The Carmarthen Weekly Reporter

CARMARTHEN U 8Dlt THE SEARCH LIGHT CVme come, i-ne sit you down ycu s'lall nob budge Y' u shall not go, till I set you up a gla s, Where you may see the inmost part of you —————— SHAKKSPEABK. There was a good deal of talk at the County Court with the object of finding out who was the real owner of a gramophone. And it never struck anybody to bring the machine into Court and to let it speak for itself. It had often spoken in the bar, and it would have been little change for it to have adressed the Bench. • ft* Two ladies Cin Friday showed a policeman a couple of wire nails which they said they had found ion the Soup distributed that day. Whoever dropped them in had a high idea of the value of iron as a tonic; but ferruginous matter introuced into the system in that way is not calculated to have the beneficent effects which medical men ascribe to it. There was a very fashionable assembly at the Guildhall on Friday on the occasion of the Sanatorium meeting I say it without any animosity that the (meeting was a fashionable one. It is inecessary to make this explanation at the presen ttime, when the growth of Socialistic views seem to threaten the coming of a time when it will be treason to wear a smart costtlme, and when any man sporting a top hat will 'he voted as a public enemy. During the Reign of Terror in France, it was said that a man dressed in course clothes was hauled forth and accused of being an aristocrat; and his captors pointed triumphantly to the damning fact that he wore a good lÏlwen shirt. But the accused explained that he had stolen it, and thus vindicated hiis character as a good Republican and saved his life. The fact that the aFseimbly was fashion- ablfe is no slur on the ladies and gentlemen but it cast a great slur on the Guildhall. They drove up in their smart equipages— horse and petrol driven. As they entered the hall, they must have thought that they had been inveigled into a slumming expedi- tion. In the entrance, a huge patch of the pl,aster-a;boiit the size of a Cheshire cheese —was missing, and the interior arrange- ments of the antique masonry were exposed to view. This was a bad beginning but as everybody who has any a/cquaintance with the Hall knows, Hie.) e was worse to follow. It is no mere figure of speech, but a ccild matter of fact, to say that the Carmarthen Guildhall is to-day ia mere jumble of insani- tary ruins. By and bye, the Llanelly members will say "Look here, this Hall is not fit for the hold- ing of Assizes. Quarter Sessions, a.nd County Council (meetings. "We had better have them at our grand commodious building, replete with every modern convenience." What they will not say is that they could make the Carmarthen! Hall fit if they wished and that they are quietly letting it fall into decay. They keep the Llandi'o Hall in fair enough repair. Why is this disregard of the interests of the Ancient Borough connived at eVeln by the members for the Carmarthen District ? There are objections to the Hall which are only fit to be .referred to in the report of a Sanitary Inspector. It is to bo hoped that the bulk of the members do not realise the present state of affairs, and that when their attention is called to it, they will take imme- diate steps to put things right. The County Council which owns the Hall is the chief sanitary authority of the county. Well might the owners of uninbaibit-able houses say, "Physician, heal thyself." At the County Court last week, one of the parties was told when he made a certan statement to "tell that to the marines." It is a peculiar thing that such an admirable body of men, as the Royal Marine A,rtillery shoulld always be pointed out as the proper .:a hearers for a story when doubt is thrown upon it. Kifpling endeavoured to give the marine a lift by praising him as "Her Majesty's jolly soldier and sailor too." But it is no good. The poor marine is always held up as the very incarnation of credulity. A superlative degree is som times attained by referring the speaker to the Horse Marines ;hut this is generally felt to be a case of gilding refined golld. **# The phrase, it is to be feared, reflects the sailor's contempt for the landsman. The marine is taken from hi,s barracks, and put on board ship to help in the fighting. He has nothing to do with the navigation, and knows uothilng whatever about splicing the main brace and boxing the compass and all the other intricacies of navigation. since the forniatiion of the force, the blue jacket has always held the marine (or the "sodger" as he sometimes calls him) in contempt. It is to be feared that pome antiiquarian will a thousand years hence con- clude that marines were a body of men who offered themselves as auditors for the most improbaible stories. The Carmarthen admirers of Mr Lloyd George—and they are not few—may be interested to kniow that it was only last week that he attained the greatest honour of his life. He came to Cardiff to receive the freedom of that "city," and one of the Cardiff papers headed it "Red Letter Day for Mr Lloyd George." All his honours— including even that of being a Cabinet Minister—is nothing in the opinion of some Cardiff people approaching the honour of ooDnga freeman of Cardiff. It is very like I' the remark which was made when the Princess Louise was married to the Marquis of Lorne. A gossip brought. the news to an old Highland woman that the Queen's daugh ter was married to a son of the McCallum More (as they called the Duke of Argyle). She took t,he pipe out of her mouth. "Well, well," she remarked, "this is a proud day for the Queen." A good deal has been said about this new Act which allows prisoners to be released on probation. It is simply an extension of the First Offenders Act. The tendency of modem legislation is to extend to meal the privelege which was formerly reserved for dom-tliat of having the first bite free. One of the points which was brought out in the address of the lagent of the N.S.P.C.C. was the fact that cruelty to children is not always due to drink and that neglect is not always due to poverty Mr Parr said that some of the worst oases had taken, place in the homes of wealthy people of good social position. Old cases are never raked up by the Society names are never mentioned; but those who have. followed the records of the prosecutions for ten or twelve years can -recollect more than one case which fits in with this description. «#* This disposes of the fallacy that all wicked- ness is due to drink. One of the commonest delusions of some very good people is that all the evil in the world