The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser

Sirtbs—carnages—Deaths BIRTHS. BEVAN.—May 9th, at Danrhiw, Peniel Road, near Carmarthen, the wife of Mr. John Bevan, of son. DAVIES.—May 8th, at Fronun, Abergwili, the wife of Mr. J. Davies, of a daughter. SMITH.—May 18th, at 7, St. Catherine-street, Car marthen, the wife of Mr. F. Smith, mason, of a, son. DEATHS. HODGES.—May 20th, at Chapel-street, Carmar- then, Mr. Thomas Hodges, horse dealer, aged 50 years. LLOYD.—April 30th. after a long Illness, Thomas Joseph Lloyd, of 72, Overcliff Road, Lewiabam, London, S.E. (late of The London Stock Ex- change), younger son of the lato Thomas Lloyd, of Broad Oak House, Golden Grove, aged 64. Interred in Hcrne Bay Cemetery on the 5th inst. THOMAS.—May 15th, at 5, St. David's-street, Carmarthen, Mr. Wi!Ham J. Thomas, aged 40 years.

Strumpet Legislation The Bill to disestablish and disendow the Welsh Church passed its last stage in the House of Commons on Wednesday and, If nothing Intervenes, will in due time become law. Where the promoters of the Bill have failed to evade discussion of it in the House (and they hare done very well in that respect) they hnve beo; ?, to the wildest shifts to give the measure a ;e of righteousness. Of ¡ course they failed. :-ilJg could invest in the garment of nattOtia! üp;" \.d a measure which is an outrage upon the real nat tonal spirit of Wales and an act of vindictive robbery. Under normal conditions they could never have passed it through the House of Commons once; they have succeeded in doing so solely by the .assistance of the Irish .Nationalists, men to whom in the House of Commons Welsh members have .grovelled, but who belong to a religion which, on then- native heath, the same Welshmen loathe and ablior. Nothing they say in favour of tlie Bill is true. Mr. LLHWELVX WILLIAMS'8 contributions to the debates have always been amusing. He says the Bill is going to do the Church good by ridding It from political control and episcopal tyranny. There are many thousands of devout worshippers in Noncon- formist chapels in Wales who do not think so and who have proclaimed their convictions in the most open manner possible. Churchmen do not think the Bill will do them tny,,gQod and they should have 'omc capacity for judging. Wales itself does not think ao and has never said so; moreover if she had the opportunity of expressing her opinion on the subject her answer would be overwhelmingly against the BH1. Mr. LLEWELYK WILLIAMS need not cast very far back for evidence of this—not farther than the last by-election In the Carmarthen Boroughs when lie appealed to those Boroughs to show by their ver- dict and by an increased majority for himself what was the real voice of Wales'' on the Church question. And what was the verdict? A reduction of nearly a thousand votes in his majority Mr. JOHN HiKDS thinks that religion in Wales will not be a penny the worse by the passage of this Bill Into law, but would be all the .better for it. How can that be if one of the chief religious organisations there is Injured? They are taking away from the Church a yearly revenue of JB157.000; can they do so without injuring her? And if they Injure this splendid organisation by robbing her of more than half of her Income, how can religion-organised religion-be all dIe better for it. Moreover, how far will real religion—true Chrlatian feeling and senti- ment—l)e advanced and woven into the fabric of Welsh national life by this act of unashamed plunder? Think they that this Bill when It has become law will forever settle religious strife In Wales? No; It will give .birth and sustenance to a new and special bitterness and set back reat religion for many years. And what do they propose to do with the £157,000 a year? Give it to other religious bodies? Not at all; it is to go to museums, libraries, wash-houses. One great Institution In Wales to whom It was offered has declined to accept it. Were these institutions in need of this money? How could they be when they have a countryman at the national till who could conjure ;p many more thousands per annum for them almost without anyone knowing it. One of their excuses for tnking the .money Is that it origl- n:d!y belonged to Rome; tnen why not give it back to Rome; why not hand it over to Redmond? The fact-, are that the Church will suffer very badly by this measure. It is not only robbed but humiliated, and in the effort to save it Churchmen —and they are of all people the chief supporters of public charities—will be compelled to close their piir,(,s to the appeals of other public institutions, M'ch as hospitfds. which they have helped so generousty for centurie. This is not the least grave aspect, of this Bill. as will soon be seen, so that it is not only organised religion, but Christianity itself and all the outward expressions of charity, peace and goodwill which will be crippled by this strumpet legislation in which one party has yielded itself to another for hire.

