﻿Tobacco 
  Warehouses. 
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  The 
  da}' 
  is 
  not 
  far 
  distant 
  when 
  the 
  magnitude 
  of 
  the 
  to- 
  

   bacco 
  interests 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  will 
  be 
  fully 
  acknowl- 
  

   edged 
  and 
  appreciated, 
  and 
  she 
  will 
  take 
  her 
  rightful 
  posi- 
  

   tion 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  tobacco 
  States 
  in 
  the 
  Union, 
  

   not 
  only 
  as 
  to 
  quantity 
  but 
  quality 
  of 
  tobacco 
  produced. 
  

   Aye, 
  even 
  now, 
  the 
  silver}^ 
  streaks 
  of 
  dawn 
  are 
  becoming 
  

   brighter 
  and 
  brighter 
  — 
  inspiring 
  new 
  hope, 
  and 
  zeal, 
  and 
  

   energy, 
  and 
  infallibly 
  prognosticating 
  a 
  future 
  greatness 
  

   and 
  prosperity 
  second 
  to 
  no 
  section 
  on 
  the 
  habitable 
  globe. 
  

   To-day 
  there 
  is 
  more 
  assiduous 
  push 
  and 
  enterprise 
  in 
  Dur- 
  

   ham 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  town 
  or 
  city 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  in- 
  

   flux 
  of 
  labor 
  and 
  capital 
  is 
  continually 
  on 
  the 
  increase. 
  

   Kew 
  dwellings, 
  stores, 
  warehouses, 
  prize-houses, 
  and 
  facto- 
  

   ries, 
  are 
  s])ontancously 
  springing 
  into 
  existence 
  in 
  every 
  di- 
  

   rection. 
  Wherever 
  the 
  eye 
  turns, 
  some 
  new 
  building 
  in 
  

   process 
  of 
  erection 
  is 
  visible. 
  I 
  will 
  relate 
  one 
  amusing 
  oc- 
  

   currence, 
  which 
  tends 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  great 
  demand 
  for 
  house- 
  

   room 
  here. 
  It 
  was 
  Saturday 
  evening 
  ; 
  one 
  load 
  of 
  lumber 
  

   had 
  been 
  emptied 
  upon 
  a 
  vacant 
  lot 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Black- 
  

   well's 
  teams. 
  Earl}' 
  Sunday 
  morning 
  a 
  gentleman 
  called 
  

   upon 
  Mr. 
  Harding, 
  Mr. 
  Blackwcll's 
  agent, 
  and, 
  after 
  apol- 
  

   ogizing 
  for 
  calling 
  on 
  the 
  Sabbath, 
  said 
  that 
  he 
  wished 
  to 
  

   engage 
  the 
  house 
  for 
  which 
  tJtat 
  lumber 
  was 
  inlcnded, 
  stating 
  that 
  

   he 
  feared 
  to 
  delay 
  until 
  Monday 
  lest 
  he 
  might 
  be 
  too 
  late 
  I 
  

   Mr. 
  Blackwell 
  and 
  other 
  gentlemen 
  are 
  erecting 
  dwelling 
  

   houses 
  with 
  all 
  possible 
  speed, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  utterly 
  unable 
  

   to 
  finish 
  them 
  fast 
  enough 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  constantly 
  aug- 
  

   menting 
  stream 
  of 
  immigration. 
  The 
  picture 
  is 
  bj* 
  no 
  means 
  

   over-wrought. 
  The 
  writer 
  lias 
  met 
  with 
  many 
  instances 
  

   where 
  several 
  families 
  are 
  cramped 
  and 
  packed 
  up 
  in 
  houses 
  

   intended 
  only 
  for 
  one 
  family. 
  

  

  In 
  noting 
  in 
  detail 
  the 
  wonderful 
  improvements 
  and 
  

   growth 
  of 
  the 
  city, 
  the 
  writer 
  will 
  begin 
  with 
  the 
  Ware- 
  

   houses: 
  

  

  THE 
  REAMS 
  WAREHOUSE. 
  

  

  This 
  house 
  takes 
  its 
  natne 
  and 
  extensive 
  popularity 
  from 
  

   its 
  founder, 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  A. 
  Reams, 
  the 
  pioneer 
  warehouseman 
  of 
  

   Durham. 
  The 
  first 
  sale 
  of 
  leaf 
  that 
  ever 
  occurred 
  in 
  Dur- 
  

   ham 
  was 
  C'inducted 
  by 
  this 
  gentleman 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  fictory 
  

   building, 
  on 
  the 
  ISi.h 
  of 
  May, 
  1871. 
  He 
  continued 
  in 
  the 
  

   small 
  building 
  until 
  the 
  autumn 
  of 
  1872, 
  when, 
  his 
  busi- 
  

   ness 
  having 
  so 
  rapidly 
  increased, 
  much 
  greater 
  floorage 
  

  

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