French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-25
E NEWS LETTER.
Especial correspondence. !

0Cdte Will soon be Raleigh's
guests and there will be a fine reore-
sentatlon here at their annual meetine
and tournament.
mere has been marked Improvement
OF Iate In the drills and general efici-
ency OF the individual fire
VI the various cities and towns. This
ID largely due to the active interest
Whlch the State Insurance Department
IS taxing in the 1remen and their or
CARNATIONS. Commissioner Young sew
eFal years ago conscripted one of the
pest hremen in the State and added
MIN to the work of his, department.
AT that time he was chief of the Raj
eigh fire department and had been for
several years, and had received yalua-
bic training through actual service
with the hremen of New York city.
He is sent about the State doing much
good work. Building inspection is
becoming a feature of his work and all
property owners should cooperate in
the effort to reduce fire waste.
In this connection it should be add
ed that Commissioner Young is wax
ing an appeal tt the newspaper men
Of North Carolina to help in a cam
paign for the reduction of the great
fire loss Tin both property and lives)
annually in this State, and especially
to stamp out the firing of woods, either
carelessly or maliciously. He intends
to vigorously prosecute offenders oil
this character in the future.
Section 1916 of the Revisal is very
explicit in providing the penalty for
the punishment Of those who cause
forest fires. from which this State has
suffered much within the last month
Or two and Commissioner Young de-
clares that all burning of property will
be fully Investigated and offenders
prosecuted. Posters warning against
the burning of woods are being sent
out from the Insurance Commission
eI's Office. Between three and four
million dollars are annually lost by
fire in North Carolina and Commits
slOner Young says that two-thirds OF
the loss is preventable with ordinary
care" Surely this is a matter that
should enlist the earnest attention Of
our people of all classes. The Depart
ment has secured the conviction of 195
persons who were prosecuted for in
cendiary and kindred o%ffenses. So far
there have been eight convictions by
the Department during the present
year.
At the Head of the Table, Too.
Representatives of the North Carroll
ma Corporation Commission have re-
turned from Washington where they
presented their case on appeal to the
Interstate Commerce Commission. In
this instance they met the Virginia
cities in their last stand, in the fight
they are making to get for the Virginia
cities themselves the benefit of the re-
duced rates in interstate freight to
North Carolina cities L towns, and
thus to restore the original status OF
discrimination in favor of the Virginia
cities. The decision may not be handed
down for several months, but our folks
think they have their case o
The State of North Carolina is to be
congratulated on the fine reputation
which the North Carolina Commission
enjoys in the estimation of the Inter
state Commission. Of course this rep
utation is due to the personnel of the
Commission, to the individually and
special fitness of Messrs. Travis, Lee
and Pell to discharge the important
work committed to their care. The
chairman of the National Commission
said in a former hearing in these Vir-
ginia cities cases to a North CAROLYN
ian who was present: 81 have listened
10 members of corporation commissions
from every State in the Union but ]
have never known of a case that was
more ably presented than this by the
North Carolina Commissioners"
Speaking on this subject. a gentle
with some knowledge of the sub
|ject said: THAT the North Carolina
stands well with the In
|terstate Commission was made very
apparent to me some time ago when,
in the hearing of the Register fertilizer
case. the National Commission amend
ed its procedure at the suggestion OF
the chairman of the North Carolina
Commission, so that in future no case
% fthat character will be considered
unless the original complaint makes
the State corporation commission a
party to the proceedings, with full
notice and opportunity to present its
view of the case to the Interstate Com
merce Commission"
State Primary in Sight-SOme Guess
ing.
Saturday of next week Will witness
the pulling off of the first legaIlzeo
State primary and of course, the POM
Of .tip-toe expectation" is being reach
ed. There are those who pred1ct sew
eral surprises" One of them is the
prediction of the heavy vote which Mr..
]. s. Mann will poll for State reasu
There is good ground for this as
of Mr.. Mann's friends. for the
that have been brought to a
eigh of late along the same line are
yerv suggestive of such resultant
thew V a large number of counties
and q wide area of the State. Mr.
Mann's condition has improved so rap
iIv h a he will probably be able to
leave the hospital next week. HIS
friends over the State are said to be
taking much active interest in his en-
didacy for State Treasurer and his IN
terests have not suffered during ms