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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  tries, 
  as 
  to 
  necessitate 
  greatl}' 
  enhanced 
  manufacturing 
  fa-, 
  

   cilities; 
  hence 
  the 
  pending 
  erection 
  of 
  their 
  new 
  brick 
  fac- 
  

   tory. 
  It 
  now 
  requires 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  250,000 
  cigarettes 
  

   per 
  day 
  :o 
  supply 
  tlie 
  constantly 
  augmenting 
  demand. 
  The 
  

   new 
  building 
  will 
  be 
  amply 
  furnished 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  modern 
  

   and 
  most 
  approved 
  appurtenances 
  and 
  conveniences 
  em- 
  

   ployed 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  smoking 
  tobacco 
  and 
  ciga- 
  

   rettes. 
  The 
  enviable 
  reputation 
  of 
  this 
  enterprising 
  firm, 
  

   achieved 
  through 
  assiduous 
  application 
  to 
  business, 
  in 
  all 
  

   its 
  ramifications, 
  permeated 
  by 
  a 
  sincere 
  desire 
  not 
  only 
  to 
  

   please 
  their 
  customers, 
  but 
  by 
  a 
  pertinacious 
  determination 
  

   to 
  produce 
  goods 
  that 
  will 
  bear 
  the 
  most 
  hypercritical 
  anal- 
  

   ysis 
  and 
  stand 
  upon 
  their 
  intrinsic 
  merits 
  alone, 
  is 
  a 
  suffi- 
  

   cient 
  guaranty 
  to 
  the 
  smoking 
  public 
  that 
  W. 
  Duke, 
  Sons 
  

   & 
  Co. 
  do 
  not 
  intend 
  in 
  future 
  to 
  be 
  excelled 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   details 
  constituting 
  a 
  pleasant, 
  healthful 
  and 
  uniform 
  quality 
  

   of 
  goods. 
  

  

  While 
  Mr. 
  Duke 
  was 
  nominated 
  for 
  State 
  Treasurer 
  by 
  

   the 
  present 
  political 
  amalgamation, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Anti- 
  

   Prohibition-Republican 
  Party, 
  he 
  is 
  nevertheless 
  an 
  in- 
  

   veterate 
  opponent 
  of 
  the 
  Whiskey 
  Traffic. 
  He 
  is 
  a 
  true 
  and 
  

   tried 
  Republican 
  upon 
  republican 
  principles 
  — 
  the 
  principles 
  

   which 
  have 
  endeared 
  that 
  party 
  to 
  the 
  hearts 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  

   for 
  twenty 
  years, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  pure 
  patriots 
  who 
  have 
  

   worked 
  earnestly 
  to 
  preserve 
  ils 
  escutcheon 
  undefiled. 
  Tiie 
  

   Chronicle 
  in 
  speaking 
  of 
  his 
  nomination, 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  Mr. 
  Duke 
  

   is 
  the 
  father 
  of 
  the 
  famous 
  and 
  enterprising 
  tobacco 
  and 
  cig- 
  

   arette 
  manufacturing 
  firm 
  which 
  bears 
  his 
  name 
  — 
  W. 
  

   Duke 
  Sons 
  & 
  Co., 
  of 
  Durham. 
  He 
  is 
  between 
  fifty 
  and 
  sixty 
  

   years 
  of 
  age, 
  a 
  vigorous, 
  well 
  preserved 
  man, 
  a 
  man 
  wlio 
  

   has 
  led 
  an 
  industrious 
  and 
  successful 
  life, 
  and 
  been 
  highly 
  

   esteemed 
  by 
  all 
  who 
  have 
  known 
  him. 
  He 
  has 
  trained 
  his 
  

   sons 
  10 
  be 
  business 
  men 
  of 
  uncommon 
  ability 
  and 
  enter- 
  

   prise, 
  as 
  their 
  gigantic 
  success 
  demonstrates. 
  A 
  man 
  that 
  

   has 
  such 
  a 
  record 
  in 
  private 
  life 
  is, 
  of 
  course, 
  worthy 
  of 
  the 
  

   confidence 
  of 
  the 
  public, 
  and 
  the 
  Republicans 
  could 
  not 
  

   have 
  nominated 
  a 
  man 
  in 
  their 
  party 
  in 
  whose 
  integrity 
  the 
  

   people 
  would 
  have 
  greater 
  confidence. 
  Mr. 
  Duke 
  has 
  had 
  

   no 
  political 
  experience 
  and 
  no 
  experience 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  in 
  

   public 
  affairs. 
  He 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  a 
  politician, 
  and 
  though 
  

   he 
  is 
  a 
  staunch 
  Republican, 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  understood 
  that 
  he 
  

   preferred 
  to 
  be 
  left 
  off 
  the 
  ticket 
  and 
  will 
  take 
  no 
  active 
  in- 
  

   terest 
  in 
  the 
  campaign." 
  

  

  