﻿Origin 
  of 
  Durham 
  Smoking 
  Tobacco. 
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  factories 
  and 
  warehouses 
  are 
  so 
  situated 
  as 
  to 
  comraand 
  the 
  

   pick 
  of 
  all 
  offerings. 
  Tliirteen 
  years 
  ago 
  there 
  was 
  nothing 
  

   here 
  but 
  a 
  fevv 
  small 
  shanties, 
  while 
  now 
  there 
  are 
  palatial 
  

   buildings 
  devoted 
  to 
  mercantile 
  purposes, 
  huge 
  tobocco 
  

   warehouses 
  and 
  numerous 
  manulactories 
  of 
  that 
  article 
  that 
  

   are 
  unexcelled. 
  The 
  largest 
  factor}' 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  for 
  the 
  

   manufacture 
  of 
  smoking 
  tobacco 
  is 
  located 
  here, 
  with 
  a 
  name 
  

   famous 
  in 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  globe. 
  Durham 
  is 
  really 
  the 
  

   tobacco 
  mart 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  nature 
  and 
  value 
  

   of 
  the 
  crop 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  neighborhood, 
  has 
  

   strided 
  on 
  and 
  attained 
  the 
  very 
  enviat)le 
  position 
  slie 
  now 
  

   holds. 
  She 
  draws 
  to 
  her 
  market 
  probably 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  

   of 
  all 
  the 
  tobacco 
  that 
  is 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Durham, 
  

   Orange, 
  Person,Caswell, 
  Ahimanceand 
  Granville,and 
  known 
  

   as 
  "bright 
  smokers," 
  only 
  adapted 
  for 
  smoking 
  tobaccos, 
  

   and 
  from 
  these 
  come 
  ihe 
  wonderful 
  reputation 
  of 
  all 
  such 
  

   emanating 
  from 
  this 
  place. 
  

  

  Emjiloyment 
  is 
  offered 
  all 
  who 
  desire, 
  and 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  

   production 
  is 
  only 
  limited 
  by 
  the 
  ditiiculty 
  of 
  procuring 
  

   labor. 
  Opi)ortunities 
  present 
  themselves 
  on 
  all 
  sides, 
  and 
  

   the 
  amount 
  of 
  money 
  disbursed 
  by 
  the 
  factories 
  is 
  something 
  

   to 
  startle 
  the 
  uninformed. 
  Trade 
  is 
  flourishing 
  and 
  the 
  

   stores 
  are 
  filled 
  with 
  fine 
  goods, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  find 
  a 
  readv 
  

   sale. 
  The 
  city 
  has 
  a 
  mayor, 
  board 
  of 
  aldermen, 
  police, 
  

   lighted 
  streets 
  and 
  is 
  paved. 
  Durham 
  has 
  more 
  paved 
  

   streets 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  place 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  Fires 
  h.ave 
  

   occurred, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  a 
  blessing 
  in 
  disguise, 
  as 
  what 
  was 
  

   once 
  low 
  shanties 
  are 
  now 
  brick 
  blocks 
  of 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  

   stories. 
  ' 
  

  

  The 
  receipts 
  of 
  cotton 
  last 
  season 
  were 
  3,500 
  bales, 
  which 
  

   will 
  be 
  largel}' 
  increased 
  in 
  the 
  future. 
  This 
  represents 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  money 
  in 
  that 
  comuaodity. 
  Durham 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  

   a 
  good 
  market 
  for 
  such, 
  as 
  numerous 
  cotton 
  mills 
  abound 
  

   along 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Carolina 
  railroad, 
  and 
  one 
  soon 
  

   to 
  be 
  erected 
  in 
  Durham. 
  There 
  are 
  3 
  sash 
  an.l 
  door 
  facto- 
  

   ries 
  and 
  numerous 
  tobacco 
  works. 
  No 
  water-power 
  ; 
  every- 
  

   thing 
  is 
  run 
  by 
  steam, 
  with 
  cheap 
  fuel. 
  The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  citizens 
  are 
  full 
  of 
  energy, 
  ambition 
  and 
  kindness, 
  and 
  

   are 
  fully 
  alive 
  to 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  place. 
  To 
  Messrs. 
  W. 
  

   T.'Blackwell 
  and 
  Julian 
  S. 
  Carr 
  the 
  place 
  owes 
  much 
  of 
  its 
  

   importance, 
  as 
  tliey 
  were 
  pioneers 
  in 
  building 
  it 
  up. 
  These 
  

   gentlemen 
  have 
  erected 
  nearly 
  200 
  buildings 
  in 
  the 
  town. 
  

   The 
  former 
  was 
  long 
  identified 
  with 
  the 
  celebrated 
  Bull 
  

  

  