MOTES OF THE WEEK At the County Police Court on Saturday. Wm. Trueman was charged with being drunk, and also Ilith giving a false name and address. What's in a nanw? "Does the nightingale really boycott the land of Llewelyn and Mr. Lloyd George-and why asks an anxious enquirer in a contemporary. If it is so we expect the reason is a fear on the part of the bird that the Chancellor may get to know of the rich .quality of his notes and tax him out of existence.— Punch." At Handilo "Spi'e. an old poetical tramp who I." evidently feeling old ag., creeping upon him, this parody on the wa)):— \V!!en I was young and in my prime t could break stones by half-past nine; But now I am old and getting prey, It takes me nearly all the day. A S:dvation Army recruit formerly notorious for carrying out the mandate of "an eye for an eye," was making his maiden oration in the ring, when a pot:) to coming to his face momentarily interrupted Inn). He quietly picked it up, pocketed it, and went or) with his address. This was in spring. He was seen going with a. bag on his back to the Army hall the following harvest thanksgiving time. In the bog was the harvest of the good seed Mwn. A Cardiff paper the other day published a list of the prize dramas of the eisteddfod commencing with "Brad y Cyllill Hirion," in the 'nfties. A corres- pondent informs us that the Rev. Evan Davies. from Llandyssul, who before his ordination was master of the Aberbank School, Cardiganshire, trained his pupils to perform this drama in Wel&h, and "Wil- liam Tell" in EngUsh. They were performed to a crowded house at Aberbank and afterwards at L!;m- dyssul some days later, where also the schoolroom was packed. This wa.- in 1858 or 1859. At the Carmarthen Borough PoUce Court on Monday a native was charged with being drunk on licensed premise?. The omcer In giving evidence said that defendant visited several public houses with a view to obtaining drink. The defendant, who appeared to take a keen interest in the offie('r' evidence, exclaimed, o. I came out of a public- house and went t3 a barber's shop." He had evi- dently mistaken the sign. being, of course, up the po)c. A correspondent writes to point out what he atfeges to be an injustice in the results of the recent examination by the Carmarthen Branch of the Red Cross Society. He says that Mi. Olive Marsd-n <<me out top of the list, but, owing to a rule- which preclude. professionally trained ladies (as Miss Marsden is) from accepting- a prize, she has had to forego the latter. But, enquiries our correspondent, why is it that Miss Marsdcn's name has not even been mentioned in the prize list? So far as that list -hows she might not have sat for the examina- tion at all and there is no earthly reason why she should not have .been shown as heading- the list even although she could not take the prize which she had <,arn('d. The growing me of oil fuel and petrol-englned vessels has threatened t.o exchange, our sea, supre- macy held through our coal supplies for a dependence on foreign oil fuc), and it is comforting to 6nd that a new process has .been discovered for the distillation of crude oil and the finest petrol from British shale coal on a solidly prontable basis. The Del Monte process has for some time past been tried out" on a commercia.1 scAte by a plant at Chiswick which has yielded the most satisfactory results and practically brought this country to the front again as a source of the finest marine fuel supplies. The Del Monte retorts produce from 30 to 130 gallons of crude oil to the ton, according to the quality of the material used. cannel coal giving the highest yield—more than double the production under any other existing methods. The oils on renning or cracking yield a motor spirit of specinc gravity .759. The freedom from sulphur in the oil produced ensures tin odourless exhaust. The po-ition once occupied by rubber in the realm of speculative investment now seems to have been captured by oil. Everybody at the moment, indeed, appears to be thinking, talking or dreaming about the commodity. Following the announcement of a new British process whereby liquid fuel can be dis- tilled in huge quantities from cannel coal and shale, comes the news of <i remarkable