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Our Ambitions.
Our Ambitions. (The waiter of the following article intended at first to have sent it to the editor ul a certain Llanelly newspaper; but after due consideration forwarded it to this office as he felt sure it would do as much good here by enalbling us to see things from another stand- point.—Editor, C.W.R.). Our readers have no doubt followed for some time the campaign which has been conducted with such brilliance for the turn- ing of Llanelly Into the capital of Carmar- thenshire. It might be thought that we have so much material prosperity that we could afford to spare Carmarthen its own little ewe J Lamb—Prestige. But it must be admitted that we feel somehow the want of la, something or other in our lives, and we fancy that the County Offices and the Quar- ter Sessions would put us right. Anyhow as thing stand, life is an aching void for us as it is for the Suffragettes. Unless something is done we shall start sending out sandwich wen with iboards inscribed "County Offices for Llanelly," and we'll chain ourselves to the railings in Spilman street at the next County Council meeting and do everything else we can think of to caH attention to our grievances. Ignorant narow-minded persons have alleged that we are taking a parochial view of this matter, and that the doctrine that public offices should always be conducted in the most populous neighbourhood is a new idea manufactured by us for home consump- tion. That's all tommy rot y mechgyn i. As Cicero says Magna est veritas et prevalebit —or words to that effect. We propose to give a few proofs that our theory is being extensively acted on in the most exalted quarters. It may astonish ou-r readers to know that the Criminail Courts of London are con- ducted in the City. This is a most ridiculous state of affairs. The City was no doubt a very important place in its day-in the days of Dick Whittington and those other parties. Then it was London, and merchants lived over the shop. But now London has grown. Nobody lives in the City at all now except a few caretakers and charwomen. The criminal cases all come from loc.alitits which were un- known in the good old days. A careful student of the criminal records will at once see that the criminals mostly come from the East End—Poplar and Whitechapel and those places. It has long been felt by the criminal classes that they labour under a distinct disadvantage in this matter. A meeting of the Burglars Trades Union was held at the Picklock and Jemmy on Sunday evening lllast at which very strong speeches were delivered on the subject. Bill Sikes (who occupied the chair) pointed out that it was the East End which kept the London Sessions going, and said that if it were not for him and his pals the cops would have to take to some honest occupation. He moved that a memorial be sent to the Lord Chan- cellor on the subject. Sixteen Strong Jack who seconded said that it was high time they stood up for their rights. It was the duty of thebealks to come down there to attend to their customers. He did not feel comfort- able in the dock in the present Law Court. It would be so much more homely if they could be tried next door instead of going all that way. Several of the light-fingered gentry having delivered stirring speeches in support of the proposal, it was decided to prepare a memorial to the Lord Chancellor on the subject, and Mr Fagin was instructed to collect statistics showing how the popula- tion of the East End compared with that of the City. By a. peculiar coincidence, we learn that a movement is on foot to have the Houses of Parliament removed to Manchester. It has been felt for some time that London is played out. The whole population within a thirty mile radius of St. Pauls is only five millions. The population with a thirty mile radius of the Manchester Corn Exchange is twelve millions. The North is. one great hive of industry. The Lancashire towns are so close together now that it is bm-d to tell where one begins and the other ends. Besides there is Yorkshire, and the busy Tyne to be oonsidered. If we Considered how conven- ient Manchester is to Birmingham in the one direction, to Newcastle in the other, and to Glasgow in the North, we cannot help coming to the conclusion that it is the natural centre of a population, of twenty millions. Why should all. these people have to travel hundreds of miles through the Midlands to a decaying old place like London. For London is decaying. The shipping is going to the Tyne and the Clyde. Big fac- tories are lbeing removed to the North on account of the heavy rates, and on all sides we see evidence of decay. On the other hand, Manchester is going head. We under- stand that a movement is on foot to have the Imperial Parliament removed from the played-out precincts of Westminster, and housed in oommoddous new premises in Manchester. Westminster Abbey will be sold, and all big religous ceremonies will be conducted in the new cathedral at Liverpool. Windsor and Buckingham Palace will be dis- posed of to Yankee millionaires, and the Royal Family will be provided with a fine new palace in the neighbourhood of Birken- head. The offices of the Local Government Board will: be at Preston. It is felt that this will be a much better plan in case of an invasion, as London is so open to an attack rom the East. The Americans, too, are beginning to get tired of having to go to Washington when they want to do a bit of wire pulling. Fancy a little one-horse