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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-30
Execution Of Henry Ware.
SHELBY, y. c., May pa.

Henry Roberts, colored, was executed
here to-day for the murder, IN March
last, Of Augustus Ware.
Henry is about 80 years old, weigh
;no las lbs. stout, of more than average
intellect for his race, reads and writes,
which he has learned since his
II D that two years since Henry
had a sick family and lost N of his
children. Medical attention was given
by Drs. Dickson and Tracy, of Kings
Mountain, near which the murderer
lived. and where the murder was com
mit,ed. During the illness Of the chill
dren a Dutch doctor, as they are termed
here. visited them, and by marks and
tricks. convinced Henry that the medl-
cine administered was useless; that the
children were conjured by one who pre-
tended to be his best friend, describing
Gus Ware and his wife. -,
Henry made threats that he would
kill Ware. On the night the murder
occurred Gus Ware, on his way to a
frolic. passed by Roberts house aud left
a pair of boots to be mended, which he
promised to have done On his return.
Roberts killed him with an axe, and
carried his body to the railroad near by
and placed it on the track, and the train
soon passed, mutilating the body.
This evidence is from Benjamin Bates,
who testified that he was forced 10
assist him in carrying the body to the
railroad, which was borne out by other
circumstances and corrOborated. Bates
was a stranger who happened IN with
Roberts ON the night Of the murder.
Roberts c~onversed freely and declared
his innocence he was resigned to his
fate, and requested a star to lie put on
his coffin, as an emblem Of the starry
crown he expected to wear In the
'sweet by and by
This is the first hanging that has ever
occurred in the county, which is thirty
three years old. The people are quiet
and law-abiding.
Roberts tried to cheat the gallows by
starvation, refusing to eat anything Tor
four five days after being sentenced by
Judge Cox at the recent term OF the
court, but since he has eaten ravenously.
Nearly every one believes III his guilt.
Roberts slept well last night, and
promptly at the hour assembled the seal
fold. He made ten minutes speech,
protesting his innocence. There was a
star on the coffin lid as he had requested.
Two thousand people were present
Raleigh NeaCs.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-30
NORTH CAROLINA MARKETS
WILMINGTON.

Cotton, l08. teady al =
spirits turpentine qu!er ahu f,roei.-
iine St4ady al Sill, Tor hard: $40 Tor sf'"
and VIRGIN. Tar, sl'2
CHARLOTTE
Cotton active: middlings, -. CoEh, nun -
and meal in demand: y. Z. nonr laaoSs3, -
per sack wheat, sL-o4 90 c"an 1si.1I5
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-30

Susan Branch, colored, supposed to
be about 1l5 years old, died near En-
field, n. c., on the 9th inst.
The 'long SPELL" rust and cotton
worm have recently been disastrous to
the temper of some farmers.
Worms are said to be playing havoc
in the cotton fields in Mecklenburg
county. around Charlotte, n. &.
Colonel Thomas F. Owens, an es-
teemed resident Of Norfolk, died on
Friday, the Eth, at the age OF fifty
six years.
The cool spell at the North will BEN
eft Virginia truckers, enabling them
To oct better prices for their stuff.
A tumor weighing seven pounds was
extracted from the breast OF a negro
woman at Sanford, y. c., h other
day.
Henry Roberts colored, was eXecu-
ted at Shelby on the oath instant, tor
the murder of Augustus Ware last
March5
The Greenville Express says a seri-
Gus cutting attray occurred In Farm
Vile, in this county, on last Saturday
evening", between Mr.. A. Hill and MIR.
Sherod Belcher, III which Mr.. *. was
painfully, it not fatally injured.
Modjeska's manager, Mr.. Sargent,
has signed a contract for her for a five
wears engagement at the Imperial
Theatre, at Warsaw a forfeit of TO-
UUO rouDles is required to prevent any
breaking OF engagement with tine
house.
The thous ind and one spooneys in
the United States who ocean SO
infatuated with Adelaide Nelson, will
regret to learn that she Is now in Lon
don suffering from heart disease, and
may be obliged to retire from her pro-
feSsiOn.
The most beautiful hair on record is
at the Paris Exposition. 1t is sllken
and golden and rich and seven feet
long. 1t belonged to a poor Norman
girl who sold it wholesale. She ought
To have kept a boarding house and let
it out by retail, four hairs to the
pound.
Mabel Leonard, the child actress anC
whilom protege of Mrs. Harriott
CLARA Morris) will Oon appear in Bos
ton in a play written for her, entitled
'kalN the t1Ot SOIu 0lIl. SuG Is u
receive 500 per week for her services
The closing exercises of Cedar creel
academy took place at Lilesville OF
the 24th. Maj. VIM. A Graham, o
Lincoln, delivered the literary address
and Rev. L. Harrison, of Apex, preach
ed the sermon. At night n student
a an entertainment, consisting o
charades, comedies and short TRACE
dies, with vocal music.
Wallack, of New York, has cleare,
$5O, 600 On the season which is abou
to close. Only three weeks OF the Ell
tire winter AVE been losing venture
to the management, while the mos
profitable week brought a net gain G
81, 500 Marriage" written by Bouc
cault, and abused by everybody, too
in $1,000 during the first week of ii
production, and over $4,000 in tn
sixth. But diplomacy" has prove
the trump card, and will be AIKEN
in the height OF it's popularity.
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Commission Merchants.