can be ascribed to one source. They differ as to the source; but they are often agreed that all the wicked- ness in the world could be abolished at one stroke if their pet aversion were wiped out. The teetotaller puts it down to drink; the Socialist puts it all down to poverty; and other people of one idea have ready made explanations of their own. One of the familiar platitudes in horticultural books is that gardening has an ennobling amd refining influence. And yet the agent of the Society mentioned that one of the worst cases he had known was one in which a gardener was the offender. «*# These things all prove that a man's charac- ter does not depend on his circujflistances, but on himself. Of course, environment and heredity do go a long way. It is said that you canmot make a silk purse out of a sow's oa.r. niat n-Y be but you can tan and curry a sow's ear into a very fine piece of leather which would perhaps make quite as good a purse as any silk. Men and women can rise above environment, and they can fallhelow it. The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. ##* You may amake people sober, and you may make them wealthy without making good men and women of them. The Turks are all sober. The Armenian atrocities were aU perpetrated by total abstainers. Neither can all the evil in the world be attributed to poverty. The statement is boldly put forth in Socialistic pamphlets nowadays that all the vice and crime in. the world is due to poverty. That is certainly not true. The greatest criminals in the world have been men who might have easily lived lione.st lives. Some of the most vicious women who ever lived wore born to wealth and power; instead of using their wealth and power to do good to others they only used them to, degrade themselves. It is as well for all Social Reformers to bear these facts in mind. Cruelty to children is due often to some morbid perversion of the natural instincts, which is akin to insanity petibapg and such aberrations are quite as likely to exist in the mansion as in the slum. There are more sIlum dwellers than there are man- sion dwellers in this world, and that is the only reason why we hear of more cases from poor hovels. itflit The Fishery Board has decided to see what it can do to prevent the rivers being all drained away to supply water to the thirsty souls of Ammanford and Burry Port. Here they are likely to go over the same ground as the County Council which has decided to conserve all the water of the county. It is somewhat unusual to find the Carmarthen- shire County Council becoming conservative in any respect. We are not all" of us in sym- pathy with a movement to conserve all the water of the county. We have rather too much water in some parts of the county, and if something were done to relieve us of our excessive moisture, it would be a real bless- ing. We are not much better off than the Cornish people here between Carmarthen and Ferryside. In Cornwall they say "The North wind always brings us rain The South Wiind blows it back again; The West wind blows for rainy weather, The East brings wet and cold together." This is a, literal fact, and hence we cannot get very enthusiastic over a proposal to defend our water rights. The Carmarthen Board of Guardians has decided to hear an, address from a lady on the "Care of the FeMe-Minded." The sub- ject is a very good one, and it is one in which I have always taken a deep interest. I hope I will not be misunderstood when I say that I take a personal interest in it. The care of the feeble-minded is a very pressing problem. There are many Feeble minded people of whom sufficint care is not taken they are allowed to go aibout and worry others. If the feeble minded were only put under benevolent restraint it would be a much more peaceful worid than it is. it*- Still, the Carmarthen Guardians have set a precedent. The world is full of people who have causes to advocate. The causes range from anti-vivisection to the opium traffic, to say nothing of the various political and reli- gions causes. If public bodies are going to listen to addresses from everybody who has an address to deliver, they will find their meetings considerably 'lengthened. One of the difficulties of the breach of promise case tried at the Assizes last week was to find a Welsh word for "trousseau." There appeared to be oomediffienlty in ex- plaining the meaning of the word to Welsh witnesses. In Carmarthenshire, the word "I stafe,I" is commonly used with pretty much the same meaning. When a young lady buys numerous articles for which she has no immediate use gossips whisper that she is going to keep them for 'stafell." These old oaken coffers which are to be found in farm houses in Wales were origin- ailly made to serve as dowry chests. They are not so elaborately carved as the Italian chests of the same class; but nevertheless a good Welsh oaiken coffer is worth a consider- able sum of money. They were made so deep at last, that some genius thought of building them in with drawers instead of having them open on top. Thus was evolved the "half di-awers"the glory of the early nineteenth century. This again has given way to the cheffonier, and this again will become old fashioned in its turn. There were three offenders up for drunken- ness at the Borough Police Court. Their records varie dfrom 78 to 21 convictions. It can hardly be contended that the present method of dealing with such offenders is a success—except in so far as the fines benefit the Borough Fund. One of the statements made by the Rev Alexaner Roger on Monday evening was that the tai of Balaam's ass is carried in procession in Verona in Italy, and that the people all bow down before it. This ought to dispose of the delusion that the worship of ancestors is confined to China. It is a cult, however, which ought not to be ridiculed in the present age when famitly feeling is at rather a low "bi). **» A dispute regarding a house in theWestern Ward has been adjourned for the production of a deed. A County Court Judge will iiev^r take the will for the deed1. On Tuesday a stranger who arrived for the race^ asked "Is there any public houses in this place?" It was not sarcasm. He was in deadly eanirest, and anxious for informa- tion. But the Carmarthen public houses had not the exteriors to which he was accustomed «** A gentleman who wishes to give local school boys a lecture on the evils of emokino- says that he knows the subject is "dealt with Jf the ordinary staff." He is mistaken. If the ordinary staff dealt with it in an appro- pnate way, the VS.P.C.C. would interfere. ALETHEIA.

