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0 BOB PARTH.I
0 BOB PARTH. I BY PARTHSYLLYDD. "Gwyrdrowyd dysgeidiaeth lesti o Nasareth yn ystod y rhyfel i gyfiawnhau popeth a gondemniai efe. Fel hyn y siaradai Mr. Condie yn arddangosfa Llanelli am baffo: 'Dysg ddyn i arwain bywyd glan a phur. >?an gyrhaedda bachgen 16 neu 17 nid oes arno jeisiau marbles a thop. Dyhea ei enaid am rywbeth gwell na hyn. Tuedd na- turiol y rhyw ydyw paratoi ei hun ar gyfer brwydr fawr bywyd.' Gallem dyb- ied wrth ddarllen y pethau hyn mai ail- ddarllen oeddem bethau a, ysgrifennodd rhai o ddiwinyddion Cymru i brofi bod gwella'r byd trwy ryfel yn rhan o Efengyl y Groes. Rhyfel i roi terfyn ar filitariaeth Prwsia; rhyfel i roi ter- fyn ar ryTeloedd oedd cri llwfr llawer o'n harweinwyr, fel pe gallai dyn ladd y chwyn yng ngardd ei gymydog trwy hau'r un chwyn dros yr holl fyd.HY Darian." EnglynodcT Trebor Mai fel hyn i'r Hwrddlong; o'r I)raidd na wneiii I'r tic, i submarine y dyddiau hyn :— Ymherodres lIyngesoedd-ydyw hon, Dinystr eu hystlysnedd! Dychryn cad, gyda chorn coedd, < Yw myharen v moroedd Wele englyn o waith Cledlyn, bardd y gadair yn Eisteddfod Corwen y p!-en crin yw y testyn:— Pren crin, pren wedi bliiio-ai- ei draed A'i rwysg wedi cilio; Di-raen gyff, druan ag o! Mwy, pa gamp yw ei gwympo? Chwith oedd gan lawer o gynnlleid- faoedd yn Ne Cymru glywed am farw- olaeth y Parch. Barrow Williams, oblegyd yr oedd efe yn ffafrvn fel pre- gethwr a darlithiwr, ac nid oedd ei boblogrwydd yn gyfyngedig i'w en v.-a a ei hun. Yr oedd yn siaradwr ffraeth a llithrig, a meddai ddawn arbenig i adrodd stori. Gweithiodd yn ddiwnl o blaid dirwest a hu ani aiiiser hii- yii gynrychiolydd y Feibl Gymdeithas. Yr haf presennol cafodd Cymrodorion Aberdar ddwy wibdaith ddymunol a llwvddiannus, y naill i Ddyffryn Nedd a'r llall i Flaencanaid ar lechwedd mynydd Merthyr. Penderfynwyd cael trydedd wibdaith yn gynnar yn 3redi i Bontsarn, a bu llawer yn disgwyl y gwahoddiad arferol oddiwrth yr ysgrif- enyddion, ond ni ddaetb. Pwv sydd gyfrifol am y "cancellation order"? Pwy oedd a hawl i oruwchreoli pender- fyniad a bisiwvd-- c iin- fryd gan gorff y Gymdeithas? Rhaid i Britathraw newydd Coleg Aberystwyth, yn ol amod yr hysbys- iad, fod yn Gymro. Wrth gwrs, yn ah- senoldeb deffiniad pendant y mae y gair "Cymro" hytrach yn amwys. Dylai yr athraw newydd fod, modd bynnag, yn Gymro o iaith a chydymdeimlad. Cwynir fod niter yr ymgeiswyr am weinidogaeth yr efengyl yn lloibau yn barhaus. Dywed v Parch. Thomas Charles Williams, cyn-lywvdd C3111- deithasfa'r Methodisiaid, fod myned i mewn am y weinidogaeth ymysg y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd ynddo ei hun yn act o ffydd ddihafal. Beth yw yr achos am y prinder hwn tybed? Dian fod a fyno y rhyfel neu o leiaf adladd y rhyfel rywheth a newyn y weinidogaeth. Efallai fod y sawl a garai fod yn ym- geisydd yn ofni newyn a rail—eiddo y bara beunyddiol. Nid oes llawer o dor- wyr bra'r bywyd heddyw y gellir dweyd fod eu hamgylchiadau tymhovol nwchlaw pryder.
