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  History 
  of 
  Durham, 
  

  

  was 
  quite 
  meagre. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  1881 
  be 
  entered 
  

   into 
  copartnership 
  with 
  W. 
  A. 
  Lea 
  in 
  the 
  warehouse 
  busi- 
  

   ness. 
  Mr. 
  Jones 
  has 
  unquestionably 
  done 
  more 
  towards 
  

   building 
  up 
  the 
  fine 
  tobacco 
  trade 
  of 
  Durham 
  than 
  any 
  

   other 
  man 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  business. 
  Through 
  his 
  sapient 
  

   manipulations 
  and 
  influence, 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  leaf 
  trade 
  of 
  the 
  

   border 
  counties 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  which 
  had 
  for 
  years 
  centred 
  at 
  

   Danville, 
  was 
  diverted 
  to 
  the 
  Durham 
  market, 
  and 
  much 
  of 
  

   this 
  came 
  from 
  his 
  old 
  friends 
  and 
  customers, 
  who, 
  perhaps, 
  

   might 
  never 
  have 
  sought 
  this 
  market 
  if 
  Mr. 
  Jones 
  had 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  his 
  business 
  at 
  Danville. 
  Of 
  course 
  these 
  brought 
  

   their 
  friends, 
  and 
  all 
  receiving 
  such 
  hospitable 
  treatment 
  

   and 
  good 
  prices, 
  continued 
  to 
  cling 
  to 
  this 
  market. 
  Mr. 
  

   Jones 
  continued 
  one 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  warehouse 
  business, 
  mak- 
  

   ing 
  friends 
  everywhere 
  b}' 
  his 
  courteous 
  and 
  honorable 
  

   dealing. 
  He 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  well-bred, 
  polished 
  gentlemen 
  

   of 
  the 
  old 
  scliool 
  of 
  proverbial 
  Southern 
  hospitality 
  and 
  

   chivalry. 
  Warm-hearted 
  and 
  generous 
  to 
  a 
  fault, 
  in 
  him 
  

   the 
  poor 
  and 
  unfortunate 
  of 
  this 
  world 
  always 
  find 
  a 
  sym- 
  

   pathetic 
  friend, 
  adviser 
  and 
  helper. 
  No 
  worthy 
  object 
  of 
  

   charity 
  turns 
  empty-handed 
  from 
  his 
  door. 
  Investing 
  largely 
  

   in 
  real 
  estate 
  here, 
  and 
  being 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  

   factors 
  in 
  the 
  building 
  up 
  of 
  our 
  cit}'', 
  it 
  is 
  generally 
  hoped 
  

   that 
  Mr. 
  Jones 
  will 
  make 
  Durham 
  his 
  permanent 
  home. 
  In 
  

   IMay, 
  1884, 
  Mr. 
  Jones 
  was 
  elected 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Town 
  Commis- 
  

   sioners 
  of 
  Durham 
  by 
  a 
  very 
  flattering 
  vote. 
  

  

  C. 
  B. 
  GREEN. 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  gentleman 
  will 
  be 
  handed 
  down 
  to 
  

   future 
  generations 
  as 
  one 
  who 
  has 
  contributed 
  largely 
  to 
  

   the 
  material 
  and 
  intellectual 
  advancement 
  of 
  Durham. 
  He 
  

   moved 
  to 
  Durham 
  in 
  1867, 
  then 
  a 
  boy 
  only 
  11 
  years 
  of 
  

   age. 
  In 
  1870 
  he 
  established 
  a 
  job 
  printing 
  ofiice 
  and 
  was 
  

   the 
  first 
  person 
  to 
  " 
  stick 
  " 
  a 
  type 
  in 
  Durham. 
  In 
  January, 
  

   1882, 
  he 
  established 
  Tlie 
  Durham 
  lobacco 
  Plant, 
  and 
  since 
  

   that 
  time 
  its 
  columns 
  have 
  been 
  earnestly 
  and 
  honestly 
  de- 
  

  

  