The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser

PEMBROKESHIRE POfJCE.—The chief-con- stable (Mr. Fred Summers), at a meeting of the T>Pll1hroh>hirt' Standing Joint Police Committee at Haverfordwest on Tuesday, asked for sanction l-o appoint an additional inspector. At presenl. he said, there was only one inspector ;n thp force, who acted as clerk at headquarters. If the committee sanctioned his application, it would be necessary 10 appoint a sergeant. The cost to the county in ten years would be 240.-The application was granted. A s ..f£> P"rrr>q nent. an,1 W" n ted fClT Pimples. Scrofula. Scurvy, Bad Legs, Skin and m. TVspaqr and Sores of all kinds, we can, with ""n.1"n"p. ">r1 T^PKE'S WORT.D- FAMED BLOOD MIXTURE. Of Chemists every- where.

CARMARTHENSHIRE POLICE COMMITTEE A meeting of the Carmarthenshire Standing Joint Comrnitteo was held at the County Offices, Carmar- then, on Tuesday, last, iVlr. David Kvans, Manor- dai, presiding. there were also present Mr. E. Trubsnaw, LlarieUv; Mr. C. E. Morris, Carmarthen': Mr. D. Morris, Garnant ;Mr. Dd. Davies, Rhyblid; Col. J. Ù. Lloyd, Pare Henri; Col. Gwynne-Hughes, Giancothi; Dr. H. Lawrence, Narbertii; Mr. J. Lewes Thomas, Caeglas; Mr. Simlett, Llanelly; Col. T. Lloyd Harries, Llwyndewi; Mr. W. David, Llan- eily, and Mr. Joseph Joseph, Llangennech; together with the Clerk (Mr. J. W. Nicholas), and the Chief Constable (Mr. W. Picton Philipps).—The Com- mittee appointed to investigate into the advisability of painting, etc., Burry Port Police Station, advised that the work bo done, and it was decided to accept the tender of Messrs. Bartlett Bros., Car- marthen, at £ 34.—The Surveyor for the Eastern Division (Mr. W. Lionel Jenkins), in his report, pre- sented designs for a new court house at Ammanford, in which the usual accommodation was made for justices, witnesses, solicitors, and lavatory accom- modation.—The report was adopted.—The Western Division Surveyor (Mr. R. Williams Jones) reported as follows with regard to the caretaker'b quarters at the S'bire Hall, Carmarthen:—"I beg to report that the caretaker's house at the- Shire Hall is in need of painting and papering. I am informed that it has not been painted and papered since its erec- tion about 13 years ago. The estimated cost of inside work would be JE13 10s., and the outside pointing at £3, a total of JS16 10s. In view of the advisability of the whole of the outside of the Shire Hall being painted next Spring, the outside work at the caretaker's house may be deferred until that time. Owing to the difficulty in cleaning the hall windows, Mr. H. Davies, the caretaker, has applied for a rubber hose to enable him to wash them down. The estimated cost of the hose and provision of a connection to the water service pine would be £5. It was decided to advertise for tenders for the in- side work and the hose pipe, and it was decided to defer the painting, etc., of the outside until the whole Shire Hall is painted next Spring.—Mr. W. David again brought, up the question of raising the floors of the coal-house and the sanitary convenience at the constable's premises at the Burry Porr Police Station. He said that it was a bad state of affairs when the floors of county property were beloAv the level like that. It was a state of affairs that would not be tolerated under any Urban Authority. He moved that the Surveyor report on the matter.-—The Chairman moved the proposition out of order.—Mr. Trubshaw said that, unless something were done before January, until when it was suggested to defer the matter nothing would be done then, as there would be no provision in the estimates.—The Chief Constable's (Mr. W. Picton Philinns) report stated that: Crime as com- pared with the corresponding quarter of last year shows an increase of 32 in the number of charges, the figures being 953 as against 921. The increase is chiefly noticeable under the following heads:- Offences against Education Acts 57. Offences against Came Laws 11. Offences against Fishery Laws 9, Army Acts 8, Railway Offences 6, Labour Laws 11. On the other hand there has been T decrease of 39 in Sleeoing out. Common Assaults 9. Inland Revenue 13. and offences against Truck Act 76. Indictable offences numbered 49, of which 11 were committed for trial representing a decrease of 15 in. the number of offences and 7 in the number of committals. Forty informations were sent to the coroners and 26 inquests held as against 30 and 22. Owing to the extension of the telephonic system in tin's county telephones may now be installed at the following stations, if it is the wish of the Com- mittee that they should, viz. Tumble, Pontvberem. and Rt. Clears, the cost lacing £6. £6, and £5 ■respectively. He regretted having to notify the deaths of Pensioners James Kendal (ex-P.C. 47) and John Morgan (ex-P.C. 32). The force was inspected by Captain Terry. His Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary, on the 25th and 26th April. He had no reason to think that lie was otherwise than satisfied with their appearance, and efficiency-.—The was adopted, and the sum of £2,650 relocated for the navnient and maintenance of the Force for th" oua,-ter ending 30th September, 1910. The Chief Constable was instructed to pro- vide euuipment for eight constables to act as moun- ted police. —This was all the business of interest.

