After Sixteen Years Ghostly Ftyures
Seen On ('loud* About Fl'ndcrs j
Battlefield Explained.
At the Battle of Mans in Plaide s '
during the World war soldiers of the j
French and English armies in i 1
night attack were terrified to sec j
the illuminated forms Of angels .e
fleeted upon low-hanging clou f
above the German line Supersti
tious Tommies and poilus thought
it a sign of supernatural protects in t
for the Germans and but for their 1
officers many would have fled from I
the field of battle,
Both French and English office s]
did some fas;, thinking and not!
only kent this ghbr.ly phenmenon
from halting their attack but turn j
ed it to. their own account. E'-gHsh
commanders convinced their men
the figures in the clouds were tin'
spirits of England's knights of old
beckoning them on. The French
troops were told the soul of Jean <'r
Arc was calling them on to victory
And so the soldiers of both natio ie
attacked with greater vigor Ilian
before. The "angels of Mans” did
not appear again.
Now after 16 years the mystery ol j
this strange phenomenon is cion
up. Tlie ghostly figures were mere j
l.v motion pictures thrown uuon the
clouds by powderful projectors by
Germans in hopes they would de j
moralize the fighting spirit of lb >
French and English and check their
fierce attack.
This is the story now f old by Col
onel Frederlch Herenwirth who was
in the German secret; service dur
ing the war. The same tr‘ck had
been tried earlier in Russia, the col
onel states, and results were all tha
could have been hoped for until
the secret became known. On the
Russian front the Germans thre v
the likeness of the Virgin Mary
with upraised hands upon the
ctouds.Russtan troops, made up of
superstitious. Ignorant peasants for
the most part, quit fighting and
fled In terror or surrendered by
thousands.
Mr. and Mrs. Young Have New Son.
New House Is Erected.
Personals.
(Special to The Start
Toluca, Mar. 3—Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Young .are the proud parents of
a new arrival, a bouncing big boy.
born on last Wednesday. Mother
and baby are doing nicely.
Mr. David Boyles who is suffer
ing with a stroke paralysis is im
proving at this writing.
Mr. Willie Sain Is having a lice
new four room house erected on his
farm his mother gave him. and ex
pects to move a family of colored
tenants Into it as soon as It is fin
ished. Mr. John Miller Is the con
tractor.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Sain, of Char
lotte. visited at the home of his
sister, Mr and Mrs, Ellis Hartman
on last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Yarbro and
daughter, Miss Catherene, of Mor
ganton, were supper guests at the
home of his brother. Mr. and Mrs
B. O. Yarbro on last Saturday.
Mrs. R P, Boyles and children
were dinner guests at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Griffin Leatherman.
of Lincoln county on last Wednes
day.
Mrs. Oscar King tout daughter.
Inez, of Lincoln county, spent last
Friday night with her daughter.
Mrs. Texie Boyles.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Boyles, visited
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. '1,
Yarbro last. Sunday evening.
Miss Vivian Peeler, of BeHvcod,
spent last Tuesday night with Miss
Corene Self.
Mrs. Theodore Boyles, of Lin
coln county spent last Monday
night with Mrs. M. S. Boyles.
Mr. and Mrs. Eskridge Hallman,
and little son Roy. of Shelby, were
supper guests ol Mrs Texie Boyles
on last Sunday
Miss Gertrude Seism spent ast
Saturday night with Misses Sallfe
and Essie Btantrn, of Lincoln conn
ry.
Master Arnold Deal, of Rockdale
spent last Tuesday nifht with
Master Thaxter Sain.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. M 11. oi Ca
tawba county, spent last Wednes
day rt the herrte of their dauRhter
M' end Mrs. S. A. Sain.
