The Carmarthen Weekly Reporter

Sir John Williams, U.D., Llull- stephau. SELECTED FOR THE LONDON UNIVERSITY. The intimation that Sir John Williams has consented to stand as a Parliamentary candidate for London University in succession to Sir Michael Foster has boon received with the greatest interest in Welsh circles. Up to the present Sir John Williams has taken no active part in public politice, and his acceptance of political candidature has come somewhat as a surprise. But the election of so distinguished a Welshman as the representative of the London University could not but be hailed with satisfaction by all Wales. Sir John was born at Blaenllyntmt, in Carmarthen- shire, in 1840, and is the third sou of the Rev David Williams. Lady Williams is the daughter of Mr Richard Hughes, of Ynystawe, Swansea. Standing at the head of his profession in London, Sir John Williams has always taken the deepest interest in all tfio Welsh movements, particularly those of literary and philathropic character.

LLANGADOCK. -w FORTHCOMING MAIUUAGE.—Miss Mary Margarita Thomas. infant mistress at the Gwynfe Board School, is to be married at Jerusalem, Gwynle, on Tuesday, 9th inst., to The Eev J Henner Thomas, of Aberdare, for many years pastor of Satom Congrega- tional Church, Abeiystwyth, and a brother of Mr W Thomas, J.P., Aboi-eariie. Miss i'homas lias been engaged for over 14 years in teaching the young idea how to shoot," and as a proof of her great popularity in tho district a public meeting is to be held this (Friday) evening at the Gwynfe Schools, to make her a presentation in celebration of the happy event.

Welsh National Movement. AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION. G OVERNMENT DEPARTMENT PROPOSED. BY DR HOWELL REE3 (Chairman of the Carmarthenshire Technical Inst r u c don C cm rn: .tee. At the quarterly meeting of the Carmar- thenshire County Council held on October 29 last, the fodow'ng important resolution was, on the propositin cf Dr Howell Rees, sccondcd by Mr Augir.tuv Brigctocke, carried unanimously Til-<t pciiii-n be presented to thb Governmer; praying that- a Depart- ment of Agriculture and Technical Instruc- tion, similar • to tha t insti uted in Ireland. bo es tablished in Wales, and that all the Welsh county and county borough councils and all iiieiiil, ,s of Parliament for Wales a.nd Monmouthshire, irrespective of party, be 2.s!ecl to co operate with the Carmarthen- shire. County Council in furthering a move- ment so necessary to the agricultural and in- dustrial interests of Wales." As it is in- tended, in accordance with the tjcrms of the icsoluticn. to appeal to the whole of Wales and Monmouthshire for co-operation in this matter, it may be necessary to explain the origin of the proposition and the advantages and benefits it v. ill be likely to confer on ORIGIN OF THE MOVEMENT. In August of year a, joint deputation of farmers and land owners was, authorised by the three couth-vestern Welsh counties (Car- marthen, Cardigan, and Pembroke) to visit Ireland, to cxar. ine and report upon the system cf co-operative creamery and other societies connected with agriculture which had proved so successful in the Green Isle. The deputation found that- within eight years no less tha.n 600 of these agricultural co- operative societies had bec-n (successfully launched and were making a substantial pro- fit, all or nearly all, of which are directed by a committee of farmers, who are elected by the shareholders, also all farmers, and in the case of creamery societies the. share- holders also guarantee the necessary supply of milk. The pioneer work was done by the Irish Agricultural Ogra.nisation Society foun- ded in 1894, which has done splendid work for agricultural Ireland. But the grouping together and co-ordinating of all phases of agricultural and technical instruction, has been the wok of the Du part ment of Agricul- ture land Technical Instruction, under the enthusiastic and unselfish guidance of Mr Horace Plunbett, its Vice-President, and to him rural Ireland owes a debt of gratitude which :priest.s and people all over Ireland admit cannot be over-estimated. He is Ireland's Grand Man," and although in Wales we may not have a, Mr Plunkett, yet we have in Mr Augustus Brigstoeke, Blaen- pant, a trusty disciple of his, who is devo- ting himself, heart, sou ,1 and pocket, to improve the lot of the Welsh farmers, by preaching and /practising the absolute neces- sity of co-operation in agricultural Wales. The deputations were so strongly impressed with the valuable, work done by this depart- ment in the sho"t spa,ce of three, years that they determined to have tHe question of a similar department for Wales placed on the agenda for the nlext county council meeting. He-see the ci-igiii of the aforesaid resolution. ADVANTAGES TO BE EXPECTED. Space will not allow of our going fully into the excellent work done by the department, but. reference to two object-lessons given to the deputation will, "i0 think, throw a, good deal of light upon the matter, and the first less,om, was at the very pretty, i rLs, t, r u et v e and successful Cork Exhibition, whlere the department had a, section of infinite variety, including exhibits of intense interest, to all concerned in agriculture and technical edu- cation. Extracts from the synopsis of the department's exhibits will very clearly indi- cate the magnitude of the work it under- takes 1. Ponds and streams, illustrating salmon and trout culture, and demonstrations thereon. 