discovery in Canada. According to a cabled report published in the "Times," oil has been struck at Dingman Well, a spot a few miles south-weat of Calgary. Drillers, it is stated, found a real How of oil. at a depth of 2.700 feet, and In less than ten hours the precious fluid rose to a height of 1.300 feet, where it has remained since. The find created intense local excitement, particularly as there has for some time past been a belief that this part of the Dominion was rich In oil. The report has occasioned considerable comment in London business circles, and further developments are awaited wlth' interest. It would almost seem as though the hopes of the Admiralty for oil supplies for the Navy drawn solely from within the Empire are now within measurable distance of realisation. Cer- tainly the prospects of an all-Imperial oil Navy are brighter than they were twelve months ago. It often happens that the ravages of diseases the origin of which appears to be wrapped in obscurity arc eventually traced to the simplest of causes. This consumption Is now known to depend upon the re- peated inhalation of Impure air, and its prevention and final extinction will follow the general recogni- tion of the value of fresh air. Scurvy which once wa.s the scourge of the sailor was traced to the use of preserved and salted foods and malarial fever is now known to be due exclusively to the presence of mos- quitoes. Cancer is at once the most distressing and obscure of all diseases and the continu-al increase in it' prevalence is .becoming a most serious national menace.. Pathological Research has failed to fhrow any light upon the cause of cancer and has led to no suggestion either as to prevention or cure. There <ue many however who have come to regard this disease as the resu)t of persistence in dietetic errors coupled with exposure to infection, and many In- stances seem to suggest that certain houses and districts are especially cancer ridden. The recent publication of a series of cases occurring in t.n-c- ceS'sive tenants of an old cottage in which there was a. wooden bedstead left there by the landlord points strongly to the accuracy of the Infective theory. Qutte a mild sensation wa-s caused ill political circles by the announcement of Mr. Lloyd George's recent into. view with the King at Buckingham Palace. In most /]uarters there was a disposition to attach high political signin.cancc to the interview, particularly as ]t lusted for nearly an hour: and there arose the usual rich crop of rumours as to the precise import of the visit. It now appears, however, that the Chancellor was not called upon by His Majesty to use his best endeavours to bring about a pea<-efut settlement of the Irish question. The audience, in fact, had nothing to do with either the Ulster crisis or any other politica) issue. It was solely connected with a proposed tour of the Prince of Wales through the Principality. It is pretty generally known that it has long been the King's wish that his Royal Highness should extend his acquaintance with Wales and Welsh an'airs; and It Is understood that a pro- posal has been under consideration for the Prince to undertake such a tour. after leaving Oxford at the end of the term, with Mr. Lloyd George ns cicerone. It was. in short. s!mp)y to discuss preparations that the Chancellor waited upon the King. This some- what precise explanation of tnc visit seems to have caused a little disappointment among the sensation- mongers, who were fondly hoping for exciting do. velopmenta. THE TALK IS- That bathing is in full swing at Carmarthen. That the language of the nve boys seated under the Park oak tree on Sunday evening was not all that could be desired. That P.C. Spurry and P.C. George Morgan, of the Carmarthen Borough Police Force, have been successful in passing the First-aiJ Ambulance Examination. That cricket is now in full swlliz. Buck un. Coll. That during the past week there haa been a number of "drunk" cases at Carmarthen. Must be the dry weather. That the Carmarthen National Reserve BanS have been engaged to play at Newcastk-EmIvn on Whit-Monday next. That the A.silizl's a.ro to be held on a rather awk- ward date—Whit-Monday. Rather unpleasant holidays for some people, no doubt.

