The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1910)

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 27 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO MEET. The National Association of Talking Machine Jobbers to Hold Executive Session in Columbus, O., Next Sunday — Visitors to Convention at Atlantic City Will Be Splendidly Entertai ned. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Association of Talking Machine Jobbers will be held in the offices of the Perry B. Whitsit Co., Columbus, O., on next Sunday, April 17, and it is expected that all the members of the committee will make special efforts to be present. Besides the regular business of the committee at the coming meeting the final arrangements for the convention will be consummated. In regard to the convention, to be held at the Chalfonte, Atlantic City, July 5, 6 and 7, VicePresident J. Newcomb Blackman reported that judging from the present outlook there would be a record attendance of jobbers and that much would be accomplished for the benefit of the trade at large. The factories, as usual, have evinced a decided interest in the coming convention and will have a number of representa FOR SALE Entire line of Victor, Edison and Columbia Records. Machines, Cabinets, Horns, etc. Going out of the talking machine business, as we want the room to enlarge other departments. Bargain to quick buyer. Address "Quick Buyer," care The Talking Machine World. SALESMAN WANTED A live, energetic, ambitious Graphophone Salesman, one that can produce results in an undeveloped territory. State your past experience, who worked for and salary expected. Excellent opportunity for the right party. Address A. E. Morlan, Gulf port, Miss. FOR SALE Our Talking Machine Business in Stock'on, Cal. This is the best opportunity in California for this business, Reason for selling, we wish to devote all our time and money to the piano business. Write for particulars. McNeil & Co., Elks' Building, Stockton, Cal. PARTNER AND MANAGER WANTED I contemplate taking the Columbia exclusive agency for Hattiesburg and neighboring territory and want a bright, hustling talking machine man to manage the business. One with small capital preferred. I will give him part interest in business and will invest sufficient amount to carry complete stock. Address H. S. Lilius, Hattiesburg, Miss. SALESMAN WANTED, Territory Now Open. SIDE LINE OF ECHO RECORD ALBUMS to men travelling for manufacturers or jobbers Representation pays good commissions. Dealers in disc goods are all repeating their orders after buying. Albums shipped through jobbers or direct. Sells from small sample, easily carried. Applications for territory now being booked. Address ECHO ALBUM COMPANY, 928 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, Pa. FOR SALE Stock of Edison and Victor Machines and Records, including Red Seals. Bargain price to an immediate purchaser. Lovett, Titusville, Pa. POSITION WANTED As Salesman or Manager in Talking Machine Department, either retail or wholesale ; have had 10 years' experience in Victor and Edison lines: can furnish best of references ; have been connected with largest talking machine jobbers in U. S. Address "ABILITY," care Talking Machine World, 1 Madison Ave., New York. tives on the ground to keep in touch, with the situation. J. C. Roush, as chairman of the entertainment committee, in a recent letter to the members of the association, states that a regular program of entertainment will be provided this year, such as sailing parties, a baseball game between the eastern and western jobbers, a shore dinner, followed by a dance and other features. And it will be pleasing to a large number of the members to learn that the "Old Vienna" will be official headquarters after 10.30 p. m. The Victor Talking Machine Co. will entertain the members of the association on Friday, July 8. o;i the day following the close of the convention, when the Victor factory will be visited and other entertainment provided. The National Phonograph Co. have invited such of the jobbers as find it convenient to visit and inspect the Edison factories on Saturday, July 9. J. Newcomb Blackmail, vice-president of the National Association of Talking Machine Jobbers, in speaking of the advance of that organization, said : "Those not members of the association cannot realize what we have accomplished for the good of the individual member, especially at the annual conventions. Many jobbers coming to the meetings in a discouraged frame of mind and doubtful as to the future of their business have had the opportunity of mixing with those who have won success in the same field, and have obtained invaluable knowledge of the modern methods that make for good results in their business. Ofttimes they have been speedily convinced that their trouble did not lie with the business itself, but rather with themselves and their manner of conducting their affairs. One . uch lesson, properly learned and carried out, is worth the price of many years' dues to the association. "Then again, the National Association of Talking Machine Jobbers is neither a radical offensive nor defensive organization, but seeks rather to bring about the betterment of the trade, where possible, through suggestion. This is a fact that both the members and the factories fully apprecia-te. When the association sends a committee to the factories for any reason the manufacturers know that the jobbers have given the matter careful consideration before arriving at their decision, but are nevertheless open to argument. The factories now receive such committees in a most cordial manner, listen to the suggestions, and present their own case. In every instance an agreement is speedily arrived at that is satisfactory to both sides. "In brief, the association has accomplished an incalculable amount of good through bringing the members in closer touch with one another and bringing the jobbers as a body closer to the factories, and all without any display of selfish purpose. That the work has been appreciated is evident from the fact that the membership of the association is steadily on the increase." HAWTHORNE & SHEBLE CO. SALE. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Philadelphia, Pa.. April 11, 1910. On Friday last the stock and other property of the Hawthorne & Sheble Mfg. Co., bankrupts, of this city, were sold at public auction at their factory, in this city, by the trustee, under order of the United States District Court. On the following day a meeting of creditors was held at the office of the referee in bankruptcy, 528 Walnut street, when the returns of the sale were made. It is expected the court will accept the results, though not reaching 75 per cent, of the appraisement, as required by the statute. Kitty Cheatham, the famous interpreter of the songs and moods of childhood, now makes records exclusively for the Columbia Phonograph Co. Two of her records appear in the 12-inch double-disc list for June, namely, A5168, "I've Got a Pain in My Sawdust," Herman Avery Wade, soprano solo, orchestra accompaniment; (a) "Visitors," W. Cooke, and (b) "Sugar Dolly," Gaynor, also soprano solo, orchestra accompaniment. To Enjoy Your Talking Machine to the fullest, it is essential that your library of Records be so cared for that you can at any moment lay vour hands on the particular selection you want to hear. THE OWNER OF A VICTOR OR COLUMBIA who takes care of Records by stacking them in a ''bunch'.' on a table, or on the window-sill, is depriving himself of one of the real joys of a Talking Machine, which is the satisfaction of hearing any one particular record just when you are in the mood for it. This is possible only when you have a place for every record and every record in its place. "ECHO" Record Albums ARE THE SOLUTION ! They Fit all Disc Cabinets and Bookcases They form a complete system for filing disc records, which can be added to, album by album, on the Library plan. Just the thing for both Single and Double Face Records, and OPERATIC SELECTIONS Every Record Instantly Available. Enables group classification. TenInch Disc Albums $T-25 Twelve-Inch Disc Albums... 1.50 Special discounts to regular dealers. "Echo" Record Albums preserve disc records against dust, careless handling, scratching or breakage. Index in every album facilitates instant location of every record. Every album is finely bound and holds one dozen records in heavy paper pockets, with cut out hole's enabling titles of records to be read. They protect valuable records from injury and breakage. Send for Circular and Samples. ECHO ALBUM COMPANY 926 CHERRY STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.