The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser

HOME AND FORE IGN The Rev. William Lewis, Pembroke has accepted a call to the pastorate cf Seion Welsh Baptist Church Cwmaman, Aberdare. He will commence his minis- try there in March next. The Dudley authorities on Friday coeided to offer a reward for the discovery of the assassin. of the mur- dered schoolboy Luther Clark. A dagger has been found on Netherton Hills, near where the body was discovered, and may provide a clue. The late Mr. Joseph Thomas, architect and estate agent, of Haverfordwest, has left £ 800, free of legacy a.o duty, each to the Tasker's High School and the Grammar School for the purpose of founding schol- arships, tenable for three years by pupils of them at some institution for higher education. The money will be available in about three years and the scholarship to be thus provided will offer further important advantages ffi addition to those already in existence to brilliant pupils from the districts served by the Gram- mar school and Tasker's school. lr. Thomas has also bequeathed £ 1,000 to the Pembrokeshire In- firmary, Haverfordwest and there are other lega- cies for the benefit of the town. A special meeting of the Aberystwyth Board o Guardians was held to appoint a master and matron for the workhouse in succession to Mr. and Mrs. W. Jones, resigned. Mr. Edwin Morris presided. Seven- teen applications had been sent in, but these had been reduced to two. The board interiewed Mr and Mrs Lloyd, master and matron of Ellesmere Work- house, and Mr. and Mrs Hughes, master and matron of the Llanrwrt Workhouse. Mr. and Mrs Lloyd se- cured the appointment by eighteen votes to fifteen. Mr John Howels, one of the oldest inhabitants of the district, was buried at Cyffig Church. Deceased who was 89 pears of age fell on the 16th., inst., being blown down by the storm, and badly bruised himself. He died on Monday. Messrs Abdulla and Co.. (Limited), of New Bond street, London, W, have very smartly produced a booklet "The New House of Commons, and list of New Peerage since December 1909'' the new House having been completed by the conclusion of the last election only a day or two ago. The work is printed nad published by Messrs Abdulla themselves, and copies may be purchased at one penny from Messrs. Smith's or Messrs Wyman's bookstalls. It is taste- fully presented, and illustrated in the whimsical style characteristic of Messrs Abdulla's issues. THE WELSH STRIKE.—A good many miners returned to work on Tuesday week in South Wales, but our correspondent reports that there is some danger of an outbreak at Pontypridd by strikers from the Rhondda Bailey, who threaten a forcible rescue of some of their comrades, now being tried on a charge of intimidation.—The workmen at the Powell Duffryn Colliery, 6,000 in number, who struck work two months ago without lcgnl notice, decided on the 23 ult., to resume work. Mr. Askwith, of the Board of Trade, is trying to settle the other colliers' strike in Glaniorganshire-that of the Cambrian Coal Trust workmen.-At Pontypridd Police Court on Wednesday December 21st., Mr. D. L. Thomas, the stipendiary magistrate, gave his decision in sum monscs against 13 men for intimidating William Gould, an assistant colliery manager. Four of the defendants were also charged with using violence to Gould. Two of the defendants were each sentenced to six months' imprisonment for violence and. intimi- dation; one man was fined £ 20 and was bound over for 12 months: two men were fined B15 each: and the remaining eight summonses were dismissed. There were some subsequent demonstrations, but or- der was not disturbed. ^TT TEACHERS' LIABILITY FOR NEGLI- GENCE.—Before Mr. Justice Lawrence, further ar- guments were heard in a case, tried at Leeds Assizes in which a pupil at an elementary school sued a teacher in the school and the local education auth- ority for negligence. She had been sent by the teacher to attend to a fire in the teacher s private room, when her clothing caught fire, and she was in- jured. The jury found for the plaintiff, with £ 300 damages. The question at issue was as to whether the teacher or the educational authority was respon- sible, and his Lordship held that the responsibility rested with the teacher, and gave judgement ac- Cord in v« A LUNATICS BANK ACCOUNT.—At Bow- street Police court, Elizabeth Wilton, 64, a widow, "Was committed for trial, charged with obtaining B50 by means of a forged instrument from the Post Office Savings Bank, and Charles Haines, her brother was committed for trial charged with receiving £ b ot that sum, knowing it to have been unlawfully ob- tained. It appeared that Wilton had obtained pos- session of the Savings Bank book of her sister, who is in a lunatic asylum, and had withdrawn sums amounting in all to £ 162 from her account. BOXING MATCH.—At Cardiff on Tuesday in la^t week, a boxing match for a purse of £ 2,500 and £ 100 aside between Freddy Welsh and Jim Dnscoll was awarded to Welsh on a foul in the tenth round. THE LOSS OF THE WARATAH.-The in- quirv into the loss of the Waratah was continued cn Tuesday in last week. Mr. D. Tweedy a passenger on the first homeward voyage of the vessel, said ne noticed that she had a slight list, but he never had a better par-sage, aild though he was never on a bel- ter ship. Mr R. Dives, a mechanical engineer, said he saw Waratah in Durban Harbour in July of last year, and thought her very high out of the water. 'He had never seen a vessel with a such ahigb bridge After some further evidence had been given by Mr F. W. Lund, the inquiry was adjourned till ■ Januarv 9th next. mi MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND SOCIALISM.-The "Humanite" published on Friday an interview which a leading French Collectivist Socialist, M. Longuet, had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr Llovd George referred to the Francophil past of his party and to his own attitude during the Boer War in language which recalled, in the words of the interviewer, "the revolutionary mysticism of the .soldiers of Cromwell." "Mr. Lloyd George gave his word that the Veto of the House of Lords would be abolished. The French Collectivist Socialist Party hail Mr Lloyd George as a comrade, and represent his campaign as a victory of their principles. THE ARMING OF THE POLICE.