Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1928 Page: 2 of 8
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SHINER GAZETTE. SHINER. TEXAS
U. S. CROOKS WORRY
POLICE OF ENGLAND
HAUNTED BY GHOSTS
OF MEN THEY SHOT
Faces Seen on Windows at
County Courthouse.
Epidemic of Big Store Rob
beries Baffling.
Birmingham, Ala.—Seemingly from
the world of spirits an unseen hand has
impressed the pictures of two faces
upon panes of glass in windows at the
Pickens county courthouse at Carroll-
ton, Ala.
Such men as Probate Judge B. G.
Robinson, Sheriff Lester May, Rev. W.
A. McCain, pastor of the Baptist
church, and other well-known citi-
zens of Carrollton, vouch for these pic-
tures. They have been viewed by
several hundred citizens of Pickens
county. One face, they say, has been
visible on one of the windows ever
since the courthouse was built in
1876. Recently a second picture ap-
peared on a new pane of glass insert-
ed in an attic window by J. E. Ogles-
by, carpenter, to replace a pane bro-
ken by a storm.
The old face is said to resemble
Sara Burlialter, a negro, who was
killed many years ago while trying
to evade arrest for burning the old
Pickens county courthouse. This face
is full of troubles and crossed with
pain.
The new face resembles that of Lee
Summerville, a negro who killed Dep-
uty Sheriff Burt Johnson in Novem-
ber, 1926. He was shot to death re-
cently by a Sumter county deputy
sheriff, at York, Ala. The face may
be seen a distance of two blocks.
Neither picture indicates whether
the faces are white or black. They
are purely studies of expression.
Soon after the second face appeared,
the glass was removed from the win-
dow, washed with acid and replaced.
At a close view of the two panes of
glass nothing can be seen.
"These pictures are not an halluci-
nation,” said Judge Robinson. “Any
one who cares to do so may see them
at any time, just as many hundreds
of people have seen them in the past.”
He says the images move from place
to place on the glass when the sky la
cloudy.
London.—Scotland Yard’s latest
baffling problem concerns an epidemic
of big store robberies. An American
gang is suspected.
During recent months five of the
leading establishments in the West
end of London have been raided by
expert cracksmen. It is estimated
that $120,000 worth of jewelry and
other goods have fallen into their
hands.
Police officials believe it is the work
of one gang and are inclined to lay it
at the door of an American master
mind by reason of the expert and
modern methods employed.
Super-Criminals.
Another reason for their belief is
the warning they received last year
from police officials in the United
States that a flock of American super-
criminals were likely to invade Eu-
rope and that their pet hobby was ex-
pensive jewelry.
Scotland Yard’s conviction became
almost a certainty when a fashionable
jewelry store in Bond street, the
heart of aristocratic London, was
raided recently and $50,000 worth of
gems extracted from a supposedly
burglar proof safe, despite the fact
that the safe was in full view of the
policemen patrolling the beat.
The most modern appliances were
used. Acetylene blowpipes were first
brought into play to prepare the safe
for the steel cutters. Previously-a
hole had been made in the ceiling
above to enable the thieves to lower
themselves and their apparatus pre-
paratory to operations.
Not a Clew Left.
Water was strewn on the floor to
prevent an outbreak of fire from the
heat of the' blowpipes. The job was
done in a few hours. The cracksmen
made use of the electric light burning
above the safe for illumination pur-
poses. Not a clew was left. The po-
liceman who occasionally glanced in
to see if everything was in order was
innocent of what was happening.
In three of the cases of big store
robberies the thieves mingled with
the customers during Saturday and
then prior to the closing hour hid
themselves in some convenient spot.
They robbed the store at leisure dur-
ing Sunday and escaped before busi-
ness began Monday.
Acrobatics, eclipsing the feats ot
the renowned “cat” burglars, played
a prominent part in the latest store
robbery. Finding the floor on which
they had hidden inclosed by locked
doors and powerful steel shutters, the
thieves knotted hose pipes and hung
them down the parcels chute.
They then slid one by one down the
dark spiral passage, ransacking floor
by floor. For their escape to the
street they utilized the same knotted
hose pipes. Burglar alarms availed
nothing.
Police officials declare these cracks-
men set a new standard in burglary
without noise or violence. They paid
tribute to the manner In' which the
burglars swung themselves inside the
building by means of the hose pipes.
Scotland Yard has put a large force
of detectives to work on these cases.
Along the Concrete
For sleeping rooms — formal
parlors and reception halls —
dining room and living room
— for the library — and for
public buildings. Properly
applied it won’t rub off.
Write to iSS or ask y°ar dealer
for a copy of our free drawing
book for children—“ The A labas-
tine Home Color Book”—and a
free color card.
Write to us also for our beau-
tiful free book “Artistic
Home Decoration” by our
Home Betterment Expert*
Miss Ruby Brandon, Alabas-
tine Company, 222 Grandville
Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Alabastine— a powder in white and
tints. Packed in 5-pound packages,
ready for use by mixing with cold
or warm water. Full directions on
every package. Apply with an ordi-
nary wall brush. Suitable for all
interior surf aces--plaster, wall
board, brick, cement or canvas.
BREAKING
TRAIL.
(Copyright. W. N. U.j
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Largest Optical Glass
Ever Cast Is Flawless
Washington.—An event of great in-
terest to the scientific world occurred
here when the largest piece of optical
glass ever cast in the United States
was uncovered at the bureau of stand-
ard? and found to be flawless. The
great disk, 70 inches in diameter, 11
Inches thick and weighing 3,500
pounds was cast in May, 1927, and
has been cooling for nine months.
