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Saturday. July 2-tth,B-efore: Alderman W. Llewellyn (chairman), Messrs. J. P Gibbon. W. T. Lewis, T. K Hopkins. J. Thomas, and G. Jeanes. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. For having been drunk and disorderly, the I following were dealt withHenry Parker, collier, antymoeL fined 15s. Morgan Thomas, labourer, Coytrahen, los. John Fox, collier, Ogmore Vale, 15s.; Ernest A. Carder, bricklayer, los. The following were summoned for having been drunk Morgan Jones, collier, Ogmore Vale, dismissed on payment of costs; Martha Williams, wife, Kenfig Hill,, fillkl 15s. IN CHARGE OF A CARRIAGE. I Thomas Frederick, labourer. Llangall. was fined 20s. for having been drunk in charge of a carriage. Edward Miles, bootmaker, Cwmavon, had to pay 20s. for having been drunk in charge of a motor cycle. BAD LANGUAGE. I The use of indecent language led to fines being imposed on William Richards, haulier, Blaengarw, los. Edwin King, collier, Ponty- cvmmer, 20s. George Bopn. collier, Ponty- cymmer. 15s. Frederick Jenkins, collier, Caerau, 25s. Emily Porter, widow, Maesteg, 15 s. FISTICUFFS. John Wren, joiner, Ogmore Vale, was or- dered to pay the costs, 5s., for having ob- structed the highway by fighting, and Edwin Hear and Daniel Powell, colliers, Pontycym- mer, had to pay los. each. GAMING. I William Sheen, labourer, and Leonard MiUman, collier, both of Maeste?. were finedI 10s. each for having gamed with cards in a Dubhc place. I NO LIGHTS. V Ernest Jones, collier. Black Prince Hotel, Ynvsddu, Mon., was fined 10s. for having driven a motor car without having had lighted lamps attached; as also was John Jones, collier, Pontycymmer. Ivor W. Wil- liams, collier, Porthcawl, was fined 5s. for having ridden a bicycle after dark without a light. Elizabeth Morgan, wife, Porthcawl, was fined 10s., for having driven a carriage without a light. ASTRAY. I Frederick Bryant, farmer, Tondu, was summoned for having allowed one pig to stray. Defendant was cautioned and the summons dismissed. DOG'S LICENSE. I Frederick Batier, butcher, Aberkenfig, was I fined 5s. for having kept a dog without a license. SUNDAY TRADING. I The following Sunday traders were dealt with:- Angelo Franchi, shopkeeper, Bridgend, fined 5s. Antonio Belli, shopkeeper, Maes- leg. os. Bessie Nicholas, shop assistant, Maesteg, 5s. Francisio Mariani, shopkeeper, Caerau. os. Carlo Nardoni, shopkeeper, Kenfig Hill. 5s. Louis Sidoli. shopkeeper, Kenfig Hill, 5s. NO LICENSES. I Andrew Marshall, Pyle, was fined 10s. for having kept a carriage without a license. Trevor P. Thomas, ironmonger's assistant, Aberkenfig. and Alfred L. Hall, collier, HoolvI e-vw, were each fined 20s. for having I kept a motor cycle without a license. EDUCATIONAL. I For having failed to send their children to school regularly, the following were dealt with:- William Williams. Tunnel Cottages, Maes- teg. 10s. Jennet Griffiths, High Street, Maesteg, ordered to attend; Bridget Fur- long, John Street, Nantyffyllon, 5s. Denis Lawler, King's Terrace, Nantyffyllon, 5s.; John L. Nicholas, Bridgend Road, Garth, 5s. William Jenkins, Halfway House, Cwmdu Road, Maesteg. 5s. James Collins, Bethania Street, Maesteg, 1.5s.; John Wright, Park Street, Maesteg, 5s. Samuel J. Trimlett, Greenfield Terrace. Maesteg, 5s; David Richards, Pantmawr Cottage, Pyle, 5s. Mary Ann Howells, South Cornelly Road, Pvle, 5s. Charles Percy. Railway Terrace, Porthcawl, tl Minnie Buckland, Reynallr Place, Porthcawl. ordered to attend. ABSENTEE. I Thomas Kemp. private in the 3rd Welsh Regiment, Cardiff, charged with having been a deserter from his regiment, was remanded to await an escort.
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Monday.—Before: Alderman W. Llewellyn (in the cliair), Mr. D. H. Lloyd, Mr. W. J. Lewis, Mr. T. E. Deere and Mr. Llewellyn Jones. NO TICKET. I 'Frederick Richards, of no fixed abode, was charged on remand with having travelled on the Great Western Railway between Neath and Bridgend without a. ticket, and with the intent to avoid payment. A ticket collector gave ev idence that he found the defendant in a train which had come from Swansea and asked him for a ticket and the boy said his father was coming with him. He would have gone on further had he not stepped him. Inspector Rees Davies said at the Police Station he tried to get information from the defendant, and in consequence he had written to Bristol, Gloucester, Cardiff. Newport. Mon- mouthshire, Barry Docks p.nd Dinas Powis, and the only place they could "get anything from was Barry Docks, where he had applied at a hotel for work. They were unable to trace him. The boy had said that his mother had died at Cardiff and his father was dear1, The boy was remanded to Dinas Powis In- dustrial School for a week to ena ble the Police to make further inquiries.