place with a population of 40,000 being the capital of the great Ameri- Dan Republic. The Bowery Boys had a meet- ing the other night, tand they decided that Congress in future will have to meet In New \T -Jl- X OTJK. Private advices from Belfast shoAv that the Home Rule movement is likely to assume a new phase. At a meeting of Genuine True Bltaes it was decided to ask the Lord Lieutenant to transfer his vice-regal resi- dence to Belfast. It was pointed out that Belfast is going ahead whilst Dublin is a decaying old place. Moreover, the Belfast boys are peaceful, law-abiding citizens, and they'll crack the skulilfe of anylbody that says they aren't. It. is more than probable that the Home Rule Question will be solved by having an Irish Parliament in the Sliankill Road instead of College Green. The same movement is talking place in Scotland. Edinburgh was a very fine old place in its day.' But it must be admitted that Mary Queen of Scotfi, and Knox, and insignificant people of that stamp have given it a fictitious importance. Glasgow is the great centre of population, and a move is on foot to have the. High Court of Justiciary held somewhere on the BroomiefLaw. When Home Rule for Scotland is an accomplished fact, the new Scots Parliament will meet under the shadow of the St. Rollox smoke stack, which is a. far more impressive object than either Arthiur's Seat or Edinburgh Castle. With these examples before us we may safely await the historical development of events. Not only will Llanelly become the capital of Oarmartlienshire but the future see of South West Wales. St. Davids was a very fine place in its day no. dou,bt. Poor old Dewi lived before our day. Had he been alive to- day, he would have planted his cathedral somewhere in the neighbourhood of the New Dock. He was a fine fellow according to his lights; but he's dead anyhow. We look forward to the day when not only the County Offices but a magnificent Cathedral will adorn our town, and when the Lord Bishop of Llanelly will voice the feelings of Welsh Churchmen in the House of Lords. We L, 1'4aS team that the latter proposal has already been c.onsidered by Convocation, and that the date, of the chiange has been fixed for Tiblb's Eve. The establishment of the County Offices at Llanelly will take place the week after. ANANIAS MINOR.
Remarkable Dog Case at Tumble.
Remarkable Dog Case at Tumble. MINISTER'S STARTLING STATEMENT. At Llanelly Police Court on Monday the Rev L. Rowe Williams, Baptist Minister, Aweldeg, rumble, was summoned for keeping a doe withonfc licence. Defendant pleaded not gailty. P.S. Lewis said that at H).30 a.m. on April 23rd he visited the defendant's premises, and there found a dog for which no licence had been taken out. S°We yUI 88id that on February 27th a Mr Samuel, who had gone to South Africa left a dog for hie little boy, and Mrs Willinmii thought a licence had been taken out i" reapect of it On the 23rd April witness had occasion to caM at the Tumble Post Office, and on ascertaining that no licence had been taken for the dog, took one out. On returning to the house he found that Sergeant Lewis had bpen there. a Cross-examined by Superintendent Rogers t Had you the licence at 10.30 a.m, on pril 23rd ? Defene-aut I would not be positive about that- Superintendent Rogers Hue you the licence r- ies. The licenoe was produced, and Superintendent Rogers, after perusing it, 8aked, "Did you notice that this licence iii maiked 11.30 a.m. ? Defendant: les^-Superintendent Rogers Well, you might hate answered rery Avell Ym. » »u licence at 10.30 e.w, on the 23rd April f^No answer. ? Superintendent Rogers I will ask the Benoh to compel you to answer the fueetion. The Presiding Magistrate (Mr Thomas Jones) Had you obtained a licenca at 10.30 a m. on April 23rd ) Defendant • I say "Yes." Mr WYNevill magistrate)? U it wrongly made out ? Defendant: I suppose it is 80* and he 8»><i that Sergeant toTh.„ge ,he'Si° "°d h*d COBOpelled to change the time. Jhe p'eBiding Magistrate Then we had better •djOurn the case for the attendance of the Tumble Postmaster. Superintendent. Rogers I apply for fortify <|^rnmen^ • The case was adjoarned for &
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FERRYSIDE. SALEM CHAPEL.—An unanimous *»,) • call has been given to the Rev R v Capel Rhondda, Glamorganshire ^omf8» Church, and we understand E the rlT Bapt/8t man has accepted it. He will elll l' e" the first Sunday in August C°ma,ence hw dutl<* SALE OF A VILLA.—At the White Lion Hotel Ferrynide on Thursday (l7th instJMessrs Lloyd and Thomas, Carmarthen, eold the "emi-detaohed known as 2. Neptune Villas, Ferryside, which il 29 ie8fiVea^if0r *t6rm °f 99y.ears' d»ted Septembe, 'oo9, at the annual ground rent of Joseph Morgan, superintendent of school attendance officers. Ferryside, for 4260. Mr W. Price Williams" .r sohoitor, Carmarthen, acted for the vendor. CARMARTHEN: Printed and Published by the Proprietress, M. LAWRKNCB at her Offices 3 Blue-street, JB BIIMX, June 25th, 1909 1
CARMARTHEN
