The Weekly News and Visitors' Chronicle for Colwyn Bay Colwyn Llandrillo Conway Deganwy and Neighbourhood

Open Letter. To Dr. R. A. Prichard, C.C., Conway. Honoured Sir,-Allow me to congratulate you most heartily and unreservedly on your recent victory in the County Coun- cil contest. Not that I am necessarily with you or against you from a political standpoint. That has nothing to do with it. I am pleased with your success because you are first and foremost a man after my own heart. Any man, of what- ever colour, creed or politics, who is kind to the poor, has an admiring and eternal friend in "Searchlight." There is no doubt about it. sir, you are the best friend that the poor of Conway have ever had; and charity covers a train-load of politics, in which I am a free lance as far as this paper is concerned. By the way, what do you think of the Weekly News," Doctor. Ripping penn'orth, isn't it ? You ought to prescribe it instead of pills to your clients. Well, you and your friends, and their name is legion, must be proud of the fact that you have been able to retain your seat on the County Council from its inception, eighteen years ago. Your position is unassailable. What the late lamented Alderman Hugh Hughes could not do by way of ousting you from your impregnable heights of safe-seatism, no one else in Conway can ever hope to accomplish. Poor Mr Hughes. how he is missed in the different spheres that he turned in. Such splendid types of manhood are not often met with. A type of noble character was he- Faithful, upright, manly to the corc His deeds shall live for ever, though he be To us a helpmate never. never more. From observations made, I have come to the conclusion, rightly or wrongly, that your modus operandi in medically attending the indigent poor of Conway is to give them as much physic and nourishing foods as will do them good absolutely free of charge, which is another way of saying that you are the good Samaritan, par excellence, within the meaning of the act-which act cannot be found on the Statute Book of Great and Glorious Britain. Most of our Acts are more conducive to a life not worth living than to alleviate the sufferings of downtrodden humanity. Some people say that what you give to the poor gratuitously you take out of the pockets of the upper ten in an indirect way. If that is so, then I bless you still more with uplifted hands and eyes looking towards Heaven. A dyiveded yr holl bobl- oedd "Amen." Of course, I don't wonder at you being talented, Doctor. Not a bit of it. You come from Criccleth, the wonderful little village that has given to Wales and the world that mighty atom, LLOYD-GEORGE I don't know whether you played together at school or not, but if you did, and you cheated him at playing marbles, the Hon. David must have given you socks. Ta-ta for the present. Keep on with your philanthropic work, and you will have the inrstimable blessings of SEARCHLIGHT.

Miss Fay M'Laren, of Bodnant TO WED SIR HENRY NORMAN. It is announced that a marriage has been ar- ranged, and will shortly itake place, between Sir Henry Norman, M.P. for Wolverhampton South, and PIIiscilla (F.ay) IM'Llaren, younger daughter of Sir Charles M'Laren, Bart., M.P., and Lady M'Laren, of 43, Belgrave-square, and Bodnant, North Wales. Sir Henry Norman, who has represented South Wolverhampton in the Liberal interest since 1900, wa,s born at Leicester in 1858, but wa,s educated in France and at Harvard Uni- versity (U.S.A.). He has travelled in many lands, and written, many b,o,ok.s-all interesting -about hiis experiences, though there are per- sons who have lived longer than he has in the Far East, and. who do not think that he knows as much about all the subjects he describes as the general public is satisfied to believe. His fianicee is the daughter of a Scotsman, but Sir Charles M'Laren'.s vast interests are principally in Wales, Ladv M'Laren being the daughter of the late Mr. Henry Pochin, M.P., of Bodnant, Denbighshire. At the present mo- menit Sir Charles's name is principally before the public as a stalwart champion of women's suffrage, but whether bie has, vicariously, won o.ve.r his prospective son-in-law to the cause is not stated. He is eight years older than Sir Henry, with whom he shares similar tastes in the matter of motoring and photography.

BE LIBERAL. The up-to-date housewife is liberal with cur- rants -and rises them in her every-day menu, being fully aware that this fruit possesses nutri- tive properties faT above the average. She con- stantly provides for luncheon, dinner, and sup. per, dainty dtishe.s generously enriched with currants, and1 her tea-table is regularly supplied with thgt familiar luxury—currant bread, which, when thinly cut and lightly buttered, is the most wholesome of foods.

