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NOTES AND COMMENTS.1 The P;icifists had a bad time 'n the. Hous-e of Commons Oil Tl;elS- fiav, although they pitched their j k?y very much lower than is their habit in the country. Mr. Ramv i coti.ntrv. -Nlr. ?Is?donaJd for instance stated that the war aims of the Government, to far as they related to the libera- tion of Belgium and the securing of a guarantee for the future, were as dear to the hearts of the Socialists 01 this country as they were to the { Liberals, Tories, or arty other sec- j t f' J H "l tion of tQat House/' So loQg as Germany remained as iL was, with :i* £ government an embattled Iorm of organized force, even with the best intentions on the part, of the German people, he agreed that it a menaee to Europe and one cf the g r E: a t problems of this country. Mr. Macdonald s greflt I concern was that we should ha1. e i definite war aim5 I There are none so deaf as thoee 1 who won't hear a good word on be- half of their own country. Again 1 raid again our definite war aims have been stated. As Mr. Balfour pointed, out, we have expounded our war aim; and they have neither j shifted nor expanded. Liberty and democratization and the rights of nationalities. Thc.se are our ob- jects. We have proclaimed them. Rave our enemies ever proclaimed them ? Have they ever done any- thing to promote them?" And we might add, will we get any nearer j their attainment ii we --it at a con-1 te-ence with undefeated Germany?; "Peace by negotiation"' is quite! impossible v.'ith Germany in her j swash-buckling mood. The Pacifists have clung ten- j aciously to two beliefs. The first 1:' that Germany is willing to evacu- ate and restore Belgium; the second that her awful experiences have killed the militarist spirit in Germany. The evidence is all the other way about. As we pointed out on Monday, the moderate Hertiing regards Belgium as a pawn and war-t-s economic and other guarantees. Mr. Asquith, who intervened for five minutes in the debate on Tuesday said that In re<rard to the eracualion of Bel- pirnn and ite restoration to a position < f complete independence, to take that cmly a-s one illustration out of many, I cannot find that there is any trace of evidence that the Germans are in any mood to consider such a policy. Mr. Fisher Unwin publishes to-day "General Von BissinD"s Testa,- ment: a study in Germah. ideals." on Biasing was the brutal gover- nor cf possessed Belgium, and he begged of his countrymen, in his lust latter, t-o maintain the existing state oi dictatorship for years to come. The half-measure" of treating Belgium as a pawn, which might be used to recover or extend colonial possession, he condemned vigorously. He who remains :0 the. country." he wrote, must de- clare his allegiance to Germany, and after a certain time must de- clare his allegiance to Germanism." That is the spirit of the German press to-day. A conference ie not going to alter it; As for the effete the war has had upon militarism in Germany, the Times gives us unpleasant in- formation in a review of a book bv the Deputy Chief of the General Staff. General Freytag is regarded a-s a moderate exponent of mili- tary opinion. He expects that peace treaties will be signed, but, he ob- serves, such agreements are, after all, only treaties." He holds that the peace of Germany in the past depended upon the strength of her sword and not upon "fine speeches" and "the fraternization of the peoples." He is proud of the spirit of German "militarism," he condones the murder of civilian populations in unfortified places, for the limits of what is permis- sible are in many ways elastic," and he confidently hopes that as a result cf German policy," at and after the Peace Conference, we shall have greater freedom for vio-' lent and decisive blows in one direc- i.iqu for the future. It is with; people of this type the Pacifists would have us make a negotiated peace' Do. they want another; Treaty of Amiens, with its terrible consequences to the world?

LIABLE TO £ 100 FIN E I At Swansea on "Wednesday John Jen- kin-, farmer, was fined 50s. for a breach of the Potato Ord^r KM 7, and was ordered to pay costs in another case. Mr. J. H. Robinson prosecuted for Oyetermouth Council. It was stated that defendant ¡.old 1 cwt. of potatoes to Mrs. Hopkin, Sbio and Castle Hotel, of which Tibe. j were undersized. He had charged 9,b-. and ICi. per cwt. for potatoes there, though he had sold elsewhere at fis. fid. Mr. Hy. Thompson, for defendant, | pleaded guilty, but said the offences *vere committed unintentionally. Dei'en-! dant lived half way between Bishopstoa and Mumbles, and rarely paw the papers, The chairman (\fr. J. H. Eoeser) pcoint.ed out that defendant was liable to a tine of £100.

INJURED BY FLYING ION. Victor Pandell iVi), Canaan-road, 1 Kilvey. employed at the British Maunoa- niann Work's as a tube worker, was admitted on Wednesday afternoon to the Swansea Hospital with injuries to neck and cheit. caused through a piece of iron. flying from a press. His condition is serious.

BANK MANAGER'S Will. Mr. John Prytherch, of Win-derm eve, ] Stone-street, Llandovery, bank maJiager, who died Julv 11th lust, left ovtc.te of the ?ro6B value of t7,WI Os. Ild, with net per- -o?ty ?f ,);).9 ?<i. ''rebate ot hi: wUI has been granted to Mr. Evan Pry- thorch, cf Ystrad "farlll. near Llandovery, fanuer, and 31. Phillips Pcarce, of J IVovcrian House, The Parade, Carmar- then, acM?-mtant of Carmarthenshire Licc<)ti nt:i)at o, other ?<ue?s t:\siator left to Salem Welsh Indcpeu- t a t.4 ip-f? to We'.s"n lno,?Peu- dnt Church, Llandovery. j clei,t

BOY'S PAINFUL EXPERIENCE. An accideni- occurred at the Slaughter n- Il ..1'\ .1 It H'ouee, Llandilo, on Diornin, It appears that a slau^merman was in the act of killing a bu 11ock. A young d who wa- etunding behind him stooped down to remove, the rope from the he-a"6 neck. In doing «> the eiaughi-erman hap- pened to be bringui;* the knife back and accidentally cut the boys nose, nearly j severing it. The boy as immediately taken to Dr. Lloyd, who stitched the nose back.