CARMARTHEN UiNDELl THE SEAKOH LIGHT Oomo, come, and ait you down; you shall not budge, You shall not go, till I set you up a glass Where you may see the inmost part. of you. 5HA.IL £ 3P £ AR>. A Ferryside man went to sleep with his head within a few inches of the rail over which an excursion train passed, and Air Ludford, who prosecuted him before the Car- ma»rthen County CVla.gi st rates, said that the defendant wias very kicky to be "here" to answer the charge. "Here" meant the Car- marthen Assembly Rooms. This i& a very comforting statement to Carmarthen coming from ai prominent Llaneli'y man. It is an (admission that there aire fates even worse than having to come to Carmaitlien—yea even than li-aviiii- to attend at the Assembly Rooms, Jt is difficult, of course, to know exactly what Mr Ludford meant, but it was tat any rate an indirect tribute to Carmar- then. A case of suicide which occurred at Car- marthen this week lias caused a good deal of discussion over the question of the regula- tion of the sale of poisons. It may be stated as an unassailable fact that no measuues 'which can possibly be taken by the Legis- lature will! ever prevent such incidents as these. There are "poisons" properly so- oailed. iSiObstancos like prussic acid and strychnine are never required except for medicinal puinposes or as poisons. A physician may require them to use in minute quantities in prescriptions; a veterinary surgeon may require them to kilil dogs and cats, which their owners wish destroyed. A man who is carrying on experiments might require them for scienitific purposes. A druggist knows how to deal with these classes of people; and ,other classes of people have no business with such drugs at all. *«• There is, however, a second class of ai-ticles which are extensirvely used by non-profes- sional people and which are poisonous if taken in sufficient quantities. Every photo- grapher uses chemicals which are poisonous. Every farmer uses poisonous sheep dip, and every gardener uses poisonous weed killer. Every laundress requires to use some poison- ous solution to get inkstains out of linen. The vendor of drugs cannot be prevented selling these things lest in one case out of a million the purchasers may have designs on their own lives. We cannot accurately trace the motives of all purchases. For aught an ironmonger knows, a customer who buys a (knife may use it to out his tbros or the purchaser of a clothes-line may use it to hang himself. "w The peculiarity of this particular case was that the doctor stated that if each of the twelve jurymeni took a similar dose, the pro- bability is that not one of them would die. The unfortunate girl in this case only swallowed one-eighth of an ounce of salts of lemon. It usually takes four times that amount to cause death, and persons have (recovered after taking eight times that dose. Indeed it would seem to be a question in this case whether the victim died from the physical' effects of the poison so much as from the mental effects of it. The mere idea that one has taken a fatal dose of poison goes a long way to produce a collapse. ««• There is a, lot of difference between a small dose of poison taken unwittingly, and the same dose taken with full knowledge and with the conviction that it is certain to cause death. It is said that persons who have asked for poisons and have been sup- plied with harmless substitutes have shown all the effects of poisoning until they were informed that they had had nothing harm- ful. The effects of the mind on the body are only now lbeginnilng to be appreciated. Faith ouires do take place. Possibly nine cases out of ten will not bear investigation, but the tenth case can only be rejected by those who have made up their mind from the start that no evidence is to be accepted which does not square with their views. There is ,an opposite process-wliieli might be called J faith-killijiig. In countries in which witch- oratf is believed in, victims take to their beds, and die when they arc "bewitched." The belief that, they are being killed by magic (really causes them to die of flight. **» We've had the National Eisteddfod. No sooner was it known that we had succeeded, than the pessimist jumped up and said "Dear me, this is a biig undertaking; how are Ave igoing to make it succeed?" There is no doubt that it is a big job; but it is not in the least lilkely that the promoters of the movement organised it without liaiving a very clear idea how it was to succeed. Little places like Llangollen can make the National Eistedd- fod a success; and it would be strange if Car- marthen did not do so. Llangollen is about half the size of Carmarthen, and it is an out of the way place. Cairmairthen, besides being a bigger place, has the distinct advantage of being on the ma:n track. Thanks to the Sports wihich have been carried on here for some yeatrs, the outside public know that there is such a place as "Carmarthen," and that it is not merely another way of spelling "Carnarvon." • The first thing we have to do now is to get subscriptions. It ought to be easier to get subscriptions for this than for most other purposes. The money given can hardly be called "subscriptions" so much as "dona- tions." A subscription implies that the giver intends to give the same amount yearly If a person gives a guinea to the Sanatorium or the Infirmary as a subscription, he under- takes-except something turns up—to give the same amount next year. In the case of the National -Eisteddfod, the case is quite different. It is over 40 years since we had one at Carmarthen before, and it may be nearly as long before we have another. Any- body who feels inclined to "conic down hand- some" can do so ",witho prejudice'' there is not the least likelihood that he will ever be asked to do any tiling of the kind again during the course of his mortal life. ••• Now is the opportunity of the Carmarthen- shire men in London and elsewhere. Many of them take a keen interest in the old county town, and are delighted to hear that the