The Aberystwith Observer

ABERYSTWYTH COUNTY SCHOOL GOVERNORS. A meeting of the County School Governors was held on Tuesday evening, when there were present Mr C. M. Williams, chairman, presiding, Mrs E. H. James, Miss Maria Jones, Prof. Lewis, Capt. Doughton and Capt. David James with Mr John Evans, clerk and Mr David Samuel, M.A., headmaster.A letter was read from the Rev. R. J. Rees, M.A., apologising for his absence at the meeting, as he was obliged to be in London in connection with the Welsh Church Commission.—The report of the Finance Commitee recommended that the insurance of the school buildings be increased to £ 5,500, and its contents to £ 1,500. —The recommendation was agreed to.-It was decided to commence the school in the after- noon at 1.30, in order that the pupils from the country may return home by the 4.10 train.

LAMPETER. THE ANCIENT RACES.—On Saturday Mr H. J. Fleure, D.Sc., Ph.D., and Mr T. C. James, B.A., B.Sc., representatives of the Committee for the Investigation of the Customs and Characteristics of the Ancient Inhabitants of Wales, were present at the Men's Institute. Measurements were taken of about a score of members.

TINS CUHE THE VvORST COUGH

I ABEITXSTWYTH PETTY .SESSIONS. WEDNESDAY. i Before the Mayor aud Me E. P. NVYDIIL-- DRUNK.—Francis fjenry Morgan, Oswestry, saddler, was charged br P.C.E Witiiarris with having been drunk in Portland street on ¡ previous day.—Pitied 2s Gd and costs. I

BURGLARY AT THE RAILWAY REFRESHMENT ROOMS. The police are Investigating two c ises of robbery from the refreshment, rooms at Bortit and Dovey J lluetioil. At these places thieves broke into the piv-aiises and got away with at I quantity of wine and money. This is tbii second or third time that Dovey Junction iiaar been visited during the iast few years.

THE KNIFE IN SPRING GARDENS. At the Aberystwyth Sessions on Wednesday morning, John Morgan, Spring gardens, who I did not appear, was charged by Thomas I Beynon, Spring gardens, -with having used, threatening language towards him. I The defendant was not present, and Mr W- P. Owen appeared for the coiapfainant. Complainant said that, defendant came to hiaf house and said that he would kill him. Hø. rushed at him and defendant's wife aud daughter came and took him R way. Defendant had a knife in his hand, and his hand was cut- in getting it away. The Cterk What is the idea of defendant's conduct ? Mr Owen: He suggests that my client is; friendly with his wife. la there anything between you and his wife? Complainant: Nothing at all. The Bench adjourned the case for the attend- ance of the defendant. Inspector Phillips informed the Bench that- he had seen the defendant who was confined tk* his bed, and the case was adjourned.

