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SCIENCE SEEKS SECRET OF MARS I ' i | Star Sleuths Prepare to Solve; Mystery When Planet Is Nearest in 1924. I ^________ MINT THEORIES ADVMCED i.-.' ' New York.?The secret of Mars may he read in 1924 when the red planet znakes its closest approach to earth, although astronomers are skeptical of the theory of Marconi that the Martians are signaling us by wireless, and take 110 stock in the 60-foot whirling dish of quicksilver which it is promised will magnify the power of vision * to 25,000,000 times its normal y strength. In 1824 Mars will come within about 35,000,000 miles of the earth. Because of its eccentric orbit, compared to the more nearly circular one of the earth, Mars approaches that close only once in fifteen years. In 1924 observatories* will be much better equipped to study Mars than they were in ltK)9, when the planet last appeared at its biggest and reddest in ,oor sky. In 1924 Ma;^ will be the cynosure of telescopes all over the earth. The 100-inch Hooker telescope - at Mt. Wilson, and the marvelous instruments and methods for analyzing lierht which are in use there, may definitely solve the question whether Mars is inhabited. . As the distance of Mars from the : earth varies from 35,000,000 to 284,t OO&GOO miles, the wireless signals from that planet, if there are any, will have a better chance to register in 1924 oyer the comparatively brief span of 35,000,000 miles. Those "Signals" From Mars. >For the last 20 years Mars has been reported frequently to be * attempting to signal to us by wireless rays, by flashes of light, and even, according to some imaginative speculatists, by writing sign messages of planet-wide size over the latitudes by . teeans of the Mars canal system. It has even been suggested that we acknowledge receipt by forming words in vegetation over the blank of the Sahara desert The Marconi wireless communication theory is more plausible than any of the others, because that great inventor reports that he has picked up wireless waves 100 miles long, f while the greatest produced on earth by artificial means . are about ten miles long. Many ways of explaining this have occurred to skeptics, but the Mkrconi signals have more in them to interest conservative scientists than any of the previous types. There was a sensation in 1900 when it was reported that signaling from Mars had been detected at the Lowell "Observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz. This was based on a misunderstanding of a telegraph message concerning some .projected lights over the rim of Mars. Instead of presenting a perfect outline, Mars fchowed slight excrescences of light These were calculated to be ftrom 17 to 30 miles above the surface of the planet. 8imifar Projections From Moon. Similar isolated projections of light bad been seen on the moon, but this was easily discovered to be the sunlight tipping the mountain tops, an effect visible on earth in mountainous country when the rising sun gilds the summits when the lower parts of the mountains and the valleys are still in darkness. But Mars has no mountains, according to general agreement among observers. It was believed also to be almost cloudless. The occasional high lights, however, are now agreed to have been clouds which are thought to occur, though somewhat rarely. Electric currents which apparently wander through eternity hit the earth here and there, causing a mysterious hissing and crackling in wireless apparatus and sometimes upsetting hu- j mnr\ olor>tHr>nl rnntrivanrps. as the I great magnetic storm of last May did on an unprecedented scale. Such currents, called "strays" or "atmospherics," have been occasionally interpreted as signals from Mars, when rfcey came with a regularity that j seemed ,to be directed by a.human intelligence. But they have been shown most unmistakably to. be connected with sun spots. The scheme, attributed to D. David Todd of Amherst, a well-known as* tronomer, of using a great abandoned mine shaft in Chile for the making of a colossa' telescope, has been the subject of no little scientific discussion. This shaft, which is said to have a GQ-foot diameter, is located near the equator. It is, therefore, in the pfane on which the earth and all the other, planets whirl round the sun. The shaft telescope has the disadvantage that it could never be shifted, and could only be used for that part of the heavens which passes over It. But it is calculated that Mars will pass directly over it when it becomes a big, red disk in 1924. 