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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  aims 
  in 
  protecting 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  labor, 
  in 
  administering 
  to 
  

   and 
  alleviating 
  the 
  wants 
  of 
  the 
  poor 
  has 
  enshrined 
  his 
  

   name 
  deep 
  in 
  the 
  hearts 
  of 
  the 
  people. 
  Truly 
  may 
  be 
  ap- 
  

   plied 
  to 
  him 
  the 
  famous 
  encomium, 
  " 
  he 
  went 
  about 
  doing 
  

   good." 
  An 
  example, 
  potent 
  with 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  enterprising 
  

   devotion 
  to 
  business, 
  has 
  been 
  afforded 
  by 
  this 
  worthy 
  cus- 
  

   todian 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  industries 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  where 
  is 
  

   to 
  be 
  obtained 
  adequate 
  supplies 
  of 
  the 
  material, 
  which 
  has 
  

   become 
  so 
  indispensable 
  to 
  manufacturers 
  of 
  tobacco, 
  and 
  

   which 
  should 
  be 
  the 
  foundation 
  of 
  the 
  wealth 
  and 
  prosperity 
  

   of 
  the 
  people. 
  " 
  Honor 
  to 
  whom 
  honor 
  is 
  due 
  " 
  must 
  be 
  

   remembered 
  by 
  the 
  good 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Old 
  North 
  State," 
  

   and 
  the 
  full 
  meed 
  of 
  praise 
  be 
  rendered 
  to 
  W. 
  T. 
  Blackwell, 
  

   the 
  Father 
  of 
  Durham 
  and 
  the 
  friend 
  of 
  the 
  people. 
  A 
  man 
  

   who 
  has 
  attained 
  the 
  high 
  and 
  honorable 
  distinction 
  of 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  foremost 
  in 
  resuscitating 
  the 
  spirits 
  and 
  hopes 
  of 
  his 
  

   race, 
  which 
  were 
  well 
  nigh 
  paralyzed 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  great 
  civil 
  

   conflict; 
  who 
  has 
  taught 
  us 
  to 
  extract 
  precious 
  beams 
  of 
  

   hope 
  from 
  the 
  darkest 
  clouds 
  of 
  despair; 
  who 
  has 
  demon- 
  

   strated 
  to 
  the 
  world 
  the 
  efficacy 
  of 
  close, 
  assiduous 
  vigilance 
  

   to 
  all 
  the 
  minutest 
  ramifications 
  of 
  business; 
  who 
  has 
  

   strengthened 
  and 
  fortified 
  the 
  foundations 
  of 
  a 
  future 
  posi- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  manufactures 
  pregnant 
  with 
  vital 
  interest 
  and 
  im- 
  

   portance, 
  should 
  and 
  will 
  receive 
  honorable 
  mention 
  by 
  the 
  

   honest 
  historian 
  of 
  the 
  future, 
  and 
  the 
  hearty 
  thanks 
  of 
  the 
  

   world. 
  Each 
  great 
  manipulator 
  of 
  material 
  resources, 
  as 
  

   pandering 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  cause 
  of 
  industry, 
  should 
  be 
  ac- 
  

   credited 
  with 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  category 
  of 
  the 
  distinguished 
  

   and 
  the 
  noble. 
  Within 
  the 
  unchecked 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  genial 
  

   current 
  that 
  animates 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  W. 
  T. 
  Blackwell 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   found 
  kindly 
  impulses 
  and 
  that 
  devotion 
  to 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  

   right 
  and 
  truth 
  and 
  justice, 
  which 
  invest 
  with 
  honor 
  and 
  

   embellish 
  with 
  distinction. 
  Through 
  him 
  Durham 
  has 
  thus 
  

   been 
  given 
  a 
  forward 
  move 
  in 
  the 
  tobacco 
  industry, 
  and 
  the 
  

   example 
  has 
  been 
  productive 
  of 
  the 
  inauguration 
  of 
  other 
  

  

  