National Eistedfod is to be held here-at the place at which the Eisteddfod was re- born in the year 1819. Carmarthen men whereever they are take a keen interest in the affairs of the Ancient Borough, and the bulk of them will be ready and willing to give us a "hand over the stile." Then again we have our own county gentry. They never appeal to Carmarthen people in vain, and Carmarthen people will certainly not appeal to them in vain. If our own county is worked properly, we ought to get a very con- siderable amount of support. And we must not forget ourselves. We certainly cannot expect to get up an eisteddfod and to have the whole thing done for us. The Carmarthen people themselves must "stump up." I do not suggest that Carmarthen people are in the least di. to other people; but there are plenty here who are prepared to take all the benefits of any movement, but who are not prepared to contribute a brass farthing towards the cost of the movement. They will pretend that they don't approve of it. It is very handy to be able to disapprove of things. And there are people who have a perfect knack of disapproving of everything. If one of their friends shows an evident in- tention of igetting married, they disapprove of the match or they disapprove of marriage in general lest they might be expected to give a present worth as much as 2s 6d. • #* Ask them to give a shilling towards the Soup Kitchen, and they don't approve of soup or at any rate of giving it away. If you introduce an hospital to their notice, they object to it. It does not get sufficient atten- tion to poor people, or else it gives too much and so undermimes the independence of the working classes by not encouraging habits cf self help. If you ask them to give sixpence towards a ifootiball club, they disapprove of football, and point out that the British public is getting demoralised by cultivating ath- letics and by neglecting the cultivation of their minds. If you ask them to subscribe towards a library, they tell you that educa- tion is over-done, and that what we want as a nation is physical training. Ask them to buy a ticket for a dance, and they disapprove of dancing, and point out that there is too much frivolity in this world. Ask them to give you something towards r. church, and they disapprove of churches; they tell you that there is fair too much reli- gion, and that peopiJe would be much wiser to spend money in enjoying themselves in this world. They disapprove of everything winch will call upon them to give away a shilling. They never disapprove of anything which would haive the effect of bringing them money. They would be quite prepared to take shares in a railway which made money out of the pilgrims to Juggernaut—if it paid! They would reflect that if the poor heathen were determined to go there, it were better that they should go by 1)rain than walk, and that it was good that their money should flow into Christian pockets. So the collectors need not be surprised. These people are not peculiar to Carmarthen. Some mean folks are to be found everywhere. When a new tax is proposed, they write to the papers and point out that on acoount of the additional burdens, they will be com- pelled to reduce ait their subscriptions to charities. It is a good job after all that there are such things at death duties. These folks do the coutry one good turn at any rate; they die. The recollection of the fact that the country Avilil benefit by their decease lends them am additional pang to death. It is very expensive to live in these days; and it is getting a good deal more expensive to die. **• But we need not trouble about these people. When the Sports Committee began to organise Sports for Bank Holiday, they found that some of those who were loudest in demanding that something should be done for the town and who were most likely to reap the benefit were those who gave least. There may be a few who will adopt the same attitude in regard to the Eisteddfod; but, cfter all, there are enough hard-headed and open-handed people connected with the town to carry the thing through successfully. What we want now is a few good men to do the rough work. We can easily get a hundred to cheer and clap them on the back once the j work is done. The whole question of "bursaries" in con- nection with the Intermediate Schools is likely to come up for consideration in the near future. The managers of the Llanelly schools want more money to enable them to give more bursaries, and the County Educa tion Committee do not take kindly to the idea. The same trouble which exists at Llane lly exists all over the county. The managers find that the pupils are increasing year by year, and the money which was suffi- cient for bursaries five or ten years ago, is insufficient to-day. The pressure of the Education Rate is so heavy that there is little .prospect of more money being found, and the result is that the managers all over the country had better make up their minds not to disburse so freely in the future as they have done in the past. «*• The "bursary" in the Intermediate Educa- tion scheme, is a queer thing altogether. It is a small sum of money granted to the parents of pupils to help to pay for books and stationery and for other expenses inci- dental to education. In the good old days those who knew the ropes could actually malke a profit by sending their children to an Intermediate Sctuool. By gaining a scholar- 11 t;1 ship and getting au. augmented scholarship, and applying for a bursary, the parent might be a