-The Home Secretary has decided to issue for the use of the Metropolitan Police revolvers of a more modern, efficient, and handy type than those they now possess. Trials will be made to determine the most satisfactory weapon for noiice inirpose^ DISAPPEARANCE OF AN AIRAIAV Mr. Cecil Grace, on a Shortt biplane on Thursday morning made a cross-Cl .nel flight from Swingate Downs in competition for the De Forest prize. He alighted near Calais and started on his return xnuney to Dover at 2.10 p.m. He was seen by a coastguard near the. Goodwin Sands about 3 p.m., and was then apparently heading north. L-P to a late hour on Friday night nothing more had been seen of him and grave apprehensions are entertained as to his safety. ARRIVAL OF THE MACRETANIA. The Cunard liner Mauretania arrived at Nshguard from New York shortly after 10 o'clock on Thursday night, and thus accomplished the unrivalled feat of having made the double Transatlantic journey in 12TdIIE' DANGERS OF A BANANA SKIN--In 'the King's Bench Division, before Mr. Justice o ridge and a common jury, Mr J. T. Boyle b^t an action against the Metropolitan Ra^ay Company for damages for personal injuries :^tamed by hun through the alleged negligence of the defendant com pany in allowing a banana skin, which caused the ,7, miff to slip and fall, to be le t m Station. The jury found tot the plaintiff, with £ o00 damages. THE KING AND PRIME MINISTER.—The King on Tuesday in last week received the Prime M-,iiister at Buckingham Palace. The .interview lasted about three-quarters of an hour. LEGAL EDLCATION IN WALES.-The Coun- cil of the Law Society has adopted a scheme for the constitution of a representative Board of Legal Education for Wales. HEADMASTER AND CMPULSORY GREEK. A conference of the Headmasters of public Schools was opened on uesday at 7ton College. The prin- cipal subject of discussion was a resolution setting forth that "the neds of public schools would best be met by a differentiation of faculties, and, if possible, degrees, at Oxford and Cambridge, and the retention of Greek as a necessary preliminary to some, but not to all, of them." After a long discussion the resolu- tion was carried by 20 votes to 14 votes. FUNERAL OF THE MURDERED POLICE- MEN.-The funeral of Sergeants Tucker and Berk- ley and Constable Choat, of the City Police, who were murdered by alien burglars in Houndsditch, took place on Friday, and was made the occasion of impressive demonstratioonoso ooooooooooo -x- of impressive public demonstrations. The first part of the service was held in St. Paul's Cathe- dral, in which an immense congregation had assembled. The King was represented by Mr. E. W allington, the Home Secretary was present on behalf of the Government, and the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs attended in State. The service was conducted by Canon Newbolt, assisted by Minor Canon Morgan-Brown. The interment of Ser- geants Tucker and Bentley afterwards took place at the Ilford Cemetery, in the presence of a vei^y large assemblage of mourners. Constable Choat was buried at Byfleet on Friday.

OUR SOCIALIST STATE CLUB (By Roy FBANK JOHNSON). A good many people have been seriously disturbed recently at the news that their savings, put week by week into a slate club, are now in the hands of an absconding secretary who is travelling as fast as trains and steamboats can carry him away from the reach of the law. Nevertheless, it will be univeacsallj7 agreed that slate clubs, if properly run with the necessary safe- guards, are of great use to people of small means, who by their means are able to ensure having a wel- come sum in hand at Christmas time If the Socialists ever came into power, there would be no such things, for thrift would be a thing of the past: indeed, according to some of the Socialists a Red Flag Government would abolish thrift alto- gether, and confiscate any money that a man did not actually use from day to day. For instance, Comrade Hyndman vigorously de- nounced thrift before the British Labour Commission. Mr. John Bums, before he left the Red Flag army to join the Cabinet, told the Trade Union Congres that "thrift was invented by capitalistic rogues to beguile fools to destruction." I Comrade Belford Bax has described thrift as a Socialist vice, and Comrade Harry Quelch has also condemned it strongly. Perhaps it is not true to say that there would be no slate clubs under Socialism. It would be nearer the mark to say that there would be one great slate club—the State—with the secretary permanently "missing." NO INTEREST—NO WAGES. One of the most naive proposes of the Socialists is the abolition of interest. All t_;at now forms the return on capital, they say, wourd be used for the benefit of the worker, and so on. Several Socialists have made this promise, as the folio ving quotations show:— Questioner at Church Socialist League meeting, Croydon: Will interest on Consols be paid by the Socialist State? Rev. Conrad Noel-No. —From the "Croydon Grardian," Dec. 4, 1909. (At that -time there were some, two hundred thousand investors in Consols who were getting less than £ 90 a year. They would lose this in- come, on which many of them rely.) "Rent and interest are sadly in need of abolish- ment."—"Clarion," 10th Dec., 1909. Myner Collier," a contributor to "Forward," Aug. 20th, 1910, speaking of the shareholders of an iron and coal company:— "In return for this money (their dividends) they did absolutely nothing, and we claim that they ought not to have got any interest at all." (It is true that some Socialists disavow these doc- trines. For instance, Mr. T. Johnstone, the editor of "Forward," says that rent and interest WILL be paid under Socialism. But then the Socialists never did know their own mind about anything. They quarrel ovet their most important doctrines. In fact, the sanguinary pictures that the thought of an Irish Parliament conjures up would be nothing to the picture of a Socialist Parliament inaugurating brotherly love). It would be difficuit to conceive a more wild cat idea than this abolition of interest. Suppose we could blind ourselves to the fact that it would be rank robbery; suppose we forgot for the moment that every workman who has a sovereign in the savings bank, or whose trade union has a bank balance, is drawing interest (which under Socialism he would have to lose); suppose we forgot all these things and put ourselves in the Socialists' place; suppose we said "we believe, rob- bery is the correct thing. We will confiscate interest." Even then, see what a hopeless position it is! Such a thing