The Glamorgan Gazette

DEPRESSED SCOTCHMAN'S REGRET I SORRY HE KILLED SO MANY GERMANS I Mr. Lewis M. Thomas (district coroner), on Wednesday held an inquest at the Police Station, Porthcawl, on the body of Pte. John Campbell (5th Camerons). Deceased lost his life whilst bathing (under circumstances briefly reported), and on the 19th August the body was recovered by William Watts, on the Beach at Porthcawl. Dr. D. Alexander (Porthcawl) said he knew deceased, and last saw him alive on the 23rd August. He was a patient at The Rest"- a wounded soldier suffering from shrapnel. He had a wound in the left thigh, and also suffered from shell shock. Round the body was a red scarf, which had evidently slipped in the water. Soldiers sometimes bathed in that part. The scarf would not have im- peded the movement of the man's arms. Witness had heard he was a strong swimmer. Generally he was depressed, which was not unusual in a case of shell shock, and such men as a rule did not sleep well. He talked on the 23rd August about going away. He wanted to go on furlough, and witness said he would see about it. Deceased's wounds had healed. There was nothing about him to indicate that he had lost his mental con- trol. He bathed frequently after dinner, which was the worst time for bathing, and there was a notice in the hospital against the practice. Kate Lewis, Commandant at the "Rest," said she last saw deceased alive just before dinner on August 24th. He was depressed, and she asked what was the matter. He said he "was sorry he had killed so many Germans." He never suggested taking his life. His necktie would be on after he had taken off his clothes. That was the garment referred to by the doctor. He made no com- plaints. William Watts, 2 Philadelphia Road, Porthcawl, said he recovered the body at 10 o'clock on the previous morning, near the rocks, opposite the Sea Bank Hotel. He was a long way out of the water, and only the scarf was round him. George Hugh- Nicholas (10th Welsh), a pa- tient at the Rest, said deceased was very quiet, and there was nothing wrong with him. He was well built, and never complained or threatened to do away with himself. Upon this evidence, the jury returned an open verdict of "Found drowned."

BRIDGEND COUNTY SCHOOL. I The Examiners' Returns for the Annual I Examinations have just been received. Two candidates have secured the Honours Certifi- cate, and one the Higher Certifi- cate. Fortv-two scholars have been awarded the Senior Certificate, and eighteen the Sup- plementary Senior Certificate. At the Junior Certificate Stage fifty-six candidates have been successful. Of those who took work at the Senior Certificate Stage, sixteen have completed Matriculation requirements, and fourteen have obtained the certificates re- quired for entering a Training College. Details will appear in our next issue.

BRIDGEND CINEMA. I The great attraction at the Bridgend Cinema next week is in the latter part of the week, when the one and only Charlie Chaplin is to figure, for the first time in Bridgend, in the intensely funny film, "His Trysting Place." A new "Charlie" is a thing to be seen at all costs, and we ourselves do not mean to miss it. For the first part of the week, "The Spender" is billed, a "drama" by the same producers as were responsible for that powerful and popular filmy "The Bigger Man," the great railway strike pic- ture, seen recently at the Cinema. There are the usual number of excellent minor films. The usual complement of good things are promised for the immediate future at this picture house, and we are not surprised to find that week by week the attendances get bigger.

