Why The World Is
Not Flat When Seen
By Human Eves
Why does not the world appear
flat, like a photograph, to human
eyaa?
We are able to judge the size of
objects, distances, and to live in a
three-dimensional world because of
our knowledge gained from our vis
ual experiences, says the Better Vis
ion Institute. The size of an object,
and its distance from the eye, are
determined in a large measure by
the changes in the muscles control
ling the shape of the lens. For near
objects the muscles bulge the lens;
for distant objects they contract it
In childhood we learn from exper
ience how to interpret these muscle I
changes. Sometimes, however, er- ]
rors in visual judgment are made
A dragon fly moving closely to the
eye, for example, may be mistaken
easily for an airplane.
"Shadows and shading aid us in
judging distances and to see objects '
in perspective and relief," says the '*
institute "In paintings and photo
graphs we unconsciously interpret
the flat surface in terms of depth be
cause of the shadows.
DR. V. H. MEW BORN
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Hobersonville office. Scott's Jew
elry Store, Tuesday. February lltli
Wllliamston office. Peele's Jewel
ry Store, every Wed., 10 a m to 5 p.m
Pljrmouth office, Womble Drug
Store, Every Friday. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m
Eyaa Examined?Glasses Fitted
Tarboro Every Saturday.
Htt2t* uid dubt ifi tho fitmo^phcri1
also assist the eyes. Because of par
ticles in the atmosphere that diffuse
light, far objectr a?e less distant than
near ones. City awellers who go to
the mountains are deceived at dis
tances because of the clearer at
mosphere.
"Convergence of the eyes provides
valuable clues for the creation of a
three-dm iensional visual world. Our
eyes turn in slightly in focusing on
an object," explains the institute.
"For near objects they turn in more
than for far objects. The fact that
people are right-eyed or left-eyed
also aids in judging distances. The
muscles of the dominant eye will re
act more quickly than the muscles
of the other eye. The tiny lag in
time reaction is useful to the brain
in making judgments.
"Perspective is also provided by
the superposition of one object over
the other. A near object will hide
part of the form of a more distant
object in the same line of vision. If
a tree, for example, obscures part
of the outline of a house, we know
from experience that the tree is in
front of the house.
"The two eyes of a person do not
see exactly the same. They receive
slightly different images which fuse
into one in the brain. The old-fash
ioned stereoscope, in which each eye
sees a different picture, well illus
trates." says the institute, "how bi
nocular vision creates visual depth
Each photograph in the stereoscope
appears flat when viewed separate
ly. When viewed together in the ster
eoscope, the resutl is a picture with
three-dimensional depth.
"Seeing is a complex mental pro- j
cess, drawuig heavily froifi memory I
and experiences 7>f all the ffVe
senses." concludes the institute. "We
hayp tn -learn frnni-ii&iKinence how
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Wednesday-Thursday February 12-13
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Friday-Saturday February 14-15
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A Puppy, a Kitten and a Bucket of Milk
Jack, the puppy, and Jill, the kitten with ancestry unknown, are the hero and heroine of these pictures.
Finding a bucket of milk untended in the Bide-a-Wee Home in New York City, they climb closer to the
nectar, as shown, top, left. Then, ah?but you can see w hat happened, as shown boHoin, left. The un
happy pair are rescued, top, right, and in the finale, bottom, right, they reflect on the rate which has left
them aadder, wiser, and still hungry.
Ri<lht-Haml Pitcher
Has -Southpaw* Eves
The ball player most interesting
to thousands of optical men in the
United States is Paul (Dizzy) Trout,
pitcher for the Detroit Tigers."
Because 1 ie is left-eyed, but pitches
right-handed. lie is regarded as
somewhat of a scientific phenome- |
non in optical circles, reports the
Better Vision Institute Ordinarily
"left-eyed" persons art- also "left
handed," or in other words, they
are "southpaw" all through the body
"Dizzy Trout is umq4ie in sports
annals. In playing ball he suppresses
his right eye and does virtually all
his seeing with Ins left eye, but he
pitches w ith his right hand." says j
the institute "He is probably the
only pitcher w ith left-eye dominance
who is nut a 'southpaw'."
to see correctly. For many months j
after birth the visual world of a Child ;
is limited Depth of vision, which
makes a three-dimensional world, is
acquired only after considerable ex- j
perience by the child "
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For "Union Now'
Till! TERM "SCOTCH IRISH ' IS
A MISNOMER.
