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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-14

R. X. Seward was a business
visitor to Tampa the first of the
week.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-14

The best silverware at lowest
prices ever.-G. Hart. If (adv.)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-14

Get your fruits, produce, cand
les, etc. from r. M. King. (adv.)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-14

R. L. Morgan, city electrician,
spent Saturday and Sunday at FIT.
Myers and Estero.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24

lastly q great pilgrimage to the shrines
where the remains OF Jimmu Tenno, the
first human emperor. and those Of the four
emperors Immediately preceding the
present are inferred
In the religious ceremonies the emperor
pays homage to the spirit of his ancestors.
He tells them that he has now acceded to
the throne which they themselves once
occupied. Then he offers the spirits the
first fruits Of the year, which consist of
rice and wine made from rice.
It is difficult for westerner to under
stand the spirit Of the ceremonies and to
gain an idea Of their impressiveness. In
Japan when the emperor dies his son who
has been chosen to succeed him becomes
the head Of the family Immediately and at
once takes over as a matter Of In, eritance
all the emblems Of royalty. These consist
of sacred mirror. sword aud a shield
which were originally the property Of
goddess. the ancestor of the imperial
family.
= The actual treasures are carefully
guarded at the national shrine over the
first emperors grave. There have been
reproductions made Of the mirror and
other emblems which are kept In the i'm
perial palace at Toxic and these are used
In the present day ceremonies 80;
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24

the black river. In orthodox homes the
members of the family gather daily in,
morning PRAYER before the shrine that
holds the name tablets Of their dead
ancestof1.
At certain times In the year the Japan
csc In . formal and ceremonious manner
make prayers to their whole line OF
ancestors. Nobody Is neglected. The
family ancestors. the clan ancestors and
the ancestors Of the emperor all receive
their dues. The worship goes by steps.
The head of the family says prayers for
the family; the head Of the house for the
group Of families which are related and
finally the head Of the clan for the clan
and the emperor for the whole nation.
Thus It happens that the coronation Is
an act Of ancestor worship which takes
place at q certain season Of the year and
is attended by unusual solemnities. In fact
in all great national religious functions 1t
is THO particular duty Of the emperor to
worship the ancestors Of his race.
The coronation which takes place at
Kioto win consist of the following: Two
religious rites of great Importance; q
partly public appearance Of the emperor
before his subjects and the representatives
Of the foreign nations; two great banquets
and other elaborate entertainments; and
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24

The emperor who has newly come to the
throne sends messengers to the national
shrine and to the graves of his immediate
ancestors to inform them that he has be-
come emperor. He also informs the spirit
by messenger as to the date Of the corona
ton and when the day arrives he in per
son visits the ancient palace of his family
to pay homage in person to his. ancestors.
In no country in the world [ the new
and old so strangely found together as It
is in Japan. The messenger who carries
the messages to the spirits makes his
journeys by modern express trains. In the
coronation ceremonies there are many
other Just as strong incongruities.
The ceremonies will be begun this year
by the emperor driving from his Toxic
palace in full state in a coach and six to
the station to take the train for Kioto.
Another drive will be made in state TO
Kioto palace and the remainder Of the
ceremony will take place inside the
immense enclosure Of the palace
The ceremony Of the coronation takes
place November 10. The emperor after
bathing in the morning and having other
wise purified himself will worship the
spirit OF his ancestors and inform them Of
his succession.
He does this in a plain wooden pavilion
or temple. II is a building into which,
according to ancient custom. no nails have
been driven. Wooden pegs and tough
tendrils Of vines hold II together
The simplicity OF the ceremony Is strfk.
ing. II Is no different in fact from the
ceremony which every japanese performs
each morning as he prays a few words to
the spirits of his ancestors before the
family god shelf in his home Just as any
subject in his empire announces to his
ancestors the important events that befall
him so the emperor in the next ceremony
tells his ancestors Of his accession to the
throne
Another mingling Of the old and new
IL when the Japanese papers publish with
unconscious humor the fact that his
majesty has read an address to the spirits.
This ceremony takes place in strict
privacy. The foreign ENJOYS and japanese
high officials will be in the large pavilion.
but the shrine will be curtained of and
behind this curtain the emperor and a
few sandaled priests of Shinto win move
about In their communion with the dead.
The part Of the ceremony that now fol-
lows is public and takes place In a very
large pavilion. The emperor here meets
all the ENJOYS Of foreign states and the
highest mobiles and officials of Japan The
throne is set within an octagonal pavilion
OF red and black lacquer. At every point
in sthe roof angles gilded cock struts.
The Empress of Japan will not be able to
attend the coronation because OF Ill health
but II she did a smaller throne would
have been placed alongside that Of the
emperor's for her use.
The ambassadors win take their places
across one end Of the room and the japan
fhA -
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24

