The Rhondda Leader

Penygraig. The second of the series of entertain- ments held in connection with the Seion Welsh Wesieyan Literary Society was held on Wednesday evening last. The chair- man was Mr. Richard Owen adjudicator of music, Mr. A. W. Jones; adjudicator of literary items, Mr. Thomas Thomas. The programme prepared was as follows: -Chairman's address, Mr. Richd. Owen; solo, Mr. Edward Cwynfryn Evans; reci- tation, Mr. John Ebenezer Evans; com- petition in recitation, 1st prize, Master Francis Miles, 2nd divided between Mas- ter Harold Miles and David Trevor Evans; recitation, Mr. James Phillips; singing competition, 1st prize divided be- tween Master Sidney Roberts and Miss Annie Jones, 2nd divided between Masters R. Rennie Atkins and E. Gwynfryn Evans; dialogue, Misses M. J. Edwards, Annie Jones, and Annie E. Jones; song, Miss Doris Bennett; solo, Mr. John Evans; competition) reading at first sight (six competitors), 1st prize, Mr. David Jones; solo, Mr. David Williams; selection by Mr. J. W. Atkins and party. 'The usual vote of thanks and the singing of a hymn terminated a very pleasant evening.

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Lives of some great men remind us That we will, if we are wise, Leave our modesty behind us And get out and advertise. —Judge, New York. THE MIO-RHONDDA CARRIAGE Co. (Late Jones & Powell). Works:-Brook St., Williamstown, RHONDDA" I < Coach Builders AND Wheelwrights. Business Carts £ of every description built n to order. Repairs jand Painting :promptly executed. Shoeing & General Smiths. RAILING & FENCING A SPECIALITY. Estimate Free. 3064 J, BROOKS, Opposite Post Office, TONYPANDY Has a Large Assortment of Faneij Goods Suitable for Presents j|| T' CIGARS A SPECIALITY, In boxes ranging from 5 to 100. CHEAPEST HOUSE FOR PIPES, POUCHES, & all Smokers' Requisites. — Sole Agent for the Masiia" Pipe If you contemplate giving yourself or friend a treat, this is the pipe to give satisfaction. H. A. HARMAN, UMBRELLA MANUFACTURER, 113, Queen Street, CARDIFF (Nearest Umbrella Shop in the City close to both Taff Vale Railway and Rhymney Railway Stations). Presentation Walking Sticks and Umbrellas Mounted in Gold & Silver, a speciality. All kinds of Fancy LeSther Goods, Dressing Cases, Purses, Frames, &c., suitable for PRESENTS. Largest and Best Selected Stock in the Principality. An Ideal Present is my 10/6 Umbrella Sterling Silver Handle, Fox's Best Steel Tube Frame, good quality Cover. It i* unequalled value. Sent carriage pdfcl to any address in the United Kingdom. All kinds of Re-covers and Repairs executed on the premises on the shortest notice, and at most reasonable prices. 113, Queen Street, CARDIFF. 3190 H. SAMUEL'S STOCK-TAKING SALE provides a unique oppor; tunity of securing Yalua ie HALF-PIRICE A BARGAINS ■ JEWELLERY. WATCHES, £ £ ■ 2^r&vLocKs' cutlery> E,c-i—5/6 Ii6.^A These are a few examples price of the extraordinary offers. W Call to-day and take full PY /z^SPi \advantage of the great ^• I drop in prices. Call ^j/ //A if M W EARLY and have first H{| /II# A V Toc ,ct., choice from the won- If III 'I i\ C ? derful variety of de- If f/L I X lightful articles offered g_ct. Hall-mkd. f I n *BBmM half prlce* GEM RINGS, f rf C*\ A vnil can afford! ■ 3 Rubies or Sap- I III, J I ^|(X\ YUU these prices; I phires, 2 Pearls. IIn |Me/ I w A t Gold Heart Locket, aa I I 01 I |\ choicely set with six B Pel Isnd ff% Ap% m ir6/6I TRAIN FARES PAID. jf|i0^ REMARKABLE RECORD. iflflPsUver-\W&m S Beaconsfield Buildings, Chorley. backed H Dec. 16, 11)06. i7 Hair Brush, Dear Blr-It is now 22 years this weak f m ginoi I purchased my watch lor 25 /I (C^Hr Bnitl«s,l/B» Bf u Never a better watch you turned mi D ..mw I m out as retards time-keeping and dur- § fl m ability. It has been In use every day Remember, everything you buy 9 rn during that it still "^TiiST. is worth double, and any article H 5000 FORFEITED IF ABOVE LET- I JUST CALL, YOU WILL NOT BE PRESSED TO BUY. jV ft 00 TER IS NOT A GENUINE JUST CALL, YOU WILL NOT BE PRESSED TO BUY. TRIBUTE—ONE OK THOUSANUS. TRAIN FARE REFUNDED IF YOU SPEND 26' £ IK. SAMUEL 7 ST. MARY'S STREET, I (of MANCHESTER). CARDIFF. f T1" E» T Hiof Pontypridd, 8 SwTO XMBB I ■ S Still attends at the SILVER GRILL, Tonypandy, EVERY TUESDAY, from 2 till 6. And at 44, HANNAH STREET, Porth, every MONDAY from 10 to 7 pm. LOW FEES. EASY TERMS OF PAYMENT ARRANGED. 