Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-01

 applied Co him for work. modestly. as plain machinist No tangle Of @ million threads from the bobbins brought an exclamation of disgust from his lips. No solution of any intri- cate mechanical problem caused him Co exult
 Nelson was Lausinc's kind of man. and the superintendent invited him to come and live at his home Both men were tacitmn appreciative but with holding their words. as do most mCn who handle and care tor the wonder fully animated sinews of industry, which speak only with their product
 Nelson was glad Co accept Lansing's oner and transferred his belongings to fhe supeintendcnts comfortable home on the cuwing red road that runs from Greenyille upward toward Paris mountain
 Mrs Lansing welcomed the stranger. aud her little brood of four children Soon accepted him as a member of the family. His bedroom windows opened Co the blue mountains, which cut him or from the rest of the world. To these surroundings, which gave him almost the full charm of domes- ticity, Nelson started his new life with a growing sense of security.
 There was no idle moment in the days calendar of hours and minutes for John Nelson. He worked not for the pay that was given. but the pay was increased from time to time and monthly bis earnings went to swell a bank account that reached three fig ures.
 Two nights of each week the light fin his room burned until after mid i night On these nights he lgnored at his desk on the plans of a device that would mean the saving of thousands of dollars a year in waste from the carding machines of the mills The waste filled the air with lint. choking the operatives as they worked A new | adjustment of certain parts of the ma | chinery was the problem engaging his | mind. He wrought over his plans un- til he felt that they would stand the | proving test of a model; then the accu- ! mulated wages stood him we'll as a | forgotten friend sometimes stands a man. He had the model built and in- stalled in the attic or the Lansing | home.
 l Power was obtained by connecting a l small dynamo with wires supplying the house with electric lights Cotton was brought from the mills, and one | night Lansing and Nelson sat for an hour watching the tiny carding ma ] chine meet the new demands of econ omy put upon r There was not an ounce of cotton waste.
 Nelson was to be made rich by the product of his genius and bis patient toll.
 "Its an right, old man." said the mill superintendent.
 Nelson nodded.
 If you don't mind I'll call up MT. Bryan, the president Of the company. and ask him to run over," suggested Lansing.
 The mill president, a gray and court 1 ly gentleman, reached the house with in a half hour, Und the little throng gathered about the machinery to see it in operation.
 MT. Bryan. this is AIr Nelson" said Lansing, introducing the president to his fellow worker. "YOu have heard me speak of him. I thought his | achievement of such importance that no time should be lost in informing you of it"
 Mir Bryan extended his hand to Nel- son
 "I am glad to meet you," he said, "and 1 hope that your invention will prove all that Mir Lansing expects of 1t. He is quite a partisan of yours. though. He likes to sing your praises, Mir. Nelson" .
 The model was ready for the test Nelson switched on the current
 Mir. Bryan sat watching lt in opera ton, stroling his white mustache re- hectively and peerlng with keen blue eyes at the new cOgs and rollers fash toned under the direction of this me chanic who had crossed the North Car olina border to join his army of work. CTS.
 'I congratulate you, NIT. Nelson '' said the mill president Your new curding machine will make you a great deul of fame among millmen. It will make you a comfortable fortune also, 1 am sure, and it win benefit mill workers. It is a pleasure to me to think that one Of my own men has accomplished this. and ! shall aid you all that l can in seeing that your pat ent rights are protected"
 Lansing and Nelson saw Mir Bryan to his machine and then went to the library.
 or hope we don't lose you when the money comes in" said Lansing.
 Lose me| echoed Nelson with a smile. This is my home, and hope to live and die here came here friendless and have found friends and fortune"
 The mill president lost no time iu having Neson's invention fully pro tected by patents One of the wealth lest Of southern capitalists, it was q simple matter for mm to call the at tenuon Of the manufacturers of mill machinery to the work of his em ployee. For the right to manufacture and sell his improved carding machine