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‘3 Tea Sets Warietv o 0- s o- 9- o o- o- rant-W CIALS 'ial Sale of ‘znjv 13. 1"] HRKET Word - O-~O--.--O«O»O-m Store \\ swung 1"”: ha“, row pour-om Sets night, hi. om for a $3.98 ~s Hornets HIP. city. way, she :3 dinner. :- partak- nun-what ’ home at um m 3 Mn- con- Ml men- \VIUI tho HIPSG "i HM], on 'nmg shP a 18 to 18 to HIM ’lo' said I mum ll'n ya MN. ,\bra- 60th Bissau m2". a 00 1.25 0-) llwry dollar of this money came to .\l r. .lohusou through his invention as well as a good many other mil- lions which he has been able to in- wst. from time to time. The import- ant. deal has led to some reminis- cences of those early days when Johnson. like Ford and the \Vrights. was considered a rather eccentric sort ot' person. who would earn good money it' he stayed with his proper ,ioh but he would surely wind up in the pmrhouse it he let himself be imposed upon by his illusions. .lohn-‘ son's idea was that. he could pro- duee a talking machine that would produce tone without the scratching lths‘es that were then the curse of the phonograph. and upon a record that would stand the abuse of the ordinary household. Worked in lacuna Shop In 1900 there were quite a few phonogral'ihs in the. world, but they were little more than toys. Look- ing back upon them now they seem pretty terrihle. Compared with a modern orthophmtit‘ they would be like the early Ford model contrasted with a Rolls-Royce. At. this time Johnson had a little machihe shOp m tlamden. New Jersey, a one-storey structure where he kept himself and a rottple ot' helpers moderately luusy. liven as a machinist he was rather eccentric, for he did not work from blue prints. A man would come and eXplain what he wanted «tone. Johnson would listen atten- ti\el\' and do it. He. carried a good deal in his head and was considered wmewhat smarter than the next one. The event has proved thathe must have had a strong inventive :it't. but it was a long time before this became generally admitted. It was always known that he had re- markable resources of energy and persistence and the physical stam- ma to carry him through long hours of the closest concentration. He {tisn had a conviction. amounting 81- most. to mania. that somehow or other he could produce a phono- graph that would be an improvement Upon any then known and that would create a goat. demand. and often every night. {or months at a stretch, and from which strange noises would emerge. Some of the gave him Anothor man who. like Honry Ford. was a machinist twenty-five yo'ars ago and has become a million- airo- many timos over, has recently aMH‘al'Wl in tho public prints. The man is Eldridgo Johnson, chiof own- m- of tho Vit'tnl‘ Company. ReCent- Iy ho' gaw some New York Bankors an option on his rontr'olling intorost in tho- talking marhino company for $28,131)!!! stipulating that thomin- ority stm-k-holdo'rs. if Hon desired to so”. should ho bought out at the wow ratv. namoly, $15 a -Share. “HIS MASTER’S VOICE” A MACHINE SHOP he appointment of J. J. Forster which has recently been an- nounced’ to the position of Steam- ship General Passenger Agent at Vancouver marks another step in the wonderful grthh of the Cana- dian Pacific service on the Pacific Mr. Forster's advancemé'nt from the time he joined the Pacific Ocean Thursday, January 1:, ma an. J 1k h .- merely Havinas. lle carried in his own head ithe secret. and it was not until the : new machine with the long horn iwas ready for operation that a com- ; pany was formed. It‘ comprised Johnson and three other men, Albert, '1‘. Middleton. Charles K.‘ Haddon of Haddontield, N.J., and A. L. Atkinson of Merchantville, N.Y.. who was brought in later because of his tech- nical knowledge. Lost Golden Opportunity I I ()ther neighobrs and friends had a {chance to invest. but they lacked either capital or belief and so lost {a golden importnnity. One man was invited to take stock. and Middleton iwas so enthusiastic about convinc- Iing him that he took one of the crude instruments to the man’s home. Lately he was asked by a .correslmndent of the New York Times if he. had invested. “No.” he repliet‘t. "I heard that thing grind- l' » . , . e ,ing out. some sort 0f nonse and I ithrew my hat at. it and knocked it. lotl‘ the piano." Probably he knock- ;‘ed himself out of a couple of mil- Tilion dollars simultaneously. How- ever enough money was collected to enctmrage the new company to Iquit the machine snop and take a ;t.hree-storey brick factory building. iBut the machine was still far from- !satisfying