The Rhos Herald

Strike at Wynnstay Colliery. The miners employed at the Wynnstay Colliery are now on strike. The notices given by the 1,200 men ex- pired on Wednesday, when the ftien brought up their tools. The dispute mainly arises out of the Price List which came into operation in Janu- ary 1909. The difficulty is the interpre- tation of the phrase a 4* hard and difficult plpce." Several cases have been taken to the County Court. It is however, con- tended that the evidence affecting a work- ing place in a certain condition which oc- curred weeks and even months ago, must be meagre and certain. The men have claimed the minimum wage in some cases but the owners say that their working- were not hard and difficult." The matter affects a large number of other collieries. A rumour has been circulated for some time that negotiations for the sale of the Wynnstay Colliery to Messrs Lever Bros, Ltd., of Port Sunlight, are in progress, but the rumour is not confirmed.

OUR POST BAG. RHOS AND THE BUDGET. MR HEMMERDE K.C. M.P., AND HIS CRITICS. To the Editor of the Rhos Herald. SIR,-My attention has been called to the fact that some anonymous correspond- ent has been attacking me in your paper for not having had a Budget meeting at Rhos. I am quite sure that none of these at- tacks emanate from my supporters. It is quite well known to them that the great strain of the recent by-election, fol- lowing upon my long and arduous cam- paign on the land question last winter, made me physically incapable of undertak- ing any political work outside the the House of Commons for many weeks, or of facing the long hours in the House. I endeavoured, in despite of my doctor's orders, to be present in the House when ever the land clauses were under discuss- ion, but I only attempted one all night sitting, and that made me thoroughly ill. All through August and the first half of September, I was besieged with invitations to address meetings on the Budget, all of which I was obliged to decline. The only holiday I could get was to give up platform work and late hours. I was hardly away from London at all. Feeling that we were faced with a crisis more urgent than any that has confronted us for over a century, in the teeth of my doctor's orders, I started on a long politi- cal tour on September 22nd. East Den- bighshire pronounced upon the Budget before it was introduced. I fought my election upon it, as everyone knows. I anticipated every important feature of it and my constituents expressed their ap- proval in no uncertain way. Knowing their opinions I determined to devote my energies to speaking in their name from one end ot the country to the other. I spoke at Sheffield, Stockport, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Eccles, Manchester, Maesteg, Pembroke, Mountain Ash, Brighouse, Preston, Nelson, Blackburn and several other places. j Does anyone suggest that my time! would have been better spent in touring East Denbighshire, and once more re- ceiving the plaudits of those whose loyal- ty and constancy during the last three years have put to shame the weak-kneed hesitation of the rest of the country ? I believe it is my business to help to secure a Liberal majority all through the country at the'next election, rather than to spend my time in endeavouring to swell my own majority in East'' Denbighshire, and I am confident I shall have the support of all the best elements in my constituency in the course I have adopted. I shall be at Rhos, Coedpoeth, and Cefn, and all my strongholds before many weeks are over. When I come, I shall be prepared to render an account of my stewardship and to answer the questions of those who, under various anonymous disguises, endeavour to play the Tory game of keeping me out of the fighting line by pretenting that my friends in East Denbighshire are in revolt. The only reason for the appearance of a Tory candidate in East Denbighshire is to keep me in East Denbighshire. I confidently leave my interests here in the hands cf my fiiends, while I do my best in their name, without sparing my heahh or strength, to advance the causes which they and I have at heart.—I am, etc EDWARD G. HEMMERDE. 23, Cadogan Gardens, S.W., October 24th, 1909.

NOTES AND JOTTINGS. THE WYNNSTAY DEADLOCK. It is to be deeply regretted that the masters and men at Wynnstay colliery have failed to come to terms. On Wed- nesday the men brought their tools up, y n and the outlook is very black indeed. Some 1500 men are involved, with the long and dreary winter staring them in the face. The Management state that for some time past, the Colliery has been worked at a loss, and if the men went on strike, the probability would be that the works would be permanently closed. This will be bad news, especially to Cefu and Penycae people, who chiefly depended upon Wynnstay as a means of support. lw

