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flKE LOSS ON THE FAKM ABOUT THREE-FOURTHS OF LOSSES ARE DUE TO EASILY PREVENTABLE CAUSES. of Gold Medal Sale 1 Starts Tomorrow 4 These Facts and Total Absence Fire Protection Call For Greatest Care and Watchfulness on Part of Farmers. Over one-hal£ of all fire losses is due to carelessness and easily preventable causes; on farm about three-fourths. Farm property is insured at only a small part of its value, seldom more than two-thirds, so that the losses, over and above insurance paid, are relatively larger than in cities. The loss of lives in fires is also larger in the country. These facts and the total absence ol fire protection call for the greatest care and watchfulness on the part of the farmers. Let us consider some of these need less and preventable fire losses in the order of their importance. Lightning leads the list in number, although it has been demonstrated that a good lightning rod system, prop erly installed and well grounded, is an almost sure protection. Defective flues and stovepipes, fltoves near wood, and over-heated stoves are responsible for the large majority of farm residence fires. This is also true of fires reported to us as “cause unknown/’ as the additional tell-tale facts are usually given, “start ed in attic” or “started near chim ney.” Annually quite a number of lives perish in these fires, sacrificed on the altar of carelessness. Every chimney fiue should have an area of not less than sixty-four inches, and should be lined throughout with fire brick, hard burned terra cotta, or fire-clay lue lining. Careful inspection and prompt re pair of defective flues, and asbestos or luetal protection for all woodwork near stoves and pipes would reduce this sacrifice of lives and property to the minimum. Children playing with matches are responsible each year for quite a num ber of these fires, and the sacrifice of several young lives, although matches could and should be kept from chil- -dren. Smokers' carelessness is responsible for many of these fires, and will con tinue to be until farmers and their help refrain from smoking in and around barns and near grain, hay and strawbacks. Mrs. O’Leary’s cow is about the only critter that has moved from Chicago onto the farm, and she is up to her old tricks, kicking over the lantern, which, of course, could have been safe ly hung up. iuite a number of fires are due to engines stationed too near stacks and huildifigs. Carelessness with gasoline calls for Its toll of lives and property; so does 'kerosene used in starting and quicken- ing a fire. Just a few prevention suggestions: Because of the absence of all fire protection, fireproof construction of farm buildings, especially residences, is of prime importance. Farmers are not limited to a small building site, and it is folly to place the buildings so close together that fire in one of them can make a clean sweep. The time is coming „when the sub stantial farmer will plan for an ade quate water supply for domeestic use and for fire protection. All, surely, can afford a ladder to reach the roofs, some fire backets and a few chemical fire extinguishers, which can be bought for a few dollars. Locking doors at night will keep ouJ the tramp and his dangerous pipe. The automobile should be housed in a seperate shed; so also should gaso line. Most important of all, however^ is eternal care and watchfulness.—T. M. Purtell, State Fire Marshall, Missouri. Battle of the Herrings. The battle of the herrings was the comical name given to a fight between an English force and a French detach ment not far from Orleans in 1429. The English were conveying a large quantity of supplies, mainly herrings, for it was Lent, to the army that was besieging Orleans. The English had 1,600 men, the French 6,000. The for mer repulsed the assailants and saved the herrings, so the battle was named in honor of the supplies.—London Tel egraph. If you have a news item, person al or any item of local news of in terest The Progress will appreciate your giving it in at any time. The small item is appreciated as much as the larger ones. HOOSIER Kitchen Cabinets Hoosicr’s unrivaled convenience won the Gold Medal at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, and this sale is to celebrate its leadership and let the public see the many ways that Hoosicr exccls. People all over Amcrica will attend this great event at the Hoosier stores and we have had to prepare weeks ahead to get a special allotment of Hoosiers from the factory for our own home folks. The sale starts tomorrow and will last all week if our supply of cabinets lasts, Those who come first are sure of being supplied at once. If you don’t want to wait for your cabinet, then please don’t put off your visit to our store. Remember there are Hoosiers for farms, camps, apart* ments, big and little kitchens, for window spaces and the center of big kitchens. No further need for old-fashioned, built-in, uncleanable cupboards. See the Demonstration of Hoosier’s 4-0 Labor-saving Features ClubTermsI $1 N@w $1 Weekly! Every woman who wants to be up-to-date in household af fairs will want to see this demonstration. You will want to see what expert men and women have achieved in cutting your kitchen work in two. How a Hoosier lets you sit down with 400 articles all handily arranged at your fingers’-ends. How it ends incessant walking back and forth to gather supplies and put them away each meal. We want you to see the many patented features that have won a million women. Domestic Science Eixperts have designed and located every Hoosier convenience cxactly at your fingers’ end. Skilled mechanics and inventors have perfected the many working features. Nothing Has Been Overlooked that could improve its convenience or add to your comfort. That’s why a million women use and praise the Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet for the hours of tim^ and miles of steps it saves them. You can easily roll the Hoosier about on its ball bearing casters, and the metal sockets can’t break. These, and other Hoosier Gold Medal features, will be demonstrated to all the folks who call tomorrow. Those who are not ready to buy won’t be expected to. We will scarcely have enough cabinets to last the week out anyway. But we want you to come and learn the inside facts about kitch en cabinets. If you missed this demonstration at the San Francisco Fair, this is your chance to see what interested thousands of people. Come tomorrow and bring your friends. McCALL BROS. MARION, N. C. $14.25 to $45.25 $1 on Delivery $1 Weekly Mo Extra Fees IMonev-Back Guarantee Hoosier’s Full View Roll Doors don’t slide into pockets or enclosures where dirt and vermin collect in the average cabinet. Come, see how yon can lift out these doors for cleaning. Hoosier Beauty** Special Club Offer. This paper has just completed arrangements with the Daily Ashe ville Times of Asheville, N. C., so that old or new subscribers to the Marion Progress can secure The Asheville Times daily in combina tion with this paper at a special price. The regular subscription price of The Progress is one dollar per year, payable in advance, and Times is $4 per year. Oar sp(icial combination rate is only $4, which will entitle a subscriber to the two papers for a period of one year. See the 5th episode of The RedlCircle At THE GRAND Thursday Night. trade marks autl copyrights olttained or no fee. Send model, sketches or photos and do- jwription for FREE SEARCH and report on patentability. Bank references. PATENTS BIHLQ FORTUNES tor you. Our free booklets tell how, what to invent and save you money. Write today. D. SWIFT & CO. ^ PATENT LAWYERS, ^03 Seventh St, Washington, D. C. Subscribe to The Progress.
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