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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-24
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, March "a, 1Sss.-For the 81
hours ending at P. NJ. Wednesday.
For New York city and vicinity
For tonight and Wednesday, fair; warmer
northerly winds.
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Lots sand graves cared for by Cemetery
Association; no assessments; moderate pricess
perfect title. Four and half miles from
Court House; Il minutes by rail frern Erie
Depot once over Provsssnt SAYINGS Banl.
No. 2as washington street.
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Money TO Loan.
at ION Household Goods and
6 Per Cent Chattels Of Every Descrip-
Interest tion. You can pay it back
-. - in weekly or monthly pay
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Iett's TIermosneter Report

Today is the last day of registry for the
April election.
Polls open for registration at P. NJ
Polls close. 9 P. M
See that your name is properly inscribed
the list or you may lose your vote.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-24

Tomorrow, the third great sale Of property
belonging to the City VIII be held at the City
Hells by Franks Stevens. aurtioneer The sale
beg3ns at one oeIock snaIze punst fail to
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-24
PUBLIC AUCTION
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Today is the last day of registry for the
April election.
Polls open for registration at P. M.
Polls close, 9 p NJ
See that your name is properly inscribed
the list or you may lose your vote
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-05
THE Tobacco Whose Smoke [Em@3p9l@@ Gh@ Globe

with surprising accuracy the below of
a strong-lunged and powerful bull.
Thus the surroundings Of the factory
clearly indicate the work which is go
ing on within
The building has a frontage OF 200
feet, and is forty feet in width; in adj
dition two wings, sixty by forty feet,
project to the rear. The first floor of
the main building is occupied by the
firms counting room and private of
fees, a general sales-room, and an
apartment for receiving the raw leaf.
which is at once taken to the elevator
between the main building and wing
by it to be conveyed TO the drying
room on the fourth floor The offices
Of the firm in all their appointments
are not whit behind the same feat
ures OF a well regulated city establish
ment. A cashier, and a numerous force
of boob-kecpers are constantly en-
ployed in caring for the firms widely
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FACTORY OF eLAcNNELLs DURHAM TOBACCO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

