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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  but 
  after 
  nearly 
  two 
  years' 
  study, 
  enlisted 
  in 
  the 
  3rd 
  N. 
  C. 
  

   Cavalry 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  1864. 
  He 
  never 
  lost 
  a 
  single 
  

   day's 
  ^uty 
  during 
  the 
  entire 
  period 
  of 
  his 
  service, 
  was 
  a 
  

   general 
  favorite 
  among 
  his 
  comrades, 
  and 
  preferred 
  to 
  be 
  

   simply 
  a 
  private, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  be 
  among 
  " 
  the 
  boys," 
  although 
  

   he 
  carried 
  in 
  his 
  pocket 
  a 
  detail 
  as 
  an 
  officer 
  on 
  the 
  staff 
  of 
  

   General 
  Barringer. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  war 
  Mr. 
  Carr 
  returned 
  to 
  Chapel 
  Hill 
  and 
  at- 
  

   tended 
  the 
  University 
  one 
  session, 
  and 
  in 
  June, 
  1867, 
  en- 
  

   gaged 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  mercantile 
  busine.^s. 
  In 
  1868 
  he 
  moved 
  

   to 
  Little 
  Rock, 
  Ark,, 
  where 
  he 
  again 
  engaged 
  in 
  business, 
  

   but 
  on 
  a 
  larger 
  scale, 
  with 
  his 
  uncle 
  and 
  another 
  gentleman, 
  

   under 
  the 
  firm 
  name 
  of 
  Carr 
  & 
  Kingsburg. 
  After 
  residing 
  

   eighteen 
  months 
  at 
  Little 
  Rock, 
  his 
  father 
  saw 
  an 
  oppor- 
  

   tunity 
  of 
  purchasing 
  a 
  third 
  interest 
  in 
  W. 
  T. 
  Black 
  well's 
  

   Tobacco 
  Factory, 
  and 
  being 
  anxious 
  that 
  his 
  son 
  should 
  

   settle 
  nearer 
  home, 
  insisted 
  and 
  prevailed 
  upon 
  him 
  to 
  re- 
  

   turn. 
  Accordingly 
  in 
  Septemher, 
  1870, 
  he 
  joined 
  that 
  firm 
  

   and 
  has 
  ever 
  since 
  had 
  the 
  entire 
  control 
  of 
  its 
  mercantile 
  

   and 
  financial 
  department. 
  He 
  is 
  unquestionably 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  best 
  financiers 
  and 
  thorough 
  businessmen 
  in 
  this 
  State; 
  

   and 
  to 
  his 
  far-sighted 
  and 
  liberal 
  policy 
  may 
  justly 
  be 
  at 
  

   tributed 
  the 
  secret 
  of 
  the 
  v/onderful 
  success 
  of 
  his 
  firm. 
  His 
  

   bold, 
  lavish 
  but 
  judicious 
  system 
  of 
  advertising 
  has 
  made 
  

   the 
  Blackwell's 
  Durham 
  Smoking 
  Tobacco 
  a 
  household 
  

   word 
  from 
  Maine 
  to 
  the 
  Gulf 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  to 
  the 
  

   Pacific 
  slope, 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  foreign 
  countries. 
  Enterprising 
  

   and 
  public-spirited, 
  Mr. 
  Carr 
  has 
  encouraged 
  and 
  fostered 
  

   everything 
  tending 
  to 
  enhance 
  the 
  prosperity 
  of 
  our 
  city, 
  

   and 
  the 
  comfort 
  and 
  best 
  interesis 
  of 
  its 
  citizens. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Carr 
  is 
  emphatically 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  peo- 
  

   ple. 
  The 
  humblest 
  and 
  most 
  illiterate 
  man 
  has 
  equal 
  access 
  

   to 
  his 
  presence 
  with 
  the 
  wealthiest 
  and 
  most 
  learned, 
  and 
  

   he 
  is 
  courteous 
  arnd 
  attentive 
  to 
  all. 
  He 
  is 
  constantly 
  be- 
  

   sieged 
  by 
  scores 
  of 
  visitors 
  on 
  all 
  sorts 
  of 
  business 
  — 
  all 
  

  

  