CHARGE OF WIFE DESERTION. At the Aberystwyth Sessions on Wednesdajr morning the case of Frederick Morgau, Brya— ymor terrace, who was charged with deserting his wife came on for hearing. A letter was read from Mr W. P. Owes stating that he no longer appeared for tho coon ph luau t. Defendant; said that he was not satisfied: with this and claimed a dismissal of the charge. He expected Mr Martin. Woosnatn to b&- present, buc in any case he would gi ve evidence to refute the charge. He said that certain allegations were made against him by his wife,, who said that he started knocking her abouS within one month after marriage. This is absolutely untrue, and the only thing that hty could bring to mind was that there was a dis- pute between Mrs Morgan and the servants,, and he refused absolutely to be drawn into ifIr I On no occasion had he c-ver lifted his hand ta his wife. Mrs Morgan left him twelve months after marriage because he insisted upon her sister taking part in the duties of the houseoe~ leaving. She however came back, but in the* middle of October, 19(J(>, his wife wanted to gar home to her people and he was not very agree- able to her going, but she took the bit in her teeth and went. lie did not write and ask her I to come back, but at the end of five days sltø wrote and said she was coming back. Wifci*. respect to the last occasion on which she leffr there was a bit of bother in the morning. Mrs Morgan had got the idea. into her headl that she had better go away. Mr W. Thomas Did she give any reason ? Defendant I am sorry to say that she is tiE a very irritable temper. She packed her boxes reidy to lea ye and I then said that she should not go. However, she Jeft the house and I locked up the boxes and left the house open* but three days later Mr. W. P. Owen wrote threatening me with summary proceedings- unless the boxes were delivered np. Icon- suited Mr. A. J. Hughes, who said that I had. better let her have the boxes and say that. she: was leaving on her own responsibility. I did so, and on returning home on Tuesday evening found that Mrs. Mrogan bad burst open the door of the house and taken the child away without having made any provision for. the child in the way of food and clothes. I after- wards found that the child had been taken to Wo. 61 on the Terrace, but they refused to let me have him. I returned to the house and made up a bundle of the garments for the child and took tiu iu to Wo. 60, and asked them to see that the cnild got them. I saw my wife at number 60, and in the presence of Supt. Jones my wife showed her, arm. There were no bruises on it only exzeroa, and she made no complaints against me. I wanted the child and I consulted Mr A. J. Hughes. In the meantime the child was taken ill, and Mrs Morgan sent a message asking me to take the child back, and it has been with me ever since. I have never refused my wife admittance to the house, and I have heard nothing abouGo terms. The c-ise was adjourned for the attendance of Mr. Martin Woosnam, and after hearings him the Bench dismissed the case.

THE FATAL SHOOTING CASE. Charged with the manslaughter of hfar nephew, Stephen Bennett Owen, farmer's son, (17), appeared before Llanidloes, Montgomery- shire Bench on Thursday. Prisoner and aa elder brother were returning from slwotiIlg when two nephews, Alfred and Edward, aged 16 and 6 respectively, jeered at Stephen from a bedroom window for not shooting rabbits. In a joking Inunner prisoner pointed the gun at the window, forgetting it was loaded. Ac- cidentally he pulled the trigger, and Alfred sustained fatal injuries. The younger boy had a miraculous escape, the window frame- being riddled with bullets. Prisoner's father told the Bench that the gun was a borrowed one, and he did not know it was in the bouse. Many times Stephen had been forbidden to use a gun. The Chairman said the magistrates could not exoneiate the prisoner, and committed. him to the Assizes, biil being allowed. Prisoner wept bitterly during the proceedings. The verdict at the inquest was "Accidental death."

CHANCERY. TEA PARTY.On Friday afternoon Mrs Lewes, of Ffosrhydygaled, entertained the children attending the Chancery Council School to a substantial tea. Capt. Lewes was prevented from being present, but had sent valuable prizes to each winner in the games. The programme of games was carried out by Miss and Master Lewes (junior), assisted by the school teachers. The provisions were laid out in a field of Frondeg, kindly lent for the occasion by Mr Davies, and the wants of tht) children were attended to by Mrs Richardes, Bryneithin, Misses Davies, Y Glyn, Miss Somers, of Tenby, and Miss Parkin, the governness, assisted by the maid and men servants of Ffosrhydygaled and by the villagers. The donors were sincerely and warmly thanked by the school teachers for their annual treatt and other valuable gifts to the schcol.