Johnson, and if it had not ibeen absolutely necessary to make tsome money. he. probably would not 'have marketed it so soon. But it. was soon found that imperfect as the machine was. there was a de- mand for it. He made a ten stroke when be selected the famous picture of the dog listening to “His Master’s Voice." and in a few years this sign was familiar in every part of the civilized part of the world. A woman visitor to the city enter- ed a taxicab. , No sooner was the door closed than the‘ car leaped forward violently, and afterward went racing wildly along thestreet, narrowly missing collismn wnth 1n- numerable things. rhe passenger. naturally enough, was terrified. She thrust her head through the open window of the door and haul- -L---‘-n-. “Din an ho open window of the door and hem- ed to the chauffeur: “Pl se be careful. sir! I’m nervous. This is the first time I everrode in a taxi.” The driver yelled in reply. with- out turning his head: “That’s all right. ma’am. It’s the first time I ever drove one!“ A Great Industry The company had not. got well started in its new building when fire destroyed it and with it many val- uable plans. But by this time the little group had come to the conclu- sion that Johnson had hit upon a great money maker and another building in the same block was se- cured. This proved to be the nucleus of the present plant. which includes twelve buildings and ex- tends over six city blocks. Indeed the business that. Johnson founded proved hardly less vital to Camden than the Ford works to Detroit. It has brought many millions to the city. distributes many more an- nually in wages. and at the time of the war, when the plant was devoted in part to irplaue construction. it.- 000 men a women were on the pay-roll. Since then it has con- stantly employed between 5,000 and 8.000. Throughout the whole per- iod of development when the phono- graph has seen an improvement that perhaps Johnson never dreamed of, he has been the guiding spirit in the company. He proved himself as competent an administrator and ex- ecutive as he was mechanic and in- ventor. Camden is now prouder of him than it ever was of the other famous man who lival there once upon a time. namely Walt ‘Whit- man. The Johnson organization will remain under the new owner- ship. and Mr. Johnson steps out ,only because of failing health. service in 1913, has been coincident with the growth of the Port of Van- couver. Up until that time the Com- pany’s shipping business ha'd come directly under the Railways depart- ment, but with Mr. Forster’s appoint- ment as General Agent at Vancouver. at the time when the Empress of Blush and the Empress of Asia were added to the Pacific fleet. a new de- Both lnoxporioncod More recently the 'Empre‘ss of (“anada and the Empress of Australia began to run on tthacifip t9 u_1_eet partment was formed, the Canadian Pacific Ocean Steamships. 1123- increasing traffic. A further irulimtinn of the tremendous growth of the port was the opening this fall of a new pier that has now put Van- couver on the level with the great- est Darts of the world. “Do you keep fountain pens?” the timid-looking man inquired. “No.“ she snapped, “we sell them." “Anyway," he said, as he strolled toward the door, “you’ll keep the one you were going to sell to me. Good morning."â€"Girls’ Weekly. To the l'nitcd States. with its vast financial resources. a few hun- dred million dollars is a small thing. Our neighbors want the water-way improvement, and will not rest until they have it. But. they cannot have it. without Canada‘s concurrence. To Canada the cost of her share of the St. Lawrence Improvement will appear considerable. Rather than have the scheme held up, the United States would probably hear the whole cost. That. of course, would mean that it would want undivided control. which on no account must Canada permit. Already Canada has laid out. scores of millions of dollars upon the construction of the new Welland Canal, which will not be completed this year.â€"-Toronto Mail and Empire. Two other proposed routes that had very strong advocates in the State of New York were examined. One. was what was called the All- American route, which would have called for the construction of a great system of canals connecting the lower end of Lake. Erie with the Hudson river. The other would have tapped eastern Lake Ontario by a canal system connecting with the Hudson River. Either of these schemes would have been far more costly in construction and main- tenance, than the St. Lawrence scheme. The estimated cost of the St. Lawrence improvements is $148.