2. Techn cal instruction exhibits, illustra- tion or working industries, and of indoor fishery exhibits in the Industrial Hall. 3. Agricultural exhibits, including model byres, dairy and cheesemaking house, the creamicry, school garden, fruit and vegetable drying (a most interesting and practical demonstration), poultry, and bee-keeping, forestry, osier beds, labourer's cottage and plot, the ox and its byc-products, Irish wools, etc. Demonstrations at the different exhibits were given by the department's experts: also at the agricultural demonstration, plots, calf-feeding house, and sheep-dipping appara tus. experimental garden, fruit garden, and a. most interesting demonstration that was given by Mr Harper, of Gloucester, nt the fruit and vegetable drying and preserving house. We think that a, most valuable object lesson would be gained by Welsh farmers and their wives and elder children, in sp/end- ing two days at the Cork Exhibition next year. The exhibiton is, ton account of its great success, to be re-cpened on a larger scale in May next. We that a big effort will be made throughout Wales to organise cheap excursions, to enable every class of agriculturist to i,it, this excellent and unique exhibition next. summer. Two days spent, therie intelligently will do more to convert the Welsh farmer and his wife to the advantages of agricultural co-operation than two years' (lecturing on thie subject. And here we would point out to Welsh farmers the disadvantages they will have to facte a,s regard sthe sale of home- made" butter in competition with "factory- made" butter. The law declares that the genuine butter must not contain more than 16 per cent, of water, and it will he im- possible to regulate the quantity of water so nicely unless the butiter, is made at a fully- equipped factory or creamery. As a, Welsh daily newspaper pointed out The percen- tage of watier in butter is now regulated by law, and, to protect themselves from prose- cutions, retailers insist on a written guar- antee of quality from wholesale firms. They are, however, unable to get any guara,stee from dealers in W/elsh butter, with the re- sult that a large number of grocers refuse to sell the native product. If Welsh butter deafers persist in their refusal of a reason- able guarantee they will soon find their occupation gone." A edoomv Olltlnieilr hnhr I C7 -1 &oJ What, is the remedy ? Our reply is—orga- nisation. Let the. farmers throughout Wales organise themselves into co-qrerative .soci- eties to establish creaineriieis wit.hin a, work- able radius: of farms. Within those limits let the creameries bra established all over the Principality, and lelt, thie farmers take care that the suppliers of milk shall be the only shareholders, and tha, the creameries shall be in the centre of the radius' of the farms fixed upon, and so within almost equal dis- tance for all shareholders, and we venture to predict a success as grealt, as that achieved in Ireland. Moist of the creameries in Ire- land are situated in the centre of the radius of farms supplying thei mrk and many miles away frcm railway stations. A MODEL FARM. T.x scccud object, keso-n -las* Vvcbh dept.- tatioivs 1 CCI V cd was at:, t--c Albert Mode Farm, at Ghtsucvin, Dublin. Here shown them a..panorama of all phases of r.gii cult u,i-e--nicde i coi-ii crops, model horsts, bulls, cows, anJ. pigs, a, mode 1 residence for about sixty pupils from all parts of the worL model poultry farm, mockl vegetable anu fruit gardes, model dairy—altogether L most interesting and instructive afternoon's demonstration by the courteous and intelli- gent manager, Mr Clune. This farm would be a, most valuable object-lesson to the agri- culturists of North Wales, who could easily cross over to Dublin, and would, we arc sure, bo most courteously lfeceived by JH Cluno on making an appoint met n with him. We hope to have; P, similar institution in the course of a few years in the lerojeetcd ex- perimental farm at Aberystwith, which six counties of Wales are endeavouring tOI eutab lsh, and which will, no doubt, follow, if established, the lines of the Dublin model farm as closely as possible. Thet-e two striking object Sessions were provide:! by th' three-year-old Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, they deiine eloquently the advantages that may be expected from a similar department for Wales. To ena1 le the agriculturists c" Wales to understand thoroughly what t! e department would mean, we append an epi- tome of its history, its powers and dutie for which are chiefly indebted to the able articles on that subject in the volume recently published. and entitled- "Ireland—| Agricultural and Industrial." THE IRISH DEPARTMENT. The. scheme wa,s originated by a number of Irishmen, representative of different poli- tical parties, resolving to form a comnrttee for the promotion of measures for the bene- .'it of the country in support of which r common agreement could be secured. This committee formed during the Parliament try recess of 1896 and was Known CG the Recess Committee. Mr Horace Plunkett elected chairman, and Mr T. P. Gill, h • sec. The committee- studied systematically the methods adopted in other ccuntries for the. develqpjment cf agricultural and indu" trial resources, a.