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MBSSS LETTER
FROM COLOMBO, GETLON:
DESCRIBING A RELIGIOUS CEL- I
EBIWION HELD BY BUDDHISTS <
Mrs. Mabel Bradaher Docherty, N?- I
J tive el Person, Givea a Vivid De- <
cription ot Religious Coloj!
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The Perahera ia religious celebration
which the Buddhists hold each 1
year during a certain full moon, the J
idea being that it acta as a proven tor
of all' lllneas as plague, etc., pro
tecting the people daring Hie forth-coming
year. The sight itself ia most
gorgeous v>d truly wonderful in every
sense of the wortl. Leaving o-ir
bungalow at 7.15 p. m. we walked
through the old Kandyan king's palace,
the present home of the Government
Agent, the verandah of which ia
almost three-quarters of a block long
and opens into the temple court. The
court itself is enclosed in a stone wall
built several hundred years ago, the
old palace itself having been built in
the 18th century.
Proceeding through the court we
came into the office of Mr. Meedeniya
,who is Chief Guardian of the Temple
and who is the highest of the native
Ceyloneae in the Island, corresponding
to the Indian Princes. Mr. Meedeniya
Adigar being highly educated,
a conversation with him- is full of inllljfc
lllli subjeota dwelt on being
clerical, caste, elephant kraals etc.
While effipversim*. with him the remaining
Kandytfn Chiefs were in tfifc
adjoining room dressing for the actual
parade. In the meatime the native
Buddhists had gathered all along
the route of the procession some having
taken up their positions always
before hand. Of course there were a
large number of pilgrims and the Adigar
stated that there would be- approximately
60,000 from outside of
_ Kandy in attendance.
The appearance of the Head Chief
whose name is Mr. Nugawela and
whose off&ial title is Diyawadann
Nilame, was so gorgeous that I think
it wiser to describe it in detail. His
- Knnt were shaped liko a boat and
made of cloth of~goTci and set wtthjewels.
His sarong or skirt was of a
thin white material with a border of
gold, ten yards of which were wrapped
around his body in a marvelous
manner, giving him a large bay window
effect. His coat is of a most unique
cut more like the Basque of women
worn in 1850-60, having leg o'
mutton sleeves etc. It was made of
gold cloth and embroidered with more
gold and jewel buttons. His hat was
perhaps the most, gorgeous part of
the Costume, made cf solid gold and
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Muiic m^u, wan mur eievaica corners
studded with precious stones, the
tassel itself being made of rubies. His
hands were cov.ered with rings and a
jewel-studded dager was held in the
top of his s3rong.
Being his guest along with Mr. and
Mrs. Turner hfe gave us the honor of
showing us. personally through the
. temple accompanied by Mr. Meedeniya.
Proceedirtjr-we walked in through
the court which was lighted by flaming
torches held high byvthe Buddhists
in attendance and different pcoph??
*tL- pnrt'm the Perahera
The place was simply teeming withpeople
all dressed in their bright
rarees waiting for a glimpse of the
Xelics. Finally after a very circuitous
, route we reached a room* guarded bythe
Priests. Here we were" requested
to remove our shoes and then proceeded
up a vefy narrow and steep
stair to the outer chamber which holds
the famous tooth cf Buddha and the
most sacred of all Buddhist relics in
the Island. Only royalty have ever
seen the tooth but we were shown into
the sanctuary where the caskets
which held the relic are guarded. The
tooth itself is in the seventh casket
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-icv cr?n casKet. tne numoer
seven having some significance, The I
oasket themselves are all of hand.'
wrought getd and silver end are stuid
ed With precious stones and are undoubtedly
the most gorgeous and
beautiful things I have ever see** " j
casket containing a relic which is
supposed t?'benefit the people wasjl
taken out after M,i }{ugawela had
purified his hands by washing them i
in flower water and performing the 11
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in the casket pointing us .-blllb ut thul*
most important ones, weighing mnny
carats.
Having completed-the survey Mr
Nugawela dismissed us to the care
of Mr. Meedeniya, who took up
through the library on to the octagon
built primarily as a post of honor
'TrMti ' Mill Hi K;"g rnuld view the
procession. Mr. Meedcniya spent the "
time with us and told ua in very
choice English the interpretation of
the precision and its units. Each
temple was represented and each had
its own howdah and -elephant coming
according to the rank. The first '
of importance in the parade is the
? Dalada Maligawa or Temple of the
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Tooth and liow I will- give you a ahor
view , of the procession.