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ABERDARE PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. It was stated in one of the daily papers last week that Mr. Ramsay ilac- donall had accepted an invitation to contest the Division at the next General Election. Official information supplied since states that there is no truth in the report. What has been done by the I.L.P. so far is that the local branch of the party have decided to put forward a nominee. Who that nominee will be has yet to be determined. It will then be for the Labour Party fot- the division to decide, after giving an opportunity to other Trade Union lodges, what nom- inee shall go forward before the National Party.
CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOLS. The annual meeting of the Aberdare Deanery Sunday School Association was held on Monday evening at the Memorial Hall. The Rev. Joseph Morgan, B.A., Vicar of Aberaman, presided, supported by the Secretary, the Rev. Rhys Morris, B.A. The Rev. J. A. Lewis, B.A., rural dean, briefly addressed the gathering and congratulated the teachers on their work during the past year. At the close refreshments were served in the gymnasium. Preceding the meeting Evensong was said at St. Elvan's, the Rev. J. L. Phillips, B.A., officiating.
TABERNACLE, ABERDARE.
TABERNACLE, ABERDARE. The Rev. T. Madoc Jeffreys, pastor, preached a telling sermon at Tabernacle Cong. Church on Sun- day evening, his text being Luke 24. 30, where is recorded the breaking of bread by the Lord Jesus on the occasion of meeting two of his dis- ciples at Emmaus after his re- surrection. Mr. Jeffreys dwelt on the significance of the breaking of bread. He said that bread was looked upon by our forefathers as sacred—as sacred al- most as the leave-s of the Bible. Bread was sacred because of its social sym- bolism. It was the token of peace and brotherhood. It blessed him that gave and him that took. Jesus when he came to the world stamped the significance which was given to bread. The breaking of bread was to him a sacred ceremony. The great need of to-day was to get us back to the sacred things of life. The meaning of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was the sharing of the bread which Jesus had broken. So we must metaphorically break our bodies, disperse onr energies, and devote J ourselves to the service of others, J Let us go out into the world to break bread for the feeding of the multitudes.
LOCAL CHATTER. I
LOCAL CHATTER. BY THE CHATTERBOX. The Prince of Wales visited Quebec last wjek. Sixty years ago to this date, September 13th, General Wolfe was killed in Quebec. He was one of the most brilliant of British Generals, and on the night before the battle it is stated that he was much touched by reading Gray's Elegy written in a country churchyard." Lord Mahon in his history thus des- cribes the incidentOn the 13th Sep- tember, 1859, the night before the battle on the plains of Abraham, General Wolfe was descending the St. Lawrence with a part of his troops. Not a word was spoken—not a sound heard beyond the rippling of the stream. Wolfe alone —thus tradition has told us—repeated in a low tone to' the other officers in his boat those beautiful stanzas with which a country churchyard inspired the muse of Gray. One noble line, The paths of glory lead but to the grave, must have seemed at such a moment fraught with a mournful meaning. At the close of the recitation Wolfe added: 'Now gentlemen, I would rather be the I author of that poem than take Quebec He took Quebec the next day and fell in the hour of victory." V\ e hear much of profiteering ia food- stuffs, but the amount must fall very tar short of the profits made in drink. Allsopp's shares are now worth 43 times what they were in 1915. Which means that if a person iiyested i;2,000 in All- sopp's in 1915 the shares would now pe worth i:86,000. Watney Brewery shares, which were marked at < £ 10 in 1915, are now £169. Even in this golden age of the profiteer," comments A.G.G. in his weekly article, "this is a record that will not be easily surpassed." The question of the State purchase of the Liquor trade has been side-tracked by that of the Nationalisation of Mines The former subject is as contentious as the latter, and even the Temperance people are divided on the subject, one section crying for total prohibition and the other for State Purchase. While these two sections are quarrelling among themselves the Trade gets dearer and dearer, unless the Government resolve to buy at the 1915 valuation. In Trysorfa y Plant (Welsh C.M. monthly) for the current month, the first chapter is given of the life of Mary b essor of Calabar. This lady accom- plished some marvellous missionary work among uncivilised peoples in West Africa. The Rev. Thomas Edmunds, B.A., now of Birmingham, delivered a sermon on her life and work when he visited Carmel, Aberdare, some 18 months ago. She was a most interesting charade- Born oi poor parents in Dundee her r, Yas a ,d™nken sot and she was liged to work m a factory when very ymmg, to help maintain her mother and the little children. The account of how she went out to Africa and how she lab- snrrm.rT°'1S: the, tr,bes in unhealthy sui lounchngs reads more like a highly lite"1<? 101nance tban a chapter o; icm' life.
