Monmouth Guardian and Bargoed and Caerphilly Observer

BAROOED O C.M ^RESEMFFID* SJGRGBANT-MAJOR J. IVES. There was a very happy gathering at the Lenox Club, Bargcfeid, on Mon- day evetimir, when Col. H. E. Morgm Lindsay, C B., parformed the inter.t- iog and pleasing ceremony of dec Ir. ftfciwg >Serg9ant Major J. Ives, of th-, S.W.B and formerly of the 13 th Welsh with tb* Distingafshod Con- dact Medal, which he won for cortpp o- nous gallantry in France. Sergeant Ires well also the recipient of a beauti. fal (srold watch and chain sab tori bd (rir by tho members of. tbe Club m commemoration of his bravedwd, and an a mark of appreciation of the honour "IJire they rightly rajjard.'d he h.d hlOa ht to the Clab, "f whi.sh li-I VVA4 0% •u.viitnr. Thri ceremony w-tg R mnving one, and mark-id with t.ru« pa»h,i, for Hs the grail ant Cotouft pinned the tnidal on the berU'h bre<*«" it was rertnlUd that he (Col. L ndsay) | "ad lost thr jM brave sons in tho war. H;, (-)rtore(i h i 4 c rfiiat congratillations to i on th« distinction ht htlod •»- T-, piui a -Iowitig 'ribUte | hPTMism. Ho qn,)-i the uHi- .•■. JI. o wrhieh %fa<rd the? Serg*. • "f It strong "it olil y attaek i — it his • >tfi bfling uual;,1,8-a.. FUR)# !h*< iutiiatfve aodwitb-h id th" op».0»n«? for ;?s for six honrs. He aiuooiiabidd Iftft flaykto withdraw, and withdrew himself, without farther c&snaHes. A1 this wai performed under a hellv, bombardment.. Col. Lindsay entreated his audience to I keep the raeuviry of thQse who had fallen in th« ir country's naosa aad I cherish the proad record of t.he.gtil. '♦lit !»oidlers in their midst. He aho urged that no hardship should bernl: t..ny 6oi<1:i;r who had foaght^. tad that > the jc«ivnr*dt ship of thone who [Had: i-toiwi chyuidnr to abqalder in r he r,.r> si strngglo in history would r mi»ur i»tiding apd broken., Tile ooe tiling that distxngaigbed the JM. j chained Soldiers' Society was that it had no politics and that its' supreme aim and object was the interest and welfare of the diacbarged I'mdn. -Ser- geant Iveain responding, remarked in sincerity that it was not a moment for speech-making on his part Words completely failed him to express his gratitude and appreciation of the kind thoughts and consideration which had moved his fellow members at the Club to acknowledge his action in giuoh.,r, substantial and handsome form. He considered it a great honour and he 1 could never adequately expre his fdeling of thanks. u The aotton of; the Club members showed to him what their feelings were to" wircli the bo?8 who bud gone forth to figtit in the ..reat ffght for freedom and Jiunir?i liberty He also thanked Colon* 1 Lin'ds >y for the kind and inrprenite wiords he had said of hhn and his con- duct ia the field. It wpts an appfeoi t- tion he would ever cherish.—Tho ehair was occapied >>y the Veteran, Mr T. M Jones, whom, they were all i delighted to see after jhis aerions ill- nOW., He was supported -by M r Baxendale, vice-chairman Mr D. L Wilhrtms, a forampst mftttiber of the CQ^mittea^ and Mr \filliaip«, secretary of the Clubr who was masinly responsible for the organisation aud arrangement of the presentation and the investiture of Sergeant Ives by Colonel Lindsay.—;The proceeding* p r itig,4 were made very enjoyable by sonxo beaotifal ;"a' ii ? solos aud dnets by fchQse tip-top vocalists- Messrs W. D. Bowen, and Lewys Jones, Bar- gofd. On the niotion of Mjt T). L. Williiitns a vote of condolence WM psased I with the widow of the lale Mr Gordon Lenox, aftdr Whom tbi-bla b is named, and who \,tá8, onfei of (¡ fotinders of thie cause in the UiVfsio n and a great patriot. Mr John ] jittle- johns, the Demosthenes of tho Cim- servat ve#, was also present ao d de- livered a speech of dazziinpoloqugu"O I

