The Aberdare Leader

Flowers for Tnmmiqg Hats, Pinafores aqd Aprons of every description 63d, Ladies' Underclothing, Children's Socks, Stockings, and Urider- clothing, Sequin and Lace Collarettes from 6d. 2 1\ variety of Blouses. At J. R. Davies' Residence, 72, YNYSL WYD ST.. ABERDARE.

man &% m m TOM DIX, Boot Hotel Mews, Aberdare. NEW FURNITURE VAN, Of most modern and approved Construction. Adapted for Removing Furniture from Cottage or Mansion, by Road, Rail, or Sea. Packed by experienced packers. Estimates free upon application. Terms strictly Moderate, JOHN MORGAN & SON, ESTABLISHED 1868, Undertakers and Funeral Furnishers. Proprietors of Hearses and Mourning Coaches to suit all classes. A large selection of Shrouds and Trimmings kept Estimates given for Bricked Graves. John Morgan and Son's latest Glass Panelled Hearse defies competition in quality and Price. NOTE THE ADDRESS:- .53, Monk Street, Aberdare, And at Station Street, near T.V.R. Station. VISIT THE 'GE^TU^Y' FURBISHING STORES, And see one of the Largest Stocks in Aberdare of Bedroom, Diqiqg, Drawing, Breakfast Room, and Kitchen Furniture, IN THE VERY LATEST STYLES. CALL AND INSPECT OUR GOODS. NO PERSONS ARE PRESSED TO BUY. 60, Cardiff Street, ABERDARE. <). HARRY REED, PROPRIETOR. HAHMSION AND CO., MUSIC STORES, 7, Cardiff St., Aberdare. Largest & Best Selected Stocks in the District NEW MODELS FOR 1903. and Collard, Metzler, and all leading makers, 14 guineas cash, or 9s. 6d. per month. LATEST DESIGNS. Organs by Karn, Bell, and all best makers, from 5 guineas cash, or 5s. per month. The PIANAUTO and ANGELUS." The most perfect piano players on the market. Inspection invited. Pamphlets free. GRAMOPHONES & DISC GRAPHOPHONES from THREE GUINEAS Cash, or on Easy Terms to suit purchaser's convenience. CHEAP PHONOGRAPHS, 7/6 each. High speed. Extra Loud Records, Is. each. Full value allowed on instruments taken in exchange. Tuning & Repairs a Speciality All Goods Warranted. HARMSTON & CO., Aberdare, Pontypool, Cinderford, &c Jl& Worth your while, to secure one of R. dONES & SPECIALITIES. R. JONES & SONS. A LADY'S COLD JEWELLED WARRANTED 40/- SIX YEARS. Exchanged with pleasure THROUGHOUT soljxTgold # GENEVA WATCH. CASES. if not approved. R. JONES & SONS. WEDDING RINGS SOLD BY WEIGHT. JONES & SONS, Watchmakers, 17, Canon Street, Aberdare. THE New Black Lion Brewery Co., Ltd., ABERDARE, Brewers, Wine, Spirit and Cigar Merchants, Ale and Stout Bottlers, Aerated Water Manufacturers. Bonded StoresGlasgow, Belfast, London & Bristol. aqejits FOR Messrs. Allsopp & Sons' Burton Ales & Stout. Managing Director A. S. PLEACE. FIREWOOD, FIREWOOD FIREWOOD. ICE DRY FIREWOOD Chopped ready for use, d. per Bundle or 7 Bundles for 3d. I Use this Firewood and save the bother of chopping Please note the Address: J. E. PROTHERO, 25, High St. (Facing Canon St.), ABERDARE. G. F. UPTON, Cambrian Hotel. HEADQUARTERS OF The Aberdare Town Association Football Club. HOUSE FAMINE j In the Aberdare Valley. Immediate Advances Can be obtained on Freeholds JLoaBohol or Copyhold Property, at 4t per cent. reduceable to öt per cent. 2 80 per cent. of the valuation immediately advanced. Apply to- ——— GWILYM MYRDDIN THOMAS 5, Ynyslwyd Road Aberaman Aberdare. Lendon Berry and tio., I ARTISTS AD PHOTOGRAPHS, Globe Studio, 47 Commercial St., Aberdare. (Proprietor R. L. BERRY.) Specialities;— PORTRAITS IN CRAYONS, WATERCOLOURS AND OILS. Highest Quality. Lowest Price. All work done on the Premises CALL FOR PRICE LISTS ————————-MM««———^ Go for Good Value and Low Prices to Freed and Co., THE LADING HOUSE furnishers Who will supply you from £ 2 to X200 on most liberal terms. 