Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder

—■——— GURNOS HELPING. RECTOR'S POINTED APPEAL. A well-attended and enthusiastic meet- ing for the purpose of encouraging re- cruiting was held at the Drill Hall, Gur- nos, Swansea Valley, on Friday night. Col. Gough presided, and he was sup- Jorted by the lvs. Towyn Jones, M.P., .ames Jones, B.A. (rector of YRtradgyn- laisi, Ben Davies (Pant-teg), R. G. James, Ale'ssrs. T. W. James (Swansea), G. H. Strick, J.P., Mr. and Mrs. Owen Powell, J.P.. Ben Williams (manager of Phoenix Tinplate Works'), etc. Col. Gough said they were there that evening to ask the youngsters of the dis- trict to come forward and help their countrv-and join the Welsh Army Corps. He understood that 8,000 had already been recruited for that Army, and there were three units already up towards strength They had done very well already in the CrurnoS district. The only way to bring hhe war to an end was by sending out plenty of men. He had beei speaking to one officer that day who had just returned from Belgium, and the officer stated that come of the boys had been in the trenches for 19 days and 19 nights a few weeks- ago. He was very glad to find, however, that reinforcements had now been sent, out to relieve the gallant soldiers. (Hear, hear.) U Towyn" devoted most of his speech to Welsh. Tie said that Armageddon had come upon them like a bolt from the blue He had always spoken against war, but, on the present occasion they had been forced to ivbsheath the sword and fight for justice. I (Hear, hear.) The war had started in Berlin, and he would say that it would end in Berlin—(hear, hear)—and the agreement made in that city then would be one of the strongest ever made md it would, he hoped, ensure peace for svpr. (Applause.) Mr. T: W. James, Swansea, who fol- ;lowed, said he believed that it was better to die bravely than to live the life of a coward. There was nothing nobler than to die, if need be. for one's country and for the country's liberty. (Hear, hear.) He asked those who had no responsibili- ties not to hesitate, but go and join the Colours. (Applause.) The Rev. James Jones moved a vote of thanks to the speakers. The Iter. Ben Da vies, in seconding, said the country must: have a larger army. It was quite possible that eome fathers and mothers had tried to persuade their sons not to enlist, but once they saw a son leaving their door in uniform to do some- thing for his country, they would feel far easier in their minds. (HeaT, hear.) 114N rejoiced, however, that his only son had enlisted. A vote of thanks to the chairman con- cluded the meeting,

CAPTAIN OF SWANSEA TRADER REWARDED. At the last monthly meeting of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Captain William Cousins, master of the coasting steamship Aysgarth Force, which is a frequent visitor to Cardiff, Swansea, and other Bristol Channel ports, was awarded the society's handsome silver life saving medal in recognition of his services in rescuing the crew of five men of the French schooner Perseverance in the Bristol Channel during a heavy gale on November 13th last. The rescue for which the awards have been made was, briefly, as follows: The Aysgarth Force was on a passage from Brest for Swansea, and when in the! vicinity of Trevese Head Captain Cousins sighted a vessel flying signals of distress. On getting within hailing distance, she proved to be the Perseverance on a passage from Port Talbot for St. Lazaire with coal, and she was in a sinking con- dition, having been in collision with an tinknown steamship earlier that morning. An attempt was made to take the schooner in tow. but owing to the heavy gale that was raging this was found to be impossible, and Captain Cousins then directed his to taking off the crew. It was impossible to launch a boat, and accordingly each of the men fastened ropes round themselves and plunged into the water, when they were dragged on board the Aysgarth Force. Shortly after the resctie, the schooner foundered. The French Consul at Swansea, where the shipwrecked men were landed, officially expressed his tEanks on behalf of the French Government to Captain Cousins as did also Captain Le Bas on behalf of the crew.

