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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  plug, 
  twist 
  and 
  granulated 
  smoking 
  

   tobaccos. 
  Engaged 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  tobacco 
  at 
  Hills- 
  

   boro 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  of 
  1859, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  pioneer 
  of 
  this 
  great 
  in- 
  

   dustry 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  To 
  the 
  industry 
  and 
  wisdom 
  of 
  such 
  

   men 
  as 
  Mr. 
  Whitted 
  may 
  justly 
  be 
  attributed 
  the 
  gratifying 
  

   position 
  North 
  Carolina 
  is 
  assuming 
  in 
  the 
  tobacco 
  interests 
  

   of 
  America. 
  As 
  a 
  tobacco 
  producing 
  and 
  manufacturing 
  

   State, 
  in 
  point 
  of 
  quantity, 
  North 
  Carolina 
  has 
  few 
  superiors, 
  

   and 
  in 
  point 
  of 
  quality, 
  she 
  is 
  second 
  to 
  none. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Whitted 
  continued 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  plug, 
  twist 
  

   and 
  granulated 
  smoking 
  tobaccos 
  until 
  April, 
  1861, 
  when 
  

   he 
  enlisted 
  in 
  the 
  Confederate 
  service, 
  being 
  assigned 
  to 
  the 
  

   27ih 
  N. 
  C. 
  S. 
  Troops. 
  Participated 
  in 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  hard 
  

   ficrhting 
  in 
  Virginia. 
  Accompanied 
  General 
  Lee 
  on 
  his 
  

   fa^mous 
  raid 
  into 
  Maryland, 
  and 
  was 
  severely 
  wounded 
  in 
  

   September, 
  1863, 
  during 
  the 
  terrific 
  engagement 
  at 
  Sharps- 
  

   burg. 
  Although 
  disabled 
  for 
  active 
  field 
  duty 
  he 
  remained 
  

   with 
  his 
  command, 
  performing 
  light 
  du.ies, 
  until 
  the 
  close 
  

   of 
  hostilities, 
  when 
  he 
  returned 
  home, 
  and 
  once 
  more 
  en- 
  

   gaged, 
  in 
  1867, 
  in 
  his 
  manufacturing 
  enterpise. 
  His 
  various 
  

   brands 
  have 
  gained 
  much 
  celebrity 
  and 
  are 
  used 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  Union. 
  His 
  principal 
  brands 
  of 
  plug 
  and 
  twist 
  

   are— 
  "Ambrosia," 
  "Old 
  North 
  State," 
  "Walter 
  Raleigh," 
  

   "Nat. 
  Macon," 
  "Favorite," 
  and 
  "Ain't 
  it 
  Nice," 
  and 
  of 
  

   granulated 
  smoking 
  tobaccos— 
  " 
  Harry 
  Lee" 
  and 
  "Rising 
  

   Star." 
  These 
  goods 
  are 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  best 
  material, 
  

   and 
  are 
  guaranteed 
  to 
  be 
  free 
  of 
  drugs 
  and 
  all 
  injurious 
  

   concomitants, 
  hence 
  their 
  great 
  reputation 
  and 
  increasing 
  

   patronage. 
  

  

  In 
  May, 
  1884, 
  Mr. 
  Whitted 
  moved 
  his 
  factory 
  to 
  Durham, 
  

   where 
  he 
  is 
  now 
  prosecuting 
  his 
  business 
  with 
  great 
  vigor 
  

   and 
  success. 
  His 
  factory 
  is 
  located 
  on 
  Factory 
  street, 
  about 
  

   fewo 
  hundred 
  yards 
  from 
  the 
  railroad 
  depot, 
  and 
  is 
  amply 
  

   furnished 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  necessary 
  modern 
  appliances, 
  which 
  

   are 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  quality. 
  Mr. 
  Whitted 
  is 
  an 
  enterprising, 
  in- 
  

   dustrious 
  and 
  affable 
  gentleman, 
  and 
  we 
  bespeak 
  for 
  him 
  

   an 
  abundant 
  success. 
  

  

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