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Er Cof AM Y DIWtDDAR Jilt. JONATHAN PHILLIPS. YSGUBOKSTOXE M -ITW wnaeth Jonathan Phillip, Dyi-,a dyiioir%. w, Dim oud cuu sycll genym hnues A', th i'r reoedd fiy yn fj w D)n cl.rc¿ig ydordd PLil:ii", l'tlTc.d iawn i ht:lpu'r g\an Ac i lhoddi cvmoith idao Er ti godi tf ir Ian. le wnncth lu o eymwynesan 1 drigolion gwlad a thref, Ac mae rhai'n yn dwyn tyatiolaeth Am ei gnredigrwydd ef Fd gwarcheidwad y tylodioD, Gwell nag ef nid oedd yn bod, ParchuB ydoedd gan drethdalwyr Ar tylawd a seiniau glod Yn Heol-Dwr bydd bwlch agored Ar ol Phillips 'aguloretone, Ac fe deitnlir yn hiraethas Pan am danau clywir ton Y mae yma weis i ninnau Sydd or ol yn nhir y byw, G wneud ein than dros echoB Iesu D:wy ddyrchafu dynol-ryw. Heol Awst, Caerfj rddin. E lOAN.

Carmarilieii borough Education Committee. CLERICAL INTERFERENCE WITH PARENTS. A STRONG PROTEST. A meet in of the Carmarthen Borough Education Committe was held at the Guild- hall on Tuesday at 8 p.m. The Rev E. U. Thomas (chairman- of the Committee) pre- ided. There were also precent: Mr Morns Jones, Rev J. Harry, Mr E. James, Mr Geo. T ebarne, Mr D. Samuel. PLENTY OF ACCOMMODATION. The Rev J. Harry called attention to the in mo ins which, were flying about the town that Pentreipoth School was overcrowded. I He asked for figures. The Chairman ,»aid that the average attend a nee was 275 at the boys school, and the accommodation was for 312. The Rev J. Hany said that there was a definite rumour that the school was over- crowded to the extent of 40 boys. The Chairman said that it was quite the other way. There, was also accommodation. for 60 or 70 more girls tham were in average attendance1. Rev J. Harry said that it would be inte- resting to know how the rumours originated. The Chairman, said that if any of them heard any such rumour they would be ii1 a position to contradict it. Mr E. James: It will he in print I presume this week. SMOKING. Mr Dr yer, of Burnham, Somerset, wrote for permission to deliver a twenty minutes lecture on smoking in each of the schc-.ols.- This was granted, subject to suitable times being arranged with the teachers. MEDICAL INSPECTION. On the suggestion of the Durham Educa- tio.n Authority, the Committee decided to petition in favour of the cost of the medioal I inpectioil1 of school children Ibenng defrayed either wholly or in part by the Government. TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENTS. The Rev Father O'Hagan wrote that owing to the 11..Iliiei- -of Wynlbery he had ap- pointed Miss Angelus Bcquec to fact as tem- porary teacher.—The Clerk in reading the letter isa-id that he could not read the name. Rev J. Harry We are an Education Com- mittee we ought to have a clerk who can read. If be cannot read we had better get one who can,. The Chairman said that if the Clerk went to Franco for a month, he would be alble to read it. The Clerk then spelled out the name. The Chairman said that they had no regu- lations on the subject. They would have to decide the case on its merits. Ordinarily, the members of the staff could carry on the work of a school during the illness of a teacher. In this case they could not trans- fer a teacher from another school tempor- arily because the appointment lay with the managers. Mr E. James asked what would happen if this lady said "I wiji not do the work except my salary is paid." Seeintg that the head- mistress could not attend to her duty, their course was perfectly clear. Rev J. Harry said that they were no doubt bound to pay the teacher who did the work. The question was "Were they bound to pay the teacher who did not do the work." Mr James proposed that the teacher i.n charge should be paid.