The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-04-03

are the tests. In the great American
Telegraph piers Tournament at Atlanta
March LIST, the Fay-Sho took practically
all the prizes and medals over all Others
and some OF the best machines on the
market were used in the contest.
+. NJ. McC!intir, of the Associated Press.
Dallas, Texas, won the championship of
the world as the best all-round tele-
grapher. McCiintic used a Fay-Sbo, No. &,
in receiving throughout the contest; also
won the Atlanta Journal Special Gold
Medal for the ciranest and pref test press
copy with the Fay -Sho.
Harry V. Enamel, If Philadelphia.
won the worlds championship (in the
message class ut the Photographers
Tournament in New York in 1898 on II
Fay-ShO machine, and received the first
prize, and broke his New York record in
number of messages handled in thirty
minutes On the FHy-Sho at the Atlanta
Tournament
". {. Murray" If Atlanta, Ga. did some
highly crpditabl.. work on the Fay-Sho
| machine in receiving messages in the
above contest. 1t is worthy Of note that
Mr.. Murray had never used typewriter
OF this make before and his work was not
only creditable to himself but showed the
East anu VI Tie -tOlio
operation.
Commenting on the tournament the
Atlanta journal said:
Two worlds records were established
and the quality OF Morse was far better
than heretofore. Andrew Carnegie. HIM
self an old teI'grapher, and one of the
most enthusiastic photographers of this
country, furnished Il Carnegie Medal,
valued at $500 which stimulated the
greatest interest among telegra pliers all
over the country. This prize was offered
| for ten-minute test to see who was the
| best all-rOund photographer IN the United
| States, both receiving and sending to be
| considered +. NJ. McCiintic of the AssO-
| ciated Press, Dallas, Texas, was awarded
l. the Carnegie medal for turning out the
! cleanest press copy, receiving tn minutes
| and afterward sending ten minutes, and
| establishing a new record OF 511 words
| OF straight Morse. This was a test of
endurance as well as speed and ability,
| for the contest did not occur until 2
O'Clock in the morning, alter the tOurna-
ment had been in session II hours. No
| Fluctuations were counted in the matter
sent and received-only the words sent
going into the record
| The receiving test of thirty minutes
| for the largest number OF messages on
the typewriter, neatness of copy consid-
cred, brought forth a new world S record
by IL. '. Emanuel, of the Western Union
Telegraph Company: of Philadelphia, Pa.
who received first prize for receiving fifty
and one-half messages in thirty minutes
| The former record was fifty messages in
thrty-twO minutes, seventeen seconds
also held by Emanuel. E. E. Bruckner, Of
the Postal Telegraph Company, of Texas
at Dallas, received the second prize fol
receiving messages. Fifty and one-hal
messages were sent by e. W. White, o.
Richmond, Va. Western Union Telegraph
Company, who broke the record for send
| ing messages.
1.-The Atlanta Journal gold medal fcl
cleanest copy of Philips code receiving
was won by f. W. McClintic, of the Asso
ciated Press, Dallas, Texas, receiving 500
words in five minutes, with but three
errOrs.'
The Fay-Sho machines made new
words records in all the above contests
and while other machines were entered
they did not receive Il single first prize
and only one received a second prize. Tn
Fay Sho made "a clean sweep, and is pro
notnced by experts to be the best all
round typewriter in the world.