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Farm, will get the best oi a
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Leather, and Dry Goods @s..
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Commercial.
New York Markets.

New YORK. May %. 1873
Gold. Exchange s; Money. - =
ton steady: lands, II 3 Is; Orleans
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03

1t has been claimed in some quar-
ters that there has been no contrac
ton OF the currency. The Green
hackers replied by claiming, among
other things. that the 7.3O notes were
part OF the currency of the country,
and that they had been paid off and
cancelled to the amount of $40 ,OOO,.
ooo. This the republicans denied;
and an appeal was made to Hon. f. E.
Spinner, ex-treasurer of the United
States, who replies as follows:
MOHAWK, Aug. 7, 1879.
DEAR SIRs: Your letter of the 18th
inst. has been received. In answer
have to say that the 7-3O treasury
notes were intended. prepared, issued
and used as currency. Very respect.
fully yours, F. E. SpINNrR
The Coldwater (Mich.) Republican
has just published The following letter
to a. II. Ellis, of Vaudeville, Mich,
OF which the original is in it's posses.
sion:
JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Aug. 8, 1873:
DEAR SIR: Your letter of the 9th,
postmarked the Goth ult., has been
forwarded to me here from my Mo.
hawk home. l have looked at the
printed slip the letter quoted above,
I'D. Rep.l. and although l never
wrote Dear Sirs' in my life. think
the remainder of the letter is genu-
Inc. The reference is. of course. to
the 1908 of 1861. These were paid
out OF the treasury by millions to
postmasters and quartermasters, for
the payment of troops and purchase
OF provisions. That they were in cir
culation for long time as money, and
that many of them were we'll worn
when they came to the treasury, /
recollect well. In the cash accounts
of the treasury they were not carried
as currency. because they were con-
vertible and nterest-bearing.
Respectfully yours.
F. E. SPINNER.
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tion in the gift Of the people; he is
both able and honest; thorough
Greenbacker and we'll posted upon
public questions generally. We hope
to see him again nominated for con-
gress in the not distant future, under
circumstances which will justify him
i'll making the necessary canvass with
some reasonable hope of success.
In the meantime, as he declines to
accept the nomination, we would ex-
press the hope that the Greenbackers
of the district will cast their votes
for Hon. Henry Poehler, the Demo-
cratic nominee. We make this sug-
gestion for several reasons:-
l. Mr.. Poehler has written letter
to P. B. Cook Esq, of Hastings, in
which he places himself squarely up
on the Ohio platform and declares his
support of the main principles of the
Greenback creed.
2. We learn that Mr.. poehler has
no interest in or connection with any
National Bank, as has been charged.
3. His opponent, Major Strait. is
president of the National Bank at
Shakopee..
4. The Democracy of the First and
Third Congressional districts of Min
nesota, have been generous enough to
stand aside in the race for office and
are now throwing their whole force
in favor of the Greenback candidates.
This rare magnanimity would seem to
require that the Greenbackers OF the
Second District should receprocate by
supporting Mr.. Poehler.
5. Mr.. Poehler is most honorable
gentleman, and worthy representa-
tive of a great race that has done
much to develope the resources of the
State and nation, while their contri.
buttons to the worlds science, phil.
osophy and literature have been simp-
ly incalculable. The prejudice of
ioUo Is the IasJ DlgoLry LIIaJ snOuId be
invoked against any man, and we are
sorry to know that it is now being
aroused against Mr.. Poehler.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03