"A HOPELESS CASE" I
"A HOPELESS CASE" I DEFENDED AT BRIDGEND POLICE COURT. ¡ At Bridgend Police Court on Saturday, Mildred Phillips, single woman, Park Road, Aberkenfig, summoned Frederick Lowe, col- lier, Magdelene Terrace, Pontypridd, to show cause, etc. Complainant pnxluced a letter from defen- dant, which stated: No do.ibt you will be surprised to hear from me. I called at your sister's place to-day. I thought if we could come to terms it would save a lot of delay. I want you to withdraw the summon*, and I will put it in black and white that I will pay so much per week. It is better to settle it quiet than make a row about it. I stand a hopeless case in Court I am bound to lose. Defendant now denied paternity; but an order was made upon him to contribute 3s. 6d. per week and the costs. Ll LL. I
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A fire broke out on Monday at the Electric Theatre which adjoins the Palace Tavern in Charing Cross Road, London, and firemen dis- covered in the debris the body of a young man, who did not appear to belong to the establish- ment. A workman engaged, in soldering tin causes in the basement is reported missing.
HISTORY OF THE VALE. 1
HISTORY OF THE VALE. 1 LLANTRIHHYD PLACE (PART 2.) I MEMORIES OF THE AUBREY FAMILY, I LLANTRITH YD. I ARTICLE VIII. I (By Mr. T. M. PRICE, Late cf Boverton). The Aubrey family (who formerly resided at Llantrithyd Place old mansion, which is now a picturesque old ruin) from whom the Llan- thrithyd or Aubrey Estate has now passed to the Aubrey Fletcher family, of Buckingham- shire, is one of great antiquity in the county of Brecknock, and from ancient authentic his- torical records, we find that various branches of the Aubrey family settled later in Carmar- thenshire and Glamorgan, and subsequently in Oxfordshire and in the county of Buck- inghamshire. The ancient name of Aubrey appears to have been "Alberico," and one Sir Reginald de Saneto Alberico was a loyal com- panion of Bernard Xewmarch in the conquest of Brecknock, where he is stated to have won Abercynfrig and Slwch in that county. He married Isabel, a daughter of Richard de Clare. His great grandson was one Thomas Aubrey, a ranger of Brecon Forest and cus- todian of the castle. Three generations later (in 1851-1856) we find John Aubrey, High Sheriff. Four generations later Hopkin Aubrey, of Abercynfrig. Breconshire, had four sons. The third. Thomas Aubrey, was of Cartreff, and was father of Dr. William Aubrey, ancestor of the Aubreys, Tredomen, Broad Chalf, and Llantrithyd Place, Glamor- ganshire. William Aubrey. the thirteenth in descent from the founder, was a D.C.L., and better known as Dr. AV, illiam Aubrey. He was edu- cated at Brecon College, and subsequently be- came Regius Professor of Law at Oxford, principal official and Vicar General to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Judge of the Army of St. Quintin, a member of the Council of the Marches of Wales, and a Master of Chan- cery and of the Court of Requests. He pur- chased the Abercynfrig and Polley Estates. He died on the 23rd July, 1598, and was buried at St. Paul's Cathedral, London. He married Williford or Wilsophet. daughter of John Williams, of Tainton, Oxfordshire, and was father of (1) Sir Edward Aubrey (Tred- omen), Thocas Aubrey, who settled at Llantrithyd Place, (3) John Aubrey, of Bur- welton; and six daughters, who married into influential families in Gloucestershire, Mon- mouthshire and South Wales. Thomas, one of the sons, was buried at Llantrithyd on the 12th January, 1618. THE FIRST AUBREY AT LLAN- TRITHYD PLACE. Sir Thomas Aubrey, Kt.. the second son of the aforesaid Dr. William Aubrey, was mar- ried at Llantrithyd Parish Church, on Mon- day 12th February, 1585, to Mary, daughter and co-heiress of Anthony Mansel, of Llan- trithyd Place, and grand-daughter of John Thomas Bassett. Llantrithyd Place, who, to the exclusion of his son and heir of entail, Thomas Bassett. of Bonvilstone, settled Llan- trithyd and most of the Estate, on his daugh- ter. Thus it was that the Llantrithyd Estates first passed into the hands of the Aubrey family in the year 1585. Sir Thomas Aubrey was Sheriff of Glamorgan County in 1602, and his name is found in the Commis- sion of the Peace 1625. He was buried at Llantrithyd Church. 22nd November. 1641, and his wife, Mary Aubrey, was buried at Llantrithyd Church in November, 1635. An old document, dated 26th June, 1637, preserved at Llantrithyd Parish Church, records that Sir Thomas Aubrey gave to his Parish Church at Llantrithyd a silver gilt cup and cover for the communion, with power to exchange it for one of another fashion when desireable. Their children were:—First, ManseM. chris- tened 18th May, buried July 28th. 1600; second, John, christened 24th February, 1604; third. Thomas, of Bolston. county of Pern- broke LL.B.. Chancellor of St. David's Cathe- I dral. 21st April. 