Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-22
Origin OF the Famous Charity to
Hereford, Gloucester and
MOn1louthShire.
NOW BONE OF CONTENTION.
Story That Rivals the Famous Dick
Wilmington Yarn Tor Ro'
nance and Climax.

| city, town on county does not possess
them In numbers next to the Smiths
and ahead of the Browns. Will doubt
4 -, 49,. ,.,t...-.,s AN .storv tn1a
'e9' w ~, w 97'-''- ~ 80 ~
anew, of the origin OF the famous
Jones Charity to the shircs OF Here
sora rlt.,,,neta, am, Nrnnrnnlth The
,,,,t,,
~ ~ s,+f,,6a ~ M Iarrer Nenolts
OF The bequest. and the revival of In
t.ra4t IN tha s,,biecr Is dine "a the fact
that the other two counties named,
when are imsr across me llyer sew
arr, from Monrnoulhslrire, are endeav-
oring TO secure tor Themselves an in
crease OF the funds.
An article in the Cardih Times and
South Wales Weekly News OF March
.. from The pen OF J, Kyrle Fletcher
or he Jones Charity and its incep-
ton, is here reproduced In fuil,
The visit Of the Joint deputeticn
from 9ne 1iouoestersIl.l,Ee afl No.. 1 pae
fordshlre county councils 70 Mr.. REG
tnald Mckenna, the new minister OF
education at Whitehali last week 10
endeaNor TO gel an aLocatlot lrorl.
the increased income OF me Jones
ChaTlty EeVlVes once .iote me nue. ~
~ w t,i,S oiu C ,,.,lris e"e ~ +,,a
me rouhNlhg OF WHICH Is one ~ ne ~
rnost ''tIgt e,s be story
n ~ nay,e s ,ta5.oS IN this v-,se
During the reign of Queen Eliza
esToncs q . Same 70 worlS as err
ranJ bow for one Of the Monmouth
Gamers fol-. the trade i'm Monmouth
cans was Then a very hourishlng one,
in which many people We're engaged
r,,s coor, nov
NA9 "A pO
From Monmouth so goes the story,
Walter William Jones went 10 London
To seek a fortune In the city with the
streets of gold He became first shop
nov tn n Y,ondon merchant, aud So ike
all rho good bows In the story books, by
bnrd vrorE and faithful service he be-
came tirst factor and afterwards a
mariner In the business. So that finally
he retired with an ample fortune, and
having NOW plenty of leisure he deter
mined TO revisit the scenes of his youth,
Discussed as a beggar he went first to
AS hlrthnIace NewIand. In the Forest
oc Dcan And applied for relief, pleading
tts ,,o,,artv b,1t they advised him
taI,,,tingIy fo qo 10 Monmouth. So he
tonl, tbeir advice and went to Mon
mouth where the kind Inhabitants fed
MIN and treated him kindly SO for
these and many other favors ne found
ed and endowed a free school TOR tns
children OF ihe toNIl' ai.r ''9V
r,o1,r,sns
SDME BEQuhSIS'
To the master OF his school NE left
COO , ,-ea1 a very handsome salary,
so,,aI 10 anything PAID today in this
acc of high salaries. There was also
resI6ence free for the master For the
usher e45 and a house. and 10 the rev.
orso,, lect,,rers Who was to take spirit
Nay, - a,,avsisht of the school and aims
Eo,,ec a dne house and garden with
e1o5 rev aunun salary.
-r,1ss Glory one must admit, reads
very much like fairy tale Ihere ~
but lit'le solid foundation l tot nv sn. been
mt ;n it's present shape by the Rev.
Thomas Prosser, who was the lecturer
for the charity about 1880. or course
ia story fs Interesting and has touch
cf nick Huntington about 1t, which
-, r,ade n very paletable. The sheer
nee W.. il,-u ~ sna me ,ncharifable peo-
a, s 800 res Sinp between the lines,
49, to no relic OF that personal
S ,ee,n' ~ - rslShboring towns AND
jealousy "a t.sa;tItv ~ HE rich man
the charming tu u. Si rcTresbinr in
dlssulssu HS . ,,oSIiinnaires come in
these Gays WIZ nrsy over me old
their motor cars to pr"s o'e' "e '''
folk at home
utrGE CHARITY FUND
.,.,. cons
For nearly $50 years the NIlar,tI
by the hapetuasilols
of London, ana as me pIVp-
erty was In London, of course nus VAiua
lncrea sed amazingly in that time Az
81. In 1854. the charity FUNDS We're Re-
a nred. $4,000 being set aside ne the
portion and G5'OOe as
~ G;ioS,cestershire portion This went |
or iii 1s91 when Gloucestershlrc
~ a,saG 90 have any interest IN the
t'..S ana only now. after over l6 I
luuns' 49, am, cIoIn, been brought for
years mas a''S
wuru'
HIS NAME WAS JONES
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