Information has been received by Mr. TliomzLA NVatkirLs, 20, New-terraca, Cwm- bath Morri^ton, that his nephew, Pte. Brjuley Mort. R.N.Ft., ha-s been killed in adion He was 19 years of age, and joined the colours two years ago. Prior to that he was employed at the epelter works. News hrlS "hewn received in Swan:?oa that  f ac-t i;zie C?un Corps Pte. Tom William?, Machine Gun Corps j has juat been d?char?ed from a Fp??noh hospital, and is now in a convalescent It camp in that country, recovering from a wounded had caused: by a piect- of shell. In ? letter to hitosiste-r he This is the .v-cond tim« I Lave been wounded, and I have hnd many narrow escapes, once I being partly buried by a shell. The man j who fetched m(> cut got the Military Modal." Pte. Williams, is the youngest cf the late Mr. and Mrs. Williaxns, who for many years carrier] on a butchery busing in Swansea Market, where rt¿.¡ Williams and his tnr?a Lrothers (two nith the colours) are well-known.

POTTER PLEADS CUILTYi I SWANSEA SHIPWRIGHT AIM MANAGER | At the Cardin Assizes on Tuesday—be- j fore Mr. Justice Lawrence—Frederick Ciithbert Potter, shipwright, was bronghf i up charged with ser-adng, delivering, or uttering, knowing the contents thereof, a If^ter or writing, threatening to kill or ii-u-dpr Wm. John Bendali, manager of the Prince of Wa.Las Graving Dock, at Swansea en April 19th a-id divers other I d&to. Mr. St. John Williams (instructed by Mr. Rupert Lewis^ prosecuted, and ¡ Mr. /Llewelyn Williams, K.C., M.P., in. ¡ s true tod by Mr. Vauarfcan fdwards (Messrs. Gee and Ed wards, Swansea) de- tended. Prisoner pleaded guilt). His Lordship asked counsel for the prosecution to go into the case in detail. 1 Counsel, proceeding, feaid Mr. W. J. j Jicudali was manager of the Prince of Wales Graving Dock at Swansea, where j | dofendnjvt v, as employed as a shipwright, j Som-e years ago, before 1913, for come or othL- Patter imagined that he j had a ?nevauM a?ainet piosecutor, and j 'g?vc vent to his gvi^vaace by writing to I j&r. Bendali and ariothcr person named j Whiti^akw employed at the dock. In 1t j Maxell, 13:3, continued counsel. Potter was charged before Mr. Jusico Avory with 4 sspduig a letter v hich contained a crimi- j nal libel On that occasion Potter pro- j uusad that he would not; send any mere threatening or libel'lons letters, and on this promise lie was bound over to come up for judgment if called upon. A bent 12 months after he had givon th i& promise rh" letters which were the sub- joct of the present charge began to be written to the prosecutor again. For I some time they were chiefly liljollous and ) not threatening, and no notice was taken of them. On November 11th, 1916. how-) ever, defendant sent the letter which was the subjeci; of the preeont indictment, f Counrel proceeding taid that as a nkatter l ot fact ajs a resul; of thA persecution at j the hands of Potter Mr. Wnattaker died. J Counsel then read portions of some of the I letters. In oce was the phrase: Ton 1 owe it to yourself before you are launched j into eternity at a moment's uotic." An- ] other ran: "i?f&re lmigh+y de?th tor- pedoe-s your life out of your body and Ianothel read: Another fight, and this to j a finish, even if 1 end 4iv dayt; in prison j or on the gallows. If I get below and I wear the iiniforpi my G-cd paralyse my j hand and blind me. If Bendali is not under the ground I will put him there." I t.lifi LordshipThus letter ie not alto- gether oohereut, and I want to know I whether any investigation has been made into tlH. sta tA of this man's mind. II Jlr. St. John F. Williairjs: I dont think I there has been, but I think it is extremely j I desirable that there should be. ¡ His Lordship: The whole question is whether this man is sane. Proceeding, counsel read extrltoCts from t further letters received by prosecutor. On the 18th of April defendant wrote: ■ J c is time for the oiie criminally prose- i cut to take the law into his own hands and out the dirty bastard.* On the 19th, the following day, he wrote:—"I will not ) be boycoJ ten: out of Swansea by BencUti! or any other employer; but when the j last sovereign is spent 1 will make him respone-ible with his life, and then when j 1 epend the last shilling 1 will ewing for j f that fiend in human shape, Bendali. I I will not starve, steal, beg or borrow from J any man, and when the labt pound is; gone, Bendali and Potter go as el1.h Counsel said that Mr. Bendall really j ) thought his life was in danger, and also; thought this man Potter was out of hifc mind. Mt-. Lleweh-n Williams for the de- fence stated he would call two witnesses as to character. ) "I don't call a man who has been j guiHy of criminal libel a man of good j character. I can't underetand how these j witnesses you are going to call can do [justice to tbeir oath by saying anything) L of the sort." i Mr. John T. Harries, managing director of Harries' Dry Dock. Swansea, was called by the prosecution. His Lordship: I want to feel sure that Potter is a sane man. Tats i# a crime for which he ,should be nunished if he j were sane. Mr. LI. Williams, for th. defence, 63,id Potter was a man of 5.5 years of age, and the caM was a very sad and tragic one. j Potter lived with his invalid mother, I whGm he kept. The trouble seemed to J have been started in this way. j At one time Potter owned his own j house and three other houses beside, and unfortunatel y for him he was a man of [ ill-balanced mind, who looked upon him- • e?4f as the protector of all his class. Owing to the fact that he Waf, too j in his claims for the workrr.on he got into bad odour with Mr. Bendall and employers in Swansea, and for the la £ t eight or nine years he had been prac- i tically without employment. The reason i why he did not accept work at Rania. ) Dry Dock was because he was being per- t I secuted. 