—This was seconded by (Mr tD. Samuel, and carried nem. con. Dr Naunton D it vies certified that Miss Wynbery would be unable to attend to her duties for a month, and it was agreed to pay her salary for a month, A question was raised as to how long they would pay the salary in case of illness, but this question was left open, Mr James remarking "Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof." PRIESTS AND PARENTS AT CARMAR- THEN. Rev J. Harry moved a resolution protest- ing "against recent clerical interference with thle 'attendance of children at the schools maintained by the Education Committee." Mr Harry said that the caluse of this resolu- tion was to be. Ifound in a sermon recently delivered by Rev Father Wilfrid O'Hagan, of St. Mary's Romain Catholic Church, in this town. From the report of that sermon which appeared in the "Carmarthen Weekly Reporter" of January 7th, it appeared that this gentleman had been publicly interfering with the attendance of children at certain schools in connection with this authority. The Rev Father O'Hagan had publicly denounced parents for exercising their parental rights. He (Mr Harry) maintained that the priest had no riight whatever to interfere with the of parents in this matter, especially when they considered that he Ibeloinged to a section of the Christian community or to an ecclesiastical organisa- tion which champions the rights of -paremlts. Father O'Hagan's action on this occasion was a public denial of their public pretensions in this matter. If this priest and other priests championed the rights of parents, they should leave parents alone in their ch ewee of the schools for their children. He maintained that the Rev Father O'Hagan or any other reverend father had no right to threaten parents alnid children' wiilth damna- tion of souls for exercising their liberty of choice in the matter of schools. He noticed from the report that this gentleman had repeatedly fulminated threats of damnation against those parents, and that he bad attributed their conduct to "petty shoneen respectability." He said that they were wiMifng to damn themselves for this. This was rather strong language coming from the Jips of a. preacher of peace. No priest- Anglicaln or Roma-ii,-had any night whatso- ever to utilise the terrors of hell to maintain his point as against the parents of this country. He (Mr Harry) protested against the imputation cast on the Proitestant schools of this country. He seemed to imply that ithe other schools in this town main- taiiined by this; respectable and honourable committee were dens of corruption, hot beds of moral malaria, and incubators of atheists, malaria, and inculbators of young atheists. As a Protestant he (Mr Harry) protested against the misapplication) of a Biblical text to bolster up the pretensions of priesteraft in the education of children. He had based his remarks on the finding of the Child Jesais in the Temple. He had specifically stated that the attendance of Cathlic child-rei-i at Pro- testant schools was a aim. He (Mr Harry) had read his Bible, and be had found in it nothing to suggest that attendance at a Council or ajt an Anglican school was a sin. This gentleman seemed to forget that the Child Jesus gverw up to' be the bitterest antagonists of the priests of his day. They were all his bitterest enemies, and Josepbus says that there were 20,000 of them The Chairmaiii, said that they had nothing to do with Father O'Hagan's'belief. AVhat they had to deal with was his interference with the attendance of the children of the schools of the town.. Mr Harry said that what he wanted to prove was that the spirit of the priest in this case was the identical spirit with the other. He tried to curtail the liberties of the people. As a member of te Education Committee he (Mr Harry) was against priestcraft trying by its domination and tyranny to cinterfere with the children and the parents of Carmar- then. The Chairman: It was a most un.fol-tunate declaration. I daresay by this time, the gentleman who uttered these stat-ements has j Bern the unwisdom of his remarks. ) The motion was carried unanimously.

