The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-05-23
Letter From Raleigh Bearilaa
on Various and Sundsy I ogacCt, gacCsg,
Firemen's Convention be in sessoncoryn:sa:o, v
After Fire -Bugs-TelEt Rate Conference Attended b
Tag 6eejsAn Hands Ready First Teqsizea
State Primary Third

Raleigh, \. O, May 23.-The firenen
Of the state VIII soon BE Raleigh i
guests and there viii be a fine repre-
sontation here at their annual sneetine.
and tournatlant.
There has been marked improvement
OF late il She drills ana general Ell
cheney OF the individual 1ira companies
OF the various cities and towns. THIS
IS largely due the active interest GI,icl.
the State Insurance Depa1 t.llell5 is tax
ing il the firomen and ifair o2e.s.-
izations. Commissioner Young sa,e1-
a days ago conscripted olc OF the best
firemen il the State ara added I'm to
the work Of his department. At .aas
time nc was chief of the Raleigh tlse
department and had been Tor sere-s,I
years. and iad received valuable r. H.
ing through active service with ttte re
men of New Work City re Is sent
about The state doing much sool vor'z
Building inspection II becoming ! tpa
tGrc Of his work ANA all property 9wa-
ers should 60 operate ii tho cffor; to re
,luce fire waste
IN this connection it should be add
ed that Commissioner Young Is mai
ing an arpeal 20 the ncwspapee nlea o
North Carolina TO help IL campaign
for the reduction Of the great IRE
loss (in both property and lives) az
nually in this State, and especially
to stamp out the firing Of woods, eth
carelessly Or maiiciousiy. He intends
to vigorously prosecute offenders OF
this character il the future.
Section 4%46 OF the Revisal is very
explicit in providing The penalty for
the punishment OF those who cause for
est fires, from which this State has
suffer much within the last month
cr two and Commissioner Young de-
clares that al burning Of property Will
| be fully investigated and offenders
prosecuted. Posters warninn against
the burning Of woods are being sent out
from the Insurance Commissioners Of
flee Between three and four million
dollars are annually lost by fire III
North Carolina and Commissioner
| Young says q two thirds of the loss
IS preventable with ordins ~ ccre.
Surely this is a matter that sa-o3..t. en-
list The earnest attention of our pe0-
pie OF ali classes. The Department has
secured the conviction Of 1875 persons
who were prosecuted for incendiary and
| kindred oiTenses. So far there have
been eight convictions by the Depart
lncnt during the present year.
/ At the Head Of This Table, Too.
Representatives Of the North Caro-
turned from Washington where they
presented their cases on appeal to the
Interstate Commerce Commission. II
this instance they met the Virginia
cities in their last stand, in the fight
they ere making to get for the Virginia
cities themselves the benefit Of the
reduced rates in interstate freight to
North Carolina cities and towns, and
discrimination in favor of the Virginia
cities The decision may not be handed
DOWN for several months, but our folk
think they have their case won.
The State of North Carolina IS to bs
congratulated on the fine reputation
which the North Carolina Commission
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