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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  and 
  around 
  the 
  camp-fires, 
  in 
  Durham, 
  the 
  "blue 
  and 
  the 
  

   gray" 
  literally 
  smoked 
  the 
  pipe 
  of 
  peace. 
  When 
  tlie 
  hon- 
  

   orable 
  terms 
  of 
  surrender 
  were 
  consummated 
  — 
  which 
  term- 
  

   were 
  most 
  dishonorablj' 
  ignored 
  by 
  radical 
  pot-house 
  polls 
  

   ticians 
  of 
  the 
  national 
  government 
  at 
  Wa?l)ington 
  — 
  the 
  

   soldiers 
  of 
  each 
  army 
  provided 
  themselves 
  with 
  a 
  plentiful 
  

   supply 
  of 
  this 
  tobacco 
  and 
  marched 
  homeward. 
  Thus 
  

   Green's 
  tobacco 
  was 
  distributed 
  from 
  Maine 
  to 
  Texas, 
  and 
  

   what 
  he 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  great 
  calamity 
  sojn 
  proved 
  a 
  great 
  

   blessing. 
  When 
  tiie 
  soldiers, 
  on 
  reaching 
  home, 
  had 
  ex- 
  

   hausted 
  their 
  supply 
  of 
  tobacco, 
  orders, 
  directed 
  to 
  the 
  R. 
  

   E.. 
  A^ent, 
  Postmaster, 
  etc., 
  at 
  Durham, 
  began 
  to 
  pour 
  in 
  rap- 
  

   idly 
  for 
  more 
  of 
  that 
  tobacco. 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  was 
  quick 
  to 
  see 
  

   his 
  advantage, 
  and 
  immediately 
  christened 
  his 
  tobacco 
  

   " 
  Durham," 
  and 
  selected 
  the 
  Durham 
  Bull 
  as 
  liis 
  trade-mark. 
  

   And 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  tobacco 
  manufactured 
  in 
  Durham 
  

   l>randed 
  with 
  the 
  words 
  " 
  Durham 
  Smoking 
  Tobacco," 
  and 
  

   the 
  first 
  to 
  use 
  as 
  a 
  trade-mark 
  the 
  " 
  Durham 
  Bull." 
  (See 
  

   litigation.) 
  Nowhere 
  on 
  tlie 
  globe 
  is 
  tobacco 
  of 
  such 
  fine 
  

   quality 
  raised 
  — 
  so 
  peculiarly 
  adapted 
  to 
  smoking 
  purposes 
  — 
  

   as 
  is 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Durham. 
  It 
  is 
  almost 
  entirely 
  

   free 
  from 
  nitrates 
  and 
  nicotine, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  become 
  so 
  popular 
  

   that 
  to 
  day, 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  the 
  Canadas, 
  South 
  

   America, 
  Japan, 
  Australia, 
  China, 
  etc., 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  acknowl- 
  

   edged 
  standard 
  of 
  excellence 
  and 
  purit3\ 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Green 
  died 
  in 
  iS69, 
  and 
  Messrs. 
  \V. 
  ,T. 
  Biackvvell 
  & 
  

   Co. 
  purchased 
  the 
  business. 
  This 
  firm 
  put 
  fresh 
  capital, 
  

   together 
  with 
  keen 
  business 
  sagacity, 
  into 
  the 
  enter- 
  

   prise, 
  and 
  soon 
  made 
  it 
  a 
  wonderful 
  success, 
  and 
  to-day 
  

   they 
  are 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  most 
  flourishing 
  manufacturers 
  of 
  

   smoking 
  tobacco 
  in 
  the 
  country. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  j)ur- 
  

   chase 
  from 
  Green, 
  the 
  total 
  force 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  factory 
  

   numbered 
  less 
  tlian 
  twelve, 
  and 
  the 
  population 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  

   less 
  than 
  300. 
  To-day 
  the 
  firm 
  pay 
  annually 
  to 
  the 
  govern- 
  

   ment 
  a 
  revenue 
  t<ix 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  8600,000.00; 
  manufacture 
  

   over 
  5,000,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  tobacco 
  annually, 
  and 
  employ 
  

   about 
  900 
  hands. 
  The 
  embryo 
  village 
  of 
  1865 
  had 
  a 
  popu- 
  

   lation 
  in 
  1881 
  of 
  nearly 
  4,000. 
  The 
  population 
  now 
  exceeds 
  

   5,000. 
  

  

  Durham 
  is 
  situated 
  twenty-six 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Raleigh, 
  the 
  

   capital 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  outlet 
  to 
  what 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  

   the 
  Golden 
  Tobacco 
  Belt 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  and, 
  as 
  all 
  the 
  

   tobacco 
  raised 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  finds 
  its 
  v/ay 
  to 
  Durham, 
  our 
  

  

  