č1d considered whether these methods might, be adopted and adapted to the special condition.s of Ireland. As a. re- sult they drew up a.nd presented to thie Irish Government a report, on the. establishment :/f a Department cf Agriculture and Indus- trie.s for Ireland, which contained the follow ing re,omnicii-da,tion.s "That the administration for Sta,te-aid to agriculture a.nd industries in Ireland on thie principles to be described can be most effec- tively ca,rriod out—(1) by including the two branches of agriculturle, and industries, and the technical instruction relating thereto, under the care of one department specially created for the purpose.; and (2) that this department should consist of a, board, with a Minister of Agriculture and Industries, re- sponsible to Parliament, at its head, and assisted by a consultative council represen- tative of the agricultural and industrial interests of the country." Thesle Recommendations were taken up warmly by public opinion of all shades in Ireland, and especially by the bodies repre- senting agriculture, conimeroe, and industry. A ery important deputation, organised by the chambers of commerce of Dublin, Cork, and Belfast, representing the agricultural and commercial interests throughout the country generally, waited on the Chief Secretary, Mr Gerald Balfour, in January, 1897, who received them graciously, and promised legislation on the part of the Government. In the, of 1899, the Chief Secretary introduced a Bill for the establishment of a Department of Agmculture and Techsieal Instruction for Ireland, which emboddied the main features of the Rcees.s Committee's recommendations, and adapted them to the n:ew circumstances created in Ireland by tk« Lbeal (Joveroment Act which had been passed in the previous session. The. duty of the department is to carry on certain vete- rinary, fishery, statistical, and educational work formerly devolving upon several distinct State idepartmests, and certain new duties connected with the development of agricul- ture aind other industrial and technical in- struct on which receive a, very liberal inter- prfetaftion in the definition clause. Towards carrying out this work, the department re- ceived a capital sum of about £ 200,000, and hatsi annual endowment of E166,000 ef vhich sum £ 55,000 is allotted for technical instruction. The salaries and allowances of the staff required for the work of the de- partments a.re devoted by Parliament and in- cluded in the, ordinary Civil Service Esti- mate. PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT. The department consists of a, President (the Chief Secretary for the time being), and a Vice-Pifcsident (Mr Horace Plunkett), who are lassdsticd by a Secretary (Mr T. P. GiH), two Assistant Secretaries (-one in respect. cf agriculture and one in respect, of technical iastcuctios), together with a, number cf in- spectors, instructors, officers, a,.Id scrvamts. To ienable the department to get into touch with the public opinion cf the classes wh in its work would concern, a Council of Agri- culture and two boards, one connected with agriculture and the other with technical in- structios, were established and adapted frcm Continental models, this marking a. new de- parture in the administrative system of the British Islands. The council is mainly elec- tive, and is built out, 'of the newly-established system cf loeal government, and consists of 104 members, of whom 68 are elected by the county councils and 34 are nominated by the department..The Kucoessful working of the Act depends mainly upon co-operation- of the local bodies. POWERS OF DEPARTMENT. The following are, in the main, the trans- ferred powers and duties of thie department 1. The powers and duties of the Veterinary Department of the Privy Council under various Diseases of Animals Acts, the object of which was to stamp out certain infectious diseases among animals the powers of FerfUscrs and Feeding Stuffs Acf, and the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, and to make regulations for cTfttjerInining the purity of milk, cream, butter, or cheese. 2. The powfers and duties, of the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries 3. The powers and duties of the Registrar- GeiHeiral for Ireland and of the Irish Land Commissios with refercisce to collection and publication of agricultural statistics, and cer- tain powers under the Markets and Fairs Acts. A Statistics and Intelligence Board had been form-ed by the. department, which reports, among other things, upon average prices obtained from the chief markets for livle stock and certain kinds of agricultural produce, and collects any information that I t may be deemed important for the promotion if agriculture and rural industries, and by leaflets land otherwise brings home to every farmier in the country the progress of his State-aiclied rivals, and how to competc with them. 4. The powers and duties of the Com- of National Industries with regard to practical agricultural educittion at tne Albert Model Farm, Dublin, and Minister Institute, Cork, and at the primary schools by means of object Ijuiscas and elementary science (with spccil reference in the rural district, to the princi lEiS uncleIlying agricul- ture and horticulture)). 