Mr. J. C. Mull, of Shelby, was a
p’p-c-rnt vHtor at the home ot Mr
and Mrs. S. A. Sain on last M m
day nieht. Others spending awh.ti
were Messrs. Earn and DeVa tight
Boyles of Lincoln county, A. C. Cost
ner, Andv and Blain Willis, F. \
Boyles, Ellis Hartman and Melvit
Spake.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eaker movec
to their farm near Bessemer Citj
last week,
Messrs. Evans Hartsrove and Haz
el Allen spent the week-end wi‘
home folks.
• Twenty-one years a?,o Andrew y
Ms of Adrian, Mich , loaned Vin
Percha 2f> cents to Ret a hair m
Recently Pescha sent F1'!'* the 2
cents, plus live cent lor interest.
TUCKER It FOB
SALES WITH
state College Professor /Victresses
Real Kstate Hoard On Taxa
tion Methods,
Mews and Observer.
Some farms of sales tax, as fair
and as easily collected as the gaso
ilne tax, Is the moot probable soln
lion of the present tax problem an 1
the unjust burden on land, Profes
'.or Harry Tucker, hyvhway englnnoi
of the State college I acuity, told
members of the Raleigh R; al F -
fate beard at th ir lunchr'm.
People today demand more serv
ice fro m their g .vcrnmrnt and thrie
Is little rea* m to believe that this
demand will be le mod n:d the
sp alter. C ase pienUy a new and
fairer method of taxation Is iicces
:,.iry "if the various system:; of tax •
atl' n are cem". ed it will b
found, that the pi- yert.v tax, in
Aianv rr. y, els, Is one of the; mo»«
unsatisfactory fritm oj taxation- in
use. While it cannot be realm
evaded, it eft n prrvvs inevitable
and indy actually be confiscatory
where the property has been assess
ed on high valuation which later
proves far beyond the actual worth
of the property on an income pro
ducing basis.
“The income tax Is adapted to
the ability of a citizen to pay but
II can and often Is evaded. In many
ways the gasoline tax of all form ;
ol taxation most, nearly fills the
rules laid down for a suesessf d
method of rat Ing revenue. If not
carried to nti one ss it is a reaso.w
able tax It applied to tl-c e able tt
pay It a id who receive (hr ct ben"
fit of the funds raised; and it is
easy to c l'ect and conn ;t be evad
ed. Er.en tally It Is a sc,' -s tax. The
success of this form of taxatlo 1
leads one to believe that other
commodities might be taxed in a
similar way with as satisfactory re
suits.”
Mr. Tucker recommenced full
state support of schools and the
formation of a national as well a
state highway system as a mean
of Improving roads and taking bur
deu off the counties and land.
Store Te'ls Whv It
Uses Paper “Ads”
Space Taken In Colorado Dally it;
Merchant to Explain Policy of
Using: Newspapers.
Editor And Publisher.
Five-column space was taken r.; -
cently in the Colorado Spring.
(Colo.) Gazette by Kaufman's, tt
local department store, to tell its
1 cisons for using newspaper space
almost exclusively for advertising.
Tile copy, which was headed "Wh,.
Do We Use Newspapers Almost Ex
clusively for Our Store Nows? " fel
lows,
"Have you ever wondered why
■you never see an advertising mes
sage from Kaufmen’s on a billboard
in a street car. or on any outdoor
medium save our corner benches?
, . Have yen ever wondered why
we do not send you ‘ballyhoo’ sales
circulars? Why you seldom hoar
from us over the radio? . . . it:
short, why we use the newspapers
almost exclusively for our store
news?
“The reason is simple. Newspa
per advertising is the most eco
nomical way for us to reach the
greatest number of prospects for
our merchandise. , . . We have found
that by concentrating our expendi
ture in the newspapers we can
bring our store news to the atten
tion of the most people at the least
cost and as often as every day. To
■use the other mediums to env great
extent would be for us largely a
duplication—and it is because of
'this and other of our efficiency
methods of reducing operating costs
that we are notable for reasonable
prices . We ask you to look for
cur messages mainly in newspapers,"
.CASKS MAY A’D FARTERS
IN RIDDANCE OF INSECTS
Ames. In.—Poison gases, slmila;
to those used in warfare, are being
tested to ascertain if they will aW
the farmer against damaging bugs
Scientists at Iowa State college
here are investigating the feasibil
ity of using gases Instead of sprays
smudges and powders with whim
crops. have been protected hereto
| tore.