CARMARTHENSHIRE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE PREVALENCE OF CONSUMPTION. A meeting of the Carmarthenshire Public Health and General Purposes Committee was held at the County Offices on Tuesday last. Dr. R. L. Thomas (hitiand) presiding. There were also present: Mr. J. C. V. Prysc-Rice, Llwvnybrain; Mr. W. Davies, Llanelly; Mr. T. Jones,~ Llanelly; the Hey. A. Fuller Milis, Carmarthen; Mr. Siinlett, Llanellv; Dr. Denzil Harries, Carmarthen; Mr. Joseph Joseph, Llangennech; Mr. Dd. Evans, Manordaf; Mr. Dd. Davies, Rbybiid, and Mr. C. E. Morris, Carmarthen; together with the Clerk (Mr. J. W Nicholas) and other officials.—A deputation was re- ceived from the South Wales Nursing Association, consisting of Mrs. Pryse-Rice, Liwynybrain (chair man); Mrs. Gwynne-Ilughes, Tregeyb; Mrs. H. Jones-Davies, Glyneiddan; Mrs. DuBuisson, Glyn- hir, and Miss Lena Crowther. They asked the Committee to appoint a lady midwife inspector for the county, and offered to provide JE75 to J680 to- wards her salary. Miss Crowther was prepared to take on the work which would be simi- lar to what she was doing in Radnor- shire and Breconshire. — Considerable dis- cussion ensued, during the course of which it was suggested that the matter should be deferred until tba appointment of a Superintendent Medical Officer of Health for the county.—The Rev. A. Fuller Mills, in supporting the depuration, said that it was high time that they as a Committee did something in the matter instead of lagging behind other counties. They were not doing their duty at present. It would be a step in the right direction if they did as the deputation asked.—Mr. Pryse- Rico agreed with Mr. Mills. If they appointed this lady inspector they would get the work done at a very low cost compared to wat they would if they simply went on muddling aiong as at present.— Dr. Harries said that the great thing was to get the work carried on after it was started. That would be the real benefit to the county (applause).— The Chairman was fully in sympathy with, the movement, but thought it would be inadvisable to ask the County Council to do anything at present. They should look into the matter and get all the facts possible before they took the matter to the County Council. If they went now they would surely get their request rejected, and it would make it all the harder to get the consent later on. He was very much obliged to the ladies for coming there that day, but he would be glad if they would wait a little time before pressing the matter.— Mr. Pryse-Rice said that, the ladies were prepared to give them full information were they asked. If they were refused now they would be thoroughly disgusted and would never make such a splendid offer again.—The Rev. Fuller Mills wished to press tha matter to a vote. He proposed that they should let the matter, go to the Couny Council and let the responsibility of a refusal rest with them.— Mr. C. E. Morris proposed that the County Council be recommended to try the scheme for one year.— This was seconded by the Rey. A. Fuller Mills.— Mr. Dd. Evans was in favour of the scheme, but thought it should be left in abeyance for a time.— The Chan-man said that there was an important legal difficulty which they had overlooked. If they adopted this scheme just now they would have to rescind the appointment of the district medical officers, to whom they gave an honorarium of JS5 each.—It was ultimately decided to leave the matter in abeyance for three months.—During the reading of the reports of the medical officers of health for the Western Division of the county, it was revealed that, the death-rate from phthisis in England and Wales was 1.7. and that for the district it was 1.47. The consumption scourge cost the nation £10,500,000 annually.—The Rev. Puller Mills, in commenting on the fact, said that It had been proposed to erect a memorial to the late King in Cardiff. The best possible memorial to the memory of a man like their late Sovereign was a big Nat onal Sanatorium, by which the deaths from this dread scourge might he irreatiy reduced.—A comp aint was received that at UK? Mydritt) School the children had to sit at desks which were so badly const ructed that their legs were cramped up. The letter stated that this was "a very serious oversight on rhe part of those responsible as it led to deformity. This would have been foreseen had but a normal amount of com- mon-sense been exercised" (laughter).-»-The Chair- man said that in many schools the desks were so placed that the children had to face the sun. That was a very had thing for their eyes, and a moet irritating thing for the children themselves.—Dr. Denzil Harries, in a report which he had prepared on the reports of the various medical officers of health in the eastern part of the county, said that it evident that there was for further taucation tn matters relating to public health. It was difficult to believe for instance that the isolation inst le-tions of the medical officer of health at Llanelly had been carried Ollt, as o many deaths had occurred there from scarlet fever. The most disquiet ng nature of the returns was the excessive mortality among children. The deaths of children one year old and under averaged 20 per reltt. of the total number of registered deaths, and in one dis- trict over 30 per cent., excluding the deaths from congenital disease or <1phili1: at birth. One was hound to lielieve Iluit u large number of these deths are preventable, and it., came under the province of the Council to educate the working classes in the care of children. fn spite of the publicity given to the nature of Tuberculosis and the admirable educative and curative work carried on at Allty- tnviivdd. the rate of do iths from Consumption was 12 Ier nt. of thp total number of deaths, and 80 cent, of the number from infectious diseases. This is /I terribly signifienllt reeord amongst a class of dise-ises which science says are preventable. It wonhl be interesting to know whether successive cases had been observed in the same dwelling. This like all diseases of its class is nurtured where improper dwellings and overcrowding exist. The rigorous application of the existing laws of housing ought to be insisted upon and this with other mea- sures would gradually eliminate this deadly disease from our midst.— A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Dr. Harries for the trouble he had taken in the matter, and to the other doctors who had prepared reportf.— It was decided to enter the report in the minutes.—This was all the business of interest..