Carniarthm Board of Guardian. The fortnightly meeting of the Carmar- then, Board cf Guardians was held at the Guildhall cn Saturday, Mr D. L. Jones, Der- Iwyn, presiding. There were also present: Mestsrs John Williams, David Harrie.s Davies Abergwiili; David Williams, Abernant; Ben- jamin Phillips, Conwil; B. R. Thomas, Laughariie Town; William Brazell, Llan- arthney; John Davies, Llandre, Llanddarog; Evan Davies, Llandilo-Abercowin and Llan- gunnocik; W. H. Thomas, Mydrim; Evan Williams, Llanfihiangel-Abercowin; James Jones, Llangain; John Lewis, Llangen- cleirne; J. T. Williams, Llanginning; David Phillips, Llangunnor; Thomas. Davies, Mer- thyr; David Edwards, Ncwchurch; David John, St. eIealrs; John Jones, Ferryskle; William Williams (co-opted); Miss G. M. E. WTiite; Messrs J. T. Lewis, J. P. Lewis, B. A. Rogers, and the Rev. A. F. Mills, Carmar- then. VOTE OF CONDOLENCE. Rev A. Fuller Mills said that he wished before the usual business began to express their sense of ithe low which they had sus- tained by the death of their dear old frieaid Mr Jonathan Phillips. They must all admit that lie had won a considerable amount of esteem in the town. It only showed how it was possible for a man without any greait degree of culture to be of great service to the town. Mr Phillips had held a position which could be envied by anyone of .them. He had gane into the Unseen with a good record of service to the community. He (Mr Mills) could speak personally of the great sympathy he had received from Mr Phillips when he lay o.n the broad of his back. Mr J. Patagonia Lewis, as the senior member for the town seconded. He knew mo:e of the deceased, perhaps, than any of them. He had had many letters from Mr Phillips to put him on the track of oases when Mr Phillips was unable to attend. Mr Phillips' heart was with the poor and his pocket as well. The motiaiii was carried unanimously. MASTER'S REPORT. The Master reported that a treat had been given to the inmates on the 21st inst. by Miss White. Mr W. Spurrell had given a large paicel of pictures to decorate the new bnf.kHngs. The Misoes Warren Lewis had given periodicals, and S'rgt. Tooley maga- zines. OUTDOOR RELIEF. The reports of the relieving officers showed the amount of outdoor relief distributed during the fortnight ending on the previous Board-day to have been as follows:—First woc-k, 993 ptupcrs, an increase of 55, as compared wjiih the corresponding week last year; expenditure, £ 130 17s 6d, being an increase of £14 14s 3d. Second week: 98G paupers, being an increase of 47; expen- diture, P,132 19s 6d, being an increase of P-6 4s 6d. TREASURER'S REPORT. The Treasurer reported that the balance- in-hand on the previous Board day was £ 1,677 Os --d. CARE OF THE FEEBLE MINDED. A communication was received stating that a Miss Kirby wished to address the Board on the care of the feeble-minded. It was arranged to havo the address at the meeting on the 8th February.

Natiorifll Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to rliildren. PUBLIC MEETING AT CARMARTHEN. A public meeting in connection with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was held at the Auction Mart, Carmarthen, on Thursday the 23rd inst. The chair was occupied by Mr E. S. Allen, headmaster of the Carmarthen Grammar School. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said that /he was very glad to see such a largie meeting called together to aid a Society which was doing excellent work. He hoped that the efforts of the Society would result in.th,e conscience of the nation being so awakened to this reproach on our national life, that the results of the Society would be fullj attained, and that they could disband because there would no logger be any work for them to do. Mr E. Collier, the ibon. secretary of the local branch, said that during the two years past, 227 cases had been reported to the Society in the (district, and 213 of these; were found to be re-al cases of cruelty. There had ibeen 14 prosecutions; and 161 "warn- ings." The inspector had during that period made 1,758 visits of investigation. Mr Henry Howell proposed the election of the existing committee, with th addition of the Rev Father George, C.P. Mr E. Collier seconded, and the motion was carried unanimously, Mr R. J Parr, the la,g,e-nlt of the Society, said that one of f,no characteristics of the present day was an end»?avonr by people of all kinds to benefit the weak and helpless members of the community. In that dis- trict they had had experience of the benefits of the soeiety, and of the service of an officer who was able to devote has whole time to the work. The society, of course, like all otaers, had its critics. The critics did not appear at such meetings as this; they lay in waic for the lady collectors. By the time the I;iiiy collector had thought of a remark appro priate to the occasion, the door had clcsed in her face. He know how much this branch owed to the hon. secretary. He always quoted Mr Collier as the ideal secretary. The policy of the society was net sentimental, it wast n-ost chaiitalble. Its object was to secure good treatment for the children by thsoe who were responsible for their welfare. To prove th's he quoted many instances in which the parents had been induced to take a proper view of their responsibilities through the intervention of the Society. It was a great mistake to take people's respon- sibilities