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The War.
The War. This is a photo 01 Private Arthur Lane, of the Grenadier Guards, wiiose | parents live at Upavon. in Wiltshire. He is a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. David Every, 44 Gladstone Street, Aberanian. He was wounded by a bullet penetrating his leg in the same engagement as his cousin, Albert Every, was fatally wounded. Private Lane enlisted in November last, and met his cousin on the field of battle Oil September 13th, and they fought together. Private Lane is now in hospital near Manchester, and is getting on well, and hopes to be soon on his feet again. He is terribly grieved to hear of the death of his dearest pal. Private Lane was formerly employed on the Rhvmney Railway, and lived at Nelson. In a letter to Mr. and Mrs. very he says how he regrets that he was unable to crawl to the aid of his cousin when they were both lying wounded, but it was impossible. Gunner C. Lane, of the Heavy Battery, R.G.A., and a brother to Ar- thur. He enlisted in July, 1915, in a battery formed at Bristol for police- men only, he being then in the police force at Swindon. He is now in France. l'nvate Andrews, 1st ooum vvaies I Borderers, killed in action on July 25th, 1916. in France. He is also a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. David Every. He worked at Abercynon as a collier. He had been out almost since the comluencenient of the war. Private Andrews had been home twice, the first time suffering from frost-bitten feet. His wife resides at William Street, Abercynon. This is a photo of Private Albert Every, of the Grenadier Guards, j youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. David Every, 44 Gladstone Street, Aberaman, ( who was wounded in the abdomen whilst I in action in France on September :!5th, I 1916, and died on October 6th at the Clearing Station in France. He en- listed in October, 1915. He was previous- ly employed as a collier at the Fforch- aman Colliery. He was home for a few days in August, and received his baptism of fire on September 14th. He was a fine type of Guardsman, being 6 feet in height. He was only 20 years of age. Private Every was for 28 hours on the battlefield after having been wounded before he was picked up by the stretcher-bearers. Nurse Edith J. Wil- liams has written from the hospital to the mother saying that Private Every was unconscious to the end, and died peacefully. He did not suffer much pain. He had a German helmet which he valued very much, and which will be sent on to his parents. He often spoke of his mother. General sympathy is ex- tended to the bereaved family. Much-Wounded Soldier.-Pte. Harry Rees, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rees, The Woodlands, Tre- cynon, now lies at the Princess Christ- ian Hospital, Egham, Surrey, and is progressing favourably. He was re- cently visited by his two sisters, Mrs. J. Young and Miss D. Rees, also by Mrs. James, Bridgend Inn, Trecynon. He has had 56 wounds in all, and has undergone five operations. Besides, he has contracted pleurisy and pneumon- ia since he was wounded. Aberdare Corporal's Wounds.We regret to learn that Corpl. Tom Noot, formerly of the Whitcombe Inn, Aber- dare, has been severely wounded in the face in the Battle of the Somme. He has lost the sight of one eye and his face has been badly disfigured. His wife and family reside in Whitcombe Street. Brave Soldier's Death.—On Sunday morning the Misses Thomas, 14 Elm Grove, Aberdare, were notified of the death of their brother, Brychan, who was killed in action in France. Prior to joining the Army the deceased soldier was an assistant master at Caegarw Schools, Mountain Ash. He was a musician of no mean ability and a member of St. Elvan's Choir. He was educated at Brecon County School and Carmarthen Training College. He was secretary of the Primrose league, and Local Conservative Association; conductor of the Caegarw Hoys' Prize Choir, and the Aberdare Church Choral Society. He had been secretary and chairman of the Aberdare Church Defence League. Pte. Brychan Thomas joined the colours last Febru- ary in the 20th London Welsh liegt. After being in London he proceeded to Winchester. Early in June he was drafted out to France. His brother, Pte. Tom Thomas, is also in the Army, stationed at the R.G.A. Cadet School, Trowbridge. Pte. Thomas was 32 years of age. His mother resides at Devynock. We cull the following from a letter sent to his sisters by Lance Corpl. W. Lloyd, also of the London Regt., his friend, from France on Oct. 16 It is with the deepest regret 1 have to inform you of your .brother's death, who passed away this morning when defending a Garrison Post in one of our advanced lines. His death was instantaneous and painless, and caused by a German sniper. Your brother was a brave man, and we deeply feel the loss of a gallant comrade and friend, who by his fine character and manliness had won the high esteem of this battalion. I have known your brother for a little more than four months. We met at Hazely Down Camp, Winchester, while training in the Civil Service Rifles. As we are both Welshmen, and I living in the neighbouring town of Merthyr, natur- ally we would have all the strong ties of our countrymen when on active l- vioe, and when I heard the sad aews this morning I felt the loss of one dear to me."
A SOLDIER'S COMPLAINT.
