John McCauley, salesman in the Andrews-Henninger store, has invented a lard dispensing machine. It will be used by grocers to serve lard to the customer in a neat cylindrical block.
The man behind the counter fixes a pointer, turns a crank, and the lard falls into a bucket or a box or a paper bag all ready to be carried away. The weight is determined by where the pointer is fixed.
Mr. McCauley has been working on this a long time. He took Jack Andrews into a partnership with him, and they got Schuyler Long to make them a model. Next came the question of a patent, and they had the design and description put successfully through the patent office in Washington. They are now amply protected against all imitators and infringers.
W.S. Roberson, when they explained their plans to him, agreed to give financial aid, and the enterprise is owned in equal parts by Messrs. McCauley, Andrews, Long, and Roberson. A corporation is being formed and, when the practicability of the machine is amply demonstrated, stock may be offered for public sale.
Mr. Long’s first model worked well, but some improvements were made and a foundryman in Durham has turned out a second. Arrangements have been made for quantity production.
From page 3 of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Thursday, May 22, 1924
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