Excerpt from Durham, N. C., Directory, 1907-8: Containing a General and Business Directory, a Guide to the Streets of Durham, N. C., Together With Much Useful Information Classified as Miscellaneous The County and State tax rate is 83 cents on the $100, while that of the city is on the $100. The most prominent lines of manufacture in Durham is that of tobacco and cotton. Two of the largest tobacco factories in the world and five of the largest cotton factories of the South are located in Durham. Aside from the manufacture of tobacco and cotton goods, Durham has the largest cloth bag and pouch factory and hosiery mill in the country, their product being sold in large quantities throughout many States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.