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SCRAPS. BY THE SCRIBE. "If there any reason, outside a case- hardened tradition, why the crown or the chair should not go to the writer of a Welsh play or of a Welsh novel? ine poets have been encouraged to the point of extinction. To *et the need of the two the eisteddfod might start crowning and chairng painters. Some sort of heroic me-is'ue is in gently necessary, and if crowniif our gentlemen of the brush does not improve them, then we must begin to behead them in the high name of A, t. Jhe exhibition of Welsh painting at Corwen was a blot, on the week. rp,^ ^'le a'Kn'e from an article in I he Welsh Outlook bv Mr. J. O Fran- cis of "Change" fame, who declares that he has at last developed into an eistrddtodwr and gives his impressions ot Corwen National Eisteddfod. I can imagine Eifionydd and the other custodians of the ritual of the Gorsedd 2nt,. th<? traditions of the Eisteddfod, falling into a swoon at the very sug- gestion of chairing or crowning an ar- tist. I really think "the beheading sug- gestion would meet with more favour among the votaries of "y cylch cyfrin." The following paragraph appeared in the Western Mail September 5, 1869: "The Proposed Pic-nic at Pentre Ys- ti-ad.-On Friday evening a public meeting was held at Ton Ystrad to protest against the pic-nic announced to take place at Pentre Ystrad. What caused the strongest feeling was that 1 u e Pro £ iamine prizes are .offered to the consumers of a given quantity of tobacco. The Rev. Jones occupied the chair, and he and the speakers wno followed denounced the pic-nic, not because it was got up to amuse the people, but because it was amusement of a demoralising descriptfon. The Lev. Rufus Williams, the Rev. W. Lloyd (Heolfach), the Rev. T. Rees (Treherbert), and the Rev. Lewis Pro- bert (Ystrad Rhondda) were the speak- ers, and resolutions were adopted in accordance with the tone of the speeches. The meeting was well at- tended, and lasted till ten o'clock. The subject has caused general excitement and feeling in the neighbourhood." V> e have some frivolous, nay silly contests at competitive meetings now- adays, for instance the hat trimming competition for men and the nail driv- ing contest for women. But to offer a prize for consuming the largest I quantity of tobacco really takes the proverbial bun. Let us lav the flat- tering unction to our souls that we have made some progress in promoting suit- able competitions in Wales during the last half century. The Printers' Engineer says:—"Rome in inters, after a strike lasting five weeks, have refused the Socialist deputy Tur- ■iti's offer of arbitration. The propriet- ors remain solid in their determination not to give in, and there is no prospect of a settlement." Are we going to have an eternal typo- graphical stoppage in the Eternal City? If any doubt exists in your mind as to whether selfishness has been eliminated from the nature of man, just watch the proceedings at Victoria, Square, Aber- dare, when a waiting crowd makes a rush 'for a tramcar. Had there been any respect for the canons of gal- lantry the men would have stood aside until the women and children had en- tered, but no, the strong elbow their way into the car without any regard for frailty, and of course in such a fierce scramble the weakest goes to the wall. If those ruffians acted in such a manner when leaving a sinking ship they would be shot doNNii without compunction. The Aberdare District Council have now advanced their charges for electric- ity by 25 per cent. I find no fault with that. The wonder to me is that those charges have remained stationary for such a long period when the prices of all the agencies and materials of com- bustion and illumination were continu- ally soaring. Now I would suggest that the Council go a step further and advance the Tram- way farcs-t It is not fair that the house- holders and business people who con- tribute largely to the municipal ex- chequer in the way of payment for elec- trie light, power or heat should have to pay an increased rate while the people who use our tramcars daily and nightly for the purpose of joy-riding are still privileged to do so at pre-war rates. The great majority of the patrons of I our trams to-day can well afford to pay a. substantially increased fare. Let us make our municipal charges as equitable as possible. Let all citizens be made to realise that they have got to do their bit in a civic sense and contribute their quota towards the finances of the town. If I had my way I should tax the joy- riders heavily. The railway companies have advanced their fares 50 per cent in order to discourage the habit of travel- ling for mere pleasure. What applies to the railway applies with equal force to the tramway. If the tramway' trip- pers had to fork out a little more it might be the means of reducing to some extent* the terrific overcrowding of our trams and the unseemly scrambling and jostling at the halts. A London beauty specialist says: Women work too strenuously nowa- days. Golf, for instance, and bridge give such a strained and ageing look to the face." These are, I suppose, strenuous exercises, but since when have they been removed from the category "of play to that of work ?