MOTOR ACCIDENT. I BRIDGEND MOTOR ACCIDENT. LOCAL LADY SUES FOR DAMAGES IN COUNTY COURT. A motor accident in Station Square, Bridg- end, and a corset business in Adare St., Bridg- end were the most prominent-if ill-assorted -features of a case heard at Bridgend County Court on Thursday last week (before His Honour Judge Bryn Roberts), in which Mrs. Laura Dora Abse, wife of Mr. E. Abse, Adare Street, Bridgend, sought to recover £ 32 damages from Messrs. H. Woodward and Co., motor car proprietors, also of Adare St., in respect of the said accident. Mr. W. M. Thomas was for plaintiff, and Mr. St. John Francis Williams, barrister, for the defen- dants. The facts as narrated by Mrs. Abse in the witness-box were as follows:—On Easter Monday she went to see some friends at Car- diff. Returning on the train that arrives in Bridgend about 10 o'clock at night, she was leaving the station with the rest of the alight- ing passengers—who were numerous—and stepped out into the roadway, when she was ,knocked down by the unexpected backing of a car which had just passed her. The car went over her, and she had to be dragged from underneath it. She had to be medically attended, and\vas in bed for a week from the effects of the accident, besides being at the present time under medical treatment for a complaint which she attributed directly to the same cause. Moreover, her private business in Adare Street as an agent for ladies' corsets had suffered from the fact that for some time after the accident she was not able to look after it. She had had to engage a young lady, Miss Hannah Cockrane, to take her place, and she (plaintiff) was even now not able to devote her full time to the business. In the accident her mantle and hat had been completely spoiled; other parts of her clothing had been damaged; a handbag she was carry- ing, and her umbrella, were smashed, and her gold watch, which she wore on the outside of her bodice, was missing. Included in the damages claimed was £ 20 for personal injur- ies and loss of business. Mr. St. John Francis Williams put plaintiff through a searching cross-examination in re- gard to the amounts of these alleged damages. For example, Mrs. Abse had said her mantle could not be repaired. Mr. Francis Williams was anxious to know why. Plaintiff: They cannot get the same stuff, and any other would show. It would be quite impossible to use any other. Then in regard to the gold watch-had Mrs. Abse advertised the loss in the newspapers? And if not, why not? As to the personal in- juries and loss alleged to have ibeen sustained through the consequent abstention from busi- ness-was it not a fact that Mrs. Abse was out in the street on the Monday following the ac- cident. Plaintiff: Yes, I was. I had to go with the young lady I had engaged, to show her my rounds. She was not for the shop, but for outside, and that was the most important part of my work. Of the B20 put down as damages on account of personal injuries and loss of business, 210 was for loss of business. Do you keep any books ?-No,. I don't. Then how do you arrive at the RIO?-By estimate as well as 1 cam. Turning next to the accident itself, Mr. Williams put plaintiff through a cross-exa- mination as to the details, his suggestion be- ing that she was mistaken in asserting that the car was backing when it struck her. Mrs. Abse, however, stuck to her story. The car, she said, came up at a, great speed, stopped, and then, as she attempted to pass behind it, backed suddenly, also "at a great speed," and without the horn being blown. Dr. H. Bentley, Bridgend, spoke as to the nature of the injuries received. Mrs. Abse was now suffering from neuritis in the foot, which was quite possibly owing to the injury to her ankle incurred in the accident. He admitted, however, in reply to Mr. Williams, that it might be owing to a variety of other causes also. Mr. St. John Francis Williams:.It may or may not be attributable to the accident ?— Precisely. Geo. Dixon, "boots" at the Alexandra Hotel, Bridgend, gave his verdict of the acci- dent. He, too, was coming out of the station with the rest of the crowd, when there was a cry, "Look, there's a woman under the car." He helped to extricate Mrs. Abse. Henry Charles Dobbs, the driver of the car, was the next witness. He said he was stand- ing slightly down the hill with his car, and just round the corner of the road to the police station. He took up a number of passengers for Coity, and in order to proceed down Station Road (i.e., the road leading to the Dunraven), he backed his car slowly up the hill. so as to get room to turn. Having done so, he then started forward, and it was just as he started forward, and not as he backed, that Mrs. Abse stepped in front, and was knocked down. He sounded his horn both before backing and before starting forward. By Mr. Thomas: He had never diriven a car until a fortnight previous to the accident. Mr. St. John Francis .Williams addressing his Honour for respondent, said that the case was based on negligence, and he argued that there was no evidence of negligence. Mrs. Abse's evidence was contradicted by all the winesses. She was, no doubt, quite naturally confused at the time, and had a very vague idea of what really happened, and he should ask his Honour to discount her evidence en- tirely. His Honour: On certain points. The Judge, in his summing up, said that on the question of liability, he must find for the claimant. Mrs. Abse may hare been some- what careless in stepping off the pavement, but people in this country were not bound to keep a look-out at every step as if they were in an enemy's country. Be thought the de- fendants were liable inregard to the accident. The question of damages was a different mat- ter. He certainly thought the amount stated was excessive. He gave judgement for Lg- 10s. with costs.

