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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  izer 
  business. 
  He 
  also 
  opened 
  a 
  warehouse. 
  His 
  success 
  

   in 
  this 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  trade 
  has 
  been 
  truly 
  remarkable. 
  He 
  

   has 
  just 
  completed 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  warehouses 
  in 
  the 
  

   State, 
  and 
  judging 
  from 
  his 
  past 
  success, 
  if 
  he 
  is 
  not 
  soon, 
  

   the 
  leading 
  warehouseman, 
  he 
  will 
  at 
  least 
  have 
  no 
  superior. 
  

   By 
  his 
  unimpeachable 
  business 
  integrity 
  and 
  sagacity, 
  to- 
  

   gether 
  with 
  his 
  high-toned, 
  moral 
  and 
  religious 
  life, 
  he 
  has 
  

   succeeded 
  in 
  winning 
  for 
  himself 
  a 
  handsome 
  estate 
  and 
  

   the 
  respect 
  and 
  esteem 
  of 
  all 
  who 
  know 
  him. 
  He 
  is 
  thor- 
  

   oughly 
  identified 
  with 
  our 
  bright 
  tobaccos, 
  and 
  has 
  done 
  

   much 
  toward 
  introducing 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  notice 
  of 
  tobacco 
  

   dealers 
  generally. 
  His 
  building 
  is 
  erected 
  with 
  special 
  ref- 
  

   erence 
  to 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  qualities 
  of 
  the 
  

   special 
  tobaccos 
  he 
  handles. 
  On 
  the 
  daj' 
  of 
  the 
  opening 
  

   sale 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  Banner 
  Warehouse, 
  Mr. 
  Lockhart 
  sold 
  63,- 
  

   276 
  pounds 
  of 
  tobacco 
  for 
  $16,115.23, 
  making 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  

   $25.46 
  for 
  everything 
  in 
  the 
  house. 
  It 
  was 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  biggest 
  

   sale 
  that 
  ever 
  took 
  place 
  in 
  Durham 
  at 
  any 
  one 
  house. 
  

  

  WEBB 
  & 
  KRAMER 
  

  

  Are 
  among 
  the 
  largest 
  buyers 
  on 
  the 
  Durham 
  market. 
  

   For 
  strict 
  business 
  integrity 
  and 
  honest 
  dealings, 
  they 
  have 
  

   secured 
  the 
  confidence 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  manufacturers 
  

   and 
  buy 
  largely 
  on 
  order. 
  

  

  Col. 
  Webb, 
  the 
  senior 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  firm, 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  

   Baltimore. 
  Moved 
  to 
  North 
  Carolina 
  in 
  1875. 
  When 
  quite 
  

   a 
  youth, 
  he 
  volunteered 
  in 
  the 
  Mexican 
  war 
  as 
  a 
  private 
  ; 
  

   was 
  promoted 
  to 
  a 
  Lieutenancy, 
  and 
  honorably 
  discharged 
  

   at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  war. 
  At 
  the 
  breaking 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  war 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  States, 
  he 
  organized 
  a 
  company 
  and 
  joined 
  the 
  

   celebrated 
  Fisher 
  Regiment. 
  He 
  was 
  rapidly 
  promoted 
  

   until 
  he 
  became 
  its 
  Colonel. 
  He 
  commanded 
  his 
  Regiment 
  

   in 
  fourteen 
  severe 
  battles. 
  He 
  was 
  severely 
  wounded 
  at 
  An- 
  

   tietam, 
  and 
  was 
  finally 
  captured 
  at 
  Rappahannock 
  Bridge. 
  

  

  