The Pioneer Press is ready to dis.
band the Republican party and form
a new party on the sole issue of hard.
money and hard times. Hear it.
In view of the recent election in
Maine. the honest men of the country
should at once make up their minds
Tor square fight with the rogues and
1ools. 1t is immatelial under what
name the honest men rally, 50 long as
they gather around the standard of
"SOund constitutional currency and
unstained national credit" Let hon.
est men stand firm; they can thous.
and times better afford to endure de-
feat for few years than to yield an
inch to the shameless infection of
cowardice and dishonor that is now
marking for its own all the truculent
and faithless elements in the land.
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peculiar crop of wheat now being
marketed at the four stations in this
county only. The meeting was not
enthusiastic and no wide spread dis
satisfaction seemed to prevail among
the majority of the farmers inside or
outside of the meeting, yet there was
disposition to
TALK THE MATTER Up AND ORGA-
NIZE,
with view to bring about less ar
bitrary grading. A committed was
appointed to bring the matter before
the people. organize country farm
ers union, and report next monthly
fair day. Upon inquiry we found
much dissatisfaction prevailed
against other points than Willmar in
the matter of the required grade.
Here the wheat is properly cleaned by
each elevator before grading, and bet.
ter satisfaction is given. The other
points having no such facilities can
not bring the wheat up to grade, and
the farmer is necessarily dissatisfied
and Immediately condemns the estab-
ished grade as the cause. The diff
ferences in prices between No, 2 and
3 is fifteen cents, between No, 2 and
rejected thirty-fve cents, This diff
ference causes much of the dissatis-
faction, as wheat falling half or a
pound below required weight for No.
2 falls fifteen cents in price. About
eight and ten thousand bushels per
week is now. being received at Will.
mar.
A correspondent of the Pioneer
Press writes:
The first question, l think, is ad.
mitted Oh all hands, that the widen.
ing out of the grades out of all pro.
portion to the weight of the wheat is
a swindle. The only defense made
by your paper, or by Minneapolis, is
that the millers are not the parties
who did it. And yet MIR. Sturtevant,
while holding this theory, admits that
the millers procured" an inspector
from Milwaukee, who inspects to suit
the Milwaukee board of trade. This
proves to my mind exactly what the
Iai nrcIS charge uIat Tie ''MllWaukce
board of trade and the Minneapolis
millers are the persons" who fix these
grades and do the wrong. We are in
their hands. Again. the agent of the
Millers' association admits in his
communication that they have an in.
spector who fixes the grade to which
the elevators and Milwaukee inspec.
tor must conform. Now to my mind
these two admissions are a plea OF
guilty. If not, will the t'ofher and
please say why not! Now what is the
remedy! Plain enough. Let the
public press Of the state stand by the
state and the peo pie. and make pub.
lie sentiment against such practices
which will embody itself in law at the
next session of the legislature. Perish
the pusillanimous and miserably petty
cry that Donnelly or Washburn count
as feathers weight in considering
so vast and important an interest uf
the state. Let the incidental cunse-
quences take care Of themselves.
Let us be true to our manhood and
the public interests.
HOMO.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03

The Minnesota Stats Tidning pub.
nshed at Minneapolis. and edited by
Hon. Hans Mattson. makes the fol
lowing charges against Hon. Wrh. G.
lie Due, and takes the pains of print.
ing it in English:
Mr.. lie Due, United States commits.
sioner of agriculture, under whose
care and guidance the president and
party recently travelled over the
northwest. received the courtesies Of
. call from three prominent Scandina.
vian gentlemen in Chicago while on
route for this State, and during the
conversation with them, at the Grand
Pacific Hotel, gave utterance to the
following very remarkable senti.
ments: the commissioner said snh.
stantially and with particular en-.
phasis: 1--WE have had enough Of
foreign immigration; there is M
more land left in this country th.n
We need for ourseles. our children
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Organize for victory. Democrats
Greenbackers and everyone opposed
to the longer continuance of Repub
lican misrule should organize with
out delay and be prepared to do effec
tive work at the polls. Do not delay
organization until the time is toe
short. Every town and ward should
have a club organized within the
next ten days.->i. Puul Globe.
Sound advice. Whenever there are
dozen Greenbackers they should or
ganiZe a club and hold meetings once
a week until election.
That is the way they polled such a
splendid vote in Maine.
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as is now in progress. His bill was
in substance as follows:
Eircf