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GOLDEN CHAINS OF SLAVERY. IF there is one question more than another upon which the Radical Government deceived the country at the last elections, it was that of the so-called Chinese Slavery. Much has been said and much has been written upon the subject, and one thing that is absolutely clear above everything else is that the Government has deliberately broken faith with the electorate. The Slaves are still in South Africa, after two years of Liberal Government. a fact which discloses the utter hollowness of the slavery force. It is true the Government has made some show of carrying out their promise to bundle the Chinese bag and baggage out of the Trans- vaal, but each successive attempt has but served to show the country how much the position was misrepresented, how completely the electors were led astray. We now know the nature of those chains in which, according to the Radical party, backed by the Noncon- formist conscience. "Chinese slaves" are feiter-'d to their work in the Rand mines. They are golden chains. In fact, they are gold w-itch chains, with a gold watch at one end and a Chinaman at the other end. These golden fetters bind so fast that one body of the slaves" has ottered e;ght thousand pounds to be allowed to continue in slavery." Now, this is a sort of slavery the Radical Government cannot tolerate. With the British taxpayer to draw upon it was able to bid higher than the poor Chinese slaves." It was able to offer the Trans- vaal Government the handsome bribe of a guarantee loan of live millions sterling, equivalent to a gift of fifty thousand a year. The paltry eight thousand pounds of the poor Chinese is of no use in competiiion with the "Radical millions. Accordingly the poor Chinese have to go at hist. Hugging their golden fetters, they are to be dragged by force from their sLtvpry" and sent home to China. Of course, a person so stupid as to take facts as they come, and uninstructed in the idiosyncrasy of Radical morals, might object that'to drag these poor fellows from freedom and send them awtty against their will is the actual slavery." It is slavery to compel a man to do that which he desires not to do. To drag the Chinese from their profitable work as free labourers, and to force them aboard a ship at the point of the bayonet, as it were, is surely complusion of the worst kind. This then is the end of the Chinese slavery" legend. Hordes of unwilling captives are torn from their work and sent home against their will, some of them with twenty or fifty golden sovereigns or so concealed in their shoes or sewn up in their coats; some wlth, diamond rings some with gold watches and gold chains (one was taking bnck a. score of gold watches as a speculation); others with various Western luxuries, including even motor bicycles. Won't there be rejoicings in Chintt over the return of the "slaves," still wearing these golden fetters? And here in Great Britain no doubt the sanctimonious humbugs who worked the agitation will rejoice that they have taken the livelihood from the mouths of these slaves in golden chains, and done their best to cripple the mining industry of the Transvaal Colony.

