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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  ham 
  Smoking 
  Tobacco," 
  and 
  selected 
  as 
  a 
  trade-mark 
  the 
  

   world-famed 
  " 
  Durham 
  Bull." 
  Morris 
  & 
  Wright 
  had 
  been 
  

   manuiacturing, 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  way, 
  an 
  article 
  which 
  they 
  stj^led 
  

   " 
  Best 
  Spanish 
  Flavored 
  Smoking 
  Tobacco." 
  But 
  the 
  word 
  

   " 
  Durham 
  " 
  as 
  a 
  distinctive 
  feature, 
  or 
  brand, 
  in 
  connection 
  

   with 
  smoking 
  tobacco, 
  was 
  first 
  used 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Green, 
  and 
  

   subsequently, 
  by 
  right 
  of 
  purchase, 
  passed 
  into 
  the 
  hands 
  

   of 
  W. 
  T. 
  Blackwell 
  & 
  Co., 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  sole 
  and 
  exclu- 
  

   sive 
  right 
  to 
  the 
  trade-mark 
  — 
  " 
  Durham 
  Bull." 
  This 
  tobacco 
  

   was 
  made 
  famous 
  through 
  the 
  advent 
  of 
  Sherman's 
  army, 
  

   a 
  detailed 
  account 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  Chapter 
  I. 
  In 
  1865 
  

   very 
  little 
  leaf 
  came 
  to 
  Durham, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  was 
  com- 
  

   pelled 
  to 
  seek 
  the 
  principal 
  portion 
  of 
  his 
  supplies 
  from 
  

   other 
  markets. 
  Being 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  indomitable 
  energy, 
  rare 
  

   intellectual 
  endowments 
  and 
  business 
  tact, 
  his 
  manufacture 
  

   and 
  sales 
  soon 
  assumed 
  huge 
  proportions 
  and 
  continued 
  to 
  

   increase 
  until 
  1868, 
  when, 
  his 
  health 
  failing, 
  and 
  being 
  un- 
  

   able 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  business 
  his 
  personal 
  supervision, 
  Col. 
  W. 
  

   T. 
  Blackwell 
  and 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  R. 
  Day, 
  were 
  admitted 
  as 
  partners 
  

   But 
  a 
  broad 
  and 
  deep 
  foundation 
  had 
  been 
  laid 
  for 
  Durham's 
  

   future 
  greatness. 
  In 
  the 
  selection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Blackwell 
  he 
  dis- 
  

   played, 
  as 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  demonstrated 
  in 
  a 
  remarkable 
  

   degree, 
  sound 
  business 
  sagacity 
  and 
  forethought. 
  The 
  bur- 
  

   den 
  of 
  management 
  soon 
  devolved 
  almost 
  entirely 
  upon 
  

   Mr. 
  Blackwell, 
  who 
  proved 
  himself 
  eminently 
  capable 
  and 
  

   worthy 
  in 
  every 
  sense 
  of 
  conducting 
  the 
  then 
  infant 
  enterprise 
  

   to 
  a 
  success 
  surpassing 
  anything 
  in 
  the 
  annals 
  of 
  the 
  history 
  

   of 
  Tobacco 
  in 
  this 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  country. 
  The 
  little 
  one- 
  

   story 
  wood 
  factory 
  of 
  '65 
  has 
  grown 
  and 
  expanded 
  until 
  

   to-day 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  best 
  equipped 
  Smoking 
  Tobacco 
  

   Factory 
  in 
  the 
  world, 
  and 
  the 
  excellencies 
  of 
  its 
  products 
  

   have 
  rendered 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  Green, 
  Blackwell 
  and 
  Carr 
  

   household 
  words 
  in 
  every 
  nich 
  and 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  where 
  

   the 
  weed 
  is 
  used. 
  [As 
  a 
  tribute 
  to 
  the 
  merits 
  of 
  these 
  men, 
  

   we 
  would 
  respectfully 
  suggest 
  the 
  following 
  design 
  : 
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