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Friday, August 23, 2019

Burlington Woman Regrets Giving 2-Year-Old a Gun, Aug. 23, 1919

From the Statesville Landmark as reprinted in the Hickory Daily Record, Saturday evening, August 23, 1919

Lesson for Parents

The dangers of childhood which can neither be foreseen nor guarded against are numerous, but just why anybody should give a child a pistol as a plaything, even when the weapon is believed to be empty, is past finding out. The Burlington lady who thought she had extracted all the cartridges from a pistol before she handed it to a 2-year-old child, will regret the act to her dying hour. One cartridge was overlooked and that proved fatal. 

A few days ago, in one of the counties of this state, a baby was left in its carriage in the yard. The wind started the carriage down an incline, it rolled into a creek and the baby was drowned. Always the thought that additional precaution was neglected will cause a pang. 

Children allowed to run in the streets where automobiles pass are in constant danger. Sometimes a life is crushed out or a serious injury inflicted, and in the bitterness of their sorrow parents will remember that they are not blameless. The trouble and sorrow that often result from thoughtlessness, that might be avoided by a little more care, are incalculable.

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