1 His Lordship: What am I to do with a man \"ho instructs you with statements of this sort. He seems to have na eoiid j foundation. 1 I Mr. Llciv. Williams said the result of this was that a man who was prosperous I eight years ago was nearly pennilees to- j day, and, rightly or wrongly, he had a j sense of grievance. The first of thesA | letters Wa06 written in November last year, and nothing was done. Mr. Hendall could not ba-e taken it seriously. There was no other letter i written until April, and he asked hi" Lordship under the circumstances to consider that the man who so long ago as November last threatened to murder | Bendall had committed no overt act since that time to carry out his thrcAt. It limply meant that he could not have I really meant to do 60. j The solicitor for the defence had o-qly been instructed on Monday, and so he was not able to prepare his defence pro- perly. He was instructed io say that defendant expressed deep contrition for the language used and for the send- < ing of the letters. He was prepared to j do anything he could to express his re- ¡ gret. and he stated that Mr. Bendali was j absolutely sa.fe for the futu-.e. There j are two gentlemen in court, the chair- j man and secretary respecti.ely. cf t? Shipwrights' Association at Swansea, and they were prepared to assure bie Lord- I ship that the defendant would not repeat I¡ his threat. His Lordship: Are these men of sub- stance ? Mr. Williams replied that they were high officials of the Society and both em- j ployed at Harriet Dry Dock. Richard Nash, chairman of th-e society wa* then called. His Lordship (to witne-s«) Is the defen- dant sane? Witness: Mr. Potter would be the last I man. to do anything to anybody. Thai is my opinion of him. His Lordship: How are you going to prevent his doing it? II Witness: I d("r.,t think Pobber would do any injury to any man. I am willing to take him and ;0 mates witli him and keep him in my employ. His Lordship (to witness): What securities can you oker? j Witness: Well, sir, I'm noft a mil. j lionaire. His Lordship j I don't want a mil-! lionaire, but will you be bound for JE200' j Mr. Llewelyn Williams: They am I working men, sir. I His Lordship: I can't help that; this! is a question of murder. Mr. Llewelyn Wí1liam (witn.s; What do yon say, Mr. Nash? A jo .'Ou I willing to become aur?ty for ?260 jpr his i' good b*?hav;cii-" .^L, j W i,tn rur; ae aaalwer j Mr. XJewelyn Williams (to his lord- ship): It's a large sum, my lord. His Lordship: A man's life is a large matter ais> Witness still did not reply to the ques- ¡ tion. and his Lordship said:— I gather h .is not willing to become i boand in thart sum? Mr. Liewelyn Witiiams: No, sir; I am not surprised in view of the sum. bris Lordship: Put Potter down; I will; deal with him later. T i Later in the day. Mr. John Jenkins,"w ho was said to be a nex-Mayor of Cardiff, eame before, his Lord-skip and intimatfd his willingness to become surety 'n the ilum of = £ 200 fcr the prisoner's good he- ¡ hariour. His Lordship said he would bear that i in mind when he would be considering the case- ) At Glamorgan Astiiee on Thursday, Mr. Llew. Williams, i\.C.. M.P., for' the defence, said that Mr. John Jcukin-c, ) ex-Lord Mayor of Cardiff, who was pre- i sent in court, was prepared to become; security for prisoner's good behaviour is the sum of 1*200. Since the matter was j mentioned in court I have had an oppor 1 tunity of seeing Potter in the presence j of Mr. Jenkins. He has given me his < word that he wiil not attempt to go back to Swansea, but \(ill remain in Cardiff j until work is found for him. Mr. Jenkins i has tinderaken to find him work as a collier, and until work was found Mr. Jenkins has been good enough to say j that he will provide means for the man I to live. Potter aleo asks me to eay that' he wants to re-assure Mr. Bendali that j there is nothing further from his mind now—he is fully aTrarc of the gravity of the ofi>nce—-than to injure Mr. Bendali, and Mr. Bendali, under any circum- t-tances, is in no danger of his life. He wishes to 'apologise to Mr. Bendali for the pain he has caused him." j Hi* Lordship (to Pottfr): Arp you pre.- pared to remain at Cardiff cr Barry and not go back to Sr.-an--oa., Potter: Yes, my lord. The Judge: Your friends here seem to; have confidence in you, and in your word, 1 which I trust i6 well founded. You have ) pleaded guilty to one of the most serious 1 social offencf>,s that could be committed. I It is a crime that is calculated to spread alarm and terror, not only to the person ■; actually threatened, but to all persona connected with, and interested in, that person. I should have to send you for a term of penal servitude if I were not satis- jied. with the information I have received from Mr. Llewelyn Williams and from these other persons, that you are sotvry for what yon have done. I do not wtmt to send you to penal servitude if I can j avoid it. t You will be bound over in the sum of £ 300 to be of good behaviour. I warn ou, Potter, that if I am the Judgp here if you are called npon. you will assuredly go to penal servitude, if you commit any such j crime as this, of if you make any breach or the recognisances. Mr. Jenkins wili be ( bound over in the sum of £ 2<Kt. t Mr. St. John Williams: I ask, my lord. that one of the terms be that he shall lJO } go to Swansea again, and that that clause j be inserted in recognisances. His lordshin: He is perfectly prepared j to do that. You are prepared to do that.. aren't you Potter? I Potter. L have promised that already. i my lord. I