MUMBLES HEIRESS. Strong Statement by Judge. A motion in connection with an administration action in re the estate of the late Clifton George Bennett, of Mumbles, came before Mr. Justice Neville in the Chancery Division last week, the testator's only daughter, through her grandfather. as next friend, moved that a writ of attachment might issue against her mother, who was administratrix of the estate, for failing to comply with an order of the court. It was stated that the mother was in possession of the property, and was appanntly disposing of it. The grand- father had been appointed receiver of the estate, which consisted of freehold and copyhold property at Mumbles, but the mother had taken no notice of any of the orders made by the court. It was stated OB behalf of the mother that she was ill, and that there were various excuses for her conduct, bnt they could not be gone into then, as they were not in evidence. Counsel representing her asked that the matter might stand over for a week. To tWø counsel for the plaintiff objected. fearing that she would dissipate the estate in the meantime. She had, he said. cireadv charged part of the property, and the prandfather had been obliged to pay off the mortgage. His Lordship allowed the adjournment aske/t for, but said he would deal very seriously with the defendant next week if she, proved contumacious.

DIFFICULTIES OF COLLECTING MONEY IN SWANSEA VALLEY. At the Poiitardawe Guardians' meeting on Thursday, Mr. H. J. Fowell presiding, a letter was read from Mr. Mansel Franklen to the effect that it had been reported to the Finanoe Committee of the County Council that the Pontardawe Board had not paid to the county treasurer the county rates due on the let of December. The com- mittee had direct-ed him to state that the default would be reported to the County Council at their meeting on December 17th, and if the rates were not paid by that date the Council would then consider the expediency of making an order for the lery of the amounts due by the parishes, with an addition 01. ten per cent. The Clerk (Mr. Wyatfham Lewis) stated that it was a most serious matter. They usually had a bigger balance than at pre- sent. He knew it was a difficult matter to collect money at present. They had drawn a cheque at the last meeting for £ 5,366. Mr. J. W. Morgan, asked why magistrate3 allowed three or fonr months for some people to pay money. Clerk: That's on account of the war. I am afraid some people are trading on that. M,r. Morgan Daviee: It seems like it. It was decided to write to the overseers lpressing for payment, qtiierWin proceed- ings would be taken. >

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I AMMANFORD FATALITY. I II Colliery Repairer Under a Stone I Weighing a Ton. A colliery repairer, named William Matthews (62), of Oakfield Rouse, Llan- debie-road, Ammanford, met with an in- stantaneous death at the Pantyffynon Colliery yesterday, and a young assistant, Thomas John Williams, was found sense- less near by. There had been a big fall of roof, and a stone nearly a ton in weight pinned Matthews to the ground. Several work- men as well as the fireman (Mr. H. Lewis) and the manager (Mr. W. Thomas) were soon on the, spot, and under the direction of the latter the work of releasing the un- fortunate man was proceeded with. The stone had to be prised upwards, and when Matthews was extricated it was found that he w.as greatly crushed and broken, and dead. Unconscious nearly was decersed's as- sistant, and it was thought at the time that he had been injured, but it appears that this is not so. However, he is still unconscious and dazed from shock. Deceased, who leaves a wife and grown- up family, was held in high respect in the town. He was a Sunday School teacher at Gwynfryn Congregational Church.

Canon Green. ot Manchester, declares that if all the atrocities alleged against tha German soldiery be proved tr?f. ?,,Il is still the teaching of Christ fof men to Jove their enemies and pray for those that despitefully uso us."

DIED FROM LOCK-JAW. An inquest was held at Swansea on Friday afternoon on the body of David Joseph Williams (It), who died at the Swansea Hospital of tetanus, induced by an accident to the hand. Deceased was employed at the Copper Pit, sMorriston, on December 2nd. Mr. Dyer Lewis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, and Mr. W. E. Mor- gan, miners' agent, were present. Joseph Alexander Williams, 71, Cwm Level-road. Landore, marine stoker, the lad's father, who had been away at sea at the time ot the accident, identified the body. Deceased, he said, had been em- ployed at the Copper Pit for the last three weeks, and was 14 years old. Mrs. Margaret Williams, the mother. said the accident happened on December 2nd. The boy told her he was picking slag out of the cogs when a little boy started the machinery, which caught his hand. The palm of the lad's hand was crushed. Dr. Jones, of Morristen, attended to him until the following Tuesday, when tetanus was developed, and the lad was ordered into the hospital. Dr. James Blain Donaldson, Swansea Hospital, said the hand had been attended to very well from a surgical point of view, but tetanus germs had developed. Death was due to tetanus. Wm. Henry Rathick. 2, Rock-terrace, Morriston. foreman of the screen, said that the last time he saw the boy he was in his proper place; but immediately afterwards his hand was in the wheel, and one tooth had closed on it. The boy had no business to be there, and he (witness), could sug- gest no reason for it. He had asked, the boy himself what he was doing there, but he made no answer. Evan Williams, Adulum-terrace, Bony- maen, employed at the colliery as a slag- picker. said he heard a scream, and found deceased with his hand in the cogs. He (witness) did not know how he got. there. lie saw no sign of any slag in the tooth of the cog. The Coroner remarked there was a good deal of mvsterv about how the boy got his hand in the cog. It was an accident, but how the accident arose, the evidence did not show. Jury decided that death was due to the hand being crushed, but that there was no evidence to show how the accident oc- curred. Jury expressed sympathy with the rel a- tives, and Mr. W. E. Morgan associated with that expression.

