The Carmarthen Weekly Reporter

an WE have to hold over a full account of the y, proceedings at the quarterly meeting1 of the Carmarthenshire Chamber of Agriculture on Wednesday. We have considered this course e- prefarrable to giving a phorf, report this week. :t,' MONTHLY MARKET.—The monthly market was held at Carmarthen on Wednesday. There was a good supply, considering the number of fairs held a," in the district lately Cows with calves were in great demand at very good prices—from £ 10 to £ 1" apiece. Barren heifers realised £ 10, and yearlings from to f. 10. an advance on late fair le pricc. Sheep and lambs went at £ 2 to £ 3 a )r couple, fat sheep at 7d to SJ, and tat l.imbs about lOd per lb. There was a fair supply of each. There vrere no pigs on offer, as they are generally èoLl on [Saturdays. Last Saturday, suckers (three II weeks old) were in great demand at 13s to 255 each. n 1ST V.B. WELSH RE(; I -Orders for the week ending 16th May, 1896. Officer for the week, Lieut. if Norton. Company orderlies, Sergt. Jones and Corpl. ■t J. W. Da vies. Orderly bugler, C. L. Jones. Com- pany drill on Monday, in Drill order, viz., officers, patrole jackets and forage caps other ranks, uniform, Glengarry caps, arms and side-arms, one pouch. Fall in at the Armoury, at 7.30 p.m. Band and cyclists to attend Bayonet exercise on Friday, at 7.30 p.m., plain clothes. Recruits drill on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 7.30 p.m. Class-firing on Monday, Friday, and Saturday from 2.30 p.m. Spoon compe- tition on Thursday at 2 p.m. sharp. Signalling practice on Wednesday, at 7.30 p.m.—By order, W. BUCKLEY RODERICK, Captain Commackling H. Co. DEPARTURE OF THE MILITIA FHOr CARMAR- THEN.—The Carmarthen Artillery, Western Division, R.A., assembled at Carm3rthen on Monday. The officers present were the Colonel (Viscount Emlyn), the Major (lIon. Lieut. CoL Sir James Drummond, Bart.), Captain (and Honorary Major) W. B. Morrie, Captain (and Honorary Major) F. B. D.ilrymple, Captain Turner (Adjutant), Captain A. G. Parker, Captain Dudley Williams-Drummond, Captain Grismond Philipps, and Captain Ernald E. Richardson, Lieutenants W. Kennedy, F. C. Keane, Hon. H. F. V. Campbell, Hon. R. A. Campbell. Vendible* Llewellyn, G. P. Roch, H. Davies-Evans, Hon. W. F. Rice, and H. Batb. 59S men of the rank and file turned up, so that tho battalion is at it full strength. They proceeded by special train from Carmarthen station at 3.45 p.m. lo Neyland, whence th% crosscd in H.M.S. Stormcock" to Fort Poptoa. They will, according to present arrangements, return to Carmarthen on Friday, the 29th insfc.

) DEATH OF MRS THOMAS, STARUXU PARK.— With much regret we have to announce the death With much regret we have to announce the death of Mrs Sarah Jane Thomas,wife of Mr John Howell Thomas (auctioneer and estate agent) which took place at her residence, Starling Park, onWednesday, the Gth inst. The deceased lady, who was in her GOth year, had been for years confined to the house and although she had latterly been in a very pre- carious state, the news of her decease will come as a shock to those with whom she was acquainted. The deceased, who had lived all her life in the neighbourhod, was a sister of Ilr 11. S. Carver, J.P., of Blaencorse, and was thus a member of one of the most respected county families. She was a member of Christ Church, but her long illness had prevented her appearance at the services for many years. When, however, she was able to be about, she took a very active part in Church work, and no good cause in the town went without a heping hand from her. Besides her husband, she leaves a son and three daughters to mourn her loss. Her son-lr W. Vincent Howell Thomas—is a member of the firm of Messrs J. Howell Thomas & Son and of the Carmarthen Town Council. One of her daughters is the wife of Dr Powell, formerly of the Joint Counties Asylum, and now of parry. The daughters have latterly taken that prominent part in public movements from which their mother was precluded by ill-health. The greatest sympathy is felt with the family in their bereavement.