A SWANSEA WilL. Mr. William Watts Coombes, retired Custom House officer, of 31, Singleton-ter- race, Swansea, -"ho died on the 30th of August last, left estate of the gross value of .£"7,109 with net personalty £ 6,586 6s. lid. Probate of his will has been grr,nt?d to his sons. Wm. Samuel Coombes and Thomas Cl). Coombes, both of Swansea, and his daughter, Mrs. Alice Marr M arshall, of 31, Singleton- terrace. The testator left 4, Wellington- street, Swansea, to his j-on William, 5, Welhngon-street to his son Thomas, .31, Singleton-terrace and his furniture to I his dau?ht?!' Aiio?. ? per month to his j said daughter, and J23 per month each to Ms said tw? s?Gs for "ven years .'ftcr his d?abh, a nd one-eighth of the sl.trlJlns¡' income each to lis said th ch?dt'?n, 1 on?-pigath t" th3 children of his brother | Th?mas, on?-pi?h?h to th' -hildr&n of j his Vrother Samuel, one-eighth to the children ot his brother Alfred, and tine- oighih ach to his step-children Sophia j and Louisa, and the ultimate residue of I his estate he left upon trust for his children and their iisus in equal shares.

WELSH SOCIETIES, j On Saturday, at Trinity Chapel. Swan- sea. annual meeting in connection ■ •vith the National Union nf Welsh Societies (West Glamorgan section) was heVI. Mr. A. H. Thomas, J.P., in the chair. Delegates ':>, re present from all parts cf West Glamorgan. The secretary; (Mr.. D. Morlais Samuel) gave a report of the y?r?s work md of his visit to the The tT?aaurcr (Mr. Jnhn Mprpd'h, Mor- Hir?nh?ad XaUMY?I Hist?ddfod. ) :hol1'l w?s able to Fhow a Aat'?factory b?l?noe in h"nd on ?hc veer's working, j All the officials wer* re-elected:— Mr. 4. H, Thomas, J.P., cLalrman; Mr. Lews ] Davies, Cymmer, vice-chairman; Mr. Vforlais Samuel, secretary; and Mr. J, Meredith, treasurer. The committee appointed for the sei1- (West Glamorgan* The officials and Rev. D. Eurof Walters, M.A. B. D., Mr. Philip Thomas (Neath), Rev. D. M. Paries (Waun-arlwvdd), Mr. Sam Lloyd (Myfyr ■ Nedd) (Resolven), Aid. Jordan, and Mr. D. Rhys Phillips. The above were also ledeci on the Executive Coun- cil nf the National Union of Welsh Societies. The same persons very also elected to form a committee of the Neath National Eisteddfod to WAiC01H4.) the del-tv- gates to the Pan-Celtic The secretary was instructed to obtain copies for distribution among the various J Welsh socieies of & book, showing the ad- vantage of teaching Welsh to children, which has been prepared by Mr. Owen Jones Owen, M. (Forth County School). 0 -11, Cc)antv ?ichool).

FIRE IN THE VALLEY. Shortly after two o'clock on Friday morning a seriout fire broke out at a Swansea Valley works, resulting in the laboratory, shipping department, and the order office being burned to ihe ?'ouad. It is curm?ed that the tÚe started in the laboratory. The Swansea Fire Brigade was called, and reached tiie scene of the nre at 2.45 a.m. Through its operations, and assisted by numerous helpers, the fire was got under control and extinguished. The remainder 01 the office escaped destruction. The amount of the damage has not been estimated yet, but it is feared it will be heavy. According to a later report the damage is estimated at about £ 8,000.

EXAMINERS' STRIKE OVER. After negchatjons on Satuid?y between Mr. Brace, Under-S?mretary for Rome Affairs and the coalowners and firemen, although no actual settlement had been arrived at. the men decided to return to work forthwith, pending an arrange- meat for the recognition of their claims Work was resumed at Bryn Naviga- tion Colliery on Sunday night. All the { furnacas at the Port Talhot Steelworks which had closed down ovsing to the col- ji liery stoppage, also restarted work

News has been received that Pte. T. Thomas, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Tlios. I Thomas, Upper Lime-street, Gorseinon, Ii has been wounded in the abdomen by } gunshot. He is now lying at a military hospital in France. Previous to the war He was employed as a roller man at tlio j Mardy Tinnlate Works. i

