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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  not 
  a 
  little 
  sacrifice 
  were 
  necessary, 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  truly 
  said 
  

   to 
  his 
  honor 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Reams 
  manfully 
  bore 
  the 
  " 
  heat 
  and 
  

   burden 
  of 
  the 
  day." 
  In 
  many 
  instances 
  when 
  buyers 
  had 
  

   purchased 
  all 
  the 
  tobacco 
  they 
  wished, 
  and 
  yet 
  a 
  large 
  sur- 
  

   plus 
  remained 
  unsold, 
  he 
  would 
  urge 
  them 
  to 
  bid 
  on 
  at 
  full 
  

   market 
  price 
  — 
  often 
  even 
  more 
  than 
  other 
  markets 
  were 
  

   paying, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  build 
  up 
  our 
  market, 
  and 
  encourage 
  

   planters 
  to 
  bring 
  their 
  tobacco 
  to 
  Durham 
  — 
  having 
  said 
  

   surplus, 
  when 
  the 
  sales 
  were 
  closed, 
  charged 
  to 
  himself. 
  In 
  

   this 
  way 
  he 
  lost 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  money, 
  as 
  he 
  would 
  often 
  be 
  

   compelled 
  to 
  sell 
  the 
  same 
  tobacco 
  for 
  less 
  than 
  he 
  paid. 
  

   And 
  all 
  this 
  sacrifice 
  he 
  cheerfully 
  bore 
  for 
  no 
  other 
  purpose 
  

   than 
  to 
  establish 
  this 
  great 
  Central 
  Belt 
  Market 
  which 
  

   stands 
  to-day, 
  second 
  t(^ 
  none 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   leading 
  tobacco 
  marts 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  Truly 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  

   most 
  striking 
  manifestation 
  of 
  self-abnegation, 
  and 
  worthy 
  

   of 
  unfeigned 
  praise 
  and 
  emulation. 
  For 
  eight 
  years 
  from 
  

   the 
  time 
  he 
  opened 
  his 
  warehouse, 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  banking 
  

   facilities 
  in 
  Durham, 
  and 
  he 
  had 
  to 
  transact 
  his 
  banking 
  

   business 
  in 
  Raleigh, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  twenty-seven 
  miles. 
  

  

  He 
  is 
  now 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  leaf 
  trade, 
  dealing 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  

   best 
  of 
  N. 
  C. 
  Brights, 
  is 
  doing 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  business, 
  and 
  

   assuredly 
  has 
  earned 
  and 
  justly 
  deserves 
  an 
  abundant 
  suc- 
  

   cess. 
  

  

  BARTHOLOMEW 
  FULLER. 
  

  

  This 
  noble 
  son 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   Fayetteville. 
  He 
  graduated 
  at 
  the 
  State 
  University 
  at 
  

   Chapel 
  Hill 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  1850 
  or 
  1851, 
  with 
  the 
  highest 
  

   honors, 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  classmate 
  of 
  Judge 
  Manning, 
  now 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  of 
  Law 
  at 
  that 
  institution, 
  and 
  also 
  of 
  Judge 
  Samuel 
  

   Holmes, 
  of 
  California. 
  

  

  After 
  his 
  return 
  from 
  the 
  University 
  he 
  commenced 
  the 
  

   study 
  of 
  law, 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Hon. 
  Warren 
  Winslow, 
  

   of 
  Fayetteville, 
  who 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  represented 
  that 
  district 
  

  

  