First come the torch-hearers ii
large numbers followed by the ele
phants gaily decorated, the mahout
Ireased in flaming colors. FoUotrini
them come the tom-tom beaten am
ievil dancers, the latter covered witl
paint, jingling coins and tiny bras
bells on the arms and legs. Thei
lancing itself is really a science am
while their movements are ~ grotesque
till they are extremely fascinatiuj
end rather interpretive. The whl|
lashers were extremely good, whil
the man and woman on stilts repye
Renting the last king and queen o
ECandy created no little amusement
The Kandyan chiefs were ail dress
rd more or less gorgeously and fol
lowed each temple procession. Ther
were altogether about eeventy-fiv
or eighty elephants to the eight tern
plea represented.
Tk- L..i mawh tk. 1 1. 4 k
iuc i/vofc yon vi. inv luuai 10 ui
loading and unloading of the caske
holding the relic the, guarded ele
phant which beara it being broogh
into tha temple and on no occaaio
ia he allowed to put foot on the eartl
rolls of cloth being spread drifter hi
feet.
Following this we inspected th
Oriental Library which contains ver
many old books, one, Ceylonese Bade
hist Bible eight-hundred years olt
being written on talap leaves wit
the aid of a steel pencil, followin
which an ink or dye is brushed ov?
the scratching. Others are written o
silver sheets which are still ver
much older.
Mabel Bradsher Docherty."
SOCIAL EVENTS.
The Music club had its first meet
injj of the year Wednesday aftemooi
with Mrs. Preston Satterfield. Onl
a short program followed the ro
call, which was responded to wit
current musical notes. Mrs. K. I
Street gave a piano' selection nn
Mrh. T. C. Bradsher, a vocal numbe
Various matters of importance to th
club were discussed for the comin
year, after which the meeting closet
The members present were: Mesdame
E. C. Long, T. C. Bradsher, K. 1
Street, W. O. Sample, Sallie Morri
J. B. Hurley, Preston Satterfield, an
Miss Csudia Carney.
The WomWs?
of the Methodist church had its res
ular meeting Tuesday afternoon wit
Mrs. Laura Long. After the busincs
fan, xj*. mc |)iu^iaui, wnicn was aac
ed to by short talks from the diffei
ent members, and Rev. J, B. Hurlej
a delightful course of refreshment
was served from a 'prettily appointe
table.
Mrs. J. A. Beam was hostess th
teachers: of the graded school and
few. friends. Wednesday afternoon, a
the home of Mrs. R. A. Spencer," o
Reams avenue. Two interesting cor
tests, interspersed with animated cor
vernation furnished the entertainin
feature. At the close of ttfe afterr.oor
the hostess served block cream, an
cake and mints. The teachers preser
were: Mesdames W. H. Long. Jos<
phine Parker, Misses Mildred Sattei
field, Katie Lee Matthews, Clara Ec
wards, Mary Hardy, May Wilson, Su
Merritfc, Ethel Newtcn, Helen Learj
Louise Thompson, Rosalie Wcodlie
-Delia Bryan with Mesdames R. P
and R. M. Sp'encei;, and A. R. Wai
ren as additional guests.
FARMS THAT PX*r ~
In The Famous <sh?rmn^nnVi Vallft
of' Virginia, Maryland and Pennsyl
vania Rrich, level, smooth blue-gras
Stock, Grain, Dairy and Orchar
farms, of 25 to 1000 acres, with goo
buildings, on "or near National'High
ways.
. .W-8tcr-Po\yer Flour Mills and B*
sineas Openings.
137 acres, smooth, level farm show
ing up fine, 6 room residence larg
barn, all kind fruit in bearing, larg
spring, water ginning through farm
in one of the best sections of the Val
ley, $5,500. z
228 acres, 10 room stone residence
large barn, good orchard, 100 acre
heavy blue-grass pasture, with run
ning water, 20- acres heavy timbei
near R. R. and High School town
|45 an acre.
122 acres, splendid 1Q room browi
stone residence, electric lights, fur
nace heat, runnning water, large 5i
x 100 ft. bank bank barn, 2 larg<
near citv. on National Highway
f'n? 1""" M|U" 1 I1"
Perfect climate, abundant rain-fall
pure water, solid roads, cheap fam
lnbcrs low taxes. Near the largest an<
best markets of our Cpuntry.
WRITE FOR FA&lfc BARGAIN?
THAT WILL MAKE YOU MONfTl
AND GOOD HOMES.
? ra?t Hip>nvgmr
35 W. Water St. Winchester, Va
PRESBYTERIAN BAKING DAY.