RHOS. PERSONAL..—The many friends of Dr T W J ones, son of Mr J Trevor Jones, As- sistant-Overseer, Rhos, will be interested to learn that he is on a voyage to the Far East. He sailed from Liverpool on Fri- day (to-day) on board the steamer, Pronithing," he having been appointed Ship Surgeon. The journey will extend over 5 months, during which time the ship will caU at China, Korea, and Japan. WEDDING -On Wednesday morning week, Mr John Morgan, son of Mr Thos. Morgan, Hi!! street, Rhos, was married to Miss Dinah Eveline Pritchard, Pant hill, Rhos. The ceremony was performed at the Jerusalem Welsh Weslayan Chapel, Wrexham, by the Rev j Howell, Ponkey. The best man was John E Evans, and the bridesmaid was Miss Zephorah Pritchard (sister of the bride). The honeymoon was ) spent at Rhyl. HILL ST. LITERARY SOCIF.TY.-The weekly meeting in connection with the above Society was held on Thursday evening. Mr Henry W Jones, Rhostyllen gave an interesting lecture on Music in the Middle Ages." The lecturer dealt with the subject in an able and lucid manner. He traced the development that had taken place in dramatic music and the oratorio. PRIZE DISTRIBUTION—The annual prize distribution in connection with the Rhos Homing Society took place at the White Lion Inn, Rhos on Wednesday evening. The chair was occupied by Mr Eddie Gill, Handsome money prizes, given by the club, and in addition speciat prizes were given by the following ;—Mr and Mrs Phillips, Mr Latham, Wrexham Mr M Richards Mr E Gill. Mr David Phillips gave a short speech and afterwards hand- ed over the prizes to the successful mem- bers, as follows Jooes and Jones, Mr D Davies, Mr Jonathan Richards, Mr W Parry, Mr Thomas Jones, Mr Eddie Gill, and Mr Willie Pritcbard.-Afterward they sat down to a splendid repast, and for the rest of the evening the members and others assisted by musical items. At the close a vote of thanks was on the motion of Mr D Phillips seconded by Mr J Richards, to the energetic secretary, Mr Gill, brought to a close a most enjoy- able evening. DEATH OF MRS ABEL HUGHES.—Quite a ijloom was cast over the district on Monday night, when it became known that Mrs Màry AnD Hoghes, wife of Mr Abel Hughes, of the Nags Head Hotel, Rhos, had died in the early evening. The deceased lady, who was only 34 years of age, was seized with severe illness some months ago, from which she partially re- covered, and was able to get about. A fortnight ago she was again taken ill, and expired very suddenly on Monday night. She was a native of the district, being the youngest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Roberts, late of the New Inn, Johnstown where the deceased was born. The inter- ment took place at the New Cemetery Rhos, on Thursday afternoon, amid every manifestation of respect and esteem. All of the licensed houses and business premises en route to the Cemetery were closed. The procession was one of the largest seen in the district for some time. An impressive service was held at the Parish Church, conducted by the Revs Jenkins-Menlove and the Rev D Jones, (curates), who also officiated at the grave- side.

♦ YOUNG PEOPLE'S GUILD. -The Christ JOHNSTOWN. Church Young People's Guild on Thurs- day evening held their weekly meeting. Mr J Arthur Jones, Inspector to the Wrexham Rural District Council, address- ed the members on a subject both interest- ing and instructive to them. The paper, which was an admirable one, was based upon the subject 44 Diet and Health." The Rev T Arthur Thomas who was in the chair, proposed and Mr John Nicholas I seconded a vote thanks to Mr Jones.

Grand Concert at Penuel, Rhos. Ozi Wednesday evening last a grand concert was held at Penuel Baptist Chap- el, Rhos, in aid of the funds of Noddfa Baptist Church, Johnstown. There was a large audience, and the chair was admi- rably occupied by E. W. Maingay, Esq., Plaspower, who also kindly gave a hand- some donation towards the funds. Miss Louie James, R.A.M., the sopra- no of the evening, has never been heard at Rhos before. She has a most pleasing voice, and she used it with great skill and taste. She sang 4 April Morn (Batten) and 4 Y Gardotes Fach,' (Dr Parry). She had to respond to both, and as encores gave two Welsh airs. Mr Watkin Hughes, was in excellent voice, and fully maintained his already high reputation as a true and sincere ar- tist. He sang 4 Sound an alarm,' (Han- del) in excellent style, and his other item, 4 Farewell in the desert,' (Adams) was a creditable performance. Mr T. Bryniog Jcpes, R.A,M., was al- so a stranger to Rhos. He is a young singer who possesses an exceptionally rich and powerful bass voice—producing a good even tone both up and down. We cannot, however, congratulate him on his selection of songs. He would, we believe, have been much happier in an oratorio air -still he did well with the material he had. His items were 4 Arglwydd, arwain trwy'r auialwch,' (Hughes), and "The Wonders of the Deep." We hope to hear something further of this young and pro- mising singer. The attistas also rendered two duets, Y laethferch a'r bugail,' (Wm Davies), and 4 Watchman, what of the night,' (Sargeant.) One of the teatures of the concert was the organ playing of Mr E. Emlyn Dav- ies, A. R CO. His renderings were all masterly and artistic, and if some of us are getting just a little tired of the storm' and 4 Patrol' items, others equally enjoy them as was proved by the loud applause which greeted these items. His other items were the Prelude irom Lohengrin I (Wagner), Concerto in B Flat (Handel), 4 Peer Gynt Suite No 2 (Greig) and The j Heavens are telling' (Haydn), j Bethlehem Children's Choir were in fine form, and delighted everybody with their beautiful singing. One of their items was I an excellent arrangement by Mr Dan Rob erts, A. C., of two Welsh Airs, Suogan' and I Gwcw fach,' both a contrast, and both splendidly rendered. They had to respond to an encore. Their other selec- tions were 4 The Snow,' a lovely partsong by Dr Elgar, Soldiers' Chorus (Faust) not, in our opinion, a very suitable item for children's voices, 4 The Shepherd (W Davies) and 4 I know a bank,' (Dr Home) two; dainty partsongs, which suited the children to perfection. Mr Jacob Edwards the popular conductor, has a choir to be proud of. We should not forget to add that Mr Emlyn Davies accompaniad in his usual artistic manner.