off thei rshoulders. He knew of a town in which some good ladies had banded themselves together to provide breakfast for the starving school children. The first few days some 30 or 40 children) turned up. In a week or two, the number bad risen to 200. The mothers did not see why they should trouble <aJbout the children when others would do it for them. We had been too much like Mrs Jellaby, who was engaged in making blankets for the natives of some remote district in Africa, whilst her own neglected children were playing in the gutter. This Society interested itself in the children who lived in our midst. Often when a branch was (proposed to be established, good people would say "No doubt there is need of such a thing in London; but there is no xead of such a thing here." He kview a goood lady to anaike such a remark, and the first case which the Society discovered in that district was in the cottage of her own gardener. The man kept his daughter tied to a chair (by day a nid strapped to the bed by night for two years. It was not always poverty, it was not drink, which was the causa of cruelty. The woirst cases of cruelty sometimes; were in the homes of people of good education and of good position. Most of the cases were merely of neglect; but there were many cases of deliberate fiendish cruelty—in which children, were seared with hot polkers and otherwise tortured by cowards who were afraid to stand up to one of their own size. It was a sad fact that although drunkenness lamongst men was on the decrease, drunkenness amongst women was appallingly on the increase. If the ex- cellent work done by the Society were only known, there would be no need to appeal for funds to extinguish the debt which was on the local (branch. The Society was not a prosecutinig society. It only prosecuted when all other means failed. In the vast majority of cases it effected the required improvment by other mtaiis. Few of the case: had been 'brought to light by the Inspector himself; in mof t cases he acted on information received in the first placo from others. It was desirable to spread a know- ledge of the work, so thai tlioze who had any case to which attention should be drawn might know where to give the informatioJl. The Society idi4d not giive The names of per- sons who gave it information. The Rev T. R. Walters, M.A. Vicar of St. David's) moved a vote cf thanks to the chairman. The motion was seconded by the Rev Jonathan Marsden (Vicar of Llanllwch), and carried unanimously. The Chairman, in re-tti,j-ng fha,nkg, said that they ought to do all they could for those little ones of whom it was said, "Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven." 9-

Carmarthen ronnly Court. The Carmarthen County Court was he'd on Thursday, the 23rd inst., befort His Honour Judge Bishop. A WARNING TO EMPLOYERS. In one case in which a workman was a judgment creditor, Mr Prosser put in a certificate which was to the effect that the man had earned 29s lOd a weok for several weeks. The Judge said hat he wanted a certificate of the man's earnings during the period in question. Mr Prosser said that this was all the infor- mation which he had been able to get. The employer also demanded a fee for the search. The Judge: If they will not give you the information you require, summon them here and I will deal with them. I will not commit people except I know what they earn during a particular period. Mr Prosser: He earned 29s lOd for several weeks. The Judge: The question is when the several weeks were. Mr Prosser: That was my question. The matter was adjourned for further in- formation. GO TO READING. Mr James John atpplied for a commitment in a case in which a Wholesale firm had ob- t-ainod an order in the Reading County Couiqt-tliis probably 'being the district where their works or head offioe is situated. The Judge: You had betteir go to Reading. The judgment was not obtained in this court. Mr James John: The order says "You must." The Judge: The rule says "I may" but I will not do it. In some of these County Cou.rt districts, the Judge will not make a commitment for debt. Why should I do it ? DISCHARGES. Mr John Davies, boot dealer and clog block manufacturer, Lannpeter, applied for his discharge in bankruptcy. The adjudica- tion had boon made on the 3rd June. 1907. ) The liabilities had been proved to the extent of £40i ,a:nd theaiSsets had realised £123. The first and final dividend of 2,3 Gld in the £ had been; paid. The Official Receiver reported that the bar-krupt had Inot kept proper books of accoumfc; he had continued to tr;Ù18 knowing himself to be insolvent, and had contracted debts which he had had no reasonable pros- pect of being able to pay. There would have to be a suspension of the discharge for two. years at rate The Judge: You cannot have your dis- charge for tin-o yeaTS. Mr Dd. Davies, lately residing at Clyn- march, Llansawel, btit, now of L'anybyther, a retir-cd fanner, applied for bi; dirohargc. In th:s case, the liabilities had been esti- mated at £1,G49, hut had actually amounted to £ 1,788. A first and fillal dividend of 2s 15d in the £ had been paid.. Mr J. F. Morris (applicant's solic'tor): He is a Welshman. He does not understand English. The Judge: He ought to understaiid Dd. Dav ies. It is Welsh enough. The case disclosed nothing unusual, and th9 Judge suspended the order for two years. COMPENSATION. Mr T. Walters said that he wished