THE NETWORK OF CONSPIRACY I II-THE MOLLY MAGUIRES. The first Lodge of the Ancient- Order of Hiber- blanS in Amenca was founded in pw York in 1866 by permission of the Board of Erin. About 1354 they appear to have penetrated to Pennsylvania, where a terrible career of outrage was followed. Finally, in October, 1873, Mr. Gowen the District. Attorney of Schuylkill County appealed to the world-famous detective agency known as "Pinker- ton's" for assistance. He wrote:—"The coal regions are infested by a most desperate class of men. banded Together for the worst purpose,- called, by some, the Buckshots, by others the Molly Maguires,—and they are making sad havoc with the oountry. It IS a "pcret organisation, has its meet- ings in hidden and out-of-the-way places, and its members, I hay,) bt-en convinced ever since my residence in PoUsviHe and my connection with the criminal courts as District Attorney in the county of Schuylkill, are guilty of a majority of all the murders and other deeds of outrage which, for many years, have been committed in the. neighbourhood. 1 wish you to investigate this mysterious Order, find out its interior workings, expose its evil transac- tions, and see if the just laws of the State cannot again be made erfective in bringing criminals to justice. At present, whenever an assassination IS consummated, and. as a consequence, a trial is in- stituted, a. convenient alibi steps forward, and secures for the prisoner his freedom. Municipal Jaws are thus incapable of execution, sheriffs of counties are powerless, and The usual run of detec- tives are of as little value as the open, uniformed police of the different cities. All of these have been rested, and all have failed. Now, if you cannot disperse the murderous crew, or give us grounds upon which to base prosecutions, then I shall be- lieve that it never will be effected. "As far as we can learn, the society is of foreign birth, a nOXlOlB weed whIch has been trînsplanted frolll jb; native soil-that of Ireland-to the Lnited tatPs. some time within the last 20 years. It lived and prospered in the old country considerably earlier. Its supporters there were known a- Ribbonmen, the. White Boys. and sometimes as the Molly Maguires, but their modes of procedure were the same as now pursued in the coal regions. Men were then, as they are at this time, killed—-ome- times in broad daylight, sometimes at night, and InvarIably by SULtngers--pprs()ns at least unknown to chance spectators: and parties violently put but of the way. Suspected individuals would be appre- hended. but in the end nobody could be found able to identify the criminals. It was only after a pro- tracted struggle in Ireland that the proper evi- dence cünld be elicited to convict the tools doing- the bloody behests üf the society. I suppose it will not be easy to do tpis in Pennsylvania. The same minds, the same combinations, are to be encoun- tered here. The Mollies rule our people with a rod of iron. They do this and make no sign. The voice of the fraternity is unheard, but the work is performed. Even the political sentiments of the commonwealth are moulded 1 y them, and in their particular field they elect or defeat whomsoever they may please. They control, in a measure, the finances of 1 J¡ State. Their chiefs direct affairs this way and that, way without hindrance. Men with- out an iota of moral principle, they dictate the principles of otherwise honourable parties. In its ultimate results this complexion of affairs in Pennsylvania touches, to a considerable degree, the interests of the eitizons of the whole country. Wherever anthracite is employed is also felt the grip of this midnight, dark-lantern, muntlerous- minded fraternity. Wherever in the Lnited States iron is wrought, from Maine to Georgia, from ocean to ocean,—wherever hard coal is used for fuel, there the Molly Maguire leaves his slimy trail and wields with deadly affect his two powerful levers—secrecy, combination. "What we want, aud everybody wants, is to get within this apparently impenetrable ring: to turn to the light the hidden side of this dark and cruel I body, to probe to its core this festering sore upon the body politic, which is rapidly gnawing into the vitals and sapning the life of tho community. We want to work our mines in peace, to run our passenger and freight trams without fear of the sudden loss of life and property through the malicious act;- of the Molly Maguires; we want people to sleep unthreatened, unmolested in their beds, undisturbed by horrid ureams of midnight prowlers and cowardly assassins; we want the labouring men. of whatever creeds or nationalities, protected in tneir light to work to secure susten- ance for their wives ana little ones; unavved by out- side influences. We want i he miner to go forth cheerfully to the slope, to the shaft, for labour in the breast or in the gangway, wherever it may seem to him for the best, void of the fear in his heart when he parts Í1"01ll hi" wife at the cottage- gate in the morning, that it may be their last fare- well on earth, and by evening hi" bullet-riddled corpse may be taken back to his home, the only evidence that he has encountered I he murderer— the agent of those who would compel him to re- fuse all employment unless the regulations of the Order were complied with. The State cannot auuiri these things: she has i-ei>eatodIy tried, and tried in vain. You can do it." The great detective agency rose to the occasion and accomplished the task. About 70 Molly Maguires were brought to justice, and 11 were sentenced to death. Of the seventy, 12 were guilty of actual murder, 4 were accessory to it, 16 had conspired to murder, 8 had aided and abetted murder, one had assisted a. murderer's escape, six: were guilty of perjury, one of assault and battery, one of assault with intent to kill. The sentences ran up to a total of close upon 125 years. Of course this takes no account of the scoundrels who were warned and escaped. Crimes of revenge abounded—shootings, burnings, robbery, ill-usage, threatening letters, murders, and sinister disappear- ances of witnesses against the Mollies, no traces being left. The A.O.H., so far as we know, has j never disavowed or reprobated these deeds. 