WELL KNOWN SWANSEA MAN. The late Mr. John Sweeney was a man of remarkable achievements. He was horn 75 years ago, and succeeded his father in business, the business having been established in Swansea over 100 years ago. He had a large acquaintance in the shipping trade, being held in ■' I high esteem for his "straight" dealings. His greatest friends were the French ship-masters. among whom he was familiarly known as "Jean Marie." He was a master of their language, as well as of Italian and Greek. Be leaves a widow, as well as a grown-up family of sons and daughters by a former mar- riage.

Private D. Collins, Glanyrafon-road, Pontardulais. who was wounded at Mons, is lying seriously ill at Netley Hospital.

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I NOT A SWANKER. ] PRINCE OF WALES PAYS A VISIT TO SIXTH WELSH. A very interesting letter has been re- ceived from Private A. E. Shoemaker, of the 6th Welsh, who kas written home to thank his relatives for sending him the Herald of Wales." He makes a reference to several articles which appeared in the "Herald of Wales" dealing with the life of the 6th Welsh, but he says the experiences of his detach- ment have been somewhat different from those related by other writers. Their particular need s include under-clothing and an opportunity to bath. We are still wearing the clothes we came out in." he says, and the only bath 1 have had was nearly a fortnight ago, when the snow was on the ground. I had it in an empty ammunition box, and I got a severe cold after it. I have just heard that shirts and socks have arrived. They'll be very wel- come. The weather here now, as it has been for some time past, is awful. It adds to the monotony of our lives, as there is nowhere to go and amuse our- selves in any way. We'll not be sorry to get a shift, even if it is to the trenches. There is not much to say about this place except that it is quiet in the ex- treme. It is a very old place, with the roads and pavements alike cobbled. The only places of amusement are the coffee houses, though you -cannot get anything in the way of food there. You can (yet a little cup of coffee, and a tiny glass of rum (about a thimblcfull) for a penny, or, in some places Ikl. In every cafe therr' is a bull's-eye target and darts. The only thing we can do is to get into our blankets if we don't like that form of amusements. The shops are a queer mixture of everything; and frightfully dear. There are about 40 of us here, and we are far from the. remainder of the battalion. The Prince of Wales pa-ssed through here to-day (Monday. Nov. 7th). He looked very young and slim, but what I liked most about him was the total lack of < swank.' He and a few other staff officers walked up and down, its unconcerned as an old farmer, and trudging through the mud as if he liked it." I Llangadock Soldier's Experiences in Fire. Private Frank Hill, of the 2nd Welsh, has just arrived home at Llangadock, wounded at a village on the Aisne River. A German shell crashed through the roof of a shed, where he was and wounded several, among them Private Hill, who received injuries to the shoulder, head and thumb. We sailed from Northampton on August litil." said he, not knowing where we were going to. We reached Havre, then entrained to a place unknown to us, where we remained till the order came that we had to do a long march- that was to Mons. There we met our op- ponents. "Aifa a lot of lighting we had to retire | —that was the retirement from Mons, which was a very tiresome one, lasting nine days. till ws were within 15 miles of Paris. Then we started to advance, not having lost a maji up to that time. We marched toward s the Aisne; the advances were easier than the retirements. At a village on the Aisne we began to get the German shells. We had orders to stand fast; we were the brigade in reserve of the division of that day.. H Then we advanced to Chivy. It was something cruel to see how the people were shot—hundreds of them. We had 12 of our ofifcers wounded on the first day, including Lieut. Fitzroy and Lieut. Ford, two of my company commanders. Fighting went on all day. In the evening we made a move to our right, where we captured 150 Germans and practically no end of guns. We lay down on the side of the road all night, and, to our surprise, ia the morning found maxim guns put upon us. Several comrades were wounded, and we had to retire that morning back to where we were the night before. But about 12 noon, we returned, and there we started to en- trench. Trenches were dug, and we lay in them, having sentinels on the alert. We had to fetch water from a village, a dangerous job, owing to so many shells flying about, and snipers in the woods. "We remained in those trenches for about 14 days; then one night, had orders 10 movo on to another village. We lay down by the side of a church wall until the morning, when we had some more shells from the Germans. In the evening we went in to some trenches that had been dug by B Company of the 2nd Welsh. We. were in the trenches till 4.0 a.m., then returned to the village once more. We had all that night off in a farmhouse close hy. We were well treated, plenty of the best food And everything. We lay down till night, then went hack once more to the trenches to find that several 90-lb. sheils had been fired at our trenches dur- i-lig the day. We left tie trenches by day, and returned to them at night. a One night we went out to find that the Germans had taken one of our trenches. We returned to the village, re- maining in a shed. About half-past twelve mid-day a shell crashed through the roof. Then I received my wounds, and there were two others, one in the ankle, the other in the muscles of the arm. Two of us were able to walk to the field hospital, 50 yards away. Shells were bursting by our side, and we were very lucky to miss them. We were seen to at once by the medical oiffcers, and treated very well. About 8 o'clock that night we were taken to a village unknown to me, and sent down next morning to Rheims. and from there to a camp hospital at Rouen. There we remained until the order came to return home. to the Royal Her- bert Hospital at Woolwich. Though he has put in ten years' service, this is Private Hill's first experience