1 .11 BARBOFED WOTTLC/VTEN'S I INSTITUTE LICENSE WITH-HELD. I I SEQUEL TO SOERMUS' VISIT. I At the Caerphilly Lower Division Licensing Session on Tuesday, Ald. E. Edwards in the chair, Superin- tendent Williams objected to the renewal of the music and dancing licence for the Workmen's-hall, Bargoed, on the ground that they open the hall Without permission of, the justices on Sundays, allow the Independent Labour Party to hold concerts, &c., that they d6 not pay entertainment tax, and that they let and sub-let the premises to persons other than the licensee, who is not present at the public dances which are held there. An undertaking," he said, was given by the licensees last year that they would not open on Sundays." The Chairman (Mr E. Edwards) You object to the opening on Sun- days ? Superintendent Williams: Yes, sir. They bring &11 kinds of people to this hall, and all kinds of speeches are made there, and the police strongly object to this. Mr, W. Williams, checkweigher, and secretary of tbe Workmen's Institute, admitted that the ball had been opened for concerts during the last few Sundays. Superintendent Williams Do you remember giving an undertaking last year that the premises should not be opened on Sundays ?—Yes, sir. I should like for this case to be adjourned. Super- intendent Williams Have you any- thing to do with the applying for licences ?—I am secretary for the institute. We also keep a manager there. Superintendent Williams: Who gave permission to open the hall a fortnight last Sunday ?— I did; sir.—Did you let it to the I L.P. 1- Yes.—What was there ?-A concert.— And who took part?—Soermus, the Russian violinist. Although you hold the licence you have not the full power of the management of the hail ?—Yes, sir, in a way of speaking. He added that it was a mistake that the Hall had been let on the occasion mentioned, and he was sorry now for what had occurred. Replying to Mr D. M. Yorwertb, one of the magistrates, witness said that the committee of the Institute had also II expressed its regret at what had happened. The application was adjourned to March 11.

CORRESPONDENCE. I BARGOED AND BOLSHEVISM. [ To the Editcr I Sir,—The long letter of 'Councillor Morgan Jones in defence of I.L.Pism. in your last week's issue, where he also describes my letter of the week before as a scribble," failed to ex- plain why I.L.P-ites, who were so f pioasly Pacifists in war time have I turned so rampantly revolutionists in peace time. At the same time he obscures the revolutionary character of the Soermus meeting, saying, the scene" only lasted three minutes," there is nothing about the excitement j outside after the meeting was over, j nor of the probable friction it produced i ji'm ii' mi i iini —— nfitifiiHi m iimiin in « on many a Admittedly Soermus'w speech suggested bediTy?harm on tio'oire', liut taeiiher did Shin well's, Rirkwood's and Gallagher's in Glasgow, as far as can be seen; yet Glasgow's streets ran with blood. A mere incident may excite brute force and ruffianism, when the atmosphere is made and this was what Sbermus was doing- warming the atmosphere. He called himself a Bolshevist. An article in a Cardiff daily paper on Monday last describes Bolshevists thus They make no secret of the fact that their aim is the complete subversion by revolution of the existing order of Society. They aim at destruction not reform, and, unfortunately, their methods are as hideous as those of Prussian Militarism. Their record of crime and violence is worse than that of any recent autocracy. Soermus, being in Britain, walked under cover of a violin. Now, birds of a feather flock together." What else, there- fore, could Soermus's supporters be than Bolshevists, like himself, and thes6 home Bolshevists were pacifists when the war kept fcoing. That Bolshevism and Pacifism should centralise in the same source suggests camouflage somewhere, and tends to confirm war time suspicion as to the conscientiousness of at least some who were 'theri^ Pacifists. fTboo again, the Soermus Meeting was a trespass on the sahctity of th6 Lord's Day, the distinctly spiritual purposes :-at which was subordinated to this Bolshevistic display, and after subordinating a divine institution to such an end, Mr Jones commits the colossal effrontery of castigating th(; H Press and all else for expressing themselves on the general ways of his party To assail earth and heaveh, the human and dhine order, and hope for Carte Blaftcbe in the venture, reveals the Autocrat in the Socialist, they twain are one, and no small autocracy either.—Yours, ate.. STILL PUEZLED. I I

RHYMNBY TRADES AND I LABOUR COUNCIL. A meeting of the Rhymney and Abertysswg Trades and Labour Cpuncil was held on Tuesday evening at, jbe, Workmen's Institute,, Mr Edmund Evans presiding over a repre* sentative audience, which icoluded Mr John Morgan, treasurer, and Mr Timothy Davies, seoretary. Arising out of the Minuteis of the previous meeting, with reference to the a&fiation fee to be paid by the Tredegar and District Co-operative Society, which had beeh fixed at 4d. per member, a lengthy discussion ensued.—A communication was re- ceived from Mr Stephen Morgan, on behalf of the. local committee, stating that inasmuch as a large proportion of the members of the Society were already contributing to the funds of the Trades and Labour Council, they were very reluctant to pay double contributions. He therefore suggested ,the following basis of agreement:— (1) That members of the Co-operative Society who are already contributing to the Trades and Labour Council through their industrial organisation, shall pay a. contribution of 2d. per member as Co-operators, and to have half the usual representation; (2) That members who are not already contributing1 to the Trades and Labour 'I Council shall pay the usual fee of 14d. per member, and to receive representation according to Rules. Councillor D. Jambi; pointed out that it would be to the interests of the organisation if they agreed to admit the Co-operators at 2Jd. per member That was the basis in the Afan Valley district, whilst at Tredegar, Ebbw Vale, and Blaina, he understood that the fee charged was 2d. per member. The Chairman pointed out that they would have to rescind the resolution passed at the last meeting before they could entertain Mr Jawea'sWgestion.-Mr JAmes moved a resolution to this effect.—Mr Alfred Conway seconded—Mr Richard Lloyd questioned whether it was a" right course, to pursue in face of the decision of the Bargoed Con- ference that every organisation should pay the full quota, 4d. per member. They were, therefore, bound by that decision, and could not help them- ,selves.-The Chairman said x it was useless for that council, to force the 4d. upon the Cojoperotors if other places are not paying it.—The motion to rescind the previous resolution was carried by 12 to 3, and a 11 flat rate of 2id. per member was agreed to.

