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ABEROARIAN'S APPOINTMENT IN…
ABEROARIAN'S APPOINTMENT IN AMERICA. "Unity." an American weeky jour- nal, records the appointment of the Rev. John Morris Evans as successor to the late Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, minister of All Souls Unitarian Church, Chicago, and Director of the Abraham Lincoln Centre. Mr. Jones died about 12 months ago. He was a native of Llandyssul, Cardiganshire, and was a prominent personality on the American Continent. A few years ago the State of Wisconsin published his diary, deal- ing with the American Civil War. He served in that war as an artilleryman. The Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones was a member of the Ford Peace Mission who came to Europe 4 years ago with the object of stopping the war. "Unity" goes on to say of his successor:— Mr. Evans was born in Aberdare. Glamorganshire. in 1877. Like Mr. Jones, therefore. Mr Evans is a Welsh- man, and has all the virile energy, and -genius characteristic of his race. His parents came to the United States when he was three years of age. and settled in Seraiiton, Pa. He received his early education in the night schools of this city and later on attended the Scranton Business College, Qiad Buck- nell University. Lewisburg, Pa. lie then wont to Engçl and studied suc- cessively at Oxford fnivefSity _nd Paris. He began his work as a Clirist- iau minister in an English Church in Wales,* the Memorial Baptist Church, Builth Wells, where he was ordained in 1903. Shortly thereafter he was called to the ministry of the King Street Bap- tist Church, Abertillerv, where he re- mained five years. While here he was closely associated with radical social re- ami Active in the early work leading to the organization of the British Labour Party. In his parish he gave much of his energy to the building up of institutional work along progres- sive lines, which remains to-dav as a .vital factor in the community life. One of the young laymen, who co-oper- ated with Mr. Evans in this work, is now a member of the British .Com- mission on Industrial Relations and another is a leading influence in the Council of the Miners' Federation. Mr. Evans's classes in economics, psychology, ethics, civics, trade union- ism, literature, and world religions, gave to the church a remarkable influ- ence in Abertillerv, and prepared many young men for study at the Labour Colleges in Oxford and in London. Already at this time also he was turn- ing to the more liberal aspects of Christian thought and was known as radical in his theology." We are informed by Mr. John Grif- fiths, Brynhyfryd. that the Rev. John Morris Evans is the son of Mr. Thomas Evans and Mrs. Esther Evans, of Llwydcoed, and grandson to Mr. John Evans, Penydrift. Llwydcoed. A brother to Mr. Thomas Evans—Mr. Richard Evans—is an engine-driver on the G.W.R., residing at the Old Star and Gai ter, opposite-Mount Pleasant Hotel, Trecynon. Mr. Thomas Evans j had a cousin in the ministry, the late Rev. Henry Evans, Penrhyncoch, near Aberystwyth, and a sister who was a teacher at Park School, Miss Elizabeth Evans,' who has been dead many years.
ENGLISH WESLEYAN, ABERDARE.
ENGLISH WESLEYAN, ABERDARE. Rev. T. W. Peeling Commences his Ministry. On Sunday the preacher at the Green Street* iJnglish Weslevan Church, Aberdare, was the Rev. T. W. Peel- ling, the newly-appointed superintend- ent minister. At the morning service he took as his text the familiar words in Philippians 3. 13, 14, where the Apo&tle says that he is forgetting those things which are behind, reach- ing forth unto those things which are before, and pressing toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. In the course of his preliminary remarks Mr. Peeliiig .said that they as Wesleyan Methodists had come to the time when the change of circuits took place. He had been aaked to become the super- intendent minister of that circuit, and after due consideration he had de- cided to accept the invitation, and consequently was now entering upon fresh duties and responsibilities in his new sphere of labour. Every ending was a new beginning. It was the same throughout life in its manifold phases. Dealing with the devotion to duty and the fidelity of purpose emphasised in the text, the preacher remarked that an enterprising Ameri- can journalist in search of copy had offered Admiral Dev.y the sum of 10,000 dollars for a short article for his newspaper, and the cabled reply was "Sorry but too busy." The famous admiral considered that his work was such that he should not yield to any lure, however tempting, which would mean the slightest de- viation from the narrow path of duty. Another trait of the earnest Christian, who was running the race referred to in the text, was perseverance. The importance of the high calling which was our goal should draw forth our best energies and an unbroken continu- ity of service.