1608. He was buried 20th November, 1673. He married Eleanora, daughter of Sir Rice Rudd, Bart, Carmar- thenshire. She was buried 24th April, 1642. Their family issue was: First, Maria, chris- tened 3rd November, 1637, and William, christened 4th Novembei, 1640; Blanch, buried 2nd December, 1588; Cissil, buried 23rd August, 1591; Willisford, buried 2nd July, 1594; Mary. christened 2nd April. 1602; Elizabeth, married at Llantrithyd Church, July, 1635, to Sir Rice Rudd. Bart., of Aber- glasney, Carmarthenshire; Catherine, mar- ried 24th January, 1598-9, to Anthony Gwyn, of Llansannor Court, near Cowbridge. An- other daughter (Cissil) married David Jen- kins, of Hcnsol Castle, Judge of the Western Circuit. Jane, their daughter, married Robert Bulton. of the Duffryn Manor, near St. Nicholas. SIR JOHN AUBREY, THE FIRST. BARONET. Sir John Aubrey, Kt., of Llantrithyd Place, was christened 24th February, 1604. He was created a baronet 13th July. 1660, the year of King Charles II. restoration to the throne of England. Sir John married Maria, daugh- ter of Sir Richard South. Kt., London. Sir John Aubrey, Bart., was a very distinguished Royalist during the Commonwealth troubles. He was buried at Llantrithyd 9th January. 1679. His widow only survived him eleven weeks. She was buried 25th March, 1679. Their children were: First, John Aubrey; second, Lewis Aubrey. christened 11th August 1633, M.A. of Christ's College, Oxford. 29th January, 1683, and Rector of Llantrithyd in 1685. The Rev. Lewis Aubrey, M.A., married Jennet Havard. spinster, of Llantri- thyd, 24th June, 1691. The widow of the late Rev. Lewis Aubrey, M.A., was buried at Llantrithyd. 13th October. 1729. The third child of Sir John Aubrey, Bart., Mary, was christened 7th August, 1631. She married Sir William Montague. L.C., Ba.ron of the Exchequer, son of Edward, Lord Montague of Boughton. Cecil, their fourth child, was buried 19th September, 1635; ;3th. Elizabeth, was buried 21st August, 1635; 6th, Elizabeth, another daughter was christened 2nd July. 1637. She married Ralph Freeman. Esq., of Ashperiden, Hertfordshire, who died in 1714, aged 88 years; she died 16th March. 1720, in the 83rd year of her age. and was buried in Ash penden Church, Hertfordshire. Seventh, Cecil, christened 2nd July, 1638. DISTINGUISHED ROYALISTS. I The Aubreys of Llantrithyd Place were very loval. staunch, and ardent Royalists, and they were distinguished by their firm attachment and fidelity to the cause of that ill-fated mon- arch King Charles I., 1625-49. The historic old mansion. Llantrithyd Place (now in ruins) is reputed to have been one of the last re- treats that welcomed the disconcerted Royal fugitives from every quarter of the island. Within that stately old mansion at Llantri- thyd many a learned, distinguished and pious Royalist stayed during the troubled times of the Civil War, 1645-49. In 1645 Archbishop Usher, of Oxford, a very learned, distin- guished man, fearing the siege of Oxford, fled to Cardiff Castle, where he took refuge with his son-in-law, Sir Timothy Tyreil, the Governor of Cardiff Castle, for several months. When King Charles 1. was at Car- diff Castle, 1645, the learned Archbishop, who was Court Chaplain, preached before the King and many other distinguished notabili- ties. History tells us that some time later Archbishop Usher and his daughters pro- ceeded under escort to Sir John Aubrey's mansion at Llantrithyd where they stayed one night, and were afterwards safely escorted to St. Donat's Castle, where the eminent divine remained for several months diligently and devoutly pursuing his studies, and he wrote a great portion of his interesting his- torical annals and antiquities of the early Christian British Church. It may be mentioned that the Stradlings, 4f St. Donats Castle, were staunch and loyal supporters of the lioval cause, as were also many more important influential county families, including the Nichalls, Carnes, Stradlings, Tubervills, Mansells, and the Aubreys of Llantrithyd. When the ill-fated King Charles 1. sought retirement at Raglan Castle. Monmouthshire, after his defeat in the battle of Naseby, 1645. he visited Cardiff Castle with the object of raising fresh forces there for the relief of Hereford, then besieged by the Scots under the Earl of Leven, but he found that the loyalty of the Welsh people had been seriously dis- turbed and shaken by the conduct of Colonel Gerard, who had been placed in command of his Army in South Wales. Having spent four days at Ruperra Castle as the guest of Sir Philip Morgan, the King subsequently arrived at Cardiff on the 29th July, 1645. Having dined with Sir Timothy Tyrrell, the Governor of Cardiff Castle, King Charles, in the afternoon, went to meet the country people, whose rendezvous was near the pretty old-world village of St. Fagans. The leading gentry of the county turned out in large num- bers, among them being Sir John Aubrey, of