business. and which has been one OF
the chief factors in the wonderful
growth of the business. Mr.. Blackwell
lad charge of the manufacture and
Internal workings of the factory, the
control of employees, the shipments,
and other matters incident to these.
Mr.. Day, who was an excellent judge
of tobacco, was the buyer Of course
all three constituted the directorate,
and planned together the business.
THE BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT.
The method of ma @ufacturing smok-
ing tobacco may be said to have been
invented by Mr.. Green, Mr.. Blackwell,
Mr.. Carr and Mr.. Day. Until they be-
gan to manufacture, the graduated ar
ticle was made by means of a beating
process whereby the dried tobacco
leaves were broken sufficiently fine for
use. Men and boys were employed to
beat the tobacco with slender fiail-llke
sticks. Afterwards the stems and
large particles were picked from the
mass by hand, and the dust or snuff
like matter blown from the remainder
by tossing up and down within
broad and shallow pan. That which
remained was put up in packages for
consumption. Now the manufacture
of smoking tobacco is carried on with
machinery through nearly every pro-
cess. Much of the machinery and inn
proved methods have been introduced
by the Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co,
and their extensive factory is a model
for convenient and expeditions work.
Coming into Durham on the North
Carolina Railroad from the east, the
factory of the Blackwell Durham To-
bacco Coils the first large build
inc which attracts attention.
The railway passes through
near the centre Of the town,
the factory being along side the track
and on the south side, On the front
ID n large, we'll eEecuted and eolored
painting of a magnificent Durham
bun. Of which, il IN the flesh, the most
successful English breeder would have
reason to feel proud. A sign SO con-
spicuous and significant, while being
in good taste, at once engrosses atten-
tion. On the left side of the building
and at it's top is another picture OF
like character; while in the rear Of the
factory the steam whistle of the en-
gine. which furnishes the motive
bower. is so constructed as to initiate
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plant which pays a dividend of six per
cent on four million dollars has all
grown out of an investment Of S2,s50,
representing the amount paid for it
at auction on the 9th Of April, 1870
just twenty-six years ago. On the 18th
day of October, 1871, Mr.. Julian S. Carr
who had gone to Arkansas after the
close of the war to engage in business,
returned to North Carolina. Born in
Chapel Hill, he had not failed to see
the signs Of budding life in Durham
station, as it was then called. He was
looking for an opening in which
there were large possibilities, and he
was impressed by the big advertise
ment the war had given to Durham to-
bacco. In his short stay in Arkansas,
he found hundreds of men returning
from the war who had heard of Dur
ham and smoked Durham tobacco who
had never so much as heard of Chapel
Hill or the University. Mr.. Carr has
always been a success as an advertiser,
and one of the things that impressed
him most about the advantages Mr.. w.
T.. Blackwell enjoyed was the free adj
vertisement the tobacco had received
from the soldiers of both armies. He
saw that if this were properly follow
ed UP, and the brand kept up to the
standard, there was opportunity for
increasing the business from less
than a hundred thousand pounds to a
million and more Other men had not
seen this. Mr.. Carr might not have
seen it if he had not travelled from
home. and kept his eyes open and his
business brain active. Here in the big
advertisement from ocean to ocean,
rather than in his plant and tobacco
and brand, did Mr.. Carr see the value
Of Mr.. Blackwel's purchase.
They say there is a tide in the af-
fairs Of men which taken at the food
lead on to fortune and that Fortune
knocks once at every mans door," and
happy is the man it finds at home
with proper reception. Mr.. Carr
saw the opportunity at Durham for
great establishment, and after convin
ing himself that he was not deceived
about the opening, he invested $4,000
Git was in the neighborhood of all he
had) in the business of w. i. Black
well, and associated himself with Mr..
Blackwell and Mr.. Day. This co-part-
nership lasted seven years. During its
continuance the labors were divided
between the partners in this way:
Mr.. Carr was the Office man, having
charge of the general financial man
agement and the advertising which he
has always wisely regarded as one OF
the most important branches of the
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that it may be easily broken into small
particles. In extremely dry weather
it is not necessary for the tobacco to 20
through the artificial drying pro-
cess, the reason being that the tobacco
leaf is so sensitive as to be an accurate
index of the moisture or dryness Of
the atmosphere This popularity is so
strangely marked that tobacco pos
sesses barometric qualities of consid-
cradle significance. In dry weather
tobacco Is so brittle that Il will not
bear transportation to market, but with
the return of a moist atmosphere the
same leaf is extremely pliable, tough
and even leathery.
PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE.
From the drying room the tobacco
is taken via a shute to the ground floor
of the right wing Of the factory,
where are "A cutting machines, driven
OF course by steam power, for reducing
the tobacco to the graduated condi-
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station, April the 9th, 1870, w. i. Black
well becoming the purchaser for 81, $50.
Durham never boosted of more re-
putable and energetic citizen than Jno.
II. Green. and the fame and fortunes
of the Durham Bull'' are no more than
he would have made them had he been
blessed with health, was remark
made to the writer few days ago by
Col. Julian S. Carr, President OF
Blackwel's Durham Tobacco Com
pany. Mr.. ". Il. Blackwell assoc
e;afer, with him in business James r.
Dav. under the firm name of W. j.
Blackwell,
On the 18th day Of the following
October Mr.. Blackwell sold to Julian
q. Carr q one-third interest in the busi-
ness for $4,000.