could only be done by Act of Parlia- ment. Well, during the period when Mr. Lloyd George was planning and introducing his first Budget —which was itself so Socialistic that "Comrade" Snowden called it my budget "-thousands of pounds were sent abroad. From the year 1904-5 (one year before the Radical Party came into power) to 1908-9, the identified income derived by British capital from investments abroad rose from 66 million pounds to nearly 89 million pounds sterling. And that Budget did not go as far as confiscation, except in the case of the licence dutie which cer- tainly do take away practically all the brewers profits in some cases. If that Budget were extended as tho Socialists wish it to be, before the bill could pass even the single chamber which Socialists desire the country would be reduced to a state of bankruptcy. There is nothing so easily shifted as capital-as we ali know to our cost. As soon as a proposal to abolish interest was mooted, every available pound of ready money would be secured abroad. Where would the next week's wages be then? There would be a run on all the banks, which would have to close their doors, for the bullion supply in the country would nota nearly meet the demand. Within a week or a fortnight all the industries of the courrtry would be at a standstill. The Socialists would be left with the land and the buildings, it is true, but you can't pay wages in buildings and land. And besides, they would never have any money to I run them and any man knows that whole towns full of buildings and whole square miles of land would be of no use to a man if he had not the money to keep themt going and was unable to raise it. And who would lend money to a country that expressiv declared it would not pay interest? As I have said, some Socialists are frank enough to confess that the "no interest" plan wouldn't work. But the fact that is is put forward at all, and by such well-known men, shows how utterly irresponsible the Socialists are. They do not hesitate to put forward any flashy sort of scheme to arouse a momentary enthusiasm among their audiences. But, like a lot of the ad- vertisements which promise us a fortune for life if we send five pounds, they want a lot of looking into. BROTHERHOOD AGAIN. It is some time since I gave any instances of Socialist brotherhood. Here is another:— "The hundreds of I.L.P.'s who are joining the S.D.P. will soon find that Hyndman, Queich and Co. are por substitutes for Hardie, Snowden, and Mac- donald. The latter may be bad Socialists, but they are not quite such fools as the S.D.P. official gang." —The "Socialist," April 10th. The "Socialist," I may add, belongs to one of the jealous little groups, the Socialist Labour Party. Thev are constantly at war with the S.D.P. and I.L.P., the Labour Party, and the Fabians-in the interests of "peace and brotherhood."

CROSS HANDS ON Saturday evening a Christmas Tree and enter- tainment were held at the Public Hail, to which all the children of the neighbourhood were invited. Mr. Richard Jones, conductor of the Juvenile Choir, had organized the treat, and great praise is due to him for his efforts. Atogether there were about 500 chidren present. Mr. D. F. Davies presided at the preliminary entertainment, and the presents were distributed by Mrs Greville, Garry Holt; Mrs Davies. Gwernllwyn; Mrs Jenkins, Westlea. The following gentlemen also rendered great assistance to the ladies in distributing the presents:—Messrs D. M. Jenkins, Westlea; J. W. Jones, Bankyffvnnon; T. D. Jenkins, Cross Hands Inn: Arthur Jones, Cefn- eithin: D. James, Cefneithin: D. Rees. Pleasant Hill. During the evening songs were contributed by Messrs D. Asa Jones, D. J. Williams, Harry Thomas, and also by Masters Harry Young. J. Lloyd Morgan, Gethin Jones, while a duet was given by Misses Morris and Jones, while Messrs Arthur Jones and J. Asa Jones, accompanied on the piano.

CARMARTHEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL j ANNUAL SPEECH DAY. On Thursday, the 22nd inst., the annual dis- tribution took place at the Carmarthen G11 ti..k; r School. The Headmaster (Mr. E. S. Allen) in the course of his review on the work done during the year stated that Mrs Blimber always wished she had met Cicero. Disregarding the utility of the wish in her case, he wished they also could meet him. Could they, the great Roman orator would tell them that they must trust everybody in his own profession or calling. Now' he had no reason what- ever for supposing that there is or ever has been on their part an absence of confidence, but in reviewing the work of the school, he could not help feeling in somewhat of a difficulty. It was within the knowledge of all of them that an ad- verse report has been issued from headquarters in London on the secondary schools in Wales. He did not conceive it his province, and it undoubt- edly was not his wish or intention to speak in any detail 'on that report, but he felt impelled to make this preliminary reference to it, to let them know that he of course was cognisant of it, and that all the same he had a strong justification for claiming that there was much that had been said of them that will stand the light of criticism, and appear in complimentary colours. If he were to fortify himself further by the opinion of another great man, Addison, who says that "the true critic will dwell on excellences and not on imper- fections." He could feel that the ground was quite clear for him to go ahead. The more one thinks on Education, and the difficulties to be faced with regard to it, the more one realises that it is neither the classroom nor the master that deter- mines entirely its powers and potentialities. Tea- chers are confronted by the fact that a number of unseen causes work upon the hidden springs of action, and that after all it is that through the play of circumstance and self-development that the best results are often obtained. The question for educationalists is: How far can natural and in- herited tendencies be rooted out by training? These tendencies are often latent, and appear when least expected, and it was not until srhnol life is -J"" over that there was any certainty that the Aieans employed have been effective. Still it was only by judicious and continuous training that the moral law is giasned, and luckily for the trainer he has the fresh elasticity of youth to work upon. It was now his duty and pleasure to take them to the report of the school, and its