Llantrithyd Place Mr Carne, of Ewennv Sir Edward Stradling, St. Donats Castle, and many others on horseback, and the people to the number of over 4,000 were drawn up in battle array to greet and honour the king. I AN OLD DEED DATED 1699. An old record, which was drawn up and dated in November, 1699, states: "There is due, according to the custom of the said Manor of Llantrithyd, on the death or ex- I the death or ex- change of every freeholder, a relief or alien- ation of double the rent. There are also heriots of the best, due on the decrease of every lease and copyholder respectively, and there are reserved and yearly due from every lease and copyholder respectively a day's ploughing with oxen, a day's work for a man in harvest, one couple of fat capens; and from every cottager in the parish two pullets yearly, with suit of Court and mill. Also the patronage and donation in fee of the Rec- tory of Llantrithyd. worth per annum t70. The same "Particular" includes the other Aubrey Estates in Glamorganshire. These were: Talavan Manor, of 1,362 acres, annual rents t351 3s. 5d. Peterston-super-Ely Manor, 3881 acres, rents TIOS 3s. 5d.; Kelli- "'gal'll Manor, of 648 acres, rents £112 12s 6d. and Llanmadoc Manor in Gower of 245 acres, rents £39 Is. 10d.. The whole Aubrey Estate in 1699 in the county of Glamorgan comprised an area of 3,680J acres of land, yielding in actual rents £1,095 12s. 5^d., and of the improved value of £ 1,148 2s. 9d. Besides duties, heriots, etc., and the patronage of the churches of St. Illtyd's. Llantrithyd, value £ 70 per annum, and St. Mary Hill Parish Church, value £ 40 per annum. SIR JOHN AUBREY, THE SECOND BARONET. Sir John Aubrey, the second Baronet of Llantrithyd Place, Bourstall, Oxfordshire and Brill, in the county of Bucks, was Member of Parliament for Brackley from the 10th year of William III.'s reign (1689-1702) until his death, September loth, 1700, which was caused by a fall from his horse. He was buried in Llantrithyd Parish Church, and a fine monument is erected to his memory on the south wall of the nave, which bears the following inscription :What he was those who conversed with him best know. He dyed Sept. loth, 1700, in ye 50th year of his age." Sir John married in 1678 Margaret, daugh- ter of Sir John Lowther, Bart, of Lowther Hall, in the county of Westmoreland, by his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Hare, Bart, of Stow Bardolf, and widow of Mr. Woolley Leggs. Sir John Aubrey's second wife, was Mary, second daughter of William Lewis, The Van Manor House, Caerphilly, a fine old mansion now in ruins, but partly occupied as a farm- house. On the death of her brother (Edward Lewis, The Van), in 1794, Mary Lewis became final co-heiress and inherited the Van Estate at Caerphilly and the extensive Bourstall and Brill Estates in Oxfordshire and Buckingham- shire. Dame Mary Lewis married first William Jephson, a large landowner. Her I third husband was William Aubrey, LL.B.. Oxon, 1701. After his death she married Sir Charles Kemeys, Kt., of Cefn Mably, 1703. She died childless and settled her very consi- derable and valuable maternal estates away from her own paternal uncle, upon the Aubreys of Llantrithyd. The acquisition of the Brill and Bourstall Estates in Bucks and Oxfordshire, added considerably to the conse- quence of the Aubrey family, but it was partly ruinous to Llantrithyd, as the grand, stately old mansion at Llantrithyd partially ceased to be their permanent favourite resi- dence, though the Aubrey family appear to have spent a considerable part of their time at Llantrithyd Place until late in the 18th century. Sir John Aubrey's family issue by Mar- garet Lowther was a son, John Aubrey, who subsequently succeeded to the Estates, and a daughter, named Elizabeth, who married Ralph Freeman, of Aspenden Hall, Hertford- shire. (TO BE CONTINUED.)
WETTEST WINTER FOR 100 YEARS.I
WETTEST WINTER FOR 100 YEARS. I The Astronomer Royal, in his annual re- port, states that the sun. moon, planets, and fundamental stars, have been voluntarily catalogued. The mean temperature for the year 1914 was 50.8 degrees, or 1.3 degrees above the average for the seventy years 1841 -1910. During the twelve months ended April 30th, 1915, the. highest temperature in the shade was 92.1 degrees on July 1st, while the lowest temperature of the air was 22.3 degrees, on January 23rd. The number of hours of bright sunshine recorded during the twelve months was 1,573 out of a possible 4,457 hours, while the rainfall for the year was 24.73 inches, being 0.61 inches greater than the average for the period for 1841 to 1905. The number of rainy days (0.005 inch or over) was 171. September, with 0.75 inch, was the driest month and Decebmer, with 6.02 inches was the wettest; it was in fact the wettest December in the Greenwich series, and the three winter months, with 12.86 inches, the wettest winter for 100 years.