to men- ti6n the compensation care of Evans v. Jones..It had been settled cm the terms of 4s a week from the 18th of July last. Mr Davies, solicitor, Cardiff, who appeared on the otlher side, agreed. WHO BOUGHT THE GRAMOPHONE? In this case Mr G. R. Lewis, butcher, had a claim against his brother, Mr P. R. Lewis, for a gramophone and a box. Mr H. Brunei White appeared for the plaintiff, and Mir J. F. Morris for defendant. Mr White said that the plaintiff had bought the Columbia Phonograph for £ 5 17s in March, 1902, from Messrs Jenkins and Co., Guildhalfequare. Plaintiff was then on the most friendly terms with his brother and assisted him in the bar. The instrument, which was on the penny-in-the-slot principle, was first sent for a few 'days on approval, and was afterwards paid for. Defendant re- quested his brother to allow the machine to remain in the bar, as he could make some money out of it. When people went in to have a drink, they could have music by putt- ing a penny in the slot. Plaintiff took the phonograph to, his mother's home. Shortly afterwards the phonograph found its way back to the defendant's shop. The Judge: Does it walk? Mr White: No; it was carried. The Judge: I rthouht you said it found its way back. Mr White said, that afterwards a differ- ence of opinion had arisen between the two brothers; plaintiff asked for the return of his phonograph, iandi the defendant claimed it as his own. Mr G. R. Lewis Ibore out his solicitor's story. He said that he had paid Mr Jenkins six golden' sovereigns, and Mr Jenkins re- turned him three sliilllings. He had also lenft, his IbTothelr a trunk, which had cost him £1 12s. Plaintiff had had the box made to go abroad, and he had lent it to his brother or to his brother's wife when they wanted to fetch some china from Cardiff. In answer to Mr J. F. Morns, plaintiff said that he had paid the money as he said, and had the receipt- a few days afterwards. Was it given to you two years after the gramophone left the shop?—No; ten days afterwards. He had had the sea-chert made by Mr HoweMs, the boat builder, who. used to live on the Quay. Defendant said that he went with h s bro- ther to select the gramophone. He had bought it and it had never yet 'been a day out of his possession. He bought it in November^ 1001, and paid for it in March, 190, He paid for it with the cheque pro- duced. The only box of the kilild referred to which was in his possession, was one Which he had had from his mother. Mr White: You denied a sum of £100 which was due to your brother? Defendant: I did .not deny it. Why didn't you pay it?—Because I hadn't the money. Mr Walter Jenkins produced his diary. and said ithat he remembered Mr George R. Lewis calling and ordering the, machine. That would be sometime about Christmas, 1901. On March 17th, he had a note of a payment of k5 17s by Mr P. R. Lewis. At this distant date, he could not recollect who paid it. -He could not remember either whether the money was paid to himself per- sonally or to his assistant Mr Palimer. Mr George Lewis cail'led afterwards and said, "You retmetmber that machine it was bought with my money." He gave plaintiff the receiipt then. He understood from Mr PalTner that the machine belonged to George Lewis. The Judge asked the witness if he did not keep more detailed accounts. He had traded as "Jenkins and Co." bad he to account to nolbody ellse for the money he received. Witness said that he had not. The Judge: You were the "Co." yourself. —After e-xaminiing the different entries in the books, the Judge said "I am either a fool o,r you must be." His Honour gave a Verdict for defendant. Mr White jatsked what about the box. The Judge: I do not bel-i-eve any of his story. I shall not give him a box either. AND COUNTER CLAIM. Mr George James, of the Crown Stores, Kring street, Carmiarthn had a cLaim for goods supplied against Mr Bemj. Owen, Hen- ffordd, Llanifyrnach, to the amount .of £ 3 9s 9«t. Defendant had also a counter-claim for eggs, and the-roe were various disputes about raitlway carriage. Mr H. W. Thomas, solicitor, was for the plaintiff, who gave evidence, and produced his books Ito show that he had supplied the defendant with the goods and money as was stated in the claim. Plaintiff in. examina- tion had hisattentilOol1 called to one item, and at once admitted that there was an error of £1 in his claim, which he was quie prepared to reduce. He aliso, produced books to show that he had paid defendant for the eggs sued for in the counter claim, and that defendant had receipted the various items in the book. Defendant said that oii, February IGfh. 1906, he supplied plaintiff with 736 eggs at 9s per hundred, for which he had not been paid in full, hut had been given certain goods on account. Mr H. W. Thomas (looking at defendant's Vook): When, did you make that erifbry? Defendant: I made it when I sent the eggs. The Judge: Let me have a look at the book Now when did you write these different accounts here?—I had it in a little hook which has gone to pieces. The Judge It purports to be a copy relat- ing to February 16, May 5, and Novemlber 2, and so it cannot be an entry made at the time you sent the eggs. I never like accounts of this description, and it -Is the last page used. Mr H. W. Thonia The way he has wcwriked this counter claim is to add 6d per hundired to the price agreed upon and paid for. The items would not appear in plaintiff's ledger because they were cash transactions. On May 5th, he supplied 1,000 eggs as 7s per hundred, but he has put the. price down at 7s 6d. The Judge (to defendant): You have signed the plaintiff's book as a receipt fcr having been pa:d 7s per hundred. Why do you charge 7s Gd when you agreed for 7s?