successes. With re- gard to the former, not one single object of in- struction is condemned. There was abundant evi- dence through it of successful attainments and gratifying results, and this too, in spite of the fact that the masters had ground for thinning that we had fallen on a somewhat lean year. They must remember, too, that the Senior Mathematical boy wes exempted from examination last year, and that another boy, of whom he could guarantee sound work did not enter through absence. He then took a few concrete instances which showed I the appreciative criticisms of the examiner in some of the stages. English Literature: Considerable merit in form; History: Neat anl areful work; Arithmetic: Several excellent; Latin: Very good; Greek, Excel- lent (cheers); Welsh: Good (of this he would say "Nid da lie gellir gwell"); French: Abo..e the average; Chemistry: Good, neat ,answers well ar- ranged; Geography: Teaching evidently good (ap- plause). SUCCESS LIST. A. External (gained by past boys)- P. J. Wheldon, 3rd class Mechanical Science Tripos, Cambridge. W. A. J. Marsden, 2nd class Classical Honours, St. David's College, Lampeter W. D. Williams, 3rd class Honours in Final Law, London. E. T. S. Davies. Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. E. Thomas, J640 Science Scholarship, University College Bristol. B.—Internal :— (1) C.W.B. Examinations for Certificates. Senior-A. Bowen, W. G. Brunker, with .le dis- tinctions; C. Davies; D. E. Davies, with two dis- tinctions; T. M. Davies; T. W. Davies, with two distinctions; E. Jones, with wo distin"'rious; P T. Jones, with four distinctions and one higher siage, C. G. Lewis, with one distinction; W. G. Phillips, with one distinction and one higher stage; W. Rees; H. C. Reeves, with one distinction; T. A. Roberts; T. Williams. Junior-J. T. Bowen; P. R. Bowen; H. V. Brookes, with two distinctions; W. J. Davies; W. Ll. Davies; C. G. Jones; C. G. Lewis, with two distinctions; H. Parry, with one distinction; J. F. R. Thomas; J. Ll. Thomas, with two distinctions; G. H. walton; A. Watson. SUl tienientary-W. Lloyd, T. Rees. London Matriculation—Second division, W. M. Lloyd, P. T. Jones, T. M. Davies, T. C. D. Evans, E. G. Rees. "Preliminary Examination" for the Certificate-J. J. Lodwick, D. C. Richards, W. Lewis, W. Evans. Oxford Senior LocalD. Phillips. PRIZE LIST. Form VI. (b)—1, T. Rees; 2, D. E. Davies. Form V.—H. C. Reeses. Form IV.—J. T. Bowen. Form III.-J. Bright. Form II.—D. Davies. Form I.W. J. Martin. Set I.-T. P. Evans. Set IT.-I, T. Rees; 2, A. 0. Jones. Set II. (b)-E. Jones. Set III.-H. V. Brookes. Set IV.-R. Watson. Set V.—T. Davies. Set VI.—C. Chapman. Division I.—T. C. D. Evans. Division TI.-P. T. Jones. Division II. (b).—H. C. Reeves. Division III.—J. T. Bowen. Division IV.—J. Bright. Division V—I. Davies. Division VI.—W. J. Martin. Special Awards—T. W. Davies, J. Simon, W. G. Phillips, A. Bowen, W. Rees, C. G. Lewis, J. LI. Thomas, A. T. Bartlett, J. J. Bartlett, J. T. W illiams, S. H. Mathews. I Mr. Llewelyn Williams, M.P., referred to the recent report by Mr. Owen Edwards on Welsh Intermediate Schools. He said: I have no know- ledge of the internal circumstances, and therefore I am not in a position to pass any opinion on the criticisms of the Intermediate Schools. But as an old friend of Mr. Owen Edwards, and as one who has taken a deep, interest in educational matters in Wale, I think it is time someone entered a caveat against the hysterical criticisms. Of course, I accept Mr. Allen's criticism, because it is fair; but there is a certain amount of hysterical kind of crit icism of this report against which I enter my respectful protest. Who is Mr. Owen Edwards? He is a gentleman whom I have known for the last 20 years. He has devoted his whole life to the service of Wales; lie has done so much for Wales and he has taken a deep interest in Welsh Education; when the Welsh Education Department was started I pressed upon the Government of the day with whatever little influence I possessed the appointment of Mr. Owen Edwards. He is a man who captured every possible prize at Oxford; he is a man in whom Welshmen can glory. He is a man who had so mush sympathy and insight and imagination that I con- sidered he would be an invaluable man for the post. He has been for three years Chief Inspector for W ales. He has been present in every school; he I has been there to see for himself. Therefore, he is a man who is entitled to be heard with respect. He is a public servant, and as a public servant his mouth is closed, and he cannot reply to his critics. If any of his criticisms are ill-founded, by all means let the critics point out where he has failed, but Jet it be done in a good temper. This fine system of Intermediate Education has been built up in Wales. Sir Marchant Williams lias called it the "Romance of Welsh Education," and rightly so,#for it is a romance to have been able to biiild up in one generation a system of education which will enable the son of the poorest man to climb from the ele- mentary school to the University. And the people of Wales-o Caergvbi i Caerdvdd-have shown them- selves worthy of the boon which has been conferred upon them. This year the number of pupils in our Intermediate Schols is 13,760. But there is a danger when you try to materialise an ideal that you lose sight of, the spirit which animated the founders of the Institutions. You find this in religious matters. A man forms an institution to carry out his ideal, and once the organisation people think more of the Institution than of the Ideal. That i the danger which this report has pointed out. Mr. Asquith, speaking in Scotland the other dav, advised the people to keep their saving salt of individuality. Individual character must lie emphasised in every good system of Education. It is not enough to prepare boys for examinations. I believe there are too many examinations (applause). It is one of the great dangers of the present day that people attach too much importance to the result of examinations. A boy might know a subject much better than his rival, and not do so well in an examination. Exam- inations are no criterion of a student's knowledge, and that is one of the things which Educationists are beginning to discover. The tendency is rather to lessen than multiply the number of examinations. Another great danger is to force the clever boys forward in order that they may gain distinctions and scholarships and other things