The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-05

haul it 10 Durham. 1t was not long be-
fore an occasional farmer would bring
his tobacco in town to sell, and as my
trade had increased very much more,
people found out they could get sale
for their tobacco, and more came here.
The demand increased until / thought
/ would establish a market for the sale
of tobacco at public auction. | did so,
and the first sale was very large one,
and bought nearly the whole break
That was the first start of this market.
and the Durham market was the first
as 1t was at that time the only market
in North Carolina for the sale of leaf
tobacco at auction. The market kept
on increasing until the sale of leaf to-
bacco amounted to 16,000,000 pounds.
In the meantime Mr.. j. II. Day was
my partner and then we took in Mr..
| j. s. Carr, and then our trade had IN
creased greatly and in few years
| thereafter had gotten to be a big thing,
selling hundreds of thousands of
pounds. and finally we worked mp our
output to 5,35S,000 pounds, and had
steadily advertised and pushed the
| smoking trade in every place in the
/ United States and in many foreign
]
smoking tobacco of the world, and this
became the leaf tobacco market of
/ North Carolina, and there are other
markets Of North Carolina that are the
offsprings of this market And ! was
the daddy of ii all.
Up to date / have built all the.ware-
| houses for the sale of tobacco, except
one, that are here, including those that
I have been burned up and that are nov
standing / have owned and built up
| the most Of this city, having at one
time owned 33G good dwelling houses,
and they were all paid for. ] also
| owned most Of the business houses be-
sides, but don't own any Of them now.
| I have never been cheated out of any
/ of them, but / gave all away trying to
/ build up the community.
am to-day the most successful man
/ that lives in North Carolina. / have
| succeeded in building up the biggest
smoking tobacco business and the best
advertised business that was in the
world / succeeded in getting as good
churches, as good schools and the very
best preachers of all denominations.
know they will compare fayorably with
any, city in the world
have wound up my own estate in
nv lifetime, and ] am looking to see
what my successors are going to do
with it. / am not called upon to sup
port any of these things ] have helped
to build up. I have bound this whole
community to keep the town going,
the churches and schools running in
fun force without my having a thing
to do with it. ] don't even have TO
bother my brains about who is to be
mayor, or commissioners, or preachers,
or school-teachers. The only thing |
have to do is to walk the streets, go to
all the places of business and say, go
it, boys. am glad you are doing well.
If you don't get on well can't help
you any more. ] have been successful
in everything ] have undertaken. /
made q fortune from nothing and
have disposed Of it ALL" ] don't now,
and never did, care for money, except
TO help some one with. The only thing
/ want now is money enough to keep
the wolf from the door and meet my
friends and have good friendly hand
shaking. J have splendid health, and
feel good, and have nothing parti-
cular to care for or grieye over.