The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, May 18, 1921, Image 3
SPOTS ON SUN LIKELY CAUSE
%F ELECTRIOAL DISTUIiIANCE
Interruption of Wire Communication
Should Pass Moon, If Due to Spots.
Washington, May 15.-Interruption
of telegramphie communication by elec
trical interferences, if due to the pres
once of spots on the sun as set forth
in the Brashear theory, will pass away
within 48 hours, in the belief of oill
cials at the naval observatory here.
The present spot- or group of spots
on the face of the sun, estimated ,by
naval observatory officials as 94;000
miles long and 31,000 wide, was nearest
the earth last night, and today through
rotation of the sun was moving away
from the solar meridian. Naval ob
servatory officials said today that leav
ing out of consideration the decreas
ing effect of the spots on electrical
currents on the earth 'through the
usual breaking up of the spots, the11 re
gular rotation of the sun on its axis
'would within a few days carry the
spots so far from the earth as to nake
their influence negligible.
The theory that the aurora borealis
or northern lights, wxhich send "earth
currents" through telegraphic wires,
interrupting coinmunication, result
from sun scots, was advanced by 1Dr.
John A. irashear, the late Pittsburag
astronomer. The theory has never been
definitely accepted, naval observatory
oificials asserted, but the fact that
spots on the sun usually are accom
panied by electrical disturbances has
resulted in almost general accel)tance
of the theory.
The spots now present on the face of
the sun, which were visible to the nak
ed eye today with the use of a smoked
galss, were first photograiphed at the
naval observatory last Monday 'when
the rotation of the sun 'brought that
side of the solar body within view. The
spots at that tine, according to Dr. 0.
H. Veters, an offllcial at the observa
tory, twho photographed th em, were
about one -and a half to two days old.
The following (lay the photographs
showed the apots to be much agitated,
the 'gaseous vapors of which they are
composed resembling a cyclonic storm
on the earth, Dr. Peters said. Yester
day's photograph, taken about noon,
showed the spots to be near the solar
meridian.
Naval observatory officials said that
presence of such a large group of spots
at this time was most unusual, In as
much as the -prevalence of the spots
moves in an eleven-year cycle and the
apex of prevalence occurred about four
years ago.
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(Copyright, 1920. by Jamen Morgan.)
JAMES MONROE
1758-(April 28) James Monroe
born in Westmoreland
county, Va.
1776-Graduated William and
Mary. Entered the army.
1782-in the legislature.
1783.86-in the Continental
congress.
..1787-in the legislature.
1788-in the state constitutional
convention.
1790-4--in the senate.
1794.6-Minister to France.
1799-1802-Governor of Virginia.
1803-8-in the diplomatic serv.
ice.
1809-10-in the legislature.
1811-Governor.
1811.17-Secretary :of state.
NTO OTHER president, with the ex
ception of John Quincy Adams,
has served the country as long as
James Monroe and, without exception,
none has had aln oflicial experience
0o vailed.
From 1770, when he was a vigorous,
six-foot, broad shouldered, raw-boned
boy .of eighteen, and left William and
Mary's college to enter the Revolti
tion, Monroe remained In the public
service until 1825, when he retired
from the White House a wrinkled,
care lnt, impoverished old man. In
those 41) years, he had been i minor
military oflicer under Washington; re
peatedly a member of the legislature,
a member of the Continental congress
and of the national senate; twice gov
ernor of Virginia; minister to. France,
England and Spain ; secretary of state
and war at the same time and finally
presldent for two terms.
Without wealth or family influence,
with a slow, commonplace mnind, with
no gifts as a speaker; with a modest
awkward presence and plain, unpol
ished manners, this veryrdinary man
plodded up the ladder of ambition to
its . imost rung. How? By sheer
forc f his rugged, courageous, In
.... ....
N. X
James Monroe.
dustrious, honest, loyal character-a
triumph of the homely virtues.
Although he failed in some of his
most important tasks, Monroe's fail
ures were forgiven because they were
honest mistakes. The ridlicule and the
disgrace brought upon him by the most
spectacular episodie of his undramatic
life would have buried forever a man
more brilliant and less sincere.
This remarkable scene wvas enacted
on the highly theatrical stage of the
national convention at Paris directly
after the Reign of Terror and the fall
of 1tobespierre, when France wvas the
outcast among nations. At that mo..
ment, Monroe appeared as the envoy
of the only sister republic and, to let
all the world see that the Revolution
had at least one friend left on earth,
the president of the convention melo
dramatically folded the rustic Virgin
ian In his arnis.
After two years, he was recalled for
his zeal, and came home in a rage of
indignation. Passing by the gate of
Mount Vernon without paying his re
spects to Washington, he paid them
instead In 500 pages which he pub
lished in defense of himself and in de
nunciation of the administration. Nev
erthieless, the discreditedl diplomat was
sent to Paris again by President Jef
ferson in a few years, when he came
away coveredi with success, and with
the treaty for the purchase of Louisi
ana under his arm by a fitting prelude
to the Monroe dloctrine, 20 years later.
There is a most interesting souve
nir of Monroe in Paris. Like Madi
son, he had fallen in love while a
mnember of congress and had married
Elizabeth Kortright of New' York. Two
children having been born to them,
one of the girls was placed in the fa
mous French school of Mine. Campan,
where she formed a friendship with
Hortense Bleauharnals that outlasted
the many vicissitudes of Josephine's
dlaughter.
Itecently the notable figures in the
court. of the first consul of Malmani
son were modeledl nnd grouped atbout
Napoleon for a celiebrated wvax works
show in Paris. In that brilliant galaxy
of monarchs and duikes yet to be,
Eliza Monroe, in girlish prettiness, ia
seen -acain by the side of the future
Queen of Ifolland and the destined
mother of Unnoleon mR
TREND OF VALUES
IN COTTON HIGItEN
Such Was Case Up to Middle of Week,
But Sagging Tendency Developed.
New Orleans, May 15.-Up to the
middle of the week Just ended, the
trend of values in the cotton market
"v'as higher, mainly -because of the
heavy rains in the belt, but after the
middle of the week the market devel
oped -a sagging tedency, partly on ac
count of liquidation of long contracts
and partly because of the unfavorable
labor news from England. On the last
session of the week the disappointing
American mill flgures from the census
-bureau, showing consumption during
April of only 408,822 bales .against 437,
933 in March of this year and 566,914
In April of last, 'were a selling influ
ence and carried the market off to the
lowest levels of the week. At the high
est the trading months were 1: to 34
,points over the close of the preceding
week, with July to 13.02; at the lowest
they mvere-34 to 45 points under, with
July 12.37.
'Tlie market moved over a range of
58 to 72 points. In the net yesults
prices lost 31 to 47 points, ,July closing
at 12.10. In the spot (lepartment mid
(Iling stood unchanged at 1:88 in the
net results. A year ago middling closeu
at 40.25.
The weather of the week was ae-.
cepted as further retarding the start
of the new crop, ofilcial accounts tell
Ing of too much rain over a large part
of the belt. Planting and replanting
'ere prevented and In some localities
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iew face on the situation. The lack :
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