The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, May 10, 1916, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
HOMES B?RI? W?TH
LOSS OFjVER $5,500
FLAMES DESTROYED TWO
HOUSES ON GREENVILLE
STREET
BURNED RAPIDLY
Fire Had Good Start and Firemen
Handicapped Because of Low
Water Pressure.
Kin- yesterday afternon at 1 ole'eoj
Kirn yesterday afternoon at I
o'clock totally destroyed the liouio of |
Mr. H. S. Dowllng and iilmost com
pletely burned the home of Mr. nor
me McOee on CJreenvlllo street, en
iailing ioss of over $f;,?O? with Insur
ance to the amount of '4,20. This
is the biggest fire Anderson has suf
fered In some time, and was marked
by tho rapidity with which the b"?ld
iiiKe burned. Within 120 minutes i er
the bluze started, Mr. Dowling's hume
was practically burned to tho ground,
and Mr. MoOee's was rapidly being
consumed.
The fire started In Mr. Dowling's)
home, the exact origin being unknown
Homo uva of the opinion that u defec
tive flue was the cause Blnco the fire
wits first Been on the room. Mrs.
Dowllng said tin. some trash hud just
been burned In n room In the attic, j
and it might have started from that.
The fire department reached the
scene very quickly but the Dowllng
home was a mass of flames by thut|
time. Tho firemen were greatly handi
capped because of the low water pres
sure, and It was soon seen that the
Dowllng- home could not bo Baved.
Tho home of Mr. Cohb on the east |
sida caught fire svceral times, and the
firemen did excellent work in saving |
It. The homo of Mr. McGeo was on
the west side of the Dowllng home, j
and n sadden shift of the wind, threw
the flames over on It, which mode It
impossible for the fIrinnen to save it.
Tho buildings wore very dry, causing
them to bur nso faBt that tho heutl
prevented tho ?fr?men getting clo'ao|
enough to put steady streams on tho
flumes which the pressure nt hand.
Sparks and burning shingles fell on
'the tops of house over the entire ]
neighborhood, and house on North
Fant ntreet, nearly two blocks away
Caught fire, but were soon extinguish- j
od. Numbers of the homes wero cov
ered with metal Bhlngles, and these]
prevented them- from catching fire.
Tho home .of Mr. Dowllng was own;
cd by Mrs. I^aurlo \SUnrpo, and was |
a two story building containing about
eight rooms. The other homo was a
six room houso owned by Mr. Poste! 1
Cater, and occupied by Mr. McOee.
AH of tho furniture- in the Dowllng
home was destroyed except the pia
no. The furniture in the McGee homn
WSB saved by the assistance of thoBO
who bad gathered at the fire
Mrs. Sliarpo carried $2,100 insur
ance on her house, its valve being es
timated at $3.000. Insurance on tho |
Cater tiliuso amounts to .$1,000 and It
' was valued at $1,500. Mrs., Sharps
lived with Mrs. Bowling and carried
$800 on her furniture,
Returned From Winston-Saloon
3 Mr. T. O. Rowen, track foreman of
the city lines of the Southern Public
Utilities company, hOB returned from.
Winston-Salem, N. C, whoro he sup
erintended some track paving in that
"city. Mr. Bowen became very fami
liar, with that kind o( work when tho I
paving was being. doue in Anderson,
.and therefore his services wero de-j
sired in the. North Carolina city.
"Brightest Spot In Town"
WEDNESDAY
Charles Rich m an
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LEE LOONEY PLEADED
GUILTY FOUR COUNTS
CONFESSED TO ROBBING
SEVERAL STORES IN
ANDERSON
SENTENCE 4 YEARS
In Giving Sentence, Judge Prince
Made an Exceptionally Strong
Talk.
The ease of Leo Looncy. the while]
loan who confessed '.o breaking Into
and stealing goods) from the store-]
rooms of B. O. Evana & Co., Parker
& Hull. Anderson's. Xliumons und
two or three otherB u few mouths
ago, h?? attracted much attention ev
er since ho was arrrcBted l.i Augusta |
and confessed. Pity and sympathy
were later added to the case because
of the death of Coaey's wife, und the
."act Mtat they had eight children.
Yesterday in court of general ses
sions I,oonuy plead guilty to house
breaking and larceny on four differ- j
ent counts. All of the sentences to
-;al a period of three years. It Is un
derstood that a petition is to be cir
culated for a pardon.