5. The powers and duties of the Depart- ment of Science and Art in relation to the institutions in Iredmd under their control. G. The administration of the grants in science and art and fcr technical instruction in Iij:±and, which were formerly cdministered by the Science and Art Department of the English Board cf Education, South Ken- sington. Agricultural and rural inelustreis are de- fined in the1 Act as including the aiding, improving, and developing of agriculture, horticudturc, (forestry, dairying, the breeding of horses, eat tie, n.nd other live stock, :md aJso t-ie siding cr facilitating cf the carriage and distribution-, of produce. The department is given certain, (rpw&rsj cs regards t r ai facilities, and is authorised to take such steps as it thinks proper for appearing a.s on behalf of persons ?ggrievted in reference to any matter which the Railway E,nd Canal Ccmmisraoners ha we jurisdiction, to hear L,iaid determine. We conclude we-tn a. s.'neere hope that all W aJlrs and all classes in Wales will t.a,ke up this matter, so vital to the interests of Welsh agricu1 ural and rural industries, that. every county and borough council. every rural urban district council, adopt the rtp-ojut-ion and instruct their M.P.'s and a.M influential men to assist with all their m-ight in influencing public opinion on behalf of the movement, to culminate, we hope, in great, meeting of delegates from all parst of Wal s to mccctr/t a. central place, finally, to. lead to. tne presentation, with the help of the Welsh M.P.'s cf a united Welsh petition to the Government proving for the establishment of the department, which we earnestly fceliavie' be the salvation of Welsh agriculturfsts.

Carmarthenshire, Main Roads 'om natter DRASTIC CHANGES FORESHADOWED Alterations in tbH system of road Management, have been unci r consideration by the County Council for a considerable time. The Commit-en to which this ni.itit-r has been reierred met last Saturday at Car- mar! hen. AhierLuan Joseph was voted to the clt.iir. It was unaiiiiu usly resolved to discontinue appoiiiiiug sub coiuaittees for the eastern am w, st,'r¡¡ divisions as hith-rto, and to do the work through a Main Roads and TI: idge:, Committee to meet at Carmar- then. The salaries now paid to the officers aiuount to X480 yearly. It was 4g?4.,ed to appoint on« County Surv- yor to have charge of the whole County, and a schedule of his duties was dr-ilt^d. It was agreed to apj oint three inspect rs ol roads to act under the County survey, r in superintending and chI c1; ing the roadmen, steam rollers. Uniterm Is sups lied, and the WMIIS generally, Y, icspect r to have about ooe hundred tuies • f road to supei intend i,j stru ts V* ill be NO »irian»-ed a" to correspond wi ll tli. Coroners' divisions of ti,u coiuitrr. A Kchciiuh or ■ ueir intended auties W b u^r«. d up..r which provides tha: they -11,111 be eye! sis and confine themselves to the roads, ti'è," ling by train only when absolutely me s- a >.y. Th. expenditure of the main roads and steam rolu rs in the County is over £ 11,000 a yonr, and it is felt there should be ampler supervision of the men employed and material supplied to the roads than seems possible under the present system. ———

Llandilo Perjury Case. THE JUDGE AND THE CHIEF- CONSTABLE. QUESTION OF COSTS HEARD AT SWANSEA. Mr J W alton Bishop, solicitor, Llandilo, writes as follow s to the Western Mail your issue of Wednesday, the 12th inst., you had a long report of the hearing ofthe action Rex v.Williams(charge of perjury heard at Carmarthen Assizes), in which you made the error of saying that the hearing at Llandilo was dismissed. This was not a fact, as the bench divided, and refused distinctly to dismiss the case The report went on to set out the remarks (rather scathing) of the judge (Mr Justice Bucknill) as to the precedure of the chief- constable as a representative of a public body in faking advantage of the Vexatious Indictments Act, 1861, and getting himself bound over to prosecute, and that his lord- ship would Older the chief constable to pay the costs of the defence unless he could convince his lordship that the prosecution was a just one. His lordship gave the cchief-constable the opportunity of meeting him at Swansea, which he did yesterday afternoon, when hb attended at the judge's room, with counsel for both sides present. The judge, after hearing what Mr Phillips had to say, was quite satisfied that he took a perfectly justifiable course, and conse- quently ordered the defendant to pay his own costs.—I am, &c., J. WALTON BISHOP, Solicitor. Llandilo, November 25th, 1902.