TWM BARELS To HIS IXf;LISH FFRENDS. Wel, Twm is vcrri sorri she has been so long in rcitmg, but wol, I hav been ao bussi bitween evri- thing. Thoes eer jurchis an jappels been so noti that I roeali had no tcim cevn to injoi met throt oil in pees. Yiw sec, how was I cood injoi meisilf wen I was see thees cer jokers mek biwming Sools of himselfa. But there, I wants to sp&ok to yiw abowt sumtbing ds now, as I tel yiw atrcit, bitween ol the rowais with rilijun, go hang, I am sick of the veri nem. 0 yis, I waa necrii forgit to tel yiw that Mistir Editter was send me th& uthcr del a poskard sum- budi was relt ifrom Jurmani to mie. He set that Twm was Teri lezi cos he not relt now to hit Ing- iiiab frend, HaS' t mo met. IS yiw had so mpnni deekna an o! keinds of jokera to moind. yiw wood not be veri tezi yiwrscif mei boi. Go dang it ol, man. the! is wurs than keeping- pigs owt of a gardn, or kids nrom the appl-treos, or bois S'rom the gerls. This cer chap as was send the poskard to Twm was sei leik this.'—'Gwd boi Twm, sti.k Up am AUtwaIis." Twm ia sei Amen to that. Yia m?! boi, Twm meens to stick up, an wats mor, theM goin to be a blwming ffeit afor Twm wil pwt down his gun. Yiw watch the batti sunni. Wel, I was just going to sei a wurd abowt thees eer n'ashwns. Pen nn'i aam. I dont now wat the wurld is cumming to, or no, wat the gerls is cum- ming to. Whci, man aleiv, I was woking throo a larj street the uthur del, an I was start rub met <?is ffor I was think I was pop intw sum bedrwm. Nuif eed I apos. Now Twm leiks to see a pursn uptwdet, but go halin'ax, I dont leik them to be up to evrithing. As ffor thces eer hobbl-skurts, wel its there own lwk-owt, Sor thei .g<ts a tot of fun I apos to wok with smol steps loik a robin to sev rippin the concern. Lwk heer, I will eet mei hat if Twm shuv his too ffeets intwo wan leg of h s rtb n'rend, 16' he cood not mek a longur t-tep than thee.s deliket-lwking lit! buttcrSIcia. As ffor the hats, wel, ov ol the dreperis thoi teks the belt. Sumteims the ifethers stick owt leik rigetta Slags, or sumteims yiw see a lit! joker with a nob on top Icik a drwm-stick, or that thing which cleans the glassis ov lamps. Sum hats is smol leik a thnp- penni. bit, an sum so big that thor 19 no ploshur Nor a tol yung man to wok with the gerl. See the point. I was in Carmarthun the uther del, an hoo was I meet but o! Jak Drefaldwin. Jak an I was not now wher to go afor turnin in, so we gos to sum pies neer the HaS Moon, wher thei shows gwd pickshera, an we did injoi tw, I kan tel yiw. We was laff abowt wan picksber showing how a yung man waa sit welting Sor the ol ,gtrl to get redi to go owt Sor a wok. There she was pointing her msiog, an rubbin ol shorts of grees an oil, an the pwr chap welting an welting. But ther waa wan mistek in the picksher. ASter ol the peinting an dekoretin, wel, Twm wood never now her. Lwk her, this keind of thing wil never do. Loid Jorj must mek a Bil to stop ol this peinting or ther wil be trubl sum del. It Is leik this. yiw wont now hoo is yiw speekin to. Wan of thees eer deis sumbudi wil be kot kissin his bossis weiS, an then ther wi! be murder. An ol this wil be kos Loid Jorj is too sleepi to watch wat is goin on. 0 yes, wen I am "peedin abow "'Jarmarthul1, I was down bei the brij wan del. and jiwoh ariod, I tnot I was in ASrika bang. A gang ov niggers seikim leik blezia. I was ask wat thei was, an sumbodi sed thei was colicra seiklin ol the wei ffrom TumbI an uthur p!eis. Wel. it Is a wundur the pwr divk didnt turnbl off ther beika afftur wurkin hard an sciklin ol that wei. Now, whei is the Gret Western R,,iilwpi not run a colters trein Prli in the mornin to meet that eer trein who gos .ftrom KidweU or sumwher that wei. Thei tels me that wan goin ffrom that part. Wel, the reihvei cumpni ot to run an erii wan. I was ask whei thees chaps was not go to IIv to Tumbl or whercvur thei wurks, but .,i sei ther is no howsia ther. Now then blak boys witn the Ideen harts, wat yiw think of the eideea. Drop a lein to Twm Barels, ker of Mistir Editor, of the JuRNAL, an 19' yiw wants an crH trein, there wil be truM n'or the reilwei cumpni iff yiw dont ?et wan. Yiw see Twm is veri ffond of coliera. Do yow now whei. Purraps thei an Twm wil be wur- kin together agen. The ooHcrs pwling the kol, an Twm peiling it on thees sham prcechors, deekns, klerjime.n. a dibs-men. Wont we wurk wel then, mei lads. Now then dent forgit to drop the ol tinker a tein abowt that er!i trein. I shal reit agen nekat week. o ¡