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I v ALE NOT E S. (By PELA-GIUS.) One at least of our lads-there may be others we know not of—has taken part in the suppression of the South African rebellion and the conquering of German South-West Africa, and has come through the long cam- paigns unscathed. He is Mr. Geoffrey Parry, son of Mr. Parry, the owner of Glanarfon House, Boverton, and Mrs. Parry, who is the daughter of the veteran Vale farmer, Mr. John Thomas, late of Tile House Farm, Boverton, but now, at the age of 93, living in well-earned retirement at Glanarfon. Mr. John Thomas is proud of the fact that a grandson of his was privileged to follow that great patriot, General Botha, in the wonder- ful march into German South-West Africa. Mr. Thomas, who is still a great reader, has followed that war with keener interest than even the struggles of the Allies in the West, because his grandson was there, and it was with a glow of pride he told us Geoff had re- turned safe to the Transvaal after being pre- sent at the surrender of the German forces. Young Parry was in his boyhood a scholar at Llantwit Major Board School and afterwards at Cowbridge Grammar School. On leaving school he served some time in a mechanical works in London before joining his parents in the Transvaal, where Mr Parry holds a responsible position on the Govern- ment Railways. ■ « • As a nation we strive to prove the truth of the text, They strain at a knat and swallow a camel." The Government have asked the people to economise, and for one example in economy instruct the local govern- ing bodies to invite volunteers to make the national register. This is an example of things as they should be in war time, but let us look at another bill to the leaf of the book of expenditure. The same Govern- ment, through another branch, are purchas- ing hay in the Vale, and for that purpose en- gaged several Army officers, with s. staff of well-paid under officers, to see that the hay is well baled, properly weighed, and for- warded to its destination. w Of course, the officials must be furnished with motor cars for their use. It is not a camel we are swallowing, but a swarm of motor cars. This is Sbt business as usual, but business in war time. m m m So, after the registration work is nearly completed. and the overseers have printed the greater portion of the lists of voters for 1915. a Bill is introduced to annul the work, and do away with the Revision Courts. This, of course, will save the barristers' fees, but the delay will mean throwing the cost of prepar- ing the lists on the several local authorities. < w When this nation is really awakened to tite enormous waste of time and money in tie years that are past, and at the present day, they will in anguish cry. like the prophet of old, Oh, for the years that the locusts have eaten. The ordination of the Rev. J. G. Daves, B.A., B.D.. to the joint churches of Bethesda- y-fro and Ebenezer. Llanwit, reminds us that the founding of these churches was due to spirit of intolerance that prevailed among re- ligious bodies in the latter part of the seven- teenth and early part of the eighteenth cen- turies. • • • Contrary to the belief of very many people, the older church is Ebenezer and. not Bethesda. < < Ebenezer was founded after the persecution of a clergyman of the Established Church. About the year 1790 there came to St. Donats a Scotchman, who was a sturdy Presbyterian, and one who did not, like some people, leave their principles at home and adopt some new principles in the place of their adoption. This mason induced the good people of the village to hold prayer meetings, which were so well attended that they aroused the ire of the local clergyman, who approached the then owner of St. Donats, who was the sole land- lord in the parish, and induced him to pro- hibit the holding of prayer meetings, on pain of ejectment if it was persisted in. This had the desired effect, as far as the poor cottager was concerned. But the old Scotch Presbyterian was made of sturdier stuff, and this Scotsman did not surrender, but retreated to Llantwit Major, where he met others, like himself, deter- mined to assert their right to worship accord- ing to their conscience. One of these new disciples gave a house so that a place of wor- ship could be built, and it was called Ebenezer. Its younger sister, Bethesda, on the other hand, owes its foundation to the spirit of in- tolerance that existed in Nonconformity in the early part of the last century. Possibly it takes many generations of freedom in reli- gious belief to make men who have been in bondage themselves tolerant of the beliefs of others. However that may be, we find that when that eminent Welsh divine, Peter Wil- liams, published the first edition of the Welsh Bible with his comments thereon, the Calvin- istic Methodist conference expelled him from the denomination for heterodoxy. This caused a split in many churches of that body, and, among others, in the church at Aburthin, near Cowbridge, where the dif- ference became very acute. This church in these days was of a cosmopolitan complexion. In religious belief it consisted of followers of Calvin and Independents. The latter, re- sided chiefly in the lower part of the Vale, and, being dwellers near the sea, were of a stiff-necked character. They refused to en- dorse the action of the Corph, chosing rather to go forth holding prayer meetings in the several farm houses and cottages throughout the Vale. These outlanders were composed of the intellectual cream of the Aburthin Church. The names of a few will suffice to show the high order of the discontents:— Thomas Wil- liams, the first minister of Bethesda; the I hymnist, Mr. John Williams, St. Athan; Mr. James, Fishweir, etc. These men were also blessed with the good things of this orld, many of them being freeholders; so when Mr. Charles Redwood, solicitor, of Boverton. who was a sturdy Quaker, offered them a spot near Fishorbridge, a convenient centre for a congregation which was scattered east, west, north and to the sea on the south. they determined to build a church. All the materials that went to complete it were paid for cash down, and the wages were paid every week. <* We do not know of any other church which was so entitled to the name of Indepen- dent, for these people did not attach them- selves to the Welsh Independent conference, neither did they consult that body on the wisdom or otherwise of building a. chapel. t. So, on the day of the opening service the ? members agreed to choose a pastor. After the congregation led filled the building, Mr. John Williams, St. Athan, rose in his seat, .and in the Welsh language, said in a loud voice: Who have you chosen to be your minister at Bethesda?" The congregation answered with one voice, "Thomas Williams, of Flemingstone." Then, turning to Mr. Williams, he said: Thomas Williams, you are asked to become our minister; will you accept the office and take possession of the pulpit?" w Mr. Williams, entering the pulpit, said that while he thanked them for the honour, he fully realised the responsibility. He pro- ceeded in his vigorous manner to lay down the rules that should be followed, and the life that pastor, officers, and members should lead, so that they might build up a real Chris- tion Church worthy of a great Master. This sermon, which occupied about 15 to 20 minutes, took the form of a charge to the church and also a charge to himself. Like oil the rev. gentleman's sermons, it did not err on the side of being lengthy, for it was err on the si d e. of being one of his invariable rules that the sermon should not exceed 20 minutes. • » • At the evening service, Mr. Charles Red- wood, who was an occasional preacher in his own denomination, continued the ordination servioes with one of his pithy, telling ad- dresses. So, in this wise, was the church of Bethesda established, and for many years it was carried on on independent lines. 0 0 0 Ultimately the Welsh Independents. made overtures to the church to become affiliated. In the Independent conference this was readily accepted, for before this Mr. Williams and his fellow ministers often exchange pul- pits. Mr. Williams was no mincer of words. When he rebuked, he did so unsparingly, and when he approved he did so ungrudgingly. The older generation, now passed away, used to relate with glee how he rebuked those who fell short of the standard he had of a Chris- and his fellow-ministers often exchanged pul- tian life, not sparing even the dead. One day, at the burial of a man who had for years been a member of the church, but who, in the later years of his life, had severed his membership, and, as the old people said, gone back to the world," the rev. gentle- man spoke these words as the body was low- ered into the grave: "Here is a man who lived longer than his religion; bury the dead out of my sight." Another sample of Mr. Williams' bluntness occured when a man who, by removing into a mining district, forfeited his right to demand burial in the Parish Churchyard of his native village. The friends brought the body to his old home, but then the trouble began. The clergyman refused ground to bury him, as- serting that he had lost his right to burial ground because he had left the parish for more than the statutory number of years. Mr. Williams and the officers of the church were petitioned to allow the body to Oe buried in the Churchyard of Bethesda. Con- sent was given, and Mr. Williams officiated and spoke thus on the occasion Here is a man who never came to Beth- esda while he lived, and would not have been brought here after his death if his friends could have found 'a burial-place somewhere else.