I Will of Mr. Thomas Lloyd. The will, dated O .tober 3, 1902, of Mr Thomas Lloyd, of 446 to 454, Oxford-street, London, draper, chairman of T. J. Harries and Co. (Limited), a native of Llanybyther, who died on November 14 in his forty-sixth year, has been proved by Mrs Jenny Elizabeth Lloyd, the widow the Rev William Lloyd, of Taffechan Yiearagt, Merthyr Tydfil, and Evan Lloyd, of Oxford-street, the brothers John Clark Merrills, of Oxfori-street, and Harry Elliott, of The Hollies, Belmont-road, Wellington, the value of his estate being XO,422 10s. The testator giveB £ 5.000 and tho household furniture at his reiidenre to his wife; L500 each to his father and mother, Evan and Jane Lloyd 4.500 each to his brothers, William, Evan, John, and David £ 500 each to his sisters, Jane Lloyd and Mrs Sarah Jores, of the Railway Hotel. Llany- byther X500 each to the children of his sister. Mrs Mary J .ues, of Tlaudunr X200 to John Clart Merrill* and t200 to Harry Elliot. The residue of his p operty he leaves as to ore-fonrth in trust for his wife for life, and then an she shall bv deed or will appoint, and the remaining three-fourths in trust for his chil'ren, Powers are given to his executors to carry on his business for a period not exceeding two years. Probate has been obtained of only a portion of the etate, without regard to the total value of tha business ar d bu-biess premiees, inordtrto facilitate the carrying on of such business, and as soon as the valuations have been made a further affidavit will be sworn

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1 CAliiMA.UTHH!\ l Á J It 1 L-J. J L 1 L 1. ¡ l;.M)KU THE ,a. l 1 l j j, J SUAJKOHLIGHT. 0 C.^arie co n, and sit you d HVIl yoa shall not bulge on shall n>t <»<», till I set you up a glass, u i.eiv you hi «.y see the inuiust part of you." —————— SHAKKSI'KARE. is trie stas.on when obsequiousness b ;ll' to be cultivated for all it is worth. Jt: disappear. however, onct* the boxing f.v.'s-o't h over, so don't he taken in with it ••• roller sensation did not fizzle f <i; :U' o qt'-i'-i'ly a-s people would have mrvjiiied. 'i.'c grand thing in this world is yen g?..t an idea fiinilv imbedded i i y;r cmiuum. nothing need ever dislodge v I' cr hislv.nrc, vo"> swear tha,t your team than the other at football. Well, v, on you got beaten by ten goals to nil. you < :t ::]} concerned that. only pro\'c' t■jt t!»•» refer«/ was d"d ? gainst you. h" nit: nr:>bablv been bribed by the otrer M .e. lew sivi'sr that yor.r p,1 t.v is three to when you go to the r c!fc".i.le<.[—hat does not [14 yen, It only prov:.s that the c 'i«M* >ir!e wi-vA in fei' corruption or that the rrtn;n;ng cflic; r r.vdc a fal e return. If I h to another religious, sect i-re 1;1. t:-cy'iv b-v.l a rid if you can't fiilc ir.iyt'u.Mg i > ,-ay t'iem. tint iv 0:11) iiTther pr^of cf rheir infernal r^scvjlity. beeni'" thfy arc to conceal their wicked w: 'l. t ncl pa.!r»i themselves off cs re- spci i:ib! 1-["" If your favourite bicycle ;,nr.Nh. or course. r.ccident-s 1 1 if your lie cx- of li(, Once into th*.t frnmc of mind, no sveh P<-tt.v details -v- facts need ever di-turb your trim -crenitv. 'i iKi" is ih. principle wliic'x the defenders applied io the roller affair. '1. pii.nping engii'email's job is gone, bc- there is no marc pumping to he done, it certain eiique man .gi »•) icr-y a mo-ii::n to .sack the driver of the ft-eaIU-roller. >0 to find a job for the other n:<1:1. cry ge.cd hi-t time the pump- ing engine man takes out the steem roller Iw brenks i.'■*•■ 11c cord along Spiluiau street. end fin silly brvr.ks t:i, steam roller. Sui-cly ni.ist.nkc b.;e:i. made. You would third- that the of that performance would apical tn the den-est intellect. Oh dear, 110 The man ha.- been made, they say. the victim of some a.wfrl conspiracy. The of he-, -Leam rollcr i-id !ii>,ni:y-p uikv v;th it generally, so t-iat if wa-! t::o high spii "ted and &s soon as it war let ,!oo,r-e. it careering along the =),:1} which kd to dcotruction. #* I feel I owe an apology to the intelligent public of .Carmarthen for referring to such wishy-washy balderdash. It i", a gre-at. pity wo did not hear anything a' out it. until after the. team roller was wrecked. What t!"v faithful believers want us to accept i- that t'-Ic, former steam roller, driver removed a flv.vheel weighing about 9 hundredweight, intcrieied with the bearings, replaced th* wheel, took care to tell somebody in t, presence of somebody win tfyld soni'bcdy c!