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-.fr-i-t ss.’v ■(% '■.'SWV'' vi 1.'* . i W.: '-•fv mm Pi f PAGE SEVEN EYES OF INSECTS USED FOR LENSES Many Marvels Are Revealed at Meeting of Scientists. ▲ 110 candle power Incandencent lamp wa* lighted by power transmit ted by radio at a meeting of the Amer ican Association for the Advancement of Science at Cincinnati recently, pre aided over by W. K. Whitney of the General Electric company. An endless variety of subject* of scientific Interest were presented. These Included photography Ih which the lenses were eyes of Insects; dissec tion of a microscopic cell by a glass needle of Infinite fineness; a report oh a female dove which was trans formed Into a male by natural causes without any kind of Interference by science, and the presentation of evi dence that human beings had religious Ideas, roughly 100,000 years ago, and burled their dead carefully In the hope of helping them Jn future life. Insect Eye Photography. : Wpter -beetles, whose eyes—easb h r for insect eye photography, according to W. F. Watson, who demonstrated this new method of research. The 4,000 lenses occupy an area less than that of a pinhead, and only about one-tenth of this area is actually used In camera work. The picture is taken through about 400 lenses and then enlarged by a microscope and thrown on the photographic Opiate by an or dinary camera lens. Each of the 400 lenses makes a sep arate picture, so that the plates, 5 Inches by 7, are covered by 400 minia ture pictures of the thing photo graphed. Pictures of Clemenceau, Pasteur, Edgar Allan Poe and others, and pictures of various insects, had been photographed In this way. Each face was reproduce^ 400 times In regular rows, so that the developed photo graph had a pattern like a sheet of postage stamps. “The eyes of the common house fly are not so good for photography,” said Dr. Watson. “I have used the eyes of hundreds of insects with vary ing success. The main purpose Is not to take curious pictures, but to In vestigate the structure of the eyes. On this account, many biologists have been sending to me the lenses of the eyes of all kinds of insects. The whole procedure shows the marvelous perfection of these minute structures, of which 4,000 barely cover a pin head.” Bird Sex Change Spontaneoua. The change of the dove from female to male was described by Dr. Oscar Biddle of the Cold Spring Harbor ex periment station. While such changes have been made artificially by the transplantation of tissue, this Is said to be the first case on record where such a transformation occurred spon taneously. The dove was a typical female and laid eggs for a time, then it stopped laying and increased in weight to nearly the size of a male dove. Its- volce and habits changed to those of Dr. Hrdllcka dated the emergence of distinct human beings from the an cestral brute at 400,000 or 500,000 years ago. The anthropologist* of tht American museum use a figure three or four times as great Religion 100,000 Years Age. Dr. Hrdllcka offered evidence that man fbr possibly 100,000 years had definite religious Ideas and conceived of a future Ufa. His evidence was based on recent studies of Neander thal skeletons which Indicated that the limbs had been carefully com posed and the bodies burled after a find plan and with aoma Bind of cere monies. r — - “This can mean nothing but that a belief In a future life waa already la existence,” be said. The theory of evolution held out the promise that man, who had ad vanced from such a low state, would go higher and higher, and that It was something like a sacrilege on that ac count to deny evolution. A microscopic naval battle, with chemical warfare and other novelties, was described by WUllam F. Kepaer and John F. Baker of the University of Virginia. The minute combatants were the mlcrosostoma and the hydra. With hla eye on the microscope the observer can see the formidable hydra rush through tho water.,Intending to use its “stlnyliyf threads” on the mlcrosostoma, an extrem'PTf*'^sMpti organism of inoffensive appearance. Just as the threads are about to In flict their fatal sting the mlcrosos toma releases from Its mouth a chem ical which paralyzes the hydra. Science wins over brute force. The tiny mlcrocostoma slowly stuffs Into its rudimentary stomach the body of the paralyzed hydra, but makes no attempt to swallow the deadly fila ments. “The stinging threads,” say the au thors, “lie about in an aimless man ner. But eventually free moving cells of tlie mlcrosostoma's body carry these stinging threads over the sur face of the mlcrosostoma. The most remarkable fact is, how ever, that now the mlcrosostoma ac tually uses these threads that It has obtained from the hydra It has eaten to sting and locally paralyze other animals. Plants Maks Own Light Prof. Francis E. Lloyd of McGill university told *of algoe and other .minute plants which took ordinary light and manufactured brilliant and vivid lights of their own. Under the microscope he showed specks of plant a male. It lived forty-four months after this change began. An autopsy showed that groups of cells had been destroyed by a tuberculous Infection and had grown back or regenerated.- Female cells had been destroyed and male eeH e 1 regenera ted.