GIfTED WELSHMAN I KEEPING BREEN THE MEMORY OF 1 REV. THOMAS JONES. Genius is abiding, and even the swift pas-sage of time, long extended, cannot obliterate nor dim the impress of a mag- netic personality. The W eisli pulpit has produced no more vital, brilliant or in- spiring pic-aeher than the late Uev. Thomas Jones, to whose evergreen memory the Rev. Principal E. Griffith Jones, of of England and Wales), unveiled a memorial at Walter- ioad Congregational Cllurch on Tiiiir-i- day. The tablet, three feet square, of cast bronzo oil a marble base, is a highly artistic piece oi workmanship and is one; of the finest in Wales. j The following is the inscription:—" To the glory of Cod, and in sacred remem- Lranee of tho Rev. Thomas Jones, the poet-preacher of Wales. First minister of this c hurch (1870-1877). He held pas- j torates at Bryn (Llanelly), Hermon, Mor- riston, Albany aud Bedford Chapels, Lon- don; Swansea, and Melbourne. Born at Rhayader, July 17, ?S?9. Di<'d at Swan- ?a June 19. 18? His briJhant po[>lic gifts, deep Celtic fervour, keen inteliec-j tu-il insight, broad spiritual sympathies, devout and saintly life—»these peerless qualities, interfused with a passionate faith in Christ and, humanity, ordained him God's High Priest,' enthroned him prince of thinkers and preacher*, and assigned him a pre-eminent position among the orators of the Christian Church." At the bottom of the tablet are those words:— Onid oedd ein calon ni yn lloegi ynom tra yr ydoedd Eie yn ymddiddan a nj ar y ffordtl, a tra yr ydoedd Efc yn agoryd i ni yr Ysgrythyrau." This Welsh genius, whose brilliant in- j tellectual endowments were the. admira- tion of man themselves great as the poc-t Browning), just as his consuming fervour was the inspiration of his audi-1 e.z¡005 and the esaltation of his work, was boi-n in Rhayader of humble parents in ISH. At ten he was an orphan, and after attendng- the village school until he was twelve, entered the employ of a Mr. Winstcne, cloth manufacturer at Liati- '.vrtyd. In about four ti me he was ( working rS a miner at Ur.vnmawr and j Tretli*gar, moving to Llaneiiy in 1339. Thf't'f' ho became a temperance advocate, ;md his innate gift of oratory soon fneu"sE'd ptib??e attenHon upon him. He J attended Capel Als. was ordasned at Capel-T-Bryn in 18M, and took charge of Tabor and Hermon Chapels in 1845. He j mastered the Greek language while at- tending private schools In IS30 he setthid at Morriston, aiwl sewn became as impres- siv a preacher in the English tongue as | ho was in his native WPL.;1. Ke accepted j the pastorate, of Albany Chapel, Loudon, j in 18;)8, and three yea.rs later that of J Bedford Chapel. His congregations woro | als*. large and influential. In 1870 lu. j took charge of the new church at Walter- road, Swansea, and was always packed during his ministry. Melbourne (Aus- tralia) was visited in 1S77, when he took up the pastorate of Collins Chapel then1 He was elected chairman of the. Congre- ;;[JtiolnJ l.Inton of Victoria in 1878. having previously, in 1S71, been elected chairman of the Union of England and Wales, and that, year the autumnal meetings took place at Swansea. The great poet Browning nd to attend i Bedford Chapel, London, and when he I heard that Thomas Jones' wife had uied i Lo v-ent, after a service, to the vestry J and threw both his arms around tb preacher, expressing his deep sympathy him. Among the children of Thomas Jones were Sir David Brynnur -s, } Professor Yiriamu Jones (first Vice-Chau- nellor, Cardiff University), and one of g-r8.de scholars; Irfonwy Jones, a journalist, who served en the T/ea»der j staff, and was drowned in Swansea Bay: the H on. Leif Jones. Morlais Jones, consulting engineer to the Manchester Ship Canal. The great Welshman's only daughter is Mrs. S. O. Hol rn es, Sketty, While at Walter-road, anionjr the mt rubers of his congregation it is interest- ing to note v.M'e Kev. Campbell Morgan, Professor Griffith Jones, Mr. Frank Ash Yeo, M.P., Lord Glantawe. Judge Lioyd .Morgan, and Sir S. T. Evans. During his seven of the debt was cleared oft. So powerful was his preaching that in order to contain the congregations extra seats had to bo brought in to the aisles. The; body of this ;nsi?iriiv„* Psrure in the life of "Wales rests at the Danygraig CcmeteTy.

TEA-WI-TVI SUGAR. j The Atyeravon and Mar gam Joint I'"cod Ocnrroi Comm'?;c on Tuesday tu?ht fur- thsr ccBsidey?d the pMC? of coa.]. I?!t week the coal lacrchantj. submitted their prioca, and on Tuesday night ? colliery ai-ent atteriried to verify these pr;.c-ea. Mr. 1.1. H. Nicholas pointed ont that the,e, were flip priccs cliarjod by the colliery agent They should obtain the prices charged Oy: trie collicrv bec;ttl&e he had reason to be- j llev«* tha.t in some eases the prices charged Ilevc, t  :it in tc),,ne ca. by the r-sent "21:"( 4s. to 5s a ton more tbaj; charspcl by the colliery, whareas under the Coal Controller's Ordor the atrent was limited to Is. a ton profit. It NTaa decided to apply to the Coal Con- troller for the price of coal at pit-head. Complaints were mentioned of the condi- tion imposed upon the sale of O a and other tiiey had registered for sugar. These mat- j revs are to be investieaJe.d Mr. Moses Thprtias (town clerk of Aberavon.i said he heard of one Aberavon grocer charging 5s a lb. for sa^ar! The price. of -i);Jk- has been rued at 7d a quart up to March. j

POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. The moritii,v meeting of the OoedfEranc Parisl1 Co unci: was held at the Council room. Bkewcn Free Library, on Tuesday evening. Councillor W. D. John* presiding, j In Niew of> the most unsatisfactory state of the pooh} facilities in the district, and th? futility of every local applwatioD for {ir.proveinent, it was decided, on the mo- tion of Councillor Toiu Lloyd. to oomuni- cate with the two Parliamentary repre- for tht district with a view to improving matters j In order that some arrangement might be come to with the Uan^umlei Council, with a view to safeguarding thp. ri!rht of way in respect of tht" Crymlyn footpath, the chair- man. Coun. Reason, and the clerk were ?^sked to meet a deputation of that Council. Mr. G. Conway Williams, son of the late M. A. T. Williams, attended and explained to the councillors, by means of a diagram, the details of a proposed new bndse over j the Neath River oomuciisg Britouferry and j the road leading to Jersey Marine. The C-our.c,il adopted a resolution promising tull J support to t-ho project, a copy 01 tbe reso- j lution to be gent to Lord Jersey and the engineer. It was decided to send a deputation to the ^kewen statiorimaster pointing out the need of an additional train to stop at Skewen between 3.15 an.1 5 o'clock, and, if deemed necaasary, to meet the district su. ( pflrintenùent at Swansea. 1

Official news hd? bMu receind by Yr, ¡ 'md Mrs. J. Giibof?, 1, Pottery-street. Sw?n&ea, that th?ir son, A.B. Wlb. J. '.uberT, hts b??n wounded ?n action, and is now at Wallasey Military Hospital auffering from severe gunshot wounds in the left arm. Previous to joining he was ] employed by the G.W.R. Co., Swansea.

SKETTY'S MILK VENDORS ATTEND A PUBLIC MISS i A p-iblic meeting at Sketty on Saturday j evening unanimously passed a piotestmg against the action of the mills I vendors in cutting off the supply of milk without notice, calling on the Rural Dis- trict Food Control Committee to enforce to the full extent euch powers they possess under the íilk (Prices) Order, j 1917, to immediately take steps to provide milk depots in flats ward, and to proceed against the milk vendors; fur having re- fesed to comply with the instructions ot the committee in regard to the oale or trilk in Sketty and district. The supply of milk has been cut off in Sketty for a week, the vendors refusing to supply milk at 5d. per quart, the price faxed by the committee Mr. J. T.,Martyn presided. Councillor J. James held that the vendors had acbed, not only dishonour- ab!y, b?t very dirtily. To cut off Enppli I' without i%arn?ng was 1R>1OW th? meanest. Tho milk vendors had no case. He thought 5d. was a fair price. They had dealt drastically with tho Council, let th? Cünn-I cil deal drastically with them. If high f?od priM? wer« going to continue, there wouH not only be war in France, but something at home. Mr. Ginord allied that Mr. Sanders told him he was not going to supply any ¡ milk at the price. We are going to !la' 7d., and before tiia winter is over we are going to have 8d. Mr. Sanders emphatically denied this, adding You are a down-right false story- teller. snf4 you can't deuv it." Councillor H. J. Symonds thought they j -'lo-'ld str.-ngthen the hands of the Food I Control Committee, who were doing their duty nohly. fn Iris opinion, municipal milk depots were the ideal. Mr. A. D. Perkins (secretary of t,he j liatepavers' Association) said mode.i-»i | basinets methods sce-cd to hike no [ account of the sufferings of children, I Tiiey fought the Committee through the hunger of poor innocent children and invalids. He was in favour of milk depots. In the mejntime, he offered his motor-car to go round the farms on Sun- j day morning and arrange for a supply. I Other speakers alluded to such mutters! as taking poweT into thoir own hands.' Lieut. John Hodgens. speaking as a ¡ private -citiaen, asked for a statement by the milkmen, and a*- the request of the Chairman, Mr. Sanders said they wanted the price brought up to that at Swansea. He t?rgcd that th0Œ wa no differt-nee? l conditions, as practically they were in the ¡ town Mr. Puddicombe said there was plenty of milk lor Sketry it Skety would pay the. price. in reply to -Air. Hodgens, Mr. Bvans, a van dor. denied that the Association had said they had tg,00, and were going u fight. Eventually the resolution was ca.mec <(fl uiimously. The vendors did not vote. Mr. Sanders then asked to be allowed to make tt statement. He regretved the chil i dren s-iiould have suffered. He would do all in his power to see that milk was dis tributed. As an alternative he was pre- pared to wcrk tor the committee for 25s a. week, I Tho meeting closed wit'b votes of thanks to the chairman and the representative? at the vendors —————<——————