In sentencing Looncy yesterdiy, j
Judge Prince made a tplendhl talk, j
and ono which will be long remem
bered by thooo who were fortunate j
enough to bo In the court room.' It
was as follows:
"Tliis Is the second time during]
tli*c court week that 1 have been in
tensely shocked. It baa become my
unpleasant duty on numbers of oc
casions to sentence a white man for
crlmo. But it is seldom that I am
called upon to sentence a white man
for housobrcaklng or larceny. I am
told that you are Ute father of eight
children, that only hurts me the |
moro. I cannot Imagine why a man
that is the father of a child, could so j
far forget himself and so far orget
the duty ho owes that child, as to|
stain and blacken his uamo . It pu'.b I
a terrible handicap on any child to'
have hit father be guiltv of stealing:
Chiliren are cruel orio to another. I
perhaps unintentionally, but with tho
usual child's frankness, '.hey freq
uently wound Intensely tho foelingu|
of thoso who aro innocent them
selves, who unfortunately aro thol
children of the thief. That of itself
handicaps the child, and makes hls[
Hfe unhappy but to havo tho con
sciousness of knowing that their |
father had so far forgotten h'.s man*
hood us to bo guilty of common theft, I
the yery, consciousness of that fact,!
is almost' to the child's mind an un
surmountable dlillculty. It tends tn|
destroy bis pride and to tako 'away
the personal prldo of a child 1b to
ruin him. You'had no right to do
it. A man has a right to do as ho:
pleases with hlnu?lf provided ho
can do so without complicating and
injuring others who ore Innocent, |
but a father can not do as ho pleases,
a father cannot steal or commit uny
otlter crime without complicatln;: his
family, embarrassing his family,?in-1
Juring his family, breaking hlsj
mother's or his father's heart, bring
ing; their aged heads with groy hairs
down to the grave of sorrow. Tho
wife , of his. bosom has her heart
broken and then It becomes an un
ploaoml duty of tho Judge to imposo
a penal p.entence.
"Hero aro four cases you h.avol
'plead guilty in. I am told by state's|
council that this isn't all of your sin
ning in this respect, but ho thought
thh was enough, and I think It is
enough. Hut wint I Urn going to'do
with you I hardly know. I have.no
authority under tho law to suspend
sentence in a case of thin sort, be- j
cause it is a folony, and the legisla
ture has only aeon fit to authorize the I
fridge to. suspend eehtonce in cases'
if misdemeanor.. So there is no
chance that 'I havo to put you . on
probation. I wish 'I could let you off
f?r a little while on probation, but I
can't, I haven't X;ho authority to do it.
Not out of any special consid?ration
for you, because you seem to have
been fatally bent upon mlBohlef, but
out of consideration tor those moth
erless children I am hot going to be
as sevbre as my own judgement In
dicates that' I ought to be with you,
bocauso somehow I am promted t?
be la'lder. 1* may bo a mistake to
be mild in your oase, I dp not know.
I wish I did. .But In tho first case,
the Kontenco of the court.in that you
M confined at hard labor on the pub
lic works of Anderson county or in
the state' penitentiary for the period
of one year.
. "In tho second case, the sentence
et the court is that you be oonftned
at hard labor /Upon the public works
b? the county or In the state, peniten
tiary for aAothor year, to begin l. ^at
the expiration of the sentence just
pronounced,.\;
In the ?hird case, the eeatence] ot
the court la tha* you bo confined-at
beta l?bbr upoa-pUbllo works* of
Anderson county--or in the ?Uta'??*
Itontlary Tor the period of bIx months
to begin at tho expiration of the two
sentence? just passed.
"In the fmtrth Case, the sentence of
the court is that you bo confined at
hard labor upan the. work* of i Qx*
odUhty or in the state penitentiary
for tho furthor period of six months,
tb begin at >.he exmratlcn* 6t <h?
three sentences this day passed * la
all three years. .
By that tirao I hopo you wU
thoroughly repented of your
JMH?*^&WI fOft;,*iU oome
s?m;be;?-%.%nd so i^e W
will- ia a m?as?'re 'wipe away I
3rour name the ?tain you hfltve itfti
tartly placed upon it."