- 000,000 whereas that for the route from Lake Ontario to the. Hudson River would he $3K5,000.000 and that for the All-American route would That the (treat Lakes and the At- lantic will he connectml by a canal system navigable by ocean vessels seems now a foregone conclusion. Our neighbors haw- set their hearts on having such a connection. and with characteristic energy have pushed investigations into the sub- ject and have now a report from the St. Lawrence Commission, ap- pointed at Washington to look into the several proposals and decide as to the best. This Commission, of which Henry Hoover. lfnited States Secretary of Commerce. is chair- man, has found in favor of the St. Lawrence route. Ibe $631000..000 To meet the oper- ating expenses on the St. Lawrence improved route a toll rate of 4? cents would be necessary. whereas on the Lake Untarioâ€"Hudson River route the rate would he $1.64 per ton. and that on the All-American route. would be $2.06 per ton. The annual maintenance cost or the St. Law- rence route would he 810000.000 whereas that for the Hudson River route would ' be $36,000.000. On the St. Lawrence rmlte there would he from :21 to 25 miles of restricted navigationâ€"that is passing through locksâ€"«and on the All-American route there would be 137 miles. A further advantage in favor of the St. Lawrence route is. that it makes the distance to l~.ur0pean ports 62?) miles shorter than that of the Lake Ontario-Hudson River route. Mr. Hoover estimates that 40,000,000 people will share in the benefits of lower navigation costs. The econ- omics of the St. Lawrence route that are depended upon to make the cost to tratt‘ie substantially less are mainly tlmso- obtainable through the. development of the_waterâ€"powers._ ST. LAWRENCE WATERWAY She Kept It THE DURHAM CHRONICLE “After sending the telegram t1on1 New Orleans I got rid ot Bee “we and came out he1e to tind Ma1shall and send him to follow her. I have sealed her fate forever. She is new in the unknown land and I am glad that I did it. I left. Bee to go the unknown path away from all where no one will tind her or myself. I only l10pe the animals of the. waters will have eaten 11s before you get these letters." This was a typeâ€" written letter and there was much more that never was made public. Mrs. Nelms declared that it was ob- viously not written by her daughter. though her alarm on receiving,r it led to her telegram to her son. A Defaulting Lawyer New Orleans wan communicated with but there was no record of a murder such as the letter hinted at. Then the search for the missing women was taken up in earnest. It. appeared that in 1911 Mrs. Dennis had been granted a divorce in Reno and that her lawyer had been Vic- tor l3. Innes. an' assistant l'nited States attorney in the city. He had also received some $20000 from her to invest. Mrs. Dennis had been un- able to receive an accounting and so. accompanied by her sister. she had gone West for the purpose of inter- viewing Innes. who then resided at Portland, Oregon, though. before police investigation began he hmt moved to San Antonio. Texas. 1 was interviewed and gave an ac- count of his dealings with Mrs. Dennis. He remembered her well; and said that it was because she seemed 'an unusual kind of woman with the strongest grounds for di- vorce that he had abandoned his usual rule not to appear in such cases. and had acted for her. He. dc- nied that he had ever received any money from her to invest. or that he had heard of her after she had left Reno with her decree. He said that she had seemed eccentric and despondent. and plainly hinted that she had committed suicide. A Gruesome Find \Ieantime the hue and cry‘ for the missing w omen was proceeding. stimulated by a reward offered by their mother. \ arious reports flowed in all of them misleading until one day in August. when he police heard that two women answering the description had been seen in a house in San Antonio. Texas. Toilet articles belonging to them had been found and identified. It developed that Mr. and Mrs. Innes had also Tht‘ youth said M “'85 Marshall Selms and that he camu III“ II VII-H- kIIImII tamilv in ttII- SIIIItIII'III Iitx Tht‘ police iIIvestigatI-It aIIIt tOUIiIl that this “as tlllt‘. 