Bugs are placed in glass vials and
■ufctntttrd to contact with different
"a t-, to learn which gas is nrxst
. ctive against each type of in
ect. .
Danger I’very 11 Miles.
Wc.sV ingtem, — One unprptectec
Trade cror mg to every fourtco.:
nilps of highway threatens the sal'
cty of metorists, the ameriean auto
mobile association reports.
The statement was based on a to
tal of Sit's'll unprotected crossing
|tor 3.000.000 miles of highway of al
types. It v\as estimated that unpr.j
' teefed crossings increase at a rat*
of 1,003 a year. - ” .
In 1P28 there was a net increas-:
! of 1,697 crossings, despite campaign
to ehmtnats th? •rvv.p-.rtation ia/
, ard, e*'-' 'irr* to ?;•'*•.: r*!» rf the th
.I ter-.ate .Cu-unr-rce rcrmi:;'. .-n.
w. r -i ei r * - * tv -•
i t m at ;ar tfurn to nv>
< with his deserted wife
Jay Forecast i)iclatoi s Overthrow
oJOb'EPH STAl/fN
OF.NITO KUSSOWWI
i Dy&siw
P1I/SUDSKI
KINTG ZOGU I
[Iaa the parking of the Iron '.Ian of Spain shaken
V foamin'ions ur.-’or the filter, m nor Napoleons
)r the c Tree intent of the ?: -n -h military .leader
without much significance h yond tiie country a
'■inters? It is K neraily agreed that De Rivera's
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KING ALeXANDr'K.
PRJHO
PE RIVERA)
♦ eclipse will not have serious effects in the other
1 countries under the rule of dictators. Above are
pictured some of the Iced:';; dictators of Europe,
born as an after effect of the World War.
I (tater national New*re«t)
IVo'V’Ssqr 17"”oreil
At Temple University
Dr. Chevalier Jackson, nrotessor
of bronchoscopy in Temple School
of Medicine, Philadelphia, wa
awarded the Hr(jr,.e of doctor of
laws at the mid Winter commence
menl exercises at Temple Univer
sity, which were held in connection
with the annual founder's day.
0«t<irnaUou«l Newir#fl)
Disastrous Fire
Hits Lincolntor!
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I CONTINUED 1T.CM PAGE ONE) |
colnton, Hickory, Gastonia a a i
Cherryvllle firemen In an endeavoi
to keep the flames confined to the
Square store and Lincolnton Fur
n’ttire and Undertaking Co., build
ings.
List Of Losses.
The two brick buildings, housing
four stores and an Odd Fellows
lodge hall, were completely destroy -
ed. The Square store, the Shoe
store and Betty Mays, a women's
shop" all operated by Karesh En
• terprires, Inc., and the Lincolnton
Furniture and Undertaking Co., ou
i erated by the Whitley-Wllklnson
.chain of Kannapolis, ’osi practical*
1 ly all of their stocks of goods.
, II. Karesh and I. M. Karesh said
the loss of goods in their three
| tores approximated $10,000 with ]
["25,000 insurance. D. A. Yoder oil
i the furniture firm said its loss ]
’ amounted to $6,000, covered by its- j
urance. Most ot the furniture on
; the ground floor was saved.
The furniture store building was
owned by E. C. Baker, who is toui
lag Florida, and was valued at $35
000. It is reported to be partial
; covered with insurance. The Square
I store building. owned by W. F.
Grlgg, Was valued at the same
anr unt and was also partially cov
i ered.
Fire Origin Inkruiwn.