NOTES. Mr Vaughan Davies, M P last Friday, at Llan- ilar Sessions, made a most unwarranted and undignified attack upon the Cardiganshire Police, as a whole, upon the Chief Constable in particular, and followed it m) by deliberately and wantonly insulting the inhabitants of the county, from the iarm labourers to the magistracy. His remarks are printed elsewhere, and will be read with in- dignation by everv person possessed of a. right sense of feeling. The attack upon the Chief Con- stable and the force is most unjustifiable, and especially so in view of the probability of the speaker pleading privilege if called to account for his utterances. The Cardiganshire force has at its head a capable and experienced officer, who possesses the confidence of the Standing Joint Committee, and the general body of inhabitants, and the whole force is one which will bear com- parison with that of any other Welsh county. They discharge their duties in a fair and reason- able manner, and the eug-gestion that they neglect them is absolutely unwarranted. Mr Vaughan Davies asserts that tramps are pre- valent. What of it ? They have as much right to "travel" in the county as the County Member has. When they break the law, and only then, the police can, and do, take action against them. The assertion that women and children go in fear because of them we decline to believe. Then Mr Davies charges the working men of the county with drunkenness. He even goes further and alleges that they are so debauched and depraved that they won't work unless their masters agree to allow them to get drunk three clays a week." Such a statement is false on the face of it, and can only be the outcome of petty spiteful feeling, the exhibition of which in a Member of Parliament is a degradation of the position he holds. What right has Mr Vaughan Davies, even though he be Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire, to stigmatise the working men of the county in such contumelious lauguage, to hold them up as a reproach and a shame to the whole community ? We should like to ask the working men of I Cardiganshire what th^y think of a man who wantonly insults them in this fashion ? Did they give Mr Vaughan Davies their votes, and return him to Parliament, in order that he might, with greater authority, bring- such a disgraceful charge against them and their manhood ? We trow not, and trust these aspersions v/ill be remembered ancl properly resented when next he comes before the electorate. As for the unmannerly attack upon his brother magistrates, and the Chairman of Quarter Sessions, we can safely leave that to be valued by them at its true worth. Mr Vaughan Davies has bean a magistrate himself for 45 years and ought to know better than indulge in such language. A pretty fellow he to condemn intem- perance in others, and not able to keep his own language within the bounds of temperance. By the Women's Act of 1907 women are now eligible for seats on Municipal Councils. Are the women of Aberystwyth going to run a can- L' didate of their own at the forthcoming election is already being asked in the streets. There are four women members of the Board of Guardians, and they have certainly been a decided acquisition to the Board. It might be said that the work of the Guardians can very often be better performed by women than men; but on the other hand the work of municipality is so overlapping that it is difficult to say where women's work begins and where it ends. For instance the new Act respecting Notification of Births would be, if adopted by the Town Council, a most important step, as it deals with the proper nursing and feeding of infants under the direction of the Medical Officer. Here at any rate women councillors could perform useful work which is quite outside the duties of an ordinary town councillor. In recognition of his 25 years faithful service as secretary of the Calvinistic Metho- dist Home Mission Fund, Mr D. C. Roberts was yesterday presented with an illuminated address by the Quarterly Association, which met at Barry Dock. It is intended to hold an exhibition at the Pier Pavilion, Aberystwyth, from October 22nd to November 2nd, of local trades, foods and home manufactures. The exhibition, it is stated, will be of a varied, extensive and attractive character. Diplomas will be awarded to successful exhibitors. Intending exhibitors should apply for further particulars to Mr. G. T. Coleman at the Pier Office. During September 155 hours of sunshine were rdconied in Aberystwyth. This works out at an, average of 39 hours per week, and compares I favourably with other summer resorts. The winter sunshine records work out even better than this. A comparison with other towns on the. south coast points to the fact that Aberystwyth ¡ secures much more sunshine than do some of her very much over r ed rivals. It should be the duty of the Town Council to make the best use of this information when advertising during the Z" 1:1 winter months. 