The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-30

rot q cigarette was manufactured in
the place; last year Duke Il Sons
alone made and sold more .tnan $780,
100000 cigarettes and over 5000, 900
pounds of smoking tobacco besides.
Nav bepardoned tor mentioning,
with the enthusiastic pride of a Durr
ham citizen, that a Durham boy
who started life poor, and got his
early business training here, is now
among the great business men Of the
country in the greatest metropolis on
the continent, the president and hon.
ored head of the American Tobacco
Company, which is the largest tobac.
co corporation in the world.
The Blackwell Tobacco Company.
whose magnificent, buildingssands out
in Its grand proportions In font Of
this hotel, and whose pioneer success
made the city of Durham possible,
and is still in the lead, the decade
just past manufactured and sold In
the markets Of the world more than
SO, 900, 900 pounds Of smoking tobac,
co. And SO | might go on and speak
Of Durham and give you stati tics
like these for hours. but my time is
limited. ~..''' ''.a' m A
Ifyou would see Durham as she
is, and her various industrial. educa
lional and social institutions, we bid
you look around you, take notes OF
what you see, and my prediction is
that you will return to your homes
impressed with the fact, like Sheba's
Queen, "the half about Durham has
never been told" But q word in
conclusion. The stranger may in
quire what has done all this? Lea
me take You into my confidence and
tell YOU. "TAe unity of the people d
Durham" Sum it up in one short
sentence. These people have learned
the lesson and practically applied il
-"Iu union there il streugth.D
These magnificent business schemes
were set on foot and carried out o.
Durham men, and Durham braid and
Durham muscle nleluseut.y appliyRI
awe brought about he gtat:d results.
With sagacity uusurpasst 4 and wnh
push aud vim and energy hardly
ever equailed in the South hes bas8
ness men have overcome by stmo5t
superhuman effort tie obstacles ID
the way of her progress. The people
OF Durham have worked anu .hes
base prayed for Durham, aud leh0.l
the results! DOES the cause OF edu
cation and moral culture need as. j.
tance, Durham extends a helping
hand and behold! Trinity UoiIe-e.
becomes a Durham .instI.utlon by
The prlnctly donations Of the ric,I
men VINO made tueir own To- tuues ~
honest endeavof, and know h5w an I
when to give. Are more industries
Leeqed 10 help her honest Yeemaary
b. honest toll to gain their daily
bread! Behold the CONVERSIONS
of Cooperative Cotton Factory
and other institutions of industry
are to be laid in your presence ere
you leave US for your homes. Per-
NIT me to add as indicating what
the City of Durham Is in the es-
timation of her own people. The
site Of that cotton factory, covering
a little over an acre and as You see
unimproyed, was twenty years ago
worth exactly the sum Of ten dol.
lars. Last week the company gave
one thousand times that much for
it, and bought it forS5, 900.
May we not hope then, aye, may
we not cpn6detly believe that what
has been accomplished in the past
by the City of Durham is but the
business dawn Of that grand day when
this young city, now strong in the
vIgor Of her bushes. manhood put.
ting forth renewed energy, shall at
the very zenith Of her glory, having
then and not till then, reached the
goal Of her ambition, stand In the
MONDAY splendor Of higher and still
nobler and grander achievements.