Water and smoke caused heav .■
i 'ainago to the stores ol the Land' r
I Hardware company and the Lincoln
i Drug company, which adjoined die
| burned buildings. No estimate ot
I the total loss to those two story?
! had been made by the owners last
night.
The small Marne that originated
In a mysterious way on the seco.id
floor of the Equare store building
was quickly spread over the entire
’iui’dtng by the strong wind, whhe
Fire Chief O car Shuford's volun
! teer firemen fought uneven odds
Dorpairing of ever getting tho
flames under control in the face of
| the brisk morning breeze, the fire
chief telephoned the nearby cltl »s
j for assistance, Hickory sending a
j truck over' the 26-mile route in 26
i minutes.
Fireman Whitfield Tobey of Lin
colnton was struck on the head by
ja concrete block when a retaining
j " a’J of the Square store, Lincoln
ns only thrcr-~tory bui’”ng ,e-'
C ■ ", a e liutdt, fain
1 to V' r.td 'and dc t nun fr^oi h-*
' v'" y> V’V I* n ^ i
■ l"" . \V.t- i\li ' v;y ••v^n.r
1 ' ft ■ itai i
J As the fire progressed, the Marci
gale mounted In velocity, at time,
whirling: flames acros# the street
Umbers set four houses on fire sev
eral bloc' s away, firemen having t
answer the lour alarms while work
’.ng on the main fire.
Slight damage was caused by ro<
fires to the hemes of Mrs, Edga
Love, A1 Webber, W. R. Shives, an
1?. F. Bral. At the same time, th
home of Pervy Kenner at Good
sonville, Lineolnton suburb, was de
.troyed by fire.
Church services were called of
and Chief of Police Z. W. Faires oi
iahiised his force and the Boy Scou
troops to patrol, the area surround
Ing the burning buildings and Ke?
back the curious crowds. Traffh
was barred from Main street.
The burned stores were locate.
In the middle of a block on thi
"outh side of Main street near th<
T lnco'.n county court house. N
Ians have been made looking t
•cbuilding the structures.
l?cnny Cc’usr.n
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WE V/ANT TO BUY
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KFEP
ON
COMING
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PRICE
SALE
i Thousand* are saving by buying now at
the Paragon. ->
1 All Shoes, Cloth'ng, Piece Goods, No
, ticns, Furnishings priced at Half.
It’s going fast folks, don’t put off buying.
You may be sorry. Record crowds are
attending this sale.
j The
Paragon Dept.
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Ai r Romance T T> n e y mo oner s
r" *>
Although she has "taken dictation" from him for several years
the capacity of his office secretary, the former Miss Olivo Ai
Meilor will no longer play a subordinate role, acefirdr-g to Walt
II Beech, nationally known aviation leader The v. became hu
hand and wife in Wichita. Kan. recently, and a- now enjoyit
an aerial aoneymoon The groom is president of Travel Air, larg
commercial aircraft company and president of the Curtiss-Wrigh
Corporation of New York.
iitpea ..ed Governor
TVill Stage Comeback
i
Former Governor James h. Fergu (
•on, of Texas, who. although hr
■vas impeached and removed from
>ffice in 1917. announces that h«
will be a D moCratic caod date for
lovernor in the July elections
Unce his removal from office a
Governor, Ferguson has been ar
jnsucessful '-andidate for thf
i'hited c' ~ mate and ran for
I’re i e Amcri'es Party
ticket.
PeatmCn 3
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’VITH EVEF. T BOX OF
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IN UNIT PACK.- G--, E IN SAME ODEUR
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fancy Shirts
in Three Big Value Groups
98c $-[.98
The men folks came in for some very special atten
tion, right now, for we have assembled here a smart
collection of fancy shirts, concentrated at three thrift
prices.
The patterns are varied and smart, the materials are
the best obtainable at the prices, and the workman
ship is of the kind for which J. C. Penney Co. is
noted.
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