Let the Presbyterian women d<
your baking for this week-end. Phon
your wants to Mrs. W. O. Sample
THURSDAY: NIGHT. Money mad
goes-to the Manse Fund.
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THU ROXBCRO* CO!
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M " (Continued from Pace' One)
1 in having it published instead of getting
the average price that tUia aasoa
elation -had. netted ita growers, and
compare it with the price that nonf
members had received for the same
i crop on the auction floor T But since
? Vou preferred to uae individual bills
t instead of dealing in averages, wrty
r was it that you did not take one of
1 tha many bills made oat at Win*ton
** during the last two yean, which fail.
ed to pay the warehouse charges, and
e publish it along with your bill from
. Virginia T
f 12. Will someone tell us just w{iy
i, tobacco doubled In price in Kentucky
last year over the previous year?
13.- Why is it that tobacco should
e bring three times as much in Sbuth
e Carolina tHis year as it did last year
. when the crop this season is much
larger than the one last seaaon?
a 14. If our association is a "peanut"
t game, rotten as dirt itself, and sure
i. to go "coflunk" in less than six
t months, wUy why would the War Fi-j
n nance Corporation trust us with thirty
millions of dollars? Of.why would
0 "such men as Mr. P.-ltersoA leave the
American Tobacco Co. and come with
e u>u
15. In case vou are an hupp it
|. will not last more ttfan six months
i, at the most why are you spending so
h much time and cash in fighting it?
g (Perhaps I should answer this one
!r for you because modesty on your part
n might nTake it slieUUf embarrassiry;
y for you). Of courSWt is all because
you are such a true, warm, loving and
- affectionate friend of the farmer and
hate so much to see us gouged for
this one year. You'have cared for us
I so tenderly during the past twenty9
five years that you know that we are
y' not at all accustomed to pinches and
II in case we should get slightly pinched
^ for this one year it would be so new
and so strange that we would not be
j able to stand the shock.
r 15. WUy is it that tfur entire State
e Department of Agriculture, our eng
tire U. S. Department of Agriculture,
I every farm paper and journal thruout
,s the entire country, nine-tenths of our
Cingressmen and Senators and our
9 President himself endorse co-opersjj
tWe. marketing- with -the strongset
terms at their command, and along
with them such farmers as the late
v John Galloway and hundreds of thous~
-mnt" fit cH|fr famiAn who read and
^ think for themselves7 While nn lint
3 other side we find wareHousemen,
l_ warehouse pets, pinhookers, speculators,
auctioneers and along with them
. the noted Dr. A. Q. Alexander, exj
president of the Farmers' Union, who
^ has always been noted for knocking
everything in sight that was progresL
sivs?
a In conclusion let me suggest*' fellew
thinking farmer, that co-operan
live marketing has already made
good, here in our own state- anTi-nrany^
{_ cases could be given whera tobacco
has been divided and the mrth on the
j inside got almost as mucH for hi3
^ first advance as the man on the outlt
side get altogether. And more than
lm tliiis we have seen .that The first advances
thru *tkJ* association in South
I Carolina have been more than the
e crop brought last year. The biggest
/ question, however, with me is not so
f niuch_^]i^T get for my. tobacco, or
L' what I fair to get this first year as
it is which of these systems are the
more businesslike? Which of these
systems is the most nearly like the
nIII Mint rhr R. and all nther big
corporatiins employ in disposing
their finished product? Study the two
y systems /or yourself. Take an Inventory
and see where you are today? If
1 you decide that you are as far up in
| the financial and social word as you
^ should be considering all the hard
'"jwerk that you Have done and considI
ering all the risk that you have takon
during your life; if you decide that
t your children have had all the advan"
(tages that they are entitled to in ree.
gard to education without undue sa0
j crifice on your part; if you decide
' .that you have always been able to
"| give that loving wife and affectionate
I motheV all the conveniences and ad'
I vnntacoa thnt cho line hp^n pntifliwl
*s' i? you decide , that you have always
felt yourself financially able to pay
' your preacher as you know he should
' be?then doff your hst to the Winston
Salem Tobacco Board of Trade, cmn
brace the auction system and- send
your ehildreir'but into the world with
^ great rejoicing, because you may rest
e assured that history will repeat itself
and that this great institution, the
.auction system, if permitted to go on
' "n- if hll I in llift pniti will bring to
1 the next generation just whaL it fma*
brought to the present one?regardless
of what may happen for this one
^ year. Again, may I ask, Will yoij be
^ one to try to kill the duck that is
~~ Taytng goWen eggs with the hope that
you may have two today, without tak'
ing rihl ihmiphf nf tha future?
