The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
Atlanta Man
InventS Smoke
Consumer

| Genius grasped the thoughts of a
former Jacksonville man and then
guided the hand of his 1S-year-old
daughter, who put the dream ON pa.
per which led to realization. Now
comes the winsome miss to visit
relatives in this city while the father
remains in Atlanta, refusing to be
drawn away from his invention, and
patent attorneys at Washington an
nounce that they have secured pro-
lection for the most wonderful
smoke consumer ever devised.
1t was during the latter part of
1914 that John Hart Porter tossed
upon his bed after a strenuous day
in the Gate city factory, where he
is employed as chief engineer, his
eyes wide open and his tired nerves
refusing to succumb to sleep. His
mind was filled with rough charts
and drawings he had been making
in effort to perfect thesmoke con-
sumner which he had tried for many
months to construct but was almost
ready to give up in despair.
Then his eyelids dropped heavily
and he began to dream. He saw the
bowl Of a pipe with tiny sparks and
wheels going round and round. Sud-
! denly he awoke and began to toss
again, the new vision remainins
wildly fixed in his mind.
Next morning hetold his dream to
Luetta Hopkins Porter, his daughter,
whose artistic temperament instant
ly aroused her to close attention
After he had concluded his narrative
and gone to his daily work she go.
pencil and paper and began to
draw. When he returned home at
nightfall she presented him with his
visualized words as they had sprung
to life in black and white under the
2uidanceof her skillful hand.
From this outline more elabor-
ate drawing was made and finally
Mr.. Porter set to work evenings
with material necessary to make d
| model of his smoke consumer, while
his daughter stood close by and d.
rected his work by suggestions from
time to time.
| Now themodel is completed, has
been tried out and found effective,
patents have been secured and John
| Hart Porter is only waiting until
such a time when he can secure a
partned to begin actual manufac-
ture of his invention, which he says
will bring him fame and fortune.
The daughter arrived here sew.
eral days ago in company with her
mother, Mrs. Susie Hopkins Portef
for a visit to relatives at 344 Eas,
Adams street. The family is proud
of the fathers inventive genius but
prouder still Of the daughter, who
although never having taken 8
drawing lesson at an art school, is
we'll known to art lovers of thu
Georgia capital for her superb OF
paintings and crayon work.
This is the first visit both mother
and daughter have made to Jack
sonville In several years. Mrs
Porter was raised here, the daughte,
of the late Capt. John Henry Lopez
United States navy. and later of thu
Confederacy. John Hart Porter ais,
resided in this city for several year
until his marriage, when he move,
to Atlanta.
The fuel feeding apparatus is
stoker that saves from 35 to 40 pc
cent in cial, eliminates black smok
+; entirely and adds 10 per cent to tn
/ boiling capacity. 1t is cheap and
, very simple device, atachable to an
= boiler. The stoker occupies but te
t feet two inches of floor space an
one ordinary fireman can operate Il
= using battery of six or eight boil
, ers. The stoker is provided with
rotary fan ten inches in diamete
! and eighteen inches long, cased /
ala jacket with an adjustable SLOT
Times Union.