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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  perused 
  by 
  the 
  reader 
  the 
  company 
  will 
  have 
  been 
  organ- 
  

   ized, 
  a 
  survey 
  made, 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  construction 
  com- 
  

   menced. 
  Franklinton 
  is 
  as 
  good 
  a 
  point 
  of 
  connection 
  as 
  can 
  

   be 
  made. 
  It 
  undoubtedly 
  gives 
  us 
  a 
  competing 
  line 
  and 
  a 
  

   decidedly 
  more 
  direct 
  outlet 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  markets. 
  There 
  

   is 
  no 
  necessity 
  for 
  Durham 
  remaining 
  a 
  mere 
  railroad 
  sta- 
  

   tion, 
  at 
  the 
  mercy 
  of 
  a 
  monopoly, 
  made 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  most 
  

   extravagant 
  freight 
  rates, 
  when 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  opportunity 
  for 
  

   better 
  things. 
  

  

  The 
  New 
  Banner 
  Warehouse. 
  

  

  'Opening 
  Sales 
  — 
  Speeches 
  by 
  His 
  Excellency, 
  Governok 
  

   Jarvis, 
  Capt. 
  S. 
  a. 
  Ashe, 
  Hon. 
  C. 
  B. 
  Green 
  and 
  others 
  

   — 
  A 
  Gala 
  Day. 
  

  

  As 
  we 
  could 
  not 
  possibly 
  be 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  '''Opening 
  

   Sales" 
  of 
  ihis 
  mammoth 
  establishment, 
  being 
  detained 
  at 
  

   Raleigh 
  superintending 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  our 
  book, 
  we 
  

   insert 
  the 
  following 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  gleaned 
  from 
  

   the 
  columns 
  of 
  the 
  News 
  Sc 
  Observer, 
  an 
  ably 
  edited 
  and 
  

   leading 
  Democratic 
  paper, 
  published 
  at 
  Raleigh. 
  We 
  regret 
  

   that 
  our 
  limited 
  space 
  will 
  not 
  permit 
  us 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  more 
  

   •extended 
  notice, 
  but 
  the 
  following 
  will 
  give 
  a 
  tolerably 
  

   accurate 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  auspicious 
  occasion 
  : 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  8th 
  of 
  May, 
  1884, 
  Gov. 
  Jarvis, 
  by 
  invitation, 
  

   attended 
  the 
  formal 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  Banner 
  Tobacco 
  

   Warehouse 
  at 
  Durham, 
  of 
  which 
  J. 
  S. 
  Lockhart, 
  Esq., 
  is 
  pro- 
  

   prietor. 
  The 
  evening 
  previous 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  the 
  recipient 
  of 
  

   a 
  serenade, 
  and 
  in 
  response 
  to 
  calls 
  had 
  made 
  a 
  pleasant 
  

   speech 
  to 
  the 
  Durham 
  Light 
  Infantry 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  assemblage. 
  

   On 
  Thursday 
  morning 
  a 
  procession 
  formed 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  ho- 
  

   tel 
  and 
  under 
  escort 
  of 
  the 
  Mayor, 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trade 
  and 
  

   a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  citizens, 
  the 
  Governor 
  was 
  conducted 
  to 
  

   the 
  Banner 
  Warehouse, 
  where 
  a 
  galaxy 
  of 
  Durham's 
  lovely 
  

   ladies 
  had 
  gathered. 
  After 
  delightful 
  music 
  by 
  the 
  Dur- 
  

   •ham 
  brass 
  band, 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  B. 
  Green, 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  Tobacco 
  Plant, 
  

  

  