﻿Morris 
  & 
  Son 
  Manufacturing 
  Co. 
  11; 
  

  

  THE 
  R. 
  F. 
  morris 
  & 
  SON 
  MANUFACTURING 
  CO. 
  

  

  Robert 
  F. 
  Morris, 
  the 
  founder 
  of 
  this 
  enteprise, 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  earliest 
  settlers 
  at 
  Durham, 
  removing 
  here 
  from 
  Gran- 
  

   ville 
  county 
  in 
  1858. 
  Ho 
  was 
  the 
  pioneer 
  in 
  the 
  tobacco 
  

   business 
  at 
  Durham, 
  and 
  did 
  much 
  towards 
  building 
  up 
  

   the 
  town 
  and 
  making 
  it 
  a 
  tobacco 
  market. 
  

  

  Prior 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  war, 
  he 
  set 
  his 
  son 
  (G. 
  B. 
  Morris) 
  up 
  in 
  

   the 
  smoking 
  tobacco 
  business, 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  a 
  Mr. 
  

   Wright; 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  war 
  Mr. 
  Morris 
  manufactured 
  to- 
  

   bacco 
  himself, 
  but 
  before 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  it 
  he 
  and 
  Morris 
  &, 
  

   Wright 
  sold 
  out 
  to 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  R. 
  Green. 
  Early 
  in 
  1865 
  he 
  put 
  

   up 
  another 
  factory 
  and 
  began 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  the 
  cele- 
  

   brated 
  "Spanish 
  Flavored 
  Eureka 
  Smoking 
  Tobacco," 
  which 
  

   gave 
  notoriety 
  and 
  popularity 
  to 
  the 
  Durham 
  tobacco, 
  and 
  

   up 
  to 
  within 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years 
  of 
  his 
  death, 
  which 
  occurred 
  

   in 
  1872, 
  this 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  leading 
  brands 
  of 
  tubacco 
  manu- 
  

   factured 
  at 
  Durham. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Morris 
  entertained 
  the 
  idea 
  that 
  Durham 
  was 
  one 
  da}' 
  

   to 
  be 
  a 
  large 
  and 
  flourishing 
  town 
  ; 
  and, 
  incited 
  by 
  this 
  idea, 
  

   he 
  invested 
  largely 
  in 
  real 
  estate 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  Chicago 
  of 
  

   the 
  South. 
  In 
  consequence 
  of 
  his 
  real 
  estate 
  investuients, 
  

   he 
  cramped 
  his 
  tobacco 
  business, 
  which 
  was 
  rapidly 
  growintr. 
  

   There 
  was 
  nothing 
  selfish 
  in 
  his 
  nature, 
  but 
  he 
  felt 
  a 
  great 
  

   pride 
  in 
  seeing 
  Durham 
  grow 
  and 
  prosper. 
  He 
  was 
  gener- 
  

   ous 
  to 
  all. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Morris 
  did 
  not 
  live 
  long 
  enough 
  to 
  see 
  his 
  pre-con- 
  

   ceived 
  ideas 
  of 
  Durham's 
  greatness 
  fulfilled, 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   within 
  the 
  past 
  seven 
  or 
  eight 
  years 
  that 
  she 
  has 
  made 
  her 
  

   greatest 
  progress 
  and 
  developed 
  into 
  a 
  young 
  city 
  and 
  a 
  

   great 
  tobacco 
  mart. 
  

  

  The 
  R. 
  F. 
  Morris 
  & 
  Son 
  Manufacturing 
  Co., 
  of 
  which 
  W. 
  

   H. 
  Willard 
  is 
  president, 
  and 
  S. 
  F. 
  Touilinson, 
  Secretary 
  and 
  

   Treasurer, 
  are 
  the 
  successors 
  of 
  R. 
  F. 
  Morris 
  & 
  Son, 
  and 
  

   under 
  their 
  supervision 
  the 
  "Eureka 
  Durham" 
  has 
  sus- 
  

   tained 
  its 
  high 
  reputation 
  as 
  a 
  smoker, 
  helping 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  

   smoking 
  tobaccos 
  of 
  Durham 
  a 
  world-wide 
  reputation. 
  

  

  Their 
  brands 
  continue 
  to 
  grow 
  in 
  favor 
  and 
  their 
  busi- 
  

   ness 
  is 
  annually 
  on 
  the 
  increase. 
  Besides 
  the 
  celebrated 
  

   "Eureka 
  Durham" 
  they 
  manufacture 
  the 
  "Bear" 
  and 
  

   " 
  Gold 
  Leaf 
  Durham 
  ;" 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  golden 
  

   color 
  and 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  very 
  finest 
  tobacco 
  grown 
  in 
  North 
  

   Carolina, 
  and 
  only 
  in 
  a 
  certain 
  locality 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  This 
  

  

  