DR CAMPBELL MORGAN AT WREXHAM AND RHOS. AN IMPRESSIVE PERSONALITY. The drill hall, Wrexham, was packed on Tuesday evening, when Dr Campbell Morga-n preached the Convention sermon in connection with the Free Church meet. ings at Wrexham. The preacher chose his text from three passages in St Luke—chap 7 verse 39, chap 15, verse 2, and chap 19 verse 7. For the best part of an hour, the im- mense audience listened intently to the unwinding of a closely reasoned, yet fas- cinating sermon. For the first few minutes perhaps, the tall figure and commanding, yet winsome personality of the preacher himself, ab- sorbed the attention of the listeners. They studied the noble-looking head with its gathering whiteness, and the long thought-scarred face with its deep lines and intense expression. But soon the man himself was lost in the greatness of his subject. He opened his sermon with a present- ment of the difficulties of the Pharisees in estimating Christ. While abhoring the patronage ot the Pharisees towards Him, he held that their criticism of Him was quite justified. The Pharisees of nine- teen centuries ago did exactly what the modern critic of to-day would do. They saw Christ allowing a fallen woman to fondle him, and they shrank back in hor- ror. They could not account for such in- explicable conduct, and naturally thought there was some secret in His past, and that His future was fraught with deadly peril. But they knew not of the meeting that had previously taken place between Jesus and the woman, whereby a besmirch- ed and soiled soul, had, by contact with the radiance of His person, been made spotlessly pure. Their criticism failed because they did not know all the facts. The Pharisees knew the woman as she used to be, and so judged her. Christ knew her as she was, and so accepted her adulation. Then again the Pharisees saw Jesus eating and drinking with the rabble. They saw him select his chums out of the low and degraded. They saw him lodge with a notorious character, and dine with a rich rogue. They saw him confab and make much of the very people whom to-day we give a very wide birth to. Here was another problem that wor- ried them. It baffled and perplexed their understanding and perturbed their con- ception of morality. They thought, as we think, that no one could play with pitch without being soiled. Then he came to the explanation of it all. It was to be found in the fact that He came to save sinners. He came to rummage in the scrap-heaps of humanity to buy the potter's field where unfit and useless moulds were rotting. That was the se- cret cried the preacher, his face lighting up. The Pharisees but served as a back- ground to fling the figure of Christ in the forefront. The preacher elaborated several other themes in the course of his sermon, all of which were enthralling in interest, and intensely dramatic in utterance. On Thursday afternoon, Dr Campbell Morgan preached to a great congregation at Capel Mawr, Rhos, on the text 44 Come unto me." At the outset he said he had often longed to come to Rhos, for he had listened, and was never tired of hearing from his friend Mr Elvet Lewis, the story of the revival. He then delivered a ser- mon touchingly powerful in its appeal, dramatically glowing in its utterance, and couched in language of the choicest English. The conception and insight was stiringly new and fresh, and the logic was clear and irresistible. It is interesting here to note the differ- ence in the styles of great English and Welsh preachers. All our great Welsh preachers are loftily imaginative, ard full of imagery. The saying that the Welsh- man is a dreamer and a reveller in flights of fancy, is at least true of our great preachers. The Welshman is not con- tent with a plain practical presentment of the truth. He is rather a voluptuary in this sense. He must have it ado-rned with warm colouring and emotional glow. The English standard again is all for the practical application of the truth. They want it beaten on the anvil of reason, and moulded so that the point will pierce their colder temperament. They must have strong, clear, interpretations, ex- pressed with logical force rather than emotion. Sometimes however, we hear sermons which have a blending of both qualities, and then it is that the truth shines with crystal brightness, and burns with beauti- ful tints. Such were the sermons Dr Campbell Morgan preached at Wrexham on Tuesday, and at Rhos on Thursday.

