Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^^^^p Fire Prevention rV,.-^"^^^^^^^OTH^ffl TODAY is the day set aside by the Governor of the State as Fire Prevention t0^~-^????^^ T)^[ g^^^^^^SP^^R Day. This is a good step toward the prevention of many fire, for the great '^^^^^^^^UA^ .^?^P^^ffl^B^SP ^^^^^^^L^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ majority of fires could have been prevented had the proper care been taken J^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^S^^^^^^^^^ ^SS^wSSu^^^^^^^?^^^^S^^^ Fire Prevention Day is an Annual affair in a great many states, and if the ^^^^MK??^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^BWT^^^-T.^V^^i^r^F^^'i^^^ people follow the suggestions of our Chief Executive, we will be the richer ^^^^?P^ ^^^^w^y^rVEH^o^ot?^^? pftfcpf^ ^l^* ' ^m^^?^W^ by many thousands of dollars annually, not to mention the lives lost by fires. t^^^^<?^^k ^^^^^^^^ For Every Kind of Insurance Let Us Figure With You Fire Burglary Plate Glass Automobile Employers Indemnity Bonds Tornado and Windstorm We help you to get lowest rates on all of the above. We represent strongest and best Companies. Call or Phone JIM FARMER, Manager. Piedmont Insurance Agency Office in Brown Bldg. Anderson, S. C. Phone 305 ? HEW ARD OFFERED We offer a liberal reward to anyone producing a tingle customer of ours dissatisfied with a loss settlement made by ?ny of our Companies. Produce the man an d the GOLD is yours. FIRES CANNOT ALWAYS BE PREVENTED. You must therefore rely on your fire insurance policy and on your agent to prepare your policy correctly and in a strong reputable company. ? Years of practical experience enable us to guarantee our policies to be correct, and the fact that our companies have withstood the enormous fire and conflagrations of the world for over a century establishes their ability and willingness to pay. Give Us a Chance to Prove This Statement Realty Trust Company L. S. Horton, President W. D. McLean, Sec & Manager. Office-Ligon Sc Ledbetter Bldg. Phone No. 900. We can't prevent fires altogether but we can save you from most of the loss suffered by FIRE and other disasters. We offer our twelve years of experience to the insuring public and gladly fur nish you with information as to fire prevention and construction. lt's WrittenRight If Johnson Writes It" Citizens Insurance Agency Phone 2G9 Bleckley Building No matter how careful you may be, someone else's carelessness may re sult in loss to you. Before it is too late make yourself "SAFE" by securing a fire insurance policy from WILLETT P. SLOAN "Better Be Safe Than Sorry" "Dent's" By CHIEF JACKSON, of the Anderson Fire Department 1. Don't so into a closet with a lighted match for clothing. 2. Don't kindle fires in stoves with kerosene. :;. Dont put out asher, and coal in wooden barr?la or .boxes. I* Don't allow waste paper, ex celsior and rubbish io collect. 5. Don't look for gas leaks with a ma tels or lamp. t>. Don't have lace curtains near gas br?chet?. 7. Don't allow olly rags to be near st?vak or'about tine premises< 8. Don't allow sawdust to be used m cuspidors or floors. ? f?. Doit throw waite paper on a fire la a fireplace. 10. Don't keep matches tn paper boxes or lying around. 11. !<)on*t forget that matches are . the beginning of many conflagrations IS. Don't bang your clot tiing near open fires or stores. 13. Don't fill 'a::ipa a'tor dara, and never when lighted. 14. Don't allDW. rt&blsh to remain in hallways or o? fir? escapee. 15. Don't hurn; leaves and dead gross on windy djsys. , 16. Don't forget to have the o'jim usys of your house cleansd each year. 17. Don't fati\io *ook twice at everything that looks like fire. 18. Don't leave ?vetfthing to the landlord; Inspect .'your own building. 10. Don't fall to give the firemen .very opportunity to make careful ex? amination of your propvj-ty. They are trying to help you. Concerning Gasoline. 1. Dont use gasoline for cleaning In a closed room. 2. Dost spifl gasoline. 3. Don't, fill the tank pf your stove full. 4. Dont use a reservoir of nyora than two gallons' capacity. 5. Dont use a ctove abat leam*, g. Dont fill the reservoir of stoves near a lighted laaap. 7. Dont strike matchee to seo Dow to till the reservoir or whether lt la too fall or not. 8. Dont ass a small gasoline stove uatll lt .te fastened down. ?. Dont ns? a leaky funnel In fill ing. 10. Dont fill a gasoline ato-rte in a closed room. Have .plenty of ventila tion to carry away th? vapor and out of the room. Beware ot leaks' ?od never forget how dangerous a material gasoline ls. 11. Dont ?lean clothes with gase* line ta a room in whlo'r there ia aa open flame ( such as In kerosene hamps, grates, gas stoves, etc. i*sBJ?1, s '1- : ? MTWrnH UUlff ^ j jaSKRnflHfXBIBn'S'llflBKfl