10 per cent discount for cash. Handsome Wedding Presents to all young people starting furnishing. Don't miss the chance to secure same, as we have a large number to give away. Look sharp and marry—there is a good offer to start. THE ONLY ADDRESS- FREED AND COMPANY COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS, 15, Cardiff St., Aberdare. Mind and enter the right shop. See the name FREED & CO." above door. Corner of Merchant Street. New Theatre, ABERDARE. Hk Change of Programme Weekly. Prices of Admission: 2/6, 2/ 1/6, 1/ & 6d. Manager and Secretary: Z. ANDREWS. A.B. t ww I ilQis B rnxssttoAttH 8read I is as goob I as it is nice. I OVIS Bread is real food. It con- B JL JL tains more nourishment than I either brown or white bread or B porridge. It maintains strength and fl creates energy. It is all nutriment in fl a form that benefits the strong and B weak alike. fl It is also very nice and palatable. I It it mad, and delivered daily by I F. W. CAUNT fl (Sole Agent for Aberdare), I CONFECTIONER, II 24, VICTOR SQUARE, AND I 1, COMMERCIAL STREET, I ABERDARE. Further particulars from HOVIS LTD., < flr Macclesfield. AL PURE WHITE BREAD Diploma 1897. Gold Medal 1899. (Against all England and Wales). OVIS BREAD Diploma 1901. Gold Medal Diploma 1902. (For excellence of make). BROWV BREAD Specially made on the most approved principles (see Analysis) MilK BREAD Specially prepared for invalids. The above made daily and delivered by Vans to all parts of the Town. F. W. CAUNT, 24, Victoria Square AND 1, Commercial Street, Aberdare. Nat. Tel. 0163. R. H- MilES, Meat Purveyor, Aberdare & Aberaman. WATSONS' | Steam Saw Mills AND TIMBER YARD, Opposite G.W. Station, Mountain Ash. Also Importers of Slates, Sanitary Pipes, W.C. Pans and Syphons, Fire Bricks, Nantes Sand, Cement, Gaily Grids. Cheapest house in South Wales for Corru- gated Galvanized Iron Sheets, also Sole Agents for the Vulcan, Ltd., Sheet Asphalte, Dampcourse and Patent Vulcanite Roofing and Asphalte Company, London (Contrac- tors to H.M. War Office). W STILL AT THE FRONT. WE LEAD, OTHERS TRY TO FOLLOW. | For a Good, Reliable Sewing Machine, buy BRADBURY'S. 3s. in the £ off for Cash, or on the hire system from Is. 6d. per week. d. BUGLER, 420, Cardiff Road, Aberdare. Agent for over 20 years. PLOUGH INN, ABERAMAN. I Proprietor, TOM REES. Headquarters of THE ABERAMAN A.F.C. FREE HOUSE. Wines and Cigars of the Best Quality. ™ — Prepaid Small Advertisements, Inserted at the following low rate- One Three Six Week. Weeks. Weeks. s. d. „s, d. s. d. 20 Words 0 6- 10 -16! I 28" 0 9 1 6 2 3i 36 1 0 0 -3 0 Unless prepaid double rate will be charged. Remittances may be made by Postal Orders or half-penny stamps, to the ADVERTISEMENT OFFICE, 33, DEAN STREET, ABERDARE. FOR MEMORIAL, WEDDING, VISIT- ING, and other CARDS, in the best styles at Lowest Prices.—The Gwladgarwr Printing Works, 14, Canon Street. FOR LEDGERS, and all Account Books, go to the office of this Paper, 14. Canon Street, Aberdare. Best and Cheapest in the district. FOR CHEAP STATIONERY go to 14, -1- Canon Street. 1,000 Envelopes for 2s. h lIb. Note Paper, 4!d. Give it a trial. ILLUSTRATED Guide to Aberdare and District, containing 22 excellent Views. Threepence each.—The LEADER Office, 14, Canon Street, Aberdare PRINTING, from a Catalogue to a Card, In p in the Best Style, and at the Lowest I Price, at the LEADER Office, 14, Canon ) Street, Aberdare. TO Hawkers and Shop Keepers.—A Variety of Books, in Welsh and English, to be sold cheap.—The LEADER Office, 14, Canon Street, Aberdare. FT! HE Best and Cheapest Place to obtain _L Stationery for Office or Private use is at the office of this Paper, 14, Canon Street, Aberdare. MUSICAL. PIANO, 12. 6d. monthly, delivered free. JL The Marvellous," Iron Frame, Check Action, Trichord, Marqueterie Panel. Please call and see it; you will receive every civility and attention, even if you don't buy.— Thompson and Shackell, Ltd., 29, Victoria- street, Merthyr Tydfil. I PIANO 10s. 6d. yn fisol a drosglwyddir i feddiant ar daliad o 10s. 6d. Ffram Haiarn, Llwyr Seiniad Cyffyrcldol. Trichord. Byddwch mor garedig a galw i'w weled, neu ysgrifenweh am y Prislyfr. Awgrymwch enw y papur hwn.—Thompson a Shackell, Cyf., 29, Victoria-street. Merthyr Tydfil. j -> -< I)IANO, Y Cawr." Ffram Gyfrwym Haiarn, Trichord Cyfiawn, Llwyr- Seiniad Cyffyrddol, Paneli Rhwylledig. Wedi ei wneyd yn ardderchog o gyll Ffreng- ig; 15s. yn fisol, a throsglwyddir i feddiant ar ol y taliad cyntaf o 15s.