Llandilo Board of Guard The fortnightly meeting was li,,Id on Sah when those present were Mr W. Giiffiths (in Miss May Gwynne-Hughes, Col. Gwynr My ior Tltomas, and Messrs D. Davies. J J. GnHitha, Jo-eph Harries, D. W. LE Harries, James Rees, W. WiiliaiiiS, J. L. T. Davies, D. Watkins, W. Evans, D. Jone ii. jjcivis, itrca, L), Morris. John Thoi Thomas, NV. (CrJiuicenneii), Joh (Myddfai), and D. Jones (Talley). THE HOUSE. The Master reported that the number of the workhouse was 32, against 30 in the co period of last year. The number of vagra: visited the house in the f<ut:;ight was HO, > 114 in the corresponding period of last yea the past five weeks 248 vagrants had visitel I-The Master having reported defect.s in .tu the laundry ana sick ward, the ..111 of the workhouse was re-appointed and in report on the matter at the next meetim*. TITIO, ol,, The Clerk reported that on tho motion o Lewis, it was decided to ask the County f take in to consideration the advisability o I ing the seats on the District Council aUt Guardians. At the time, Mr T. Rees 3 negative, the voting being nine for the orij and 7 for the negative.—The Clerk said he the necessary npp'ication to the County C they had written to know what re-arranj proposed.—Mr D. W. Lewis said the popi crowding from the rimd districts to th< Mr John Harries represented 300 voters, whilst some 1 other member-! represented only 7, 30, and 10 respectively. It was not fair to the voters He f wished to have the seat3 so re-arranged th=it thoi x-tpresentation might be more equal.—Major Thomas t slid it was irregular to diseu.s the matter then. 0 S'jmc scheme should be brought forward.—The Clerk said the committee of the County Council that would deal with the master would meet on the !>th of May.— y Mr Thomas Rees said the motion was cartied without e notice to the councillors, and there were very few j present when it was discussed.—Mr D. W. Lewis I gave notice.—Mr Thomas Rees I give notice that the n resolution be resciudeu this day fortnight.—Chairman: t- What reply to the County (louneil ?-Cieik I shall s simply say the matter has been deferred.—Mr J. L. a Williams said he strongly supported Mr D. W. Lewis. DECREASING A SALARY. n The Clerk said that with reference to a resolution h they had passed to lower the salary of Mr Hopkins. u collector of poor rates, Quarterbach, from £ 11 to £ 10 r a year, the Local Government Board wished to be informed, before further considering the subject, on what grounds the reduction is recommended, and whether Mr Hopkins consents to it."—Mr John u Harris produced a statement to show that at Llandilo- 3- fawr the collector was paid at the rate of 4d in the n pound Llandyfeisant, 7M Llaniihangel-Aber- l- bythyeh, 4^d Llangathen, 8Ad Talley, 7d; h (.(uarterbach, Hid and even if they struck off the £-1, the payment would then be 91d, or higher than in e any parish. -NIr Thomas Rees A very good reason. ij —Colonel Gwynne-Hughes deprecated the way in ;j which matters of the kind were brought forward.— •_ ] Major Thomas maintained that they were t iking a 11 right course.Tho Clerk said he understood his reply y to the Local Government Board was to be that in tho o opinion of the board, Mr Hopkin received more in !3 proportion than any of the other collectors,—Mr p Harris further said that Mr llopkin was willing that .t his salary should be reduced, but not by more than il, and that he (Mr Hopkin) had written to inform1 the Local Government Board of it. j

PAUPERISM. pj Mr W. Jones, Glancennen, rose to move that no relief be granted to non-resident paupers unless the v circumstances be exceptional. He said he was glad A to see Mr Bircham present, and would be very pleased to be guided by him in the matter. They were paying every year large sums of moucy to other unions to rolieve or maintain paupers who were non-resident. His great objection to that mode of payment was that they had no means of knowing anything of the cir- cumstances of those people, and whether they got too 1 much or too little relief. Paupers from the agricul- i. tural districts went to live to the works and towns, rir and living there was dearer. It was no doubt their .fI- duty to visit the poor in their own workhouse, and so J it was their duty to visit those in other unions that ( they paid for. Whenever an application was made It." for a non-resident pauper, they had nothing to guide them in deciding what the relief should be. They were simply bound to give the amount asked for. Some might say it would ba rather hard up m a poor man, after having settled down elsewhere, to ba asked to return there ugain. He did not see it would be hard. when a pauper had only been out of the district for a year or two. The exceptional ciicumstances, in his opinion, was when a parent went out of the union to reside with a child. Under such circumstances it would be advantageous to both pauper and ratepayer. Then, in the works' district house rent was higher, and there was little or no garden, but in the country there they might have a cottage and garden attached, where they could raise nearly enough to keep them all through the year.—Mr J. L. Williams asked how mady non-resident paupers there were ?-The-Clerk said the amount paid to non-resident paup?rs exceeded £100 i year,—Mr Bircham Two pounds a week representing about 14 cases, rougly speaking.—Mr D. Davies was proceeding to discuss the question, when the Chairman pointed out the motion had not been seconded.