The Late Mr. Samuel Smith's Estate. .Details have already been given of the chari- table bequests—amounting to over ^70,000—of the late Mr. Samuel Smith, for seventeen years well known as M.P. for Flintshire. The gross value of the estate has now been sworn at £ II I, I07, of which (107,966 is net personality. To servants and employees he beqUielaithed £5°° and a life annuity .of £50 to his house- keeper, Mrs. Margaret Currde. £25° and a life annuity of C50 to his servant, Christina Spittal. Z250 to William Lewis, book-keeper with his firm. Z500 to Edwin Smith, for many years his friend and office assistant in Liverpool. £ 2,000 to his secretary, Samuel P. Kerr. £ 2^0 to his former secretary, Samuel James Capper. A life annuity of Cioo to his old (secretary, James C. Reddish. To his nurse, Elizabeth Campbell. £50 and a life annuity of 650- To EUen Owen, nurse to his late son, a life annuity of £5°' Z200 to Andrew Collins, his gardener at Orchill. £ ioo to. his coachman, Thomas Barnett. £ 100 each 'to his old election agents, John Morgan, of Mold, and Pedro Mostyn Williams, of Rhyl. £5° each to his gamekeeper, his .cook, and his waitress. To persons associated with him in public and philanthrophic work he made the following be- quests Zi,ooo to Mr. William Jones, M.P. for Car- narvonshire. £ 1,000 to the Rev. F. B. 'Meyer, of Christ Church, Westminster. ^500 to Mr. Edward Boreland, of Liverpool, agent of the United Kingdom Alliance. ^500 to the Rev. Jamies Fraser, Presbyteriafn minister, of Birkenhead. £5°0 to Mrs. Masson, of the Duchess School, Bailiff Gate, Alnwick. ,6500 to the Rev. James Mougach Wilkie. £ 250 to Dr. Irvine, of Muthill, Perthshire. ;C500 to the Rev. J. Farmham Messenger, of Newton Moor Vicarage, Hyde. Z250 to Mrs. Louisa Birt, of the Home for Destitute Children, Liverpool. Zioo to the Rev. John Burns, of the Trinity Presbyterian Church, Liverpool. ^100 -to the Rev. J. M. Rose, late of the United Free Church, Braco. Zioo to the Rev. Thomas Blackwood, of Greeniloaniinig, Perthshire. Zioo to Dr. Porter, of Blachford, Perthshire. As already stated, the residue of Mr. Smith's estate is divided into, ten parts, three of which are left to a large number of Liverpool Hospi- tals and -other charities, five to institutions of a religious .and missionary character, one-tenth to temperance organisatiomis. and the remain- iinig tenth to the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of England:. The total amount of the residuary estate thus disposed of appears to be about £ 40,000.