RHOS AND THE BUDGET. -0- To the Editor of the Rhos Herald. SIR,-As has already been pointed out by "An Elector l" and Disgusted Li- beral Mr Hemmerde seem quite obliv- ious to the claims of his constituency upon his consideration and interest. The rea- son for this is difficult to understand, especially in view of the striking testi- monev to the unswerving loyality of the electors which the recent bye-election af- forded. No one would maintain that a consti- tuency has a right to monopolise the at- tention of its representative, but at a time like the present, when the issues before the country are of such paramount importance and absorbing interest, a member's own constituency has at least a right to be considered amongst others. The Budget, which is now passing through its final stages in the House of Commons, has given rise to almost, un- precedented excitement throughout the country, but notwithstanding all this, not a single meeting has been held, in Rhos and district for the purpose of explaining its proposals. The indifference of our mem- ber in this matter is quite inexplicable, and can only be characterised as gross dereliction of duty. Perhaps Mr Hem- merde presumes upon the patience and fidelity of his supporters if so, I should like to warn him that it is possible to cany such a policy too far. It is true that the electors of Rhos may be relied upon to remain faithful to Liberal principles, but this is due in a great measure to the edu- cative forces which have been at work in the past, under the leadership and guid-" ance of such men as the late Mr HoosoiV and Sir George Osborne Morgan, who never allowed the flag of Liberalism in the district to droop. The principles of pro* gress cannot be expected to thrive in an1 atmosphere of inactivity and stagnation, While gladly recognisieg Mr HemerdeV brilliant service in connection with the Budget campaign in other constituencies we cannot be blind to the fact that he has, neglected his own constituency, which has been so loyal to him, and to which he owes so much.—Yours, OBSERVER,

SOCIALISTS ON THE CROSS, To the Editor of the Rhos Herald 9- SIR.-In my last letter I asked Mr J W Williams, if he was now, prepared, to" answer a few questions on Socialism, but when the 44 roll was called, it was found that he had deserted from the firing line and bade a hasty and ignominious retreat It is said that most Socialists, are like a bottle of I I pop" they go off with a loud' noise, and create a lot of effervescence,- And such were the vapourings of OUf friend. Now coming t.) I I L Peer,' I said in my last that he admitted no one could hold, private property, and that small property holders would be abolished un., der Socialism, he now says he is surprised I said that, and tries to slip the collar,f by denying that he said so. Well, I wilt first refer him to his previous epistle, He is instantly condemned, for there he says, 44 Under Socialism the country- mark this-the country shall be owned and managed by the nation." By which he means the State. Is not this complicating evidence in crao- lore ? Here are his own statements, dia- metrically opposed to each other. So away with your flippant trash and socialistic humbug, and own up that yollir conception of Socialism is a hopeless muddle. Yours, ANTI-HUMBUG.

SOCIALISTS ON THE CROSS. SIR.—It seems that 41 L Peer is smiling A" 'tired kind of a smile.' I suppose all Social* ists smile that way. The rest of. humanity W" such a dull-headed and thi;k-skulled nonantitf it is so crass in its conception of things, that I suppose they will keep on smiling. However- it will not harm us, and we will not try andÐ appropiate it. It is his own private property, And where has our Peer been living thfØ" days ? Has he never heard of the Liberal prcw gramme ? It seems not. I suppose he is t5Ø" engrossed in the phantasmagoria of Socialist; I dreams—dreams vague, shadowy, unpriictical: and impossible—that he has no time to coUWt down to this real, practical, matter-of-fact world, and therefore knows nothing of the HetP Liberalism so ably expounded by Mr Lloyd- George I am sorry for him. I again repeat Socialists as a class are di6- trustful and suspicious of Social Reform. Kaufc* sky says, Nine-tenth of the proposals for rB. form are not only useless, but are directly iti- jurious to the exploited masses. He also calls Social Reformers "Quacks who pretend that t Jey can cure in a few days, without pain an<$! expense, the most deeply seated social disof" ders." And, of course, it is the gospel of tJw" true Socialist to preach discontentment. They delude the poor with the vain hope that the Socialist policy means no more poverty, ntf more unemployment, all to work four hours .8r day and all to get twelve bob a day. WbeJf one asks for a few details of how this wonder* ful transformation is going to be brought about they are dumb. They found out in France Australia and elsewhere, after experiment that this wonderful panacea was but a quack nostrum after all. ANTI-SOCIALIST,

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