﻿Z. 
  I. 
  Lyon 
  & 
  Co. 
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  to 
  smoke 
  often 
  and 
  long, 
  and 
  who 
  are 
  ever 
  on 
  the 
  lookout 
  

   for 
  goods 
  that 
  will 
  not 
  liite 
  the 
  tongue 
  or 
  nauseate. 
  The 
  

   tobacco 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  *' 
  Little 
  Oronoka 
  " 
  is 
  grown 
  only 
  in 
  a 
  

   few 
  counties 
  in 
  Middle 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  and 
  consequently 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  all 
  manufacturers. 
  Mr. 
  Faucett 
  is 
  

   rapidly 
  extending 
  his 
  sales, 
  which 
  could 
  be 
  greatly 
  acceler- 
  

   ated, 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  difficulty 
  in 
  securing 
  workmen. 
  He 
  has 
  

   for 
  two 
  years 
  been 
  manufacturing 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  popular 
  

   brands 
  of 
  smoking 
  tobacco, 
  and 
  his 
  reputation 
  for 
  producing 
  

   none 
  but 
  goods 
  of 
  solid 
  merit 
  is 
  too 
  well 
  understood 
  and 
  

   appreciated 
  to 
  need 
  iurther 
  comment, 
  here, 
  and 
  we 
  simply 
  

   add 
  that 
  a 
  trial 
  package 
  of 
  his 
  cigarettes 
  or 
  smoking 
  tobacco, 
  

   will 
  be 
  sufficient 
  to 
  convince 
  the 
  most 
  incredulous. 
  Mr. 
  

   Faucett, 
  socially 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  entertaining 
  courteous 
  

   and 
  high-toned 
  citizens 
  of 
  Durham. 
  In 
  business, 
  he 
  is 
  en- 
  

   ergetic, 
  sapient 
  and 
  honorable 
  in 
  all 
  his 
  dealings, 
  and 
  richly 
  

   deserves 
  the 
  great 
  success 
  he 
  is 
  receiving. 
  

  

  Z. 
  I. 
  LYON 
  & 
  CO. 
  

  

  This 
  firm 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  Messrs. 
  Z. 
  L 
  Lyon, 
  J. 
  W. 
  Cheek, 
  

   F. 
  C. 
  Geer 
  and 
  J. 
  Ed. 
  Lyon, 
  and 
  was 
  formed 
  in 
  1SG8. 
  Mr. 
  

   J. 
  Ed. 
  Lyon 
  is 
  the 
  oldest 
  surviving 
  manufacturer 
  of 
  tobacco 
  

   in 
  Durham, 
  having 
  owned 
  an. 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  celebrated 
  

   Bull 
  brand 
  of 
  smoking 
  tobacco, 
  in 
  copartnership 
  with 
  Mr. 
  

   J. 
  R. 
  Green, 
  in 
  1865. 
  In 
  1867 
  he 
  sold 
  his 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  

   Bull 
  brand, 
  and 
  commenced 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  " 
  The 
  Pride 
  

   of 
  Durham," 
  in 
  copartnership 
  with 
  Z. 
  I. 
  Lyon, 
  under 
  the 
  

   name 
  and 
  style 
  of 
  J. 
  Ed. 
  Lyon 
  & 
  Co. 
  In 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  

   1868 
  he 
  again 
  purchased 
  an 
  interest 
  in 
  J. 
  R. 
  Green's 
  factory 
  

   and 
  continued 
  with 
  him 
  until 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   year, 
  when 
  he 
  was 
  offered 
  and 
  again 
  secured 
  an 
  interest 
  in 
  

   the 
  "Pride 
  of 
  Durham 
  " 
  brand 
  of 
  granulated 
  smoking 
  to- 
  

   bacco. 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  1868 
  Messrs. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Cheek 
  and 
  F. 
  

   C. 
  Geer 
  were 
  admitted 
  as 
  partners, 
  and 
  the 
  firm 
  name 
  was 
  

   changed 
  to 
  Z. 
  I. 
  Lyon 
  & 
  Co. 
  They 
  occupy 
  a 
  32x70 
  two 
  and 
  

   a 
  half 
  story 
  wood 
  building, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  doing 
  a 
  prosper- 
  

   ous 
  business, 
  their 
  excellent 
  productions 
  increasing 
  in 
  pop- 
  

   ularity 
  and 
  demand. 
  Their 
  sales 
  now 
  cover 
  the 
  entire 
  Union. 
  

   They 
  use 
  steam 
  power 
  and 
  give 
  employment 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  skilled 
  operatives. 
  The 
  factory 
  is 
  well 
  furnished 
  

   witli 
  the 
  most 
  approved 
  manufacturing 
  appliances. 
  Their 
  

   product 
  is 
  exclusively 
  granulated 
  and 
  their 
  annual 
  out-put 
  

  

  