The Garden. While many operations in the gardten are al- lowed to become over-dule, there is always a peculiar desire to prune roses prematurely. Far more are injured by this ,tha,n by deferred op- erations, now that most roslesar.e putting out many young shoots. These are thought to indi- cate a forward state that must not be interfered with, or harm may follow, but the injury is most liable to occur by allowing these shoots to remain and go on. Many of them are checked by the rough weather 'experienced in March, and, although they would grow and produce blooms pretty early, the flowers would be of a very inferior description. The finest roises are never produced from such, and it is the shoots tha,t are 'cut severely back in pruning at mid- March and the end of the month that invariably give the superior blooms. Cutting shoots off bearing young leaves is quite harmless. In pruning late and cutting back to the dormant buds, these do not produce growth till well in April, and then they meet with weather con- ditions that encourage free, clean, and robust development. It is only incolllnelotion with this that the most perfect roses are secured. All the beist cultivators have proved it. Few prune all their roses all at once. The rule is to prune part of the plants at the middle of iMarch, and the remainder at the end or early rm April. The objiect of this is to secure a suc- cession of flowers. The first pruned bloom first and are followed by the others. In pruning cut all dead wood out. Remove the little twiggy shoots. They ,are of no use excepting to. pro- duce leaves to crowd and injure the more robust growths. Cut 'all the last year's shoots back to two buds from their base. If plants have grown out of form and are lop-sided, reduce them into an attractive shape. No plant bears cutting better than the rose, and no. matter how much they are converted into shape, they will remain amiable. Tea roses should not be pruned so hard in. The better way with them i.s to cut out the twigs altogether, and only shorten the Strang ones half or three parts of their length, but keep all compact and well formed'. UNPRUNED ROSES. Bushes of a rambling nature should never be cut hard in. All of this character produce flow- ers in clusters. Thene, is no reason in desiring to get them to produce large, flowers. Indieed, they are incapable of it, and their beauty and attractions are found in their great expansion and the innumerable little blooms they pro- duce. In dealing with these remove all dead wood and superfluous matter, but allow plenty of the previous year's shoots to remain long, as It is these that produce a cluster of flowers at every bud. Rambling roses have a delightful habit of assuming a natural-like form. This should, be encouraged by allowing theim to have much of their own way, and carefully .avoiding all attempts at trimming them into shape. As a rule, this ends' in disfigurement. MANURING ROSES. However imiuch manure is given to roise bushes each spring, very little, of it remains at ths start of the succeeding season. They all require manure every year, and will never make satis- factory progress without it. Light straw manure is worthless for rose growing. 11 Short horse or stablemalnlure is .acceptable, but is best when mixed! half and half with .pig manure. Cow manure is' excellent for roses. Cow manure is not recommended unless mixed with some of the others. A good1 layer of whichever is avail- able gh,o(uld, be put round the stems and on the vacant ground between the plants, and forked several inches below the surface. Do this as soon as pruning is finished, and they will be night for the season. BOllle manure is the best I of all artificials to give to roses. Two or three handfuls may be forked round each plant. Sub- stantial growth and fine flowers result. YOUNG TOMATO PLANTS. Too much attention cannot be given to these, as the whole season's supply is depending on them. They will be got up for various positdonis both under glass and in the open aiir, 'and robust plants are most desirable for all purposes.. See that each one is potted1 singly into a small pot before it is drawn up in a crowd in the seed group. They soon ascend, and may become spindly, which is a very bad form to start with, ibut once in small pots all will be well. Drain each pot. Use a soil consisting of quite three parts loam, and the; remainder of half de.cayed horse-ox cow manure. Too much of this pro- duces a soft, undlesirable ..stamp of growth. Make ,the sail very firm about the roots. After potting place in a house or frame with a comfortable atmosphere, and! when they begin to grow again —which they soon will—keep them fully in the light, and give a Igooddleal of fresh air.

Penrhynside Lincensee Fined. CUSTOMER DRUNK IN THE GARDEN. SINGULAR PUBLIC-HOUSE CASE. At the Llandudno Police Court on Monday, a labourer named Robert Owen, living at Penrhyn- side, a village 'near the Little Orme's Head, was summoned for having been drunk on the pre- mises of the Penrhyn Arms, at Penxbynsidie. Mr J. Marks prosleoutled for the police, and Mr R S. Chamberlain represented the licensee of the Penrhyn Arms, Alfred Cook. Owen pleaded guilty, but when questioned by Mr Chamberlain stated that he only admitted having been drunk in the garden in the inn, and not int the hotel. He was fined 2s. 6d. and costs. Alfred! Cook was then charged with permit- ting drunkennesis. Mr Marks said that on February 16th Owen was on the premises .of the Penrhyn, Arms, from about ,eight o'clock in the eveninig until close upon ten o'clock. He was then seen in the corridor of the house by Constable Williams. Subsequently he was founds in the garden on the ground too drunk to rise. The officer found in his pocket a pint bottle of beer, which had been served to him by Cook just before closing time at ten ddock. Evidence was given by itwo, men who were at the Penrhyn Arms between, the hours of 8.30 and ten, and who saw Owen there also by Police- CODistable Richard Williams, the village officer, who .stated, that before he saw Owen in the pas- sage of the inn be saw .another man come out who, was heavily in drink. Another man whom he saw in the passage at five minutes to ten was also heavily in drink. When ten o'clock came a gang of miein left the public-bouse, and there was singing all over the village. Mr Marks A male voice choir. (Laughter.) Mr Chamberlain cross-examined the constable as to the two other men, and inquired how it was that ithey, too, had not been summoned. The constable replield that he had reported what he saw to his superiors, and it was not for him to decide who should be proceeded agaiinist. Mr Chamberlain I should have thought that heavily in drink meant beastly drunk. The Chairman (Mr Kneeshaw) The idea seems to be that if you walk home quietly you are all right. Thomas Williams, ,the landlord of the Cross Keys, the only other public-house at Penrhyn- side, deposed Ijhat Robert Owen was in his house at 6.30 p.m., that be had two' glaSlslels. of beer there, and that he was not served again in that house. THE DEFENCE. Mr Chamberlain, for the defence, called his client, who stated that Owen went out at about twenty minutes to tent o'clock, and was then all right. He could not account for how the man came subsequently to be in the garden,. A customer named Tom Harris said that he left the Penrhyn Arms with Owen at twenty minutes to ten. Mr Marks, however, elicited the fact that the witness left Owen not far from the inn and the possibility that the man might have returned before Police Constable Williams saw him in the passage. The Bench convicted the licensee, and fined him J,2 and costs, d'ncluding an advocate's fee. COUNTY COUCIL CHARGED WITH UNFAIRNESS. Mr Chamberlain protested against the Court allowing a fee for the advocate. He said he did not object to the Carnarvonshire Council spend- ing his and other people's rates in advocate's fees, provideditbey would be just. The other day there was the case of the Neville Hotel, where the landlord was defending sobriety and enforc- ing laws against intemperance, but he was actu- ally told that the county did not look after him. The county- would spend the ratepayers' money iin prosecuting a publican, but it would not help the publican if he turned1 a drunken man out of the house and was assaulted in consequence. The county left him to' employ his own solicitor. M.r Marks, while holding that Mr Chamber- lain's point had nothing to do with that case, agreed thai the publican ought to have the bene- fit of the public advo,cate in such cases as that Mr Chamberlain had described. The Chairman said he quite understood Mr Chamberlain's point, but did not either endorse it or otherwise.

