﻿PREFATORY. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  factor 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  leading 
  in- 
  

   dustries 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  and 
  our 
  beloved 
  Southland, 
  the 
  

   faithful 
  historian 
  will 
  cheerfully 
  accord 
  to 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Dur- 
  

   ham 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  position 
  in 
  the 
  annals 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Old 
  

   North 
  State." 
  While 
  on 
  the 
  one 
  hand 
  thousands 
  of 
  our 
  

   farmers 
  are 
  to-day 
  standing 
  upon 
  the 
  brink 
  of 
  bankruptcy 
  

   through 
  the 
  inordinate 
  mortgage 
  excise 
  demanded 
  by 
  King 
  

   Cotton, 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  equally 
  as 
  many 
  have 
  come 
  up 
  

   from 
  theSahara 
  of 
  adversity 
  unto 
  the 
  translucent 
  fountain 
  of 
  

   prosperity 
  and 
  contentment 
  through 
  the 
  beneficent 
  influ- 
  

   ence 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  weed." 
  As 
  a 
  principal 
  concomitant 
  in 
  event- 
  

   uating 
  this 
  happy 
  era 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  South, 
  and 
  especially 
  the 
  

   industrial 
  interests 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  and 
  because 
  she 
  has 
  done 
  

   immeasurably 
  more, 
  through 
  her 
  lavish 
  and 
  judicious 
  sys- 
  

   tem 
  of 
  advertising, 
  to 
  attract 
  the 
  notice 
  of 
  capitalists 
  and 
  in- 
  

   duce 
  immigration 
  from 
  the 
  nations 
  of 
  the 
  earth, 
  Durham 
  is 
  

   eminentlj^ 
  entitled 
  to 
  honorable 
  historic 
  mention, 
  and 
  the 
  

   following 
  pages 
  are 
  but 
  a 
  feeble 
  attempt 
  to 
  accord 
  plenary 
  

   justice 
  to 
  her 
  great 
  leading 
  spirits 
  and 
  enterprises. 
  Her 
  

   Carrs, 
  Blackwells, 
  Dukes 
  and 
  Parrishes, 
  actuated 
  by 
  a 
  lofty 
  

   State 
  pride, 
  and 
  a 
  sincere 
  desire 
  to 
  advance 
  the 
  best 
  inter- 
  

   ests 
  of 
  all 
  classes, 
  have 
  freely 
  and 
  unstintingly 
  utilized 
  their 
  

   energies, 
  brains 
  and 
  money, 
  elevating 
  Durham 
  to 
  the 
  front 
  

   rank 
  of 
  the 
  Tobacco 
  Marts 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  Our 
  tobacco 
  interests 
  are 
  so 
  intimately 
  entwined 
  about 
  

   those 
  of 
  our 
  sister 
  State, 
  Virginia, 
  that 
  the 
  undersigned 
  

   did 
  not 
  feel 
  justified 
  in 
  quitting 
  the 
  subject 
  without 
  accord- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  her 
  appropriate 
  notice. 
  The 
  facts 
  set 
  forth 
  in 
  the 
  

   following 
  pages 
  have 
  been 
  collected 
  at 
  considerable 
  expense 
  

   and 
  research, 
  and 
  the 
  highest 
  authorities 
  only, 
  both 
  in 
  this 
  

   State 
  and 
  Virginia, 
  have 
  been 
  consulted. 
  

  

  