The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12

r. Chanel Hill. II thls state, about II
miles from Darhau. va born there,
and my parents. oe3UE an uuI -tr. were
arxi,u should u vuh ihtm II
$50 Green wanted . sell oct NJ N J..
Blackwell wanted t. bu, and a-kcd Ms
father 10 b. Responsible fur thc purchase
money. Ny falAr5 Thought q az excel
lent opportunity i9G mc az: "f'te i1e 10
come on a, ore. cane. Dsrham
didn't strike ne =, al fayorabiy. here
were ia il not over 30 inhabitants. and
In contrast Is Little Rock. III -c,med very
small POTATOES indeed. Nhe4 arrived,
Mr. blackwell had already purchased The
business from Mr.. Green. lie offered -
>ci. a oue-thIrd interest tor Si.Ubt. Ny
folks and friend, all thought II an adyau-
tageou~ offer. but. from some uuaccoust-
ab.e reason. was oath to ccept +.
While | was Yet In doubt, NJ. BLACKWELL
sent for me. anu a>ke! that | give HIM :
speedy decision. lie needed the money,
and unless | accepted hi offer, he would
look elsewhere for a partner. proiuced
the money and paid II y HIM. but even
then | was not iuliy satisfied Nlta ny
business future "a connected with the
Bull Durham. Ihe date Otmy entrance
into the business was on October l. lN.1
We we're then working IL or - HANDS,
making pug a well a smoking tobacco
When | tu.ly mad. up my mind y take
hold, my first move was 70 Ind out what
protection we had on our Bull Durham
trademark. | found that Nr.HGreen haI
registered the brand IN lsUh, IN the SIF-
cult Court, for the Southern District of
New York. No other evidence OF IT
adoption had been recorded. In Decem.
Der | went to " ashington, and II January
ISL, the Patent Office issued a reglstra-
ton certificate 10 Us. Mr.. Blackwell
proved to be a splendid manufacturer
and he was assisted by another partner.
We took ID i Nr. james Day. Subse-
quently we bought the latter interest
attended TO the books and finances
The brand rapidly became popular, and
it was not long before We had 10 h5ht Tor
our popularity. Mr.. l. l.. Armstead, OF
Lyuchburg. had bought out Mr.. Wright,
and he sued Us for infringement. hls
trademark was a bulls head. We beat
him after a prolonged litigation. Then
Other suits followed In all there were
six. Our Patent Office certificate was
even attacked. II one OF our suits IN
the United States Court at Norfolk we
iOuIu LbIIIldIu id"gCA ''"7'"o -
complainants case
The inference then was that Boss
Sieller was helping on the litigation was
it uot?'
I'VE have no positive proof that such
is the fact, but the appearance OF Lori,
lard,' lawyer would seem to show that
the Lorillard influence was at work
You know they attempted to analyze
your tobacco and employed a DR.. Hert-
zog for that purpose? %
Yes, we are aware Of that, but We
have never attached any significance to
LorillardS' attempts or any other manu-
facturers to wre,t our buainess away.
THE BULL BUILDS A TOWN.
Little remains to be told about our sue
cess since 1871. Each year the business
has increased, and Durham has grown in.
to a city numbering between 1000 and
5000 people. We are running q little
shOrt-handed now but | don't mind
showing you our roll Of employees. Here
i. Is. The number you will see is 622 in
the factory building. Outside there are
go hands making bags. You know we
have bought out Mr.. Blackwells interest
for $500, 600. lie is forbidden by the
terms of the purchase to manufacture
smoking tobacco and cigarettes. We
bought the use OF his name outright. Tie
is now established here in the banking
business and is contented with his bar
gain. We have now a company to man
age affairs. / am the President, Mr..
VIM. +. Mcdowell is the Nice-President,
and Mr. John Mcdowell is the Secretary
and Treasurer. We notice a steady in
crease of business under the new admins.
t~ra,ion, and while we don't want to in
vest any more money in bricks and NOR
tar, if things continue as they are, we
shall be compelled to add another loo
feet. | hope you are not putting down
all this garrulous talk" Dir. Carr sud
denly said. 4 am afraid have talked
too much about my personal affairs
The assurance was prompt that the [.
S. Tobacco Journal stood responsible
for the Interview, and hat the tobacco
trade and the smoking public would re
lish any inside history of a brand of
smoking tobacco so worlI-renowned as
the Bull Durham.
Sitting on the hotel porch this evening
IN an atmosphere almost summer like, |
fell into conversation with several Ii ,tives.
Naturally my thoughts reverted to my
Gull pdulOU VI lAG udy- what L dSh-
ed, ARE Mr.. Cars chances for the
~Goyernorship Of the State?' Quick
came the reply He can have it any
time he chooses to take it. Once he
came within four votes Of being nomiaa
ted. When asked whether he would ac-
cept the nomination he said: Gentle
men, | am Of the people, and if the peo-
pie ask me to be their Chief Executive
[ cannot refuse the trust, but | will not
solicit the honor, however great | esteem
it." If Nj. Carr chose to surrender lis
vast business interests and did a little
wire pulling he could be nominated any
time. His nomination would be equival-
ent to an election, and | believe no man
in the State could poll such a vote"
| am afraid that | have written about
Mr.. Carr at the expense of his modesty,
but it is hard to refrain from paying tri-
butte to a man who both in social and
business life is held in such universal es~
TEEN. | may append to this letter a late
characteristic act Of Mr.. Carr. The
Philadelphia City Council recently re-
ceived the following which explains it
self
(It refers to painting the n. c. Coat
of Arms in the old "Hall of Indepen-
dence,'a at Phila., at Mr.. C's cost.
...,A lady went to a ball in WASHING.