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Page Four THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen. North Carolina Friday, October 2, 1931. Fire Prevention Week October 4-10, 1931 Care Prevents Fires INSURANCE Protects You SS n Insurance of Every Description Eddy Block Soutlhem Pines, N. C. CHILDREN’S EDUCATION The Fire losses of tomorrow will be determined by the children of today. See that you do your share in their education. Fire Insurance Rates are high. They can be reduced if Public Schools and Property Owners will encourage fire prevention activities. THE FIREMEN will do their best to check the fire. But adequate INSURANCE is the best protection. No more effective Fire Preventive Meth ods can be adopted than by the use of Asbestos Shingle Roofing-, If Oui’ Shingles are absolutely Fire-Proof, guaranteed for 15 years, and are pleasing in appearance. If you have a wood roof, Fireproof it with Liquid Pyronon, and it can’t burn, SOUTHERN PINES WAREHOUSES I Everything for the Builder Lock Over Coriinijritij Your J/u your own property, judge its value, consider its relation to ' I adjacent properties. Think how quickly a disaster may cause you financial loss. • Let us tell you about complete stock fi.re insurance protection. Your property deserves it,. F»AGE CORF»ORAXION R. N. Page, Jr., Local Representative, Aberdeen, N. C. :: Make Every Day Fire Preyention Day By Removing the Causes of Fires Sandhills, After Losing Church, School and Hotel in Year Should Increase Precaution By L. L. Gardner With the approach of National Fire Prevention Week, so designated by j the President of the 'United States ^ and the Governors of the various states, and summarizing’ generally the property loss sustained in the Sand hills during the past twelve or fif teen months, prompts the imposition upon you for space in which to air a few thoughts, ideas, suggestions, or what have you. We of the Sandhills, and rightfully so, are proud of the fact we are blessed with climate excelled by no ^ other section of the country; that we have in our midst some of the finest churches, best equipped public school units, hotels and golf courses that are known the length and breadth of the land, accessible over highways that are a part of the national sys- | tem, and other advantages of lesser import, but certainly we have no cause to be egotistic when we take stock of our contribution to the State and National fire loss. It seems almost as if we stand guilty of in difference to physical conditions that sooner or later convert our proper ties to an ash heap. During the past twelve months by this means 'we have suffered the total loss of a school, a church and a Hotel, to say nothing of the many other losses, both large and small, and in a large majority of the cases, the origin or cause is “unknown.” That fact is not sufficient circumstantial evidence to relieve us from some responsibility individually and collectively to see that hazardous conditions are remov ed from our homes, our places of business and our public buildings, for certainly unless the potentials of fire are present, no fire can start. A Community Matter This is not alone a matter requir ing individual effort; it is a commun ity matter as well. Most property owners provide, at least to a limited extent, against loss by carrying in surance. Rates therefore, are to a large degree, based upon insured losses, as well as facilities for com batting fires, construction, etc. In surance, fundamentally is a process of spreading the loss of an individual among the many who purchase in surance. Therefore, the property owner, (if he carry insurance) who through his negligence or inattentiin to a condition from whence begins a fire, imposes a burden upon^ others who insure by increasing insurance costs, to say nothing of the exposure and conflagation hazard created by the pioperty owner who does not in sure. The increase in insurance rates and inadequate insurance on public buildings damaged or destroyed by fire are reflected in increased taxes. Present day methods of conducting business have made insurance an economic necessity so it is as impor tant to keep the rates for that down, as it is to keep down the cost of any other item that goes into the con duct of business or every day living. The Fire Departments of our com- FIRE LOSS IN STATE SHOWS DECREASE IN '31 Fire losses in the state for the first eight months of this year v^^ere $369,773 under those for the same period last year, Dan C. Boney, State Insurance Commis sioner, announced. The total for the first eight months of 1930 was $4,436,237 as compared with $4,066,464 for the 1931 period. The fire loss for building and contents during August