I PO-V,TVCYMMER. I DEATH.—We regret to record the death of the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lewis, 25 Wautfbantj at the age of seven months. The funeral took place at 3.45 on Saturday, at the Pontycymmer Cemetery. Rev. David Hughes ,pastor of Tabernacle, offi- ciated.

News has been received, that Sapper Walter Fielding, son of the late Mr. Alfred Fielding and Mrs. Fielding, Port Talbot, has been wounded, and is recovering from an attack of double pneumonia. He is at present in a Birmingham Hospital. General regret is felt at the death of Mr. George Perkins, of Victoria Road, Briton Ferry, a member of one of the oldest families in the district, and father of Mr. Dan Pen- kins, solicitor, Aberavon and Briton Ferry. The deceased1 had been ill for some time. He leaves a widow, two sons, and four daughters.

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BRIDGEND WILL. I MR. JOHN LEWIS'S BEQUESTS TO I BAPTISTS. "NO SPEND-THRIFT TO DERIVE I BENEFIT UNDER THE WILL." Probate of the will of the late Mr. John Lewis, Bridgend, formerly of Brigam Farm, has been granted to his son-in-law, Coun- cillor W. L. Jenkins, Cowbridge, and Mr. Richard Richards, bank manager, Oakfield Street, Cardiff, the trustees and executors. The gross value of the estate is R2,9,928 and the net personalty £ 26,157. Testator bequeathed the following legacies: P,200 to his daughter Magdalen Ann, JE50 each to Dr. Barnardo's Homes, the Ashley Down Orphanage, the Stockwell Orphanage, and the Baptist Missionary Society, zC50 to each of his trustees, £10 to his old workman William John, 10s. per calendar month for a period of six years to the ministers' funds at the Baptist Chapels at Heolycyw and Llan- haran, and he directed that a sum not exceed- ing JE50 should be spent on his tombstone. The balance of the income of the estate is to be paid equally between his two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Kate Jenkins, wife of Coun- cillor W. L. Jenkins, Cowbridge, and Miss Magdalen Ann Lewis, during their joint lives, and afterwards to their issue. If either of the daughters dies without leaving issue the whole of the income is to be paid to the surviving daughter for life. After the death of the daughters the estate is to be divided between the grand-children when the youngest attains the age of twenty- ifve, but the division is to be in the dis- cretion of the trustees, who have certain powers to exclude, testator wishing that no spendthrift shall derive any benefit under my will, and that each female shall be paid about one-third of what each male shall be paid." If the daughters die without leav- ing issue living at the time of their death they each have power to dispose of £ 200 by will, and the rest of the estate is then to be divided between the children of testator's brothers and sisters, but with the same pro- vision as to the proportionate shares of males and females and the power of the trustees to exclude as was laid down in the case of the grandchildren. The will is dated the 29th of April, 1913. By a codicil dated 19th September, 1914, testator revoked the gift to Llanharan Bap- tist Chapel, but gave P,100 to the Welsh Baptist Sustentation Fund, 250 towards the reduction of the debt on the pastor's house of Ruhamah Welsh Baptist Church, Bridgend, and £1 per lunar month to the minister's fund of this church. He also gave 950 to his servant Miss Weeks if she was in Els ser- vice at his death, but this legacy has lapsed. The solicitors for the executors were Messrs. Randall and Co., Bridgend.

