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--':--_----The New Road Scheme…
The New Road Scheme for Carmarthenshire. DISORDERLY SCENES AT THE COUNTY COUNCIL. MEMBER INVITED TO COME OUTSIDE. A special meeting of the Oa rmarthenshire County Couinoil was held at the Carmarthen Guildhall on Wednesday. The chair was occupied by Mr W. N. Jones. There were allso present: Mr J. Lloyd, Penytbafn'k Dr R. L. Thomas, Whitlamd; Mr B. EVlanr,J Brith- dir; Mr H. J. Thomas, Penihios uchaf; Col. Morris, Ammanford; Mr J. W. Gwynne- Hughes, Tiegeylb; Mr Delme Davies-Evians, Penylian; Mr D. Evans, Manordaf; Mr D. Davies, x-andeibie; Mr J. R. James, Llan- dovery; Mr D. Williams, Llanybyther; Mr B John., L',andis.siho; Mr T. Jones, Pemromv; Sir John Williams, Bart., The Mas, Llan- stephan Air R. W. Stephens, Coedybrajin Rev. R. H. Jonets, Llaingeund'eirne; Mr T. E. Brigstocke, Carmarthen-; Mr W. Mabon Davic-s, Giamsawdde; Rev. — ",altom, New- castle Emlyn Mr C. E. Mo iris, Carmatrthen Mr Anithooiy, Pen.Lam Mr J. Lloyd Thomas, Tanlan; Mr D. L. Jones, Derlwyn; Mr H. J. Datvies, G-lyneiddaini; Mr T. Thomas, Llan- gen nee h; Mr J. Llew. Thomas Heindy; Rev. Professor D. E. Jones, Carman-then; Mr L. N Powell, Carretgcennem x Mr Greville, Llanon; Mr W. B. Jones, Llanelly; Mr R. E. Wil- liams, Cilycwnn Mr W. Thomas, Tralech Mr J. Johns, Parceithyn; Rev. J. H. Rees, PemJbrey; Mr T. Barrett, Glynwialis; Mr AV. David, Llanelly; Mr John Lewis, mayor of Carmarthen Rev. B. Humphreys, Felinfoel; together with rthe Olerk (Mr J. W. Nicholas) and the Surveyor (Mr Mounisey). The following report t was presented by the Committee which had met on the 10th of January :— •MAIN ROADS SCHEME COMMITTEE. At a meeting of the Committee appointed to consider the report the County's present Scheme of Road Management, held at the Comity Offices, Carmarthen, on Friday January 10th, 1908, at 12.30 p.m. Present: Messrs John Jothuis, J. Lewis, Llandyssul), J. R. Jaime.?, Deime Davies- Evane; R. E. Williams, J. Ijloyd Thomas, W. B. Jollies, Benjamin John, Thoimas Thomas, W. Griffiths, David Williams, Ool. D. Moirris, •and the Rev. A. Fuller Mills. Mr -Deime Davies-Evans was voted to the chaw4. It was decided to deal first with the recom- mendations set out on page 15 of the Report. DIVISIONS. It was proposed by Mr W. B. Jones, secon- ded Iby Mr W. 'Griffiths, thalt the Divisions be divided as htherto,, viz., Eastern and Wes- tern,, hut that the Lla nelly to Loughor Bridge Road and the Llanelly to Lliamnom to Tumlble, Tumble to Drefach, Drefach to Porthyrhyd and Porthyrhyd to Llandilo Rhwn/ws Bridge Roads he transferred from .the Eastern Division to tlhte Western Division. It was proposed as an. amendment by Mr J Lewis, iand seconded by Mr J. R. James, that the Llanelly to Loughor Bridge Road be re- tained in fthe Eastern Diviskm. The amendment was carried by 6 vOites to 5. SALARY OF SURVEYORS. Col. Morris proposed, and Mr John Johns seconded, thait the salary to. be paid each Sur- veyor be £200, and £50 for travel-lung ex- penses. Mr J. R. James moved as am amendment and Mr R. E. Williams seconded, that the salary for each Surevj-or 'be £200, to include travelling expemees, with. clerical assistance to ibe provided by the Council. Two members only voted for the amend- ment, which was accordingly defeated. Mr Thomas Thomas moved a further amendment thaft the sabwry to 'be paid each Surveyor be £300 including travelling ex- penses. Four members voted for this amendment, mind eight for the motion:, which was accord- ingly declared carried. ROAD INSPECTORS. It was resolved that notice of dismissal be given each; of the three Road Inspectors, and that they 'be offered lengths 'upon the roads as madmen. An amendment by Mr W. B. Jones, tloiat the Inspectors' services toe retained, was de- RESilDtENOE OF SURVEYORS. It was resolved that the Surveyor for the Western Division reside tat Carmarthen, and be rovided with a room at the County Offices, Carmarthetn; the Surveyor for the Eastern Division, to reside aft some central place in the Diviiisdon, tlhe Council to engage a room for ihis office land pay the rent of same. The voting upon this motion was 11 to 2. COUNTY BUILDINGS, ETC. It was resolved that the Surveyor for each Division have coantirol over and he responsible for the County Buildings, Police Stations, and Lock-up Houses in his Division. It was also resolved that, the Surveyors attend the meetings of the Main Roads atnd Bridges Committee which shall meet monthly as at present, and report directly to the County Council. DUTIES OF SURVEYORS. 1. The Surveyor shalls devote their whole time to the ,senioo of the Counity, and shall Ilidt accept or enigage in any other practice or appointment whatsoever. 2'. Their salary shall toe £250 per aninium each, to cover all office expenses and othe.r expenses whatsoever, including travelling, 'but except Stationery, which shall he sup- plied Iby the County. Beyond such salary /they shall not accept any graituitty or re- muneration, whatsoever, without the consent of the Council, and for this salary they shall perform an d efficiently carry out all the duties enumerated in this Schedule. 