(The Rains County Leader, January 6, 1922)
Our neighboring little city to the north was visited by a bad fire
about two or three o'clock last Thursday morning,
the origin of which is unknown. Foster & Peoples' drug store,
Walter Stovall's stock of general merchandise,
Calloway's garage building and the Masonic hall were destroyed by the
flames. Foster & Peoples' loss is estimated at
$8,000.00 with $5000.00 insurance. Stovall's loss about $6,000.00
with $3,600.00 insurance. The Masons owned the
second story of the Calloway building, and had some insurance.A part
of the tools in Calloway's garage was saved but it
is understood that he did not carry insurance either on the building
or its contents. Also Justice of the Peace, J.T. Rushing, who had
his office and also a shoe shop in the Peoples & Foster building, sustained
a loss of about $600.00 with no insurance. But the boys say that
he now has a clear docket in court, the first time in the past six years.
Foster & Peoples began laying plans at once for another store and they
are now located in the brick just west of the depot where they are fast
accumulating another stock of drugs. We did not learn the plans of
Mr. Stovall or the others but they will be turning things to get an even
start with the new year we are sure.
(The Rains County Leader, June 5, 1925)
Ginger Brick Plant Destroyed by Fire Tuesday Night
Fire originating in one of the pans destroyed about $100,000 worth of
the Fraser Brick Company's plant at Ginger, about 3
miles East of Emory, early Tuesday night. The fire alarm was
given in Emory and some twenty or thirty loaded autos made a
quick run to Ginger but there was nothing that could be done and the
fire just had to run its course. Several of the residences near the
plant were in danger for some time, Mrs. Shaw's residence catching fire
twice, but with energetic work the flames were confined to the brick plant
which was almost completely wrecked. The plant employed from 50 to
60 men regularly.
To Rebuild - Mr. Wynn, the manager, now has a force of some fifty men
clearing away the debris and getting ready to
rebuild the plant. In a telephone conversation with a
representative of this paper, Mr. Wynn stated that they had not yet
determined whether they would just rebuild the old
plant or build a larger one, but that they expected to be in operation
again within 60 days.