A SOLDIER'S COMPLAINT. Dear SirI am in receipt of your paper of .the 14th October, and have read of three men of the gipsy fraternity being arrested as absentees from His Majesty's Army. After being fined in the Police Court they were ordered to be handed over to a military .escort. These men entrained at Mountain Ash T.V.R. Station. Some five women and a man were allowed on the platform to see them away. I wish to write of incon- sistent action of the railway authorities respectingl these people and my sen. i was a volunteer for active service in November, 1914, and joined the 2nd Life Guards. Previous to enlistment i- was a police-constable in the Mountain Ash area. I had seen eleven months active service in France previous to visiting my wife and family o the 26th and 27th September last. On the latter date I left Mountain Ash en route for France by the 7.20 p.m. train. My wife and family accompanied me to the railway station, but were not allowed on the platform to see me away. I wonder if the public in general think that fair treatment to a pooi Tommy on active service who on lea^° may be saying good-bye to his dear ones for the last time. I wish some kind friend would take the matter m > and see the railway officiais who hold the authority of grafting s,uc\ It is very hard to think that a volunteer trS BO much worse ta • con- script, who has to be arrested and handed over to the T remain, Trooper 3252 xtichard Beynon, Att. R.A.M.C., No. 12 Station- ary Hospital, B.E.F., France.
ABERCWMBOI IN DARKNESS.I
ABERCWMBOI IN DARKNESS. a:r __T see that our Councillors are abating for better light in all parts of the Council area besides Abercwmboi. a village containing from 700 to 800 houses. Miners are asked to work regu- larlv, and yet they are not aUowed any licrht on their way to and from the mine. In the Garden City there are a few hundred residents and some m- finished roads. The people here would almost prefer a Zep raid to the present inconvenience. Walking from the top of Garden City to the main road after dark is an almost impossible feat. I Surelv a shaded lamp or two could be put up here without running any great risk am, etc., SYLVANUS.
IMountain Ash Jottings.
I Mountain Ash Jottings. BY LUCIFER. The increases to teachers in Moun- tain Ash amount to a sum equal to a 21d. rate, whereas in Aberdare a 2d. rate will cover the increased salaries. The Mountain Ash Teachers' Associa- tion asked for 10s. per week. What was granted was 38. to those earning below X3 a week, and 2s. to thoee above that sum. Mr. Bruce Jones was in a generous mood last Tuesday week. In one in- stance a Labour member proposed 46. a week advance to an official. Mr. Bruce Jones promptly remarked that that was not enough, and moved 9s. When a Capitalist acts in this man- ner he cuts the ground from under the feet of Labour representatives. 1 wonder do the workmen of the Dowlais- Cardiff Colliery catch Mr. Jonee in that mood very often? Another teacher who was employed by the Mountain Ash Authority has fallen in France. He is Mr. Brychan Thomas, assistant master at Caegarw Schools. Mr. Thomas is the second teacher-soldier from the district to lay down his life for his country. Dr. R. D. Morgan, Ynysybwl, says that good milk is worth 6d. a quart, but that it is extremely difficult to ob- tain the real article. In view of this statement would it not be better to take drastic measures to secure pure milk instead of agitating about the price? No District Council elections will take place next March. This is good news for Councillors, but bad news for Coun- cil clerks and staffs, printers and electors. Our Councillors will be gett- ing very independent if this goes on much longer.
To Stop any Rheumatic Pains…
To Stop any Rheumatic Pains in Ten Minutes. BY JIM SULLIVAN, Trainer of the London Scottish. Famous Physical Instructor and Ex. Middle-weight Champion explains a permanent cure and tells how he keeps his men free from all Uric Acid Dis- orders, Backache, Kidney Trouble, etc. Sweating cures, Turkish baths. vapour and hot air baths, etc., always quickly limber stiff muscles and joints by driving acids and all other impuri- ties out of the body. But many readers will say they have no time for expensive baths and spa treatments, so 1 shall explain a substitute even more eirectiTe. You can obtain at slight cost from any chem- ist about a half- pound of the common Reudel Bath Sal- trates, a small hand- ful of which dis- solved in a hot bath, will produce medi- cated and oxygen- ated curative water. Bathe in this, and you will at once understand just why sufferers travel to the thermal bath springs famous since lioman days, for the Saltrates contain ex- actly the same cur- ative constituents found in the natural spring waters. Reu- del baths, like natur- al thermal baths, do untoia gooa by expanding tne blooa vessels, relieving congestion or high blood pressure and stimulating the flow of a pure, rich blood current which courses through every nook and cranny of the system, flushing out ll the dan- gerous impurities, uric acid, toxins and disease germs. This is Nature's own method of treating kidney trouble, backache, and rheumatic tortures, scia- tica, lumbago, etc., but to enjoy a natural cure no need go to the expense of a journey to a spa. The Salt rated br. ths do more good than a dozen "sweats," Turkish baths, patent medi- cines, ointments, liniments or anything else. In specially severe cases, if you also wish to hasten a permanent cure by following the corresponding internal treatment as administered at the spas drink occasionally a level teaspoolifili of refined Alkia Saltratea in a tumbler of water. This is a wonderfully rapid solvent and thorough eliminant of uric acid, which even the worst cases of rheumatism cannot resist. "_0_
Mems from the Mount.
