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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  is 
  over 
  two 
  hundred 
  thousand 
  pounds, 
  their 
  brand 
  being 
  

   " 
  The 
  Pride 
  of 
  Darham," 
  of 
  whicli 
  they 
  may 
  well 
  be 
  proud, 
  

   for 
  it 
  is 
  certainly 
  a 
  very 
  excellent 
  quality 
  of 
  smoking 
  to- 
  

   bacco, 
  and 
  is 
  fast 
  becoming 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  leading 
  brands 
  of 
  the 
  

   country. 
  If 
  indomitable 
  energy 
  coupled 
  with 
  rare 
  business 
  

   qualifications 
  can 
  be 
  relied 
  on 
  as 
  essential 
  concomitants 
  of 
  

   success, 
  then 
  these 
  gentlemen 
  richly 
  deserve, 
  and 
  will 
  un- 
  

   questionably 
  receive 
  their 
  full 
  meed. 
  Amid 
  all 
  the 
  ramifi- 
  

   cations 
  of 
  their 
  business 
  a 
  commendable 
  feature 
  is 
  every- 
  

   where 
  manifested, 
  even 
  to 
  the 
  most 
  casual 
  observer 
  — 
  a 
  fixed 
  

   determination 
  to 
  please 
  their 
  customers, 
  not 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  

   quality 
  of 
  their 
  goods, 
  but 
  in 
  all 
  their 
  business 
  transactions, 
  

   and 
  this 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  pre-requisites 
  of 
  suc- 
  

   cess. 
  

  

  ROULHAC 
  & 
  CO. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  S. 
  Roulhac 
  moved 
  to 
  Durham 
  in 
  1875, 
  and 
  man- 
  

   ufactured 
  the 
  "Tiger" 
  brand 
  of 
  granulated 
  smoking 
  tobacco, 
  

   which 
  brand 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  operating, 
  in 
  copartnership 
  with 
  

   Mr. 
  Webb, 
  in 
  Hillsboro, 
  since 
  1871. 
  In 
  1876 
  the 
  firm 
  name 
  

   was 
  changed 
  to 
  Roulhac 
  & 
  Co., 
  after 
  which 
  several 
  changes 
  

   were 
  made 
  and 
  the 
  firm 
  was 
  finally 
  dissolved, 
  and 
  the 
  busi- 
  

   ness 
  discontinued. 
  

  

  J. 
  R. 
  DAY 
  & 
  BRO. 
  

  

  This 
  firm 
  began 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  the 
  "Standard 
  of 
  tlie 
  

   World" 
  brand 
  of 
  granulated 
  smoking 
  tobacco 
  in 
  November, 
  

   1878, 
  the 
  firm 
  having 
  been 
  composed 
  of 
  J. 
  R. 
  and 
  W. 
  P. 
  

   Day. 
  The 
  former 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  copartners 
  of 
  W. 
  T. 
  Black- 
  

   well 
  & 
  Co., 
  and 
  acquired 
  large 
  experience 
  as 
  a 
  manufacturer. 
  

   They 
  occupied 
  a 
  two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  story 
  wood 
  building, 
  located 
  in 
  

   the 
  rear 
  of 
  Stokes 
  Building. 
  In 
  January, 
  1880, 
  the 
  business 
  

   was 
  sold 
  to 
  H. 
  K. 
  and 
  F. 
  B. 
  Thurber, 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  

   factory 
  was 
  burned 
  in 
  December, 
  1880, 
  and 
  has 
  not 
  since 
  

   been 
  rebuilt 
  or 
  the 
  business 
  resumed. 
  

  

  ISSAC 
  N. 
  LINK. 
  

  

  Tliis 
  gentleman 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  tobacco 
  in 
  

   Durham 
  in 
  1876, 
  succeeding 
  W. 
  R. 
  Hughes 
  & 
  Co. 
  His 
  

   product 
  was 
  exclusively 
  granulated 
  tobacco, 
  his 
  sole 
  brand 
  

   being 
  the 
  " 
  Dime 
  Durham." 
  The 
  factory 
  had 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  

   about 
  one 
  thousand 
  pounds 
  per 
  day. 
  Its 
  principal 
  markets 
  

  

  