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  leaving 
  his 
  presence 
  with 
  their 
  various 
  wishes 
  and 
  petitions, 
  

   when 
  laudable, 
  favorably 
  considered. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  wit- 
  

   nessed 
  this 
  incessant 
  stream 
  of 
  visitors 
  for 
  many 
  months, 
  

   and 
  has 
  never 
  in 
  all 
  his 
  life 
  seen 
  any 
  one 
  man 
  who 
  had 
  less 
  

   time 
  to 
  devote 
  to 
  his 
  own 
  personal 
  or 
  public 
  affairs 
  than 
  

   Mr. 
  Carr. 
  And 
  yet, 
  despite 
  of 
  this 
  great 
  burden 
  of 
  daily 
  

   care, 
  he 
  keeps 
  fully 
  abreast 
  of 
  all 
  issues 
  and 
  enterprises 
  which 
  

   contemplates 
  the 
  manufacturing, 
  agricultural 
  and 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  advancement 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  as 
  a 
  State 
  — 
  aiding 
  and 
  abet- 
  

   ting 
  the 
  development 
  and 
  enhancement 
  of 
  her 
  varied 
  and 
  

   multifarious 
  industrial, 
  intellectual 
  and 
  ethical 
  resources. 
  

   As 
  an 
  evidence 
  of 
  his 
  interest 
  and 
  cooperation 
  in 
  various 
  

   public 
  affairs, 
  we 
  meutioil 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  honorable 
  

   positions 
  he 
  now 
  occupies: 
  

  

  President 
  of 
  Blackwell's 
  Durham 
  Tobacco 
  Company, 
  Dur- 
  

   ham, 
  N. 
  C. 
  ; 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  

   Methodist 
  Female 
  Seminary, 
  Durham, 
  N. 
  C. 
  ; 
  Vice 
  Presi- 
  

   dent 
  of 
  the 
  Cotton 
  Manufacturing 
  Company, 
  Durham, 
  N. 
  

   C. 
  ; 
  Vice 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Durham 
  Woollen 
  and 
  Wooden 
  

   Mills, 
  Durham, 
  N. 
  C. 
  ; 
  Vice 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  N. 
  C. 
  State 
  

   Exposition 
  Co., 
  Raleigh, 
  N. 
  C. 
  ; 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Executive 
  

   Committee 
  of 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  Slate 
  University; 
  

   Chapel 
  Hill, 
  N. 
  C; 
  Trustee 
  of 
  Trinity 
  College, 
  Trinity 
  Col- 
  

   lege, 
  N. 
  C; 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Executive 
  Committee 
  of 
  the 
  Na- 
  

   tional 
  Tobacco 
  Association 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  ; 
  President 
  

   Greensboro 
  Female 
  College 
  Association, 
  and 
  a 
  Director 
  of 
  

   the 
  Oxford 
  Orphan 
  Asylum. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  few 
  minds 
  of 
  adequate 
  calibre 
  to 
  grapple 
  with 
  

   and 
  do 
  plenary 
  justice 
  by 
  so 
  many 
  and 
  varied 
  enterprises. 
  

   As 
  an 
  attestation 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  his 
  co-operation 
  the 
  list 
  

   continues 
  to 
  increase. 
  Generous, 
  considerate 
  and 
  afiFable 
  

   to 
  all, 
  no 
  worthy 
  object 
  ever 
  fails 
  to 
  enlist 
  his 
  sympathies, 
  

   and 
  no 
  one 
  in 
  misfortune 
  has 
  ever 
  appealed 
  to 
  him 
  in 
  vain. 
  

   He 
  is 
  a 
  constant 
  friend, 
  a 
  faithful 
  and 
  devoted 
  husband, 
  an 
  

   affectionate 
  father, 
  a 
  zealous, 
  consistant 
  christian, 
  and 
  a 
  

  

  