WEDDING AT ABERDARE.
WEDDING AT ABERDARE. The wedding took place at Green Street Wesleyan Church, Aberdare, on Thursday, of Mr. J. Watts Jones, youngest son of Mr. Jacob R. Jones. Aberaman, and Margery Norah. second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Col- lette, 20 Clifton Street, Aberdare. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Shirley Windram, assisted by the Rev. George Windram. The bride was given away by her father, and was attired in a grey gabardine costume with cerise hat, and carried a sheaf of malmaison carnations and white heather. The bridesmaid I was Miss Maisie Collette, the bride's youngest sister. Mr. Enos Jones, Bargoed, brother of the bridegroom, was best man. The bride and bridegroom were the recipients of many useful presents, and are spending the honeymoon at Tehbv. |
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. POLITICS AND MOB LAW. Sir,—Judging by Mr. Kelsall's last "ir, letter, it seems to be necessary for a man of his vituperative type of mind to have recourse to abusive rhetoric and in- vective in controversy, and he is evi- dently under the impression that abuse is a fine substitute for reasoned state- ments and that invective is ample evi- dence of justification for indulgence in mob law. Personally, I consider that the methods of securing political ends pursued by Mr. Kelsall and men of his type are so fraught with menace that if pursued to any large extent they will bring the whole country to the edge of an abyss. His former statement of hav- ing regard for political freedom is only a myth, for it would sound equally well if uttered by the other extreme, and his statement of "we feel justified" is one that could be made with equal sincerity by those to whim he is in opposition. It is not the feeling of justification that matters, but justification in the light of cold -reason and not in that of distorted passion. In one of his previous letters he has described those to whom he is in opposi- tion as a "gang of wild men." It 18 only too apparent that Mr. KelsalFs method of establishing national develop- ment is that of adopting the wild" methods pursued by "wild" people, for reprisals constitute nothing more thail the adoption of the methods pursued by I his oppuuoHl!; Being more passionate than reasonable he lias alloweu the ex- cesses created by his opponents to move him to adopt similar excesses in the other extreme. Just as fever breeds fever, so do excesses breed excesses. Persevere, Mr. Kelsall, and pursue ex- cessive measures to their logical conelki, lon. Between you and the oth¡ ex- tremfi you will ultimately creese so much friction as to generate the spark which will, set fire to the whole fal-rit of soc- iety, and then, with undignified pride, you will be able to l-ho your state- ment, of "we feel jvwtified," as con- taineM in your last letter. Before concluding my part in this correspondence allow me to state that 1 do not expect Mr. Kelsall to make any comprehensive statement upon mob law and political freedom, for his love of mob law is so great as to have blinded him to the necessity of maintaining political freedom unimpaired and un- tainted.—Yours, etc., HARRY MILLS.