'Out of 6,COO Lodges in says Mr. Dewees, 'and a large organisation in Great Britain, not one word of repudiation of these hellish acts. except by part of Division 2 of Philadelphia. has been uttered.' Seven Roman Catholic priests. before the whole of the horrible story was known, denounced the A.O.H. They said: "The testimony of mem- bers, ex-members, public report, and our experi- ence compel us tobetieyp that the A.O.H. has all the vices of societies nommatiin condemned in Ire- land. Experience has proved that no faith is to be plilcrd in the most solemn promises or denials of the A.O.H. !t is certain that a fear, terror of punish- ment that may in secrecy be decreed in upper circles, compels members to execute commands given hv tne countersign, no matter how repugnant to the laws of God and man those commands may be. Men of notoriously infamous character (the constitution and by-laws to the contrary notwith- standing) have not only been admitted to member- ship, but elected to office, and actually.control the society in many places. Evidence sufficient to con- vince the most sceptical has come to light that works forbidden by the Commandment 'Thou shalt nor kill'. are traceable to tire O. H." This was confirmed by Pmkeiton s chici detec- tive in Court. "You say this constitution and by-laws is the written law" of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.' "Yes. sir. the Written law." "State whether tho constitution .s< ts forth the practice and unwritten law of the A.O.IL.' — It neither sets forth the practice nor the unwritten law, which is the main embodiment of the Order. "They are governed by the unwritten law. and that- is a tnere cover'' —es, sir. The witness identified the Board of Erin wi, h the higher degiee of the Order. (The account we have consulted makes the second question refer to the unwritten law. which is obviously ,nonsensical. The third question shows what was infant). There has been a schism, loth in America and in Ireland, in the A.O.Jri. The president of the larger sect'on in Ireland, which has captured the IT f.L is Joseph Devlin, M.P. The American body has. if the information of Monsignor Charles McC reedy be correct, been captured by the Clan- na-Gael (Irish World. Sept. 22. 1906). Till quite recently the Roman Church in Ireland placed the A.O.H. under a ban, which, we believe, still exists in Scotland. But about five years ago the R.C. Hierarchy of Ireland, meeting at May_ nooth. under Cardinal Logue took off the ban and the Order is now completely in the hands of tne priesthood. We believe this to be for the genera ood. The Order has behaved Itself pretty well for the last 30 vears: and the influence of the Roman elergv should tell against any recrudescence of criminal activity. But it is a question how they can harmonize their consciences in so acting witn the broad rule of Rome wh'ch inculcates loyalty to constituted authority in all places. It. is long since we read Li"-uo: and we cannot imagine how the contradiction is to be reconciled for the aim. of tne v O H are franklv separatist. I he Ameri- can." a paper which indulged in a bivst of un- pemlv langUH- on KIP" Edward's death, records 1 1908. a meetino: of the Annual ( on- vention of the Order at Tndianopohs The tollow- ing resolution was pa —l "We again our unswerving fidelity to the fundamental principles of our Oroer viz. :—The conipW'r independence of Ire- land. We are convinced that, nothing short of comnlete and absolute separation from England can ever hri-i r p^ce and prosperity to Ireland. Toe Devlin is quire of the same kidney. At a demonstration in County Donegal. about 18 -lo-o he said: "One of the arguments against Home Rule in England was that Ireland was disloval. ance!! "The Order will do with watching, as much aSCardinal To^'evidently th-nks so too but ap- rwnlv on social srrounds. suc.n as tempei A«5, «,~wjj.t aim.. Z £ c»n if His Eminence can, as we neuevt? IS will rest rain criminality He » of savin" at Carrickmore that tne state OJ tA irrctoT in that parish was the AO li. 1 he continued, whatever fTTey might be In other parishes, had in this parish and in some other parishes, become a pest, a cruel tyranny, and an organised system of blackguardism. It had been stated that in his Lenten Pastoral he had said hard things of the A.O.H. Then h was not quite cer- tain of the correctness of his information, but now he was certain that in the A.O.H. halls drinking and dancing till the small hours of the morning were carried on. Not alone this, but in Carrickmore and in some other parishes the members of th A.O.H. were not content with being Hibernians themselves, but endeavoured to compel others to join the Order by means of boycotting, threatening, interfering with persons buying and selling, and with tradesmen carrying on their trade, and still more by waylaying and beating persons who did not join, their Society. This state of things he could not tolerate, but would be obliged to take sterner measures: and if the remedy he was now about to apply did not bring these practices to an end, he would, in the discharge of his duties as Bishop, excommunicate the Hibernians throughout his diocese. Some time ago the rules of the Soeictv had K:en submitted to the Bishops of Ireland at ,their general meeting. There was nothiug in tho rules to which anyone (ould object. That, indeed, was one of the greatest dangers of the Society, because the members boasted that they were all good Catholics, and, said his Eminence, they boycotted, threatened, waylaid, and beat their neighbour for the honour of religion. The Bishops, however, had not given any approba- tion to the A.O.H but merely tolerated" the Society in order to see how~ it might turn out. It was feared that it might be nfrrFfy a revival of the old Ktbbonism or ''Molly Maguires, whose principal object had been waylaying and l>eating. His Eminence then concluded by saying that in future he would strictly forbid all priests to give Absolution to anyone who, by boycotting. by threatening, by waylayin" or by any other means should try to compel any person to join the society, rut. at the same time he exhorted parents to keep their children from joining