3. Each 'Surveyor shall enter inito a bond in the sum of £500, wiilth proper and suffi- cient sureties for the due performance of his office. Such, sureties must be a public office, approved of iby the Council!. 4. They shall each keep a diary to be pro- vided hy the County Oouincil, wherein shall be entered daily, all business transacted by them or through their office on the previous day, and in case of their absence, through leave or from sickness, the diary shall (be dlaily filled up (by the person, acting as their substitute. 5. The dliaryshall he produced by the Surveyors at alii meetings of the Council, and of the Maim Roads anid Bridges Committee land the Standing Joiinlt Oomimiiittee, aind shall at ,aU times he open, at their office, to the in- spection of any cmemlber of the Counity Coun- cil, or of the Clerk or ihis deputy. 6. The Surveyors) shall keep all such (accounts in relation to their offioe,as may from time to time be required by the CbullltW Council, or its Committees, or the Sta.nidii.ng j Joint Committee 14. Each iSnrveyor shall perform all work (relating to his depairtnnent in connexion with any legal or parliamentary proceedings that may affect the County Council, and geJicr- ally shall carry out upon- the instruction of the County Council or its Clerk all such duties as may Ibe reasonably irequired of a iSurveyor to a puiblic body. 15. They shall execute alii ifche orders of the County Cou.ncil and of its Committees, aaid they shall attend all meeltimgs of the County Council and the Standing Joint Committee, as well as of tho Main Roads a:nd Bridges Committee, or any other Committee that they may be called mpom to .at/tend by the Clerk of the Council, and all resolutions of the Miniutes of the County Council or Main Roads Oouincil .affecting the present Surveyor shall apply to the new County Surveyors when appoinfted. 16. And whereas the main/tetnance of other onlain noaids from time to time may be under- taken. hy the Council themselves. They shall themselves, with such assistants as may from time to time be provided by the order of the Couinoil, supervise the repair ■and maintenance of all such roads as the Council shall repair ,all1d maintain, detaining such tenders for materials aaid Siu<h oonstant amid casual lalbour as the Roads and Bridges Committee or the County Council may from time to time sanction 19. They shall check and certify the men's time sheets weekly, and shall produce same •at the following meetJiilllg of the Main Roads and Bridges Committee or Main Roads Council. 20. Each Surveyor shall measure and keep am account ini la, book to be provided for the purpose, of all! kinds of road material deltiv- ored oa- broken for the County Oouincil, and such Ibook must shew the date, amount, aind all other details of metalling measured and
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Wedding of Captain Stewart,…
Wedding of Captain Stewart, Alltyrodyn. Captain Willia-m Stewart, D.S.O., son of Captain James iStewant, Alltyrodyn, Llan- dyssul, Souith Watles, was married on Thurs- day at St. Andrew's Church, Tilmanetone, Kent, to Miss JLary Rice, daughter of the late Major Cdiarles Rice, R.E., of Danefield, TiLmanstone, Kent. The service was fully choral, and the ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. H. Jaquet, vicar of the parish, assisted by the Rev.- Prebendary Palmes, the vicar of Sal/twood. The bride, who was given away by heir uncle, Ool. Cecil Rice, wore a princess robe of ivory satin, draped with old Brussels lace (the gift of her aunlt, Miss Rice) falling from her shoulders and spreading over the train. Her veil was of beautiful old lace and covered a wrealth of orange blossoms in her hair, aind she carried a bouquet of white roses, myrtle and orange iKlcesoms, while her only ornament was a cross of old Spamish sil- ver set witth rough diamor ds, the gift of the bridegroom. There were six bridesmaid—the Misses Helen and 'Ernesti La Rice (sisters of the bride)r Miss- Alice iRioe, Miss Annabel Anderson (cousins), -and the Misses Dorothy and Nest Pnyse-Ricc (iniecos of the bride- groom). Captain Spence ones, late of the Rifle Brigade, acted as best man. At the conclusion of the ceremony, a largely atten- ded reception, was held at I>aneifield, prior to the departure fo Captain aaid Mrs WiHiaim Stewart for Wales, where they, are spending their honeymoon. The pr serats were very numerous and of a handsome and costly deseriptioaii
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IDOLE. PRESENTATION.—A meeting was held at Zion Baptist Chapel oil Friday evening, the 31st ult., to present the. Fev. end Mrs J. T. Davies,wit,li a ibeautifiil and expensive French marble Clock, on, the occasion of their wed- ding. LNIR Herbert Walters, senior deacon, presented the clock on 'behalf of the Church in an appropriate and eulogistic speech. Addresse; full of congratulations and good wishes were given by several other members. Mr Davies responded in a 'ew suitable wonds, and thar ked the Church for their ki ndness and Co-operation during the five years he has t been int theirmidst.
