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  tion. 
  Desiring 
  to 
  avoid 
  the 
  harshness 
  of 
  a 
  northern 
  win- 
  

   ter, 
  Mr. 
  Dike, 
  with 
  his 
  wife, 
  came 
  South 
  to 
  spend 
  a 
  few 
  

   weeks. 
  Under 
  the 
  influences 
  of 
  the 
  change 
  of 
  climate, 
  he 
  

   improved 
  in 
  health 
  so 
  rapjidly, 
  that 
  he 
  shortly 
  looked 
  about 
  

   for 
  some 
  occupation 
  that 
  would 
  enable 
  him 
  to 
  remain 
  for 
  a 
  

   length 
  of 
  time 
  and 
  reap 
  the 
  full 
  benefit 
  of 
  the 
  climate. 
  

   Having 
  lived 
  among 
  books 
  all 
  his 
  life, 
  it 
  naturally 
  occurred 
  

   to 
  him 
  to 
  open 
  a 
  bookstore, 
  as 
  most 
  congenial 
  to 
  his 
  tastes. 
  

   He 
  opened 
  a 
  store 
  in 
  Greensboro, 
  N. 
  C 
  , 
  whither 
  he 
  had 
  first 
  

   gone, 
  and 
  placed 
  upon 
  the 
  shelves 
  890 
  wcrth 
  of 
  goods, 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  on 
  credit 
  from 
  two 
  ol 
  the 
  town 
  merchants. 
  One 
  not 
  

   to 
  be 
  forgotten 
  day, 
  his 
  sales 
  reached 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  25 
  cents, 
  

   and 
  this 
  was 
  after 
  standing 
  in 
  the 
  store 
  more 
  than 
  ten 
  hours, 
  

   without 
  making 
  one 
  sale. 
  Nevertheless 
  his 
  business 
  grew, 
  

   and 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  he 
  rt-moved 
  with 
  his 
  family 
  to 
  

   Durham, 
  N. 
  C, 
  as 
  a 
  wider 
  field 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  opened. 
  The 
  

   only 
  store 
  he 
  could 
  find 
  for 
  rent 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  wooden 
  build- 
  

   ing, 
  not 
  favorably 
  located 
  for 
  business. 
  At 
  various 
  times 
  

   Mr. 
  Dike 
  moved 
  his 
  store, 
  bettering 
  his 
  position 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  

   possible. 
  Last 
  December 
  a 
  store-room 
  was 
  prepared 
  for 
  

   him 
  in 
  the 
  new 
  brick 
  building 
  on 
  the 
  corner 
  of 
  Main 
  and 
  

   Mangum 
  streets. 
  This 
  location 
  is 
  unsurpassed 
  in 
  Durham, 
  

   and 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  said 
  by 
  travellers 
  that 
  his 
  bookstore 
  is 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  handsomest 
  and 
  best 
  arranged 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dike 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  Durham 
  about 
  seven 
  years, 
  and 
  in 
  

   all 
  that 
  time 
  has 
  striven 
  hard 
  to 
  place 
  before 
  the 
  people 
  a 
  

   selection 
  of 
  books 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  literary 
  merit, 
  and 
  has 
  

   sternly 
  set 
  his 
  face 
  against 
  corrupting 
  literature. 
  It 
  has 
  

   not 
  been 
  possible 
  to 
  keep 
  as 
  full 
  an 
  assortment 
  of 
  books 
  as 
  

   might 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  a 
  larger 
  community, 
  but 
  every 
  facility 
  

   has 
  been 
  offered 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  to 
  obtain 
  promptly 
  any 
  book 
  

   published 
  in 
  any 
  city. 
  A 
  varied 
  line 
  of 
  stationery 
  and 
  

   artistic 
  goods 
  form 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  stock. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  no 
  small 
  advantage 
  that 
  the 
  town 
  has 
  had 
  these 
  

   privileges 
  from 
  its 
  early 
  growth, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  he 
  hoped 
  that 
  

   only 
  good 
  results 
  may 
  f 
  jUow 
  from 
  the 
  earnest 
  efforts 
  that 
  

   have 
  been 
  made. 
  

  

  THE 
  WHITTED 
  TOBACCO 
  WORKS. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Whitted 
  is 
  a 
  gentleman 
  of 
  extensive 
  experience 
  in^ 
  

  

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  against 
  Accidents 
  by 
  insuring 
  with 
  J. 
  SOUTHGATE 
  & 
  SON. 
  

  

  