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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1878
Page
2
GEO M MATHES announces job printing services with cheap rates and holiday hours, noting no paper next week. The piece lists office offerings from letterheads to posters and blanks, plus holiday wishes and a few political notes about the legislature, society, and local incidents.
Washington and Southern state politics dominate the report with accusations against Republican officials, union troop presence, and Civil War era corruption. The piece critiques Hayes and Sherman, notes election fraud claims, discusses rail and river projects, tobacco tax reform hopes, and a memorial for W A Graham amid a broad portrait of race, politics, and economics in the era.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue cites 1 049 tobacco factories with 95 in Virginia and North Carolina. He lists revenue totals up to June 30 1878 for tobacco products at 3 613 488 61 and other figures, alongside notes on rail gauge proposals, emigrant interest in the South, and various local political and legal matters.
North Carolina Republicans push a resolution in the House to form a select committee to investigate revenue collectors and U S marshals amid scandals. Senator Everett and Secretary Sherman discuss corruption tied to Wheeler and Young as opponents demand accountability.
A December 14 1878 Caswell County meeting at Yanceyville called for Congress to reduce the manufactured tobacco tax from 24 to 16 cents per pound. Delegates were urged to Danville on January 2 1879 for a planters convention to back the tax cut and publish the proceedings.
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