The settlement then in and around
Durham's station numbered less than
500 souls, and Mr. Blackwell was work
ing not to exceed dozen hands, and
the output of the first years business
was less than 100000 pounds.
The business continued for three
years, under the firm name of W. ..
blackwell, until 1873, when it was
changed to that of w. /. Blackwell d
Co. the firm consisting of Nv. ~
blackwell, James R. Day and ]. = Carr.
The business continued until 1878,
when w. Z. Blackwell and j. S. Carr
purchased the one-third interest OF j..
r. Day, paying him therefor S45,0OO,
and his account. amounting to some
$4,000.
w. T. Blackwell and j. >. Carr con-
tinued the business until January,
1882, when Mr.. Carr, with the assist
ance of some Northern friends, pnr-
chased the interest of Mr.. Blackwell,
paying him therefor $225,O00.
After the purchase Of w. L. Black
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Thus in few words is told the his
tory of a mammoth establishment that
has grown in quarter of q century to
he one Of the most famous industrial
plants i'm the world. There are side
lights that must be thrown upon the
above brief recital for great as it is to-
day Blackwel's Durham is as yet but
on the threshold of its career, standing
strong in the strength of young man
hood, and fully equipped for greater
conquests.
1t is not common to find men looking
up their family tree if it contains moth
ing but scrubs or crab-apples. Where
there has been a long line Of common
place men and women, there is nothing
in the antecedents that stand out far
enough in bold relief to create great
interest. 1t is only where some ances-
tor has distinguished himself that
there is interest enough to write a
book or erect monument. There is
interest enough i'm the log hut in which
Abraham lincoln was born, and every
thing connected with his humble
Youthful surroundings has been ideal
lied. Why? He emerged from hum
bic surroundings into greatness at the
beginning Of the Civil War
1t is. the same way about a great
business enterprise. People are inter
ested in its early beginning whereas
they give 10 thought to the ordinary
business that is known only in a limit
cd sphere,
Blackwelfs Durham Tobacco got it's
start from an incident of the war. One
of the last acts in the tragic drama of
the late civil war, transpired in the
vicinity of Durham. 1t was here that
"grim-visaged war smoothed its
wrinkled front" General Sherman, on
his famous march to the sea" had
demonstrated to General Joseph r..
Johnston, by greatly superior numeri-
cal strength and facilities, that further
resistance was useless. In April, 1865,
Sherman encamped at Raleigh, while
Johnston, with his remnant Of heroic
troops, rested at Greensboro. From
Raleigh to Greensboro, distance Of
about seventy-Gve miles, both armies
roamed indiscriminateIy. General
Johnston intirnated to General Sher-
man his desire for a conference, and
an armistice Of ten days was declared
These two great chieftains met in con-
sultation at the Bennett house, near
Durham. Durham was then an insig-
nificant railroad station, with only a.
bout two hundred inhabitants. This
station was declared neutral ground.
Here "the boys in blue and gray" met
in friendly intercourse snapped
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ton. The main part of each machine
is a cylinder armed with blunt teeth
not wholly unlike that of a threshing
machine, revolving rapidly, which
breaks the tobacco into small PARTICLES
after it is thrust within the apartment
containing the cylinder The cutting
machines are fed by adult operatives,
who are obliged to cover their nostrils
with a cloth to prevent injury from
taking too much snuff into the head,
as the room, and particularly near the
machines, is filed with minute parti-
Giles Of tobacco. In spite of the cloth
covering, however, the tobacco, so fine
as to be almost intangible, cannot fail
10 reach both head and lungs Of the OPP
eratives to a considerable extent. And
yet, ] was informed that one Of them
has been constantly engaged in the
same work for Is years, without in
jury to his general health. Surely this
should do much to expose the yagaries
which some good people and so-called
reformers entertain concerning the
alleged unhealthfulness of tobacco.
From the cutting machines the to-
bacco, composed of the granulated
portion, with dust, stems and the lar
ger pieces of leaf, goes to the basement
below, and is there taken up automatic
callv by means of endless belts, on
which are elevators at frequent inter-
walls, not unlike those used in Touring
mills, and carried to the third story,
where a sieve-like machine, known as
the stem separator" is in operation.
Here the stems are removed, when the
remaining portion, consisting OF gram
ulated tobacco. large particles of leaf,
and n snuff-lilie powder, descends au-
tomatically to the second floor and
into long bolt, in general construc-.
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ton quite like those used for sitting
flour. The sitting process on this floor
entirely removes from the tobacco the
fine dust and dirt, which if allowed to
remain would render it unfit for use.
When the tobacco leaves this bolt it is
clean and pure, and it may be said that
the perfected boiling machinery intro
duced by this company is the main cause
Of the unequalled excellence Of the
Durham brand. 1t is worthy of remark
in this connection that the bulky resi-
due of stems and dust is utilized for
fertilizing purposes, and thus no part
Of the raw material is allowed 10 re
to waste
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extended business, reaching as it does
to all the prominent cities of the Uni
ted States and Canada, with regular
shipments of tobacco to England and
the Continent, China, japan, Africa,
Asia and the isles of the sea. The bus
mess is all transacted here, and on a
cash basis,
HOW THE TOBACCO rs HANDLED.
The raw leaf, previously selected
with great care, is taken to the fourth
story of the wing, or drying room, and
having been spread upon lattice work
and movable shelves, is subject to an
excessive heat from steam pipes. The
result is to remove all moisture, so
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-05