LLANSTEPHAN NOTES At. the request of a number of visitors we have pleasure this week in forwarding for publication a few notes of interest concerning a most interest- ing personalty in connection with their annual stay, as well as his photograph, in a brief conversation with Mr. David Morgan, or as he is now widely known. "Landlord y Geg-in Facti." It was with difficulty that any information was extracted, as his modesty and shyness are nearly equal to the length of his tongue-, and that is not very short. Born in 1829 at Dynevor Lodge, Llandilo, he is now in his eighty-first- year, and with all his faculties and limbs in good order, ,seems rtimble and active enough to vegetate until 1929 at, least. Until the ear 1901 his whole life was spent at Llandilo, where for fifty years he carried on business as a grocer, etc. In his youth, the martial spirit was strong upon him, and he was the first. bugler with the iNo. 1 Co. of the Llandilo Volunteers, under the com- mand of the late Earl Cawdor, and was for twelve years in the local armoury at Llandilo, having served under Captains Gulston, D. Pugh, M.P., Manoravon. and J. Phillips, Hafodneddyn, as well as Lieut. J. P. Lewis and N. Davies, Llandilo. lie was also a member of the Carmarthen Artillery for five years, under Col. Rice Trevor, of Dynevor Park. A man of such activities could only be ex- pected to continue in the ways of his youth, and after having passed the allotted span of three MR. DAVID MORGAN. I .-score and ien, courageously took unto himself a helpmate. During his long connection with Llan- dilo, he was one of its most respected inhabitants, and his record there still follows him in the adopted home or, hi latter days.. When opportunities pre- sented themselves his favourite hobby was fishing in the famous Towy waters, and he would not be afraid of attempting to catch a whale if he saw one. True to the repute of a fisherman, he can also tell a good yarn, and a little truth among a very great deal of "terminological inexactitudes." His present hobby is the care and management, of the local favourite spot, "The Sticks," and his self- denying labours in past years have been suitably rewarded by numerous contingents of visitors, by the presentation of silver-mounted pipes and flagrant weed, and lastly by a splendid ebony silver-mounted walking sticq, which may be seen proudly held in the "landlord's" hands. In winter he smokes little, but in summer he smokes much, and jealous people say that lie gets it all as gifts. His faithful animal friend, "Korah," is his constant companion, and has enough intelligence for almost all things except talk; a defect winch is well made up by her master. On Saturday afternoon last, an accident, which might have serious consequences, happened to the Dandie Dinmont" jaunting car, which was hired by some visitors for a drive around Llanybri and district. On the return journey one of the wheels suddenly got disestablished and the iron band rolled downwards apart from the sticks, and the occu- pants were let down the side gently. Fortunately the pony was exceedingly considerate for the occu- pallt's and condescended to be led by the nose all the mileage home. The car has now been replaced by a new one. A local tradesman last week na, greatly annoyed by the appearance of a strange business vehicle, lm-kii-iiig the signal "'SalBert." Ruminating upon the brisk business done in this particular commodity he growled audibly: "SalBert indeed, he is more likely to be SalSalw." The pressing question of Protection at, home will soon make itself felt. "ikev" and "Joe" are on the point of once more establishing their operi all- caravansary for the nublic convenience and their own benefit. Local business men complain bitterly of this Free Trade brought to their very doors and clamour loudly for Protection against the foreigner. Strange to say, some of these local Protectionists and would-be tariff imposers are the blindest ad- herents of the doctrine of political free trade, it resolves itself into the' simple question, Which is right? Both Free Trades cannot be wrong; both Protections cannot be wrong; if not, why not? The rent audit of the Plas Estate was held at the nion Hall Hotel on Friday, 8th inst. The re- spected agent, Mr. W. V. Howell Thomas, of the firm of Messrs. J. Howell Thomas and Son, Car- marthen, was present, and accompanied by his veteran chief clerk, Mr. J. Thomas, transacted the nsual business. Being the midst of the hay harvest the attendance of tenants was meagre, but those who were present had the pleasure of a delightful dinner of the season's delicacies provided in their usual good style by Host and Hostess Rees. Now that the actual holiday season is close at, hand, almost every locality has arranged its summer event. Surrounding this district various events are announced at different dates in August—Ferryside has revived its regatta; uaugharno holds its annual: Bankvfelin, Abergwili, etc., have also bid for a share of popular attention—even Llangain, a truly rural" parish, could provide a whole day's attraction: white Llanstephan, with all its natural charms, and its populous August time, contains not sufficient public-spirited persons to organise the least amuse- nient, either for attracting more visitors, or for the edification of those who already make the place their annual holiday. Llanybri and Llangunnock provide weddings one week after the other, but such interesting functions seem to have gone quite out of vogue in this corner. If the opening of new business establishments is any criterion of prosperity, then the village is cer- tainly in the midst of a great boom in trade. Representatives of the chosen race are already pretty frequent. Several new stores have been recently opened, and supplies of fish, flesh and fowl are daily brought to the door; while the vegetarian should find the place a perfect paradise among the plenteous supplies of tomatoes, cucumber, banana, and the ordinary garden produce, the larder need never be empty so long as the "oof" is available, for a representative from a distant star is always ready to provide for cash, but when that is not always handy a resource to the home firm for old «core is the only alternative. With all the competi- tion from within and without, the inhabitants ought to thrive well.