( who carried it to Mr Rogers, then out cf t'v wickedne-'s of his heart went home, a wcefc before his ,tmp was up. developed a serious Raiment, got couple cf medical m'fll (d1 in the conspiracy) to operate on him (so as t" keep up the plot), handed the key to the messenger on Monday morning, and waited with expectation to hear how the other man progre s"d with ,the, steam roller. And then the steam roller having bcc. pi oporly coached by its- fermrr master, con- cealed its wicked intentions as it went along the Quay, and up Castle Hill, so as t,o 'iirc- the victim o)i. i-,ici then when it got into -iti-(,ctL. it obeyed its iir-tructions. the valve was locked, to, ii rods miscrl i i-i wa r th.: main spring, the brasses get tig'ittne'.l. the refrigerator would not work, and the- whol* bu.-iue« 'went c'l.vttcring along like a cs of Juggernaut, until it was s-topped by a friendly pest. Ridiculous tc believe all this you cay. Nonsense, my dear friend-. V. cM believe anything I Ie. so long you don't r-k us to believe -.1}[;,1 t lic know to Ntesin ro!!er. V, e wc-n't believe that at an? price. (.!rdi"ai dy, j; wc-ri. »;- good form to nothing ahotit the .ic h which failed. Tlw vva- sui !i. rn nhject. fiasco that it appeared n subject fr.. pity rrithar thar- Is'.u^bt-er. The public t xh'bit :an was a iL sr-nvd p;ii-ni;nt ■ -nr-ugh. "Out it is (juit'. ar.ot-her in.'t'-r when no!' content with that, these forth the wilde't ar't ,ionc- in order to cover up their own cenfr:nrtibi bungling. Wir-ith the good of arguing with such people? Some members cf th*" Council say there ought to 1 investigation. Fiddlesticks. When they get wor:ted nt th ) 1011, of course it be because the witne-^es bar mad.-? it up. If were made a. slander action, and carried triumphantly through tlle, prove nothing either. The fa'thtul few AVOU'C! still be able to };c.1jpn that tbr witnesses were perjured. or til- jury got at. or something cf that kind. When you have disprrad cf th-ir allegations, tliey could get up and J'IY the thing over agiiin, with a few additional c^tiils. Don't ever argue. In the end, people will believe I just the sarnie as ever. 4*0 Councillor Rogers at the meeting not only t:1"lt tbtre was no doubt. that the roller JÚ1'd ocrn tampered with" (the "no doubt" being the word of the man who had made a potcb of the business, end had tried to find some excuse), but he further asid that .,c, Committee bad not recommended the re- appointment of Davies. It is, of eotirse, a mere circumstance after all tli-, other wild allegations, to accuse the .Town Clerk of cooking the report d tTie Ccmmittee. What a glorious thing it is that there is .somebody to expose t,hee th'ngs! Less than two yearF ago. Councillor Rogers also made the F nn. nt tut t' Pal k had been drained tlirec time-; but he hes never brought any eri- d nee 011 the po nt yet. If the worthy Coun- cillor dee -11 t UiKle care, lie'll g"t a. reputa- tion for making strong pllegations—and lett- ing them -top at allegations. I am taking inv ri,k in referring tal t('I things, because the worthy Councillor aias a valiant champ'.on to defend him, and that champion has for mnay years found it a labour of love on any pn text (or 110 pretext at. all) to go into rapture's over the wickedness cf con- t-e.niporari.es, arid e^pecally cf that loathsom° scriea who peas the pre-lcnt effusions. So if T hInT in any way misrepresented th? case. i; is very easy putting it right. 1: w; corruption, rf eour-e. to let a commit tf ? have tho Par]^ a.t £ 21 for the day, r: ¡:1 carry on sports at their own I Jt risk, and claim that funds accruing there- frum nnll be (hspos. nf according to the the 10 tiling irom beginning to end. 'Jliat, ol is 15ut it is tiia heipht cf cmbalir.e.l in:orrupt»bili;.y to sack a c mpctent Tn?,n to find a job for an inexperienced man, and to endanger life, limb, and Corporation property thereby. It ail depends my friends 011 th;c people who carry cut the job:. Any- thing we say, however outrageous is only righteous eritic^m; anything that (people of the class of Alcth£ia" and sueh,.lo\v scum say on the other side is only vulgar scur- rility. Circumstances alter cases. *■# Mr Waters in his excellent paper on the Ancient City of Ci.rmiti-t',el-ii referring to the introduction of the printing press into Canuarlhen. wondered whether the press 1 would ever supersede the pulpit. I don't I think there is the 5'lightest- danger of any- thing of th; kind. Their spheres arc altogether different. Imbed this is so well recognised if the editor of any newspaper were to begin to