Cantrell and Cochrane's Aerated Waters. Messrs. Cantrell & Cochrane, Limited, of Dublin, Belfast, London and Glasgow, are ad. mittedly ;the leading manufacturers of 'mineral waters, and we are pleased to find that Mr. Cihas. F. Davie, of Colwyn Bay, who represents the firm in London, continues to achieve splen- did successes. Mr. Davie has succeeded, in se- curing for his firm an appointment as purveyors of mineral waters to the House of Lords, where Cantrell & Gochrane's goods are on .sale for the use .of the Peers. Mr. Davie has also succeeded in getting his firm's dry Imperial ginger ale on at all the haIls and dining rooms (exclusively) in the Royal Courts of Justice and at the Inns of Courtis. We notice that Messrs. Cantrell & Cochrane have j'ust brought out a new beverage, called "Tana," dlescrihed as a unique tonic water .of remarkable health value, which iis com- mamding a large sal,e in London.

The Living of Llanrhos. PROPOSED REARRANGEMENT. Since the resignation of the Rev. Francis G. Jones, Vicar of Llanrhos, Llandudno, was an- nonnoedi, the question, has been considered (writes a correspondent) as to whether this is not a convenient opportunity for a division of the parish and readjustment of the irregular boundary between it,and the adjoining parish of Llandudno. It has been decided however, to let thait matter remain in abeyance for the present, though the desirability of the division and rearrangement is admitted by all parties. At present there are practically two distinct communities in the one parish, those of Deganwy and Craigydon, Llandudno, and it is felt that the church at each of (these .pl,aces would be aided if each could be entrusted to' its own clergyman. Handsome and commodious churches have been provided during Itfue Rev. Francis Jones's incumbency for these wings of the amoienit parish, Which in that respect are already equipped for independence, but it ap- pears that the Deganwy church does not possess the endowment which is an essential condition to its being separated from Llanrhos. The Peach trustees, to whom the patronage of the living belongs, have not yet nominated the successor to the retiring Vicar.

North Wales Mark Master Masons. At a special meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of North Wales, held at Bangor on Friday, to consider sugges- tions for a reeoimmeindatiom for the Provincial Grand Mastership of North Wales, vacant by the dearth of Colonel Si,r Charrles Hunter, it was unanimously deoidled to recommend to Grand Master of England, worshipful brother the Rev. Thomas Edwards (Gwynedd) r,ector of Aber, deputy provincial grand master, who has been acting Provincial Grand Master since Colonel Sir Charles Hunter's prolonged illness.

A New Cure for Deafness. A gentleman who has cured himself after suffer- ing for 14 years from Deafness and Noises in the Mead, will be pleased to forward full particulars of his Remedy to all readers of the Weekly News," post free. Write H. Clifton, 129, Amberley House, 35, Waterloo-road, London, S.E.

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