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  CHAPTER 
  VI. 
  

   Tobacco 
  Factories. 
  

  

  THK 
  BLACKWELL 
  TOBACCO 
  FACTORY. 
  

  

  Tobacco 
  has 
  made 
  Durham 
  famous 
  the 
  world 
  over. 
  Her 
  

   celebrated 
  smoking 
  tobacco, 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  superiority 
  iu 
  

   both 
  quality 
  and 
  texture 
  of 
  the 
  article 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  

   manufactured, 
  is 
  unequalled 
  anywhere 
  on 
  the 
  habitable 
  

   <2;lobe. 
  By 
  critical 
  chemical 
  analysis, 
  by 
  the 
  most 
  celebrated 
  

   chemist 
  in 
  the 
  world,* 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  clearl}' 
  demonstrated 
  

   that 
  this 
  tobacco 
  contains 
  less 
  nitrates 
  and 
  nicotine 
  than 
  

   any 
  other 
  tobacco 
  <;rovi'n 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  Durham 
  is 
  the 
  bee- 
  

   hive 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  pertinently 
  termed 
  the 
  

   Chicago 
  of 
  the 
  South. 
  Manufacturiiig 
  and 
  mercantile 
  en- 
  

   terprises 
  are 
  springing 
  into 
  existence 
  like 
  magic 
  on 
  every 
  

   hand. 
  Here 
  the 
  song 
  of 
  human 
  industiy 
  and 
  progress 
  floats 
  

   upon 
  the 
  balmy 
  bosom 
  of 
  every 
  zephvr, 
  gladdening 
  and 
  

   inspiring 
  the 
  hearts 
  of 
  the 
  rich 
  and 
  the 
  poor 
  — 
  inspiring 
  

   new 
  ho[)e 
  and 
  energy 
  in 
  the 
  dreary 
  soul 
  of 
  the 
  humble 
  

   laborer, 
  wearily 
  plodding 
  his 
  way 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  a 
  comfortable 
  

   home. 
  Here 
  all 
  classes 
  of 
  honest 
  and 
  industrious 
  mechan- 
  

   ics 
  and 
  laborers 
  find 
  profitable 
  employment, 
  kind 
  friends, 
  

   and 
  are 
  surrounded 
  by 
  the 
  most 
  refined, 
  educational, 
  moral 
  

   and 
  religious 
  influences 
  and 
  advantages. 
  Durham, 
  to 
  day, 
  

   is 
  an 
  asylum 
  for 
  the 
  poor, 
  a 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  " 
  wandering 
  

  

  * 
  ItK. 
  VOKLCKKKS 
  EXAMINATION 
  OF 
  TH 
  K 
  FI.NE 
  YELLOW 
  TOBACCO 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  

  

  CAKOLINA. 
  

  

  Analytical 
  Laboratoky, 
  11 
  Salisbury 
  Square, 
  Fleet 
  Street. 
  E. 
  C, 
  

  

  London, 
  December?, 
  1876. 
  

   Mr. 
  .Tohn 
  Ott, 
  Sec 
  etary 
  Southern 
  Fertilizing 
  Company, 
  Richmond, 
  Va.: 
  

  

  Mil 
  Dear 
  ffir 
  :—\on 
  will 
  remember 
  liavinir 
  sent 
  me, 
  some 
  lime 
  ago, 
  a 
  packet 
  

   of 
  Tol>acco 
  loaf, 
  l:ibelle<l 
  " 
  Fancy 
  Brijrbt 
  Tobacco, 
  from 
  Granville 
  county. 
  North 
  

   rarolina," 
  which 
  you 
  desired 
  mc 
  to 
  analyse. 
  I 
  have 
  now 
  completed 
  the 
  exami- 
  

   nation, 
  and 
  have 
  much 
  pleasure 
  in 
  handinjr 
  you 
  the 
  result.s 
  obtained, 
  botli 
  in 
  

   the 
  analysis 
  of 
  th? 
  organic 
  and 
  the 
  inorganic 
  parts 
  of 
  this 
  magnificent 
  Tobacco. 
  

   The 
  dried 
  leaf, 
  wlieu 
  analyzed, 
  had 
  the 
  following 
  general 
  composition 
  : 
  

  

  Moisture 
  H.68 
  

  

  Organic 
  matter 
  72.07 
  

  

  Mineral 
  mutter 
  (ash), 
  13.25 
  

  

  100.00 
  

   In 
  comparing 
  this 
  general 
  statement 
  with 
  the 
  result-s 
  which 
  Pro. 
  Johnson, 
  of 
  

   Yale 
  colli'ge.t 
  obtained 
  some 
  years 
  ago, 
  in 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  

   Fancy 
  Krighi 
  T<il)acci). 
  from 
  Granville 
  county. 
  X. 
  C.,you 
  will 
  notice 
  that 
  whilst 
  

   the 
  Frof(>ss(>r 
  found 
  only 
  S..V? 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  a.-h."the 
  sample 
  you 
  sent 
  mecontained 
  

   18.2.") 
  percent. 
  Now, 
  whilst 
  1 
  do 
  not 
  doubt, 
  for 
  a 
  moment, 
  the 
  correctness 
  of 
  

   I'rof. 
  .Iohns<iii"s 
  determination, 
  I 
  may 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  say 
  that.S'4 
  per 
  cent, 
  is 
  an 
  

  

  tAnalysis 
  of 
  sample 
  from 
  crop 
  1872, 
  of 
  E. 
  E. 
  Lyon, 
  Granville 
  county, 
  S. 
  

   C: 
  Sillcia. 
  0.12 
  (per 
  cent.); 
  Chlorine, 
  0.20; 
  Sulphuric 
  .\cid,0.86; 
  Phosphoric 
  Acid, 
  

   0.7;{; 
  Lime, 
  2.1); 
  Magnesia. 
  I 
  05; 
  Potash, 
  3..54 
  ; 
  Soda, 
  0.09; 
  Ash, 
  S.Si; 
  Organic 
  mat- 
  

   ter, 
  sand 
  and 
  nitric 
  acid, 
  01.47; 
  Nitrogen, 
  2.S3. 
  Sample 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  South- 
  

   ern 
  Kcrl 
  ili/iiii.' 
  ('(impany, 
  Richmond, 
  Va. 
  

  

  