—That was the money I was paid. Mr H. W. Thomas: On August 9th, did you sell 903 eggs ? ° Defendant: Go on as quick as you can (laughter). Mr H. W. Thomas: You now charge 9s 3d per hundred, whereas you have signed for 8s 9d. In October, you supplied 300 eggs, at 14s per hundred, but you now irawt 15s. Defendant: Plaintiff's sen promised me 153 per hundred. He used to tell me there were too many people i nthe shcp to attend to me and pay ms a little on account. The Judge: There is a territorial pairt of the army called the Marines, and you will have to tell your story to them. I am afraid I can't altogether trust you, and I find for the plaintiff on the claim and the counter claim. Mr Thomas: I atbamdon the £ 1. The Judge: No; I must deduct the £ 1, and give a verdict for £2. 9s 9d, and the counter claim will be struck out. Defendant: I 'had the whole of the counter claim in this hook, but I don't know the rules of the court. The Judge: You should have found out, you know. You will also have to pay the costs of the two hearings? How much can you pay? Defendant: If I meet a lot like him I can't pay anybody. The Judge Pay 10s a month. Defendant: I can't pay that. The Jndg •: I -asiked you how much you could pay and you would not tell me. Defendant sa:d that he was now working a a weaver and carr.ed 14s. a week. He had to live [i,\rn,y from home, and his wife and daughter, aged 20, who suffered from fits, had to live on 7s a week. The Judge: And you on the other 7iS (laughter). Defendant I can't pay more than Is per month. The Ju'l'ie: I make an order for 5s a month. REMOVING A BOUNDARY WALL. Evan Roberts, Ban *iosfeIen Llamgen- dewne sought to recover £ 1 damages from D. Davies, hi3 next door neighbour, for pullin/g down a boinidarv wall betjye;) two houses. Mr W. W. Prosper (of the firms of Messrs Morgan Griffiths Son and Prosser solicitors, Cwrrmarthen) was for the plaintiff, and Mr H. T> for defendant. Mr Prosser stated tITat the parties were the owners of their respective houses. The boundary wall was in the courtyard, a.nd because it happened to be croooked and was shown in rough drawings in the conveyances to be straight, defendant, he supposed, be- cause the wall was inclined to his property, thought he had the right to pull it down. He a;ked the Judge to take a common sense viem of the case, and say defendant had no ri:zht to interfere with the boundary wall. The plaintiff said that his father bought the house with the courtyard in front in 1888 and the boundary wall had remained the same until last September, when defendant pulled it down. In 1901 he purchased the house from his father. The boundary wall had been crooked ever since he could remem- ber. He had rrepailred the boundary wall twice. In 1902, defendant told him that the wall could not be taken down without their mutual const ait. Defendant, in September, pulled the wall down, and took the stones away, and he estimated the cost of replacing it at £ 1. 6 Thomas Roberts, father of the plaintiff, gave corroborative evidence. He and the dofen-d-aln-t purchased the houses jointly. The defendant stated that when the pro- perts was 'bought he and the plaintiff's farther came^to an, agreement to pull the wall down and build it up in a straight lino at their joint expense, and independent person was brought nn to draw the plans. He ad- mitted that the wall was a division between the two houses. The Judge a^kei Mr Thomas if he thought lie could establish any defence after that. Mr Thomas thenr cal'ed Dd. Walters "to show that th:, [parties had agreed to re-build the wall straight. Mr |"Wakors said that it was so long ago that be could not memember whether any- thing was said about the boundary waU when he was asked to draw the plans. The Judge: Verdict for the plaintiff. The existence of a wall cannot be effaced by a man being tohl to draw a straight line on a plan. Costs will be given the defen- dant, and it serves him right to have to pay the cc'sts for everything else for bringing such an act:on into this court. MUST PROVE DEEDS. Mr Thos. Phillips, Picton-place, brought an action to recover rent from the occuoitfli ot ccrtam houses belonging to him at the .ower end of Pieton-place'. Mr fWT WWal?ier T f PP7fred for Plaintiff, and Mi. W Howell. Llanelly, for defendant, who t?'wJth* icfenM ™ entitled leceiye th? rent, as he had no proof of ownership. 1 U1 deeslf. p!aint:ff was 'orn- a'-d produced the proved^oifHil1^00^^ ,+,10:r "oiri'S in unless not 30'voars ohl^'hut fi *i j were on 11 V only dated J907 TWWIa 30 yeans old a„d over eould only be acceS in a court wrthout proof. accepted Mr Walters said that would .necessitate ownors stow and !hc J;l1,dg(': I cal1'theJp it, if lie Iles to brmg them from "J HolHi8 rf:? '«• •" •djoamiMnt. cois -at Caso 1 entitled to of'cn?* 1" dT,Ul t!w ke(>ip the l{"O.3J,S 1J1 my and them on the of the cage. merits eH = 1 Ca" piWe m>' case on Sts t Judge: If the deeds turn out to Tv& w fair and proper convevance l Z.'f f 1" I far W* « meriw, d°" t ib"* coTrt roS" adjourned, and the court rase.

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