Editing Carl Ponder (section)

== Key events ==

* Minor fire at Gaffney location: September 1931
** Gaffney Ledger paper, September 8 1931 P.5, reports a minor fire caused by electrical manufacturing equipment. However, this was (almost certainly) at the Gaffney store
* Major fire at Anderson location: May 30, 1932
** Greenville News, May 31, 1932, P.5 reports "considerable damage" of $4,000 partially covered by insurance.
* Major fire: January 28, 1936
** Sumpter Daily Item, Jan. 28 1936 P.1
*** discovered about 1:00 am
*** destroyed Ponders Ice Cream, W.M. Thompson automobiles, and the Grand Theatre; damaged Western Union
*** 10 firemen from Greenville assisted
*** cause not yet determined
*** Losses around $75,000
** Greenville News, Jan 3 1943 p20 — mentions this prior fire which almost destroyed it.
* Major fire: Thursday, January 2, 1943
** Greenville News, Jan 3, p20:
*** J. T. Broadus died. Worked til 2am, told nightwatchman to wake him at six, went upstairs to sleep.
*** Firemen started to fight the fire about 3:30am. Greenville firemen arrived in support about 5am.

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