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Piedmont offers restored William Jennings Demorest bell to city; council presented resolution to accept donation
Summary
Piedmont University offered to donate the William Jennings Demorest Bell — originally donated to the Federated Church in 1894 and repaired after hurricane damage — and City Manager Mark Musselwhite presented a resolution to accept the gift; the meeting record does not show final action on the resolution.
City Manager Mark Musselwhite told council members that Piedmont University has offered to donate the William Jennings Demorest Bell to the City of Demorest. According to the record, William Jennings Demorest donated a bell and an American flag to the Federated Church in 1894; a summer hurricane later damaged the bell, and a person identified as Bryan repaired it. Piedmont University then offered to donate the restored bell to the city.
Musselwhite presented a resolution to accept the donation; the meeting minutes do not record a formal vote or final action on the resolution during the Nov. 6 work session.
Further procedural steps or conditions for accepting the bell were not recorded in the meeting summary.