amounted to $188,277 from 155 fires, as com pared with $301,327 from 276 fires in August, 1930. The detailed report shows 124 fires in towns with loss of $124,454 including 68 dwelling fires with $56,038 loss and 29 rural fires, loss $63,823 of which 11 were dwelling fires with $18,873 loss. Among 28 towns reporting no fire damage during August were Aberdeen, Southern Pines and Pinehurst. Onlif and bricks' left— ♦♦ » 3 H ♦♦ S H n ♦♦ n Fire! Fire!! 3 n n H S S munity have done a great deal along the line of Fire Prevention but they can accomplish little without the full cooperation of our citizenship. Instructors in our schools, civic bodies, and we us individuals are asked dur ing Fire Prevention Week—October 4th to 10th—to give of our time and serious efforts to cleaning up, to re moving those conditions that invite fires, and to educating along the lines of “Safety First” in dealing with fire, that every day of the year may become “Fire Prevention Day.” STATE WARNS AGAINST FOREST FIRE DAMAGES It may be your home or office next in spite of all Precautions! The one way that you can make sure you can’t lose is to be thoroughly covered with Fire Insurance, Take out your policy as soon as you can in one of our strong companies and let them assume the responsibility of loss, D. D. SHIEI.DS CAMERON u ♦♦ H H H Real Estate Insurance SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. Rentals n tt A warning that this fall and spring will bring a period of great destruc tion to the forests of North Caro lina, particularly if the recent dry weather persists, unless every per son uses extreme caution in the handling of fire has been issued by Assistant State Forester Charles ll. Flory, in charge of forest fire con trol for the Department of Conserva tion and Development. Mr. Flory urges that every possi ble precaution be taken to prevent a repetition of the extremely bad fire season during the first six months of the current year. During that period, 2,149 fires were reported as burning over an area of 208,500 acres and causing damages estimated at $358,700 in counties organized for their control. This destruction, Mr. Flory pointed out, occurred in the less than one-half of the forest lands of the state having organized protec tion. Fireproof Your Roof With SLATE SURFACE SHINGLES over your old wood shingles M. H. FOLLEY LUMBER YARDS Lumber, Millwork & Builders Supplies Aberdeen, N. C. Phone 129 ALLEN NAMED LIQUIDATING AGENT FOR BANK OF VASS W. A. Allen, liquidating agent of the Scotland County Savings Bang at Laurinburg and the Carolina State Bank at Gibson has been appointed liquidating agent for the Bank of Vass. THIS IS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK Let's all learn to be sure that our matches, cigars and cigarettes are out before we toss them aside. Let’s make sure that chimneys and flues are in good condition. Let’s keep our homes, stores and factories clean and free from rubbish. Let’s build as safely as we can and then take every means to protect that which we build. MOORE-HOKE REALTY COMPANY INSURANCE — ALL LINES Theo. Berg, Mgr., Aberdeen, N. C. li r: it I. C. Sledge Walker Taylor, Jr. 0. H. Stutts H. D. Vail DIRECTORS R. S. Tufts Walker Taylor A. P. Thompson J. F. Taylor F^ire F^reveixtion ^A^eelc It is the Patriotic, Humanitarian, and Economic duty of every citizen to do his or her bit in helping to reduce the tremendous loss of life and property from preventable fires. Carelessness and inattention to unsafe con ditions about homes, places of business, etc., are reponsible for the great er portion of the annual fire loss. So close is this assciated with our daily lives, it isn’t a matter we should turn our attention to during one short week of each year. We sfhould do so every day. Let’s clean up and correct those hazardous conditions that exist and as well cultivate safety habits in dealing with fire. i tt tt tt ♦♦ tt ♦♦ Mid-South Insurance Agency L. L. Gardner, Manager PINEHURST, N. C. Inc. tt ! tt a tt ♦♦ ♦« 21 ♦♦ ^ tt tt U ** tt I Xz II it ^ tl ♦♦ tt ** 21 ♦♦ 22 ♦♦ 22 ♦♦ 1:8 tt tt tt ♦♦ H H u ♦♦ tt ♦♦ tt tt ^ttttttttttttttttttttts^ tt tt tt When FIRE PREVENTION Fails, after the fire WHAT? WILL YOU START FROM THE BEGIN NING AGAIN—AND SAVE AND SAVE FOR A HOME OR ANOTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISE OR WILL YOU LET THE STRONG COMPANIES THAT WE REPRESENT CHEERFULLY AND PROMPTLY ASSUME ALL LOSSES? We can also handle your Insurance requirements of any other kind. T.- Oamum., Inc. At the Citizens Bank Building, Southern Pines, N. C. REAL ESTATE RENTALS SALES n tt tt ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttmtttttttttttttttttttti f
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