Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-07-30
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MAI. CARR. OF NORTH CAR!
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DENT NA~ RECEIVED -AI TIE
SDUTII-OIHER INTERESTING
MATTERS.
Major J. ;. Carr, Of North Caro-.
liza. a prominent business man Of
that section, ard a ,%nepiner OF the
celebrated ti.m OF W. /. Blackwell
Il Co, The smoking tobacco manu- !
iacturers, has been Sreniing lew
days in this chty ON business on
nected with the company. The
views OF "A man representing SO larry.
a commercial interest IN The South,
10 reference TO the feeling existing
on the attempted assassination OF the
President, were deemed worth while
inquiring into, and in conversation
with a reporter this morning Major
Carr very freely expressed his sen,i-
men,s on the subject. While 1t is
true that Garfield was not the choice
Of our people, said he, yet when
the will OF the majority was express
ed at the polls, we cheerfully acqui.
esced III the result and accepted him
as our Presiden, as heartily as did
the people at the North. Since his
inauguration we have continued to
cherish the highest esteem for Gen.
Garfield, as well for his personal
merits as for his sta,eslnanlike quail
ity, although on many points his
views and ours do not agree. The
hearts OF the Southern people, con-
tinued the Major, have been pro-
foundry stirred by the dastardly at
tempt of the assassin Guiteau. No
such feeling. has been shown that l
can remember by all classes since
The death Of Stonewall Jackson, and
no part OF the country responded
more promptly with earnest sympa-
thy and with devout suptlications
I for his recovery than the South.
This event has done more to cement
the bonds of union between the two
sections than anything that has be-
fallen since the close of the war. In
regard to the fund now being raised
for Mrs. Garfield, / am satisfied tina,
should the matter be properly pre-
sented to the people of the South
), they would gladly subscribe 800,
600 to the amount"
Major Carf's principal bushes,
r here has no reference to political at
fairs, but to the extension Of the al
ready enorm us business of his Ell
0 terprising firm. The Messrs. Black
J. we'll & Co. have recently added t,
y it an important department. in tn
h shape of a new andexceedlngly pop
K ular brand OF cigarettes, which. they
y are Introducing extensively through
e out the North. Speaking OF thi
n "branch OF enterprise, Major Car
u said Some time since We began l.
Is make some Investigations which ie.
us to find that the demand for clya
r, rettes was increasing everywhei,
y with unprecedented rapidity, an'
g many INSCRIPTIONS dealers ha,'
Ataken advantage Of this to flood tn
lie poor tobacco, and favored with suit
"a stance injurious to health. In orde
<, to ascertain whether it was not tea
sible to produce a perfectly pur
and healthy article that would NEE
E the popular demand, We commence.
a series OF experiments, which nav
been extended over many month,
a Recently we succeeded in making
cigarette on which the firm is read
RI to stake its reputation. 1t is univel
10 sally admitted that North Carolin
of leaf tobacco is the best in the worlo
tb and as our new brand, Blackwell
Durham cigarettes, which | am IL
re Producing here for the first time,
n. made from the finest quality OF tina
n, leaf, we have petect confidence !
ne guaranteeing it, as absolutely pure.
o. Referring to the enormous extern
e. to which adulteration OF cigarettes
of carried on, the Major remarked
in The public have no conception ,
tn what an extent this is doe. Opium
is, ~valerian. and otherdeIeterious drug
s. are said to be used by many OF IL
es manufacturers, AID SO injurious an
~ widespread has been the baneful e
fleets of these drugs that some of GU
e, leading scientific authorities hav
in felt called upon to utter a note {
r. warning against the continued US
~ Of drugged cigarettes, And it
ID not merely the drugged tobacc
In tha, is producing all the mischie
"a but almost as great an evil is the US
re of common paper tor covering
"a. The only unlnj furious covering
r. pure imported rice paper, which
of expensive and easily c~ounterfei,et
to We have gone into this branch
ur enterprise with the determination
'e, supply a great popular demand wi,
es the best and purest tobacco, pure ia
IN ported rice paper, and without tn
is slightest adultera,ion in the man,
n, iacture of the article. By adherin