DISASTROI
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WOOD SHINGLES MB?1
Insurance Journal Sa]
Should 3e Encouraf
Tho conflagration hazard '
hung over every town und village
lung a? wooden .shingles are used
roofB," Hays the Insurance Post.
"They are conflagration breed
"nclr.g usually dry and inflamma
ready to be ignited by the first
lug brand or spark. Bo far as
posure fires' are concerned, the
feature of the building which n
needs, protection is the roof, us fl>
brands or sparks are not likely
lodgo anywhere else."
The reduction of tho enormous
waste of the country, now amount
to $250,000,000 a year, lies in
hands of the American public. I
can be brought to realize the cr
mous drain these preventable fl
involve upon tho national wealth,
hundreds of lives which are annui
lost, and that carolesBnc?b in
form or another 1b chiefly respom
?it would check the waste by
encouraging individual and munie!
responsibility for securing better c
aillons.
The average man apparently
lieves that the present proportion
fires is inevitable, juct as our ft
fathers believed that plagues and <
demies were inevitable. The la
wore prevented because the people
dlvldually and collectively wero fli
ly induced to give heed to proper s
itary rules.
The epidemic of fires could bo
duccd as easily if the people indl
uttUy and collectively would give li
to proper rules for the construct
protection and care of their prope
America u Fire Factory.
The United States and Canada
giving tho world a demonstration
how they have houses and money
Years of Protect?on Applied
MISS IN ?IRT
[SESSIONS
CASE OF H?USEBREAKING
AND LARCENY BE COM
PLETED TODAY
PLEAS ?F GUILTY
Several More Wore Entered Yes
terday?Grand Jury Returned
Number Bills.
m. ...m,.
When court took a recess ycitnrday
afternoon at 5:30 o'clock all of the
testimony In the case of Drov/n'o
McOrlor and Floyd Ckcoks, charged
with housdreaking and larceny, .had
been taken, i The arguments win be
made thlB morning.
The flrkt ease for trial yesterday
was that, of W. B. Gary, indicted for
issuing worthless checks. A verdict
of not 'guilty was returned
James Walker centered a- plea of
.guilty to housebre&klng and larceny.
He received a sentence of one year.
. Lee Looaey plead : guilty on four
counts to housebroaklng and latveny.
In all .ho ; ; was sentericed to three
years. r
Bills Beturned.
- The grand Jury yesterday returned
the follow in g bills : Newt Duncan,
assault add battery with intent to
kill, true bill. Edgar James: and
Earlo Graham, hou3obrcaking and
I rcony, true bill. Wiylle Berry, burg
lary, true bill.
Lee Looney, housebreaking and
larceny,. four cases, true bill in
Sarah Mattress, murder, true bill.
. yJPrajrTeaguo, /murder, true bill .
a. h,. Mitchell, issuing.; worthless
?>heoks true bill. ..'_
,L. Gruiublbc Is?suing worthless
cheeks, true bill. , . . '
. Rby. Gtee atid Barle ?r?uftm, b??se
bfeablftg and t?reeriy, tmo WH. '*,;
, ; J,: T. :Ci amp, d isposln g property
under. Item, true bill. . .
jerry Loopor and Ike Moldy, asi
??ultrand1 battery with intent to kill,
do bill. .;. > ; ( ' ,
Oecured Vem^b?TTfter?oon at 2?S0
f.^v ' '; -im^u -;-.;;/ / ;
MSbdil-iijiui <ijB?tirtwintisK;- -wifa-S ^
W. 'j^ Brxtburgsr, died at thoir home
at W : Lyon entcet -yestord^y afternoon
at 2:30 o'cieek She was 89 /year* at
ag?. and ie survived by her husband,
four .?dadght?itc and three entafc^'fli*-,
neral Borvkre^ will bo h?l* this dfter^
pHej?;at 4>rf Mill cemetery. " - ' j
Example of tl
Houses C
mmM**immm>\r\ ji l II fj I H
j CONFLAGRATION HAZAR
k"s Non-inflammable Rod
jed in Every Community.
will everything else "to burn.'.' Flgui
so nf tlin fire loss for 11)12, compiled,
for the National Board of Fire Undi
writers and published by the Natk
ers. al Pire Protection association, ?
