16 May 1878
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1878
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment discusses perinatal topics, monetary figures, and censuses with unclear references to locations, dates, and entities. It mentions a dollar rate per square yard and several illegible terms, leaving the main action and parties impossible to identify with certainty.
The Jingled tale follows Frank Williams and Mona Liza Smith, raised apart after a widow’s plea, and bound by a growing affection as Civil War era tensions rise. Family loyalties test devotion, while Jane Smith and Thomas Williams navigate guardianship, class, and fate.
Reports to Senate from War Secretary endorse General Gillmore and General Humphreys plan for a permanent Charleston harbor channel with low submerged jetties. Estimated cost ranges 1.8 to 3.0 million dollars, with annual appropriations proposed. The report details channel depths, jetty lengths, and construction method. Senate committee to print the papers. Chamber of Commerce praises the plan.
The narrative recounts the Sothern murder trial in Pickens County Georgia. Narcian Cowart dies after a quarrel with her husband Sothern at a 1876 party. Sothern is convicted of murder and faces possible execution amid appeals and state interest. The report also lists anniversaries and local curiosities.
An extended discussion on the costs of growing cotton and corn, detailing labor, feed, and equipment expenses, yields, and profits per acre. It contrasts labor costs with crop value, then shifts to a political tract arguing for the re election of a Chief Magistrate and defending the elective presidency amid national dispute. Also notes executions in Louisiana and social news from Brigham Young's circle and Maryland.
John McGinty, a Rochester printer turned tramp, reportedly recovered from inflammatory rheumatism after a terrifying incident in a hospital dead room. He was treated at St Marys Hospital by nuns, and after a near-fatal stumble with a corpse, claims his rheumatism vanished and has not returned since.
The school teachers of the various counties should organize county conventions for two days. An exchange of teaching methods, textbooks, and discipline will aid the state. Local editors can publish convention reports. Planters and farmers receive praise for public service. Shad distribution plan proposed by Senator Butler, seeking responses from across districts. A Boston boy proves a point by a clever retort about restraint.
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