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Today and
Tomorrow
By FRANK P. STOCKBRLDGE
Dowsers
Thai certain men can find underground
water by means of a forked
g twisr, preferably of witchhazel; is a
belie j which is held so persistently
by so many people that scientists
unable to explain it, are investigate
ii it in the hope of discovering the
principle hack of "dowsing." That
dow - do succeed oftener than they
fail is certain, whatever the reason.
A scientist of the U. S. Department
of Agricwltuie, who recently
witnessed an exhibition of waterfinding
by a German dowser, has revived
interest in the subject- The explanation
which he suggests, and
which some other scientific men believe
is possible, is that the radium
emanations of rays, which are constantly
coming out of the earth, have
a definite effect upon the nervous
systems of certain persons who are
highly sensitive to them, and that
when the direct path of these rays
is oustructeu uy water, me rcsuu
is a contraction of the dowser's musfcles
and a movement of the forked
twig or "divining rod."
Other suggested explanations are
that a pood dowser is sensitive to the
faint vibrations caused by running
J water; another that the minute trace
of dampness in the earth immediate,.?U;iy
over a subterranean stream affects
V him. Whatever the answer, it seems
as if there is something in the ancient
belief.
Villages
A Yale professor recently remarked
teat there was no reason whatever
for the existence of most small
towns. The editor of the New MilTord,
Conn., Times has "called" the
v; professor, pointing out that it is only
"in the villages that people live a community
life which is at once comfortable
and free from the annoyances
of life in the cities.
__Small towns today offer everything
of real importtance that any city c?\
fers to its inhabitants, and a great
deal that the city cannot give. One
can buy in the village stores everything
thai the great city department
store offer, except, perhaps, the
/ flashy jewelry and extravagant furs
which the city stores are always
tempting people who cannot afford
them to buy. In the village movie
ijg theatre the same pictures are shown
i that are seen on Broadway, and usually
before Broadway sees them.
Nobody but the very wealthy can afford
to keep an automobile in New
York; few village families are with-;
out one. It is only in small towns
that most people can afford to own
\$fand live in their own houses. And
jiiowhere but in the small town can
,70lie have neighbors who are really
/neighbors in the old, friendly sense
of the word.
|$ Stimulants
Alcohol, morphine, cocaine, all of
y^thc habit-forming drugs, owe their
/^popularity to the fact that, for a short
-iaftime, they enable their users to do
SjjjBithings which they othcrw isb would
u?iXiot have the energy or the "ourage
Sffito do. Coffee anil tea are stimulants
less powerful effect. Every race
V-.jpf people has developed some sort
a of stimulant which speeds up cer' jgfcin
physiological piocesses for the
Jabt beingf
f ."tjf In the light of this world-wide huSapan
demand for additional sources
r&gaw oocniy energy, scientists have been
I ?g#orking for years in the effort to
raftscovS* some substance which will
^l^ccomplish the desired purpose with*||g$ut
the disastrous and physical re^wfictions
which follow the use of the
,i Bgvdinavy stimulants when the first ef SSect
has worn off.
During the war a Govman chemist
S ^Efound that small doses of acid sodium
ffipho.sphate increased bodiljr energy
aR^'ithout apparent ill effects, and this
18-drug was used to enable workers in
?K German coal mines to do extra la|
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H. E. Mann of Germantown, 1
every day when the calf weighed onl;
pounds and Mr. Mann can still lift it.
creature weighs. 1.200 pounds
bor. Research since the war has failed
to disclose any serious bad effects
from the use of this drug and there
is ground for the belief that this or!
something similar may become as
popular as tea or coffee and much
more useful than alcohol.
Frauds
The Federal Radio Commission has
! refused to renew the broadcasting
| licenses of certain stations which
| have been used to perpetuate palable ,
; frauds upon the public. There is still i
I too much (if that sort of thing going
| out "on the air," however.
I listened in the other night to a
i 1 j J :i 1 ? tf-a
uioflutuMci utrnvi ruing ?\ wvnnvnuij
electrical machine which would cure
almost everything, according to him.
Of course, he was tying, deliberately
trying to get ignorant people to
spend money for a worthless device.
I heard another broadcast, an astrologer
inviting people to send her money
to have their fortunes told. She
was lying, also. There is no possible
basis <if truth in the claim of any
person to he able to read the future,
whether by consulting the stars
or the tea-leaves in the cup.
Frauds like these, are prohibited
by law in most states, but Mie radio
cuts across state line?.. Reputable
newspapers do nut permit palpable
fakes to advertise, but the radio
seems to be running wild in the perpetration
of fraud.