A NEW MEDICAL DISCOVERY A chemist who was. convinced that the old method of taking internal remedies to cure skin diseases was erroneous, has discovered thai an extract from a particular part of a well-known tree possessed antiseptic and curative properties on the skin tissues. He found, however, that this valuable vegetable ex- tract was difficult to compound with other ingredi- ents necessary to present it in a form convenient to use. After further investigations and experi- ments a method of special treatment was devised, resulting in a combination of ingredients possessing to a marked degree valuable therapeutic properties, the like of which has never before been produced. This important product is known as Cadum. Since its introduction Cadum lias cured many cases of chronic eczema and other unsightly, irritating, and distressing skin diseases, and this after other treat- ments have failed. Caduto stops the terrible itch- ing of eczema at once, and begins the healing pro- cess with the first application. Its action is still more remarkable in less serioUs skin troubles, such as hives, tetter, pimples, blotches, itch. acne, herpes. sca'y skin, psoriasis, cliafines, scabs, etc. Many of the results effected by Cadum may h" truly called remarkable. It destroys disease-producing perms, allays inflammation, and is soothine and healing to the skin. All chemists sell it at 7Ad. and a box.

LLANDOVERY ODOFKI.LOWSHIP.—At a specially summoned meet- ing of the Oddfellows of the Loyal Victorian Lodge, held at the Black Ox Hotel on Saturday evening. Councillor Richard Thomas. Mafeking Villa, was unanimously elected treasurer, in the room of Mr. W. Lloyd, resigned through ill-health. At the same meeting Mr. Wyndham Price. Brecon Villa, was unitnimott.sly elected trustee of the lodge.

A DAY AT PFNDINE WITH ST. PETER'S CHOIR (CARMARTHEN). Let's take a real holiday; you. sir. with the 20-horse power motor car, or you poor toiler who has not the price of a train-fare to the seaside. You do not need the dictionary to tell you that a holiday means an occasion of joy and gaiety, a day of exemption from care and labour, cheerful and joyous. How often have you had one since you were a boy? Your motor car will not guarantee II. neither will your climb over the Alps, nor your daily promenades on the sea front—unless \nu have retained your boy's capacity to enjoy the hest, or the worst that comes. Then join the boys; take a day in the country. Bring out, the old-fashioned cricketing flannels and never mind the nervous scruples of middle age. Put them on and be a boy again, for here is a real holiday, a day of exemption from care and labour. There are no expensive hotel bills to pay, no waiters and lift boys to pacify, no prickings of the business conscience. So I apostrophize brother toilers in ireneral at breakfast on this slWCrb July morning as I shake my head at the third egg with regret for a capacity that the years have left behind. Listen to those boys shouting and chattering up the street as they crowd up into the char-a-banc which waits outside the dmrch! Why should w not join them After all we are only old ".boys." Let me tell you that. there is such a thing as literally growing young. Come with us and you shall see. St. Peter's clock, immediately overhead, chimes 8.3C on this glorious morning and all are aboard, so let her go. Through King-street and the rest of the town a leisurely pace, until down Monument Hit! and out into the country road the car begins to hum. Ii. is a motor one of tite" Great Western Railway stock, and it must look a very monster of clumsiness, but in the hands of our skil- ful driver and conductor it is a mere perambulator. hard grey roadway is clean-washed by the recent rains. Oùt here the world has boon awake for hours busy with the mating of hay. No wine can equal this morning air, and surely the sun never deserved worship more than it does to-day. St. Clears is left behind and here is TJanddowror with the devout memories of old (iriffitn Jones Still clinging to it. Follows a long gentle climb up the "Roses" with the woods and fields brilliant, green and gold all around: then a sharp turn to the left, and here is the old Eglwyscymmin Church, famous among ant iquaries. A call at the rectory door brings out the rector, the Rev. W. Jones, delighted to take us through the church. The ogham stone which lies there in n specially made casket of old oak is celebrated. It. has the un- usual distinction of bearing a Latin trnslation of its ogham characters, and it is said that this fact supplied antiquaries with a key to the reading of ogham inscriptions an over the country. On the walls of the church there are old frescoes and a. copy of a famous picture of Margaret of Scotland. Many other objects of interest here cause so long a stay that a punning member of the party who is waiting outside in the car frivolously observes that they are a long time "coming from Eglwys- cymmin." o wonder the car started. Five minutes run and the panorama of Carmar- then Bay lies at our feet. On the right Tenby houses look near enough to jump into; Caldey, placid and beautiful—especially to those who know it— seems within hailing distance. On Worms Head you can see the spray flying and behind it the Glamorgan coast, while away in the middle distance is Lundy Island, almost as distinct as the Steep Holms can be seen from Cardiff Docks I The almost fearful descent from here is nothing to our driver, and presently we a reM feh- planted before the door of Avola House, where Mr. Morgan, the host, has something very good to eat upstairs. But it is only 11 o'clock and the wonderful beach of Pendine is calling. Travellers say there is nothing on either side of the English Channel to excel it. Dozens of motor cars may race together on these miles of flat firm sands, and in the splendid cliffs are caves that, provide weeks of enchantment for the children, ;0 say nothing of the bird and plant life for the "grown ups," and the splendid climbs. The dozens of rock pools are full of shrimps" ancf fine prawns, and when the green breakers come back again, as they will presently, what. glorious bathing! Several times Pendine has been threatened with a railway. We, at, any rate, who love i1 as we do. will pray that its secluded charms may never be violated by the