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BARNWELL SENTINEL, BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA f»OI TWO WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF LILLE WELCOME LIBERATORS that we have'perfected! wireless after | all these years, hut I know we are safe. $ L you 111 like to toll the whole story, g iSut/l nnj restrained until the p$Xace -| pact Is signed. 1 don’t .expect people, „ i including scientific men, A to believe it | until /they Use if. it Is like flying— | people would not 'believe It could be* | done until they actually saw 11 done." "Mf. U'ouua.JU. ysst'rted that they'w^fe | not set*.kjn*,Vtl monopoly of the In veil tion, and said’the British 'and French governments already were familial •? with him while he was acting for the I United "Slides government. lie said • (hat t*easoyjf1)ie protection would he ppf! r cured, hut that he intended to give Ills | secret to.-the world, because of the | great importance of having the best | communication facilities possible ev- e erywfiere.:- * ■; ' , .< •/ • i: Puzzle of Static Electricity Has Been Solved by R. A.iA/eagant * Invention in Use by Allied Governments During the War Will Be Given to the World When Peace Is Finally Con cluded—treat Saving of Time and vioney. New York.—“I have discovered a new law of nature." Without hearing the rest of a mod- est inventor’s assertions think what eliminate ’static; or. .'2d to improve the wireless note hy method of appara tus, or both, so fnr beyond ihe art as to constitute Invention. The first kns That is a tremendous not’ been done. lie who shall aceom that means* pUsli fhat'.-mmd have no fear of~thii deelahitlhn. IL is the day of Sir TsUn'c Neu toiv'who was credited with the discovery of the law of gravitation, lias a'real law of na ture been added tt\ the world’s col lection of marvelous scientific pho- nomena. One .may expectantly look* for the eighth wonder of the world. Newton liray jjfnve been a modest man. Perhaps all great Inyen tors' are modest Aten. The fact that mdst of them have been unfortunate in being illy rewarded for their laborsmight Indicate a bashful nature. No one, who has seen and talked with Roy: A. Weagant, chief engineer of the Mar coni Wireless Telegraph company, will dispute the fact that by* Is modest. Lie is the yoiing_man who. after ten years pf scientific research into wifeless phenomena, has solved the puzzle of static electricity and hy means of a new law of nature has eliminated that bothersome element /rfini th'h atmos phere so that wireless lias become a perfect means of communication for | extremely long distances. His inven- | tion has already* been drr use hy the-} s during the war and j since fate of tiis invention.”' >- ... . .e • So' die radio operators kept Urn searching for that principle which .Mr: Weil glint- lias at last found.-- \Ve have ills word for It, ;«;>'! the word of Ed ward J. Nallv., vic< president and gen --era! manager of the’Marconi company and ihe fact that tin * Mr, Weagant was horn in Canada" hut his parents moved to Vermont when he was a baby, and he lias made his residence- In thlk - country most of the time since then. He studied at Stanstend college and nt McGill university, where- he received the de gree of bachelor of science. He worked for, the Montreal Light, Heat and Pow er company, tin* Wvstlnghouse com pany at Pittsburgh, the I>e Laval Steam Turbine Company, tlie National Electric Signaling company, and by 1912 Joint'd tht* Marconi company. HC is a comparatively young* man with hair slightly tinged with gray nnd tias clear, sharp gray eyes, which reflect an active anti highly trained mind. He Is rather diffident and Retiring, but ex presses his opinions in a voice that ts deep-toned--awhcunvincing, „i_ j perfected win ihss has been used hy the (hiring tiie war. dally announced It has made the* bridging of the North Atlantic hy wireless, always the hardest route for aerial messages.,ac cording to Mr. WeagaSt, easy.- It has .eliminated long distances,'the'Tnost im portant goal radio engineers have striven for. “Befrrrn-thc war we were limited to six or-seven hours’. i*mnmunJe«tio» a day*across flit* Atlantic and across the six thousand mile stretch'from San Francisco to Japan,” said Mr. Wea gant. “Now we ran use -the wireless continuously. Before the war it would have been impossible to get all the "news’ \vhtch. the _ German wireless tried to scatter over tin* world. Now government although not .yet oftl- iiiSissSil o W«M*m Newspaper Union This British official photograph shouts a part-of the crowd of women and children that gave the Liverpool-lrisb soldiers such a stirring ovation when they entered the town. NOW MAKING GARMENTS FOR NEEDY EUROPEANS allied government GRATEFUL TO RED CROSS wo can get it all. I am not privileged he Is ready and anxious to disclose tin •new Inw of. nature" to -the world ns '• to sav to what extent our discovery ] soon ns rertnfn restrictions are re- ; has figured In the war. hut I can say , Italian moved hy the ntmdjU-drrH of peace.