SOUTH WALES FOOD NEWS, j j Thero was an exciting scene at Llan- ) dilo market on Saturday between miners who could got no butter and the mer chants. Eventually the police were called in and the merchants had to sell at -Is. 2d. The Llandilc Rural District Council on Saturday discussed a letter from the Food Ministry pointing out that the North District Control Committee had taken no steps to fix prices. Mr. J. Bcvan ocin- \1 plained that the committees hao power to control prices hut not supplies. They would have to get n rationing system. j To establish uniformitt-y. Carmarthen t "Rural Food Committee have decided to join a county conference. It wascom j plained tba t vfuiwl prices were unfair Burryport ^utckors had to close because iihynelly prices were lower, and there was I little butter at Carmarthen because bet- prices were obtainable at Cardiff. N en th and Lla:iJlIy. I A deputation of milk-vendors akf'd th? j L\!ri?Hy C''u?m?t?p to i?ct'?a?c prices to I 7d. per quart. The matter was deferred for a week. A deputation was appointed ¡' to attend a Neath conference on co- ordination an d uniformity of prices. )

DELAYED BIRTH. In the Divorce Court on Wednesday, tho case was concluded in which Cal-1. lilli.. Call"lpbdl Bo"deu. H.A.LC" pray'ed for a divorce from Dorothy Bow- den, whose maiden name was Neville, on j the ground of her alleged adultery with n man unknown. The alleged adultery •-as denied. j The husband went awav on DMcmbpr 20tU, 1915, and the wife gave birch to a | child on October 22nd, 19T>. The ]>etitioner a!!nced that he was not the father or the child. I he evidence of petitioner, taken on commission, was continued. In cross-examination, petitioner said be did not want to see the child. He did nor want, to be convinced that. he was the f-ither. Counsel for respondent, said petitioner ^tnrnefl to England in June, 1016, and resumed the same relatione with his wita 8A!I prior to his going abroad in the pre- I viou; • Deoem ber. Urs. T)orothv Bowdcn. the respondent, then went into the witness-box. She "id I bfr husband was the father of the child. She had never been unfaithful to him in any way. t Hir, lordship, giving judgment, said he did not think respondent ever did com- mit arfultevy. He thought this was a case of rather a rare kind where the child's birth had been postponed beyond I Tig,iol period. F.e (the judge) dis- j believed the charge, and he accepted n-I spendent's evidence absolrite]- There- } for,- the petition must be dismissed with cost*, ( I t'  1 J" I In th? evidence, the obsterfrician, | rxi'min? by Mr. H?ke, ?d that h? had j had experience o tbrf'G c.a-?-. one ()?" :H daY8. the second of 30(i day?. apd the third 1| of 3<M davf?, in each of v?hich the bu?ba'?d h«4 left the co?try for tbo,?e, n? p-l., E wns not impossible to have a 10 months' ohnk!. |

BOATSWA I N'S EXCUSE. At Swansea on Monday Hector iuge j Fisher, boatswain, was charged with neglecting to proceed to sea. Lieut. Care (Board of Trade) said through the man s absence the deck hands became d?rderly, ag there was no one to supervise them. Dofendant said he was under the in- fuenee of drink, and when returning to j tho '<e&?l he fell down and struck himself heavilv. bMoming ins?Bsi??. He vas Z, ) married man with four children. A fine or £ 5 was inflicted.

Pte. John Edwards, Canadians, British Expeditionary Force, is lying; in a bae I hospital, wounded for the second time, in the chest. Edwards is the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Edwards, Cennen Arms, Trapp, Llandilo, and a brother-in- law to Mr. R. Leyshon Davies, cchool- master, Kingsbridge, and to Mr. D. M I Davies, agent, R. and S.B.R., Swansea. He emigrated to, Canada a few va&ri aso.

ABOUT POTATOES f ABOUT POTATOES i WHAT AllOTMENT HoLDERS MAY AND MAY NOT 00. There is a good deal of conius'cn io • ] Thm is a gQod deal of oonius'Qn in' the minds of ailotment-hoioers and .?fh?rs .?? with reference to &e?d pobOeF>. To r?/ ? Ueve ?i< a ? Herald re.pr<?€€mt:ttiv?? had on Saturday a chMt with ALr. Wol'?? the local representative of the Board < t Agriculture. lie explained the predis position and offered some advice. I Tli-e position is that at present tÐ6; Board of Agricaiture will only dlow to, come into this district potatoes that 9" immune from wart disease. Four thou- sand tons of potatoes were lost last n' and l,i)ol) 't()n this year from w b. dis-ea^e io Glato organ alone. So the mi, ter is a serious one. | Allotment-holders may preserve sed and plant any of those vari-n which tilu, Board 0" Agriculture dech.. to be immune 'nee list be!ow\. a.>d th 7 without any license or special permlssio. Person? who require Licenses are tho;, w ho sell. Those who bi, v from lL: licensed dealers i-re also liable for aklit and abetting, but there is no more culty in finding out who is licensed' there is in respoct oi those licen.e 1 ■ K sell to bacco. Mr. woii says it is impossible fc i to say at the moment what regui may be issued vith regard to pla His adarice is ihat all stocks of i allotment-holders sLctfd be ntilise culinary purposes. He is strong VV opinion that it will be an advantat get fresh seed, both because of th suranM from wart disease, and also thereby a better crop may be anticip His advice is, don't buy any put for seed until after the controller's p a.T* fixed The Board has bought quantities of King George. Great S. 0 Lochar, Templar, Irish Queen, Si u rock. Abundant tyr-- aId of the 1 a small qn<ntit.y. This potato obta: 0 the ffold medai offered by Lord Derby a the best potato raised on the Orl1> trial grounds under tho Board's sm x-ision. Merchants can obtain tiieso pota ddm-t from the Board of Agricut i as can also allotment societies, but <1 m four-ton lots of one va rl-etv j- allotmllt societies who want to > ( orders to the Board may seed their ■ Mr. Wolf. and he will get them a Ilici to sell. It is hoped thai Mr. Bliss wiil arraift. for a public meeting in Swan- pr. ablJ in the Albert Hall on Ncvemb* ■ 20th, atul it, is expected to exhibit 10C611 about, 140 varieties.. Mejinwhile, varieties that must not. 1 1 sold are King Edward, Uj>to-Date, Fa tor, Dalhonsie, British Queen, Sharp Express, Duke < f York, Slips, Epicur • Cet«wavo, Ringleader, and An'an Chief The following varieties are immnr and may, under licease, be First ellrlii'S: Sutton Al, Edzcll Bsc Crown Jewel, Resistant, Snowcirop, Y' Breece. Second earlies: Fing George V., Giv Scott, Conquest. The Duchess, Ki Alb«-t. Schoolmaster. Main crop: Admiral, Ally, Kerr's Pi" Majestic, Flour bail, Lochar Irish Que. Shamrock, Climax. Burnhocse Bean White City, Culder's Castle, Almndan Jeannid Deane, Twentieth Century, Malo Kidney, Provost, Crofter, Supreu Favoti-L-ilp. Entente Cordiale, Cold Wonder, Langw>>rt;hy, Dominion, Wha Wanted. Leinster Wonder. The varieties supplied by the Board Agriculture guaranteed to be im:pii from wa.rt disease. The Board reef, mend the puioh.ist» of King George for sprouting f r first earlies. and 1 Majestic, which cof, about ÆíjO per or potato growors, are said to be very lt. The Boiard of Agri-culture is plant the Majestic in Scotland For Soi Wales there wiil bp. tens of this new variety available for 1 planting, and in addition several th sand tons of other varieties will be gro by the Board for the infected districts