that will look well in the prospectuses and to neglect the average boy for whom the schools are intended. The schools are Intena for the average boy. Let the brilliant boys have their chance; but let them not ha7e 1t at the expense of the average bey. That is on" cf the things which we are warned against in "no report. I ask any of you who have read the criti- cisms of the report to read the report and to judge how far the criticisms levelled against Mr. Cwen Edwards have been justified. I say this because I think Mr. Owen Edwards has been rather unjustly treated. He has performed a real public service- even if his remarks are not entirely justified in every instance—by bringing us back to what is after all the real meaning of Education. The best teacher I ever had was not in school or college, but an old farmer in the Sunday School. He taught me not because I had to pass an examination, but because he loved his work. and he wanted to own the minds of the boys entrusted to his care. That is the real meaning of Educationhe trahiing of the mind not the accumulation of knowledge. No matter how much knowledge a boy may acquire unless his mind has been opened to use it that knowledge is so much sounding brass and tinkling- cymbal. I hope every boy when he comes out will remember that he is carrying the character of the school, and that he will do his best, to unhold it. The Mayor (Mr. William Thomas) said that it afforded him great pleasure to be for a short time on the same platform as their worthy M.P. Mr. Lfewelyn W ilfiams had had to make a special journey from London and had to return the Same evening. The Rev. Jonathan Marsden. in seconding*, said that he iN-p- very glad to hear the remarks of Mr. Llewelyn Williams on the subject of Education. He (Mr. Marsden) had been preaching from the same text for 20 years, but he was sorry to say usually to deaf ears. Mr. Llewelyn Williams, in replv. advised the bovs who had not got prizes not to be downcast. The prizes in life often went to boys who never ot prizes at school. To the boys who did 2-1 f prizes he would av. as Mr. Allen had said in his idiomatic Welsh—"Nid da He sellir gwell He would remind them, too, of another crood old Welsh proverb "Gwell dysg na golud" ("Knowledge is better than wealth"). An entertainment was afterwards riven. The School Son"- and t1101 Carmen Maridnionse were ren- dered by the School Choir. Master Ben Isaac acted as accompanist. rrh", great suece=<* of the afternoon the comedy. "Time is Money" IRpll and Cecil). Tho narf of Mr. Graham was trtTcøn bv Mr .T. E. R. Tlmmis: of Mrs. ATurrnv 1", Mr. R. W. Watson: an-1 of Sl1"n. bv Mr H. C. Reevec. cloor-nrr nf "nrl sflvo th", rtrtrl "Hen Wlad fy Nhadau" terminated the proceeding's.

LLANDOVERY CHRISTMAS MARKET HOW The 23rd annual Christmas market show of meat, poultry, cagp birds, eggs(l etc., was held on Thursday and proved as great a success as the best held in the past. It is a matter for regret how- ever that farmers for whose special behalf this show is held do not accord it greater support than they do. The hon. sec. this year was Councillor M. H. Nichols, Old Bank House, and the treasurer, Mr C. Michael, manager of Lloyds Bank. They were supported by a strong working committee. In many of the clasps some excellent exhibits were shown. The bird section-a feature of recent years-has "caught" on well and increases in im- portance as time goes on. The judges were: — Poultry, Mr J. Edwards, Railway Hotel, Llandilo: meat, Mr D. Stephens, Llandilo; trussed poultry. butter, eggs, cttee-se, etc., Miss Griffiths, Trehafod, Llandilo, and Mrs Williams, Coed{nawr: cage birds, Mr Davies, Llandilo; roots, Mr D. Burnett, Golden Grove. The following are the awards:- Best carcase of beef open)-I and 2. Mr Ben Morgan, The Welsh Smithfield, Llandovery. Best carcase of beef fed and bred in Llandovery Union 1, Mr Ben Morgan; 2, Mr T Griffiths, North Western Hotel, Llandovery. Best carcase of Lowland mutcon-I, Mr Ben Morgan, Llandovery. Best carcase of mountain wether—1, Mr Ben Morgan, Llandovery. Porker not exceeding 5 scores-I, Mr Ben Mor- ga n. Best fat turkey (stag turkeys not allowed)-I, Mrs. Price, Derwendeg, Llandovery; 2, Miss Davies, Trebanau; 3, Mrs James, Cefngefail. Best stag turkey—1, Mrs James, Cefngefail, Llandovery; 2, Mrs Thomas, Abercrychau, Llan- dovery. Best fat goose—1, Mrs Walters, Troedrhiw- trydst: 2, Mrs Morgans, Cynill; 3, Mrs Williams, Glansevin. Best couple of fat ducks-I. Mrs. Walters, Troed- rhiwtrydst;; 2, Mrs Griffiths, North Western Hotel. Best couple of fat fowls—1, Mrs James, Cefn- gefail; 2, Mrs Walters, Troedrhiwtydst; 3, Mrs Williams, Glansevin. Best cask or tub salt butter not less than 20 lbs. -1, Mrs James, Cefngefail; 2, Mrs Walters, Troed- rhiwtydst; he, Mr. Price, Tynewydd. Best 3 lbs. fresh butter—1, Mrs Price, Tvnew- ydd, Mothvey: 2 and he, Mrs James, Cefngefel. Best cheese not less than 20 lbs.-I and 2, Mrs Williams, Glansevin Farm, Llangadock. Best basket of white eggs-l, Mrs Williams, Glansevin Farm: 2, Mrs Williams, Erryd, Cily- cwm: he, Evans, Dderwenfawr. Best basket of brown eggs—1, Thomas, Cole- brook: 2, Evans, From Lodge, Llandovery; he Williams, Gollen. Best live turkey—1, Mrs James, Cefngefel; 2, Mrs. Price, Tynewydd. Best live goose—1, Mrs. Williams. Glansevin Farm: 2, Mrs Pricefi, Cilposte. Best couple of live ducks—1 and 2 and special, J. Price, Glantowv, Llandovery. Best couple of live fowls—1. Mr Tom Bowen, butcher. Llandovery: 2, Mrs Williams. Glansevin: he. D. R. Morgan, Dyfri House; c, Mr Morgan, Half Moon. ° Best cock pure breed of a non-sitting variety—1, Mr D. R. Morgan, Dyfri House: 2. Mrs' Williams' Glansevin he. M. Jones. Blaendyfnach; c. Mr D. R. Williams, White Lion. Best hen, pure breed non-sitting variety-I and special. Mr Henry Williams, cabinet-maker. Tan- ners Hall: 2, Mr W. J. Strange. Station Hotel, Llandovery. he. Miss Kathleen Thomas, Penv- bont. Llandovery. Best cock pure breed sitting variety—1. Mr D. Morgan. Victoria-street: 2, Mrs Jones. Coalbrook Lodge: lie Mr D. James, Glansevin; c, Mr D. Morgan, alf Moon Hotel. Best hen pure breed sitting variety—1 and 2* Mr T. Bowen, butcher, Llandovery; he and c, Mrs Williams, Glansevin. Best COCK and hen pure breed bantams—Master W. Jones, Nantyrhogfan. CANARIES. Best cock en nary—1. Mr J. Lewis, Garden- street: 2, Fred Nieholsj: Miss Davies, N.P. Bank. Hen canaries—1. Mr. Charleycomb; 2, Conwell Williams: v, Raymond Morgan. Mules—1, Mr. Pusrh, Church Bank; 2, Mr. Maelwyn Evans: 3, George Jeffreys. British birds (goldfinches excluded)—1. Mrs. Anthony: 2. W. R. Thomas: 3, W. Richards. Foreign birds—1. George Davies; 2, Miss Shep- 3. M. Griffiths. Pengawse. Goldfinch-I. B. Lewis: 2. Pugh: 3. Cyril Dale Gre Pugh: 2. Nancy Bowen; 3, Harcy Jones: vhc, Albert Stephens. Children's class—1, Charley Thomas: 2, Katie A number of special prizes were also awirdod. Bowtn. ♦