hie, given in the accompanying table:
riy- (CMtles of over zc.eoo Population,
'ex- No. Cities Per
one reporting Population cap
tost loss l<
Ing United States 300 32.326.033 *>$2
to England .... 12 7.164,849
France. 6 4.425,696
firo Germany i* 2.659,575
ing Ireland. ... 2 C99.802
the Scotland ... 2 485.091
r it Italy. 3 282,082
ior- Russia. 2 3.485,583
1res Austria. 4 2.658,978
the Canada. 5 957.372 2
ally Argentina. .. 1 1.428,042 3,
one ^Estimated per capita loss for win
sble country, $2.16.
en- The figures bIiow the United Stal
ipal Htlll far In the lead over the C
on- World In the race for the uuestional
honor of topping the list in firo loi
be- es; but she could not overcome t
i of handicap set by Canada, whose lar
>re- c'.ties record losses 12 per cent In <
cpl- cess of those In the I'nlted States
tter An even higher rate Is that of $3.
la- standing to tho discredit of one lat
ial- city In the Argentine Republic, p
inn- Kumably Buenos Aires. It Is evldt
that excessive fire losses are pecull
ro- to the newer countries, where ratl
vld- flimsy types of wooden construct!
teod in general prevail,
ion, The United Stater, and Canada i
rty. 'painfully Blow In learning their f
losFcn, but already?especially .
are turning more and more to sheet me
of construction?are giving evidence
and an awakened public intelligence.
in a Day. Burrbs Metal Shingles.
"bill" hutto, anderson
county boy, Making
good as salesman
Mr. William Hutto,.traveling rep
resentative of a well-known litho
graph concern, was In tho rdty yes
terday. 'Bill" has scorea of friends In
Anderson, who were delighted to
tee him. Ho is now . making his
home in Spartanburg, but is an An
derson county boy, having been born
u' Willlamston. Ho gave an inter
esting account of the Willlamston
: re. which he witnesased yesterday
while stopping over there with rel
atives, en mute to Anderson. Hutto
has made an enviable reputable as a
salesman. ?,'..
notice to creditors
I All persons having 'claims, against
the estate of Fred Kowalski, deceased,
are hereby notified to,-present them
properly proven to the undersigned
within the time prescribed by lav,-,
and those' indebted to m alto settle
ment .
Mrs. Hedwetg Kowalski,
Executrix.
HlDDfeN
Because your teeth'?re tau,
necessarily follow that thoy nro
be commencing ta uaseen piacos. ,
BEFOREit become^ajw^Wt. '
ft?ls and PREVENT dlecoic
year to your dentisi,*aWt
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pi?fected by this
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Why not mal
Patent Metal Shii
Burriss M?tal
safety, not found
for estimates.
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Ithcunmf tern.
If you are troubled with chronic or
uuscular rheumatism glvo Chambcr
uin's Liniment a trial. The relief I
!rom pain which it affords is alone i
worth many times its cost. Obtain-j
ible everywhere.
VtiLGANIZ?NG
We are now prepared to
vulcanize Automobile Tubes
and Casings as well is' Bicycle
Tires,' our facilities for 'doing
this work being the completes!
in the city.
AU Work Guaranteed .
Drop by and let us show you the
biggest thing ever Introduced to
the motorcycling world?The 1916:
Indian.
West Bcrts?n Street
'Phone 193
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is often present
?; IliGftU dinUet can de?ct iW^e
eetS^ani!n^,V::i4v:;-:
?ttrriss* Met?l Shingles
en Saved
l?lete mass of flames
ive?l, the roofs burning
urriss Patent Metal
ave at least held down
ng it possible for the
;aved the homes, and
spreading to surround
al nearby being amply
best of all fire protec
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e of Y??r'Home'Which Most Needs P?rbtec
f, as Flying Brands or Sparks Are Not
ikely to Lodge Anywhere Else."
te it safe once for all, by putting on a Buris*
igle Roof.
I Shingles aff nrd a feeling of security, or
in any other roofing. Phone us, dr write
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It will he to every i'ii?n'? ad
vantage tq be on very intt- j
ihate terms with tnis rjdilsb
ff . good outfitting. . rViy
Summer S?it^Kbol K?th,
PalVn keUch, ?tc, at
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are tic productions^rWakers'w?ib ?i?ve f^^j^pr>;-^r
making the best clothes for 'Men. ' inoufcr: worijs V have sd
Iecfe?the best Irom^?' DeSt.
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