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Radio Pictures Will Be Development Near Future Photographs l>v Telegraph an Accomplished Fact and Al ready I'iclnres of Notables Have Been "Telephoned*' from Citv of ('leveland to New York Citv n> HOUKllT T. SMAI.li (C?p?rl|ht. 1924. By Th? A?J,?nc?) New York. May 29?Having "tel-l ephoned" pictures of President Cool-I Idge and others from Cleveland tol New York. el?*ctrlcal engineers arol agreed today that pictures by radio will be a development of tho veryl ?ear future. It is now an established principle! that whatever can be accomplished la the way of wire transmission can also be achieved by using the etherl as the mt-ans of communication. Wires for the moment an* under better control and must be relied upon to a good extent. Almost daily strides, however, are being made in the conquest of the air and there no longer is any mere theory as to what the ether may be made to do. The question today simply is one of con structing the elaborate Instruments necessary to transmit and receive the various electrical Impulses through space. The sending of photographs and news pictures by wire requires a del icate graduation of electrical Impuls es. This selectivity, or refinement of electrical processes, is not as pos sible with the ether, for the matter of interference in the air has yet t<> be worked out. Copper wires give complete control; the llffa as yet an unruly creature. It can be tamed, however, and the matter of dolns away with Interference can become an accomplished fact as soon as more Is leaned of the manufacture of Instruments of greater selectivity. The possibilities of the ether are as | limitless aB the air itself. Man sim ply has to learn to harness the wild forces which are loos?>. Static, the terror of many a radio receiver, remains to be conquered, and until It in, the delicate process of picture sending must remain with in the realm of copper wirep, where this "howling in the wilderness" has no part. The process of telephoning pic tures is to the layman a very simple one. The visible part of the opera tion Is easily understood. But the invisible part is as strange to the un scientific onlooker as the mysteries of radio Itself. Many a radio fan i knows that if he turns certain knob* 1 to certain points he will bring into his home music and speeches, but Just why or how this seeming mir acle 1b accomplished nine-tenths of the radio users of America never will know and never will under stand. Pictures sent by wiro are traced upon a photographic film mounted upon a cylinder. The tracing Is done by a pencil of brilliant light. The completed photograph Is a series of fine lines made by this light. 1 he shadings of the lines which trace the picture are accomplished by varying tho intensity of the light. When It glows at Its brightest U cuts Its way through the film so that the lines when developed are Intense black. When some of the illuminative power is shut off the lines are piny. When the lights glow but faintly no Impression is made upon the film and thus the white spaces in the com pleted picture are accounted for. In watching the recording ma chine at work tho analogy which | comes to tho layman's mind Is that of the dictaphone machine where a person dictating through a tube re cords his words on a revolving wax cylinder which moves along a frac tion of an Inch with every revolu tion. The photographic negative, mount ed on a small cylinder. Is carried along In precisely the same manner and the pencil of light traces Its varying lines. The covering of a five by seven Inch negative with these lines requires about five minutes. At the sending end of the line the process Is somewhat reversed. Thero the positive film also Is mounted on a cylinder and a pencil of light at the receiving end of the line. The processes Involved In this transmis sion are somewhat akin to radio In that vacuum tubes and other wire less Instruments are employed. While the actual operation of the picture sending and receiving devices seems a simple thing, back of Its ac complishment He years upon years of research and scientific work. The In struments, built by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, are the work of scores of engineers who have given their time and their brains to the task. The process Is not a great "discovery." It has been merely the tedious application of well known principles. No particular thought has been given as yet to the commercial pos sibilities of picture sending by wire. For several years nt least It will be a novelty rather than a utility. MKTHOIHHTH VOTE NOT TO <WA\OK I>IVOR<K LAW Springfield, Mass.. May 30.?The proposal for a drastic change In the divorce law of the Methodist Episco pal church was defeated by ten votes st the closing session of the General Conference here today. 