I GLAMOR-GAN TERRITORIALS.
GLAMOR-GAN TERRITORIALS. 1,500 FOR HOME SERVICE ONLY. WILL COME FORWARD WHEN THEY REALISE THE POSITION. Major-General T. B. Tyler, C.S.I., presided at a meeting of the Glamorgan Territorial Forces Association at the Law Courts, Cardjp. Dealing with the position as regards their own units, the Chairman said there was a total deficiency of about 4,000 men, if only those who had volunteered for "Imperial ser- vice" were Counted. As against this, how- ever, there were about 1,500 men who had undertaken the liability for "home service" only. Some of the county units were already abroad, and there was need of prompt action to ensure sufficient supplies of men to re- place the wastage of war. There was no doubt that the men who had so far volun- teered for home service only would come for- ward when they fully realised the position. It was hoped that it would be possible to utilise the services of the existing county re- cruiting committee, although it was originally formed with the view of assisting recruiting for the Regular Army. The need for re- cruits was, however, so urgent that he hoped all members of the association would do their utmost to assist. Colonel J. Gaskell, V.D., the vice- chairman, gave it as his opinion that the scheme has miscarried probably because the association had failed to obtain protection in regard to the limitation of recruiting staffs. There were about 1.500 men who, through various reasons, only took the home service obligation at the start of the war, and he de- clined to believe that any of them would de- cline to accept the Imperial service obligation if they were given another opportunity. He also believed that the majority of the National Reservists between the ages of 35 and 40 would desire to take the Imperial obligation. Alderman Illtyd Thomas said that £ 311 was given by the Corporation to form the Cardiff City Battalion. I know there was no 'hero.' because I had the supervision of the payments afterwards," added the alderman. On the motion of Colonel J. I. D. Nicholl, seconded by Colonel J. A. Hughes, C.B., it" was decided to draft out a circular letter for circulation through the various Commanding officers, pointing out the gravity of the posi- tion, and giving the officers and men belong- ing to the second line units in the county a renewed option of signing the obligation of Imperial service. The drafting of the letter was left in the hands of Colonel Gaskell and the acting-secretary (Mr. Wyndham Clark). On the motion of Colonel J. A. Hughes, seconded by Mr. Godfrey Clark, National Re- servists between the ages of 35 and 40 years at present serving in the 5th Provisional Bat- talions in the county are to be invited to sign the Imperial service obligation. The Secretary said, in reply to Mr. O. H. Jones, that recruiting figures in the county for the territorial 1< orce had not been at all satisfactory of late. They did not employ anyone to obtain recruits for the Terri- torial Force. Colonel Hughes thought that the time had arrived when they should start a recruit- ing campaign similar to that adopted so suc- cessfully in Lancashire. On it being stated that recruiting for the County Territorial Force was being hung up on account of the delay of the Western Com- mand authorities to reply to a communica- tion sent by the association in the early part of the month, it was decided to call the at- tention of both the general oiffcer command- ing-in-chief and the War Office to the matter. Permission was given Col. J. A. tlughes to rrint and circulate a report dealing with the 'ork carried out 'by the voluntary aid de- tachments in the county during the last year.
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KENFIG HILL COLLIER AND THE…
KENFIG HILL COLLIER AND THE WHISKEY. ALLEGED BREAKING AND ENTERING. I At Bridgend Police Court on Monday, Edward Hopkins, a collier, aged 44, was charged with having stolen from the Prince of Wales Public-house, Princes Road, Kenfig Hill, on the 21sb July, 9 bottles of whiskey, one bottle of brandy, and 4s. 9d. in money, valued together at t3 Is. 9d. He was fur- ther charged with having stolen from the same place seven bottles of whiskey, one bottle of brandy, and ten packets of cigarettes. A third charge was also preferred again de- fendant of having broken into and entered I the same place on another date, and stolen one bottle of brandy, one bottle of whiskey, one pound of tobacco eight bottles of minerals, and four bottles of beer. P.C. 414 said he arrested the defendant as the result of inquiries, on Saturday after- noon last, at Bryndu, Kenfig Hill, and con- veyed him to the Police Station, where he was charged with the offences. In reply he said I am not guilty." At 10.30 p.m. the following night the defendant knocked, at his cell door, and asked witness to take a state- ment from him. He said, "Well, sergeant, I must tell you I admit breaking into the Prince I of Wales on Thursday, 22nd July, and steal- ing from the bar 7 bottles of whiskey and 2 bottles of brandy, 4 packets of Capstan cigar- ettes, and 5 packets of Cinderella cigarettes. I got in, through the back window, and left by the side door about 3 a.m." Supt. Davies asked for the case to be re- manded at this juncture to enable further enquiries to be made. Defendant was remanded in custody until Thursday.