FORGOT TO TEST THE TEM- PERATURE. BRIDGEND NURSE EXONERATED FROM BLAME. Mr. Archibald Daniel, deputy coroner, held an inquest at Bridgend on Thursday, on Eliza- beth Lloyd (51), single woman, who died at the Workhouse. The workhouse master said deceased came to the workhouse from Maesteg iin 1914, suffering from paralysis. Sarah Ann Thomas, a probationer nurse at the workhouse infirmary, said that about three weeks ago she was putting deceased into a hot bath, but forgot to test the temperature. As she was lowering her, witness's hand came in contact with the water, and she felt that it was too hot. She at once took the woman out of the bath, but found that she had been scalded on the right hip. Dr. W. Edmund Thomas, medical officer at the workhouse, said death was due to cerebral hemorrhage. Deceased had a paralytic stroke on Saturday and died on Tuesday. The scalding had nothing whatever to do with her death, and he had always found that the nurses at the workhouse carefully and faith- fully carried out instructions. In reply to a juryman, the doctor said that the flesh of a paralytic would be more susceptible to soaJd" ing than that of a healthy person. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from natural causes," and exonerated the nurse from blame.

BRIDGEND MAN HANDED OVER TO MILITARY AUTHORITIES. Philip Abse (19), shop assistant, was charged at Bridgend on Thursday last week with being an absentee under the Military Service Act. Inspector Rees Davies said that upon infor- mation from Captain McLean the defendant was arrested that day by P.C. James, and brought to the Police Station, as he had failed to obey a notice ealling him up for a further medical examination. Defendant stated he was in possession of a medical rejection certificate, and he under- stood that this exempted him. It was on legal advice that he did not obey the military notice. He was handed over to the military authori- ties. ABSENTEE UNDER SEAT. John Louran, a private in the King's Liver- pool Riegfment, was charged with being an ab- sentee. Inspector Rees Davies said that on the previ- ous afternoon defendant was seen at the rail- way station, and was warned to return to his regiment. Defendant went away with a down- line train, but returned a few hours later in a train going to Cardiff, and was found under the seat in one of the compartments by Ticket- Collector Morgan. Defendant told the Magistrates that he re- tained because it struck him he would like to go to Cardiff to meet a pal. He was remanded to await an escort.

MORE MAESTEG "SOCIAL PESTS". There is evidently something in the nature of an'epidemic of these loose and shameless women just now in Maesteg. Following on the convictions passed at Bridgend Police Court on Tuesday on a number of them, two more were similarly charged at Thursday's Court, and were similarly convicted. The women were Sarah Clarke (33), and Annie Corfield (30), both of no fixed abode, and they were each charged with "being a common prostitute," and with "behaving in an indecent manner in Bridgend Road, Maesteg, on the 30th August," at 9 o'clock and 10-00 respectively. P. C. Dd. Jenkins spoke to finding the women in the street in question, surrounded by a crowd of young fellows, and acting in an indecent manner. He arrested them. They were slightly under the influence of drink. P.S. Frank Evans corroborated. The con- duct of the women was disgraceful. They were both common prostitutes, and were per- fect nuisances in the town. They were both staying in a certain notorious lodging house. Prisoners were sent to prison for a month, as stated, the Chairman of the Bench (Mr. D. H. Lloyd) remarking that some steps ought to be taken to deal with the tenant of the lodging house.

MAESTEG. I GIPSY LEE, the Blackpool Palmiste, holds Receptions daily in her Living Carriage on the Market Place, Maesteg. Fee 6d., Is. 8524 DEATH.—The death took place at her re- sidence at Maesteg on Tuesday of Mrs. M. Williams, widow of the late Mr. William Williams, colliery manager, Oakwood, Maes- teg, and mother of Mr. Roderick Williams, conductor of the Cardiff Harmonic Society. Mrs. Williams, who was 79 years of age, leaves four sons and four daughters. I CHORAL SOCIETY.—On Friday evening a well-attended meeting of the Seion Choral Society was held at Seion Chapel Vestry, for the purpose of appointing officials and chosing the work for next year's annual concert. After a little discussion, it was decided to take in hand during the coming season the first part of Mendelssohn's "St. Paul." The- chorus will be under the conductors hip of Mr. Dan Griffiths, L.T .S.C. The following officers- were also elected :—Chairman, Mr. W. D. I Thomas (The Emporium); secretary, Mt. Aerol Jones; assistant secretary, Mr. Oswald Davies; treasurer, Mr. John Evans. This is by far the most important work hitherto undertaken by the Society, and the conductor and committee deserve every support in their pnt-prrvriRA