few pounds in pocket after paying all the expenses. One of the Carmarthen managers used to tell a story of a parent who applied for a bursary, and had it pointed out to him that if he had all lie wanted he would be receiving more than the total cost of the fees, books, and stationery. "Well, who's got to feed and clothe the boy" asked the indignant applicant. I once know a small Irish landlord (of the absentee variety) who said that if the peasantry had the land for nothing, they would expect him to pay them for cultivating it. No doubt there are a few everywhere who like to take all they can get. In Car- marthenshire, this class, if they got their children educated for nothing will expect their children to be wages for attending school. The "bursary" is granted absolutely at the discretion of the managers. The only real ground for an application ie that the parents are poor and that the child is really worth educating. Schokruhips are sometimes won by children! whose parents aire really too poor to pay the other expenses of sendilllg them to the County School. There are other cases in which parents are just able to pay the fees; a few pounds for books would be the last straw which, breaks the camel's back. In such cases bursaries ought to be granted. ft*# But apart from these cases, it is to be feared that bursaxies are granted to many who really do not require them. I have known a bursary to be granted to a parent who was in receipt of a salary of t300 a year. No doubt a person with E300 a year is poor compared to one with £10,000 a year. Alexander Lauderdale persuaded himself that he was justified in saying that lie was poro, because he only owned a million do Wars, whilst his uncle owned a hundred millions. Farmers with children, at school sometimes say that they aire very poor, and get busar'es. One would like to know exeatly Avbat they mean 'by "very poor." It may mean that they find it very hard to make two ends meet, or it may mean that they cannot manage to put more than L70 in the bank every year. ft** It might be worth while enquiring whether any of the Llanelly bursaries go to those people of whom the Rev Daniel Hughes told us the other day—the people who earn £ 5 a week and live meanly and buy up their neighbour's cottages and raise the rent! No man should say that be is too ipoo-ir to pay for his children's education except he really hasn't the money. But quite another spirit is abroad. We have a large class Avho like to get the best of a bargain. They feel it their duty to get everything which there is to be had for nothing. They are quite capable of going to the Soup Kitchen for their dinners, and of putting the money thus saved in the bank. • There has been a great fuss at Carmarthen over a cask of whiskey, and the climax has been reached when a local Inland Reven/ue officer placed the cask under arrest. The Supervisor says that the cask is now the property of the King. This may do more than the Hague Conference to promote Inter- national Peace. When the Tsar comes over to Windsor-lie is sure to come when he hears tllis-tlle King will be able to stand him a fine treat. Then when the Tsar goes home, lie'li' lealil on the German Emperor on the way and tetfl him about the fine hospitality he had. The next thing you'll hear will be that the Kaiser has called on the King and that all international differences have been drowned in Irish whiskey. Then when William men- tions it in his next great speech, all tha crowned heads of Europe will be dropping in toaHcrnoon tea, and the king will have to order another cask. ALETHEIA.
The Carmarthen Pulpit.
The Carmarthen Pulpit. THE REV HERBERT" MORGAN AT THE ENGLISH BAPTIST CHURCH. On Sunday the anniversary services were held at the English Baptist Church, Carmar- then, and the pulpilt was occupied by the Rev Herbert Morgan, B.A., pastor of Castle st. Chapel, London. In the evening, Air Morgan preached to a crowded congration-so crowded indeed that those who came a minute late had hard shifts to find a seait. He took as his text I. Cor. ix, 24 (pant) "So run that ye may obtain." The preacher said that it was part of the policy of the great missionary to make him- self all things to affl men. To the Jews he became as a Jew that he might gain them to the Gentiles a Gentile not being under the law. With the weak lie became as one weak himself not for the saike of compromise but because lie had a great purpose to serve. His great object in making these sacrifices was to win men. This principle was in no way more exemplified than in the metaphors of which lie made use. In this case he borrowed his metaphor from the race-course—from the Stadium. He was writing to the Corinthians —a people to whom these physical exercises were familiar. It was an ancient tradition to hold these games in different parts of Greece, and the people of the whole of Greece took a keen interest in these spectacles. Paul himself knew something of these games. He was the son of Jewish .parents, a Hebrew of ) the Hebrews, but was born in the city of Tarsus and (brought up for the most part under Gentile influences. Archaeologists tell us that remains of a stadium have been found at Tarsus; it is quite possible and likely that the Apostle when a lad went to see these spectacles. Let us follow out this metaphor. In the race of life we have to determine first of all on a worthy (goal. Plato states some- where that the philosopher is the spectator of all time. Man, however, was not a mere mirror reflecting tall that passed. He