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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1876
Page
4
The Intelligencer records the Martin Township Democratic Club voting no county officer suggestions, endorsing the Executive Committee on primaries. It notes July celebrations in Hopewell and Townville engine disaster coverage, local sermons, school notices, and farm crop updates with named towns, people and firms.
The Democratic Club of Savannah Township will meet on the second Saturday in July at 2 PM at the usual place. The basket dinner is canceled due to the freshet and farmers’ burdens. Reports highlight D B Maxwell’s potato yield and a night blooming cereus at his residence, plus social events and a July 4th celebration. The Anderson Democratic Club meets at Masonie Hall Friday evening. plans include a mass county gathering to discuss Tilden and Hendricks. The Carolina Collegiate Institute closes with plays and original compositions on July 12–14 to fund school furniture and supplies. Legal notes recount testimony in the Gray case and a deposition by Tody Barksdale. Sons of Temperance install new officers and hear a temperance address. A local candidate, Wilson, declines county commissioner, thanking supporters. Dr. E. G. Musmh announces practice at Centennial Hotel.
Special Correspondence reports a steam threshing engine explosion at Holcombe and Burns in New York Territory. One enslaved worker dies, engineer Pat Welch perishes after injuries, eight others injured. engine hurled about 25 feet, wrecking the threshing setup. Holcombe and Burns endure severe misfortune, with community sympathy expressed.
The Democratic Club met by prior appointment and enrolled thirty-one new members. J. P. Brown declined county executive duties, and M. Palmer was chosen for the vacancy. Nominated for office were W. W. Humphreys probate judge, John W. Daniels clerk, Sheriff W. T. Grubbs, and county commissioners John Gantt, O.4 Fant, and Col. O.5 Mattison. The club endorsed the county executive committee’s primary timing and adjourned to meet again on the fourth Saturday in July.
The Hall Townsley Democratic Club met at Camwell Institute Balantay Tuly Jat to nominate candidates for county offices but postponed action to the next regular meeting on the first Saturday in August at 6 00 a m. a request was issued inviting aspirants to attend and share views. Also included is a botanical advertisement about Hepatine a supposed liver medicine from Merrell Coupee Philadelphia with offers to send a sample on stamp.
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