9 nrianjr n?i vhwim?>? ? ?... Many astronomers have scoffed ai j the theory of such a colossal telescope, alleging that If the mechanical difficulties could be overcome the je&ormoue magnification sought would jbe useless, because the observer would see nothing hut a blur. On a small \ &v ' tr.7-~ W.J scato. Dr. JUobert Williams Wood of Jdlms-Hopkins had built a practical concave-mirror telescope 011 Long Island by rotating a basin of mercury ] until the 1 iquiti metal shaped itself into the proper concavity* There are limits to its use, however, according to astronomers, if the attempt is made to build the abandoned mine tel escope. j The greatest telescopes now in use sometimes achieve a power of 3,000 times as great as that of the unaided vision. This is only when the state of the atmosphere is at its best. Or- 1 diuarily astronomers have to be content with much less, sometimes with , a magnification of 200 or 300. "The atmosphere fixes an outside limit of magnification," said Dr. Frank . Schlessinger, director of the Yale ob- .. servatory. "Limitless magnifying powers could not be used. Telescopes / will probably be made larger than at present for use on mountain tops and especially favorable locations, but the ' tendency is to lose In distinctness as ' magnifying power increases. Eventually the object gazed on becomes a blur, as if seen through a heat liaze. Only through great instruments like i. ,1 iVlAM uiui at iuuuui >v iisun, iinu iiicu vn'.> under most favorable conditions have objects magnified as much as 3,000 times been seen with an unblurred 1 vision. If Mars Were a Mile Away. The mine, telescope, if it met the sanguine expectation of it projector, would magnify 25,000.000 times, which would bring Mars optically within a mile and a half of the earth. At first thought this would seem to give the astronomers a sight of Mars equivalent to that which an air pilot ob- 'a tains of the earth as he flies a mile and a half above it. At that height an airman could see cities, towns ajid . individual buildings,, farms, orchards and a thousand marks of the activity of man. Under the . same advantages 1 an astronomer would soon know all about Mars, where the creations of intelligent beings are believed to exist on a much grander scale than on earth. i But here a difficulty arises. The i airman is unconscious of the rota- , tion of the earth, because gravity pulls , the earth and air and the airplane with a uniform motion. On the other hand, if Mars were brought within a ' mile and a half of the earth it would 1 be whirling so rapidly that the fea- 1 tures of the landscape would be lost 1 to the eye, as are markings on the i propellers of an airplane revolving at j full speed. : If a magnification of 25,000,000 times or anything li^p it could be accomplished the observer could only see * a small patch of Mars. Mars rotates 1 its 12,000-mile circumference once in ' a little more than 24 hours, so that < at its equator it is making a speed < of about ten miles a minute, or about ; five times the speed of a racing car. If the observers were content with see- 1 ingMarslo miles off, the portion visible to them would still be streaming past the telescope at the rate of a mile a minute. A camera of instantaneous action ! might take pictures at this speed on .1 earth, but it could not be made on : Mars. A magnification of 25,000,000 ; times would mean that the light of Mars w'Qiild be diluted to one twentyfive-millionth part of its brightness in the sky, which would not be adequate for rapid-fire photography oc even for ' ordinary vision. WIRE HOLDS MILLION VOLTS Plttsfleld, Mass.?Ai the Pirtsfield plant of the GeneraF Electric company, for the first time in history, the tremendously high voltage of 1.000,000 volts was obtained, generated and transmitted by engineers of the coaa.nnnv wnrlrln or nnHor th? rlira/-l imi ^UU%1 ? M Viaiu^ UMVtVi bUV V*?