LABOUE-SAVING AND LABOUR-MAKING…
LABOUE-SAVING AND LABOUR- MAKING MACHINERY. i Sir,—During the war we all had to put up with many inconveniences and go without many things we should have liked to have had. Sacks became very scarce. In pre-war days one had to pay 6d. for the return of empties; that price was raised to 2s. 6d. or 3s. 6d. In col- lieries water tanks were converted into feed carriers, instead of sacks. The in- tention was good, but the convenience caused is very great. They are wrongly constructed, bad to get about., easily de- railed. They hold only four sacks of feed. They take up the space of 6 to 8 sacks of feed wherever they are. Get- ting one 40 yards in the stable may take 40 minutes. And a man is half an hour emptying one of them, whereas one can carry 8 sacks 40 yards and empty them in the same time or even less. When the sacks are empty they can be folded and sent out on any tram. The rider can stop the journey, and pull 4 full sacks of feed out of a tram in as many minutes. The tram is then available for. coal or rubbish. But the tank is of no use when empty, not until it reaches the chaff house to be re-filled. It requires 2 or 3 men to manage them nicely. Of the latter number, one can get inside and push the chaff out into a brattice sheet laid on the floor. When full the two outside men catch hold of the four corners and carry it to the chaff place and empty it. Then the tank must be got out of the stable as no horse can pass it. It can't very well be emptied with a shovel, and one must get inside to clear it. The horsekeeper likes food in hand. Now the tank holds 4 sacks, and 1 bin holds 4 sacks. He has got two in hand in the bin; how is he to get the 4 from the tank into the bin? He must either keep his bin clear or put the feed on the floor. I am afraid the horse- keepers will have a job to find even a corner in heaven so long as tanks are being sent to them. The man has 15 horses to look after in 3 hours (180 min- utes). Say he spends 6 minutes in grooming each horse, and there are 15 to feed round, 45 to clean up the stalls, 15 to water, 15 nose bags. He has a, re- port book and a time book to keep. lie don't want to feed tanks. He would like periodically to clean the drinking water tanks out; how can he do it? Pure water can't be drunk from an unclean tank.—I am, sir, Yours, NOT A TANK.
DISCHARGED S. AND S. AND FREEI…
DISCHARGED S. AND S. AND FREE CHURCH COUNCIL. Sir,—It would be most regrettable were the Discharged Soldiers and Sailors' Association of Aberdare allowed to re- main in any doubt as to the entire good- will of the local Free Churches towards them, and also of our undiminished ap- preciation of the services and sacrifices they have rendered on behalf of what they and we believed to be the world's freedom. For this reason therefore, 4nd this alone, do we acknowledge the somewhat facetious remarks with which Mr. Gates, their secretary, in a letter published in your issue of the 23rd ult., expresses the protest of his committee at the action of the Aberdare (linglish) Free Church Council in passing a, resolution nnfav- ourable to professional" boxing contests. We are not concerned at this stage with the views avowed by Ir. Gates, and do not propose to discuss them by public correspondence; but we desire to cleftr ourselves of the charges of mean- ness and cowardice conveyed in his let- ter. It is difficult to understand in what sense our action in passing a resolution upon a public question was mean. Sure- ly we are entitled to hold an opinion upon professional boxing; and to ex- press it. Moreover our opinion is one shared by a very large number of sports- men, and these outside the churches The charge of meanness is quite irrele- vant to the question. We may or may not be mean, but we are not mean be- cause we venture to rlisagreewith the views of the D.S. and S. Committee upon professional boxing. Throughout the period of the war the churches main- tained the closest interest in the welfare of our men, and we shall continue to do so; but this does not commit us to support every function organized by a lccal committee regardless of what we feel to be Christian principles. The further charge of oOwardice is presumably based upon the fact that we addressed our resolution to the Urban District Council. May it be explained, sir, that the reason for our so doing was because the U.D.C. had in the first place sent us a communication soliciting our assistance in the suppression of the vic- ious gambling fever now sweeping through the country. We suggested in an omnibus resolution one step which might be taken, viz., the passing of a bye-law to prohibit the holding of pro- fessional boxing contests within the Ur- ban District area. Did the Free Church Council possess the power to pass such a bye-law, it would, we hope, possess also the courage to legislate. But. in order to fully meet the silly suggestion that we are afraid of the dis- charged men an innuendo which re- flects more discredit upon them than upon us-let me say that we are quite prepared to attend a meeting of their committee in order to give an adequate explanation of our action. We do not belipye from what we know of them that they are such terrible fellows after all, I and arg quite assured they would receive us with courtesy. Indeed one can hardly believe that the letter represents the joint and considered views of an associa- tion for which we are bound to feel the utmost respect, and therefore the pre-1 pcJSed personal interview is all the more to be recommended. It WOuld do what a °VVOrds accomplish help us to a mutual understand- ing. w 6onciusion, we leave thQ cftmic com- parison between prize fighters and ^eachers to the common sense and good judgment of Everybody concerned.— Yours faithfully, T, MADOC JEFFREYS, Sec. Aberdare (English) E.C. Council.