|CALLED "A BLACKLEG."I
CALLED "A BLACKLEG." I CASE FROM KENFIG HILL. I A discussion concerning the recent coal strike led to a quarrel at Kenfig Hill, and finally to a blow. The result was that Thos. Jenkins, collier, Station Road. Kenfig Hill, appeared at Bridgend Police Court on Satur- day, summoned for having assaulted William Jenkins. Station Road, Kenfig Hill. Mr. W. M. Thomas was for complainant. Complainant said on Tuesday night last he was at the Masons' Arms, and defendant was there. A dispute arose about the strike. Witness expressed the opinion that it would have been better if the men had gone to work on day-to-day contracts. Defendant then called him a blackleg. A few more words passed, and defendant then asked complainant if he was a better man than he. Witness re- plied that he did not want to have anything more to say about it. A few minutes before stolètap defendant went out. Witness fol- lowed a little while after. On reaching the door he received a blow in the face and was knocked to the ground. When he got up he could not see anyone. It was defendant who hit him, for he saw him standing just outside the door, and the light from the door was shining on him. Witness's false teeth were smashed as a result of the blow. Defendant denied the offence, and said complainant left the house first, and later in the evening came to his house and kicked up a row. On his behalf, Wm. Evan Williams said complainant commenced the quarrel, flie dis- cussion first arising over a straw hat. Com- plainant wanted the hat, as he said it was a better one than he had got. Complainant followed defendant out of the house. Charles Beer, however, said the quarrel oc- curred over a "broken pint" and a straw hat, and he, too, said defendant was the first one 'out of the house. The Chairman said the assault was an un- proveked one, and defendant would be fined I: £ 3 or go to gaol for a month.
BRIDGEND WE8LEYANS.I ————..————
BRIDGEND WE8LEYANS. I ———— .———— THE NEW MINISTER. Most of Saturday's session of the Weslevan Conference was devoted to the discussion of stations of ministers, most of the difficulties of which were occasioned by ministers return- ing from the foreign field or appointed to Army chaplaincies. Amongst the changes made were :—Bridgend. the Rev. Thomas Biltcliffe, vice the Rev. Charles Cooke, and Pembroke, the Rev. Charles Cooke, vice the I Hev. Ledger Clough. The pastoral address to the Church, the draft of which was approved, declared that it was morally impossible for a nation with our obligations and traditions to remain neu- tral while Belgium was being ravaged, France and Hussia imperilled, and the gains of Chris- tianity and civilisation jeopardised by a des- potic ambition. Nearly a thousand of the young men in the Weslevan Church had re- sponded to the call of the King, and many had laid down their lives in this great war agriinst materialism and inhumanity.
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Binks: Say, old man, do you know of any cure for insom-.q,t -Jinlis: Counting one thousand is said to be a remedy.—Binks: Con- found it, that's what everybody tells me; but the baby's too young to count?
DOCTORS' PRESCRIPTIONS. I
DOCTORS' PRESCRIPTIONS. I GLAMORGAN INSURANCE COMMIT- I TEE'S REPORT. Mr. Llewellyn Jones presided over a meet- ing of the Glamorgan Insurance Committee held at the offices at Cardiff. It will be remembered that on the last year's working there was a serious deficiency in the accounts with the chemists, there being no money available in the fund to pay them. It was alleged that this deficiency was at least partly brought about by over prescribing on the part of the doctors. Alderman. D. H. Williams now cited figures from a report which was being compiled show- ing that there was a great deal of difference in the cost of the prescriptions given by doc- t tors in the same localities where they were catering for the same class of patients. It was, however, stated that investigations had not been concluded and that it would take another fortnight for this to be done. Councillor D. Arnott (Pontypridd) urged that the matter should be expeditiously dealt with. It was, he said, a shame that tradesmen should be made to suffer in the way they had been in not having their accounts paid. It was agreed that the matter should be referred to the drug committee, and that afterwards the panel committee should take the matter in hand with the view of endeavouring to remedy the grievance of the chemists.
I IWON'T YOU COME ?
WON'T YOU COME ? LIKE THIS CRIPPLE. At a recruiting meeting in a Mid-Glamor- gan village last week a wound-ed soldier home on furlough got in a few words:— Boys," he said, "how don't you join? I am home wounded. My arm has had a bullet through it. You know I have a wife and four kids. I am going back to save the old home for them. Won't you come? I will leave them to the care of God and good people. If you don't come it will be bad with you if the Germans come here. Twm, you can come, only the cat and yourself to keep. Will and Dai, you both can come, no one de- pending on you. You Fred and Jack, I knows you all, the blooming cowards. You slackers, come along, join with me. What be you afraid of, only your craniums. Come on and do your bit, like this cripple."
