https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/9c886868ff112eb095b0105df2cf5244.pdf 425ed9230a5e3a27771d886b8950f18c PDF Text Text • >r lD e. • • lC • I The building housing Jowers. ,e Furniture Company in Hemingway was destroyed by .e d · fire early Friday morning, May 31, along with its contents. Murray Jowers, owner, said 0 g he was able to salvage only a few air-conditioners and they are water damaged. :t The fire .which 1started in the ' r early niorning- hours was . believed to be the work of an arsonist. According to repo~ts, )f up a temporary offit!e in the to attend to getting the insurance.'' Jowers was cleaning out the only portion , of the store building, the' two story section, that was left standing Tuesday morning. He said if he does not have to tear down the walls he will be back in business within 30 days. . residence beside the remains of • th building, and is accepting payments on accounts and transacting other business there. In 1956, Jowers built the brick building on George street, · which was .d estroyed in the blaze, and moved his business · · there. In the meantime, he has set - • the back door was found open when fire men arrived, and the. fire apparently started in the · area of the office. The John-. son ville Volunteer Fire Department was called for assistance in combating the blaze ·and both .departments remained on the scene for several house . SLED agents were called to the scene, and an i~vestigation is under way. . • • .... . . ... ....... • I • • • Jowers said the building, not the contents, wa insQred. On the scene Frid~y afternoon he saia, . ''I guess this makes me look Ii e .. ' ' a poor businessman. I had been • intending for three months to ·· em a ins take out insurance, but just had .. not been able to get to it. I · Tl1e 1·e1nai11s of Jowers Furniture Company in figured I had been riding my He1ni11gway a1·e show11 he1·e after fire completely luck long enough, and it was dest1·oyed the building in a11 ea1·ly 1norning blaze last time I did something about it, F1·iday. The building a11d co11te~ts were a total loss. but just had not found the ti1ne • • • • • • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jowers Furniture Burns WO 6-6-74 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer News Newspaper Weekly Observer