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Protestant Alliance ldeeticg at Caruiuithea. Last week a series of Protes t anil lectures were delivered at the CoG. moarthen Guild- hall in. connection with the Carmarthen Free Church Council by the Rev. Alexander Roger the honorary secretary of the Protestant Alliance. The chair om Monday evening was occupied; by the Rev. T. N. Phillip-on, the .minister of the English. Desleydn- ChaipeL Mr Phillip-: son explained that the Rev. W. D. Rowlands, the minister of Water Stieet, who waa to have occupied the chair, was prevented from. attending because he had a meeting of the. Welsh Branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society that evening. He v-he chair-, man) bad heard Mr Rogers five or six years; ago with great profit at .Sandwich, in and had no douibt that he would do full j lS-, tice to the subject at theevening which was "Protestantism: Its hemes and its history" Rev. Alexander Rogers said that it was always a bad halbit to have to begin a i-nrj with an apo-logy; but he had to apologue that he was not able to illustrate his lecture that evening by limelight. The cylinder which he was to have used had gone astray on the Great Western Railway. This was not the first time that he had had a similar experience. The same thing had happened at Tenhy last year, and at Haverfordwest c,n a former occasion. He had asked the Great Western Railway to investigate the reason why cylinders intended for Protestant work in South Wales went astray. They were much obliged to Mr C. Haydn Williams for lending and working his lantern lor them, and he hoped to have another cylinder there on> Tuesday might. He distinctly asked them to understand that not one penny of the collection, went into his own pocket. After his last viist to Carmarthen somebody had written to Mr Laibouchere in "Truth, suggesting that he was "on the make" with Protestant lectures. In. reply he had sent Mr Labouchere a copy of the balance sheet of tne Protestant Alliance, of which he was (honorary secretary. If the person who had written to "Truth" were in the room that evening, he hoped that thes would note the fact that Mr Labouchere Irad the following fact that Mr Labouchere had the following week printed an acknowledgment that his remarks were wrong.—Dealing with the sub- ject of the evening, he said that England had realised the great truth that "Righteus- ness exalteth a nation"; and as long as England had held to the open Bible as the sole' rule of faith, she had undoubtedly pro- gressed and prospered. Therefore, it behoves us to uphold to the fullest extent our Pro- testant principles against those who would undermine them and deprive us of the liberties which we enjoy. The first matter to which he wished to call their attention was the struggle between the civil and the ecclesiastical power in. the time of Henry II. The power of the Church had been growing in the time of the Saxon monarchy, as the result of the struggle between Dunstan and Edwy. Henry II. thought it wise to en- deavour to put a stop to some of the a.buses which had giwu up. Beokett took office to assist the King, but afterwards turned against 'him. The great subject of conten- tion was that the clergy claimed exemption from the jurisdiction of the civil court. If a priest broke the law, he was not tried by tihe ordinary judges but by olerios, and these generally let him off scot free or wilth a very slight penalty. Beckett assented to the Constitutions of Clarendon, which put priest and laynion on an equality in this respect. In King John's time, there was a struggle which arose over the election of an Arch- bishop of Canterbury. Pope Innocent III. set aside tJhenominee of the King and the elected of the monks of Canterbury, and appointed Stephen Lawgton, an Englishman resident in. Rome. John refused to receive Langton, and interdict and excommunication failed to move him but he submitted when the Pope deposed him in virtue of the depos- ing power which he claims and called on King Louis of France to carry out the sent- ence. John made his submission, laid his crown at the foot of the Pope's Legate, Pa.n- dulph, acknowledged that he held the crown from tihe Pope, and agreed to pay the Pope as his overlord the sum of 1,000 marks yearly for the Kingdom of England. When the Pope, in the time of Edward III., sent in a claim for the arrears, the Parliament of I England repudiated the claim. The morning star of the Reformation was John Wickliff, the rector of Lutterworth, who began to teach t'hie truth of God's Word as contrasted with the errors of the Church of his day. He sent out his "poor preachers" to preach to a people on. the village greeais, and in the market, and he gave us the first complete Bible in tne English language. Before that time there had onfly 'been portions of the Bible in the English language. He was strongly opposed by the friars, because he denounced them as lazy idle dissolute fellows, as false brethren and aaiti-christs. Wick- liff's followers were called "Lollards" the tower in Lamlbeth Palace in. which they were imprisoned is still called the Lollards Tower. One of the greatest of the Lollards was Sir John Oldoastle, the good Lord Coibham. He was imprisoned by the Archbishop of Canter- bury, escaped to South Wales, but venturing back a few years afterwards to London Was re-captured and burned in chains over a slow fire. In 1414, the Council of Constance was held. At that time there were three Popes blackguarding each other in language such as only Popes can and do use. In order to decide which of these individuals—he couJd not call them gentlemen—was