CAERAU. RECHABITES' DEMONSTRATION. — Last Saturday the annual demonstration of the Independent Order of Rechabites took place, when a procession of the members marched through the principal streets of the town, led by the Maesteg Salvation Army Band. The procession, which comprised the- largest number of Rechabites yet seen in Caerau, included the adult and both juvenile branches, who joined hands for the occasion. While they were demonstrating in the streets officers' wives were busy in the tent-room get- ting ready a treat for the younger children by the time of their return. When they arrived they were marshalled in their places by the secretaries, Messrs. M. Roberts and Oswald Davies and were handed a bag of con- fectionery by the ladies. At the usual adult tent meeting the same night, the secretary reported that one of the members had been killed in the recent big push in France—Bro. Alfi Thomas, Treharne Road. The Tent passed a sincere vote of sympathy with the deceased's soldier's mother and family by standing in silence. Several new members were proposed after the day's demonstration.

OGMORB VALE. ACCIDENT.—A serious accident occurred on Wednesday at Ogmore Vale to Mr Jenkin Williams, butcher, Tynewydd Row. The horse which Mr. Williams was driving bolted by the Slaughter House. He sustained very serious injuries and shock, and the horse had to be destroyed owing to the injuries re- ceived.

LALESTON. PRF,SENTATION.- The presentation at Laleston was to Lance-Corporal G. Biddle (South Wales Borderers), and not L.-Corpl. Vittles," as stated in. our last week's issue. The pianiste was Miss Redfern, and not Wos. Redford." -M

S COWBRIDGE SIFTINGS. a i (By VELOX.") i As will be seen by a report in another column, the name of another Cowbridge boy has been added to the Roll of Honour. The news of the death of Sergt.-Major Lane, who met his death when returning from the, trenches, has been received with sorrow. The sympathy of all goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Lane and to Alderman John. 1 1 11 Another batch of young men left the town this week for service with the colours. Good luck to them. Ill Pte. Frank Trew has arrived home for a short rest after a strenuous time In the trenches. He is the proud possessor of a Ger- man helmet picked up on the battlefield. I I I If anyone has any doubts as to whether 1 Cowbridge is obeying the "no lights ordéf." let him take his stand on Mount IdaH ail 10 p.m.; that will convince him that as far as light is concerned, Cowbridge is nearly Hoff the map." PBINTID AND PUBLISHED by the CBNTBAC GLAKOBSMI PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY, LTD., at the "GLAMORGAN GAZHTTI" Omcsa, QMN BTBIBT, BRIDOBND, GLAMORGAN. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st, 1916.

CLASSICAL SCHOLAR'S ECCEN- -1 TRICITIES. WASTED ERUDITION. Plausibly fluent, and professedly a "classi- cal scholar," Isaac Richards was evidently be- lieved by the Bridgend Magistrates on Tues- day to be at least an Oxford don, or perhaps a senior wrangler down on his luck. Richards is a man of no fixed abode, and he was charged with being drunk and disorderly.— P.S. Loveluck told how on the previous day he saw defendant in Caroline Street chasing men with a knife in his hand. Witness took the k. from him.—Defendant said he had seen better days, and was a University scho- lar. He made quite a neat speech upon his literary attainments and classical accomplish- ments.—Inspector ,Rees Davies submitted a long list of previous convictions.—Mr. D. H. Lloyd (chairman): This list hardly bears out your statement.—Defendant: There is no con- viction since 1912. Give me another chance, and I will made a man of myself. I have got work to go to.-He was fined RI, and given a fortnight in which to pay the money. Unfortunately the "chance" he asked f-or, and got,—the chance that was to ena ble him to "make a man of himself" —was of small avail. Richards was brought up again on Thursday morning, oniy two days later, on a charge of being "drunk and disorderly" in Quarella Road, at 10-45 on Wednesday night. He had been to the fair, and was found by the police in Quarella Road. Prisoner, who was as polite and imperturb- able as ever, was sent to prison for a month.