DEATHS OF PROMINENT WELSHMEN IN AMERICA Mr. David W. Thomas. of Beaver Creek, Oregon, who passed away en December 10th, was born at Caio, Carmarthenshire, in 1838. and after his mar- riage in 1871, he and his wife resided for some years in .the Vale of Glamorgan. He emigrated to Patagonia, but did not remain there long, removing to Nebraska, and in 1882 he and his family went. to Beaver Creek, where he purchased a large farm. He was a prominent man in Welsh circles, and a deacon and active worker with the Welsh Congre- gationalists. One of the best known American Welshmen has also passed away in the person of fr. W. E. Powell ("Gwilym Ervri"). of Milwaukee. He was a native of Beddgelert. A prominent eisteddfodwr, and associatinl with some of the principal Welsh- \merican musicians, his. loss is deeply lamented by a large circle of friends. Mrs. Mary Evans, of Woodland. Pa.. who died on November 30th. was a native of Sharon. Pa., and she married in 1905 Mr. Samuel Evans, of Amman- ford. The late Air. Isaac Hughes, Thurman. Ohio, was J a on of Air. Lewis Hughes, of Cardigan. He was 46 years of age. and there was a great gathering of Welshmen at his funeral. Air. John Gray ("Eurfryn"). who passed away at New Castle, Pa in his sixty-fourth ear, was a native of Penthre Estyll, near Swansea. "The Drych" contains a touching tribute to his life's work from the pen of Mr. W. J. Davies.

ST. DAVID'S ORDINATIONS The Bishop of St. David's held an ordination in t.ie Parit-h Church of Abergwili on St. Thomas's Day. when the following were ordained:— DEACONS. Daniel Uvans Davies, St. David's College Lam- peter. Harry GorJon Davies, B.A., St. David's College, Lampeter. ° Charles Henry Firbank, B.A University of Lon- don. Wilham George Jenkyns, St. David's College Lampeter. ° Johit Lewis Richard Jones, E.A., St. David's Col- lege, Lampeter, and St. Michael's Theological Col- lege, Llandaff. Oxford'aS B°Wen J°neS' M'A> Linc-oin College, Jenkin June, Lewis St. David's College, Lam- peter. 3 PRIESTS. John Morris Cottee, Lie.Dir., St. David's College Lampeter. Jenk-'n Alban Davies, Jesus College, Oxford. Firhank was the Gospeller, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. J. J. Davies, recror of Prendergast. The Bishop afterwards licensed the followin, Daniel Evans Davic., to the curacy of Henfynyw. Cardiganshire. Harry Gordon Davies, to the curacy of Lianelly, Breconshire. Charles H. Firbank, to the chaplaincy of St. David's College School. William George Jenkyns, to the curacy of Llan- samlet. John Lewis Richard Jones, to the curacy of Llangeler. Thomas Bowen Jones, to the curacy of Clydach. Jenkin Jones Lewis, to the curacy of Llanarthi with Llanina.

LLANSAWEL PFIESENTAIION. Though rejoicing in his worthy promotion we are all sorry to bid adieu to Air. W. Thomas, our respected schoolmaster. A short time ago the Carmarthenshire Education Committee ap- pointed him as the headmaster of the new Council School at Blaenau, Llandebie. Llansawel folks are At*1 rru t0 Sood qualities of its inhabitants. r. 1 nomas was not allowed to depart without some visible token of the appreciation bv the neigh- bourhood of his sterling qualities. Gift's were pre- sented to him at the Town Hall (kindly lent by ripnineT.Dmmnion.d- Bart-' C.B.) last Tuesday eAenin These consisted of a roll-top desk, sub- scribed by Llansawel and district; a silver cruet stand subscribed by the teachers and scholars at the LJaniiawel Council School. On behalf of the committee, Sir James Drummond, Bart C B Lord Lieutenant of the County, made the pre- sentations. This lie performed in his able manner -L wiui a gracetui speech. To him the work and in- fluence of a schoolmaster was quite as important as those of the clergyman and minister. It was a great loss to them to lose such an excellent school- master. Parents ought to be thankful that their children had been trained by such a good school- master for the last ten years. Sir James also said that apart from his duties as schoolmaster Mr. Thomas had proved himself a good citizen: always ready to lend a helping hand to every good cause, irrespective of sect or creed. He wished Mr! Thomas and his family every success and happi- ness in their new home. Sir James also asked all to give a warm welcome to Mr. G. Williams, Llangennech. the new schoolmaster, and to render him every possible assistance, so that he may con- tinue the good work performed by his predecessor. Air. Thomas thanked them all for their kind gifts. He valued greatly the silver cruet stand," as it had been purchased by the savings of the children Themselves. It was very evident that the children had a warm corner in his heart. The musical part of the programme was as follows:—Solo. Miss Ellen Davies, Penbaily: solo. Miss Lizzie Jane Landon: solo. Air. D. Evans, Abernaint: solo, Air. E. Jones (treasurer of the Presentation Fuud); glees by the Llansawel Glee Party, under the con- ductorship of Mr. E. Jones, 2, Church-terrace. TII8 dirties; of accampanist were ably performed by Mr. Cecil Davies. Penbaily. The following also delivered speeches eulogizing* the proud work ac- complished by Air. Thomas. The Rev. D E. Jonfcs, B.A.. Methodist minister: Mr William David, Wet-terrace: Mr James Thomas. Maes- 11an: Mr Joseph Jones, Faetorvi Kiien Davies. Penbaily, on behalf of the choir léi by Mr Thomas to many well-known victories, said she wished them God's speed in their new home, and that the three of them would eiijoy th<■ best of health and happiness at Blaenau. I Votes cf thanks to Sir James forJ presiding and making- the presentations, was proposed by the Rev. J. D. Evans. B.A.. curate, and seconded by Mr. Thomes, Alaesllan. The meeting was brought to an end by the singing of the National Anthem in Welsh and English. Miss Ellen Davies. Penbaily. sang the solo in the former, and Miss Jane Morfudd Davies. Pantyscawen, the latter. The committee. had entrusted Air. E. Davies, George House, with the duties of secretary, and as usual he performed them to the entire satisfaction of all.