Pope, an in fallible Council was called. The Council in- fallibly decided that not one of the three was Pope, and elected Martin V. So much for the line of unbroken succsesion; the Council of Constance decided that at that time there was no Pope at all. This Council summoned ». iokliff to appear before it. Wickliff had been dead 38 years, so he had a good excuse for non-attendance. The Council ordered his bones to be dug up, iburned, and cast into the river Swayle. _j>e same Council sum- moned 'before it John Huss. He came ooi the that fellow's drum. The result was the that no bodily harm should come to him if he appeared. He appeared; the Council put forth the doctrine that no faith is to be kept with heretics they said that the safe con- duct was not worth the paper on which it wtas written, and he was burned at the stake. It was said that Erasmus laid the egg which Luther hatched. It was a pity that he did not come out more boldly for the truth .but in his Colloquies he denounced the errors and albnses of the church of his time. It was whilst in Rome that Luther went half way up the ''Holy Staircase," a.nd turned back on remembering the text "The just man liveth by faith." This was said to be the identical staircase for Pilate's house and to have been carried there hy angels all in one piece. The Chu.rch of Rome has a marvellous collection of hoi yrelics. She has enough rags a.nd bones to start a rag and bone shop. In one place they showed you the complete body of St. diaries Bortomes. In another place, they showed you his 'backbone, and in another his skin—so he must have had two backbones and two skins. One of the holiest relics is that kept at Verona—the tail of Balaam's AsS. AH the people fall down when they see it coming. Luther said that he had often heard it stated that if there lie a hell, Rome is very near the mouth of it. Luther re- turned to Germniay iSanie time a.fter his return, John Tetzel came round selling in- dulgences. Peope Leo X. was hard up for money to build .st. Peters, and he had hit on this plan. Tetzcil had a regular scale. You commit certain crimes for a fixed sum. Luther said that he would knock a hole in of the Emperor Sigismund's guarantee mg of the famous Theses to the door of the Church at Witteniberg During his seclusion under the protection of the Elector who had afforded him protection, lie translated the Bible into the German language. It was at the diet of Spires that the Leaders of the Reformed Church handed in the famous pro- test which contained these articles: 1. The Roman Church cannot be the Judge of the Reformed Church. 2. That the Bible is supreme above all Bishops and Priests. 3. That the Bible is to be interpreted by itself and no't by tradition,. 4. That the Bible is the solle rule of faith and practice. It was this protest which gave to them the name of Protestants. Melancthon was the theologian of the Reformation as Luther was the fighter I'lrirh Zwingle oame neaired to the truth than Luther did. He taught the Commem- orative character of the Communion" whilst Luther held the doctrine of the Real Pre- smce. It had often heen said that Henry VIII. was the first Protestant king. He never was a Protestant, and never had the slimiest sympathy with Protestantism, He had sent many martyrs to the stake because they were Protestants. In his will he left a bum of money to have masses said to get his soul out of IMirgatory. No Protestant would be foolish enough to do that. There was only one puigatory he knew of, and that was when a man went for his holidays to his mofthcr-in;-ilaw's. It might be said that Henry VIII. married six wives. He was married to the six—with one possible exception—by priests or Bishops of tihe Church of Rome. It was said that Henry wanted a divorce from his wife because he had fallen in love with Anne Boleyn. He had been separated from his Queen before Anne Boleyn. was born. He sent Cardinal Wolsey to Rome to negotiate the divorce. He knew how to work the Roman Court; he took £ 240,000 with him. It was said that the Church of Rome did not grant divorcesi. That was a mere technical distinction. Marriages were declared null and void which came to the pame thing. Li.ngard, the Roman Catholic historian, says that the Pope granted hem permission to marry ,anybody he liked, even though she was betrothed to another; but they kept him dallying, and Henry broke with the Pope. One of those who were con- nected with the Divorce Bill was Sir Thomas Moore. He had not yet taken his full degree of "saint" at present he is only a "blessed." No douibt he will he made a saint when the necessary fees for his canonisation can be raised. The Reformation had been promoted in Scotland by John Knox. It was not generally realised that Knox had also had considerable influence on the Reformation in England. One of his sons—Eleazer Knox— had been vicar of Great CLacton in Essex. Boys all knew of the Gunpowder Plot; but they did not all know that it was a plot hatched hy the Jesuits to destroy the Pro- testant Parliament a.nd Sovereign. Al- though many of the conspirators suffered, only one priest was executed. The Seven Bishops had refused to assist James II. to overthrow the Protestant religion; it would be a good thing if we had such seven Bishops now. They refused to support a tolerance for Popery which meant intolerance for Protestants. When James skeddadled, the Crown was offered to William of Orange and Mary, and the preamble of the Bill of Rights states "Whereas it hath been found incon- sistent with the welfare of this Protestant realm to be governed by a Popish Rome." Since that time any member of the Royal Family joining the, Church of Rome renounced all claims to the British Throne. The Protestant Declaration had ibeen made by all our Sovereigns since William III. Rome was trying to get rid of that; but if Rome did it would be a bad day far England. England's prosperity was bound up with her allegiance to God's truth. A meeting for children was held on Tues- day afternoon. On Tuesday evening the sub- ject of the lecture was "Woman in Scarlet Purple and Gold," and on Wednesday even- ing Convents, their customs and cruelties'