crowd. But. come; after all, these delights liiust rank second to the seductions of roast lamb. piled-up dishes of green peas and red-currant pie. These and many other good things are awaiting us in plenty. Let us see who are the merry company, men, women and boys with not a weak appetite or an anxious face among them. There are the the Rev. D. T. Alban (the father of the flock, who is taking such good care of us all), Air. Harold Malkin, F.R.C.O. (the popular organist and choirmaster). Mr. Walter Spurrell, Mr. J. B. Arthur. Mr. H. Reeves, Mr. D. J. Davies, Mr. F. Brigstocke, Mr. W. T. Rogers, Mr. Maurice Rogers. Mr. W. M. James, Mr. Harry Lewis, Mr. W Negus, Mr. Lewis Giles, Miss A. M. Buckley, Mrs. D. Compton Gri- ffiths, Mrs. Watkins (nee Miss Adela Bona). Miss Cassie Phillips, Miss Georgina Rogers, Miss M. Arthur: boys, Willie Jones, D. E. Morris. Dan T.ewis, Ernie Davies, Harold Lloyd, Westaway, Noel Wright, S. Wright, E. Negus. Jack Davies, S. Richards, P. M. Lewis, Hughe Jones, and Harry Phillips. Those who love old St. Peter's Church and its choir, and there are many of them scattered over the face of land and water, what, would ihev give to look in on this delightful gathering? Would they like to join us in the music which followed the clearing of the tables, or take a hand in; the strenuous cricket of the afternoon, and help to demolish the substantial tea which closed the happy exploits on beach and cliff? Let them be assured that though not present they were not forgotten, such as Mr. Wesley-Martin, Dr. Silver, and Mr. Ellingford. old organists; the Bishop of Swansea, the Rev. D. J. Evans (now vicar of Cardigan), Rev. D. T. Griffiths (vicar of Llantrissant), Mr. J. S. Parry (now editor of the "Llan" at Lampeter), Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Tyler, Mr. Merlin Davies (now professor of singing at McGill University. Montreal), and many more old boys and a few girls who have gone other ways. But it. is a long journey home and start we must, a way through the sandy plain, past exquisite Llan- miloe mansion, up and down over the hills, through the warm hay-scented air to Laugharne, whose old- work! atmosphere detains us for nearly an hoar to stroll over the cliff and view the interesting old church with the kind help of the vicar, the K< v. J. Thomas. Afterwards, less than an hour's run brings us oack to old St. Peter's Church, with half an hour to spare before 10 o'clock, tired yet refreshed, and y. I tonv. Say, has not this been a real holiday?

BRYNAMMAN NOTES (BY PARK LAM-) Open hostility has at last taken place between the Brvii'imman League, of Young Liberals and the Brynaniman I.L.P. The former party, last, Satur- day. at out Public Hall, had Mr. W. R. Phillips, B.A.. B.D. (Oxford), to address them on "tne New Liberalism." In the crowded meeting that resulted wi re the inevitable Socialists, who, at question-time, made themselves very much in evidence,—so much so, in fact, that the meeting terminated in some- thing very much liAe disorder. The I.L.P.'s de- that the victory was theirs, and that the dis- order was caused by the (alleged) very personal attacks made on the leading Socialists by the speak. The Young Liberal T'arty just as strenu- ously assert that the victory had been won by them, and that the row arose because the Socialists were 'udable to endure the scathing denunciation of Socialism made by Mr. Phillips. The writer will not express an opinion on the matter. Indeed, it is almost unsafe to do FO Mr. J. Lloyd Thomas, son of the Rev. W. D. Thomas (Gibea), has secured the degree of B.A.. with honours in History. He was a student of the Cardiff University College. Mr. D. James Davies, son of the Rev. L. Rhystyd Davies (Mor ah), also fiecured the B.A. degree, winning honours in Greek. Mf- Davies was a student of Aberystwyth University College. The above gentlemen, through a characteristic modest y. refused to allow their photos to appear with this note. -x- Our Territorial Silver Band will, it is feared, he unable to compete at either of the forthcoming pis- teddfods of Carmarthen, Llanelly, and Swansea. The new regulations compel every member of the Terri- torial Army to put in a 15 camping course. Consequently the band-members will be undergoing their military training at Aberystwyth during, the eisteddfods. Owing to the unfair manner in which enh are distributed on the various public bodies in the Llandilo-fawr Union, some of the most prominent, gentlemen in the district took the matter u, with the result that a strong committee was formed to secure better representation for the ind'.if-tria) parishes of the Union. This committee held its first meetinr at the Ammanford Council Schools on July th. 1910. Colonel Morris (Rettv-) VT- unanimously elected as chairman, and Mr. Jonathan Jones (Brynanunan) as secretary to the committee. After carefully dealing with the numerous grIev- ances, it wa." resoived to adjourn the meeting, so as to give an opportunity to the representatives to place the whole matter before the ratepayers, with a view of making a united appeal to the authorities, so that a fairer representation may be secured on the various Boards in the Union, including the Car- marthenshire County Council. Last. Wednesday week, at the early age of 74, the death took place of Mrs. Maggie'Mary James the beloved wife of Mr. Tom James, Llandiio-road. Brynaniman. Deceased, who leaver no children was a victim to that dread disease consumption. Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved husband and relatives. vlr'i • T<m ^Vllu'ni £ ("Brynwith"), Brynaniman, with his fine mixed choir, has again been victorious capturing the nrst prize (chair and £10) at. the Liawdebie Eisteddfod last Saturday. Well" don i Tom! At the same Eisteddfod, "Gw-ydderig" added li alrefK'-v innumerable prizes by winning half rhr» u^t prize offered for the best 'englyn." •5J- ° Ch^Mn\em7berS a'ld 00"«T('!ration of St. CatherineV' when thev + 8 'IT', ';nj0,Val>le outinS ]ast Saturday. W^-lcl- ^nd T°. r't brak°S roUnd When one afnd+,Lla!.ldl1,0 the Black Mountains. hen one of the brakes, which was very much -e of th"ho"J f TT mrt °l -e of the hoi~es fell down, causing the drawino- t»o e to snap. Happily, harm was averted, thou-h h.ut the incident taken place elsewhere on the roine a serious accident might result.