BWLLFA CO.'S EXTENSION. ----=-
BWLLFA CO.'S EXTENSION. -=- LARGE AREA TAKEN OVER FROM LORD BUTE. An important extension of their al- ready large mineral undertaking in the Aberdare district is reported to have just been arranged by the Bwllfa and Merthyr Dare Colliery Company, Ltd. The new'area, which has been taken over from the Marquis of Bute, is over 800 acres in extent and is contiguous to if- comPany's existing undertaking, which covers an acreage of some 3,000. The new area covered by the extension is practically untouched, and is esti- mated to contain sufficient coal for the next half century at the present output capacity of the company. It is not contemplated that any new sinkings will be required to develop the seams in the area, but that they can be reached from the Bwllfa Nos. 1 and 2 pits. The new taking lies in the direc- tion or Penywain, between Aberdare and Hirwain, and it links up the company's undertaking with the large and import- ant coal area recently acquired in the Hirwain district by Mr. D. R. Llewellyn.
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— NERVE COLLAPSE AND WEAKNESS. I Air Raid Victim's Breakdown Cured by Dr. Cassell's Tablets. Mrs. Brickett, 16 Blucher Road Camberwell, London. S.E., 5, says:- I don't know where I should have been but for Dr. Cassell's Tablets—in my grave most likely. They cured me four years ago and I continued in fine health till the terrible air raids started. The effect on me you can imagine. All the old symptoms came J)crek-iiadi- gestion, swimming in the head, help- lessness. J was a bundle of nerves, and so weak I could do nothing. I de- termined not to break down altogether, so obtained Dr. Cassell's Tablets. Soon after commencing with them I began to get stronger. In the last few months f have quite recovered my health. I have a good appetite and the awful nervousness is gone. This is due en- tirely to Dr. Cassell's Tablets." Dr. Cassell's Tablets are the perfect modern home remedy for Nervous Breakdown, Nerve and Spinal Paralysis, Malnutrition, Wasting, Anaemia, Sleep- lessness, Indigestion, Kidney Trouble, and Premature Decay. Specially suit- able for nursing mothers and women of middle age. Sold by chemists and stores in all parts of the world. Prices: Is. 3d. and 3s., the 3s. size being the more economical. Free information on any case sent on request. Dr. Cassell'o Co., Limited, Chester Road, Manchester.
INQUEST AT MOUNTAIN ASH. i
INQUEST AT MOUNTAIN ASH. "A Curious Accident." j Mr. R. J. Rhys, district coroner, conducted an inquiry at Mountain Ash Police Station on Saturday after- noon into the circumstances sue- rounding the death of John Davies, S3 Duff ry n Street, Mountain Ash.— Samuel Jones Owen, High Street, identified, and stated that deceased was a labourer on light employment at the Deep Duffryn Colliery. He was a married man with two children. The accident occurred on Monday, Sept. 1, and Davies died at the Cottage Hospital on the following Wednes- day evening.—Francis William Water- man stated that he was first on the scene of the accident. He found de- ceased in a sitting position in the mouth of a manhole. He was just able to speak. Witness asked him "Are you hurt?" and deceased an swered "Yes, worse than that; I have bad a. nasty smack on the arm and leg." Witness, continuing, said that the rope had hit him.—John Thomas, Harcourt Road, .spoke to assisting Waterman to get deceased to the Cottage Hospital.—John Owen Jones, manager of the colliery, produced and explained a plan of the workings.— John Prosser, fireman of the district, deposed that the accident happened at ten minutes to eight on the morning shift. Witness had examined the place where deceased was found just a little while before the accident. Everything was apparently all right. A lump of coal had knocked deceased out of the manhole on to the travelling journey.—The Coroner, en- dorsing his inquiry as one of "Acci- dental death," commented that "it was a most curious accident."
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