- ■ • - “The scientific Interest and Impor tance of this can hardly ^be exagger ated,” said Dr. Riddle, “since the re sult clearly Indicates that no bodily or mental characteristic may be con sidered as irrevocably fixed and un controllable. It, therefore, becomes probable that, all hereditary char acteristics of every organism are cap able of reversal and modification; and that the accomplishment of such mod ification and control is a matter which merely awaits the definitely di rected efforts of Investigators.” i Ales Hrdllcka, who has jnst re turned from a prolonged study of the remains of ancient man In Europe, 'said central Europe was undoubtedly “the cradle of the human race.” Tremendous populations of primi tive men mast have lived in various 'regions of Europe, and they can be traced back to the earliest known humans, he said, showing constant occupation of Europe by men from the first men to the present. The re cent discovery of several varieties of ancient extln(rt apes In the same re gion Indicated that It was here that humans emerged from some earlier stock bearing a family resemblance to the early ape stock. Contradicts Old Theory. Interest in Dr. Hrdlicka’s paper was increased by the fact that It contra dicted flatly the theory put forward by the American Museum of Natural History that central Asia was the cradle of the human race. The mu seum is sending an expedition there next year to prove It. ‘The cradle of man,” said Dr. HrdlTcka, “is not In some fabulous spot in central Asia where nobody has ever found anything.” Man Is not the direct descendant of any ape or near ape, but from a dis tinct form having only a remote fam ily resemblance to the ancestors of the gorilla and chimpanzee, according to Dr. Hrdllcka. “Of course. If you go back far enough,” said he, “you can find a com mon ancestor for them both. You can trace their ancestry back to the rep tile, or if you go still further back, yen can trace them bath Iff. t (toahle molecule.” Simms Ref uses ^ ' To Take “Script” Holds Grand Jurors Acted Without Authority—Proceeds With Anderson Term. Anderson, Feb. 11.—Characteriz ing the action of the Anderson Coun ty Grand Jury in mooting and pass ing resolutions regarding the alleg ed misconduct of the presiding judge and the subsequent publication of this resolution in the newspapers as a “grave violation of the law,” Judge the murder charge against Crowe, charged with the murder of Matthew Burnett, Anderson grocer who was mysteriously slain in his little store here three years ago. The nolle prea- ae does not mean, however, that the defendant goes free, as he can be re indicted at the next term of court ’ WANTS Carroll Simms, in Circuit/lourt here this morning declined to receive the formal presentation of the resolution from the foreman of the Grand Jury, J. H. Tate. Judge Simms, whose al leged misconduct and insobriety was reported to Chief Justice Gray and Governor McLeod, opened court at 10 o’clock this morning and after discussing at some length the charg es that had been preferred against the court, the only copy of which he said was newspapers that had come into his possession, discharged the Grand Jury from further attendance upon the court. In dissolving that body he 4ntimat«ir-frankly d~i»ftae.. beyoiuL iheir juris diction in attempting to regulate matters outside the province of coun ty affairs, and requested that Clerk of Court Taylor return to the fore man of the jury the resolutions pass ed at their meeting on Saturday. In returning the resolutions of the Grand Jury, Judge Simms sus tained the position taken Saturday by Clerk Taylor in refusing to re ceive the recommendations as a form al presentment and spread them on the minutes of the court. Immediately following the action of Judge Simms in dismissing the Grand Jury, Solicitor Leon Harris stated in open court that he was in receipt of a telegram . from Gov ernor McLeod in which the chief executive requested him to submit full information, in affidavit form, regarding the incident in which the special judge was alleged to be in volved. To take care of those de tails, which the solicitor emphasized as of much importance, so much so that he was called out of the court- For Rant—Four-room apartment, 1st Soar, either furnished or unfur nished. Phone 66. Ite Don’t neglect having your shoes repaired. Clinton Shoe Shop, A. E. McIntosh, Prop. For Rent—Five-room house, with bath. About two blocks from square. J. P. McMillan. Itc J. B. FRONTIS JEWELER CUNTON, a. G For Sale—Mules, corn and fodder, tractor, harrow, grist mill, farming implements, cattle, hogs. Sale at my home place on Wednesday, Feb. 20th, beginning at 10 a. m. J. C. Johnson, Clinton, S. C. 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JACOBS, JR., Jacobs and Company. i MEET ME AT CasTnO ac life which glowed like stained glass room to answer a call from the gov ernor over long distance telephone while the judge was addressing the Grand Jury, it would be necessary to lay aside the work of the court for the day. This was the formal request of Solicitor Harris. Judge Simms promptly declined to grant of fervid hues—deep red, orange, yel low and green. The light which en tered the seemingly transparent cells was totally transformed. Its wave length was shortened and Its color changed by the process known as flu orescence. This Is not a parlor trick, but a new method of reading secrets of life ' the request and asked that the and growth of plants. The process! court continue with its work voic- of transforming light is closely con-1 ing the opinion that whatever mat- nected with the production of the j the solicitor desired to take up plant’s food. When It Is known, how I the plants