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w v w m ■» ABERTY5SWO ROLL OP HONOUR. MBN WHO HAVfi QtyM, L1VÉs 'Ö'R TB- CÖÚt' Pte. GEO. EDMUND COATES, ,5606, 5th Batt., WorMat-dr Regiment, who resided at the outbreak, of war with Mr William Pollard, 3, Glyn- 'street, Albertyaawg. Pte Coates was a reservist, aadeft. the village Aug. 5th, 1914. He fell in action, shot by a, suipvr, at Bethnne, October 21st, 1914. He was born at Norton Bar- the head-quarters if the* Worcester Regiriicat, ifi Which Rcgl- ment his f ither was Colonr-sergesnt. He was a native of Brnmhaw, Worces- ter. He was a cfyiuchnjan in. religion, Pte HENRY EDWARD DRUftY, j | 1267S, West ^.ohts Re^inoentf Was. hairdresser at ^ontlottyn before be joined the Colours, wniob lie did March 17th, 1916. He was reported b6- 30til, 1917; after- wards itifdrtoatidn was recfeit&d that he of wh Oifettdalby, Decettbbr list; 1^17. He ltjft^behlud a widdir and three dhlldrern, who Now reside"lit 15, Gtyn..htreêt, A be rtysøwg. Before his enlilBtmeot he was an ad- herent at Zoafo B&ptiet Chapel, Ponfclottyn. £ Pte. JOHN 16th Bkttxlion, Royal 'W.r.h' Fusiliers, who resided with Mr, Gwav Austins, 26, Charkn-stt'eet, Aber- tysswg, before he enlisted, and was employed as labourer at the MoLaren Colliery. He was a native of Here- ford. Pte. Jarvis was killed iis action in the advance on Oambrai, France, Augtint 27th, 1918* Whilst he lived at Abertydswg he attended the Choroh servieet; "'r'r'U". Pte: RICHARD CHARLES SCURLOCK, 226554. lrt Motis. lira Lily Sear- lock, late of 11, Barclay-street, now of 71, Chirtdo-ortreet, AbirtysiWg. He enlisted oh the firtt admion'- SogtdW. her 1st, 1914. He was diiobkrged, and after a period at home rejoined the Colours. In May, 1916, he pro- ceeded to Firance, where he had a severe attack,"of trench fever, and was returned to this country for a time and proceeded to France again the third time. After experiencing much Sight- ing, he made, the supreme sacrifice, Jane 14th 1917. He left a widow and two children to mourn his loss. When at Abertysswg he was employed as haulier at the McLaren Colliery. Gunner. EZRA JONIS, 92290, Royal Pield' Artillery, son of Mr and Mra Cbar!eH Jones (oVerman) 46, Ch-ii?te Abertyes -w- ?ra eriHkted1 JanukVy 11th. 19f5 when ili'th, i;gli *1?en ana i? f?ahoe, a'ùalUtr mo? than two yeats service he was ftitally wounded MayOOtb, 1918, and ditod on the 2Sth of lkgy in France. This family have done their part and prdVed themSelvea to be staiinoh patriots three brothers of Ezra have also served with the ootonra during the war, who have returned home, John, Thomas, and Edward, who has gained the distinction of Military Medalist for heroic serVioe at the front. Ezra, who hae made the supreme sacrifioe, was the ydnDgest of them. RtFLE&AN J. REARDON, 3904, 1st Mons. Regiment, husband of Mrs Katorah Beardon, 3^, Charl trimt, Abertysswg. He enlisted April 20th, I kt, and weut to France March 1916. He died at the Red Cross Hospital, Le Todqttet, from gastro eu'tentis on DedetabeV 17ht. 19 t6: de left a widow ana thrett ohUdl?n ? ?on?rn I bdloii.. D*i. J:e}Hlt'Ig, Field Aftin^, who Nut., witli ifr Lrew. Btfbb, 35, ChUHei- stredt; AbdrtyMWg, before he joined tlse Oc'loars in September, 1914; after trashing at Athlone and Kilkenny, Ireland, be proceeded to Fraace in September, 1917. Before his enlist- ment he was^ employed as haulier at No. 3 MeLarea Calliery,, Aborkyosvpi, He was a native of Birmingham. (To be continued)

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