— “A Simple Matter." “ft Is a simple matter when once' you find the governing law.” said Mr. Weagant to a rcpurUuv “Radio ex- Mothers Wept With Joy at flit* Germtms sent oflt hearing on icstion of peace was-received, Will Save Money. considerable- saving of money c ejTectcd. In some •-ending stn- 111 (’■‘■power needed is cut in half. Health stunt t mistake* 1 as smire -art fakers 'nr had made fit<m in scientifix: Judgment. I That fact can he easily d mid will he at tin* proper should describe the detail paratus it would he a sii for radio engineers to r« new laws Wc feel constri divulge the secret generally until peace has been concluded.” s Mr. Weagant said lit* was positive the Germans had not made the discov ery themselves or had any knowledge of his discovery. He declared that on^ ly a few days tigo he was listening to wireless messages being ^ent to Germany nntt/thnt the German opera-, tor requested the sender to repent the messages and use more power. That would not have happened If the Ger mans hnd known, hou’ to utilize the a mast the height of a telephone pole is enough for receiving.” - ' The Inventor said that the trouble A with most, of'tin* radio experts who find been experimenting with "static" was that tliev had given up too soon to the rimchiston Many <*l tlu*ni rnmt that the solution of the problem was impossible. They regarded "static” as a thing erratic. Incalculable, way ward, willful, a law unto Itself. The turning point came when the Marconi engineer decided that “static" was n nil turn] law. rational and follow, ing a definite system, that only needed to he understood to he conquered. That was In 100S. Since that time Mr. Wea gant has devoted the better part of his energies to ascertaining Just vvfTat the ?*ropertles of this law were. The pro llmlnnry work was done largely nt ex- perlment stations In New Jersey and Miami. Florida. In 1919 government assistance was enlisted and the ex l»eriments took «n a far more definite character. By the time this. xuunJTT' was readv to enter flit* war the work, hnd reached practical completion and patent application claims had been al lowed by the United States patent of fice. From that time forward the prob lem has been one largely of perfection Western - Ncrui >i«»t I tilon This photograph shows the surgical dressing unit of th - Bed Cross which lias been ordered to give up work on bandages, and is now- making garments for the French and Belgians, who are in need of clothing. To the foreground nt the machine is seen Mrs. Bayne Whitney. ’ \ l LIEUTENANT IN RADIO CORPS SHIP WHICH CARRIES THE PRESIDENT new method, the inventor said, "Static” has been the hoodoo of wireless telegraphy ever since Mar- coni eoffvlnced a doubtful world of the actuality of the new method of communication. Little, huzzlngsy nnd big clattorings along the air currents, particularly on moist days, have per sistently Interrupted the cleifr^Hnw of the wireless messages and made their reception practichUy impossible. The Inventor described Uhe sound in the Instruments ns similar tUjhat made by Nome one throwing a handful of peb bles against n glass window. x On cold, snappy days the adverse atmospheric condition has not been so had. But the trouble was always the worst from June to October. Mother Greeting Child Returning From Camp. children home and rejoicing In their of detail ippea rupee “All I did was to set out*to discover the new law of nature anti make it “It is amusing to watch mothers seeking ft* recognize their little ones,” writes one of the American Bed Cross workers. "And It is touching to see their delight when they at last realize that tin brown.* sturdy youngsters who rush info t b* i r arms are the delicate Giusepp’nas andDhe anemic Angelos who left them earlier in tlfe sqm- for man, and, that’s all I have said this .modest Inventor. “I et up all sorts of hypotheses and Con strutted all sorts 'of apparatus, and when one theory'wouldn’t work I tried another . It Vas like failing iri‘ fifiO ways and fiiuIlTUTAvTiiit you :jre after on tho thousandth attempt." course .-the question . rami’ up rigain as to just what* the inven for had fomi.rwr.’-wtr.ut flie UitAv" Tilw of na- ture-was. And what millions of lay men and a few thousand scientists, who were taking the* attitude . of the Missourian.’ wanted to lie shown. If was stated that some of them had pub licly doubted the solving of the* "stqi.-. ic” puzzle. The inventor sullied and shrugged his shoulders. “That’s quite natufaf;” hi* said. "It sounds big to make the announcement Mr. Weagant recalled a decision in the United States district court on January 7. Ifilfi, in which Judge Julius Mayer made a prophetic announce ment In regard to t!>•• solving of the Static problem. It was in the ease of Klntrier vs. -t,he Atlantic Cotumiinfea- tlon company et til. where the -issue Involved the invention of a .new trans mitter for wireless apparfitiis. Itefer- ring liack to tin* “state of the art” of wireless communication t.n July 1. 