Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1919-11-27
STRONG CAMPAIGN
LAUNCHED INSTATE.
TENNESSEE NOT LAGGAR0 in
MATTER INVOLVING SAFETY
OF CITIZENS PROPERTY.
COOPERATION is REQUIRED
An Appeal For All Citizens To Lend
Their Aid To the State Depart
ment In Its Efforts.

So tremendous an evil has the fire
enemy become that throughout the
United States it has been necessary
to intslligsntly and aggressiveIy or.
ganize for the protsct.ca OF life and
property.
In the whole country last year,
which was not more than an average
! IRE loss year, there was taken by fire
something more than $250. 900, 900
worth OF property and many lives
Tennessee suffered prcportionately.
Her losses were close to $4,000, 900.
This Is several times the bonded debt
Of the State. It fs n tax upon every
property owner OF the State. It was
the carrying away Of property that is
| lost forever, because insurance money
IL bat = draft on the public, sub
tractor that merely shifts the loss
from one to many.
In practically every Stats there 10 q
fire prevention bureau. At the head
thereof Is a Commissioner or Fire
Marshall whose duty and task it is to
protect property by adopting methods
to prevent fires.
The Commissioner for Tennessee IL
1Er. Walter B. Bell with headquarters
"a Nashville. He has a strong organi-
sAtfon and is devottng his best fntelIi-
gsnce and energies to the task set
him.
In order to be successful he must
have the cooperation of the public.
Commissioner Bell is keeping in close
t0ucn with other fire prevention or
ganizationa throughout this country
and Canada, and feels that he can Sc
cUrD valuable results.
He is putting out literature and 9TH
Or propaganda wherever in his opin-
lon it viii accomplish results.
He is calling upon the various school
ce9artments, through the principals
ana agents. to help get his matter out
to the masses
Every fire and police department in
the State is now cooperating with
aim
The various civic bodies, manufact-
uring establishments, warehouse own
srs. hotel keepers and the like are be-
Ing appealed to, and are responding IA
vorably
Every railroad organization is inter-
ssted and has promised aid.
Commercial bodies OF every charac-
ter approve his efforts
But he IS anxious to go further. He
wants the individual aid of every cit
lien in the State to help him carry
out the rules for protection of prop
erty upon which he is insisting He
wants the aid of every householder,
however isolated he may be. to do his
part.
He wants him to be on guard on
all occasions, and all hours. In other
words, he is anxious for the spirit of
fire prevention to take hold in Ten
nassse, and make itself a power for
safeguarding the lives and property
Of citizens.
It will take Kest and earnestness.
Tennessee has been losing too many
dollars annually that she should not
/ have lost; that might have been saved
i BY the exercise OF caution
i The losses throughout this country
! and Canada run up annually into hun
drsds OF millions.
/ It is a trite but very untrue saying
/ that insurance companies pay most
of these losses. AS a matter of fact,
] property owners pay every dollar.
| They do not do 50 directly. but they
do when they pay their fire insurance
/ premiums.
/ In the State where fire prevention
| 10 not practicsd the rates are higher
/ than in States where prevention meth
eds have resulted in q minimum OF
loss.
/ When the public comes to proper
/ realization Of the situation, there will
| come the desired cooperation.
H When each individual man. woman
4 and child comes to know that the 9TH
or fellows fire loss is an individual
4 loss to every other citizen, greater
care will be takan
On this page will be given many
rules and precautions that ara more
than worth while.
Read them carefully and have each
member of your family read and pom
der them. Then visit your neighbor
and talk and instill fire prevention
Make your family a fire prevention
family, and then your community.
POUR town or city and your State.
Tennessee is calling upon every cit
izen to take warning and rally against
an unnecessary and easily avoided
hut none the less dangerous. enemy.
Answer the States call.