"What's in a name"*" has become a
famous question, for many, many
names are misleading The Scotch
Irish are not a mixed race of Irish
and Scotch ancestry
The misnomer is of American ori
gin. for it was applied to some im
migrants that they might be recog
nized as a different group from
those men and women who came di
reqtly from Scotland and from Ire
land
The compound name has a geo
graphical rather than a racial mean
ing Thi- Scotch Irish are a people
whose Mood is Scotch .although they
came to America from Ireland The
story is an old one that goes hack
in English history to the time of
Queen Elizabeth and the kings who
followed her to the throne.
When Queen Elizabeth died and
James came Jo the throne, Ireland
was a thorn'e in England's side There
the inhabitants were poverty strick
en, rebellious; and above all they
were Catholic. The British govern
ment was determined to break the
power of the rival religious princi
pies. King James planned to settle
the northern province of Ireland.
Ulster, by transferring the owner
hip ol land to a Protestant poptila
tioh.
The king chose Scotch Protestant
ism to replace Irish Catholicism. The
lands of Ulster were surveyed, and
within a ten year period more than
30,000 settlers from Scotland moved
into that province.
The new inhabitants were one of
the most industrious, law-abiding,
and intelligent races in Europe They
.were .1 proud people who maintained
their habits, industry, religion and
other traits as a separate culture
from that of the Irish Intermarriage
was almost unknown, and the two
"peoples remained two races. The fru
gal and industrious immigrants de
veloped an economic prosperity
feared by England. An act was pass
ed to curb the manufacturing cities
and the exports from Ulster The
wool growers and manufacturers
were placed at the mercy of their
English rivals. Their worship was
greatly restricted Political pefseeu
t ton?followed
No high-spirited, liberty-loving,
energetic people" would subinif 4 to
such tyranny. Emigration by thous
ands was the answer to their eco
nomic 'and religious problems From
Ireland descendants of the Scotch
settlers came to America Many of
these immigrants came to Carolina.
In the new world they have been
known as Scotch-Irish These settlers
likVe glVeh Ihe Stale Of NOI'lh Can*
lina more than one-fourth of our
governors.
Special Ileuses To
IVotect The Eyes
Occupations with eye hazards are
expanding rapidly under the na
tional defense program, and to meet
these new conditions thousands of
workers are obtaining protective
ap*'rt?rl*?K u/i?h hardi rw tl glass, re
ten tly developed in the United
States, reports the Better Vision In
stitute.
"The new break-proof lenses, now
being produced by several optical
companies in this country, are suit
able for use in hazardous occupa
tions both for safety and for the
correction of visual defects. In safe
ty spectacles for persons with norm
a I sight the glass is flat For pel
sons Wtih visual defects the* lenses
are ground to the proper curvature*
before hardening," says the institute.
"These new tenses,- which will
save thousands of defense workers
for eye injuries, are made from spec
ial glass wUich is hardened by se
cret heat treatments. A steel ball can
be dropped several feet on a lens
made of such glass without breaking
it."
hairman of federal Union, inc.,
Clarence K. Streit is pictured at a
"Union Now" dinner staged i New
York's Waldorf Astoria and at
tended by 2,000 persons. Speakers
urged immediate federal union of
the United States with Canada, the
United Kingdom, Hire, the Union
of South Africa. Australia and
New Zealand.
ItESOEl TIONS Ol liKSPKd
K< ??lv*?I That tin Farmer* Milt
ii.il Kim In unmet' Asseeciation of
North Carolina. m annual se-ssiem
.1 .? riihhd at Raleigh, on this Feb
ruary 4th. 1941, Ho cm tccord as ex
pir. iiik tlic dec-pest regret ami
svmpath.v I" hi family, in the loss of
it- lemg time counselor and valued
hu lid, through the death of our Ex
? eutive C'ommittei'inan, Mr J L.
Coitrain. "I Martin County, on I)e
ceinber 29, 1940
John S Watkins, Pus. Oxford, N.C
It I) Ste|jlieiison, Vice Pres .
IN udleton. N ('
Joe w Barbel, Sec Tle-.c.
Raleigh, N ('
Kxi eutive Committee
T Frank Parkc-r, Raleigh N C
M I- John. Laurinboi g. N C
W II Yui heif emgh, Winston-Salem
Cieero II Jone . HlJIslioio, N C
S E. Coltrane, Guilford College-, N C
NOTICE
North Carolina Martin County In
Tin Superior Court.
