July 4, 1876 should have been a day of extraordinary celebration throughout the nation as the United States of America's Centennial birthday. Strangely, the only reference to a celebration in Greenville, S.C. was a small paragraph entitled "Our Centennial Offer" in the local newspaper, The Enterprise and Mountaineer. "On the 4th of July, 1876, we will present a 60 Weed Sewing-Machine, warranted...