THE PARLIAM-EN TARY MACHtKE THE IRISH CRISIS.-WHAT UlAY HAPPEN. (By "Junius.) House of Commons, Westminster. The proceedings in the House of Commons this week have proved conclusively that notwithstand- ing all the promises of Ministers, the only session th:j< counts under the 1),trliziiii(-iit Ac!: j, the m'sl. We were assured that the main purpose of having second and third sessions in respect of disputed Bills was to secure adequate opportunities for re- consideration. Both Houses were to be parties to this maturing of opinion, and in the la.st resort, the House of Commons would be in the position of sug.gc"ting amendments to the Hous" of Lords. Last Session procedure was by 'guiDotinc, and this ssion the guillotine has been again set xp to do its ,g.rim work, and the suggestion stage has been ehtninated altogether* Arnonw,t jnany supporters of the Government it is felt that a grave mistake has been committed and that a most dangerous precedent has bccu sot. OUTRAGED LIBERALS. Even to Ministerialists, it Is becoming clear that in some way or other the balance of the Constitu- tion will have to be restored. But for the moment the point to be note-d is that the Government has outraged the feelings of decency of many of their best men. In regard to the Welsh Church Bill, for Instance, Mr. Gladstone and a considerable number of the other young members saw several ways in which the injustice of the proposals might be lessened. To that end they drafted an elabo- rate series of suggestions, and placed them upon the notice paper, and then for their pains they were informed that It was not expedient to have any discussion at all. Mr. Gladstone Is much annoyed. He appears to think that he owed it to his grandfather's memory to make an attempt to carry certain amendments which would have commended themselves to the old chief's sense of rightness, and now he Is told in eifect that he is merely wasting time. It was said some months ago by an experienced parliamentarian that the Welsh Bill was being carried through on the back of the Home Rule Bill. Certainly, if there had not been a Home Rule Bill, the Welsh Bill could not have stood the test of the concentrated criti- cism of the nation. Public opinion h:).. been dis- tracted. deliberately distracted, so that things might be done which in other circumstances must have been 0 impossible. The Government is lead- ing a legacy of bitterness to Wales which will laat for yeara. UNIMPROVED. Since writing a. week ago. one has detected few if any signs of improvement In the Irish situation. Absolutely no progress has been made in the direction of a settlement. Unionists decline to take any responsibility for the Home Rule Bill in any form, and as for the proposed amending Bill, they await its appearance with Inevitable mis- trust. By amendment It Is only possible to secure a makeshift arrangement. The exclusion of Ulster is no solution; at best, it Is nothing more than an expedient for saving the country from the horrors of civil war. There is reason for believing that the Government itself is in a quandary as to the contents of the measure. A section of Ministers wants to concede nothing more than six year! exclusion upon a county option. Another, and it is said the moro powerful section is now willing' to give exclusion until Parliament otherwise deter- mines that the Nationalist influence is barring the way to compromise. Mr. Redmond still refuses most emphatically to move an inch beyond the I original Asquith oSer, and apparently Ministers will soon be brought right up against the question ? -———. of whether or not the Nationalist chief u t< bt da-rod to do his worst. A POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT. It is quite clear, however, that nothing will be possible one way or the other until tho principal Bill reaches the House of Lords. Then we may witnco;; a dramatic development. Ministers may screw up their courage to the extent of acquiescing in the staying of procedure in connection with the principal ihil until the Amending Bill is ready to go forward with it, so tll-tt it will be impossible for the Nationalists to withhold 8upport evea if the Amending Bill contains more than Mr. Redmond now declares upon oath that he can ever sanction. Jhere is fpar amongst the Nationalists lest this should happen; some Liberala also share it, and in ,giving' it exprcMion they bluntly arcuso the GrOYem- ment of base ingratitude to the men who has kent them in power. It will be time enougL to crv. Ministers credit for courage when they show .ome signa of pluck. The spirit of subservience has been upon them so long that they will hare no little diffioulty in shaking it off and standing erect 118 men.