'I The action of Mr. Hal-dane (War Secretary) in the matter of Army contracts is Oile of the most scandalous in the history of British administra- tion. Not satisfied with placing & contract for horse shoes with an American, fit-in at the same time that he was sanctioning the discharge of men from Woolwich Arsenal, he is now bragging that by buying frozen meat he is saving fifty or sixty thousand pounds a year to the taxpayers of the country. What Mr. Haldane forget-, however, is. that he is sending many thousands of pounds out of the country to keep foreigners which should go to keep the farmers, the labourers, and those engaged in the meat trade in this country, But of course Mr. Haldane is a "free trader"— that is to say he believes in free trade for the foreigner in our market whilst our own people are free to starve. It has been stated on the authority of a London daily paper that fewer English people are travelling abroad than was the case a few years a.go. The writer accounts for this falling of in the foreign traffic by saying that the craze of golf has got such a hold of the people that even the attraction of a trip abroad fails to drag the ardent golfer from his native heath. Not only are summer and winter resorts in England and Wales spending thousands of pounds on new golf links but we find that private individuals are opening out links and earning good dividends through the patronage of an ever increasing flientele. What is Aberystwyth Council doing to meet the demand of the golf loving public? Has not the time arrived when they should seriously tackle the question. The public are tired of listening to schemes for spending the ratepayers' money, and are anxious to learn of some scheme for bringing money into the town. The University students came up on Monday and Tuesday. It is expected that the total number will exceed past records. The Town Football Club Committee is anxious to arrange for the season's matches, but no progress could be made until the men students "came up, as the old football ground now belongs to the College Athletic Society. The excellent relations which have of recent years existed between the Town and College teams will, we feel sure, help to hasten a settlement of the present difficulty and bring about an arrangement by which the Town Club will be able to have the use of the ground. Cardiff Corporation Museum Committee appears to be very much perturbed as to the future financial position of the National Museum. At a meeting of the Committee on Friday, Coun- cillor Caple reminded his colleagues that they had no guarantee that they would get a penny more income than what the,- could secure from their own rates. He added that there was no provision made for any grant in the Charter and that the popular belief about equivalent sums was nothing more than gossip. What applies to the National Museum will probably apply in a like sense to to th,) National Library, which as our readers know is to be erected at Aberystwyth. It should be the duty of those who are immediately con- cerned with the preliminaries of the National Library to make known to the public the exact position of things, especially with regard to the anticipated Government grants If there is no money to come from the Government towards the cost of erecting, nor towards the expense of main- taining the institution then it is the duty of the governing body to consider the situation. It would be absolute folly to raise a building at a great expenditure of money unless we are satisfied I at the outset that afterwards it will not turn out to be a veritable white elephant. The ratepayers of Aberystwyth ought to be keenly interested in this matter for it may be that the National venture may become an eternal charge upon the rates of the town. The Llanbadarn Bench of Magistrates deserve I the thanks of the public generally for the decisive manner in which they dealt with the charge of furious motor driving which came before them at the last Court. The fine of £ 20 and costs was the utmost they could inflict, but evidently it was not an impossible sum for the defendant to meet, for when be was arrested by the Birmingham police the money was at once paid. There never has been we should imagine a worse case than this to come before the Bench, and we trust it will be a warning to other drivers to exercise more care. Few people have probably ever taken the trouble to ascertain what 20 miles an hour really means on a highway along which vehicles are travelling. An athlete who can do 100 yards in ten seconds is travelling at 20 miles an hour, and this will give an idea of what motor cars travelling at 40 miles an hour means.