* VVl?V?? VJ. ihe chief engineers of the plant. The pressure will carry electricity 1.000 miles. Officials said that much valuable data were gathered indicating the commercial possibilities of such a high voltage. An official statement said: "The pressure of 1.000,000 volts and over was generated by transformer equipment designed along standard linos, with a current at ordinary household frequency <>f sixty eyries per second. The physical laws applying to the behavior of high voltages were fouud to hoid good at this enormous pressure." City Gets Big Fund. Manchester, England.--A pageant' parade brought in $2f?,0P?) for the benefit of Mezieres, France, winch has been adopted by Manchester. Tin* rebuilt PTeneli city is dedicating a street to Manchester in reiurn. f ; Huge Buck Deer 5 ; Attacks an Auto j J I'ittsfield, Mass.?Willi both J # headlights smashed and the mud- * \ guards of his automobile bent. * * Walter C. ltoehelo of this city * i f says his car was attacked by a J 9 great buck, estimated to weigh * f 400 pounds, ltoehelo was pro- t 9 ceeding toward Pittsfield when * t he saw the herd of deer in the 4 1 9 road. Four bucks and three ' ; does jumped tp one siderbut the 4 1 ' leader-snorted and, with horns ' i t lowered, leaped at the auto, # ^ \ which was going slowly. The 9 * impact stopped the touring car # \ and stunned the buck. ' 9 4 Sparkles. The man who is true to himself is never a traitor to others. A bis city juclcre declares that he will not have any members of the klu klux klan serving on his juries. But that, however, may be only a ease of judicial "safety first." When we hear a fellow boasting that he never changes his mind we quite agree with him. It is difficult to change something that does not exist. Look into the home life of the fellow who claims that nothing over worries him. Possibly his wife is earning the living. Many a self made man is tailor made as well. An honest effort that ends in failure is better than no effort at all. Jt supplies the experience that paves the way to future success. There is only one thing that preents the average wife from saving money. She can't save what she doesn't get. Many people are blessed with good dispositions and cursed with an inability to retain them. That conference on universal disarmament will soon be .in full swing now. We hope the rope doesn't break "Say it with dollars" and you are sure to be heard. About C'oids. Just because you have had many colds and always recovered from themr you should not presume that colds are not dangerous. It is notthe cold itself but the serious diseases? | that it leads to that are to be guax-ded igainst. Pneumonia often follows u: bad cold because the cold prepares the system for the reception and development of the pneumonia germ which otherwise- would not have found losl&ment. It is the same with many other germ diseases. You are most likely to contract them when you have a cold. Children who have colds should be kept out of school un- ' til they recover. Get rid of every j cold as quickly as possible. In other i words take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. BS can be depended upon. SALE OF LAND. Xotice is hereby given that 1 will offer for sale, on the first Monday in fiurinir the Legal hours. in front of the court house door at Lexington, the following described property: Sixty-two acres more or less lying on the waters of Scou&er and Congaree creeks, being the head of the John S. Schumpert old. pond and. being part of the estate lands o.f. Joseph Schumpert. Terms of sale: Cash. GEOP.Crl'l A. SH12AL.Y, Administrator. Estate of .Joseph Schumpert. . 