wiite articles demanding that his readers should think seriously where they would spend fternity-wcll. there would -0(;11 be vacancy in press circles, an d an "xtra patient in that excellent institution above the Training College. People don't want the two things mixed up. For one oeiso'n who buy. a paj'-er to read the report )f a sermon, there are twenty buy it to road a -cene in a pol;c- court, or the rousing speeches at an election, or a hot passage at rm" in the Town Council. *«• You will -Litav a good deal about the power of the press, but I alil bound to confess- that ,h value i-> greatly discounted by the fact ihat it is mostly pressmen who say it them- selves. It is too much like the .shoemaker's dictum lint there's nothing like leather." the pve.s nowadays include,1 everything :rom t:1C "War Cry" to the" Pir,k -o that statements gain absolutely no weight from the fact th;t they appear in print. The people who are most apt to c-ricicise the pulpit, are often the peofple who never put a. ha'penny in the plate. So it is the people ivher read the pap 1* in a public house or read- ing room who think it. ought to be carried on exactly according io their ideas. •H The Rev J. Hughes Parry at the Bible Society meeting last week pointed out that modern- discoveries did nothing for the moral or spiritual advancement of the people. He spoke to the following effect: "The steam engine cannot draw one sinner from sin to salvation the telegraph and the telephone carry no message of s,a.li-a,tioti to a sinful world; the Bioscope cannot depict the bliss of the- saved or the woe-s of the lost; the bicycle swift as it Is cannot enable our young people to flee from the wrath to come and the sin and miser yof our criitcs do not dis- app^r in the glare of the electric light." < Perhaps they have just an opposite effect. It is seldom you will find people surrounded with every luxury worrying about spiritual problems. People have mixed up the ques- tion of salvation and financial prosperity. It is usually poor dirty ragged people that the tremendous efforts a,re made to save. If you pay Income Tax, and keep a pony and traip, there is no need to trouble about you. «* In fact, you will often hear a member of the submerged tenth who has been saved, testify that at- one time before his conversion he was in rags, a-d poverty, but now he has got two (suits, and money in the Bank. That's what often psa-ses1 for conversion. According to this Gospel, the "wrtah to comic" whence you must uee. is the Bankruptcy Court. The righteousness which exalteth a nation is a big return of imports and exports, large ex- pansions of territories, and a good strong fleet and a powerful army. This is the Gospel which is tac' 'y accepted nowadays. • •ft A sure proof of this is the comparative indifference with which people regard the attacks on the Bible. tiself. Appeals like that cf the writer of the letter "Defend your most sacred (possessions are simply f;o rcany voices crying in C wilderness. People will get vigorous in an argument as to which is the correct brand of Christianity but let a dignitary of the Church treat the whole Gospel story as a myth. and the matter is one of comparative indifference. It was ever t,he isame. The Jansenists were a sect which caused a lot of controversy in the French Churches two centuries ago. A King recommended to appoint a certain ecclesi- astic to a bishopric. But I'm told" safd the King" that the man's a Jansenist." Thou,t report was. spread by hi-, your Maie,ly." s,-tid the Prime Mini,.tcr, a matter cf fact, the man's an atheist." And the rev. atheist had the appointment. That's why you don't hear so much cf the agnostics nowadays. They've all been made D.D. s. and Bishops, and celebrated Divines. ••• There was a long discussion at the School Board meeting last week. A teacher had put in has list of requirements and amongst these was a protractor." The members did net understand this. Sojiie thought that it was « me other word .which had been mis- spelled. So they referred the case to the teacher for .an explanation. The teacher ex- plained quite f-olemnly that a protractor was a semi-circle of brass (price 3d each), marked with degrees for the measurement and the con-itruct-ioii of singles. So' the mvslery was cleared up. off Rev J. Hughes Parry as th, deputation from the Bible, Society at the meeting last week deplored the conduct of certain cf his countrymen who were not inclined to let the boys and girls in cur elcmn.tary schools have an