in substance as follows:
First. 1t provided for general in
spector of grades, weights and
measures at St Paul, said inspector
to be elected by the legislature and
hold Office for two years. This in
spector was to prescribe grades of
wheat, defining what they should con-
sist of.
Second.--A deputy Inspector was to
be placed at such elevator or mill.
such Inspector to be elected by the
county commissioners, and to be
paid one-quarter of cent per bushel
for grading, such payment to be made
by the farmer. An appeal was to be
made from the local inspector to the
general Inspector at st. Paul.
Third.-The deputies were forbidden
the use of the brass testers. but were
required to use the approved half
bushel measure and regular scales.
This is the measure, or something
akin to it, which Mr.. Donnelly S
election to Congress would secure,
while Mr.. Washburn's would mean
the perpetuation of the present system
Of robbery.
And still we are informed that it
will not do to mix this matter with
politics. We might add that this
Injunction comes entirely from
WaShburn men.
In the meantime it is evident that
the farmers of the whole State pro.
pose to take up this question and
ascertain who is responsible for the
wrong they suffer and what is the
remedy.
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The st. Paul Globe of the 3Oth

Inc St. 1aul ULOOe or the 0Uth Sept
contains the following able article:
The supporters of Mr.. Washburn
profess to be exceedingly shocked
because the oppression and robbery OF
the Minneapolis Millers' Association
is made political matter. They say
it has nothing to do with politics
and that it is outrageous to mix the
grade of wheat with Washburn's can.
didacy for Congress. We can scarce.
ly imagine that any one is so dull OF
comprehension as to be deceived by
any such plea.
The Minneapolis Millers' Associa.
tion is powerful and wealthy com.
bination, against which the farmers
cannot cope either singly or by neigh.
borhoods. They need to mass their
forces and make united outslaught
on their Oppressors. The only DOS.
sible method to accomplish this is at
the ballot box. That is where eyery
man can make himself felt. The pro.
ducer should select for his Lawmakers
both State and National, men whose
interests are with them and not
against them. Relief can be secured
either from Congress or the State
legislature. and if the farmers ever
expect relief they must see that no
man Is elected who will be debarred
from aiding in securing the necessary
legislative relief.
Mr.. Washburn is a candidate for
Congress. and it is not only legitimate
but absolutely essential to consider
his qualifications. He is one of the
owners of the Washburn B mill and
the Washburn A mill (beinp rebuiltl
at Minneapolis. Both of these mill
companies have memberships in the
Minneapolis Millers' Association. and
are part and parcel of the great
monopoly which is robbing the
farmer. If Mr.. Washburn should be
elected to Congress, it is not in human
nature for him to go against his own
pecuniary interests and befriend the
wheat-grower. Instead Of Introducing
bill in Congress fixing the grade Of
wheat and making bushel Of wheat
of a given grade in Minnesota a
bushel of wheat Of the same grade in
New York and the country through.
he would oppose the passage OF
such a measure if offered by anyone.
Mr.. Donnelly. on the contrary, is a
farmer himself. He has 1000 acres
Of wheat land lone half under plow]
in Stevens county. upon the main line
OF the St. Paul L Pacific, where the
Minneapolis wheat ring are operating.
He knows by actual experiences the
robbery being perpetrated ON the
settler, and has every incentive to aid
them. Furthermore, he has proven
himself the enemy Of the Washbuir
wheat ring in > practical manner
For four successive winters NJ. Don
nelly has introduced billin the State
Senate 70 prevent just such plunderina
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03

and children's children, and we want
no more of the foreign element among
u.s."
Of course the charge is true. LIE
Due is an ass of the most assinive
kind: He can stand in the Depart
ment of Agricultural at Washington
and wave his ears over the Red River
Valley.
He will next propose to burn our
shipping and shoot every foreigner
that attempts to land on our shores:
and as the financial policy of his
master has already stopped immigra-
tlon and is driving thousands back to
Europe, he wouldn't have many to
shoot.
Oh wise Hayes! Oh noble LIE DUO
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03