3140 Penygraig & District Perfect Thrift Building Society. Registered under the Building Societies Acts 1874 and 1894. Nothing Succeeds like Success Completion ot 14 years of the Society's Existence. It has therefore stood the test of 14 years. Is Safe, Local and Get-at-able. Advanced by the Society over 989000. Advanced this year over P.1 9500, Information on the spot at any time. Everyone should join 1-Young, Old, Rich and Poor. An Entrance Fee of 1/ and a Subscription of 6d. per week Will secure you one Share value P.100 (or 6d. extra for every additional £ 100 share), and you will have the same chance in the next baliot in a few weeks as the oldest member to at once. Purchase your House Free of Interest. Owing to frequent ballots, deaths, &c., we have a few vacant Share numbers. For further information apply to either of the following Directors T. P. JOHN, Schoolmaster, Trealaw (Cnairman): E. FOWLER, 32, Ely Street, Tonypandy; J. W.JONES, Schoolmaster, Tonypandy; DAVID HENSHAW, Tylacelyn Road, Penygraig; GEO, EVANS, Printer, Tonypandy; JOHN G. DAVIES, Llewelyn Terrace, Llwynypia; R. PUGH, Elsie House. Tonypandy JOSEPH JONES, 10, Station St, Penygraig; and TOM EVANS, Brecon House, Penygraig (Secretary). Subscriptions are received every alternate week at the Registered Office, TONYPANDY LIBRARY, and at the Sub-Office, 31, Tylacelyn Road, Penygraig. Hours-Mondays, 7 to 8.30. Do not put it off for to-morrow what can be done to-day Join at once. Telegraphic Address" Paperhanging, Cardiff'" Nat. Tel. 774. ROBERT LEWIS & Co., COLOUR, PAINT, VARNISH and PAPERHANGING MERCHANTS, GLASS IMPORTERS, &c., 13, Custom House Street, and 8, New Street, Gardifl. Insist upon seeing our New Pattern Book of Wallpapers for 1907, containing Ingrains Leatherettes, Ceilings, Dados, LinJX usta, Lignomur, Anaglyta, &c. Plate and Sheet Glass Factors and Exporters. Leaded Lights made on the Premise*. Glass Embossed (English and French styles), any design, on the Premises. Orders promptly executed. Sole Local Agents for the following- "GRAPHITE PAINT." For steel and iron work. The Opacity and spreading power of this paint is double that of Lead Paint and 60 per cent more than Oxide of Iron Paint. 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Hard and Solid Finish Easily applied, will net crack, chip, blister or peel off. EBERSON'S "V. & P. SOLVENT." Is a Perfect Varnish and Paint Remover. In a few minutes either Varnish or Paint will soften For Interior Fainting A perfect ana and can be wiped off with a cloth or scraper. GOOD ADVICE for the NEW YEAR Don't fail to Pay a Visit to the i an urnis in ol Metropolitan Furnishing Co. 47, St. Mary Street, CARDIFF (Facing Wood Street), Before going elsewhere. They are the CHEAPEST and BEST in South Wales for all kinds of Household Furniture TO SUIT ALL CLASSES. Cash or Easy Terms, to suit everyone's convenience. One of the LARGEST STOCKS in WALES to select from. 3187 Established 1845. WARNING TO THE PUBLIC I BE SURE YOU GET THOMPSON'S BURDOCK PILLS AND REFUSE ALL SUBSTITUTES. On of the Oldest and the Best of Medicines, having been more than 60 years before the Public. For purifying the foulest Blood, and removing every disease of the Stomach, Liver and Kidneys. Oures Scurvy and Scrofula, Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, and