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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  population 
  harmonious 
  and 
  happy, 
  I 
  would 
  write 
  of 
  your 
  

   ' 
  Graded 
  School,' 
  that 
  noble 
  institution 
  where 
  the 
  children 
  

   of 
  the 
  men 
  of 
  Durham 
  can 
  become 
  enlightened, 
  intelligent 
  

   and 
  cultivated 
  men 
  and 
  women 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina." 
  He 
  

   spoke 
  at 
  considerable 
  length 
  about 
  capital 
  and 
  referred 
  to 
  

   its 
  tendency 
  to 
  withdraw 
  and 
  hide 
  itself 
  during 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  

   bad 
  laws, 
  or 
  a 
  bad 
  administration 
  of 
  government. 
  jNIoney 
  

   is 
  a 
  great 
  coward, 
  he 
  said, 
  and 
  continued 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  say- 
  

   ing 
  too 
  much 
  when 
  I 
  appeal 
  to 
  you 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  our 
  State, 
  

   North 
  Carolina, 
  shall 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  future, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  past, 
  un- 
  

   der 
  good 
  and 
  wholesome 
  laws, 
  well 
  and 
  wisely 
  administered 
  

   by 
  good 
  and 
  true 
  men." 
  

  

  He 
  then 
  dwelt 
  upon 
  the 
  relations 
  between 
  the 
  farming 
  

   and 
  the 
  mercantile 
  elements 
  of 
  society. 
  Others 
  work, 
  but 
  

   they 
  create 
  nothing, 
  merely 
  converting 
  old 
  material 
  into 
  

   new 
  forms 
  : 
  but 
  the 
  farmer 
  plants 
  his 
  seed 
  and 
  produces 
  that 
  

   which 
  did 
  not 
  before 
  exist. 
  Without 
  this 
  all 
  other 
  employ- 
  

   ment 
  would 
  cease. 
  Every 
  interest 
  depended 
  on 
  the 
  agri- 
  

   cultural, 
  and 
  though 
  in 
  some 
  communities 
  there 
  was 
  irrita- 
  

   tion 
  between 
  the 
  farmers 
  and 
  the 
  merchants, 
  he 
  was 
  sure 
  

   that 
  there 
  was 
  none 
  at 
  Durham; 
  that 
  the 
  gentlemen 
  com- 
  

   posing 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trade 
  at 
  Durham 
  so 
  well 
  understood 
  the 
  

   laws 
  of 
  trade 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  never 
  permit 
  anything 
  to 
  

   occur 
  that 
  would 
  afford 
  just 
  ground 
  for 
  complaint. 
  He 
  de- 
  

   picted 
  the 
  great 
  progress 
  that 
  has 
  in 
  recent 
  years 
  been 
  made 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  >State, 
  and 
  the 
  pride 
  that 
  our 
  citizens 
  now 
  

   take 
  in 
  saying 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  North 
  Carolinians. 
  We 
  had 
  

   much 
  to 
  be 
  proud 
  of 
  in 
  our 
  history, 
  and 
  still 
  more 
  in 
  the 
  

   character 
  of 
  our 
  people 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  greatness 
  of 
  our 
  resources. 
  

   In 
  conclusion 
  he 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  fine 
  exhibits 
  at 
  Atlanta 
  and 
  

   at 
  Boston, 
  and 
  he 
  urged 
  the 
  desirability 
  of 
  our 
  making 
  a 
  

   splendid 
  display 
  of 
  our 
  State's 
  progress 
  and 
  resources 
  at 
  

   Raleigh 
  tliis 
  fall 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  World's 
  Exposition 
  at 
  New 
  Or- 
  

   leans. 
  He 
  begged 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  Durham 
  county 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  

   behind 
  their 
  sister 
  counties 
  in 
  this 
  matter, 
  but 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  

   noble 
  exhibit 
  worthy 
  of 
  their 
  tovrn, 
  worthy 
  of 
  Durham 
  

   county 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  The 
  speech 
  was 
  admirably 
  conceived, 
  forcibly 
  delivered 
  

   and 
  was 
  received 
  with 
  warm 
  applause 
  and 
  much 
  satisfac- 
  

   tion 
  on 
  all 
  sides. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Lockhart, 
  the 
  proprietor 
  of 
  the 
  Warehouse 
  

   then, 
  in 
  response 
  to 
  repeated 
  calls, 
  made 
  a 
  few 
  pleasant 
  re- 
  

   marks, 
  and 
  after 
  music 
  the 
  crowd 
  poured 
  into 
  the 
  capacious 
  

   warehouse 
  to 
  witness 
  the 
  sales 
  of 
  tobacco. 
  

  

  