TWICE REJECTED. The Tstradsryrlak Tribunal met en Tr. day, the Rev. Lewis Jones presiding. v W. Leyshon was the military represent tire. A coal miner who had Iwnl" • in Class A said he had been ruptured fro hirlJ. aud lie was suffering from heart d ",a,e He was ordered to be re-examinen A. motor garage proprietor C 1. asked t. conditional exemption on the gr.-uinijs th he had purchased a large quantity of ti: <- £ :■ ber. He was selling about 150 tons a. »*ei ■■ tOi" different collieries. *>» Mr. Leyshon: hOW c-Id are yon c Applicant: I'll I)e 41 on the nth of tl moAtfa. Air. Txyshon: Jue-t timfi to set you (Laughter.) ConditionR1 exemption was erranted. An aerate<l water works proprieto pleaded on the grounds cf Iju'in. -;? hir *<- ship. In reply to Mr. Le-yshon, he eairi < had failed to dispose of the business, whil- st would mean heavy 1010a if the prr-mi,a. were put under the hasnruer at present. Three months werp. allowed. A baker from Aberevave now in C 2, who had bean 1 ejected on two pteviou-; casicn< was referred to by ihe chairri £l,.¡ "the busiest man in the Valley" plicant said he had to do all the work himself. Conditional exemptiuu granted.

I WEST WALES ASYLUM. Referring to » lie opportunity of acqr < ing at a cost of sonie propri':y, comprising aV acr-os ot 'U'd a three cottages, regarded as eswRtial the West Wales Joint Asylum., tiie nepo of the Board of Control on Lunacy -4a: ai first it was J ot thought desirable sanction the purchase, but after cv siderafcion of the special circumstances the o?se the Secrtar: cf State au?''?'' > '-he e;ts?, the, Lf ,-t -te the constituent authorities would not K*»- • authorised to raise a loan for the p'-icv •.  pose. 

CONGREGt.T!CNALISM. I After a lapse of 14 YEa n, the Last C?,^yp'' &rthcD€hire Congregationalisfs' Asabiiatic- >■•' bei i th?ir anhuai mc?n.? at Hope C-,?. I'? ?. ?f Pontardulais, on Thursday. The conf; -y ence was presided over by the Rev V.f Gwylfa Roberta (Llanellyj. who de]1verr-,y ?i address on Descendants of tho ?I?at? '| in the couree of which h pointed out th ?' the u'dppend?ncy of the Church was ;n -ic.' .? q':r through over-orjraiiitrtu!?. In the evening Dr. Iiloyd Morgan premie' OV0.1t public meetinsf. The Rev. I). Tegi." Davies (Ammanford) spoke on-" Th<.> Clnn-s and the Prayer the Rev P, I*- ford Evans (Oi-oes Hand si on "The and the Sunday School:" Rev Ben Mor -eft* (Pontyberem) on "The Church and the V ,)\1 mands of tho Denomina".ion;" aud tha Scbt. Griffiths on War and the Unsivi' Nations of the World." The Rev. San: Harris (Llandovery) was elected preside for the coming yea?, and the Revs Rfc.. .,Ol Griffith and R W. Jones, Five Roads, received into the Association. one of the boa. sees, of the ipovetnent, •" brought tho "Rhys J. lluws' testimonial 1 to the notics of tbi Conference.

Pte. Jmeph Parry, sou of Mrs. Tarry.; Telegraph Hotel. Ammanford, a nephe«-l Q: Mrs. Eastmert, Gwyn Hotel, Pontardu- laie. litis had his right leg amputated su remiit of wourds, and he lias also suiTerc-d, in other parts of the body- In civil lii«»: Pte Parry kept a boot and shoe business iu Ammacford. 1