Mems from the Mount. A friend of mine giVeft me a tip about soldiers' parcels. When sending don't forget to enclose a couple of pairs of laces. Sounds simple, but a huge bless- ing to Tommy in the muddy trenches. There is still considerable speculation concerning the phenomena in the eky on Monday night week. An opulent and corpulent magnate of the town suggested it was an airship, and so does Mr. C. B. Stanton, M.P. So also did a local wag, who asked whether it was trying to find the carnival fidld. A Miskin jokemonger says that all this talk about lights seta his cats mewing. "Yes," said the Miekin boy, "P.C. Perryman used to be here, but he've gone to the front, and P.C. Kingdom come."
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"Do you know what it ia to love a woman?" "Do I? Whv, I idealised a woman once, but-(sadly)-she married." "Whom did she marry?" "Me."
Who is me?
Who is me? A precious soul that's come to etay Awnile within a house of clay, A force entrusted with a will To exercise for good or ill, A something held within its shrine, Guarded and kept by care divine— That's me. A vital power, a living thing, Which like a bird with nestless wing, Would break its prison bare to scan The heights beyond its narrow span; And "this" within essays to rise Above the sphere of mortal guise— "This" me. The outer form which men may see Is not myself; it is not "me"; My body, feet and head and hands Are subject as their use demands To "that" which rules its sway within. Alas, too often 'tis for sin, That's me. 'Tis well to pause and meditate While in life's stress our part we take, And search within that we may see More of this hidden mystery Of self that chooseth what shall be Its future through eternity- This me. My outward case, revered must be, 'Twas made in God's own image, He Designed it first when He made man According to His wondrous plan; But 'twas the breath of God, He breathed, Which is the life my soul received- That's me. None can usurp my claim to be Myself, no other could be me, Nor take my place in realms of light When faith shall be exchanged for sight, My ransomed soul, from fetters free, Lord, take it then to dwell with Thee— Yes me. A flood of thought pervades the breast That fleshly coil cannot arrest, It flows to absent friends so dear, It reaches Heaven's eternal sphere, And there, in joy of ecstacy, I talk with Him who made me MB— Yes, me. Soon from the chamber of this frame I shall return to whence I came, My covering only be the dress Of Jesu's robe of righteousness; But still this precious part called me Shall live, but glorified, shall be Yet me. CAROLINE DAVIS HAYWARD. Pencaedrain, Pontneathvaughan.
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Abercynon Police Court. Thursday, Oct. 19.-Befcre Messrs. R. A. Griffith (Stipendiary), Griffith Evans and Edward Jones. Drunk and Disorderly. Thomas John Roberts, in Mountain Ash Road, Abercynon, 13s. Ynysybwl Desperadoes. Abraham Griffiths and Edwin Wall were charged with being drunk and disorderly in Windsor Place, Ynysybwl. Both were fined 20s.—A further charge was pre- ferred against Wall of assaulting John Evans, who was assisting the police, and the further charge of damaging the police cell. Police evidence was given that when prisoners were being arrest- ed they became very violent. — Corpl. John Evans stated that he went to as- sist the police and Wall struck him several times. Eventually he got him on the floor and held him till another policeman came.—P.S. Clesham spoke to the damage, 2s. 6d., committed in the cell by Wall.—Police Superintend- ent E. Rees informed the Bench that Griffiths had nine previous convictions against him, three of them this year. He was a desperate character, and owed two fines now. Wall had been convicted five times this year and owed t one fine.-Stipendiary: It is evident you are a pair of desperadoes. We feel very reluctant however to send you to prison, but next time that will be done. -Gr)* ffiths was fined 20s. for drunkenness. Wall was fined 20s. for drunkenness, 20s. for the assault on Evans, 10s. for committing damage, and 2s. 6d. the damage, R2 12s. 6d. in all. Cycling Offenders. Wm. Stedman and Arthur Ford were summoned for riding bicycles in Robertstown, Ynysy- bwl, without red rear lights.-Fined 2s. 6d. each. Ynysboeth Language.—Wm. Davies sent his wife to answer a charge of using indecent language in Main Road, Ynysboeth. P.C. Stedman Williams proved the case. Mrs. Davies said that somebody had drunk her hus- band's pint of ale and he resented it.- Stipendi&ry We think there was some provocation in this case, and he will be let off. In future tell him to call a pint a pint and not a spade. Mary Ann Cody was fined 6s. for a similar offence.-P.C. Diniwiddie proved the case. ■Ejectment.—John John, Beadon St., Mountain Ash, applied for an eject- ment order against Thomas Harris, 6 Beadon Street, Mountain Ash. Re- spondent owed £9 5s. arrears. Granted. Drunk and Disorderly.-Laura Jones, Avondale Street, Ynysboeth, against whom were 27 previous convictions, was fined 13s. or 14 days for the above offence. Asked to Make it Up. Geo. Ed- wards, 7 Walsh Street, Ynysboeth, was summoned by his wife, Ann Edwards, for desertion. Complainant stated that they had been married 20 years, and lived in Cardigan till four years ago. There were three children, one in the Armv. Her husband was con- tinually quarrelling and punching her. -Defendant told the Bench that when he was away in the Dardanelles she was going to Monachdy Farm. Once she I stayed away for 7 weeks.—Adjourned for further evidence.-The Clerk: Why don't you try and live together again? I
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