TNHE most imposing grotesque
ceremony that takes place ia
the world will be spread this
fall before the eyes Of the
japanese people when the emperor OF
Japan, Yoshihito by name, will be
drowned" and hailed as the sovereign
of the Yankee nation Of the east.
Yoshihito is not actually going to be
crowned. for this unique. grotesque and
fairy-like ceremony that officially makes
him the supreme head Of the Flowery
Kingdom is not even remotely connected
with a crown or browning as they are
understood in the western world.
About all that Emperor Yoshihito does
to make himself formally the emperor of
Japan is to say prayers to his own i'm
mediate ancestors, his very, very remote
ancestors, who, IL the japanese people
are to be believed. were once upon a: time
nothing less than gods, and also to- pray
TO the ancestors Of every man. woman
and child in his kingdom.
But this simple matter OF the smper-
or's praying to ancestors is going to
bring together the strangest conglomer-
alton Of pageantry. costumings. childish
customs. superstitions. impressive cere-
monies and downright absurdities that
the world has ever seen. except in other
japanese coronations.
Two years ago the former mikado.
Mutsuhito. died. Both custom and eti-
quette ordained that the new emperor.
who really became emperor as the breath
Of life left his fathers body, must wait
. year before he could be crowned as
mikado. The time expired year ago
last summer, but the European war and
the serious Illness of Yoshihito caused
the postponement of the ceremony until
this November.
Come parts Of the coronation cers-
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24
The Ceremony Of the
Coronation of the
Emperor Of Japan
Next MONTH Strange
Conglomeration Of
Pageantry, Supersti-
ton and Absurdity..

monies are so sacred that they have never
been seen by mortal eyes except those Of
the emperor and one or two priests who
conduct him through them. Although 1t
is contrary to custom, the Japanese peo-
pie have been told what the emperor and
the empress, IL she should recover soon
enough from her illness to attend. will
wear.
The emperor's robe will be entirely Of
yellow silk, yellow being the regal color
Of the east. His clogs will be Of red and
black lacquer and his cap and plume will
be black. The empress will have her hair
dressed in archaic style and will wear .
large number of kimonos, the highly col
ored sleeves of each showing Just enough
to make an elaborate and beautiful har-
mony. Her skirt will be Of deep red and
her outer kimono will be bright yellow.
which she will wear - a combination
which seems extremely loud" to the
western eye. .-...-.
As It happens the Emperor of Japan
is crowned without being crowned. The
crown is purely q western symbol and
has no meaning to the Japanese mind.
In fact there is tremendous amount Of
difference between an eastern and west
ern coronation. In the west the cere-
mony is religious while In the east 1t Ia
national entirely.
In most of the western countries the
head of the church hands the crown to
the sovereign to be-. 1t is a sign that the
power OF the king is supposed to come
from heaven and is accepted by heavens
representative.
For the Emperor Of Japan. however.
there lie needed no intermediary between
heaven and earth. According to Japan
csc theory he himself II divine with .
divinity that no western monarch lays
claim to. The japanese emperor II the
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24
His Imperial Majesty the Emperor
Yoshihito's Coronation Oath

s Throne of Our Predecessors hh
Imperial Imperial
policy with the and
We shall decline the Ancient
Them and ustrou Fa
Spirits
observance of the Laws hereby established.
the Heavenly Spirits this Our solemn Oath"
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24

head Of the national church and his
coronation is a religious act.
Ancestor worship is not only the basis
Of the coronation ceremonies but is also
the strongest moral impulse in the. jap
anese nature. The coronation of the
emperor is the highest expression Of that
worship.
Although It Is the habit of the western
world to make fun Of the ancestor worship
Of the eastern people it is. nevertheless.
one Of the strongest moral tendencies in
the human being. During life the father
is both loved and obeyed and after death
hs u both loved and vorshiped across
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16
MEETING HELD SATURDAY BY
COOPERATIVE CREAMERY MEN.
DR.. Wheeler of BiItmOre Estate and
Col. Wood of Southern Railway
Company Attending Meeting.