The glass is destined for the Per-
kins observatory at Ohio Wesleyan
university, Delaware, Ohio, for use as
a concave mirror in a new reflecting
telescope. An entirely new process,
devised by A. N. Finn, a scientist,
was used. Four unsuccessful attempts
to cast the piece were previously
made.
A thousand pounds of special brok-
en glass, 4,600 pounds of sand and
chemicals were poured into a single
pot in a gas-fired furnace at the bu-
reau on May 7. The molten mass was
stirred by hand for six hours and run
into a special electrically controlled
mold at a temperature of 2,400 degrees
Fahrenheit. Throughout months the
temperature has been gradually low-
ered, over , periods as slowly as 4y2
degrees per day.
Helpless
“These are hard times. Why, I
heard of a man the other day who
couldn’t raise money even on govern-
ment bonds.”
“Indeed! What was the reason?”
“He didn’t have the bonds.”—Mon-
treal Star.
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Japan Will Protect
Buyers of All Gems
Tokyo.—Dishonest pearl dealers and
jewelers in Japan are to be put out
of business if the government can ac-
complish it.
The department of commerce, at
the request of legitimate dealers, in-
tends to stamp all genuine jewels with
the words “guaranteed by the govern-
ment.” Jewel inspectors will be at-
tached to the department and every
gem examined and attested will be
properly stamped.
Numerous foreigners touring in
Japan have been the victims of un-
scrupulous jewelers, paying exorbitant
prices for imitation pearls. Probably
no other people are as adept at “fak-
ing” gems as the Japanese.
The imitation gem dealers are lo-
cated principally in Tokyo, Yoko-
hama, Osaka and Kobe. Government
inspection offices are to be located In
each of these cities, beginning In
April. Thereafter foreign buyers may
assure themselves of some measure
of protection by watching for the gov-
ernment stamp.
Dogs Leading Blind
Make Rules at Berlin
Berlin.—Requests by the lead dogs
for tire blind are contained in a
pamphlet published by the association
of Berlin’s blind:
“Do not pat us.
“Do not try to lure us away from
our masters.
"Do not feed us. Our master sup-
plies us with sufficient food and deli-
cacies.
“If you want to help our master, do
It on the other side, not on the side
on which we are leading him.
“Facilitate our crossing a street dur-
ing the hours of busy traffic by call-
ing to us the moment the street Is
clear.
“Keep a watch un your own and
other dogs lest they annoy us.
“Don’t molest us by your inquisi-
tiveness.
“If you have a complaint to make
about us do it with the organization
of which our master is a member; the
local association of the blind.”
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FINNEY OF THE FORCE
One of Finney’s Weaknesses
FIMNEY-THEKS
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THE FORCE To BE ABLE TO QUELL,
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AN' A OOCASHUMAL BUMS&D-OP
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No mother in this enlightened age
would give her baby something she
did not know was perfectly harmless,
especially when a few drops of plain
Castoria will right a baby’s stomach
and end almost any little ill. Fretful-
ness and fever, too; it seems no time
until everything is serene.
That’s the beauty of Castoria; its
gentle influence seems just what is
needed. It does all that castor oil
might accomplish, without shock to
the system. Without the evil taste.
It’s ‘delicious! Being purely vegeta-
able, you can fi^e it as often as
there’s a sign of colic; constipation;
diarrhea; or need to aid sound, nat-
ural sleep.
Just one warning: it is genuine
Fletcher’s Castoria that physicians
.recommend. Other preparations may
be just as free from all doubtful drugs,
but no child of this writer’s is going
to test them! Besides, the book on
care and feeding of babies that comes
with Fletcher’s Castoria is worth its
weight in gold.
§ Plowing for 110 Hours |
I Called World Record «
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$ Tamarac, Minn.—Harold An- jj
|| derson of Tamarac claims the ^
it record for continuous plowing. #
|j He remained at the throttle of
£ Ids tractor for 110 hours with- it
^ out sleep, and left the machine
i» only long enough to eat and fill #
the fuel tanks of the machine.
# The youth left his home with &
the tractor and two bottom *♦
|* plows at seven o’clock on a Mon- *
j* day morning and plowed con- #
# tinuously until nine o’clock the ^
^ following Friday night. Farm- it
^ ers in the neighborhood timed J*
tt the operations. #
^ ' In the 110 hours he plowed 60
# acres with the- tractor running *♦
^ at slightly under normal operat- ♦♦
tt ing speed and covering a dis- ||
jj tance of about 240 miles. An- ^
^ derson lost eight pounds during
3? the five days. , it
Mexico City.—The’famous mother
lode silver vein two miles from
Guanajuato City, in the state of Guan-
ajuato, which was worked by the In-
dians before the coming of the Span-
iards and for many years after the
conquerors’ arrival, has been redis-
covered, according to Arthur Chippen-
dale, geologist af the People’s Mining
company. The find was made by min-
ers with diamond drills 2,000 feet un-
der the surface.
■ & Guanajuato is one of the most fa-
mous and largest mines in the world.
Much has been written about it in
fiction. Mining men say the strike
probably will bring a boom to the sec-
tion, as tlie discovery is one of the
most Important made in many years
in Mexico.
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Taking Out the Fun
London,—It’s illegal , for a vegeta-
rian-to force others, even his wife, to
follow his example. Lord Chief Jus-
tice ITewart has so ruled at Old
Bailey.
© Western Newspaper Union
W. N. U., HOUSTON, NO. 9-1928.
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Habermacher, Mrs. J. C. & Lane, Ella E. Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1928, newspaper, March 8, 1928; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1147930/m1/2/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shiner Public Library.