CLYN NEATH SOLDI ER'S DEATH.…
CLYN NEATH SOLDI ER'S DEATH. • Mr. and Mrs. John D. Davies, 22 Avon Street, Glyn Neath, have received the news from the War Office that their son Private Daniel John Davies, Infantry Corps, Lancashire Fusiliers, has been killed since May the 28th, 1919. He was only 20 years of age. He had been missing for over 12 months. The de- ceased young man was employed at the Pwllfaron and Aberpergwm Collieries before he joined the colours in 1917. Great sympathy is felt with the parents and family in their sad bereavement.
LOSS OF APPETITE.
LOSS OF APPETITE. Loss of appetite is usually traceable to some form of stomach or liver trouble, and may he taken as a sign that the digestive system is in need of a stimulating tonic. When you can't eat, or when food is distasteful, just try the effect of taking Mother Seigel's Syrup daily after your meals. This splendid stomachic remedy tones up and strengthens the digestive organs, sharpens the appetite, and regulates and invigorates the whole system. Then you not only eat your food with a relish, but, more important still, the food you eat enriches your blood, nour- ishes your body, increases your strength and vitality, and makes you look well, feel well, and keep well. Put it to the test.
CWMDARE NOTES.
CWMDARE NOTES. BY RAFFLES. There was quite a scene at Swansea recently. A local lady lost her hat and her husband lost the train by looking for it. Who were they? Raffles knows. Another candidate for the hatless brig- ade. Dewi says he'll marry • nobody but Dilys from Newquay. The local Sims Reeves has returned, as soft as ever. He was dressed to kill at the seaside; now he has come home it will be killing to hear him try to sing. Some" singing, like a hen cackling. Who tried to put the handle in the shovel and broke a seven and sixpenny pane of glass in the course of the opera- tion? Raffles knows. It was very inconsistent of the Sunday School teacher to go for a charabanc out- ing last Sunday. He forgot that example is better than precept. Who fried the pancakes in wagon grease thinking it was margarine? The flavour was very similar. Raffles knows. Popcorn asked his chum, Twm Talcen Slip, to come for a ride in the Shandy Bang. They went, and came home in a very shandy bang condition. (
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MARDY HOUSE AND NATIONAL SCHOOLS. It is reported that the managers of the Aberdare Town National Schools contemplate the purchase of Mardy Itoitse. The property is owned by the Marquis of Bute and will soon be in the market, the premises being now unoccu- pied. If the deal is ratified, it is the intention of the managers to take the building down and erect a school on the grounds to take the place of the present school buildings in Cardiff Street, which are deemed unsuitable according to the modern requirements of the Board of Education. The Mardy grounds will be an ideal site for school buildings, and doubtless'the Marquis of Bute will give the school managers the first offer of the site and building.
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BUILDERS' MEETINC AT ABERDARE. A private meeting of the members of the Master Builders' and Contractors' Association from Aberdare, Merthyr, Pontypridd, and Rhondda Valley wa", held at Aberdare on Saturday evening, when Mr. E. P. Davies, DowJais, pre- sided over an attendance of over 100 delegates. No official report was issued, but we understand that the new de- mands of the employees in the building trades as to hoursamd wages were con- sidered, and that it was decided not to entertain the men's demands.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS. CHIROPODY.—Corns, bunions, Ingrowing Toe-Naiis are dealt with on lentitic methods by a certificate *<1 chiropodist. Kt-'xideiiee* visited i hav%4.tlef.e 111 district. Moderate tees. -i,ewiv 1 Canon Street 'Uppntut# Pout Office), Aberdjirn. J FINE and Co., 18b Whitecmile fetreet, Aberdare, are buying and kpiling Second-hand Furniture. HES which don't lay don't pay. Kavswood Spice, containing ground in- sects. ensures eggs. Try it and watch results. Packets, 2kl., 7Jd., Is. 3d. Davies, Corn Merchant, Duke Street, j Aberdare. 1
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