VAGRANCY. Col. Gwynne-Hughes referred to the circular on the question of vagrancy that had recently been issued by the Local Government Board, and of which every member had received a copy. The question of vagrancy was one which concerned the economy of the Board of Guardians. He dared say the master could, as he had been asked to do, give his opinions on the matter, before he (the Col.) made any renitrks.-The Master In my opinion, I dont think I can add hardly anything to the circular. It is in your hands to pass a motion about detaining the vagrants for a night or two. It would diminish the number of vagrants.—Mr Bircham But what do you do in the workhouse ? Master Nothing, whatever. Col. Gwynne-Hughes Yes that is enough. He went on to say that it was a question that affected the rate- payers very muvh. They should endeavour to carry out the regulatioas of the circular, and make the task as hard as they could, and not discharge them until the second day.—In answer to the Colonel, the Master said they were bound at times to have the vagrants associate.—Major W. Thomas said they had only only room for seven vagrants by right, and they often had 14. If they detained them two nights then they would have 2S. They were opening the eyes of the Inspector (Mr Bircham) by that discussion. If they carried out the circular, it would cost them from B200 to £ 300 for building, so they had better put the circular out of sight.—Mr Bircham said he did not impute Major Thomas's arithmetic when he said twice 14 was 28, but he believed that if they cat ried out the law strictly they would find that if they divided 14 by 2 they got 7. They must not look at the question of vagrancy from a local standpoint. Uniformity of treatment should be in force, and proper discipline. A proposal of his was carried out with great success III 0° in different parts, and if it was carried out at Llandilo theii it would not entail an additional brick. The pro- fessional vagrant was easily descernible; He especialy disliked the detention the whole of the day, and if they carried out the system the pro- ( fessional vagrants would be very largely reduced. v>^ Those who had the distribution of tickets to the vagrants had three kind of tickets, red, white, dir and blue. The white was for old and infirm vagrants, and those who were bonalide out of work, I (i so far as they produced evidence, &c., that enabled 11 the ticket distributor to form an opinion. The master te>a] would know what to do with the white-ticket man. ha]* He kept him one night, and sent him off the first thing in tho morning instead of keeping him until 11 yr o'clock. The blue ticket j, which would form the majority, were given to the professional tramp, and he would be detained one whole day, in which he ■>r would have to break 13 to 14 hundredweight of stone as laid down by the Local Government Board, and A was dismissed next morning first thing. The red )'n ticket was given to those men who had been twice there within the same month. There would not be ^eir many of them, but the Master had power to keep it AVl them three days, to put them to the bath, and clothe Bth them with the workhouse clothes for that time. He (Mr Bircham) would recommend them to adopt the bQ," system. The master would reserve the cells for the .¡ professional vagrants, and for the time being borrow (' an adjoining ward, that was connected with the tramp ward, for the flon-professionals. It was for the a ,l; guardians to see if, by adopting the system, they y,n could not check the vagrancy. Unitedly they could Un do a great deal towards that end, even if it involved Yn < o' & •• 11 _.L..L.1r1; rpho tly n I {" t, lOll¡ abe, I Per. Bar tUx, 1\1J1 dd PUr C Hie tf u | TF so the death of the late Mr John Rees was mourned by his sons and daughters. Then the young ladies were comforted by the proscnco of 'their eldest brother, Mr George Rees, V. S., who, although on Ilccount of failing health, ob'iged to retiro from a very large vcteiinaiy practice he had successfully developed at Staines, they trusted ho would be able for many years to tako charge of their affairs at But after a short sharp attack, he passed away and was buried at Llanboidv Churchyard on Thursday afternoon. Great numbers of friends attended to pay their last tribute to a departed friend, one who. all honour to him, trusting to his own abilities, chose the field for his labours amongst strangers far from those whose influence might help him, and he succeeded in establishing such a position at Suines ce h* might well be pro-id of. The sympathy of the people, if funspoken, is yet profound for the famiiv in this their abundant grief.

THE APPOINTMENT OF A COLLECTOR FOR BETTWS. For some meetings HOW the question (.f the appoint- ment of a coll^ct-'T for Bjttws has beei before the Council, and Mr J. hn Harris now moved that the resolution hy which it was rgre^d a collector shonld be P tid £ 36 a vezir should be ittsdnded. It w is fnnd that such payment would amount to lljd in the i; 0:1 J11 the rates, and that would be too much, -Mr J. Rees Inv- said they had, it seemed, gone too far, and he begged to second Mr Harris. When they fixed it at that T* thoy thought thQ collector would have to pay an office pi > for assurance, but instead of that he had sureties, aud that would cost him nothing.—The motion was agreed ]]■ to, ami Mr J. Ree3 gave notice to bring on the gjVi question of the appointment at the next meeting, and that the salary be £ 2d per year.

MARRIAGE. Bl^n-T"0MAS--Apiil 27th, at tin Ilegiterar's Bl^n-T"0MAS--Apiil 27th, at tin Ilegiterar's Office, Carmarthen. Mr George Heed, of London (now at I enycccrd Farm, Llangunnock), to Miss Mary Thomas, sscord daughter of Mr William Thomas, 1 fynonfaii "Villa, Llanstcphan, DEATHS. DAA IKS.— May 2nd, Mr James Davies, Shaws-lane for many years in the employ of the Gas Company, aged CO years. I JONES May 6th, at "NWiterloo-ter.ace, Carmar. then, Mr Daniel Jones, tailor, cidtst son of Mr David Jones, weaver, aged 23 years. | REUS.—April 2!);h, at John-street, Cumartbm, (after a long illness), Mr Wi'liam Rees, ta or, e.,ved 74 yeais. & IIOWKLI,-THOMAS. — May 6th, at Srarling Pule Carmarthen, Sir.,)i Jane, deajly-h.vcd wi fe of John Howell-Thomas, J.P., aged 6'J yeau.