of actual fighting. His evidence as to its effects agrees with that of other soldiers. It's rotten at first, but you soon get used to it, then it's come day go day, and you don't care a bit! "(This with a smile). Private Hill did not meet with any Belgians. The French, lie thinks, are good soldiers, but very sloiv. The French people were very good to tbem, treated them best. If there was anything to have. it was always" English ifrst." The Ger- mans used to loot every place before them. so they couldn't get much. They found the retirement from Mons very exhaust- ing. doing 30 miles a day. Though main roads are good, the side roads arc very rough, nothing like the English roads t all. "Germans? Oh. dear, Germans have no pluck, whatever. They are all right in masses. They must como in vast num- bers, they come up in mass, you see. Wo saw two or three Germans with mongold wurtzels in their canteen, so we thought they were running short of food, which no doubt they were. at that time. They are no good as individual fighters, nor. as shots." What about the artillery? Their artillery is good, no doubt about that; I've proved it!" Terrible Fighting During the Attack on Dixmude. Private Stanley Fender, of Orchard- street, Swansea, who belongs to the 1st Battalion of the ,Grenadier Guards, has been in probably some of the hottest on- I counters of the whole war so far. The experiences of those earlier times of the war before reinforcements had arrived and the "thin red line was very at- tentuated indeed were so harrowing that it was difficult to get him to talk about it. He had only the truth to tell, he told a reporter, and it would do no good now. All he could say was that he thought tlier^ wgre now scarcely men left of his battalion, and they lost I 600 in one fatal day. Fender was at home nursing a shrap- nel wound in the neck, and is getting on so well that he is due to return to duty on the 18th inst. I only know three Swansea men in the regiment." said he. and they are all knocked out. One—George Price—is killed, and the two others, Tom Bennett and Jack Dinant are, like myself, hors de combat by wounds." Tressed to tell his experiences, he said that his regiment arrived in Belgium early in September, only to find that Antwerp, for which they were bound, had just fallen. They, therefore, never got nearer to Antwerp than a village about three miles out. The Germans ha'd been spreading it broadcast amongst the refugees who were fleeing before them what they were going to do to the British," said he. They were going to wipe us out. Well, they didn't do that. We held them. But we had frightful losses. We had eleven days straight off in the trenches at Dixmude, and in one charge we lost 600 men, 200 out of one company. I am not going to telfyou what it was like," said he, you can imagine it yourself. I know the truth, but I don't want to talk about it. In the retirement we were suddenly attacked on the road in one place, and wo managed to get into another regi- ment's trenches. This we managed all right. It was artillery fire all day, and attacks by night. At last I got hit, and I am out of it. The wound was not everything. There were all the other things going on round me. One of those big shells, for instance, plumped right into the midst of three of us. and buried us. One young fellow- pioneer—was standing between me and another private, and the trench was knocked in on top of us. The middle man was buried altogether, and we were in up to the chins. They dug us out in time, but the pioneer had to be carried off, and I never heard of him after- wards." Tales from Battlefield, Trench, and Hospital. i From Pte. G. Iland, Burryport, of the South Wales Borderers, now in the Duches8 of Westminster's hospital in Paris, to a friend in Burryport:- I am here like a young colt, feeling quite well except for the old arm. Of course, I cannot throw my arm about just as I like, and I don't expect I will for a while. We are well looked after in hospital. We get everything we want, and as there are 300 of us here, you can guess the work of the sisters and the orderlies. I must tell you how I got my little lot. I can tell you I am lucky to be as I am, because they tried hard to .put me out/ On October 29 we advanced to take up a position. Well, we got it. but we had to lie in a wood until dark. I had two bullets in my pack as I was lying down. My head was very low on the ground, or I should have had them through there. When it was dark we left the wood and dug trenches during th* night, then lay in them. We were there until the afternoon of October 31. until we were forced out of it by thousands of Germans. They came along like a lot of bees, but they soon stopped after we tried a little, and gave them a doing. After 1 had fired a few rounds I got these two. They were only about 6 yards away at the time with only a little hedge be- tween us. Bvllets were flying around like a swarm of bees, and 1 had to lie in a trench until dark, when I found my way to hospital. Our boys fought back to the same place again, but. lost a lot of men. though the Germans lost at least double the number. Next day, when 1 examined bv great coat I found a bullet hole through my right wrist, another through the right arm, another through the left arm. They went through the coat so they only hit me two out of five. 1 call myself lucky. I How the Germans Suffer! Sapper J. O'Brien, of the Swansea .Post Office, now with the Royal Engineers at the front, writes as follows to a local friend: Am enjoying the best of health and spirits despite the conditions—wea- ther and other things. But how the Ger- mans suffer! It is really marvellous where they come from, but they are dwindling down, and they are fed up with our boys, and when they attack, which they do in overwhelming numbers, they mostly get a hiding. For daring they can- not be beaten; only the bayonet is the thing to bring them to their kneee. I have seen big fellows praying to be spared when our infantry get to their trenches. But they play the duty on our wounded, so now they go at it like Kilkenny cats. Our boys are equal to any two of them in a light, and we are optimistic enough to think it is only a matter of another two months or so before it is over."