2t-t-p TREASURER'S SCHKDCLK. This ollice will be closed on the dates shown below, as 1 will be out making the annual tax collection at the various places in the county. For Tax Collection Begins Tuesday. November 15. I will be at the following places on the dates named for the purposes of collecting State and County Taxes for the fiscal year 11*21. First Week. C'hapiit?Tuesday, November 15. Hates burg?Wednesday. November 1 o. Loesville?Thursday, November 17. Gilbert?Friday .November IS. New Brook land?Saturday. Novem-j ber 1-9. i Second Week. tVlion?Tuesday, November 22. Swansea?Wednesday. Nov. i':;. W. J. SMITH, j Treasurer, Lexington County, S. C. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION I OF PARTNERSHIP BY MUTUAL CONSENT. We. i'. H. Gibson and 1/. i'?. Gibson, heretofore doing a mercantile business under the lirm name of P. L. Gibson Co.. at Swansea. S. C.. as parta i's, iter* by mutually Hpi tT I... :Iissolw sai l partnership and appoint K. .M . .Martin, as agent. o> collect all 3-:tstandin;c accounts owing said firm and nay the proceeds arising' therefrom to the creditors thereof so far as :hey will go for the purpose of winding1 up said business. , P. E. GIBSON, J L. B. GIBSON, Partners, II October 25, 1921.=rlt-p. || I MEET ME AT TAPP'S fktnv FAIRV Considered From For Fair Vv eek V Values Obtainabl New Sale Continu We can truthfu Suits and Dressei at corresponding ; Unusual in ev( Styles Most of tt $15.9 ?Coats of Rich Velour ?Coats of Fine Bolivia ?Coats of fcvora ?Coats of Gerona ?Coats of Normandy ?Coats of Finest Duvet de Laine ?Coats of Ermine ?Coats of Suedine ? ; A dozen nev $29.! i ?Suits of Evora ?Suits of Duvetyne ?Suits of Silvertone ?Suits of Veldyne ?Suits of Velour ?Suits of Broadcloth I ? E Twenty IS Rich Satins Charmeuse and ; f Tricotine . I The Colors The Styles The Fine Trimmings 5 The Ja DEPARTMENT STORE Corner Main and Blanding THE GROWING STORE tling Sale I Frrr^fr v ww<r VLLK VIZ \ Every Angle These risitors at Tapp's Of le in 1 Fall App ies Throughout lly say we have n 3 of like quality or i lv lnw r?rir?A? AW I ? WA A VVW? ' f COATS iry way-Finest Mi lem richly trimmed LUXURIOUS COATS with large rover or shawl collars of Nutria, Mole, Squirrel and Opossum.v and cuffs with same fur. Also self collars. Elaborate embroidery and cable stitching, j fringes, etc. Bell shape, straight?/ i. -3 ? ^ W t or set in mu.nuu.nr. sieevo. THE NEW COLORS: Zanzibar, Malay, Burro, Reindeer, Peacock, Browns, Blues and Black. SUITS 7 styles with fine fu >0And The Colors are black, blue and several shades of brown?also taupe. All latest long and semi-Ions: coats. Tailored models?both loose and semi-fitting. Collars and Cuffs of Fur, also rovers of Fur and pockets with patches of Fur, embroidery and v/iiivi ii inmiias^. )RESSE few Styles-Favored Approved Colors ?l.'nuuestionably tin- three predominat Clue and ttrown. ?Distinctly ].?1:iin tailored and straighteffects with tunic panels, hell-shape j ete. ?Some in plain, l it h effects, others m iH*uus. imiuuion pearls. cut steel, rm ibbons, contrasting jroorsette, braids, m< ry?red. grrcen, uold. silver, jet and a U imes L. Ta READY-TO-WEAR Sts. MEET ME ATTAPP'S '. Jj .-'IH Far . ft >ITORS Sales Scheduled - df 'fer the Utmost ' r* < ' are/ I /air Week *\ ever seen Coat I newness offered j s m " ???????? ; ? ' i - ''M 'f';: V' aterials-Newest with fine furs. 1 >4.75 Trimmed with Squirrel I Trimmed with Opossum 9 ^ Trimmed with Nutria I . Trimmed with Mole 1 Trimmed with Emb'd'y 1 Trimmed with Tassels 1 And Fringes in . Dozen a Handsome Effects ' ^ r trimmings 15.00 Trimmed with Squirrel Trimmed with Nutria Trimmed with Mole s i also Trimmed with Opossum and Fringes, Tassels and Finest Embroideries s Materials I Canton Crepes E Roshanara Crepe fl Poiret Twill I iiipr shades < f the on;.r?Black. M lino effects?the poi/ular blouse doeves. mandarin sleeves,-sashos e osi. elaborately trimmed with nj' [>dallIons. fringes, tassels, bows. ? L'dallions. wool and silk'embroid- G o/.en rolors. 1 pp Co. I SECOND FLOOR | Columbia, S. C. 9 r H