SOCIETY AND PERSONAL The wife of Mr. F. E. Smith gave birth to t daughter in London on Saturday. We are pleased to note that Col. LIoyd-Harr.ea Llwyndewi, is recovering from his illness He .t ?nded the parish meeting on Tuesday ni? at L angadock, when the question of a water .sup? for Danga.do.c-k was under discussion, and threw out some -suggestions. Mr. E. P. Lloyd. J.P., D.L., GIansevin, is the ?-.?.?-???????? ?P??????? E???????????

LOCAL l EWS. The adjudicator at the eisteddfod hf.).) ;? T Chapel, London, ?Thursday aX?,a?M" ?? ??.m-e?r?'?- ?? -??? were keen and numl'rous. GARDEN FETE.-A garden fet.- followed by a. drama. ? P?ormance wHI be held m the .S. WaIe.Tra?n- mg College Grounds on Thursday next, the ? h I'vans- "D ??? ?? ? ?———' ? M?- Colby ?ing?? ? ? -?- CARMARTHEKSHIEE I\FIRU?.PY —T!,? ? '?:??"?" ? -;?".?. th. ? ? °"?'?' Huxhcs, m.u.eotht, Mr \V ? ?. Morn,. \.tr.thvr,Ut; Mr. M. M. J.mM N.tt' ;?. "———- '"? ??" ?- ?.?. < A17ELSH SOCIETIES.-Tlie next of the Union of &>cieties will be hdd at The following gpntlemelJ &PIJoÙlted to with ???????? ??'?,J?"' '?- LIar?ml?; T. Ma?.ws: then- D n..n???' ?' ??'?o". Carmar- I",dward Aziwyl, Aberystwyth; and Lewis Davies, (lyi-amer. dpath took pla-ce on Wedllosduy of Mr. 1homas Hodges (horse dealpr), Chapel-street ????:? mnammahon ,et m. and he died on W?.?y?t: ten nays diness. He was 50 years of age ?d ? survived bv a widow. ? h??? ?'? ORGANISE.-A meeting was held at the Ivy Bush Hotel on Tuesday afte?n ? ?"T?" ?f ?'F? ??-?? West Waiea. An excellent discussion resulted in the formation of an association, and Mr. E. Tavlor ?r? ? ? Linotype Users' A?cia? ?.?? .———A?? chairman and secretarYPFo tern. A further meet- ?y ??1 ??" ? ? ?-??? Rr.D (-Ross ?0(-lKTY.-T!te cc?ncates in conn? ?.. w.th the No. & (Women's) Detachment o the i ."b' ?? ??'? ?? '? '?-? ? d_h,buted at the headquarters m Priory-street on :ollda v by Lit'ut. -GE'neral Sir James HiUs-Johnes. ?.? ?.?.B. ?r James sald? that this was the t'nrd presentatton of the kind in which he had ta'?en part that month. He congratulated them on having attained proficiency in their work and hoped tK.v would keep their T-ood n.me for Ioya!tv to r hen- K.ng and country. :)nd for steadfast work in ftu-. noble cause. r..?? ? CO.IPANY-ROYAL ENGINEERS.- <?marthen Detachment.-Order. for week endin" ?.??'?-OfEcer ou duty, 2nd Lieut. ? ? P?!?; ?.0.0. on duty. Sergb. E. DuickEcJd; Orderly Corporal. CorpL S. E. Bowser; Order? i rum?eter, Tpr. T_ Morgan. Monday Dismoun? ?.Engineering. Mounted-Riding drit!: 7.50 p.m. iuesday: Recruits' miniature range practice: 7.30 p.m. Wednesday: Mount{'l nnd Dismounted. In- fantry training; 7.30 p.m. Fridav: Recruits' drill- 7.50 p.m. Saturday: Week-end Camp.—Mounted and Dismounted parade at Barracks 2 p.m. sharp. Mounted Section will proceed by Road and Dis- mounted by Rail.-(Signed) John Francis. Captain, We)sh Field Co., R.E., Carmarthen. MOTOE-CYC'H: AXU CYCLE-CAR C'LUB.—A mooring \I-as hold on Wednesday evening in connection with the -/a.