J. H. SPEAS,
East Bend, N.*C? Sept. 11,1922
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1 Mess. C. O. Crowel! and J. B. Riggs^s
bee were Gfcerprtmro visitors* la&t
Sunday.
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"HIE? SEPTEMBER 27th 1921
FROM ALLENSVIIXE.
I read last week a letter front
Brother Jones of Shake Rag. I notice
he says Richard has gone back to the
yturch. I guess he is wondering why
I ever withrdrew, white I guess the
people hereabouts are saying what in
the world has he gone back for; there
was little reason for him to withdraw
and absolutely no reason for him to
go back. But let the people say what
they may, Richard is in one- of the
coldest and moat indifferat^churcher
that he knowa of, and if any of the
other churchea of the County are in
need of iciclea please send your orders
to Poor Richard.
On yesterday I seated myself t?
hear a great sermon from the Bible
if the preacher was able to delivei
such, but instead he used much of his
time eulogising President Harding
for vetoing the soldiers bonus bill
and closing the door perhaps forevei
so far as the government is concern
ed- from ever recognizing the great
hardships and privations which out
soldier boys underwent, while preach
ers like this one was on easy stree
drawing the largest salary of the!
lives. Then for him to want the Pre
sident to slam the door in these boy
faces is beyond my conception. H<
certainly is not in sympathy wit!
these boys or their fathers and moth
eri.Tfp^e had had a boy over ther
ann received a report irom me 005
like- Richard did from young Richard
of the account of the Mth of Septem
tier in which he. waa litter carrier
feel sure he would, be more in sypi
pathy with these boys and the par
Snta of these boys who's lives lik
Richard's has, to a certain extern
been wrecked for all timer? Youn
Richard says of the 29th of Sept.: W
were ordered just before day to la
flat along a tape. Soon the barag
fire started and we were ordered t
march, we knew not where, but knci
we were expected to break the Hir
denberg line or die. And on we wer
through smoke with shell and shraj
nel singing by our ears. Soon w
commenced to find our boys, som
dead and some dying, with the wound
ed begging we "barriers to carry thei
to a place Of safety. My hands wer
as bloody pa if I had been killin
hogs from having handled my corr
rades which had fallen in battle. I
this condition I had to snatch m
breakfast and eat it, or go withou
One poor boy as" we passed "with ou
"Tinar?already full begged us to. d
something for him affd?we?hurrie
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back only to find he had shot himself
and ao relieved his pain. I divided my
flask of water with the poor Yellows
who were bleeding to death, having
no idea where the neat would come
from. And the lice were so plentiful
that we boys were as lousy aa any
hog you ever saw. But the preacher
says this was the smartest thing he
ever knew President Harding to do,
vetoing the bonus bill, but parents
like Richard and Mrs. Richard, who
wept and prayed to God that their
1 boys who had been carried against
their will into a foreign land to b?
1 shot at, might be spa red feel very
' deeply such insults at are being offered
by men who never felt the sting
1 of such things.
Brother T. B. Davis lost ene of hit
! little boys last week with scarlet fe1
ver.
I Young Richard, the clerk, has tak1
en a position with Mr. Phil Brooki
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*> entrusted to my care
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ni continuance of your
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MEBANE N. C.
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loore, 522 lbs. Average $f
-Cates, 336 lbs. Average
ig, 320 lbs. Average $55.t
alf, 338 lbs. Average $47.!
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15 1.6 I. Average $29.92.
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St Woodsdale and is liking fine.
That sore muht be some- corn that'
Crumptoo and Montague are Taiaing
if 100 ears make a barrel. Richard
thought it took 110 eara to make a
bushel of moot any corn raised in Allensville,
but curious things are happening
around here for Mrs. R- A.'
I Yancey reports having a pear tree
. which hah matured its second crop
this year.-?POOR RICHARD.
BETTER LOOK OUT.
Our good friend Mr. J. D. Long of
1 Hurdle Mills was a caller at thta office
last Saturday. Mr. Long cams in
to lodge' coritplaint about hia Conner
' failing to corns to his box. Look out
some postmaster or rural carrier trill
' gat in trouble, for ou* subscribers
will raise a fuss when they miss a
. good thing like The Courfer.
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son and Near By Counear
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portunity to thank you
y liberal patronage you
\e last twenty years in
ess. Also to inform you |
vith %
.SON & CO.,
lL WAREHOUSE,
DANVILLE, VAi i
i every pile of tobacco
shall have my personal
iking you and asking a
patronage, I am,
f truly, i
iEO. E. HARRIS.
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