﻿Establishment 
  of 
  Durham 
  County. 
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  Tobacco 
  brings 
  better 
  prices 
  here, 
  perhaps, 
  than 
  at 
  any 
  

   other 
  point 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  A 
  few 
  weeks 
  ago 
  a 
  farmer, 
  for 
  

   two 
  two-horse 
  wagon 
  loaJs 
  of 
  tobacco 
  — 
  barn 
  'round 
  — 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  $2,600, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  thing 
  for 
  negro 
  farmers 
  

   to 
  come 
  in 
  with 
  a 
  load 
  and 
  carry 
  away 
  from 
  five 
  to 
  eight 
  

   hundred 
  dollars. 
  This 
  shows 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  for 
  this 
  

   great 
  staple. 
  These 
  lands, 
  of 
  the 
  Central 
  Golden 
  Belt, 
  lie 
  

   principally 
  in 
  Durham, 
  Orange, 
  Person, 
  Caswell, 
  Chatham. 
  

   Alamance, 
  Granville 
  and 
  Wake 
  counties, 
  andean 
  be 
  pur- 
  

   chased 
  for 
  from 
  $10 
  to 
  $25 
  per 
  acre, 
  improved. 
  

  

  This 
  country 
  has 
  superb 
  pastorage 
  for 
  stock 
  and 
  is 
  adapted 
  

   to 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  grain, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  cotton, 
  tobacco, 
  fruits 
  and 
  

   grapes. 
  The 
  latter 
  flourishes, 
  and 
  the 
  wine 
  sells 
  readily 
  for 
  

   $1.50 
  per 
  gallon. 
  To 
  all 
  parties 
  who 
  are 
  looking 
  for 
  a 
  place 
  

   to 
  locate, 
  to 
  till 
  the 
  soil, 
  this, 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Durham, 
  possesses 
  vast 
  advantages. 
  If 
  capital 
  is 
  looking 
  

   for 
  investment, 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  judiciously 
  used 
  here, 
  certain 
  to 
  be 
  

   returned 
  tenfold, 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  likely 
  twenty. 
  The 
  city 
  

   has 
  a 
  world-wide 
  rejiutation 
  and 
  no 
  doubt 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  adver- 
  

   tised 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  State; 
  and 
  when 
  one 
  views 
  the 
  immpnse 
  

   tobacco 
  factories, 
  warehouses, 
  press-rooms, 
  etc., 
  he 
  cannot 
  

   but 
  say 
  she 
  has 
  earned 
  her 
  position. 
  

  

  The 
  depot 
  of 
  the 
  N. 
  C. 
  R. 
  R., 
  in 
  this 
  town, 
  was 
  establislied 
  

   in 
  1S32, 
  with 
  Dr. 
  B 
  L. 
  Durham 
  as 
  agent. 
  Pratt«^burg 
  was 
  

   originally 
  intended 
  for 
  the 
  depot 
  site, 
  but 
  Mr. 
  Pratt, 
  the 
  

   owner, 
  refused 
  to 
  grant 
  the 
  land, 
  and 
  the 
  present 
  site 
  was 
  

   donated 
  by 
  our 
  venerable 
  townsman, 
  Dr. 
  Durham, 
  in 
  honor 
  

   of 
  whom 
  the 
  station 
  was 
  called 
  Durham. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  store 
  opened 
  for 
  business 
  was 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  B. 
  L. 
  

   Duiham, 
  John 
  W. 
  Carr 
  (father 
  of 
  Julian 
  S. 
  Carr, 
  President 
  

   B. 
  D. 
  Tobacco 
  Co.) 
  and 
  James 
  Mathews, 
  with 
  our 
  venerable 
  

   and 
  popu.ar 
  townsman, 
  M. 
  A. 
  Angier, 
  as 
  clerk. 
  This 
  store 
  

   was 
  situated 
  at 
  the 
  Rigsbee 
  corner 
  — 
  then 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  An- 
  

   gier 
  corner 
  — 
  now 
  corner 
  Main 
  and 
  Mangum 
  streets. 
  

  

  Establishment 
  of 
  Durham 
  County. 
  

  

  The 
  bill 
  for 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  County 
  of 
  Durham 
  

   was 
  introduced 
  in 
  the 
  General 
  Assembly, 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  session 
  of 
  1881, 
  by 
  Hon. 
  Caleb 
  B. 
  Green, 
  then 
  a 
  rep- 
  

   resentative 
  from 
  the 
  County 
  of 
  Orange. 
  The 
  bill 
  was 
  sub- 
  

   mitted 
  to 
  and 
  ratified 
  by 
  the 
  people 
  April 
  10. 
  1881. 
  The 
  fol- 
  

   low! 
  ng 
  is 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  thelaw(seechap. 
  1 
  38, 
  pp. 
  272, 
  Laws 
  of 
  1881); 
  

  

  