'lllt'. lt'al'llt'd that. MIS. Nt‘llns iIaIt I°I:'-II-i\IIt a letter t‘IIIm San 1 ram iscn IIsthIsItIh from “(‘1' Itaughtm ICIIIise, “hit tI mud in IIaIt: The annual meeting of South Grey Agricultural Society will he held in the PUBLIC LIBRARY wm.fifi1mh at 1.30 o’clock P. )1. All those Whu are interested are cordially invited. Every, member should make an effort m be present. Geo. Ritchie. Geo. Binnie, President. Secretary. -“AA‘A,~_M-_A Yictor Ev Innes would be a better known scoundrel but for the fact that his name was broadcast about the time the World War was start- ing and only in connection with a couple of private murders. He has been in prison since 1914 and is about to emerge. a broken shuffling old man. not the debonair lawyer and lady killer who was immdred fourteen years ago. The murders of which he and his wife were jointly accused, have never been solved. The bodies of the two vic- itim‘s, Miss Beatrice Nelms and Mrs. Vkllois Nelms Dennis. have never been found. It was indeed the fact that they could not be produced that en- abled [mics and his wife to escape. They were convicted of larceny, while lnnes got. an additional sen- tence for using the mails to defraud. hoth crimes growing out. of the Nelms-Dennis case. Mrs. lnnes was released some years ago because. it was believed she was dying! with tuberculosis. lnnes has serVed a longer term and now he is about to come forth. still protestim: that he knows nothing about. the Nehns sisters. nn‘trace of whose bodies. no clue to whose whereabouts has ever come to light since they Vanished in llle Summer (ll. 19”. Curious. Features There are llltlll)‘ features about. this strange case that make it mem- orable in the annalse of American crime. Hne of them was the curious way it was hrouuht. to the attention til the police. In July, “”3. :. young man presented himself to the Chief of Police of San Francisco and showed a telegram which he had. just received from his mother in .\tâ€" lanta. Georgia;â€" ”Look 0111. for Eloiso . Sim has killed B.” DOUBLE MURDER THAT REMAINS A MYSTERY The theory of tho prosecution was that the women had found lnnos. threatened to how him arrostod for misappropriation of funds. and that he had miiritorod thom both. 'l‘hon ho had around np tho tlosh in tho meat rhoppor. and «tissoh'oct tho bones \x‘ith arid. But. thoro was no body ln'miurmt. and as 'l‘oxas lam‘ ro- quiroit this. huth «h-t’ondaiits woro arquittoct. 'l'ho two woro immodi- atoly takon to Hoorgizi and trim! for larcony arising out of tho same- rusr. and wow rmiVirtoit. whilo Inn:N wit a t'nrthor liVo yoaiw for using tho mails to «lofronit. 'l‘hus tho prosorutinn prim-.1 tho mutiw. but was iiiiahio to logziiiy osmlilish occupied the house. The police found bones and fragments of bones declared to be human, and in Octo- ber a grand jury indicted the lnnes- es for murder. They were found in Oregon and extradicted. The case against them was ghastly in the ex- treme. but lacking in solid facts. Nobody could prove that the missing women had ever been in the house. although it was proved that. certain articles found there had belonged to them. Fragments of hone were dis- covered, but it. was obviously im- possible to prove that they were part of the missing sisters. The ui'l‘iset'ution put. in witnesses to prove that limes had bought. a hug‘ meat, grinder. and that he had asked for quotations on a carhoy of sul- phuric. acid. ..J 8i J. Hunter Durham A Complete lyetery January Special ' Underwear and Hosiery for.... Ladies’ Silk and Wool Hose, popular colors, reg. $1.00 for 79¢. Men’s Heavy Ribbed Woollen Underwear: Fleece Lined, extra heavy: Men’s 34 to 44, reg. $1.00 for 79¢. Boys’ 22 to 34, reg. 75c. for 59¢. '. $1.50 to $2.00 “HULL IEBTIIG (if Durham Liw Stm'k Associa- tion will lw lwlcl in nm A. Y. P. A. Rooms mm' Mq-Lavhlau's Store. Saturday. January :32. M. ”5 pm. John MNiirr. Hm'bm‘t Edge, Prvsidc-nt 1 13: N-vretm'y. 308 SALE FIRST-(ILASS WALNI'T I’IANU. lwautiful tum-z oak swh‘mml book- 0350. mk "my“ «it'sk. lush-“mum and mvdivim- oak slum vat-w. 317.0 3'. 1‘2 X1 1-2 X 2 fwl. fur mwh’val man or d9ulist; plau‘urm craln ms £0011 as mm Bargain fur quwk sale. â€"â€"-Hm‘- lm H. .‘Ic'alllh‘. Hmmwr. «mt. "llII- H‘glllal' IIIIIIImlv mevting of tho “Ulhalll I lluh nf TUI'HIHG “Ill tlkt‘. [IIIIH' IIII \IIIIIIiIn I-.\'I:IIiIIg, Jan- IIaIn hHI. at “l0 I’I'awatk lea-rooms H” \nngI' SH‘LI‘I‘ HWOUND. M. I". 1AM“) It, SI‘TI'IPlaI‘y. the obvious inference. From that. day to this not n single {not In. come to Ii t to suggest. that tho sisters are iving. and nobody sup- posvs that thvy are. Not a great. dell is known of tho rovm‘d of limes irevious tu his arm-M, except tht 19 was one» or twim- ti‘iml for big- nmy. and swim to he: a man with ttw gift of living otl‘ womm with whom ho i-asily inm'atintmi hun- solf. 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