1907, n date figuring in the ease, Judge Mayer said: "On that date there were just two possibilities: (1) To annul, exclude. izutloji in Italy, are TefT'~rs froiTi flit'si* f 'tiigir gratitude. Jahoriously and majority' of them. mother* They* an painstakii eheh era! earnest sioct‘rlty'".lncdTiis, the i>enru*< exiiresslon tiLtheir gratitutUI. Follow th-partnient id the army. MJ.ss < one of tie* most capifhle women •iatis fFi Man it*. She Juts done trt work la radTo tfptTiititig. hav- lidleil ill a'Boston stjiool. is one of the many received: »- I. Maria Ferrario, tnotTier of Angelo •rarity, am overjoyed at the improve- nt in health of my little son.' He The Remedy. . !>iseussii:g the iullu nza epidemic and tlo many so frilled iniluetiza < ure», I>r. 1 loface Whitney Wijirimis >aitl in a J centre aL the 1,'tiivhrsitye of-1 hieago; "Isolation, warmth' ami -perfect t aro ufe the only treatment. The so-t ulled cures remind me of 'story about a grocer: To this grocer a patroD brought hack a pound of* butter. “‘1 want to complain about this bat ter. It's, awful,’ the patron sa$. -• "The grocer sniffed it. ^ ‘Smells sweet enough to me,' he observed. “ ‘But, it’s full of hair,’ said, the patron. ‘I counted eight or nine hairs in It. Yes, sir, this butter’s ftill of haLrj~and I want to know what you’re going to do about it.' "-Why. make It right,, of course/ s«id the grocer geniallfv* and lie ".ac’lmd up and took a tiny packet li<*m rt ^lielf: ‘Here. Here’s a packet v.t hairpins. You can.-pin-^Mntcfc*with ein as you go along.’'” «D Western NVwapap^r I'nlor. ’fatci.eviiSi' yfccM OINtNtS ROOHOM iiyimcwAi THK GRORfiC "MW returned frt»m the mountain camp of the Arrcrlcari-lted < ’mss «t Gr<*sstmt*h fat and .with"color in his cheeks; of which he stood in such great need./ I can find no words to express tny grat itude for your_ kindness. May God protect hnd bless the kind benefac tors who have done so much for the ihotograpK lit this _grouj> is that of the George Washingtlm. resident Wilson ls niuk : ng his trip across The water to the »re. Below the ship. Jtself are views of the elaborate Interior including the dining room and ftvo scenes In th.e /'imperial WANTON DESTRUCTION BYTTHE HUNS Man's invisible Partner. When we learn to depenil more on e man /within than we have been custonied to’do on the man with- it we shall learn the worth of the visible partner. Born with us at e cradle It waits only the touch of isdom to bring tt out. It grows with . through the years— a help or a hin- TEXAS OIL INDUSTRY BOOMS War Stimulus Results in Development of Refineries With 27$,500 Bar: rels Capacity. /g ■ '.y—w-.’ ^ Dallas.-—.Under the spur of war Texas ill the last year has effected a .fretUendoUs development”of .her .oil 1 r. the erttwn prince lives suggestions Today tJLierc are in operatloiy iti thb state lDrefuuu-'ivitli a'capacity of leirreN dai'ly. They are cap:: h.le of retining double ‘hwammtftF+yf-tUb- producetl in the Texas fields last year Fields of unsuspected volume have Imen opened and made to aid in keep ing ships and anny mqtopj' at top Paris Libraries. It hns'bccn found that'the libraries of the rtty pf Baris have more than Justified their existence since. thd~oub break of the war. The number of per sons frequenting the libraries and bor rowing books hast Increased by 00f>“-Rlfiqe the^sTmnner of 19H.- The public taste during the war 'period in clined toward historical works nnd works of general; interest. Books on special sclentjflc subjects and on Eng lish, Italian and Russian literature bav« also been In great demand, n--_ - The Suggestion. ~Mlss Caustic—These men whoxrit- icite fco aeverely the weafthg of over- -Yyplcal Reformer, Traveling Salesman—Has the awal- eneari'cinisetence yet made its appear-'’} ppd tfousers by women anrx* in this vlHnltyT lathe coastal*region wnefe ten refin Crossroads Storekeeper—Partly. For instance, old SI Buhhard, who owes me $9.^7 for the last nine years. Is a-bbastln’ tliat ijever agin will he ac cept free seeds Tromlmy clanged con gressman.—Buffalo Express. f. Curious—Why sol Jit OauatlA—Because the ttjen who The loudest In denunciation are to be the ones whosef wives wear breeches at borne.—Baltimore eries arv in operation, the first unit of a hfg oil plait on the Houston ship canal Is nearly completed. It Is in tended to have a capacity of 20.000 barrels a-day and represents an Invest ment of from $£000,000 to $10,000,000 This British otficiul-photograph, welch was taken on the British western front before the signing, of the armistice, shows the wanton destruction with which the Germans ravaged, the country that, they were evacuating. This ooe time beaudfuT atatue in Doual waa palled down by the enemy for the metal contained therein. . * 4 ' R ■ I . 1 **'■ J ^ - ■* T-\- •«£ a ■ ; V . ' * .a* t .. -—., r ; i * K t /, '£T -—/tt"