'Miss Samson" Ilor badly Ringed hair won pretty Constanco Evans, 10, $300 in a New York court. She brought suit ngalnst a beauty parlor for $1000 when her former beautiful tresses were damnged. Above*Mlss Kvans with her singed locks and, below, ns sho appears with a wig she Is wearing while her locks recover. Mrs. R. G. Williams, North Road street, who has been ill with a cold, is better now and able to be out again. JEFFERSON STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE CO. GHKKN'SIIOKO, X. C. Insist on Having Your Life In sured in This Great North Carolina Institution SJ A J ? rr[ RSON STANDARD POllCVll V In* rlif riUHW * _Z? INSURANCE IN PORCK OVER 8216,000,000.00 Supervisor II 1^1 on llulhlltiK Special Pnncakc nncl Buckwheat Flour 6c per Pkg. 5 PkgB. for 25c M. P. GALLOP CO. PIlOllPM 3 Mllfl 5? I 01J> Ul( HMOM) HAND WllJi UK AT WAKE FOHE8T Wake Forest. May 30?Announce-; ? moat was made this morning that! | the Ricnmond Band has been \ isecured for the Wake Forest' | College Commencement next week. | The commencement begins WeJnei-, day, June 4 and continues through 'Friday. June 6. The Richmond! i Hand is a direct descendant of the J famous old Richmond bauds that I used to make the merry notes at [\Vake Forest commencements 25 I years ago. "Every Wake Forest man of those I days recalls that baud, and I know I that they will be delighted to find I them back here on June 5 this I year," said alumni secretary McMil | lan this morning. Thursday is to be given over to 'alumni activities. Important busl j ness to be discussed is the proposed memorial library for Dr. Charles E. i Taylor, one of the most famous of Wake Forest presidents, and consid eration of the launching of the Centennial Celebration being launched for the College. A study of the present needs and future de velopments which must come if the college Is to keep pace with the I general educational development in the State has been made by the faculty committee and will be trans- j mitted to the Board of Trustees by President Poteat. The job of preparing a barbecue IF SHE'S WORTH WHILE. SHE'S WORTH WHITMAN'S The Good Candy at THE APOTHECAItY SHOP ODD SUIT SPECIAL 100 men's Three-piece SUITS, sizes 35 tu 42 $10.00 Plus Alterations STRAW HATS, SI.80 Up SALE NOW ON T. T. Turner & Company Alemite Lubri cation If your car 1a not equipped with Alemite fitting* let us equip It for you. Cost* from #:*.oo to 93.00. If it In, let UN grease It for you aiul change your oil In the motor. Tide-Water Buick Co. and brunswick >tew for the hun-1 dreds of alumni and friends of the! college expected on June 5 has! i?e? n given to J. W. Phillips of Forestville. Wake county alumni of Wake Forest claim that Phillips is the barbecue cooker- than whom there Is none other. Other counties put forward their man, but Phillips won the electiou in a hot fight. D. Pender and C. H. Moore of Nor folk were in the city Wednesday in specting the local Pender stores. To Service The Albe marle Pharmacy, Southern Hotel Building, adds i quality. FIlICiIDAIHK This Unit can be installed in your refrigerator which will make an Electric Refrigerator without ice and make ice for table use. Call and seo our demonstrator. W. 8. WHITE & CO. Matthews St. Eizabeth City. IF YOU WANT A | GOOD USED CAR GET ONE OF THESE I iFord Coupe, new tires.. S175 Ford Coupe, a good one $225 | Roadster with starter $ 75 1 Roadster, less starter ...$185 'Roadster, with starter ...$115 Ford Truck with cab and body $135 1 Ford Truck Chassis I only $150 Ford Touring car $ 60 Ford Roadster, winter | top $150 ; Ford Touring, starter $195 AUTO & GAS ENGINE WORKS, INC. Reliable Service and Real Terms WHEN YOU THINK OF TAILORING THINK of FRICK I LET FRICK BE YOUR TAILOR 21B Kramer Bldg. Capital Stock $250,000 Member Federal Reterv HERTFORD TOICMIIIA KMZARBTH OITT Or. A. h. PemdlMon. Pi*?. 3?o. R. Little. CairiifcT. inrafj P. Hood, Vlco-Prm. R. O. Abbott, Vh?Pm. CAROLINA RANKING & TRUST COMPANY Summer Suits ARE READY Keep cool this Summer in one of our light weight Suits. Straic Hats to Suit Any Taste Raulfs & Cox ",I?fc the Man Who B>nrs 'Em" Jack Tar Togs for Boys Rub' Em Tub Em Scrub Em They Come Up Smiling SI.95 to S3.95 Jack Tar Dresses for Girls Fade Proof?Attractive Rucker & Sheely Co. Elizabeth City'* Best Store JUST RECEIVED A NEW SHIPMENT White Gold Wrist Watches DESIGNS TO PLEASE AND PRICES TO SAVE YOU MONEY H. C. Bright Co. JEWELERS Hint on Building C. C. C. And what does it stand "for? It means CAL. COOL- @ IDGE CORRECT, or hp gets there when he tayii? ^ "The American home is tbr source of our natural @ well-being." Rut I will go him one better?HAVE @ A HOME OF YOUR OWN and YOU WILL HAVE ? SOME TONE. He is in the White House and I am in the house business. He wants to stay in and I am trying to get out, SO I AM OFFERING ? ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY HOUSES FOR ? SALE. ? <V> You ran find your size and price among them I think I can fit you and my prices will hit you. ^ We will not fall out about terms. SEE ME AROUT z A NICE VACANT LOT ALSO. ? W. E: DUNSTAN 203 Hinton Rldg. jfi) HAUTAUQU J/rnsi june 12 . 18 tt
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