Charles F. Baldwin has furnished
the Democrat the following account
of the meeting Saturday looking to
the establishment of a cooperative
creamery in Henderson county:
AT a we'll attended meeting, wealth
er considered, held on Saturday At
tire town hall, the formation of a
Farmers Cooperative Creamery was
considered. The condition of the
weather preventing a large attend
ance, the time was spent in talks by
Dr.. A. S. wheeler of Biltmore, Col. T.
Gilbert Wood of Washington, of the
Southern Railway and others. The
opinion prevailing That the project
would carry, details were considered
and a committee was appointed to
canvass for more stock pledges.
1t was agreed that the total stocl
held by the present owners would bt
pledged for six months to any desir-
Ing to come in at the present prices
OF $4,000 per share. T.
1T was very much desired that the
ladies of u section be present to
consider this, too, but the snow pre-
vented the appearance of all but two,
"A meeting is called for Monday
January 3, and it is hoped that a large
number will be present at that time.
The undertaking being assured of CO.
operation, the principle point o is
how many members can we get by tn
first of the month. We ought not TO
start with less than IS shareholders.
for in numbers will be the. greatest
success. 1t is desired to pledge d
sufficient number of COWS to assure
not less than 5000 pounds of butter
fat the first month. It is estimated
that the cream from 400 COWS will do
that.
Let each man encourage his
friends and neighbors. Any persons
at present producing cream who have
friends or kin in sTr%ansylvania who
should be producing cream are re
quested to spend one day before the
meeting trying to get such or one
such to pledge a share of stock and
the cream from at least three COWS.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16
WHEN LENRooT SAT DOWN. :
A Graves Story About Claud Kitchin
>(Everything.)

A Graves story About Claud kltch1n.
,(Everything.)
John Temple Graves, of the Hearst
papers, is just now telling a pretty
good story which is worth while, and
which we reproduce as follows:
Claude Kitchin, the new leader o;
the shrunken Democratic majority in
tho House, has some wonderful equip
ment for the difficult ask which is be-
fore him during the coming winter.
'In the first place, Champ Clark de-
clares that he is the best all-round de
batter the House of Representatives
has known in two decades.
with a mind wonderfully stored
with political fact and history, he has
also great magnetism, a remarkable
power of expression, a swift and sting
ing repartee always at hand, and an
absolutely inperturbable temper. No
stormy colloquy in the House has ever
upset his equanimity, for a moment.
THE Republicans know this and
have all long since learned DESCRIPTION
in partisan discussions. One day, i'll
the time of old Joe Cannon" Kitchin
was making a wonderful speech on
the tariff. FL
"Lenroot of Wisconsin always bold
and daring himself, interjetced a
question and was promptly and effec-
lively answered Then he rose to ask
another question.
Instantly old Joe Cannon rushed
across the aisle to his party colleague
and said, audibly:
Sit down, Lenroot; sit down:
Don't you know better than to inter
- H. D--1L - -
that every time you ask him a question
you simply make for him an opport.
tunity to give a black eye toathe Re-
publican party?
'Lenroot sat down and since then
there are few well-informed Republt-
cans in the House who ever, offer a
challenging question to Claude Kitch-
il. in debate"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16
FOR FRUI7[ANO
INSTITUTE ASKED FOR
IN STRONG APPEAL