is capable of moral and mental activity. Man has a will and his influence is determined, is largely detenmined by the kind of ideals he sets before himself. Our whole destiny as moral and spiritual beings depends on the gaol which we set before us. "So run' that ye may obtain." Paul uses the same daring metaphor when lie says "I fight not as one beating the air." Boxing was one of the games in Greece; and what Paul meant to say was "When I hit out, I do not hit at the empty space; but I pliant my blows where 1 | mean to go." The great defect in many lives is a certain aimii'essness. There is more hope for a. man who has an aim before him even though it be a wrong aim than for a man with an aimiless life. There is a good deal of listlessness in the life of to-day. Many of the moral sanctions which served our fore- i fathers have been relaxed in our day; they have not the same validity for us as they liad for them, and the sense of responsibility is weakened. This ought not to be so, be- cause we have other and better sanctions for morality aud responsibility; but the result of talking down oM landmarks is that the land- scape becomes blurred, and the outlines are infO longer the same. It ought not to be so; but we have to face the fact. It is not that people spend their lives in debauchery; but their lives are vacant. They go about their daily tasks in a listless way, and are devoid of alI enthusiasm. There can be no great and worthy life without cne great and dominating puinpose to which their whole energies are bent and directed. One might take an interest in music or have other aesthetic interests; these may develop one side of our .personality; but none of us can hope to attain to real moral and spiritual excellence in this world except he had some igrnit dominating moral purpose—something which includes not only the development of our personality, something which is not only for our own enjoyment. "Every sacrifice is salted with fire." It is possible to have an excess and a debauch of aesthetic sentiment unless it is under the control of other and greater and nobler a IVileii q. man goes in far a race, lie goes in for training. He has to deny himself many things which would be allowable at other times; but he who strives for the prize has to give up much which under ordinary circumstances may be legitimate. People sometimes asked "May I go to such a place? May I indulge in such a practice?" The things in themselves may be legitimate; but if our hearts are set on some spiritual good, we will subordinate aU things to it. "Seek first the Kingdom of God. and all these things shall be added unto you." From a high mountain we may see everything in its proper perspo.e tive. i whereas in the wood we cannot see the wood for the trees. We must regard things from a high eminence to see them in tliev tnie proportions. In the Stadium only one gains the prize—except there is a dead he it. But in the race for the incorruptible Crohvn, your gain is not a losi* to anybody else, No man ;i-,an in a race without being all th better of the training, and no man can striv-, for a high goal without making all! the world the better for his struggle. No life can reach its full development without soute sacrifice for the good of others.
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«. Llanelly and the National…
«. Llanelly and the National Eisteddfod of 1913. For some time past a consensus of opinion has prevailed at Llanelly that an effort should be made to secare the holding of the National Eisteddfod of 1913 in that town. Some gentlemen prominent "in eisteddfodic circles convened a meeting in order to discuss the question, at which it was resolved to make a bold effort to secure the festival. It is understood that an executive committee has been appointed with a view to opening negotiations. The National has been held twice at Llanelly, and on both oocasions the festival proved a sound financial tucceee.
hxclse rrosecution at Carmarthen…
hxclse rrosecution at Carmarthen | MR IVOR BOWEN AND RED TAPE. The weekly Borough Police Court Has held at the Carmarthen Guildhall, on Monday, before the 'Mayoir (Mr John Crossman), Mr Jolm Lewis, Mr H. E. B. Richards, and Mr W. Spurrell. The principati' business was a series of prosecutions undertaken by the Inland Revenue authorities. Mr T. D. Phillips, of 16, Nott Square, a distiller's agent, was charged with lemoving a cask of spirits without a permit. Mr Dd. Evans, of the Friends Arms, Water street, a licensed victualler, was charged with receiv- ing a cask of spirits without a permit, and with not entering the receipt of the spirits in his stock-book, and with not cancelling the certificate. Mr Fitzroy, solicitor, London, represented the Department, and Mr Ivor Bowen, barris- ter-at-law (instructed by Mr Waliiis Jones) defended. In opening the case, Mr Fitzroy stated tliat the first thing that struck one in con- nection with this case was the very heavy penalty. The fine was £500, which showed the importance of these permits to the Excise. In order to protect the Revenue all spirits moved albout the country must be accompanied by permits or certificates so that if anything goes wrong the spirits can be traced back from the distiller to the con- sumer. In this case, Mr T. D. Phillips, who lives in. 16, Nott Square, has been acting as agent for a firm of distillers in Belfast- Messrs Kirker, Greer and Co. The cask in question contained 51 galllons of whisky. It was sent in November liast to a man named Thomas, of