all diseases arising from an impure state of the Blood. Gouty and Rheumatic Persons will find the greatest relief by their use. Sold by all Chemists at Is. IJd. and 2s. 9d., or by Post direct from the BURDOCK PILL MANUFACTORY 27, St. Helen's Road. SWANSKA, for 15 or 34 Stamps. BV THOMPSON'S ELECTRIC LIFE DROPS For the Cure of Nervous Debility. The Electric Life Drops act so quickly on a weak and shattered constitution that health is speedly restored. In Bottles, at Be. 6d., 118., and 22s.. in cases at AS. See the Name of the Sole Proprietors-M. A. THOMPSON & SON, on label. 3004 t11 'i., 11, .ii v PHIL LEEK, MONUMENTAL SCULPTOR TREALAW. Exhibitioner, South Kensington, London py MONUMENTS, TOMBS, CROSSES, &c., executed in Granite, Marble, or Stone. Estimates given for Building Carving Contracts. Monuments Cleaned and Repaired. All kinds of Chimney Pieces to Order Masonry in all its Branches. Designs Furnished. 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MORGAN & Co., (Late J MUNDAY), OHFMISTS, 1, High Street, CARDIFF. 2 Winter Chills Bring Various Ills! It is therefore of the utmost importance to always have a Reliable Remedy at Hand for the various ailments which are constantly occurring in the best regulated homes, heads of families recognize this by keeping MARVELLO OINTMENT by them as it is a Medicine Chest in itself. It quickly relieves and promptly and permanently cure Sore Throat, Bronchitis, and Chest Complaints, and is unequalled for Sores And Skin Diseases. Kain cannot exist where it is vigourously applied. Mrs M. E. Jones, of the Bungalow, Hempstead, near Gloucester, writes November 24, 190 -:— "I have found your MARVELLO so truly valuable I should be quite glad if any recommendation of mine would extend its sale. It has been quite a family friend for many years now, and it really does what you claim for it to do. It has several times proved successful when other remedies have failed, and we have tested it in a variety of cases. I heartily wish you increased success. To Mr B. E. Beard." Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors Generally. PRICE IS. l £ d. Wholesale by BARCLAY AND SONS, LONDON. By Post for price from the Sole Maker and Proprietor- B. E. BEARD, 25, Gordon Rd., Blackwood, Mon B589-67 If You Suffer from any disease arising free impurities in the Blood, such as ECZEMA, BLOOD POISON, SCROFULA, ERUPTIONS SORES, BOILS, BAD LEGS, RHEUMATISM, SCURVY, GOUT, etc. You should test the value of Clarke's Blood Mixture, the world-famed Blood Purifier. It is warranted to cleanse the Blood from all im- purities, from whatever cause arising;. The following is a good proof of its healing powers. BAD LEG CURED. Gentlemen,—It is with great pleasure that I write to tell you of the benefit my wife has de- rived from taking Clarke's Blood Mixture. Her leg was very bad for over four years, and after trying several kinds of medicine with no result whatever, she went to the local hospital for eleven weeks, and was discharged as incurable. It was then that she tried Clarke's Blood Mix- ture, and after taking the first bottle the pain was eased wonderfully. She continued witn it, and when she had taken seven small ibottles was completely cured. She has been cured over a year now, and follows her laundrywork a8 well as ever. You can make what use you like of this for the beneAt of others.—Yours truly. H. LXDGZK, Englishes Cottages,Warwick Wold, Merstham, Surrey, May iBt, 1904. Of all Chemists and Stores. Ask for CLARKE'S I THE nB WORLD- BLOOD "med MIXTURE I AND BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. _n_- Printed for the proprietors, The Rhondda Leader," Limited, by Evans and Short, at their Printing Works, De Win- ton Street, Tonypaadv. and published by William David Jones, at 15, De Winton Street, Tonypandy, in the "Moty of Glum.