John r. Green, the founder of the
"Dnrham Bulr' brand of smoking to-
bacco. was born in Person county
March 90, 1882, and died while visiting
the Catawba Springs, N. @, in search
Of health, July rs, 1869. Major Green,
his father, administered upon his es-
tate and after due advertisement, sold
the factory, fixtures, trade mark and
good will at public cutlery at Durham
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FAMOUS BULL IDU.RLHIAIMI.
: ROAR HAS BEEN HEARD AROUND THE EAi
~ craat obacco Whose sweetens The Breezes from
F5enisphere to Hemisphere.

with two wings each five stories high,
is situated, beside storage warehouses
"A, B, c, d, Il, f, and G. The factory $
annual output is 100000 pounds, and
ii is perhaps the best equipped and
most modern smoking tobacco factory
in the world. The number of hands
carried on it's payroll exceeds 500.
The original factory is still to be
seen standing on the premises, and the
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company value Il beyond price, as
"a keep sake"
The officers of the company are:
PRESIDENT,
j. s. Carr, Durham.
VICE PRESIDENT,
Samuel II. Austin, Jr., Philadelphia
TREASURER,
Jno. A. Mcdowell, Philadelphia, Pa
SECRETARY,
j. M. Duncan, Philadelphia, Pa.
ASSISTANT TREASURER,
NJ. r. Mcdowell, Jr., Philadelphia.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
p. S. Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Wells interest, the business was in
eorporated by the Legislature of North
Carolina, and j. s. Carr was elected
president, and has ever since occupied
that position. From time TO time the
capital has been increased, until now
the capital stock of the company is
$1,000, 900, and except the interest own
ed by Mr.. Carr, is owned mainly in
philadelphia The company has since
its organization regularly paid diyi-
dend Of 6 per cent "a per cent semi-an-
nually) upon its capital stock.
The factory plant embraces thirteen
acres, upon which the handsome and
commodious factory, four-story brick,
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horses. ran footraces, shot at targets,
and. around the same campfires, told of
hairbreadth escapes, spun camp yarns,
and had good time" generally.
About one hundred yards from the
railway station stood two story frame
tobacco factory, owned by the late
John r. Green. During the war, Mr.
Green had manufactured smoking to-
bacco for the boys III gray, but now
Othello had seemingly lost his occupa-
ton. Stored in this factory were large
quantities of smoking tobacco, ready
for shipment, and during the armis-
tice the building was completely sack
ed, and around the campfires in DUR
ham, the "blue and the gray" literally
smoked the pipe OF peace. When the
honorable terms of surrender were
consummated, the soldiers OF each
army provided themselves with plen-
tiful supply Of this tobacco, and march
ed homeward Thus Green's tobacco
was distributed from Maine to Texas
and what he regarded as great calam-
ity soon proved great blessing. When
the soldiers, on reaching home, had
exhausted their supply Of tobacco, or
ders. directed to the II. X. agent, post
master, etc, at Durham, began to pour
in rapidly for more of that tobacco
Mr. Green was quick TO see his advan-
tage, and Immediately christened his
tobacco Durham" and selected the
Durham Bun as his trade mark. And
this was the first tobacco manufactur-
ed in Durham branded with the words
Durham Smoking Tobacco and the
! first to use as a trademark Durham
Bull" Nowhere on the habitable globe
/ il tobacco of such fine quality raised
50 peculiarly adapted to smoking pur-
poses as is grown in the vicinity Of
Durham. 1t is almost entirely free
/ from nitrates and nicotine, and it has
become so popular that to-day, all over
/ the United States, the Canadas, South
America, Japan, Australia, China, etc,
/ It Is the acknowledged standard Of eN-
cellence and purity.
When you speak of Lyons, you think
OF it's famous silks; Manchester sug-
gests cotton factories; Newark the fine
/ iewelry manufactured there, and Dur
! ham suggests tobacco factories. The
Rlackwell's Durham was the first anc
1t has grown beyond the most san
guine expectations of its original own
crs. Think about it! This splendid
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-15

