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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  land, 
  that 
  he 
  narrowly 
  escaped 
  with 
  his 
  life, 
  being 
  ship- 
  

   wrecked 
  on 
  the 
  ill-fated 
  " 
  City 
  of 
  Brussels." 
  January 
  7th, 
  

   1883. 
  Mr. 
  Siegel 
  then 
  made 
  arrangements 
  to 
  go 
  into 
  busi- 
  

   ness 
  for 
  himself, 
  which 
  arrangement 
  went 
  into 
  efiect 
  May 
  

   .1st, 
  1883 
  ; 
  a 
  few 
  months 
  later 
  he 
  was 
  joined 
  by 
  his 
  brother, 
  

   Mr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Siegel. 
  They 
  began 
  with 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  5,000 
  

   cigarettes 
  per 
  day, 
  and 
  made 
  their 
  first 
  shipment 
  July 
  19th, 
  

   placing 
  their 
  goods 
  first 
  in 
  Raleigh 
  and 
  Goldsboro. 
  In 
  

   October 
  last 
  Mr. 
  David 
  Siegel 
  made 
  a 
  trip, 
  placing 
  a 
  quan- 
  

   tity 
  of 
  his 
  goods 
  on 
  consignment 
  in 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  places. 
  

   This 
  put 
  them 
  on 
  trial 
  onl}^ 
  but 
  w^hen 
  these 
  very 
  dealers 
  

   ordered 
  the 
  goods, 
  and 
  re-ordered 
  them 
  again 
  and 
  again, 
  in 
  

   increasing 
  quantities, 
  it 
  proved 
  conclusively 
  that 
  their 
  cig- 
  

   arettes 
  were 
  becoming 
  appreciated. 
  

  

  The 
  Siegel 
  Bros, 
  claim 
  to 
  be 
  pioneers 
  in 
  the 
  cigarette 
  bus- 
  

   iness 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  for 
  very 
  good 
  reasons. 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  

   Siegel 
  was 
  the 
  15th 
  cigarette 
  maker 
  in 
  London, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   David 
  Siegel 
  was 
  the 
  60th 
  in 
  London 
  and 
  the 
  4th 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  while 
  there 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  from 
  15,- 
  

   000 
  to 
  17,000. 
  For 
  eighteen 
  years, 
  they 
  have 
  studied 
  this 
  

   trade, 
  and 
  have 
  worked 
  in 
  the 
  largest 
  manufactories 
  in 
  the 
  

   world 
  ; 
  hence 
  they 
  are 
  thoroughly 
  conversant 
  with 
  every 
  

   method 
  of 
  preparing 
  tobacco, 
  and 
  know 
  how 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  

   requirements 
  of 
  every 
  climate. 
  

  

  The 
  selection 
  of 
  a 
  trade-mark 
  w^as 
  a 
  subject 
  of 
  much 
  

   thought, 
  and 
  in 
  deciding 
  upon 
  "Cablegram" 
  they 
  made 
  a 
  

   very 
  happy 
  hit. 
  As 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  such 
  a 
  thing 
  

   as 
  a 
  cablegram 
  denotes 
  a 
  triumph 
  in 
  modern 
  science, 
  so 
  in 
  

   putting 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  their 
  nearly 
  twenty 
  years' 
  experience 
  

   into 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  their 
  "Cablegram 
  Cigarettes," 
  they 
  

   claim 
  to 
  offer 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  something 
  exceptionally 
  fine 
  in 
  

   qualit3^ 
  

  

  Their 
  sales 
  extend 
  over 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  in 
  Columbia, 
  Spartanburg 
  and 
  Greenville, 
  S. 
  C; 
  

   Augusta, 
  Atlanta, 
  Macon, 
  Columbus 
  and 
  Eufaula, 
  Ga.; 
  Mont- 
  

   gomery 
  and 
  Selma, 
  Ala.; 
  Meridian, 
  Miss.; 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  La.; 
  

   Galveston, 
  Houston, 
  Austin, 
  Dallas 
  and 
  otherpoints 
  in 
  Texas; 
  

   Little 
  Rock, 
  Ark.; 
  Nashville 
  and 
  Knoxville, 
  Tenn., 
  and 
  in 
  

   numerous 
  other 
  places. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  handsome 
  showing, 
  

   and 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  added 
  that 
  within 
  six 
  months 
  from 
  the 
  plac- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  their 
  products 
  upon 
  the 
  market, 
  their 
  sales 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  

   month 
  exceeded 
  570.000 
  cigarettes, 
  their 
  superior 
  qualit3% 
  

   and 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  their 
  enterprise 
  are 
  established 
  beyond 
  

   controversy. 
  

  

  