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  basement 
  same 
  size, 
  gives 
  bim 
  larger 
  and 
  better 
  facilities 
  

   for 
  operating 
  bis 
  immense 
  tobacco 
  trade 
  than 
  is 
  possessed 
  

   by 
  any 
  other 
  warehouseman 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  the 
  many 
  

   advantages 
  which 
  he 
  possesses 
  are 
  all 
  utilized, 
  not 
  only 
  for 
  

   the 
  advancement 
  of 
  Durham, 
  as 
  a 
  tobacco 
  mart, 
  but 
  also 
  to 
  

   promote 
  the 
  bfst 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  planters 
  who 
  seek 
  this 
  mar- 
  

   ket 
  from 
  all 
  directions 
  — 
  many 
  coming 
  even 
  from 
  within 
  a 
  

   few 
  miles 
  of 
  other 
  markets. 
  Superior 
  prices 
  and 
  accommo- 
  

   dations 
  are 
  certainly 
  augmenting 
  the 
  tobacco 
  trade 
  of 
  the 
  

   tcAv'n, 
  building 
  up 
  other 
  M'arehouses 
  and 
  other 
  interests. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Parrish 
  is, 
  and 
  has 
  ever 
  been 
  considered, 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  

   most 
  enterprising 
  and 
  reliable 
  business 
  men, 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  

   popular 
  among 
  all 
  classes. 
  Courteous, 
  affable 
  and 
  enter- 
  

   taining, 
  — 
  unassuming, 
  yet 
  possessing 
  a 
  native 
  and 
  prepos- 
  

   sessing 
  dignity 
  and 
  grace 
  of 
  bearing 
  and 
  manner, 
  which 
  

   draws 
  about 
  him 
  — 
  for 
  advice, 
  encouragement 
  and 
  assis- 
  

   tance 
  — 
  all 
  classes 
  of 
  our 
  citizens 
  from 
  the 
  most 
  learned 
  and 
  

   affluent 
  to 
  the 
  most 
  illiterate 
  and 
  humble. 
  Full 
  of 
  the 
  love 
  

   of 
  the 
  blessed 
  Master, 
  and 
  seeking 
  to 
  emulate 
  His 
  example, 
  

   he 
  is 
  ever 
  "going 
  abuut 
  doing 
  good," 
  mingling 
  with 
  ivords 
  

   of 
  kindness, 
  deeds 
  of 
  charity 
  and 
  philanthropy. 
  No 
  worthv 
  

   object 
  of 
  charity 
  is 
  ever 
  turned 
  empty-handed 
  from 
  his 
  door. 
  

   The 
  young 
  man, 
  struggling 
  to 
  rise 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  ever 
  finds 
  

   in 
  him 
  a 
  warm 
  friend 
  and^helping 
  hand. 
  Of 
  strong, 
  tena- 
  

   cious 
  attachments, 
  nothing 
  can 
  shake 
  bis 
  friendship 
  for 
  a 
  

   man 
  or 
  cause, 
  which 
  is 
  straightforward 
  and 
  honorable. 
  

   Wherever 
  he 
  can 
  discover 
  a 
  yearning 
  and 
  a 
  purpose 
  to 
  do 
  

   right, 
  he 
  is 
  ever 
  ready 
  to 
  throw 
  the 
  mantle 
  of 
  charity 
  over 
  

   the 
  faults 
  and 
  mistakes 
  of 
  his 
  neighbor 
  — 
  never 
  deserting 
  a 
  

   ship 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  there 
  is 
  the 
  least 
  glimmer 
  of 
  hope, 
  and 
  until 
  

   after 
  every 
  means 
  has 
  been 
  exhausted 
  for 
  her 
  safe 
  moorage. 
  

   Such 
  a 
  man 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  blessing 
  to 
  any 
  community. 
  He 
  is 
  

   a 
  chip 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  block 
  — 
  a 
  worthy 
  son 
  of 
  a 
  noble 
  sire. 
  

  

  He 
  has 
  acted 
  in 
  many 
  public 
  positions, 
  as 
  Trustee, 
  Com- 
  

   missioner, 
  Mayor, 
  &c., 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  tendered 
  the 
  senatorial 
  

  

  