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A Terrible i ns. DR CASSELL'S TABLETS. Mrs Watts, of Sheep Street Lane. Etching- ham, Sussex, wri.tes :E::ghteen months ago my little boy developed Infantile Paralysis. He was so had to.1.(}..t he coul dnot stand, so I took him to a hospital, when he was put in a plaster of Paris jacket, but he was too weak to wear it, so the doctor took it off. Then I got him into another hospital, where he remained a long tim, and yet another, but he got no !better, so I took him honne. He was practically helpless when I began Dr Casse/l s Tablets, hut in three months he ootild run about, and is now quite well. My friends consider his cure a miracle." Dr Cassell s Tablets can. be got at any sts for and are a perfect cure for children's weakness, and nerve, stomach, arud kidney troubles. An Army Marches on it sStomach. This is one of the great Napoleon's pictur- esque sayings. He meant that a soldier, to be effective, reliable, must be fed properly, and ahle to digest rations. His remark applies to every man, woman and child in every day life. If the organs, nerves, and muscles of your hody are to work properly, they must be fully nourished. And i.t is not merely what you eat that nourishes, but what you d gest. Inigestcon weaken^ your system, fills your blood with impurities, and renders you liable to all manner of diseases. You grow dull, weak, and aiiling, work of amy kind becomes a task, and life itself a burden. Take Mother Seigel's Syrup. It restores stomach, liver and bowels to natural activ- ity, ensures perfect digestion, perfect nour- ishment, and therefore perfect health. "Eating used to occasion me acute misery,' writes Mr Charles Dennis, 26, Weston road, Southend-oar-Sea, in a letter dalted Septem- •r "Sevene pain across the chest, vrand and hot flushes Mere its ordinary results At times, too, black specks seemed to float before my eyes, and I ii-a sso dizzy that I was in danger of falling. But Mother Seal's Syrup cured me." Mother Seigel's Syrup is now also prepared in laiblet form, and sold under the name of Mother Seigel's Syrup Tablets. Price, 2s 9d per bottle. One Size onlly.
- Carmarthenshire Foxhounds.…
Carmarthenshire Foxhounds. Large fields and .good sport followed the Carmarthenshire Hunt last week. In their Pandy Mall meet hounds found at once, bat the fox only igiave a couple of rings round the covert, before going to tm-iouiiicl. At Cilsant at least four foxes were moving. One was miakiing over the old Dyffryn Racecourse for Jii-Sgardawel, when hounds ran into him, after a run lasting two hours and tamntv mmutes over good countny. The field onl this occa- sion included the master (Mr R H. Harries), MT Pnotheroe Beynon, Trewern Mr E. S. Protheroo; Mr D. G. Protheroe, Glyntaf: Mr Sl l1,1*5' .C'yngwynne; Dr R, L. Thomas, Whit-land j Miss Hutchinson., Mr G. Hutchiin- Mr Parkinsoni, Mr J. Plarkiinson, and Mates Paikinson, Mr Carver Wenallt, etc. With the Banikyfelin, mt the first find was at Cilcoed, where Reynard a.ftelf giving a few rings in covert, went to ground. Moving oil to Cwmi Trehamie, a fox was bolted, but was lost at Mydrim.
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HEKMON, CONWIL. FUNERAL. -LNI orijd,ay, the 20th ult., was a sad day iai this locality, (being the day of tho fumeral of Mr William Davies, of Penrhiw- gwiail Farm, who was iburied almost in the prune of his life, about 53 years of age. He had been lingering for several months, and although receiving the hest medical aid there was no hope of his recovery, and he left this world of sortroAv, leavin gbehiuitd him many close and .attached relatives, such as several ,beloved children., a kind mother-in-law (who lived with him), and an esteemed brother and sister, and many, other relatives too numer- ous to mention. He was greatly respected in the district, and generally considered a very lnrtelligent ma.n a .good farmer, a good scholar a good 'nejghlbour, iand a thorough good man. He was greatly attached to Hermon Church where ih ewas brought up, an-d for many years he had filled the offices of deacon and treas- was also an able 'teacher in Sunday School, a good singer, and mighty in prayer, and he will be greatly missed, he had been faitMu1 unrto death, and has now obtain ed the Ihlearty welcome of his Lord "Well done thou good and faithful servant, etc." His funeral was largely attended by aU ;I Ciiasses of people, and was one of the largest ever seen m the looalilty The Rev. S. Evans, Ow mdwyfrain, conducted the, service at the house, aind the Rev. E. B. Lloyd, Bwlch- newydd, at the chapel, while the Rev. D. K-ienards, Owmduad, who conducted tlhe ser- vice at the graveside, deeply regrets while reterrinig to the rcla,tives of the departed friend, that he did ii-at ineltide the name of his sister, Mrs Margaret Jones, Lan Fawn Comwil, who was present at the funeral and who with the other menibers of the family had the deepest respect aind symptahy of all present, May tire mortal remains of our brother lay in. peace, and may his rellatives and all othersjbe prepared to meet him in Heaven to part no more.