The value of an institution can best
be judged by it's product. We point
with a degree of pride to the product
of Fruitland Institute. Two of the
highest offices in the gift of the coun-
try are filled by Fruitland boys. "a
large per cent of the teachers in the
public schools of the country were
trained for their work at Fruitland.
It's students have m~atriculated at
nearly a dozen colleges, the best III
the country, and so far as we have
ever heard not one of them has failed
to make good.
The school stands prominently for
n thing-the building of character.
And realizing that the highest type of
character is that which is founded l.
the Christian religion it has ever been
the purpose of the trustees and facui~
ty of the institution to have brought
to bear on the pupil the most whole
some Christian influence possible.
AS an evidence of the success that
has attended the work at this point
We call attention to the fact that with
a very few exceptions, if indeed that
are any exceptions, the students who
have entered the school, not mem
hers of any church have, before leay-
ing, been converted and imbued with
with a spirit of Christian activity
which has characterized them in
whatever pursuit of life they have
ertered.<
In all the years of the existence OF
the school it has been handicapped
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16
PROFESSIONAL G G

It is pretty well known that a great
many apparent cases of distress are
fictitious and at least feur-ffths of the
street beggars are imposters, re marks
The st. Louis Globe Democrat, but it
is to be hoped that very few benevo-
lent people are so highly deceived as
the lady who recently investigated the
wants of some pensioners on her
bounty.
Where is the blind man?' she ask
ed of a little girl she met at the dooT
of the tenment house.
He's readin' the paper, num-"
"Ah! where is the deaf mana"
He's talkin' politics with the dumb
man."
"And what has become of the
peralytic?"
He's abed mum"
That's stranger He ought to be
running a race" said the lady, sar-
castically. He is the only honest
beggar in the house. Why is he III
Ibed?" Il
Because he's dead"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16
LIST OF BOOKS LATELY
SHELVED AT CARNEGIE LIBRARY.

The following books have been pur-
chased and shelved at the Carnegl4
library recently:
Felix O'Day by F. Hopkins Smith.
The Rainbow Train by Zane Grey.
Victory by Joseph Conrad.
Anne of the Island by L. M. Mont
gomery.
The Money Master by Gilbert Parker
The Lost Prince by Mrs. F. H. Bur-
l:ett.
Thankful's Inheritance by Joseph G,
Lincoln.
The Inner Law by VIII Hardin.
Dear Enemy by Jean Webster.
jaffery my Locke.
DR. Lleyellen and His Friends by
Caroline Stanley.
Code of the Mountains, C. n. Buck.
Roast Beef, Medium, by Edna Fer
Der.
Mrs. Red Pepper by Grace Rich
mond.
Red Rock by Thomas Nelson Page.
The Men of the Mountains, present
e' by the author, Arthur w. Spauld
ing.
Library hours, 10 to 1890 a. m. 2
to 5 p. m.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16

by the want of better equipment fo-
its work,
With a view to supplying this need
the trustees decided some time app
to undertake the erection of a new
administration building which would
De up-to-date in all it's equipment.
Inc building is well under way. About
SIX thousand dollars has been expend-
cd on 1t n it is estimated that it will,
cost about five thousand dollars more
20 complete it. Half this amount is,
furnished by the Home Mission board
we are now making an earnest an.
peal to the friends of the school and
OF n boys and girls who are look
ing to it for an education, to come TO
ouS help. We have had to suspend
work once for the want of funds. We
should be sorry to have to D
again, and yet, that is what we VIII
have to do unless the people furnisl.
US q means to go on with the work
Friends we are looking to you. II
you have made a contribution to this
building fund. Won't you make an
Other just now and help us through
this crisis? We are on the "home
stretch" There is a rich reward for
those who join our procession now
and help us over the hilltop. Won't
you be one of the number? It can be
done so easily by "Just a little help
from you"
Sincerely and earnestly,
A. I. JUSTICE,
Chairman Board of Trustees of
Fruitland Institute.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16
HORSE SHOE CURVES

