighborhood deteri- 3
rouse-owner paints and brightens up ?
its attractiveness in every direction H
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Suggested Program
of Beautification
for Civic Workers
"OPENING WEEK" FOR PERMANENT
EFFORT.
Schedule Perfected by Denver Man
Has Become Model for Hundreds
of Other Cities.
HOW much better would Ourtown
look, liow much would living
conditions be improved, if every one
^wou^ ra"y around
definite "Clean Up
and Paint Up" proRested
program
which 11:1 s Iippii fnllnwoH tnf t?>?
? ?w.v ?. i n V? jcma
in Denver. It was devised by L. T.
Minehart of Denver, member of the
executive committee. National "Clean
Up and I'aint Up" Campaign Bureau,
St. Louis, and has been followed in
hundreds of cities:
Sunday?Civic Uplift Sermons in the
churches.
Monday?FIRE PREVENTION DAY.
Clean your basements and attics
of rubbish, greasy rags and waste
pappr, wherever possible.
Tuesday?FRONT YARD DAY.
t'ut lawns, plant flower beds, clean
wulks and gutters. Salt cracks in
sidewalks; exterminate ants.
Wednesday?DANDELION DAY.
This day can be very profitably
used in ridding your lawn of dandelions.
trimming bushes and gardens.
There is no more important work
which the campaign could accomr
plish than to rid this city of the
dandelion and weed pest.
Thursday?PAINT DAY.
Paint up inside and out, porches,
fences, woodwork and porch chairs.
Business houses clean windows and
replace old awnings.
Friday?BACK YARD DA7.
Clean alleys, repair fences and
sheds, screen garbage cans. Put flytraps
on garbage cana. Put on
screen doors.
Saturday?VACANT LOT DAY.
Boy Scouts and school children
clean vacant lots, removing tin cana,
paper and brush. Plow and plant
garden plots wherever possible.
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WOMEN.
Say! ain't it funny what k lot of things
men overlook.
They seem to feel we women never do
a thing but cook.
They really think they run the house
and everything that's in it.
Hut gee! they couldn't get along without
us for a minute.
We women are the onea who keep the
woodwork shining bright?
Who buy enamel for the bath to mako
it glistening white.
We women varnish tables and we buy
the stains for chairs.
And we buy the proper colors to
brighten np the stairs.
We women are the ones who say what
paint goes on the halls?
Which shades for parlor and for den?
for baseboards and for walls.
We women stain and wax the floors.
c.' else we make the man.
We women are the ones who kewy the
whale tewm a?te and epaa..
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Opened January 1st, 1915,
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Premier Carrie
Tickets on sale daily and lii
Good tfoing via one route am
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stop-overs auowea.
From KourJTrip F
Columbia, S. C . $82
Charleston, S. C. 85
Orangeburg, S. C. . ... 82
Sumter, S. C 84
Camden, S. C. 84
Aiken, S. C. 79,
Chester, S. C 82,
Rock Hill, S. C.-_ 82
Spartanburg, S. C 81,
Greenville, S. C. 80.
Greenwood, S. C. 79
Newberry, S, C. 81
Proportionately low rates from c
trip rates to Seattle, Wash.; Port!
many other western points.
Full information regarding the \
schednles, etc., gladly furnished,
request. Let us help you plan you
Why pay tourist agencies, when
S. H. McLEAN, Division 1
S. H. Hardwick, P.T.M., H. F. Cai
Washington, D.C. Washin
"My dear, you lake my breath
away."
"I couldn't do that; it is too
strong."
THE PROPER THING.
"Here's a story of a man who
hanged himself, and space is short.
What shall I do?"
"Cut him down."
THE REAL THING.
Bill?I see $40,000 was spent in
Kngland on the production of a
single moving picture film.
Jill?And tbat was reel money.
lishing M
Furniture
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ther points. Also very low roundand,
Ore.; Vancouver, B. C , and
rarious routes, points of interest,
Also descriptive literature nnnn
ir trip.
our services are free? Address
^ass. Apt., Columbia, S. C.
ry, G.P.A., W. E. McGee.A.G.P. A
gton.D.C. Columbia, S. C.
Clean Em
Why not have that last Summer's
suit cleaned and pressed)
We call for and deliver goods in
town on short notice. Parcel post
packages will receive special attentiou.
Panic Prices as Follows:
Men's Slits, cleaned and pressed 40c to $1.25
Boys' 44 - 44 44 25c 44 $1.00
Ladies 44 44 - - 50c op
Palace BarberShop
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May at 2:30
make your own f
paint! ^
YOU win SAVE
JStiSgjgfV if 56 ds. PER GAL.
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/W^V ^ /Buy 4 gals. L.CH.M. Semii)
/ Mixed Real Paint $8.40
/ J And 3 pals.Linseed Oil
a ^I 1 to mix with it at
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ZINC and LINSEED OIL-the heat known
paint materials lor 104 years.
Use a gallon out of any you
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and get all your money back.
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a aw?s i lU *T . V.O,, voiumoia
W. W.'.Coogler Ac Son. Chet(?r
J. W. Copeland Co, Clinton
J. D Wood. Orier
TALK IS CHEAP
and is alright in its place, but it
won't run the furnace nor bake
bread. If you have hot air in
your house or oven, it must be
produced by burning fuel. *
We handle the very best Hard
and Soft Coal and our prices are
way down. Phone orders to 72.
Quick delivery. ,
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A. A. BRADFORD,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
Estimates cheerfully furnished on al **
classes of brick and wood work.
Telephone No. 30
Electric T>?B??tTonic.
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