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PRISONERS OF WAR. ( Writing from Gottingen, Germany, where -he is a prisoner of war, Private Ernie l Payne assures his father, who lives at Melincrythan, Neath, that he is quite well, but. "stony broke." He asks for a few "fags" and a bit of "baccy," but, first of all, money, because he has to pay carriage on all parcels. Private Payne is one of four brothers now at the front, and his father, Mr. H. J. Payne, was a Volunteer for fourteen years. I Private W. Morgan I Of the Welsh Fusiliers, who is a prisoner of war in Gottingen, Hanover, Germany. He has written home to his relatives at Swansea saying he is all right, and re- gretting that he will not be home for I Christmas.

I FERRY SHEEP WORRYING. William Howells, of Canthowellddn Farm, Britonferry. before the Neath County Justices on Friday, claimed £5 for the loss of three sheep, which he allegedl were killed by dogs belonging to James Watkins, collier, Neath; Phillip Holmes, tin-worker, Penrhietwyn; and William Morris, collier, Cimla. Mr. Edward Powell appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Jestyp Jeffries for Morris; Mr. Dan Per- kins for Holmes, whilst Watkins con- ducted his own defence. The case turned upon a point of owner- ship it was admitted that Morris sold Holmes the dog last Easter; the latter said the dog continually ran away from home, and lie ne,%7Vr bothered about it; whilst Watkins said the other dog was owned by his son, who was now a soldier. The Bench dismissed the claim agianst Morris, and found for plaintif ffoe j:he fnll amount claiiiiectf Wlt'rt costs, against "VX&tfci&S Ilalmps-

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