the Plough Hotel, Carmarthen. iMr Ivor Bowen: Are you asking for a penalty of £500 against this man. Mr Fitzroy: I leave that to the magis- trates. Mr Ivor Bowen said that he asked Mr Fitzroy, who was an expert on Inland Revenue law, and who said that the fine was 9500, whether he was asking for a fine of L500. ( iMr Fitzroy said that the amount of the fine was in the discretion of the magistrates. This cask was stored on the premises of Mr Thomas, the Plouigh Hotel, from November up till March of last year. It was illegally stored in the place where it had no riglitito be stared. It was subsequently removed by the order of iMr Phillips from the premises of Mr Thomas at the Plough to those of Mr Dd. Evans at the Friends' Arms, Water street. The remo al of this cask from the Plough to the Friends Arms without a certificate was a very serious offence. The cask was sent out from Belfast by Messrs Kirker Grier and Co. in Novemlber last, consgned to a man named Harries at Crwbin, and a permit was duty sent with it. Mr Harries, of Crwbin, refused to accept delivery of the cask, and the cask was stored at the Plough Hotel. Messrs Kirker, Glreer and Co. wrote on the 10th of February asking for the permit to be endorsed to Mr Evans. This letter was sent to the chief officer of excise at Carmarthen. The officer could not do it., because he was not satisfied that the duties in respect of these spirits had been duly paid; moreover, the spirits were delayed in transit, and had been illegally stored. Mr Ivor Bowen interrupting said that it was most unusual to bring in other charges. Mr Fitzroy: I realfy have a right to lay the facts of the case before the Court. Mr Ivor Bowen But you know, Mr Fitz- roy, you cannot bring in the culpability of a third party. Even a. Government solicitor cannot do that. There is no charge against Mr Phillips for illegal storing. The first witness was: .Mr J. O. Thomas, the landlord of the Plough Hotel. He said that he had no arrangement with Mr Phillips to store spirits for him. Mr Ivor Bowen interrupted. Mr Fitzroy's examination with the remark "You must not lead your own witness." (Mr J. 0. Thomas: Can't I state the facts. Mr Ivor Bowen: No, you can't (laughter). Mr Thomas explained that he carried on a business ias carrier. He took out the cask to Mr Harries at Crwbin, and delivery was re- fused. The Clerk (Mr H. Brunei White) asked if this was what is called an "octave" of whisky. Mr Thomas said that it was. Mr White, Avriting down the evidence, said "I stored an octave of whisky." MT Ivor Bowen NQ with great respect he did not saiy that. He said "As a haulier I collected a cask of whitekey on the 23rd of January from the G-reat Western Railway, consigned to Mr Harries, of Crwbin, with a permit on it. I toouv it to Harries; lie re- fused it. I took it back to my warehouse and put it in the store-room." Mr Thomas went on to say that the cask Was kept in the saddle room. On the 12th of March it was taken from his premises by a man named Tucker, and removed to the Friends' Arms, Water street, Carmarthen. He produced the delivery book. The Mayor examined the delivery book handed in, Mr Fitzroy: I hope your worships are satisfied with the entry. The Mayor: It certainly lends itself to sus- picion. It is the only item on that sheet written iin ink. It is written in a, hand en- til ely distinct f/rom the one preceding it and the one following it. Mr Bo\Ven: This is his own witness. Witness said that he did not know that all spirits which he handled in his capacity as a cairrier were to be entered in the stock book. Mr Richards asked the Avtness if he were aware that he was not allowed to store spirits in this way. Witness said that he wlas not aware of it at the time, but it had since been pointed out to him. Mr Ivor Bowen: Have you been charged by the Excise authorities with any offence. Witness: No; but I have been cautioned. Mr Bowen: I don't suppose you knew all the particulars of the Act more than myself. The only gentlemen who know them all are the supervisors. Mr flitl (Supervisor): Thank you, sir (laughter). ^•rj^vor It is your business (re- newed laughter). It was sent out on the 14th November. You coHtlected it from the Great Western Railway. They have committed an offence too. The Mayor said that the cask had left Bel- fast on the 14th November. Where was it all the time? Mr Bowen At the Great Western Railway, ll^re was a difficulty about taking deliverv. Mr Hdl: We had no knowledge of it. Mr Bowen: Does the Supervisor sav it was not there. fIr HilT: I say we had no knowledge of it. This permit was to cover it from Belfast to Crwbm. A reasonable time would be allowed for transit That reasonable time had elapsed, and this permit was dead. Mr Ivor Bowen: We wrote to them about this c-ask, and with that. red tape which dis- tin,gui!shes Government departments they re- fused to answer. Dtavfd Tucker was the next witness called. Mr Bowen wanted to know why Mr Fitz- roy did not call the supervisor. Mr Fitzroy had promised to caM the supervisor Mr Fitzroy did not admit that he had given any such undertaking. b ,?fwiIn°r »™:iYeS' you PiWed to call i mih AItllou,Sl1 are a Government Druvid Tioker, the messenger, proved that wJiSk rri^6 cask °f fr°m th« teV ,the Sands' Arms. wlnf en' P y°u have any spirits, or w-4. ve f°i" removing the cask ? itness: I had 3d to buy a pint of beer. A* H. Hill, the supervisor, was then called. He read a d'etter which he had re- ceived on the 11th February from Messrs Kirker, Greer and Cb. This