Each parish in this Supreme Court
District should hold a white primary
for the expression of public opinion
on the Associate Justiceship, so that
the Governor may moro correctly
conform to the wishes of the people.
This is much better than the usual
recommendation of a clique OF law
yers. Before the late war the peo'
pie elected the Supreme Judges, and
we had a much better Judiciary then
than we have had since. The par
ishes compromising this District are:
Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Bienville,
Claiborne, Union, Lincoln, Jackson,
Caldwell, Ouachita, Morehouse, Rich
land, Franklin, West Carroll, East
Carroll, Madison, Tensas, Catahoula'
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SherIf'S Sale.
} No. 4044.

S. Levy, Jr., No. 4O44.
vs.. ; In Second District Court,
G. E. Gilmer. Bossier Parish, La
DY virtue of writ OF seizure and sale issued
ID in above named suit, and to me directed
have seized and will proceed to sell, at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder, AT the
front door of the Court House, in the town of
Benton, La, within the legal hours of sale, on
Saturday, November 81, 1896, the following
described property, to-wit:
South fractional half of southeast Quarter of
section 49, south fractional half of north half
of southeast quarter of section ID, and east
half of southwest quarter of section 10, Town.
ship q, range IA, containing 100 acres, more or
less, with the buildings and improvements
thereon, known as the Graham place.
Also, southeast quarter of southeast quarter
of section Ill west half of southwest quarter
and northwest quarter of section -; northwest
quarter of northwest quarter of section IL,
and northeast quarter of northeast quarter Of
section ID, all in township %. of range IL,
containing 800 acres, more or less, together
with the buildings and improvements thereon,
known as the Wyche tract. ALI in Bossier
parish, La.
Terms of Sale-Cash, without the benefit of
appraisement, to pay and satisfy the snm Of
$500 90, with 8 per cent per annum interest
thereon from May Is, 1891 and all costs OF snit,
including 5 per cent. on said sum and interest
as attorneys fees, and according to law.
A. X. THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Benton, La, October Is, 1896.
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Railroad Matters.

The Cotton Belt gives reduced
rates to excursionists visiting Shreve-
port on Sundays.
A story is told Of an old Virginia
negro trudging along the line Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, who,
on being asked to "get aboard" re-
piled: Saint got no time; Use in a
hurry to get to town."
The Queen and Crescent Railway
has put into effect fast schedule be-
tween New Orleans and Cincinnati,
reducing the time to "a hours. The
train will maintain a speed of 3S
miles al hour, exclusive of stops.
The Seaboard Air Line has been
sold, and some of the useless off,
Gals will be out of a Job.
One OF the most picturesque routes
of travel in America is the Baltimore
Il Ohio Southwestern Railway sys-
tenn. It traverses the prettiest and
most romantic portions of a country
rich in scenery, tradition and his
tory. It is the most direct route to
Washington City, and Virginia. The
road is we'll equipped, maintains a
fast schedule, and the officials are
attentive and obliging, which gives
this road an advantage over that of
any would-be rival line running in
the same territory. Much of this
excellent management is the work OF
the experienced and far-seeing Gen.
neral Passenger Agent, Mr.. J. M.
Cheeseborough.