produce new light, It will wih the governor could be worked out during recess hours and after adjournment. Here an interesting situation arose in the courtroom. Solicitor Harris,! determined that court should adjourn, ^ and being of announced intention, it probably be known how they take carbon, tlielr chief foodstuff, from the air. According to many scientists, the most important of all problems Is to find out how plants capture carbon and to Imitate It, so that man may control directly the apparatus of noi/t *hat he will not try any before Judge Simms, asked for a con tinuance in the case of the state vs. W. T. Crowe, of Toccoa, Ga., indicted for murder. A demand for trial was made by httqrneys for the defendant, W. Frieraon taking the all powerful energy of car bon from the atmosphere. Landlord Faintt When Books Are Demanded N^w Abrabara^rLevy i Messrs heard that tlie books of J. H. Levy & Sons, Inc., of 116 West One Hundred and Twelfth street, of which he Is secretary and treasurer, were to be Impounded by the city court and ex amined to fipd the extent of his profits on real estate transactions he fainted and was carried from the witness chair in city court. He was revived In an adjoining room. Levy admitted he operated In pur chasing apartment house leases on long terms and subletting at a profit. Levy did not relish his cross-exam ination, and when it was over he with drew hi* counter claim against the plaintiffs, Blauner Bros., who are su ing for overdue rent, and accepted the judgment of the court against him for $676.60. Isidore Galnsburg, for the plaintiffs, refused to let the case drop, however, and asked Justice La Fetra to have the books of the company Impounded. At this point Levy toppled over. New Device to Measure Speed of Projectiles A new instrument to measure the speed of a projectile as it passes through the barrel of a gun has been devised by the bureau of standards at Washington. The movement of a projectile through a gun barrel with its following charge of gas from burn ing powder, experts found, causes an infinitesimal expansion followed in- stantanepusly by contraction. The minute ripple thus produced is record ed electrically by the new device, which is expected to be of great value In working out improvements In guns, projectiles and explosives. 250,000 Feet of Lumber in Giant California Tree A mammoth redwood, measuring 23 feet across the butt and 70 feet in cir cumference, was cut recently in the redwood forest near Crescent City, Cal n on the redwood highway. The tree was 300 feet tall. It will fnmisb 250,000 feet of lumber. It Is pointed ont that 50 cottages, each containing 5,000 feet of lumber, could be erected from the lumber cut from this tingle tree. Smith, the latter named being the diiver of the machine in which the judge was riding at the time the al leged misconduct occurred. Several times the attorneys took the floor, insisting that the state was attempt ing to cloak the Crowe case in a deep veil of mystery and that the case should be tried Monday, as pre viously announced. Solicitor Harris repeatedly asked that the case be continued for two days, on the ground that a material witness for the state was ill and could not attend court. Judge Simms refused to hear the solicitor’s plea and ordered that he should proceed with the case. In response \o this Solicitor Har ris promptly nolle pressed the case against Crowe. This being the only case scheduled for the day court was adjourned until Thursday morn ing. Although it was widely advertised that Judge Simms had been guilty of so grave an offense that he would not come to court this morning, the judge, who is a typical Southern gentleman, refined and gentle of speech and manner, and dignified and deliberate in his appearance on the bench, opened court on the dot and announced that he was ready to carry on the work of the court for this week. Word had already reached Ander son that Chief Justice Gary had de cided after careful deliberation of the affidavits submitted to him, to allow Special Judge Simms to continue holding court here for the remainder of the term. It was an interesting^ situation in the courtroom when the man with whom the judge was alleged to have gone driving when the “improper conduct” transpired, should have ar gued against the solicitor that the machinery of the court be set in mo tion. 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You have never seen dashing Jack Hoxie and a more appealing role—one that will give you more -thrill* and e*eit-mg eatertoinnvent than ever-before. When they tried to scare him off the range things begin to happen. Also Ruth Roland, “Ruth of the Range,” No. 10; one-reel comedy. 11c and 28c Remember the contest closes on the “NER-A-CAR” Thurs- day night, February 21st) just after- the first- show -that starts at 7 P. M. Be on hand with your coupons—you must he at the show with the lucky coupon, if not will draw until the winner presents his coupon. “DRIVING FOOL” . ► to Farmers Will De-Lint Your Cotton Seed FREE THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK . Authorities on cotton growing say that de-linting the cot ton seed will advance the date of maturity by from three to ten days. This may mean the difference between a good crop and a poor crop. It is best to have de-linting done by people who are prac ticed in it. * Our only charge will be the lint from the seed. HAVE IT DONE NOW LAURENS OIL MILL E. S. 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