KIDWELLY PRESENTATION.—At the Hill Field Council Schools 011 Thursday evening of last week all the scholars attended for the purpose of presenting Mrs Williams Park V ilia, (who has been the head Alistress of the Infant Department here for a long time and who has no\\ resigned the position), with a testimonial ex- pressive of the regard and respect she was held in by the children and her late fellow teachers. The presentations consisted of a very handsome Bag from the Infants, handed to Mrs W illiains on their behalf by Dor a JODes, and from the girls department a solid Silver Chateline Spectacle Case, handed to the reci- pient by Bronwen John. Aliss Nicholas, the Head Mistress, introducing the presentation in a neat little speech. Mrs W illiams who was much touched thanked the children and the teachers very much for the kind token of their regard. She said she would prize the articles given her very much. She expressed her deep sorrow at having to sever her connection with the school. During the evening a very interest- ing programme was gone through, by the Infants under Aliss John who succeeds Mrs Williams and the Alisses E Hughes and A Jenkins, and by the girls under Aliss Nicholas and the Misses Katie Smith and Gwennie Davies, the items being as follows:— Pianoforte solo. Alarion Anthony; recitation, Coaxing "Santa Claus," Aluriel John; song, "Ba-ba Black Sheep," Mary Reynolds; recitation, "Under the old L nibrclla, Owen Elias: song "Robin Redbreast," Dollie Francis; recitation "Bobbie's song," David John Jones: song "I'll be a butterfly," E. Al. John; song "Thank you, pretty Cow," M. John; march and song, girls of Standards 1 and 2: Dialogue Gossips, the girls: sketch "Blenheim," girls of standards 3 and 4: sketch "Nellie's Christmas stan- dards 3 and 4 giris: sketch trial of a naughty girl who stayed from school: standards 6 and 7 girls, viz., Judge, E, I e Williams: clerk, Bronwen John; crier, Bessie Davies: prisoner. Alary Jones: counsel for the prosecution. Evelyn Anthony and Annie Davies for the defence; Katie Gower; policeman, Winnie Hughes: prisoner s mother, Dora Jones: jury, wit- nesses. reporters and others. The get-ups of the lead- ing actresses in this nieoe was very good. C OURSING AIATCH—The coursing match on Monday afternoon held here drew a tremendous number of "doggy" men to the town. About 40 dogs were en- tered and the prizes were won by the followl-ir. viz 1. £ 2 5s. David Jones. Felinfoel's "Lady"; 2 £ 1 10s Price. FeHnfoer.? "Peggy": 3. 15s., amucl lorgan. Kidwelly's "Cymro" 4, 7s 6d, T Jenkins, Pontveates' Lady. Messrs David Jones and Joseph Francis were the judges, and Air. Macdonald, Burrv Port, -eferee; whilst Mr. D. Rees, Farmers' Arms, Burrv rort. was tiie skipper. FOOTBALL-The Trinsaran Football Team were sup- posed to be here last Saturday but they wired at the last minute stating their liability to keep the engage- ment. These disappointments only add grievances to the League.-On Tuesday the Kidwellvites plaved a team composed of Collegians, with D. R. Wild as captain. The same day also the Kidwelly Scouts R.KC. met the Llanellv Cliftonians.

NEW QUAY WEDDING.—On Friday last, at Tabernacle Chapel, Aberayron. the wedding took place of Mr. Stephen D. Jone-. Cythir Mawr. Cardigan, and Aliss Kate A. Evans. Giynrhodyn Farm, New Quay only daugh- ter of Captain and Mrs. W. Evans. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. Evans. Abermeurig The bride was di-e,ed in a dove-grey costume with AT* an(^ Was pfiven away by her brother -Jr. lv M\fyr Evans. The best man was Mr. J. O. Jones. Theological College, Aberystwyth. whilst the bridesmaids were Aliss C. A. Jones, (cousin of bride), Aliss E. A. Jones. and Miss S. J. Jones, (listers of the bridegroom.)

CWMGORSE A J.P.'s SURPRISE.—William Alerr (18). labourer, ( vnrigorse, was charged last week at the Swansea iolice Court on a charge of drunkenness.-The Chairman of the Bench (Air. Tohn Roberts) expressed his surprise at seeing defendant in the dock, and said. "I hope there are not many of -your sort at < wmgorse! -On promising to sign the pledge, de- fendant was discharged.

