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  once 
  prevalent 
  objectiftns 
  to 
  it, 
  based 
  upon 
  religious 
  prin- 
  

   ciples, 
  have 
  been 
  almost 
  totally 
  obliterated 
  b}' 
  facts, 
  figures 
  

   and 
  results; 
  so 
  that, 
  to-day, 
  the 
  science 
  of 
  Underwriters 
  

   stands 
  high 
  among 
  the 
  vast 
  enterprises 
  of 
  our 
  country, 
  af- 
  

   fording 
  a 
  wide 
  field 
  for 
  the 
  employment 
  of 
  capital 
  and 
  brain. 
  

   At 
  that 
  time 
  Durham 
  was 
  young, 
  yet 
  the 
  eye 
  of 
  the 
  obser- 
  

   vant 
  could 
  see 
  that 
  where 
  such 
  energy 
  as 
  characterized 
  her 
  

   people 
  existed, 
  prosperity 
  would 
  follow 
  in 
  its 
  wake. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Soutbgate 
  did 
  not 
  become 
  a 
  citizen 
  of 
  Durham 
  until 
  

   1876, 
  although 
  many 
  of 
  her 
  people 
  were 
  numbered 
  among 
  

   his 
  best 
  friends 
  and 
  patrons. 
  He 
  was 
  soon 
  recognized 
  as 
  

   the 
  Insurance 
  man 
  of 
  the 
  town, 
  and 
  the 
  business 
  of 
  his 
  

   agency 
  has 
  increased 
  until 
  in 
  point 
  of 
  premium 
  receipts 
  it 
  

   occupies 
  a 
  position 
  second 
  to 
  none 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  He 
  repre- 
  

   sents 
  twenty-five 
  of 
  the 
  thirty 
  Fire 
  Insurance 
  Companies 
  

   located 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  and 
  his 
  business 
  extends 
  over 
  

   several 
  counties. 
  Having 
  mastered 
  the 
  principles 
  of 
  Un- 
  

   derwriting, 
  he 
  industriously 
  applies 
  them, 
  and 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  

   know 
  a 
  community 
  which 
  is 
  better 
  educated 
  to 
  the 
  impor- 
  

   tance 
  of 
  Insurance 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  phases 
  than 
  Durham 
  and 
  vi- 
  

   cinity. 
  He 
  maintains 
  the 
  confidence 
  of 
  his 
  companies 
  and 
  

   patrons 
  by 
  his 
  recognized 
  ability, 
  strict 
  integrity 
  and 
  uni- 
  

   form 
  courtesy. 
  

  

  JOHN 
  R. 
  GREEN. 
  

  

  This 
  gentleman 
  is 
  the 
  originator 
  and 
  founder 
  of 
  the 
  brands 
  

   " 
  Genuine 
  Durham 
  " 
  and 
  "Genuine 
  Bull 
  Durham 
  " 
  Smok- 
  

   ing 
  Tobacco. 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  moved 
  to 
  Durham 
  Station 
  in 
  1860, 
  

   where 
  he 
  continued 
  to 
  reside 
  until 
  his 
  death, 
  which 
  occurred 
  

   in 
  1869. 
  Daring 
  the 
  late 
  war 
  he 
  purchased 
  of 
  Morris 
  & 
  

   Wright 
  a 
  small 
  tobacco 
  factory 
  located 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  railroad 
  

   on 
  the 
  site 
  now 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  mammoth 
  Tobacco 
  Works 
  

   of 
  Blackwell's 
  Durham 
  Tobacco 
  Compan}', 
  and 
  commenced 
  

   the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  the 
  celebrated 
  brand 
  of 
  " 
  Genuine 
  Dur- 
  

  

  