Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-10-10
URGES PARENTS TO
WARN CHILDREN
STREETS ARE NOW FILLED WITH
SCHOOL CHILDREN AND Acci-
DENTS ARE NUMEROUS.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina PEG.
pie, Gathered Around the State
Capital.
Raleigh.

James R. Young, commissioner of
insurance. has just given out a very
timely statement in which he urges
the citizens of North Carolina to warn
the school children of the dangers of
crossing and playing in the streets.
The statement follows:
During the vacation months while
the streets have been more or less
free from children en- masse there
has been a notable and gratifying. de-
crease in the number of accidents to
children. But now that the schools
are open again, and the streets at
certain. hours are thronged with chill
dren Of an age at which they are
least cautions of danger, drivers Of
vehicles and parents of children
should take every pr~ecautiOn to pre-
vent the numerous and needless acct
dents that usually follow the opening
of the school term. Do not expect the
child to take are of himself. Re-
sponsibility is all right, but the child,
by nature unmindful of danger, is
especially oblivious of surroundings
while renewing companionships inter-
cepted by vacation and ~recounting his
experiences of the summer.
History abounds in evidence that
~automobilists are capable of inf1icting
abundant damage and injury among
their kind without attacking the I'M
suspicting child, who may always be
counted on to do the unexpected thing
at the wrong time. If you drive a car,
take no chances on the child's seeing
you in time to avoid your car; give
him plenty OF time to cross your
path. His antics may at times be
provoking, but if struck by an auto
mobile the chances are against his
living to outgrow them.
Parents. do not trust too implicitly
the Judgment of your child on con
gested streets, especially the child
who is starting to school for the first
time. Better accompany him to and
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more, and endeavor to teach him by
lecture and example the primary les
sens of Safety First" and self-preser-
walton.
Teachers, do not presume too much
on the child's knowledge and train
ing; do not hesitate to instruct him
in the simple but important art OF
looking out for himself. His idea Of
danger may be changed altogether by
a word of caution from vol which
coming from parents might soon be
forgotten.
Ascertain if your school building
from baseemnt up has been cleared
of infammable rubbish. If not, in
sist upon its being done; it may pre-
vent a disaster.
Cordial cooperation on the part of
property owners has been given to
date to the inspectors and special
agents of the fire insurance compa-
MES operating in the State as a part
of the plan of assistance of the Ma.
tional Board of Fire Underwriters to
the National Council of Defense in a
campaign to prevent fire waste and
the destruction of fOOdstuffs especial
ly during the war. Throughout North
Carolina these agents have been in
specting stores, warehouses, barns,
cotton gins and congresses and every
form of property where foodstuffs and
the supplies are stored that enter into
the feeding or clothing of the nation
and her allies in the war. Not a sim
gle case has been reported to the In
surance Commissioner wherein a
property owner has failed to make the
corrections pointed out by the inspec-
tors.
The inspectors are experts in the
line of work in which they are en-
gagged and they are making the IL
spections without regard to the ques-
ton of insurance and without regard
to the business of the companies they
represent. 1t is gratifying to see that
the citizenship of the State stands 10y
ally by in the effort to promote this
work of conservation. When the wal
has ended and the special vigilance
now being observed has been relaxed,
the chances are that the people will
have learned how beneficial these pre-
cautions have been and North Caro-
lima will find itself greatly benefited
by the lessons of carefulness and con-
s%ervation which will not speedily be
forgotten.
Public Schools Will Give Ala
The public school system of the
state is lining up solid'y behind Food
Administrator Henry A. PAGE in the
conduct of the camnaien for food con-
servation. DR.. J.. Y. Joyner, superin-
tendent of education. is suggesting to
all the county superintendent Of the
state a meeting of the teachers of the
various counties October 18th or 18th
for a conference with the county food
administrator and the executive COM
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