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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  notwithstanding 
  the 
  reduction 
  in 
  letter 
  postage. 
  The 
  money 
  

   order 
  business 
  shows 
  a 
  healthy 
  increase, 
  although 
  not 
  so 
  

   great 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  postal 
  receipts, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  

   late 
  establishing 
  of 
  superior 
  banking 
  facilities 
  in 
  our 
  midst. 
  

   If 
  the 
  present 
  rate 
  of 
  increase 
  is 
  maintained, 
  it 
  will 
  only 
  

   require 
  about 
  two 
  years 
  to 
  bring 
  the 
  Durham 
  Postoffice 
  up 
  

   to 
  the 
  second 
  class, 
  when 
  it 
  will 
  rank 
  with 
  Raleigh, 
  Wil- 
  

   mington 
  and 
  Charlotte, 
  the 
  only 
  second 
  class 
  postotfices 
  in 
  

   North 
  Carolina 
  at 
  present. 
  Mr. 
  Mangum 
  makes 
  a 
  faithful 
  

   and 
  efficient 
  officer 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  popular 
  among 
  our 
  citizens. 
  

  

  The 
  Revenue 
  Office. 
  

  

  The 
  Internal 
  Revenue 
  Stamp 
  Office, 
  situated 
  in 
  the 
  Post- 
  

   office 
  building, 
  Main 
  street, 
  was 
  established 
  October 
  1st, 
  

   1878, 
  through 
  the 
  influence 
  and 
  indefatigable 
  efforts 
  of 
  

   the 
  manufacturers 
  of 
  Durham 
  and 
  Eugene 
  Morehead, 
  Esq., 
  

   who 
  was 
  appointed 
  Stamp 
  Clerk. 
  The 
  grateful 
  thanks 
  of 
  

   the 
  citizens 
  of 
  Durham, 
  and 
  especiall}'' 
  our 
  tobacco 
  men, 
  

   are 
  due 
  this 
  enterprising, 
  cultivated 
  and 
  affable 
  gentleman, 
  

   jnot 
  only 
  for 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  this 
  great 
  convenience, 
  but 
  

   ■also 
  for 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  banking 
  facilities 
  at 
  

   "this 
  place. 
  Prior 
  to 
  the 
  establishtnent 
  of 
  these 
  important 
  

   facilities, 
  our 
  business 
  men 
  were 
  compelled 
  to 
  transact 
  all 
  

   itheir 
  revenue 
  and 
  banking 
  business 
  in 
  Raleigh 
  — 
  a 
  distance 
  

   of 
  21 
  miles 
  — 
  a 
  great 
  inconvenience 
  and 
  hardship. 
  Mr. 
  

   Morehead 
  held 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  Collector, 
  to 
  the 
  entire 
  satis- 
  

   faction 
  of 
  all, 
  until 
  June, 
  1879, 
  when 
  he 
  resigned 
  in 
  order 
  

   to 
  devote 
  his 
  undivided 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  banking 
  house 
  of 
  

   which 
  he 
  is 
  President. 
  The 
  receipts 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  five 
  years, 
  

   kindly 
  furnished 
  us 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  L. 
  Tinker, 
  the 
  present 
  

   courteoiss 
  and 
  efficient 
  Deputy, 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  October, 
  November 
  and 
  December, 
  

   1878, 
  $142,053.64. 
  

  

  May 
  1st, 
  1879, 
  the 
  tax 
  on 
  manufactured 
  tobacco 
  was 
  re- 
  

   . 
  duced 
  to 
  16 
  cents 
  per 
  pound. 
  

  

  Receipts 
  for 
  1880— 
  $627,118.21. 
  

  

  " 
  1881— 
  827,269.54. 
  

  

  « 
  " 
  1882— 
  733,817.80. 
  

  

  " 
  1883— 
  618,444.34. 
  

  

  The 
  tax 
  was 
  , 
  again 
  reduced, 
  May 
  1st, 
  1883, 
  to 
  8 
  cts. 
  per 
  

  

  