SOLDIERS ON FARMS. j
SOLDIERS ON FARMS. FARMER SAYS THEY ARE NO GOOD TO THEM. The scheme to meet the deficiency of agri- cultural labour in North and East York- shire by the assistance of soldiers was ad- versely criticised at the meeting of the Malton Agricultural Club, Mr. Mark Adamson, of Burdale, presiding. The Chairman said he believed the terms for the corn harvest were 3s. 6d. and 5s. per day for the North Riding of Yorkshire and 4s. 6d. and 6s. per day for the East Riding. The men would only be allowed to work ten hours per day, with two hours for meals and 6d. per hour for overtime. Under those con- ditions the soldiers were no good to them, but just the opposite, and a strongly-worded pro- test should be sent to the War Office. They should work on the same conditions as the ag- ricultural labourers, otherwise the latter would refuse to work more than ten hours per day and would demand the same rate of pay as the soldiers. Mr. F. Dee said he would rather allow his crops to rot than have the assistance of the soldiers on those terms, and proposed a reso- lution to the "effect that they were willing to accept the assistance of soldiers, but on the same terms as the ordinary agricultural workers received. This was carried.
•__= I CANAL BURSTS. I
• __= I CANAL BURSTS. I An alarming subsidence took place at Cil- fynydd, doing considerable damage to the Gla- morganshire Canal and to the railway line on the Nelson branch of the T.V.R. The retailing wall built alongside the tow- ing path midway between Cilfynydd and Nor- ton Bridge gave way for a distance of about 25 yards, causing a huge volume of water in the canal to rush out. The railway embankment, which is about ten yards below the canal, was washed away, ¡ and tons of debris were carried across the valley into the RivA Taff. At one spot the whole of the metalling be- neath the sleepers was washed away. A breakdown gang was sent for, to execute the necessary repairs so that the line might be re-opened for traffic. The part of the canal affected is between the locks at the Cilyfynydd Colliery and Coedpenmaen. A similar accident occurred, at the same spot about 15 years ago.
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An interim dividend has been declared by the Vale of Glamorgan Railway Company of 4 1-16 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock for the last half-year This is the usual rate paid by the company.
I " A WONDERFUL PEACE."
A WONDERFUL PEACE." MISS STEAD SPEAKS OF A "TALK" WITH HER FATHER. Miss Estella W. Stead, of London, daughter of the late Mr. W. T. Stead, addressed a, meet- ing in connection with the Cardiff First Spiritualist Society on the "Reality of Spirit- ualism." She narrated some of her ex- periences with her father at Julia's Bureau, and gave some messages concerning the war. She said a fortnight after her father "passed over" she went down to Cambridge House, where the bureau then had its head- quarters, and there she saw her father's face as plainly as she had seen it before he went on the Titanic, and as this faded away his voice rang through the room. It was after that sitting that she realised the reality of spirit- ualism. It had been a most wonderful com- fort to her to be able to talk to him, and since her father's passing till the war she ha,d been in touch with him practically all the time. Referring to the war, she said that when she asked him about the duration of the war h3 would not say. He said it was difficult to guage time where they were, but said many more would pass over before arms were laid down, and that a wonderful peace would fol- low, and a great spiritual awakening. Referring to conversations overheard from the "other plane" at a special circle, she gave a number of "records" taken some years ago which seemed to forecast a European confla- gration. The speakers included King Edward, Catherine of Russia and others. Before concluding, she read a message her father gave her on August 23rd, 1914, in which he told them not to be too optimistic, but to look and be prepared to suffer reverse in Belgium and France shortly. The end would not come without great sacriifce, and they must be prepared to face them. All must do their part at home, especially to help those at the front to bear the brunt before the fortunes of war turned and their enemies were humbled and defeated, as they would be.
ITHE SOUL OF BRITAIN.1
THE SOUL OF BRITAIN. 1 An open air service of intercession, probably unique in the annals of the religious life of London, was held on and around the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral on Sunday evening. The Bishop of London, soaked to the skin, preached from the words, "For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul." His Lordiship said Bel- gium in her poverty to-day was far greater than Belgium rich with the rubber trade from Congo, for she stood pure in soul, unconquer- able in spirit, untarnished in fame. She had lost her wealth, she had found her soul. So with France. Purified by the fire of trial of which we had no conception, there was a new France in the world to-day—absolutely one, all pleasures flung aside, panting for the day when the fangs of the wild beast which had been fastened in her should be shaken off. Behind the old mistaken political method which produced so many revolutions in Russia a great soul breathed, and at the touch of the purging fire it was revealed. In a week vodka was flung aside; in a day the nation was unified, and the great patient soul of Rus- sia was revealed. As to the English nation, we believed it was the soul of England which was once again to free the world. No calam- ity could be pictured more awful than if. at this supreme crisis in the history of the world, England should fail. The only power which could save Europe to-day was a nation which, while it fought, worked, served, and saved without stint, was also on its knees praying with a good conscience and earnest repent- ance. There had been a call for uni- versal voluntary service. Everyone knew it was the last time we could afford to leave the call voluntary, but, if it could be given, volun- tory service was the noblest form of service.
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The village of Montacute, Somerset, has the distinction of having enlisted for war ser- vice a Crimean veteran eighty years of age. This gallant old soldier has just been ap- pointed recruiting sergeant for the Somerset Light Infantry to work in his own district. His name is Mark Axe, and he first joined the Army 62 years ago, enlisting in the Black Watch (42nd Highlanders) in 1853. He saw heavy fighting, and received the Crimean medal, with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, and Sebastopol. He went through the Indian Mutiny under Sir Colin Campbell, and his medal carries the Lucknow bar. At 80 he is still of smart, soldierly appearance, and Mon- tacute is proud to see him tPin khaki.
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