County of Martin against M O.
louts.
The defendant, M () Fouls, above
named, will take notice that an ac
tion entitled asC. above has been
eoniiiieneed in the Superior Court
of Martin. County, NortTT Carolina,
to foreclose- the taxes on land in
M;p tin County in which said de
feridant has an interest; and the said
defendant will further take notice
that he is required to appear before
!,. B Wynne, Clerk of the Superior
Court of Mai tm County at lus office
in Williamston, N C, within thirty
(30) days after the completion of
this service? of publication by no
tice and to answe r or demur to the*
complaint of the- plaintiff in this ac
tion, or tin- plaintiff will apply to
the Court for the- relief demanded in
said complaint
This the- 4th day of Fe*b., 1941
L. B WYNNE,
Clerk Superior Court
f7 4t of Martm C'eiuntv.
NOTICE OK SALE
Under and by virtue- e?f the peiwe-i
and authority vested in the- under
signed Mayor eif Williamston by a
re-solution duly adopted by the
Board of Cnmmisioners of the Town
r WilllainstOh on III' 3id day?nt
February, 1941, aqting under the
laws <?f North Cured in a as provided
for in Section 2588 of the' Consoli
dated Statutes of Nenth Carolina,
the- undersigned will on the* 8th day
of March, "1941, at 12 o'clock noon,
at Hie- courthouse dpoi in Martin
County offer fo| sale ..i public iuc
lion foi cash the- pnipeiiv de-scribe-d
as follows
Be ing a put t of Lots No T2 and No
13 adjoining led Ne> 14 of the Waits
Grove- property, having (15 fe-e-t front
age- on Williams Stree t <md adjoin
trig the- lands of A. J. Manning und
the- house which was formerly oc
cupied by Raymond Cherry, as
shown by map of same- in the Reg
ister's office of Martin County in
Land Division Book No I.
This the 5th day of Feb. 1941.
J. L HAS8ELL.
Mayor of Town of Williamston.
Cobprn & Coburn, Attys. f7-4t
NOTICE
North Carolina Martin County In |
The Superior Court
County of Martin against Nellie A.
Miller and others.
The defendants. Nellie A Miller
Mid husband. Perry J. Miller Paul
Kear. Carlton H Kear. Helen L Slr
ker. Georgia K Longwell and M O
Fouts. above named, will take no- i
tiee that an action entitled as above
has been commenced- in the Supe r
lor Court of Martin County. North
Carolina, to foreclose the taxes on
land ?n Martin County in which said
defendants have an interest; and the
said defendants will further take no
tice that they are required to appear }
before L U Wynne. Clerk of the
Superior Court of Martin County at j
his office in Williams!on. N C . with .
in thirty (30) days aft* r the com pie-1
tion of this service of publication by
notice and to answer or demur to i
the complaint of the plaintiff in this J
action, or the plaintiff will apply to!
the court for the relief demanded in i
said complaint
This the 4th dav of Feb. 1041
i 11 WYNNF
del k Superior Court
f? 4t of Martin County
NOTICE OF SAI.K
Under and by virtue of the au
thority contained m that certain
Deed of Trust executed to the un
Jerqued Trustee on the 25th day
of February. 1936. by J S Ayers
and wife. Mary Ayers. said Deed of
Trust focmg t?f record iir Hie Public
Registry f?i Martin County ?Y Book
P-3. page 73. said Deed ?'| Trust
having been given to secure certain
notes of even date and tenor there
with, and the stipulations therein
runtained not having been complied
with and at the request-of the par
ties interested, the undersigned
Trustet? vvi 1]. on Moinlay the 10th
Iu\ ot* March. 1941. at 12 00 M in
front of the Court House door in the |
Tmm of WiHiamston. "North "Cnro ;
lina. offer for sale at public auction j
to the highest bidder for cash, the I
lot lowing described real estate:
A house and lot in the Town.of
Hamilton. N C . on tin1 Fast side of
[ Front Street. adjoining the lands of
F L Haislip and S. O Matthews, and
more fully described by reference
to Book X 2 at page 14. and being
the same premises conveyed to the
said May Ayers by Deed from T
B Sladc Jr , Trustee
This the 4th day of Feb., 1SM1.
WHEELER MARTIN,
f7 4t Trustee.
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