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  the 
  average 
  voter. 
  In 
  these 
  positions 
  he 
  acquitted 
  himself 
  

   with 
  credit 
  to 
  himself 
  and 
  acceptability 
  to 
  his 
  constituents. 
  

   Moved 
  to 
  Durham 
  in 
  Februar}-, 
  1877, 
  to 
  take 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  

   job 
  printing 
  ofiice 
  of 
  Blackwell's 
  Durham 
  Tobacco 
  Co. 
  

   Held 
  that 
  position 
  until 
  June, 
  1879, 
  when 
  he 
  purchased 
  the 
  

   job 
  printing 
  office 
  of 
  D. 
  W. 
  Whitaker, 
  and 
  built 
  up 
  a 
  suc- 
  

   cessful 
  business. 
  His 
  oflSce 
  was 
  almost 
  entirely 
  destroyed 
  

   by 
  the 
  great 
  fire 
  of 
  1880. 
  But 
  he 
  immediately 
  purchased 
  

   a 
  new 
  outfit, 
  and 
  now 
  has 
  a 
  well 
  equipped 
  job 
  office, 
  and 
  is 
  

   doing 
  a 
  good 
  business. 
  It 
  is 
  generall}' 
  conceded 
  that 
  his 
  

   bronze 
  printing 
  stands 
  in 
  the 
  front 
  rank 
  of 
  excellence. 
  His 
  

   work 
  generally 
  far 
  surpasses 
  that 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  printing 
  

   done 
  in 
  Durham. 
  Was 
  a 
  delegate 
  to 
  the 
  only 
  two 
  Demo- 
  

   cratic 
  County 
  Conventions 
  held 
  since 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  Dur- 
  

   ham 
  county. 
  Was 
  also 
  a 
  delegate 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  Congressional 
  

   Convention. 
  He 
  took 
  an 
  active 
  part, 
  (as 
  he 
  does 
  in 
  all 
  

   other 
  high 
  and 
  commendable 
  movements) 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  pro- 
  

   hibition 
  campaign, 
  which 
  cause 
  was 
  defeated 
  only 
  by 
  an 
  

   amalgamated 
  combination 
  of 
  Republicans, 
  Liberals 
  and 
  

   anti-prohibitionists. 
  This 
  cause, 
  though 
  snowed 
  under 
  for 
  the 
  

   time 
  being, 
  must 
  — 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  just, 
  humane 
  and 
  holy 
  — 
  

   sooner 
  or 
  later 
  triumph. 
  The 
  education 
  of 
  public 
  senti- 
  

   ment 
  may 
  seem 
  slow 
  and 
  tedious, 
  but 
  we 
  thank 
  God 
  that 
  

   it 
  is 
  sure. 
  Ever}' 
  convert 
  is 
  a 
  convert 
  for 
  time 
  and 
  eternity 
  — 
  

   because 
  each 
  conversion 
  is 
  superinduced 
  by, 
  and 
  predicated 
  

   upon, 
  pure 
  and 
  lofty 
  principles 
  of 
  humanity, 
  morality 
  and 
  

   religion. 
  But 
  we 
  are 
  somewhat 
  diverging. 
  Mr. 
  Whitaker, 
  

   be 
  it 
  said 
  to 
  his 
  everlasting 
  honor, 
  was 
  an 
  enthusiastic 
  coad- 
  

   jutor 
  in 
  the 
  temperance 
  movement, 
  and 
  if 
  he 
  should 
  have 
  

   no 
  other, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  noble 
  heritage 
  to 
  leave 
  his 
  children. 
  

   But 
  he 
  will 
  leave 
  them 
  a 
  life 
  whose 
  acts 
  and 
  aims 
  bear 
  the 
  

   impress 
  of 
  lofty 
  motives 
  — 
  unselfishness 
  and 
  unswerving 
  

   devotion 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  interests 
  of 
  his 
  fellowmen. 
  In 
  what- 
  

   ever 
  position 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  to 
  act, 
  whether 
  social, 
  polit- 
  

   ical 
  or 
  religious, 
  he 
  has 
  kept 
  an 
  eye 
  single 
  to 
  the 
  glory 
  of 
  

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