The Missing Hog, Tonypandy Butcher Summoned. Case Dismissed. John Galloway, butcher, Tonypandy, was summoned at Porth Police Court on Thursday last for receiving a sow, knowing it to have been stolen, the property 01 Robert Evans, collier, 126, Llewellyn St., Pontygwaith. Mr. St. John Francis Williams (instructed by Mr. T. W. Lewis) appeared for prosecutor, and Mr. James Phillips, Pontypridd, defended. Opening the case for the prosecution, Mr. Wiiiiams said that prosecutor was a collier, living at Pontygwaith, and kept a sow in a cot about yards from his house. Un the evening of November 2/th. tne sow was m his cot, but on the follow- ing morning, when he went to look at the cot, he found that the sow was missing. tie gave miormation to the police, and also inserted an advertisement in a news- paper. On November DUtil he was taken oy a constable to Tonypanuy, where he identified the sow in attendant's posses- sion. When asked how he came into pos- session of the sow, Galloway said that he bought her, but failed to produce a receipt to tnat effect, and also failed to give the name of the man from whom it was sup- posed to have been purchased. When. asked how much he had paid for the animal, defendant said £ 3 15s. Its value, said prosecutor, was between L8 and £ 9. At the time the sow was taken from the cot it was in farrow, and would, there- fore, be useless for the purposes of killing. Prosecutor bore out advocate's state- ment, and then followed this amusing dialogue between counsel and prosecutor on the animal's condition. Mr. Williams: Was she in a delicate state of health? (Laughter). Prosecutor: No, she was in a good con- dition. Mr. Williams: Was she expecting an interesting event to take place? (Much laughter).—Yes, she did. In cross-examination, prosecutor said that a lodger had disappeared before the sow was missing. The Stipendiary: Then he didn't elope I with the sow (laughter). Re-examined as to the condition of the sow, witness said that he ought to know the weight of the sow, as "he had been reared up with pigs since he was born (loud laughter). Edward Jones, butcher, said that the sow was in a very good condition a fort- night before she was taken from the sty, and was worth about 1;8 lUs. When wit- ness saw her on January llth, she ap- peared to have been in a starved condition and was not worth more, than JEo. Mr. Phillips, for the defence, contended that he had no case to answer. His client haLl bought the sow in good faith, and when he discovered that it was missing from Pontygwaith and advertised for, he at once communicated with Inspector Hoyle. When he understood that a charge was being made against him, and when representations were made to him to try to settle the case, his client refused to do anything of the sort, and declared that rather than be blackmailed he was prepared to fight the case to the bitter end. The defendant, in the box, said that a man called upon him on November 28th and asked for a pork butcher named Griffiths, adding that he had a sow to sell him. Witness said that Griffiths had removed, but that if he had something to sell, he (Mr. Galloway) could do with a pig. The result was he bought the animal at the price already mentioned. Inspector Hoyle, Tonypandy, who ap- peared on subpoena, said that Galloway rendered him every assistance in describ- ing the man who brought him the pig. Several other witnesses were called for the defence, including Mr. John Morgan, who has lately been appointed Agricul- tural Valuer under the Glamorgan County Council, who declared that when he saw the sow on January 22nd she appeared to be sharp. Mr. Williams: What do you mean by sharp? Was she intelligent, or were her bones sticking out? (Laughter). In summing up, the Stipendiary said there were many suspicious features in the case, but in view of the good character ot the defendant he did not think that the evidence adduced for the prosecution was one upon which any jury would convict. The case was, therefore, dismissed.