LAUGHARNE NOTES It has been decided to hold the re-etta on Wed ncsday, August 3rd. ,eiU :\1r. \Y. tower;; Smith is president this year, ¿¡Ill 1 he wil1 be supported by tllc vice-president, Mr. A. David, The oisc, aiid a strong working committee. Vr -Mi-. G. Kendal Wright of (\ it acting lion. sec. G°Sp°rt Ho»^- >* A fair field, and no favour and no -iiv," t 1-nze money. We shall then ;l!1 hat 'r't -x- +.c Ea ['h for m: tn. llOI)! it will ¡,rCl\"(' tbt' rule-that third tlIl! pays for aIL "'ere you all ypry good last week and reČld \-Our padiam{'utary reports Wltfl smne care' and thnl:rht- fulnef;s: -if If so. you spotted It is infecnou. aftel' aH. -i+ -it Jik,' for a rad. The Ko-Ko-Itch I mean. HoL;i:sc:kRowntro0 cii^'k youean well un^VeT'ikS" iu hi* David Lloyd George to^u'i r ^nd Mr. tivt^ duties. take off the protpc- This was too much f°r^.°W.BottomIey and ho with a blizzard? te box llke a iiurncane .stuffed "t climbed to your milhons y°U have Uo: 110! Horatio, it Was reel)- smartio. writpoTTtS out that doesn't put up the JadL for tlle ootoa ^es and their workpeople. sa^r^ev^JrcT'r ^'ernment. "May our sELla rips ne\-er grow less." -K- 1 this ii^e lo eaJJ the attention of of this column to the powerful articU ?! reatier. ot tins country r article on Germany and U.cj N which !nn! TUS efI>ert- Admiral Maha,, inst.. and re-printed on thp. 6th il1st. *»<■" You, }Ir Editor, would h0 doing a sernœ tD ob- tain permission to publish it vf'rbatim in yom' ""I" <* ck~p aJvS are treading. !r,rr the plunder of the Armv and NWTh mg up permanent security -md L 1 c V* U1V" ■st.res of the moment. J fle°c!°m for th* P1" .¡:- ciha.ll we be to sit Still. sincerity we cannot afford ro sit still.. Policy, diplomacy, call jt what you will, ar"'S arid wo° '^le the nation without it" Who was it that put their foot in it 011 tllf" '_hlf last atul'day: Pendine is now ready for its visUo, Tlu?,. 18 ♦ xeoHent wade-net fishing^,nd prawning to to had .J(- Mr. Morse will run the 11 o'clock brake through lor any party desiring to go. Our cricket team played a match with th-- ,>? ¿round. 7é !.lgharn;j't;rhj' 'Vl,° "bib for fi, been a member t_f our -1.1b. for fhe years,, captained the St. Clears' cre»- He has been hitherto 11l0S fortunate in his n, being a T™d and taken of the points, so »«ing a good sport lie won't grudsre us on tl,i« occasion our splendid victory. The fielding of the homesters was tin-ton and rr He"1 !\fr0at 'easu,e for the score «-, briniaVStciT bat* »»' .Mr Jack Thomas, The Vicarage, gave us ,.(liro r-ud ft Was the fttsfest sooring' and i-.udtst hiding I have ever seen. When it is re n.embercd tliat countiy pitches are not exactly Evan Isaac was paternal personified. He was suffering with a twisted knee, and of course ha a substitute to run for him. He played a W inn mgs. tiis 42 equalling the St. Clears' total S,ort,S:_St. Clears: G. Carver, hit wicket 1- A n Lewis run out, 7: T. Lloyd, c R. Williams, b j" Ihonjas, 1; J. Morgan, b E. Isaac, 0; McDowall TU\ VT\v; I' ST"' c W- *<- Thomas.Tx Tho.uas, 9; W. C. Thomas, c M. Williams, b J. Uiomas 2; Dr. I'lulhps, st. Slade, b J. Thomas. 0; J. H. Bowden, b Isaac, 8; J. C. Lewis, not out. 4. it. c and b J. Thomas. 4; extras, 2: total, 42-Lallghrne: C. Slnde. b Brown, 20; F. Wardle' I; (' Thomas, i; J. Thomas, b Brown. 66: B. Tucker, lbw Dr. Phillips, 10: E. Isaac, c Llovd b Lewis. 42: F. A. Thomas, b Brow-i). 3; M. Wil- hums, b Brown, 3: R. Williams, b Lewis, 4- W TJ. Thomas, Ibw Browr|, 0: A. Childs. b Lewis 1: O. Roberts, not out, 2: extras, 12; total, 164.

LLANSAWEL rInZLUS1-,n'~M^T D. H. Price, Hn1£way Hous., rInZLUS1-,n'~M^T °' H' PrIce> Halfway House, Taley, writes :In your issue of the 8th inat under tT,e heauinsr 'Llansawel Petty Sessi^ lertOed Alleged Assault,' my name is brought for- \J; ri1: as having been brouarht before the Bench. «Seif rfs;vn,d h,s mieTed ™ oonS-wSi: sr, 7«r L u! upon mv character, which r 11HS wdhout anv imputation of eMl of mv un friends, and your reporter should have the tr".e, facts before sending such a little difficultysettled amttbly Sfh^aid'ol Pr.nned by "The Journal" Co., Ltd., King Str»«». Carmarthen.