SOCIALISM AND THE ELECTION BY DOUGLAS BUCHANAN). It is often asked What will Socialists do when they get into power? A perusal of the various election addresses of the 62 odd Labour Socialist candidates who put up for the General Election provides interest- ing reading. Needless to say, practically everv one of them contains strong and revolutionary proposals such as the aboltion of the veto of the Lords (in some cases, the abolition of that Chamber itself); the re- versal of the Osborne Judgment; the passing of the Labour Party's "Hjght to Work Bill" and the naationalistion of land, railways, mines, canals, and all monopolies. Some of the candidates went so far as to include not only Home Rule, votes for women, payment of members, and extra taxes on land values and other forms of unearned incre- mcnt, but also "a more equitable distribution of seats," the holding of ail elections on one day, the abolition of plural voting and the extension of powers to local authorities to acquire land, erect buildings, and so forth, all of which, to say the least, forms an ambitious programme. THE RIGHT TO WORK. The election address of Mr W. C. Anderson, the chairman of the Independent Labour Party, who withdrew his candidature from West Wolverhamp- ton, provides some insight into the ideals of the typical Socialist. He promised nearly everything which has been outlined above, and, of course, lie added that lie was opposed to Tariff Iteforin-tlie latter being doubtless a sop to any Liberal sup- porters he might have obtained. Under the head- ing Unemployment" he says: "I strongly sup- port the Liberal Party's Right to Work Bill, which demands tnat work or maintenance be found for every willing worker, and he considered that the problem of destitution will be solved by putting into force the recommendations of the Minority Repoit of the Poor Law Commission. It is necessary to observe here with regard to the Minority Report, which it is alleged, will go some distance towards removing destitution, that ~i ebb, the eminent Socialist, who is the real author of the report, has admitted mat Socialism will not cure destitution, and furth >■ more, that under Socialism there will be probuxy more unemployment than at present owing TO ihe introduction of new machinery. As Mr. Anderson stands for Socialism, it is obvious that he is trying to promote a system which will not alleviate destitution, but increase it extensively. MR. JOHN BURNS' DENUNCIATION. The Right to Work Bill appears in everv Socialist election address; it is the sheet anchor of their cause. It will be as well therefore to see what this scheme promises to the workers and to the ratepayers. We cannot do better than quote Mr. John Burns, president of the Local Govern- ment Board, who, when the Bill was introduced into Parliament, strongly criticised its proposals V-nd exposed the fttla(V of main principle. C-ridei- the Bill, standard wages are to be paid to every unemployed man and woman, arid Mr. Burns in condemning, this proposal said :This Bill de- mands the compulsory right to employ every un- employed man and woman, according- to their capacity, at trade union or standard rates of wage.- and in the event of their being unable to pi-ovide such work, there is to be maintenance. What is to be this maintenance in the absence of work. Is it to cost 24s. per week as at the Lain- don Workhouse, or 30s. as at ITollesley Bay and South Cockendon? ENCOURAGING IDLENESS. "We all know as practical men," said Mr Burns, "that if once we concede the principle of the Bill', we shall have the lanes of our country districts blocked with men, no longer content to receive 15s. to 18s. a week, coming into our towns and cities where the minimum rate will bo 28s to 30s— fi? WG sha11 lcacil tllis co"dition of things, ■} last 'ot of l'le Por our cities will be infinitely worse than the first." infinitely worse than the first." "If the Right to Work is recognised," he con- tinued, "and every navvy has the right to claim work or maintenance, these men will not take the trouble to walk from job to job, but will remain in their own parishes, and when thev are out of work they will go to the town half and register their names. They will consider that they have done their duty in looking for work when they have registered this at the Labour Bureau, espec- ID tally when maintenance rewards their indisposi- tion to look for work." Sueh is the opinion of lr. John Burns, one. who has had practical experience in the field of industry, one who knows the unemployed work- men and the unemployable workman, and is able to distinguish from experience between the two Under the Right to Work Bill were it become law, the local authorities, or the Central Govern- ment itself, may find themselevs committed to pro- ■v ide work for millions of persons. What the cost would be to the ratepayers may be left to the imagination. It is sufficient to say that it would entail the levying of heavy rates and the raising of enormous loans by municipalities in order to ca.'ry out the proposals of the scheme. THE HOrSE OF LORDS. With regard to the House of Lords, it is in- teresting to note that the Socialists will not enter- tain the idea of a stronger Second Chamber. There must be no revision or check to legislation passed by a Socialist House of Commons. Thus Mr. J. R. dynes, M.P., in his address to the electors of North-East Manchester said: "Beware of talk about reforming the Lords, for the Lords will be strengthened if you vote for a man who supports them." As showing the effect. of Mr. Clyne's advice it is only necessary to add that he lost some twelve hundred votes. Mr Thomas Glover concludes every paragraph of his address with: "The veto of the Lords must go! The good people of St. Helens evidently thought it more expedient that Mr. Glover should go. Mr. James Seddon told his supporters: "This is the one great and glorious opportunity for which England has waited for generations." The way England, or rathher the Newton Division of Lancashire re- sponded to the call is shown by the fact that Mr. Seddon is no longer M.P. for the constituency. Mr. James Haslaro- of ChesterfiJI, who begged his supporters to "vote for the Ltoour and Liberal Party" did not increase his poll thereby, but lost a number of valuable votes. OSBORNE JUDGMENT. The Osborne Judgment is, of course, touched up- on in every Labour-Socialist candidates' address. The following is Mr. Victor Grayson's view. "While agreeing that it hardly conforms with one's sense of justice that a man should be compelled to finance a policy to which he is opposed, I be- lieve that the Osborne Judgment had its origin in the desire of the capitalist class to hamper and destroy direct labour representation." Mr. Gray- son admits that the position before the Osborne Judgment was unjust, and he says nothing about getting the Judgment reversed. The outcry against the decision is simply Socialist bluff. As a result of the election the Socialists scored a net gain of two seats, which however, does not compensate them for the loss of three important seats in Lancashire and fifty thousand votes on the total polls.