OCTOGENARIAN'S END. I AT BRIDGEND MODEL LODGING-HOUSE I w An inquest was held on Tuesday night at the Police Station, Bridgend, on the body of. John Sullivan, a tramping pedlar, aged 80, who was found dead the other morning at the Bridgend Model Lodging House. A fellow lodger gave the following picturesque evi- dence:—"I sat up in bed and looked at my watch, and it was half-past 6. I said, It's time to get up.' Then I saw the old man, who had slept in the bed next to mine, lying on his face on the floor. I said, You're a hot 'un.' I put my foot against his, and said, Get up, man, you'll perish there.' Then I found his foot was cold and stiff. He was dead. The verdict of the jury was "Death from natural causes. I

PENCOED SERGEANT "MISSING." I As already intimated in our columns, Sergeant Richards, of Penprisk, Pencoed, is amoungst the "missing." In reply to a letter of enquiries, the officer in command of the young soldier's company has written to I say he is unable to give any information be- yond the fact that Sergeant Richards took Sergeant Richards. part in the advance on July 1st, and that since then nothing has been heard of Mm. A very fine tribute to the missing soldier is paid in the officer's letter, the words of which we quote:—" He was a most gallant soldier, and was thought very highly of by his company officer, who was killed on the same day." We may add that Sergeant Richards fought at the Dardanelles, from which place of tragic memories he was sent to Egypt, and after- wards to France. The Sergeant is a native of Pencoed, and enlisted from the village at the outbreak of the war. His mother, Mrs. Evans, of Brynheulog, Penprisk, will be grateful if anyone can give her. information concerning her missing son.

"SMALL TALK"—Continued from Page 5. fully gave permission-nay command-to "up with him again," he was rewarded with a roar of delighted laughter. Ill By the way, a mere layman could only stand by and! wonder and envy at MT. Wil- liams' faculty of keeping on after his voice ought by good rights to have cracked. How he managed it we don't know, but he did manage it-tiu darkness mercifully put a stop at once to the selling, and to Mr. Wil- liams labours-we might almost say his tor- tures-for by that time they could have been no less. I t 1 1 Some time before the end, however, Mr. Michael Davies had appeared on the scene, j and seeing how things stood he promptly took over the task of disposing of the miscellaneous array of goods set out in the centre of the Yard. Need we say that he did it with all his accustomed geniality? And that after officiating at a sale of his own elsewhere. What price "too old at forty?" 111 By the way, we noted that the first "sport" to show the way in the matter of putting his purchases back to be bid for again was Mr. John Evans, of Porthcawl, formerly of the Star Inn, Bridgend. But there were others who were not slow in following his example- notably Mr. Tom Morgan, of the Dunraven Hotel.

(Continued from previous column). molly") 15s. 8d.; ditto, (cocoanuts), £1 17s. 3d. t Mrs. Scott (cocoanuts), R2 2s. 6d.; ditto. (shooting saloon), f2 7s. gd. Wm. Nail (hand billiards), lis. 4d.; Buckley's Wild Beast Show, 21 48.. 2.; J. Kitson (houp-la.), jES lis. 4ct I J. Healey (shooting gallery) 9s. 2d. j Bill Scoft (swing boats) RI 8s. 2d.; the Kaiser "Aunt Sally," £1 lis. 4d. TotaJ from side- shows (half-takings except from Mr. Free- man's round-abouts), J664 5s. 2d.