The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-30
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i Some Account of tho Contest Anon,
manufacturers for Premiums and Dis
tinc;ione. -.
MELB0URNE, AUSTRALIA, April l8. '81
The D0cis, ScwiRg .Wuchine Com,
pnny, Wate'fo,on; ". T.: Yours a
Frbl nary tile 9Th And March I'll re
ceiYed By this mail. We have hue
very lively times here since / las,
wrote, al.l we are more than victori.
Gus this time. l wrote YOU pretty
fully the circumstances Of our being
awarded the only list degree OF merit
Cn family and hand sewing machines
We'll, seven Of the other machines an.
praletl, aud the executive appointed
experts to examine and report to them.
i felt very nervous over, tho mn.icr,
for | had got thing aud wanted tu
keep It. Of course. And v hc; [ came
to consider that these EXPERTS were
selected hy the machinery committee.
and did not know one OF them. nud
t"e.e her machine men were old
residents and had their friends and
chums on that committee, aud who
get any one taHo' able to them appoint
ed as IN expert, felt that they could
out-gencral me. do the best could
Mr.. Rig%. one Of the commissioners,
was away III Western Australia and |
cou.d not learn anything about what
was done or being done. Everything
was kept mum. Every day | would
see these other sewing machine tel
lows in earnest conversation and fiX-
ing up something. Ole day, little
later than we generally closed ND,
three men came around who | had
noticed had been nj the w. and W. for
couple Of hours and introduced them
selves rs experts on SEWN" machine
appeal. They looked at our machine
for few moments and then said that
each of us was to send in one OF our
machines to the large jury room the
next day and at 8 y. IN. he in rcadi-
ness to operate it, a. their duties
" ould only allow of their sitting in
tn" evening. One of the men was II.
&. Ford. OF the railway dAl a tmcnt.
who exhibited an ar compressor and
winding and pumping engine. etc.,
e".: which had brcn adiudcale,l upon
ov Jury 20, OF which was vicr-chair-
man, and it got 3d dr@rcc OF merit,
while le was wild because it did not
ge, lSt Jurv 2G and Jury 81, scwin
were the same men with
the exception of myself and one OTHER.
So y"u can sre how felt, &s Ev r,.-
porting uniavoraLlv to the jury it
would "Spot" me aud bring their
judgment into tliScrctlit, and influence
the executive on his own appeal at the
same time. The time came; we went
to the jury room and there l!.ry were:
'uch agent with three or four upcru-
tors. two or three adj. rr-, mlf ii
dozen agents aud Irirm,is 90 blow f,r
them. prepared toi bu>ineS~. knew
no hing of what was M, but tn, 9th
rr$ did alnl were prep r;h. was
alone with one operator. After taking
Il i'w measurements of lcng;h of arm.
height. size Of y l!cvS, wheel, etc..
they asked IL al one at II time to take !
our imchineS to pieces, AMI we took
them entirely to pieces. Every screw
out OF stand. table, tcnsion. spu.,trr,
SHUTTLE, etc., etc. Every piece was
couI ted aIu tr.cd with lie. and their !
clerk took down the result on their
book. The entire evening up to one
n'c.uck was taken up with ihis. We
hen had to put them up and sew. but
the sewing WAS deferred to tie mXt
evening. | have not bcru able to ob-
tain the tahulatcd rep" t as yet. hut
have Il tGw items. We had the l"a~t
of pieces hy over thirty. 1hc
largest number of Hardened steel parts :
in any other maclinc was +; in the |
Davis II. They tested upper and |
i'" aId tile vr}iSi ;;}iSS @a< les! lii ii
ours than any ether. The greatest !
variation Of our shuttle IN the entire !
bubbin was 1-6 of an 0ulIcr, sDnr of
them two ounces. In speeding our
we made l5n stitches More
than the W & w which made il Il
tr"n' point (rnpi,lity). Tn"y gave Us
thirty mnu "s to make different sam
pies OF work. The largest number
made hA "Ir OPP n'nis was svch.
ne mex five. We unnlr twrnt! -thrc.,
and mucn larger u,'d nicer. | n r't
f20 to amy operator VIII" wound du-
pl.cutc them in two hours. And Sd
we went through and beat them in
everything. When they made their
report they sustained the jury. saying
thui the Davis was entitled to the only
first award; that the Standard. which
is known at home as the New Home,
by johnson. llrk Il Co.. was the only
machine entitled 10 the second degree.
and that the Wheeler Il Wilson and
Wurlhcinl. which is an improved Ger
man Singer, should br reduced from
the sccul,, to the third degree. One
of the experts bought Il Davis before
they finished the examination. One
OF them has bought two since. The
commissioner. executive committee.
jurors and experts are all wild over
,hc Davis. You cannot Imagine what
al excitement it has caused. have
never seen it cqualrd in all my OK
pc,icncr in sewing machine business.
Yours truly,
T.. J. NEWTOS,