ABERYSTWYTH. Owing to the postponement of the inaugural lecture at the University College, we have to announce that Mr Edwards' grand evening concert, announced for Thursday, October 31st, has been postponed to Thursday, Nov. 7 th. UNION ABSTRACT OF ACCOUNTS.—The union abstract of accounts have jnst been issued by the Clerk to the Guardians. It has been carefully compiled by Mr E. Llewellin, the assistant clerk, and contains a large amount of information dealing with the administrations of the poor law and the distribution of relief. SHOW SCCCESSES.—At the recent show held at Altrincham, "Prince," the blue Persian cat owned by Mrs D. Sylvanus Edwards, secured fourth prize. At the same show the turbit pigeons owned by Mr E. Santall carried off five principal prizes. LIMERICK SUCCESS.—Mr J. W. Jones, Aires House, Stanley road; has won the sum of £ 4G 3s. 3d. in connection with the "Answers" limerick competition. k' REGISTRATION COURT.-The registration of the burgess roll took place at the Town Hall on Tues- day morning before Mr. Lewis Matthew Richards, revising barrister. The Conservatives were re- presented by Mr. Daniel Watkins, and the Liberals by Mr. John Evans. PICNIC.—Through the kindness of the Vicar, the junior members of the choir of S. Michael and all Angels, had a picnic at Rheidol Falls on Saturday afternoon. The party journeyed by the Vale of Rheidol Railway and on arrival the falls were visited and the boys indulged in games, &c., afterwards doing full justice to a sumptuous tea. Miss Matthews (vicarage), the Rev J. T. Davies and Mr and Mrs Panchen were in charge of the boys, all of whom thoroughly enjoyed themselves. PIER PAVILION.—The "Rustic Scholars" finished at the Pavilion on Saturday after a successful week. The New Zealand twins in their Maori turn were much appreciated. This week the Mr E's have returned to the Pavilion and are drawing good houses. The entertainment is of a refined and high-class character. ENGLISH WESLEYAN Cacucn.—The harvest thanksgiving services were held on Sunday, when the pastor, the Rev C. O. Eldridge, B.A., delivered three excellent sermons to crowded congregations. The rev gentleman preached in the morning on Seed Time and Harvest"; afternoon, "Daily Bread," and evening on the Wheat." Daring the even- ing service a solo was rendered by Miss High- field. The chapel had been very prettily decorated with flowers, fruit and vegetables. decorated with flowers, fruit and vegetables. PEnSONAL.Arter a service of 53 years the Rev C. Williams, chaplain of II.M. Strange- ways Prison, Manchester, is retiring, and he will take up the living at Ashford Kewtory, near Bariteiable, which is the gift of tin* Lord Chancellor, Mr Williams formerly resided at 5, Laura place. Before leaving- StrangoWays prison the Governor and his stall WJt(j photographed, and this group will ba worker into a presentation picture to the chaplain. OfTTf.VG. — On Saturday last the annual msfctng in connection with the Guild of S. Mary and the Men's (English) Bible Classes took place. This year A herayron was visited, and three welllarIen oh irabanes started from Laura place at 10 o'clock. Aberayron was reached f abmst one o'clock, after a most- enjoyable [ drive. Luncheon was partaken of en route and on arrival at Aheravrosi the compiny dispersed, some going on the beach, others visiting the Church, Harbour, &c. At 2.30 the party re-asserabied at th* Royal Feathers Hotel where full justice was done to the excellent meat tea provided by the host and hostess Mr and Mrs Davies. The drive home was commenced shortly after Ú o'clock, Aber- ystwyth being reached by nine. It was agreed on all hands that the outing was one of the best ever held. The arrangements were carried out by the Kev J. E. Lloyd and the j respective secretaries of the C, ulld of S. Mary, I and the Men's Bible Glass. BOROUGH APPOINTMENTS.—F.»r the vacant posts under the Corporation the following ap- plications hnve been received: Assistant over- seer, 15 collector of general district rates, 16 Markets Superintendent, 27. The appoint- ments will be made at the next meeting of the Council, and in the meantime the various applications will be examined by a committee. Councillor F. Morgan thought that members ought also t) know to what chapel the various applicants belonged. CHURCH COMMISSION.-—Amongst those that will give evidence before the Welsh Church Commission this week is the Rev R. J. Rees, M.A., pastor of Tabernacle C.M. Chapel, who will speak as to the Sunday schools and thair work. NARROW ESCAPE.—On Tuesday afternoon as a motor car was proceeding slowly along Chalybeate street, a child running after a hoop suddenly emerged from the pavement in Cambrian plaee by Bristol House right in front of the motor car, and it was only through the promptitude with which the brake was applied that an accident was averted. DEATH OF THE INFIRMARY MATROX.—It is I' with much regiet that we announce the death, which took place on Sunday, of Miss Chandler, the matron <4* the Infirmary. She had been ill for about five weeks and had hC'd1 op'rated upon by a specialist. She was51 years of ;Jgt', an i luid been matron at the Infirmary for 17 years. Her father was in his early days I manager of a Corris quarry but died m.tny years ago. The funeral took place at the cemetery on Tuesday morning and was attended bv sexual of the medical men. The blinds of the TOWJ Council chamber were lowered during the passage of the funeral. flil ft Many b< autiful floral tribtiLts were placed on the hearse. ACCIDEN'T.- On Saturday Dr. A. Thomas, medical officer of health, met with an accident when cycling home from G .g-iu,tn on Saturday night. Sonic part of the cycle g-sve way and the doctor was thrown to the ground. The muscles of his right arm were bruised and he had to be attended to at the Infirmary. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.—The autumn meet- ing of the South-West Wales division of the British Medical Association was held at the Waterloo Hotel on F, icby, when there were twenty medical men from the district present. Dr D. J. Williams, Lhmelly, presided, and he was supported by Dr Davies, Lhmelly, secre- tary. Various matters were discussed, inclnd- ing the proposed new charter of the British Medical Association, and some ethical questions. Dr Llewelyn Jones, Bath, read a paper on Rheumatoid Arithritis, its early symptoms, diagnosis, and first treatment. The paper, which was illustrated by the means of x-ray photographs, was very interesting, and Dr Jones was highly complimented at the close. AccinEKT.Thomas Lustin (72), shoemaker, a native of Newport, was knocked down by a vehicle in Treteshan on Monday evening. The wheel of the cart passed over his leg, but it was found on examination at the Infirmary, to which place he was conveyed on the ambulance, that there was no serious injury.