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  voted 
  to 
  the 
  political, 
  material, 
  moral 
  and 
  educational 
  inter- 
  

   ests 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  Durham 
  and 
  surrounding 
  country. 
  

   Great 
  good 
  has 
  been 
  accomplished 
  through 
  the 
  medium 
  of 
  

   this 
  abl}- 
  edited 
  journal. 
  In 
  1874 
  he 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  County 
  

   Commissioner 
  by 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  Orange, 
  and 
  acquitted 
  him- 
  

   self 
  in 
  this 
  position 
  with 
  great 
  credit. 
  In 
  18S0 
  he 
  was 
  

   almost 
  unanimously 
  nominated 
  by 
  the 
  Orange 
  County 
  Dem- 
  

   ocratic 
  Convention 
  as 
  a 
  candidate 
  for 
  a 
  seat 
  in 
  the 
  House 
  of 
  

   Representatives. 
  He 
  was 
  opposed 
  by 
  Hon. 
  Josiah 
  Turner, 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  shrewdest 
  canvassers 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  who, 
  two 
  

   years 
  previous, 
  had 
  defeated 
  one 
  of 
  tiie 
  best 
  men 
  in 
  the 
  

   county 
  by 
  SOO 
  majorit}'. 
  The 
  contest 
  was 
  a 
  very 
  stirring 
  

   and 
  interesting 
  one, 
  but 
  young 
  Green 
  proved 
  himself 
  a 
  

   match 
  for 
  Mr. 
  Turner, 
  and 
  came 
  out 
  with 
  a 
  handsome 
  ma- 
  

   jority. 
  He 
  took 
  his 
  seat 
  in 
  the 
  General 
  Assembly 
  at 
  the 
  

   session 
  of 
  188], 
  and 
  from 
  that 
  time 
  on 
  worked 
  faithfully 
  

   for 
  Durham 
  and 
  his 
  county. 
  The 
  bill 
  introduced 
  by 
  hin) 
  

   providing 
  for 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Durham 
  was 
  

   confronted 
  by 
  a 
  most 
  determined 
  and 
  vehement 
  opposition, 
  

   every 
  inch 
  of 
  ground 
  being 
  hotly 
  contested, 
  but 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  

   fought 
  manfully 
  and 
  successfully 
  for 
  the 
  new 
  count}', 
  and 
  

   the 
  bill 
  became 
  a 
  law. 
  While 
  his 
  time 
  was 
  largely 
  devoted 
  

   to 
  the 
  material, 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  forget 
  the 
  educational 
  interests 
  

   of 
  Durham. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  session, 
  he 
  intro- 
  

   duced 
  a 
  bill 
  providing 
  for 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  graded 
  

   school 
  in 
  Durham, 
  whicii 
  also 
  became 
  a 
  law. 
  Under 
  the 
  

   provisions 
  of 
  this 
  bill 
  the 
  school 
  was 
  soon 
  established, 
  and 
  

   is 
  now 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  permanent 
  institutions 
  of 
  Durham, 
  which 
  

   is 
  pointed 
  out 
  with 
  pride 
  and 
  pleasure. 
  Mr. 
  Julian 
  S. 
  Carr 
  

   has 
  made 
  the 
  school 
  a 
  present 
  of 
  a 
  $3,000 
  site, 
  and 
  a 
  fine 
  

   building 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  erected, 
  and 
  adequately 
  furnished 
  with 
  

   all 
  necessary 
  appliances. 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  not 
  only 
  advocated 
  in 
  

   the 
  Legislature 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  this 
  school, 
  but 
  his 
  

   paper 
  did 
  faithful 
  and 
  eflBcient 
  service 
  in 
  moulding 
  popular 
  

   sentiment 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  it. 
  But 
  his 
  w^ork 
  for 
  the 
  people 
  is 
  not 
  

  

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