Porth, Cymmer and District Chamber of Trade. The usual monthly meeting of the above Chamber was held at the Washington Hotel, Porth, on Wednesday evening last, Mr. William Evans (Messrs. Thomas and Evans) presiding over an attendance which included Messrs. Thomas Davies (chemist), J. T. Jones (Messrs. Jones and Jones), D. W. Davies (chemist), John Thompson, J. E. Lloyd, W. S. Morgan, A. E. Wilson, E. S. Richards, J. Mitchell, and the secretary (Mr. T. William Young). A communication was read from the Postmaster-General anent increased postal facilities for the district. This was referred to the sub-committee who have already the matter under consideration. Arising from the above improvement, certain suggestions were made that the public would materially benefit by the insertion of a wall letter-box at the bottom end of Hannah Street and near the Town Mail, and also at Birchgrove. The question of a sub-office at Llwyn- celyn was also considered, and eventually it was decided that representations be made to Mr. Flacke, Pontypridd, in this direction. Mr. Thomas Davies (chemist) brought forward a suggestion that the Chamber should consider the advisability of arrang- ing a series of Gilchrist Lectures for next winter. Mr. Davies' suggestion was well- received, and the secretary was asked to see what could be done in the matter. A suggestion from Mr. John Thompson that the Chamber should be affiliated to the Associated Chambers of Trade and Commerce, was left open for further con- sideration. The question of certain improvements which are badly required in Pontypridd Road was also brought forward. It was pointed out that with the increased vehicular traffic in this neighbourhood its present condition was certainly dangerous, and with the completion of the suggested improvements this would not only be averted, but the properties in this parti- cular district would be considerably im- proved in value. Messrs. Thomas Davies, John Thomp- son, J. S. Richards, D. M. Jones, and W. S. Morgan were appointed as a sub- committee to deal with the matter. The Secretary was also requested to communicate with the Council with a view of having the Porth. section of tramways opened as early as the Pontypridd section, so that the local trading community should not suffer.

,<" The Breath of the Pine Forest. The Right Way and the Wrong! Way of Treating Coughs & Colds. The advent of Peps, the pleasant piüe- air treatment for throat, lung, and chest diseases, has superseded old-fashioned treatment by medicines through the stomach as completely as modern methods in medicine have superseded the bleeding- cup. Medicines to benefit the lungs and bronchial tubes should obviously reach the the aHected parts direct. Peps convey the pleasant balsamic essences of the rich pine woods straight to the seat of the trouble. A medicine for the chest and lungs is all wrong 11 it has to be merely swallowed into the. stomach, which has 110 direct connection with the lungs. You can t swallow anything into jour lungs. Uld- time chest, lung and cough medicines are just as wrong-neaued in enect as they are in composition. they are usually heavily drugged with opium, chloral, morphia, or some other narcotic, or else loaded with bromides or other sedatives. By dosing the nerves they otten stop a cough, witnout removing tne cause. it is dangerous to merely stop a cough, for coughing is IN a tuxe's way or expelling phlegm, disease germs, and other oDstruc- tions from the tnroat, lungs, and chest. If you stop the cough before its work is done, by putting your nerves to sleep, your chest, throat, and lungs get clogged up with impurities. Peps cure coughs and colds by making the cough easy, natural, and painless, and by destroying disease germs, lou simply take a little Pep from its silver paper wrapping and let it dissolve on the tongue, or crush it between the teeth. 'i'his releases the pine essences imprisoned in the tablet, and immediately the nasal cavities, the throat, the lungs, and the bronchial tubes are filled with the healing breath of the rich pine woods. Breathing becomes easy and natural when the breath is im- pregnated with the, rich balsamic pine air from Peps; phlegm is loosened, and brings out with it all the dust and germs inhaled from polluted air; coughing is eased and allayed, and the clogged-up air passages are cleared. Be on your guard against substitutes and imitations. See that the registered name—Peps—is on every box you buy. There is nothing just as good as Peps. Of all chemists at lilt or 2/9 per box, or post free at the same prices, from The Peps Pastille Co., Carlton Hill, Leeds, or C. E. Fulford, Ltd., Leeds.