The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-06-07
country had it not been for the abun-
dance Of fish and wild game.
WHAT TO INVENT.
Some Needed, Articles That Will
Bring Million to Makers.

| You don't have to be an inventor
to invent. Some of our greatest in
ventors started out in other lines.
The majority Of the great inventions
in America are due to mon who
stumbled onto improvements in their
work.
Thomas A. Edison who has been
out nearly 500 patents, started work
at 12 years Of age as a newsboy on
the Grand Trunk railroad. For more
than ten years he was a telegraph
operator and it was not until he was
81 years old that he took out his first
patent.
Benjamin Franklin, who first put
electricity to practical use, was
printers apprentice at the age Of IL,
and it was not until he was Is
years old that he finally found cleo
tricity.
The inventor Of the telephone,
Alexander G. Bell, was Scotchman,
who came to this county in 1870 as a
teacher Of deaf mutes, and then be-
came professor Of the University of
Boston.
Eli Whitney, of cotton gin fame,
was IL teacher in Georgia, where first
he realized The Importance of the
Improvement which he later made.
Robert Fulton, who invented the
steamboat, and Samuel b. Morse,
the telegraph man, both were a:l:sts
until they each saw greater oppor-
trnitics and graspcd them.
From a commercial standpoint the
linotype is one Of the greatest sue
ccsscs. This invention practically
was stumbled upon by German
matchmaker, Ottmar Mergcnthaler,
who came to this country in 1872.
A man was walking along the
street one day when he happened to
stumble over a trapdoor hinge in the
sidewalk. Tie cursed the hinge, look
81 back at il, and wondered why
they had to have bin%cs that pro-
,ru,lrd from the sidewalk. The re-
~YIt Of that stumble was the Sunllcn
hin.o for trapdoors. which IL univrr-
sally used now This man literally
stumbled into a fortune
There arc thousands Of simple
things for which the world is crying,
the invention Of any one Of which
would bring IL fortune to its origina-
tor. There always has been de-
mand for Il handle for cooking uten-
SilS which will not get hot.
Women arc forever putting new
braids on the bottom of their skirts.
An attachment to prevent these from
wearing oui. OF new, more durable
braid would find ready market.
Flexible glass is a mercantile need
which would bring a fortune to the
man who invented it.
You've noticed the dumps and ash
heaps full Of tin cans. There I'M
lnuhtcdly is Il way Of rensing the tin
but as yet it has not been found.
Now they are using paper bottles
in some places III which to deliver
milk. \ better type of bottle that
cannot be used second time is
needed greatly.
AN envelope that cannot be open
cL without detection never has been
made and there is big demand for
such Il thing.
Large dealers in fish long have
been looking for machine which
will scale a great number Of fish at
the same time.
a self feeding paint brush and
self feeding putty tool are needed
md easily could be made by a man
with the proper amount Of orieinali-
ty and initiative.
Electricity offers a great field. A
new filament to incandescent lights
perfect insulating material, troll
ley wheel that won't come off the
wire, new battery, all are needed.
The cries Of animals TO be used in
the making Of toys have never been
ncrfcctly initiated and the man who
can reproduce lions roar can make
a fortuntc.
There are thousands, yes, millions
Of things which the world has been
crying for for long time. You know
the needs of your own in the shop or
Office: there is, indeed, great de-
mand for invention,