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.accepted similar accounts .and details aire to be kept for drain pipes iand other matorial required in conmection. with niaim road wotrfe i'n their iretsipective divisions, aaid the Sur- veyors ibe held res.pons>.lble that all ma-teirials sivpl icd to the County Council are of the quality contracted for. 21. They «shall ibe re-ipoaisilb'e for and when they enter ;upO'ni their duties shall make and keeip 3'11 inventory of all the tools, imple- ments, -and machines ia» tiheiir division belong- imtg to the County, .and shall see that the same are kept in a proper state of repair. 22. They shall .render all the assistance they can in the superiiiitedncce of works ,p being cariled out by contractors or workmen in the, repairs of County Bridges, etc., within their divisions. Mr John Llioyd referred to the proposal in the report to include the Llainielly to Loughor road in the We-stern Ditvision. It was most unfair; it would be .adding -another 22 miles to the eastern, division, which would make the mileage in that division 40 .miles longer than the other. Mr T. Thoanas (Liliain.gemniech) said that there was a good deal of friction between the two divisions; and lit was thought better to have part of the industrial district in each divisions so as to avoid friction. There were several police- stations in the Eastern division Professor Jones said it was simply out- rageous to (propose that one district should have 173 miles and the other 130, except they proposed at the same time that one man shouM have a larger salary than the other. There were police stations in the "Western Divi,sioii as well—at Newcastle Emlyn St. Clears, Llaiilboldy. and Caiiimarthen, Dr Tliomas: We shall have one at Whiit- land very soon. The amendment to retain the present, divisions was carried unainiimou -.ly. Mr T. E. Braigstocke asked if th s was quite fair to their presenit Snrvcyor. He had been in, their service four or five years and they had 'had his valuable expe-ne-ncf; and they had ext^racted all the brains out of him they could. Mr Moumsey was far more bi valuable than, any new Surveyor could be; a new man would have to serve an appren- ticeship of twelve months in order to know all the bridges, quiairries and culverts in the county. Mr Moumecy had been en.gaged on the Lough or Bridge foundation works and on the Penymorfa River Defence Works, and other imi-por-t,an,t underta:kinp:s. Would it not be, fairer to let Mr Mounney be the senior surveyor, ,and give him charge of the builid- inigs of the county and allow him a higher 5alary than the other, and in the case of his retiireme.n.t, let (the second ,surveyor take his place. They should not t'afee the dmastic ,tE''P of reduciinig his sala-iy to this extent, If his district had been lessoned, the work had been equalised by giving him the minute details were formerly attended to by the inspectors and the clerks. The proposal was unworthy of the County of Carmarthen. Mr Mounsey .might have put his root in it, so far as many members of the Council were but he was a capable suiTeyor and a genitleman of large experience. Rev D. D. Walters This d'scussiort is gett- iiig a little personal. Would it iruat be wiser for ^Nlr INIcunsey to retire. Col. Monris said that they were n'ot deal- in.g wiith personal matters. Tliey were deal- inig with the appointment. Professor Jones said that Mr Briigstocke too'k it for .granited that Mr ^Mounisey was to be one of the two. Wais Mr Briigsiocke sure that Mr Momusey would he one of the two. Mr H. J. Davies: 'Tliat is the point. The Chairman said that Mr Brigstocke had been proposiiiig to appoinit Mr Mounsey at a higher salary than that named in the report. Mr Briigstocke. said he took it for grantcid that if the Committee had decided that Mr Mounisey ought to have nidfciice, they would have had the courage of their convictions, and would have done so. Mr J. R. James pointed out that whether Mr .Mouiiney left the room or not, the press was present, and the discussion would go out to the public. Mr Mounsey: I doiiiot see why I should go out seeitnfg that the press is .represented here, and that meiiibeirs of the public are present. I promise you I shall mot open my mouth. Let ine stay in this last time. Dr Thoimas said that Mr Walters had been moved iby .generous feelings towards the Surveyor in making the proposal. Mr T. Thomas said that he could not en- dorse the policy of the Council so far as it seemed to be going against Mr Mounisey. He bad not been a very great supporter of Mr iMounisoy in the past; but he, certainly felt that they owed something to Mr Moun- sey. He miiigbt have had his failings but he had been a .good servant. If they did not deal justly with hiiin, they would be judged by people outside. Personally he (Mr T. Thomas) did not care what anybody thought of hiim so long ais his own conscience was free. They shouM treat Mr Mounsey .as they would like to Ibe treated themselves. Mr Greiville, sa.id he thouight the reduction of the salary was too drastic. The Com- mittee might do as they liked with any other part of the report so far as hewas concerned; but he should like them to reconsider the question olf ;salariies-iiib,otbor they could not aippoint two at zC300 each. He could not consciontiotisliy support this. Dr Thomas said that ia .few matters of a personal nature had been, introduced. Mr Mounisey might very welll say "Save me from my friends." He could quite understand the feeling of some people in, this inaker- that it was a bit of a come down for the Surveyor to receive