There will be a Christmas tree at
the Baptist church on Saturday al
ternoon, Dec. 25th at 3 O'Clock.
Mr. S. E. Case and family of Ian
drum, S. c., have moved to the Allen
house.
Miss Harriet McBrayer died las
Friday night, and was buried Sunday
at Shaw's Creek.
Mr.. A. e. PRESLEY has moved to MI.
J.. K. Burke's store house.
Mr.. Otis Higgins closed a ten days
singing school here last Friday. 4,
Mr.. A. P. Brannon is having fou:
rooms added to his house. Mr.. James
Duncan has charge of the work.
Mr.. Ray Brown, who has been at
tending school at Fruitland, is at
home.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16

dozen eager hands. It is strange how
ready everybody is, to help in relieY-
ing the deliveryman of his 12-ounce
burden. Then the package is conveyed
in state to the inspecting department.
It is opened with erYous anticipation,
and there is great rejoicing when it
proves to be a knitted muller for fa-
Their from Aunt Jessica. The muller
is as large as a young hammock, and
is pinker than pas cheeks when we.
all insist that he try it on.
If there is a grown-up daughter In
the family, she beats all records get
ting to the door when the bell rings on
Christmas day. If anybody beats her
to the knob, it is not her fault, as she
slid down the banister and took d fly
ing leap, which was the best she could
do without breaking bones. Sis ex-.
poets the kind of presents which are
not found in freplaces after Santa
Claus visit. She's looking for bou-
quets of flowers, huge boxes of candy
and other tokens Of regard. Some
times, though not very often, the bell
ring announces a neatly wrapped wed
ding ring.
The Christmas telephone bell is an
important feature of the Yuletide. It
rings Christmas tidings which former
~ we're sent on decorative cards.
which, with their imitation snow, made
match scratchers.
The Christmas dinner beIl-one at a
time, please. Don't all rush in at
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16
THE FIRST SNOW.
Western North Carolina Had First
Good White Coating of Season, az

Western North Carolina Had First
Good White Coating of Season. q
The first snow of any consequence
fell in Western North Carolina last
Saturday. The flakes began to fall
early in the morning but not numer-
ously until about 4 o'clock Saturday
afternoon. In the couse of two hours
time everything exposed was white.
The snow continued to fall until night
and it finally reached a depth of about
six inches.
Tne snow was general throughout
the western and central portion Of
North Carolina. While it was not the
first snow in the mountains it was the
first in Hendersonville. About two
weeks ago snow could be seen on some
of the distant mountain tops.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16
The Electric Eel.

The electric organ of the electric eel
is n no a storage battery, but
q contrivance by which electric energy
Is liberated at the moment when it
is required. At rest the organ shows
so small an electromotive force that a,
good galvanometer is required to de-
tect it, but a sudden impulse
from the cells spinal cord raises a po-
tent1al Of many volts with very little
heat and so small a n expenditure OF
matter as to defy the most expert
chemist to weigh it.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16
Old Fort School

Our new graded-school building,
which has been occupied for several
weeks, will be formally opened on the
evening of December 18th, with in
teresting exercises. State S~uperinten-
dent j. Y. Joyner will be the principal
speaker. A number of other promi-
nent educational workers are expect
ed to be present and deliver addresses;
End it will no doubt be an occasion
well worth the attention of our citt-
zens. The public is cordially invited
to attended, Fort Sentinel.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16

other bells ring from morning until
night. After which they jangle through
ones dreams.
The Christmas doorbell is a great
institution. 1t is the busiest bell of
the lot. All day long the doorbell has
pressing engagements. When the
doorbell rings on Christmas day, every
body gives heed to its sweet sounds.
And everybody rushes to the front
door as If the house had caught on
fire, and that was the nearest exit.
The doorbell has everyone in the fam
lily hopping Is If they were so many
trained ducks.
There are two Feasons why the
Christmas doorbe1 is a welcome Wis
,itor when it jars upon the ear. In the
first place, you know that no bills
are going to be presented by the caller
at the door. In the second place the
doorbeIl may announce the arrival of
q package.
A sawed-on express wagon. driver,
with a chunky, hol1y-bound package
under his arm, can get more attention
on Christmas day than the governor of
the state, surrounded by his military
staff and preceded by q Chinese or
chestra, playing "TippelaIy."
The package the expressman or
mail carrier brings, is seized by a
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16
GIFTS OF THE STORK.

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Volley Barn
well, at Bat Cave, a son., Monday
December Is.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Wells
a son., Thursday, Dec. 8.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Drake
a son., Grab Greek road, Dec. 10.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Noble Clayton
Columbia Park a son, Dec. 8.