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  History 
  op 
  Durham. 
  

  

  POST 
  OFFICE. 
  

  

  D. 
  C. 
  Maugum, 
  Postmaster; 
  salary, 
  $1,300. 
  The 
  oflfice 
  

   now 
  ranks 
  third 
  class. 
  Main, 
  between 
  Mangum 
  and 
  Church 
  

  

  streets. 
  

  

  DURHAM 
  COTTON 
  MANUFACTURING 
  CO. 
  

  

  This 
  company 
  was 
  organized 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1884, 
  by 
  

   the 
  election 
  of 
  J. 
  A. 
  O'Dell, 
  President 
  ; 
  W. 
  H. 
  Branson, 
  Sec- 
  

   retary 
  and 
  Treasurer. 
  Stockholders 
  — 
  Julian 
  S. 
  Carr, 
  W. 
  B. 
  

   O'Dell, 
  and 
  J. 
  M. 
  O'Dell. 
  The 
  factory 
  will 
  be 
  completed 
  

   about 
  October 
  1st, 
  1884, 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  N. 
  

   C. 
  R. 
  R. 
  depot, 
  on 
  the 
  southside 
  of 
  the 
  railroad, 
  on 
  what 
  is 
  

   known 
  as 
  the 
  Barbee 
  land. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  laying 
  bricks 
  was 
  

   commenced 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  May, 
  1884. 
  Size 
  of 
  build- 
  

   ing, 
  148 
  feet 
  4 
  inches 
  by 
  74 
  feet 
  4 
  inches. 
  Smoke 
  stack 
  of 
  

   brick 
  and 
  stone, 
  17 
  feet 
  19 
  inches 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  13^ 
  feet 
  high, 
  

  

  THE 
  DURHAM 
  WOOLEN 
  AND 
  WOODEN 
  MILLS 
  CO. 
  

  

  This 
  company 
  was 
  also 
  organized 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1884. 
  

   Officers 
  — 
  John 
  C. 
  Angler, 
  President; 
  Samuel 
  T. 
  Morgan, 
  

   Secretary 
  and 
  Treasurer. 
  Julian 
  S. 
  Carr, 
  M. 
  A. 
  Angier, 
  Eu- 
  

   gene 
  Morehead, 
  A. 
  H. 
  Stokes 
  and 
  Jas, 
  R. 
  Blacknall, 
  Stock- 
  

   holders. 
  The 
  factory 
  will 
  be 
  completed 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  

   September, 
  1884, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  located 
  about 
  one 
  mile 
  east 
  of 
  

   the 
  N. 
  C. 
  R. 
  R. 
  depot, 
  on 
  ns. 
  railroad, 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  Barbee 
  land. 
  

  

  REVENUE 
  OFFICE. 
  

  

  George 
  L. 
  Tinker, 
  Deputy 
  ; 
  Post 
  Office 
  Building. 
  Re- 
  

   ceipts 
  for 
  1883 
  were 
  $618,444.34. 
  

  

  NEWSPAPERS. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  Durham 
  Tobacco 
  Plant," 
  (weekly)— 
  C. 
  B. 
  Green, 
  

   Editor. 
  Democratic 
  in 
  politics. 
  Subscription 
  price, 
  $1.50 
  

   per 
  annum. 
  Main, 
  between 
  Depot 
  and 
  Mangum 
  streets. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  Church 
  Messenger," 
  (weekly)— 
  E. 
  N. 
  Joyner, 
  Editor. 
  

   Episcopal. 
  Subscription 
  price, 
  $1.50 
  per 
  annum. 
  Main, 
  

   between 
  Mangum 
  and 
  Church 
  streets. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  Durham 
  Recorder," 
  (weekly)— 
  E. 
  C. 
  Hackney, 
  Ed- 
  

   itor. 
  Democratic. 
  Subscription 
  price, 
  $1.50 
  per 
  annum. 
  

   Main, 
  between 
  Church 
  and 
  Mangum 
  streets. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  Daily 
  Reporter 
  "— 
  D. 
  W. 
  Whitaker, 
  Editor. 
  Neu- 
  

  

  The 
  Largest 
  Companies 
  are 
  Represented 
  by 
  J. 
  Southgate 
  & 
  Son. 
  

  

  