Record #:

15414

Author(s):

Henley, Mittie Ellis

Abstract:

North Carolina is the home of several \"water witches,\" whose power in locating wells and underground streams is mysterious. Both men and women have been known to possess this ability, although no one has ever been able to explain it. It is believed that the term \"water witch\" is derived from \"water withe,\" referring to the withe, or switch which the seeker after water holds in their hands.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 4 Issue 14, Sept 1936, p4, 18, f

Subject(s):

Water divining; Folk practices

Record #:

15446

Author(s):

Henley, Mittie Ellis

Abstract:

A small statue in the living room of a small private boarding house in Taylorsville commemorates Sergeant Ed Halyburton, the first American solider captured by the Germans during World War I. Halyburton, although seeing practically no active service, organized the American prisoners in German prison camps, keeping up their morale in the face of terrific hardship and slow death by exposure and starvation.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 4 Issue 31, Jan 1937, p3, 16, f

Subject(s):

Halyburton, Ed, 1890-1945; North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons, German