Depression
How serious has the much-talked-j
of business depression actually been? j
Not nearly as serious noi as farreaching
in its effects, [ believe, as
the drought, about which mueV less
has been said and-.
According to .one authority, business
as a whole is only about 9 per
cert, off the norma! for this time
of year, employment is 95 per cent,
of normal, retail sales are only off
about S per cent, taking the country]
as a whole, grocery sales are. about!
the same as last year, regular ir.tev-|
est and dividends are being paidis]
usual and thirty million families are!
living on almost the same scale of expenditure
as they were in the height
of "flush times.'*
It is the fashion to "talk poor."
Cash is not circulating as rapidly as
it was, but credit for those entitled
to it is easier than for years. The
chief sufferers arc the \ ictims of
over-production, who are mainly the
farmers.
L_
: Six Edgecombe farmers sold one
car of 87 fat hogs on the Richmond
r market last week.for $1,195.44..
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Penn., began lifting his pet bull calf
y SO pounds Now 4he bull weighs 850
He thinks he can keep it up until the
I Mother's Plea Sends Son
!To Penitentiary for Life
Bardstown, K>\?The quivering,
I halting words of a mother 500 miles
I away Saturday sent her son to the
j penitentiary for life,
i Confronted with the State's offer
to swap a life sentence for a plea
; of guilty in the murder, February
I 22, of Carl B. James, railroad off.i|
cia!, Anthony Piotrowskv, alias Tony
I Prwosky, alias Anthony Pe.terson, was
| overcome with fear and confused with
I happenings of the past few days. He
turned to his mother in Detroit for
advice.
If he^refUaeXvfhe" Stntv'a Of fvi', he
faced trial by jury with death in the
electric chair as maximum punishment
on a verdict of guilty.
Mrs. Agnes Piotrowsky, whose lack
of funds prevented her attending her
son's trial* speaking over the telephone
from Detroit, sealed her son's!
fate when she advised his attorney
to enter a plea of guilty.
The mother had before her news
iwijci awtoums ui tne late 01 ner
son's companion, Prank Carson, alleged
t^'gger-man, who yesterday was
convicted *and sentenced to death
by a jury in the same court for the
same murder. Both are under twenty
years of age.
David Sessmer. the youth's attorney,
said Mrs. Piotrowsky could hard
ly speak for her sobbing. She hesitated,
almost overcome, but finally
mustered strength to tell him her
decision. Circuit Judge .Tames Tudor,
who had allowed two hours for
the mother to decide, then sentenced
the youth to life imprisonment in the
reformatory at Frankfort
Thus ended the final chapter of
hi murder which has stirred -Kentucky
for days and which was Icrmed b.Vj
commonwealth's attorneys as the j
most "inhuman murderir. the histo'^|
of Nelson County.1*
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"Dead" Returns to
Life Before Burial
Santiago," Chile.?A dispatch to
La Nation from Los An?ele?. in
the province of JBiobio, said a 22year-old
woman, wbo apparently
had been dead two days and nights '
"came to life" Sunday in her cof- 1
fin, thereby escaping burial alive
by three hours.
The family and friends of the ?
woman had neared the end of a
period of mourning when she |
moved her arms and head and
opened her tightly closed lips. In |
a quiet voice she said: "Plo.ise
give me a glass of water."
St. Patrick's Day Meeting of
d r11 *-.? ?
manner C.1K UIUQ.
Banner Elk, X. C.?The Women's
Club of Banner Elk held its regular
I monthly meeting Wednesday after"'"I)
f i;?-t week at the home of
Mrs. Rooda Hardin. The president
Miss Fanny Lowe, presided. After
the opening exercises, a St. Patrick's
Day program was given under the
leadership of Mrs. Edgar Tufts.
Mrs. \V. R. Smith read a most ixi-l
teresting paper on St. Patrick himself:
Mrs. Rosalie Shell gave a reading,
"The Clinic," by Alice Hegah
Rice, ar.d Mrs. Tufts told of the mu-l
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sic of Ireland and the place its song?
have taken in the hearts of all poopie.
Two contests were held, one nam-|
iiijr aii the liowen? whose names begin I
with the letters of Patrick, and onej
using the names of the Irish songs.)
Mrs. Ben Council! of Boone won the!
prize for the f irst contest and the I
winners in the second were Miss .lanej
Gray and Mrs. Edgar Hall Tufts.
The club had as visitors Mrs. Frank
Linney, Mrs. Paul Coffey, Mrs. Gra-I
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I to meet next month with Miss Stirling
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