detailed the f^iroumstances reliatifng to the cask sent on the 14th November. They asked him fn endorse it to Mr Evans He instructed Mr 0 Sullivan, one of the officers, to make quiries into the case. As a resnlf +1 quiries made by Mr O'Sullivan he las'* not satisfied that the full duty had been paid the Board °re' the ^nuctioSs of n iafnu°'enquiries made at Crwibin. il was toM that the order for the spnits A\as sent to Carmarthen and not to Kirker Greer and Cb. at Belfast. Under those eirounistaiiices a license Avould be neces- sity here. Mr Bowen cross-examined at great length on tins statement, and the Supervisor replied "I admit that the full duty on the spirits was paid. I was not satisfied that the full license duties were paid. Mr Bowen: Have they been paid ? Mr Hill: I am not satisfied that they have. Mr Bowen: HruvetJlty been paid ? Mir Hilii1: I am not satisfied that they have. Air Bowen: Answer yes or no Mr Hil: You will not frighten me by shouting. Mr Bowen; No; but I can convict you of falsehood. Lvlr W. Spurrell: The witness says that he is not satisfied that they have been paid. Mr Hill: As Mr Harries sent an order to Carmarthen, I should require a license to be paid in Carmarthen. ilr Bowen remarked that no other duties had been demanded. Mr Hilli1: It is not for us to demand licenses It is for those who ought to pay them to do so. Mr Bowen, in the course of further cross- examination, said that the provisions of the Act were very difficult to understand. Mr Hill: They are perfectly plain and clear to you. Mr Bowen: They are perfectly plain and dear. .Mr Hill read some further correspondence, in which the Belfast firm said that their representatives Messrs Wade and Phillips had overlooked a technical requirement, but that there had been no intention to do any- thing wrong. Mr Bowen said that the certificate was taken from the cask at the Plough, and brought to the Siipervisor. He cound have endorsed it 11 he hiked there. He could not be expected to go down to the store room to do it. Mr Hill: Sometimes they are endorsed on the spot. Mr Bowen: You have something better to do—.looking after the suiper-tax in Carmar- then and all that sort of thing. Mr Hill: No; I have nothing to do with the sniper tax. I leave that in Mr Lloyd George's hands. In answer to a furtlier question, Mr Hill 1 said that the certificate was dead when the cask reached Crwibin. These certificates were the property of the Crown. Anybody then having any further dealings with it was liable to a penalty. Mr Bowen: That is a mostremarkabile thing—anyone toucliing it is liable to a penalty. Suppose one of the magistrates, had a case of whisky sent to him. Or I will not suppose that. I will suppose that a case of whisky is sent to me, and that I don't want it. That is a very extraordinary statement to make that the certificate is dead, and that anyone touching it is liable to a penalty. That may be Government red tape, but it is not sense. Mr Hill: Anyone touching it would be 'liable to a penalty. Mr Bowen: I don't believe it. Mr HiDI: I siay you must. Read the law. Mr Bowen asked Mr Hint what Mr Phillips had said. Mr Hill said that Mr Phillips said that lie assumed it was al'l right after Mr O'Sullivan had signed it. Mr Bowen: That isalbsotlutely right. Mr Hill: I am gftad I can, be right some- times (laughter). The Mayor asked if it was really necessary to go on with the case from the admissions which had ben made. Mr John Lewis asked the Supervisor what should lia,ve been done when the consignee refused delivery. Mr Hill: Thomas should bring it back. We should haive endorsed it' either back to ueHast or to a.nother customer. Mr Bowen, in the course of his speech for the defence, expressed a hope that their wor- ships would not inflici, the fUlllI fine of £500. but would remember that it was a, nominal offence. The Act was one which was only understood by supervisors and excisemen. Its provisions were not even to be found in that wonderful book Stone's Justices Manual. He admitted candidly that he was not aware of all the provisions of the Act until he read them up for this case. The Bench retired to consult. On their return into Court, the Mayor said that the magistrates had to be very careful in this matter. They were indined to think that there had been a small technical breach of the law. In view of the fact that these matters might develop into something very serious they had not fixed the fine as high as they otherwise would. The defendant Phillips would be fined R2 and costs. Mr Fitzroy asked the Bench to allow his costs. The Mayor said that they could not allow that. The Clerk said that the fine and costs Avould amount to t2 15s. The case against David Evans was then talien. He pleaded guilty to not entering it in the stock-book and to not cancelling the certificate, but he pleaded nOftguillty to the cliarge of receiving it without a permit. Dd. Tucker, the_meseniger, was called. He said that lie took the cask up to the Friends' Arms. Mr Evans asked for the permit. The permit could not be found, but lie left the cask there. Mr P. 1; L. O'Sullivan proved calling at the Fnends Arms, and seeing the cask there. It was not entered in the stock-book, and there was no permit. He placed tlie cask under seizure, and sealed it up. Mr Hill: That means tlmlt it now belongs to the King. Mr Fitzroy said that there were 75 un- cancelled certificates on the premises Defendant was Aned £2 for the first offence, and 10s each for the two others, as we!l .as the costs.