After the first news of the result in
Maine the Republican party were
ready to throw the gold-bugs and
banks overheard. But these worthless
do not propose to be made Jonahs of
III that way; they are determined
that If they must go to the bottom
the Republican party must go with
them. We quote:
W WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-Eugene
Hale, chairman of the Republican
congressional campaign committee,
IN an interview, in answer to a
question whether any change was
contemplated in the conduct of the
campaign based on the election in
Maine, says: | know there has been a
good deal of talk recently about the
change OF base by the Republican
party ON financial issues, but there is
nothing in it. We will keep our old
programme. He denies that the
Republicans would go out of their
way to make any overtures whatever
TO the Greenback party. He declares
That the committee would not counsel
the support of Greenback candidate
In district where they could beat a
Democratic nominee by so doing and
SAID an honest financial policy is one
upon which we must make the fight.
The standard which we upheld in
Maine must not be lowered an inch.
There you have it, Greenbackers ,
The Republicans will not form any
alliances with you under any circum.
stances. They prefer to be wiped out
rather than help the Nationals.
well, we propose to wipe them out
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03

We have received the following let.
ter from Hon. R. K. Burrows, formerly
leading and influential member of
the State Senate:-
PINE CITY, Sept. 18, 1878.
Hon. l. DONNELLY, DEAR S1R:-I
note your nomination for M. C. for
this district, and congratulate you
thereon.
In the platform adopted by the Ma
tlUnals, l can see no provision for
keeping up the specie reserves, in
treasury which alone will make green.
backs at par. The question l wish to
ask is this, if greenbacks are to be re-
ceived for all government dues Gus
toms included. How is coin to be OBJ.
talned by the treasury, after the
amount on hand at passage of bill is
exhausted! This seems to me vital
error in your financial programme,
and you would confer favor on
many by answering the above cues.
tlon through the columns of YOUR
paper.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03

The Greenback convention of the
second District was held Sept. 18th at
Northf'eld. 1t was not as largely at.
tended as it should have been. This
was probably due to the hard times
and the scarcity of money. We
printed brief report of the proceed,
ings in eur last issue.
The gentleman named by the con.
vention - their nominee. Hon. Geo.
G. Chamberlin. Il worthy Of any noei,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03
Yours with esteem,
r. X. BURROWS

The answer is plain:-
1t greenbacks are below the value
OF gold because they are not permit
ted by law to fulfill all the functions
or gold, to-wlt, are not receivable tor
duties on imports; and if their recep-
ton for duties on imports would make
them. as seems to be admitted even
by John Sherman, of the same value
as gold, then there would be no diff
Guilty in exchanging them for gold
whenever the government needed
any for the payment of interest on
the bonds.
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Burv Washburn out OF Sight.
Lake Cifv Senfincl

Washburn and his friends will turn
loose the dogs Of war in tile third dis.
trict. and fight Donnelly until the end
Of the campaign; but neither the
Washburn family nor the pine land
ring have money enough to buy w.
d. a seat in the forty.sixth congress.
With his sarcastic tongue. ready wit
and complete knowledge Of the work.
ings Of the corrupt political ma
chinery which made Washburn's
nomination possible, DonnelIy will
goad his adversary to desperation and
bury him out OF sight in November.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03
Washburn Alarmed
lDelano EAGLE. 1

II signs do not all deceive, Mr.. Don.
nelly will get mere Republican votes
in this county, and perhaps all over
the district than it was first thought
he would. and If we mistake not, Mr..
Washburn and friends are somewhat
alarmed and show signs or Indications
OF intending to inangurao vigorous
campaign. It would be grand spec
tacle. indeed, and the most glorious
feat OF his life. il Mr.. Donnelly would
defeat the pine land rings servant.
and representative, and obliterate
from the broad part Of at least one
Washburn, the historical m. c."