The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-02-13

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its frsgrnnt smoxe svlaces tbe far An,ira.
Han. aud sieeys The !, CELESTIAL 10 dsrter re-
veries tlhu his beloved opinm inspirrs The
quanfiiy made. .ss We have said. has reach
ed 800. 900 lbs. per month. aud the sggre>
gale ~ last year was two million and two
pospdr. paying . revenue 10 sks 2everi.
aent " half . million Of dollars. 10 se-
complish this vsst work, iwo hundred and
City hands are employed in the mahnfac-
ture of tubsccu. lone hundred more 10 the
making Of bsg, aud considerable number
mure 10 other departments Of the busirrs..
FW the business is complete within itself.
and goes little outside Of It's own walls FIR
help. On the premises Is steam saw mill.
running two SAWS and three planning ma.
chimes. and here the large number of boxes
needed are made. Z be Infinite supply %
labels ased was heavy item Of expense. in
reduce which the firm put up large steam
t.h printing Office. complete in al! respects
and nsine three pr.sscs. and doing III the
printing ~ the establishment, aud large
anlanpt ~ ouffide work. 5000 ErsI !
The quantity of tobacco bought by Black
we'll & Go. last year rearhed the very large
aggregate of 6vf million pounds! e5a@
The mex: largest establishment. and
very extensive one /: is, is the combined
factories Of H|fp @@a9gagHaiE ##p #y%@z
M ..g8 W. DuKE 4 Sous vas @aaaert9a
AT present working separately. as ".
Dake. aHd Is j.. Dixie. but Soon u renni,e
as furnr,ly and operate underline abnve II.
tie W. viii speak of them under their
present style.
IN ssye- ,ssg w. DUKE zsar@a.I
begHn work as n manufacturer In 1855, In
the cuuniry three miles from Durham.
During The war. he " rs srtively ihservirr.
hui ~ the end dnsw near, his sagaciiy
sore-sw The wisdom ola preparation fnr
the future by Investment in something
that would survive the wreck Of The credit
of tn. Doomed Confe,leracy, aud he selrc.
ted lnIaeco ms bis sheet aiclsnr. Com
yeriing his currency and some other effects
into that commodity, he awaited the blast
Of the final Storm. Tieevent justified TIE
wiSala,n of his choice. With his iobacco,
he VA able 10 follnw tile new path to lpr-.
tune which tile presence Of the Soldiers of
boti, armies bad oi~nyd up Tor Durham.
aud bsgaiI making smoking tobacco at his
home Ia the country, his motive po~rf
bping two blind muIs~! This ioLacco was
mostly pe,iil-d 40 the low country. pu:
up ~ large hsgs or -four sacks aud willl-
out la,el or device This was under the
name q. w. Duke & Sou. Subsequently.
when reputation had been acquired, aud
when rival establishments made disiinc-
tive styles imperative, ihe brand now IN
use, Pm Bono Puhlico. with, the device
of mn Indian chief was adopted aud copy-
righie,l. This, ,hrand ~ favnrably knowHi
tlupugl,out ihr United States Ilsiarnrsi
demand Is 10 the southern States, but II
Is popular everywhere. It's sales now
reach upwards of l~o hundred thousan.i
poundsa year. The buildings occupied
by the I.ousesnf w. Duke. and B. l.. Duke.
are practically under one roof Of frame,
large, convenient and handsome. The
operations are carried on by steam power
viii, the ai,i ~ from iifteen 10 twenty EN-
ployees, l,rrlie as many more engaged la
B.L. DUKE
Up to the Spring cfis6s worked with bis
father in the colntry' In $50 herstab-
lislled his now popular brand. The Dake
Of Durham with the appropriate device nf
q kiipht In srmor. The brand Is apprr-
ciaie,l, as may be inferred from the fact of
ii- sale having Increased from l2eO0, the
amount during the first year % lis exis.
ts,,ee. tolts present annual total Of 1870
As We have said, this firm Is on the point
VI reuniting with w. Duke under the
original title af W. Duke a Son, and will
bring out new brand "Le Premir- II
Durham, TO be made of the ir .st fiue
cured bright leaf TIE united firms will
manufacture about 100000 pounds year.
THE r. \. MoRHrs MAsurAcruRrSs co.
d tile successor 10 the business Of n. r..
Morris a san established III 1855, among
the most energetic pi,meers IN the tobacce
business of Durham. No firm was more
active IN enterprise than Moais q Son.
aud Wide repuie was obtained for the pro-
ducts oftheir facrory. The existing hHsi-
ness " garfield on aasirraa Act ~ inenr.
poralion. w. N. willard being President.
aud =. y. romlison Secretary and
Treasurer ofthe Company. Heis sl-n the
general Manager aud superintendrnt.
The products 81 this factory are snn-
kins tobsccs and SnufE ofihe arnrr
the principal bmuds are Eureks. BEAR.
and Gold Leaf, for which the drnsad i~
extensive. and sale aud rvpute ~ aide
ss that of any sther factory To- Durham Ia
pruporiiou 10 tho for,e employed. The
Eumka brand Il especially a fsvorite In
the Soutn. aid almost cIaimsa moneIn,ly
" tl,s Mobile market. The factory uses
The best mscl,inery worked by steam.
power, employs fifteen vt twenty hands,