San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-13
A SAN ANTONIO BOY.
George NOrcross Invents Successful Sew
ing Machine Device.

Inventors of the single thread
lock stitch for sewing machines
are classed in the same category
as perpetual motion and flying
machine cranks and the only
patent ever issued in the history
of the United States Patent office
for a single thread lock stitch was
Issued to James S. McCurdy and
assigned to Elias Howe, Jr., Of
sewing machine fame.
These patents were issued in
1859 and lS60,and while the McCur-
dy single thread lock stitch was a
lock stitch proper, the objection
able feature that prevented it from
coming into practical use was that
it formed series OF knots on the
under side of the stitch, Mr..
George a. Norcross, of butter sep
orator fame, has just returned from
Washington, d. c., where he has
been for the last ten days in the
interest OF his different patents,
and while there made application
for letters patent for single thread
lock stitch; he being the second
inventor in the history Of the pat
ent office to successfully demon
strate to the patent office a single
thread lock stitch; it being neces-
sary in this class Of inventions to
demonstrate it to the patent office
practically and not in theory.
The stitch which Mr.. Norcross
has invented, unlike the McCurdy
stitch, will come into practical
use at once, because the stitch is
perfectly smooth and even on both
sides like the double thread stitch
made at present by the latest i'm
proved sewing machines.
Mr.. Norcross demonstrated the
| stitch practically to representa-
tive OF The Sentinel this morn
ing.
1t is unquestionably a smooth
lock stitch and Mr.. Norcross feels
justly proud OF the fact that he is
| able to demonstrate the fact to the
world that to the persevering and
ambitious inventor nothing is i'm
possible though it may seem i'm
possible.
He is now in correspondence
with several sewing machine COM
pauies and if no arrangement is
| effected it is his intention to make
arrangements here and Knoxville
| may yet have the proud distinc-
ton of manufacturing the first
successful single thread stitch sew
! ing machine in the history Of the
| world.
Mr.. w. S. Nash, representative
OF the Davis Sewing Machine COM
pany, of Dayton, Ohio, who is
stopping at the Palace hotel, was
shown the stitch this morning and
pronounced it g success and was
Of the opinion that the right to
use the stitch would have the
sewing machine business OF the
country.
His company will investigate
the merits of the stitch at once.
| Mr.. Norcross does not claim to
be q second Edison, but the follow
ing list of inventions patented by
him is sufficient to make Knox
vile proud OF enrolling him as a
citizen:
Autograph register, patent cash
register, butter separator, car coup
Ter, combination wrench, means
for raising and lowering car win
dows with compressed air and
single thread lock stitch.
He says it won't be his fault if
he does not have one Of the largest
novelty manufacturing companies
in full blast here in less than six
Notwithstanding (Tenn.,) Sen
tinel.
Mr.. Norcross is a we'll known
San Antonio boy, and his many
friends wilt be glad to learn OF his
success.
In the fall of 1898 a son of Mr..
T. A. Mcfarland, a prominent
merchant of Live Oak, Suffer Co.,
Cal, was taken with very heavy
cold. The pains in his chest were
so severe that he had spasms and
was threatened with pneumonia.
His father gave him several large
doses of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, which broke up the cough
and cured him. Mr.. Mcfarland
says whenever his children have
Group he invariably gives them
Chamberlain'S Cough Remedy and
it always cures them. He con-
siders it the best cough remedy in
the market. For sale by F. Kalt-
eyer & Son, G. Campbell and j.
Clavin, druggists, San Antonio,
Texas. II