-m:u'then f)nd District Motor-cycle and Cvelc- ir ("uh. wl).-n it was decided that the Mrst rill, olit shoutd t-tke place on Whit-Monday. leaving Car- rini-then at 9.30. and travoUing in the direction of Havorfordwest. Fishguard, and Cardigan. There will be a half-minute interval between each rider at the start. Mr. J. Jenkins, manager of the Star Scores. Carmfrthen. was appointed captain, and Mr. Uoyd Roberts vice-captain. Scout, Mr. Grimths (\ m m:l\ Tumble. Mr. Evan Morris presided over tit,, gJthf'ring. There are ah-eady a.bout forty mem- bers. and by the work of the secretary. Mr. J."Evans. fh" clu.b has 4, bright future before it. PRIXTINC; TP.AD-E DiSpr-TE.—A memorial which has been pending for some momhs from the work- men printers at Carmarthen to the employers was nnally settled last Tuesday. The memorial de- manded an increase of wages from 28s. per week to 32< and at a conference held on the day re- ferred to the following scale of increases was granted, viz., 30s. on the nrst pay day in June. and 30s. 6d. on the 6rst pay day in April, such arrange- ment to be in force under a four years' agreement. Mr. E. Taylor Tbomlinson (secretary of the Linto- type Users' Association) presided at the confer- ence, and acted for the employers, and Mr. H. Skinner, of Manchester, for the journeymen. WILLS.—Mr. Seth Morgans, of 5, Bryn-terra.ce. Pontyberem, Llanddarog, Carmarthenshire, quarry- man, who died on February 20. left estate of the gross value of .61,906. with net personalty nil. The. testator left all his property to his wife for life with remainder as to hi.s household and personal effects equaDy between his step-children, Letitia Jones and David Jonee, and Mary Ann Walters; as to premises 1, Bryn-torrace, to Gwitym Walters, 2. Bryn-terraoe, between the children of his step-on John Jones. 5, Bryn-terra.ce, between the children of his step- daughter Elizabeth Thorns, 4. Bryn-terra<'e. to his grandson Reginald A. Morgans. 5. Bryn-terrace, to his step-daughter Letitia. Jones, and 6. Bryn-terrace. Upon trust for his step-son David Jones and his issue, and as to B50 to Mary Anne Jones. And the ultimate residue of his property is left. for division between his children and step-children in equal shares. TEN-N-IS.-Th(, Carmarthen Tennis Club opened their season last Saturday by entertaining Nevland. The result was an easy win for Carmarthen bv 8 events to nil and 122 games to 75. Scores:—Misses L. Jones and L. Harris (Carmarthen) beat Misses Elsie Morgan and L. Brwkie 6-3. 6-2. Watler Rees and D. J. Davies (Carmarthen) beat E. W. Mathias and W. J. Richards 6-1. 6-3, beat J. Williams and W. Rees. 6-1. 5-4. R. S. Jones and J. J. Jones (Car- marthen) beat J. Winiams and W. Roes 14-16. 6-2. 6-3. J. Emrya jhomas and W. Davies (Carmarthen) beat Dr. Morgan and J. T. Thomas 6-2. 9-7: beat Mathias and Richards. 6-2. 6-4; beat J. Williams and W. Rees 6-3, 6-3; and beat Dr. Morgan and T. J. Thomas. 4-6. 7-5. 10-8. Yesterday (Thursday) Car- marthen played Kidwelly. The result will appear In our next Issue.