opportunity of reading the Bible- the same as they give to the Kaffirs, etc. We have all heard that remark before. It is a pity it was introduced at the meeting at all. as the matter is more or less contro- versial, and the, deputation hardly stated the case fairly. As a matter of fact, very few people object to the teaching of the Bible, in the elementary schools. Most of those who have opposed /the present Educa- tion Bill have, on the contrary, stated that what they wanted was plain Bible teaching, and phin Bible teaching only. Had it been only a question cf the Bible, and the Bible alone, the present controversy would 11 ver have arisen. of* A subject for discussion amongot the members of the defunct Sports Committee is how the money in hand is to be disposed of. There, is cue pressing want which is keenly felt in Carmarthen, but which do-as not; receive the attention which its import- ance demands. I refer to that long-felt want an In riates' Home. If it is impossible1' to do that with the money in (hand, it mislit be well to consider the. propriety of founding a scholarship in seme exsiting homo for the benefit cf deserving local aspirants. I have a most disserving c so which I should like to recommend for the first vacancy; but it is no use. mentioning names until the scholarship has been founded. A cynic: contributes the following: EXAMINATIONS FOR TOWN COUN- CILLORS. It is r; laourcd that since the Education Bill is to be administered by the Town Councils, candidates for municipal honouis will bo. required in friture to pass an En- trance Examination. No Code. has yeit been i sued, but, the following questions suggest themselves es of a suitable character 1. Show from the recent history of your Borough that no member cf the present Council deserves re-election. 2. Compose a specimen Election Address, with more than ten grammatical errors. 3. Briefly expound the whole art of muni- cipal finance. Show that it is a Law of (Municipal) Nature that Expenditure always must be deride cf Est invito. Show how a Lowest Tender" may after acceptance he raised higher than the highest submitted. P r c; v ei from youi answer that businc.ss-men are noit ni'Mi-of-busin es. 4. Wsite a short, essay on the moral value of petitions. 5. -State very carefully the precisc reKtions of Councillors to (a) Closing Time (b) The Sunday Closing Act (c) Bathing 111 the Re: crvoir. (5. eminent 0:1 the following arguments: (a) Kxcrcvog-nce fcr (by To provide fer a contingent loss of say £ 50 we inr-.t hold a reserve of at least £ o00 (el "Thol motion is intended as a filer"; (d) £ 3.COO at 3 per ce.nt— £ 21 (e) He •vas never com missioned to do the work for us, bio1: he lias done it we must pav his bill." 7. Prove: that the addition of three (schools, to your charge will reduce the School Board "ate b; 2d. in th0 pound. Hove many schools would need to be added to abolish the rate and to produce- a dividend ? 8. Explain various methods of winning an election. Name convenient houses. Illus- trate method.? -of pe.yment. Draw diagrams ef popular patWns of tickets. From Hamlet's soliloquy To beer or not to bc-r? That is the question." show that Shakes- peare was a St. Peter's Boy. 0. Examine the argument that Councillors who (.Il attend .mo-ruing- meetings have no business to get elected on the Council. Prove that therefore our present Councillors are gentlemen of leisure. 10. Narrate the history of the Taree Wise Men cf Gotham. What, features in their career .suggest tha,t, they were aldermen? 11. What is the connection between a "by- law and a "by-word." Illustrate how the former is converted into the latter. 12. Finally. State honestly all the reasons which have led to your present candidature. From their tot«o.], deduct the amount of your personal vanity, plus expectations of increase m ycur trade business or profession through the value of membership of the. Council as an advertisement. Prove that the rcma,inder is equivalent to zero. The vacancy in the Town Council will be declared (it is expected) at the meeting to- day (Friday). The Council will probably find that they have no option in the matter. • *• Principal Evans, the president of the Car- marthen Liberal Association, will deliver an address on Friday evening next. 12th at Penuel :Schoo,lroom, on "The Princi- ples: of Liberalism." The chair will be taken at 8 o'clock, by Councillor Geo. Treharne. This i." the first of a. series of addresses which will be delivered during the winter in both wards of the Borough. ALKTHKIA.