﻿XII 
  History 
  of 
  Durhi.m:. 
  

  

  extensive 
  circulation 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  is 
  acknowl- 
  

   edged 
  to 
  have 
  accomplished 
  much 
  good 
  in 
  the 
  Temperance 
  

   cause. 
  

  

  In 
  1869 
  Mr. 
  Paul 
  published 
  a 
  volume 
  of 
  his 
  poems 
  at 
  

   New 
  Berne, 
  N. 
  C. 
  These 
  poems 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  admired 
  

   and 
  added 
  largely 
  to 
  his 
  reputation 
  as 
  a 
  writer 
  and 
  thinker 
  

   of 
  fine 
  literary 
  taste. 
  

  

  Many 
  positions 
  of 
  prominence 
  have 
  been 
  acceptably 
  filled 
  

   by 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  this 
  sketch. 
  His 
  association 
  with 
  promi- 
  

   nent 
  writers 
  and 
  speakers 
  of 
  many 
  States 
  has 
  given 
  him 
  a 
  

   varied 
  and 
  valuable 
  experience, 
  and 
  he 
  has 
  brought 
  to 
  his 
  

   work 
  of 
  writing 
  a 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  wonderfully 
  enterprising 
  

   town 
  of 
  Durham, 
  rare 
  qualities 
  of 
  mind 
  and 
  ripe 
  training. 
  

  

  While 
  many 
  other 
  towns 
  have 
  been 
  vegetating 
  merely, 
  

   Durham 
  has 
  been 
  making 
  history, 
  not 
  only 
  for 
  herself, 
  but 
  

   for 
  the 
  entire 
  State. 
  She 
  has 
  virtually, 
  through 
  her 
  judi- 
  

   cious 
  and 
  lavish 
  system 
  of 
  advertising, 
  introduced 
  North 
  

   Carolina 
  to 
  the 
  world. 
  As 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Carr 
  once 
  very 
  perti- 
  

   nently 
  remarked: 
  " 
  When 
  it 
  has 
  come 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  pass, 
  that 
  

   from 
  an 
  insignificant 
  railroad 
  station 
  we 
  can 
  within 
  fifteen 
  

   years 
  cause 
  a 
  man 
  in 
  London 
  or 
  San 
  Francisco 
  to 
  put 
  on 
  

   his 
  hat 
  and 
  walk 
  out 
  of 
  his 
  office, 
  saying, 
  * 
  I 
  am 
  going 
  to 
  Dur- 
  

   ham, 
  N. 
  C, 
  on 
  important 
  business; 
  ' 
  when 
  firms 
  that 
  a 
  few 
  

   years 
  ago 
  were 
  comparatively 
  young, 
  have 
  Cable 
  addresses, 
  

   I 
  assert 
  with 
  emphasis, 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  

   and 
  grand 
  future 
  in 
  our 
  own 
  hands." 
  Durham 
  deserved 
  a 
  

   worthy 
  historian, 
  and 
  is 
  sigularly 
  fortunate 
  in 
  securing 
  one 
  

   so 
  able 
  and 
  accomplished 
  as 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  this 
  imperfect 
  

   sketch. 
  

  

  