a smaller salary than before. At the same time, ho felt bound to re-echo what, had been, said that the ■work was less. If Mr Mounsey wished to apply for one of those appointments, they would be happy to offer him the job. When they had two surveyors formerly, they used to have all 9,S he county buildings in charge of one. He ought that they had done wrong as long as they were re-constiltuting the districts, a ley did iriot hlave three divisions with a s/nrvyor to each. Mr J ohm Lloyd said that the resolution was that they shouM have two surveyors of equal status ior the+ county. They had heard a good deal about the Surveyor having his salaiy reduced to 200. They had not Iheard a word about the inspectors—one of Avhom had a wife and six child-i-en-w-ho had had their salaries reduced to nil. He referred them to the resolution of the Carmarthen- shire R,3Itepay,ers Association (a body which included all political parties) that the roads should he msanaiged by two surveyors, each getting £200 a year. In imatking these ar- ri'angeiment.j, they ought to keep an eye on the .future, so that the county could easily be divided into three parts if required. How many professional men in the county, how many of the ctlergy and ministers earned £ 200 a year. He .maintained that 95 per celnt. of the ratepayers did not get L150 a year. Therefore a mam who got L200 a year I could look upon himself as a pr.aice moxiga tbeiii. Mr W. B. Jones said that the report which formed the terms of reference for this cam- mittsee was to the effect thart the two sur- veyors should each get t300 a year, and that Mr .Mounsey should be one of them. These were the terms of reference. Mr J. Johns 'interrupted with a remark of dissent. CNlr W. B. Jones: I shall be ruled by you Mr John, when you are in the chair, which I hoipe will be a long time. You hold your tongue when I am on my feet. Mr J. Johns (,getting up): I shall come outside with you to settle it on your feet. Dr Thomas: I move that we adjourn for five, miniutes until these two gentlemen settle irt. The Chairmaai said that lie would have to rule oth members out of order. Mf H. J. tDavie in the subsequent discus- sion., pooled out that the County ArdhHeet w'ho had to [go over the whole county had only t275 a year. The motion, to laippooimt Mr Mounsey at t300 only received 10 votes. The two a/p- pointmemts at L250 each are therefore now open. Dr Thomas objected to the Surveyor for the; Western Divisiiioaii having to live in Car- marthen when the might get a house, cheaper On isoine part of the district. iMr J. Johns said that the rule did not affect his private residence- The point was that he must have his office at Carmarthen. The clause was adoipted as it stands. Mr J. Lloyd moved that Llandilo be the place of residence of fthe Surveyor for the Eastern division. They had to consider the contractors as well as the Surveyor. He believed they would be able to find room in the Lland lo Townhalil for him. Col. Morris moved thait the Surveyor reside at Ammanford. There were there many houses which could ibe had at a cheap rate, and all the quarrieis and all the Labour were there. The Chiainmiani said that he would second Ammanford was the centre of the Eastern Division; hut he did not think the proposal would be carried. Col. Morris: We hiave dome our duty. LlandiJo wlas adopted as the centre for the Eastern Division'. Col. Morris said that he wished to call attention to a most important point. It was absolutely .necessary that the Surveyor should be alble to converse, with the natives. It was (absolutely esential tlhaJt he should be laibIe to speak with the natives, in their own language. It was impossible to flfrgianise anything, or to get imto touch with the people except one understood their language. In Iindila, where he had been- Mr Maibom 'Davies: We are far from India L 'now. Col. Morris said that hie hiad come in con- tact with barbarians, with half-civilised people, and with civilised people. It was the rule of the Go.-n-emmen»t that no person could hold a position of responsibility unless he had passed a ^examination—higher stand- ard or Vwer standard—as the case may be iin. the vernacular. Rev J. T. Rees said that he would like to ask Col. Morris one question. What was the Welsh for Surveyor? Col. iMtorris: Mesurydd Daerol. Rev J. H. iRees said that he agreed with the Colonel. He had endeavoured to speak Welsh at the meeting at Llandilo, so as to keep the Weltsh lallliguage alive1. At the same time, he wished to point out that they (had appointed -an English Surveyor four or five years ago., and if they adopted such a rule they would exclude him. Mr H. J. Davies suggesited that they state "Welsh desirable." Mr W. B. Jones 'agreed. Were it niot that he believed Mr "-Niolinsey would be appointed, he would say "Welsh indispensably." Mr J. Johns said that they had mo autho- rilty for saying Mr Moumsey must be one of the surveyors. Nothing was said about the inspectors, who were to go iback on the road as labourers. The committee had not thought fit to rec-o-ma-nond Mr Mounisey at all, a.nd it was the difference iin positions that brought .about Mr Mounsey being mem- fToned. He thiouglit that was a matter for the County Council to decide later on whe- ther Mr Mounisey was retained. Col. Morris thought they should advertise for two Surveyors, and Mr Mounsey ohose to apply ror .the post, they would .give his application, favourable consideration. That was business (Cries of "No, no."). Dr Thomas said that he moved in adopting the report that day that they offer their sur- veyor (Mr Mounsey) the pick of the western or eastern division. He thought it was only fair to the surveyor, as they were not con- demning him, but only the system. He knew perfectly well Ifrom the remarks ipassoo that everybody knew the. position things had come to. Mr L. N. Powell sedonded. Mr W. B. Jones: I move that Mr Mounsey be offered the eastern division of the county. Dr Thomas: Give him his choice. Mr Jones: We are perfectly pleased with him in the eastern, anid wiant to keep him. The Chairman: I think the present sur- veyor will have to be given three ni!on als, notice to terminate the present office. Dr Thomas: II maintain) I am perfectly right in proposing an amendment to the scheme. The Chairman: We haive got to give M'r Mounsey three months' notice, and if you like to decide that to-day, and at the end of three months offer him any division you like, you can. do so. If you decide by vote to do that, you meed only advertise for one sur- veyor. Tho Chairman's suggestion, was carried unanimously. Mr Jones-Da vies: I move according to the term here that it be inserted in the adver- tisement that Welsh is desirable. Mr W. B. Jones: I move as an amendment tnat Avelsh be indispensable. Mr Jones-Davies: I'tll accept that. \vSIr +J°lm Lloyd said that was 'lot fair. Woi^,U m !lx?llll|d ail(l say that a monoglot should Ibe dell arred. Tliev might have a very .good man. who might be Welsh irn A I L* ■ ■' -I f.ympathiesi anid could 'not speak (tihe Welsh la nguiage. The Ohaiirman: Is it to be desirable or mdispemsatble Members: Desirable. o The motion was carriect. The Chaiimaai.: I have asked Air Mounsey if he could tell us to-day wihioh he would take and he tetis me he has to consult his friends and relatives fir.it, and will let us know later on. Mr Johns: You will take one divisi-omp Mr Mouiiisey: I can't say. The Chairman: You imust let us know. Mr Mounsey: iSo far as I know now I am niot going to leave the county, but I don't know whether I will take one of these ap- pointments. I am not going to leave the county I hope if or very miany years, but if I. take any division I will take the oagsitelim division (hear, hear). The Chairmani: We will give Mr Mounsey a reasonajblo time, and he will let the Clerk know, so we can advertise for one in time to take up his duties at the expiration, of the tihree months. Mr David: By the instruction of a previous Council, Mr Mounsey had to purchase a motor car, and the committee has promised to deal fairly Iby him in this respect. That car wi;li,be of no use to him at the end of the three months, and Ithink he ought to know how we intend to deal with him. It is a seerious financial point. The Chairman: What do you suggest ? Mr David: I suggest that the cost of the car be def fayed to Mr Moumsey. Dr Thomas moved that the question be referred back to the committee for considera- tion. Mr Jones Davies seconded, as there was a good deal of detail to go into. Mr David said that he was willing to fall in- because lie. had confidence in the committe The question of the appointment of a financial clerk was referred to a joint com- mittee of the finance and main roads com- mittees, it being stated that the Clerk of the County Counoil had been paid JE50 a year for the work done by the two previous clerks of the eastern and western main roads com- mittees. On the motion of Mr Johns, seconded by Dr Thomas, it was aigreed that the Surveyor's clerk should be retaiined during the tiane the old system was in vogue. VOTE OF CONDOLENCE. On the motion of the chairman, a vote of condoletnce with the widow and family of the late Lieut.-Col. Buckley Roderick was carried in, silience by all the metmibers of the Council standiaiig. Mr C. E. Monris called attention to the iiit-moiit of a successor to the late Mr Buckley Roderick, coroner for the Three Comnio'tt's division. He thought the clerk should take opinion to ascertain whether the Oouincil was not the roper authority to make the ,appoi,nlbment.Earl Cawdor, as lord of the manor of the Three Commots, made the last .appointment, a nd he was sure Earl Cawdor would be the last man. in the world to wish to retain any rigihrtthait did not belong to him. He moved the Clerk take opinion.—The motion- Was carried. COSTLY ROAiD REPAIR. The Surveyor reported on the reconstruc- tion of the main road from Idole School to Glianimioir.lais on the Canmai'then to Llanelly (by Kidwelly emlban'kment) road, which was in such a had state of repair that it would cost C3,741 to put lit into proper repair. At the spot where Mr iMajibery's oar went down three years ago he had carried out drainage reconstruction. Mr R. W. Stephens said that the piece of road mended by Mr Mounsey three years ago was perfect now. He had driven, over that road that morning, and he must say it re- quired immediate attention. Mr John Lloyd: Are you prepared to spend over t3,700 on three miles of road. Mr Stephens: I pay my portion, of rates as well as you or anybody else. Mr Llioyd: It is a big item to spend on three miles of road. The report was referred to the committee. INDIAN. PENANCE CHILD'S PLAY. Col. (Morris complained of the loose stones on the Ammainford roads. "It is barbarous" said the Colonel, "and we are fnot going to tolerate it. It is too had tha*, we have to do penance in walking over these boulders. I have seen people in India do peiiance, but it was chiild's play compared to this. The speaker then; left the room, and as he van- ished round the corner Mr Mabon Davies shouted, amidst laughter, "Good-bye, 001." Tenders were then considered, land the meeting terminated.