—Thompson a Shackell, Cyf., 29, Victoria-street, Merthyr, ESTEY ORGANS, the Best in the World, -1 from 10s. 6d. monthly, delivered free, Please call or write for Catalogue. Kindly mention this paper. Sole Agents, Thompson and Shackell, Ltd., 29. Victoria-street, Merthyr Tydfil. -3_ '1 RE AT Bargains for prompt cash. Piano | V T by Broadwood, White, returned from ( hire, X15 15s.-Thompson and Shackell, Ltd. r\(Guinea Piano by Challen, returned ] ?) Vj from hire, < £ 25 cash. Thompson and Shackell, Ltd., 29, Victoria-street, Merthyr. GENTS Wanted for the sale of our high- ] class Pianos and Organs; liberal terms, —Apply, Manager, Thompson and Shackell, Ltd., 29, Victoria-street, Merthyr, I** I- FOR SALE. GOOD Second-hand Brinsmead Piano. Money wanted; No reasonable offer refused. Apply, letter only— £ s. d., Leader Office, Aberdare. T HE best place to get your BOOKS and Î MUSIC BOUND is the LEADER OFFICE, 14, Canon Street, Aberdare. TJRINTING of every description at Lowest. Possible Prices at the Gwladgarwr Printing Works, 14, Canon Street, Aberdare. ] POULTRY-BIRDS. j BIRDS for operation, etc., wanted. Also i birds got into show form, good exper- ience. Stamp reply—J. O'LEARY, 43, Gadlys < Road, Aberdare. TO LET. TO LET.—Butchers Arms, Penderyn. Apply—George Brewery, Aberdare,

Temperance Topics. [BY MR. W. J, HEPPELL.] THE NEW LTCE»1NG ACT. The introduction of this Act and the out- come of the Farnham Judgment are causing a remarkable amount of attention to be given to the drinking question. Columns of newspapers are filled with details of the working of the Act, with proceedings at watch committees, Ac., and addresses by magistrates on the bench. It almost looks as if the national conscience was at last being awakened to the terrible evils of the drink- ing customs of to-day. The two most marked results of the new Act are the number of husbands and wives applying for separation (there must have been an immense amount of moral and social martyrdom suffered) and the number of habitual drunkards already listed. CRIME AND DRISK. Addressing the grand jury last week. Judge Gwilym Williams said, "Drunkenness and crime are inseparable. This is the ex- perience of all who have had to administer the criminal law—that crime is due mainly to an excessive use of alcohol." We are always open to give the other side of the question, and therefore we quote the Recorder of Carlisle, who has just stated that he differed from judges who regarded drunkenness as the cause of crime. A mere drunken man was a perfectly harmless creature, who might commit an assault or play the fool, but lie never committed serious crimes." Personally we regard the Recorder of Carlisle as a modern Rip Van Winkle, THE NUMBER OF LICENSES AND DRUNKENNESS. We have referred before to the reduction of licenses in Liverpool and its effect. Further figures are now available. In 1889 the charges for drunkenness were 16,042. The policy of reducing licenses then com- menced, and in the following twelve years 839 licenses were taken away. The charges for drunkenness in 1901 were only 4,327. In 1895 the police were reduced by 100, and a further reduction of 100 was made in 1900 thereby causing a great saving to tbi- ratepayers. vi i-) i licences refused renewal in 1900, 32 were solely on the ground of not being required. 0>' BLACKBURN AND ITS LICENSES, Several reductions of licenses have taken place in this Lancashire town. In 1882 there were 604 licenses these were reduced by 1893 to 504, and by 1902 to 488. A fur- ther reduction has now been arranged, and when this scheme is carried out the number of licenses will be 415. In 1882 the popula- tion was 104,000, now it is 130.000. so that while the population has increased 26,000, the licenses have decreased 189. In Breconshirc, in North Wales, and in Lincolnshire, the movement for a reduction, or at least an enquiry into the number of licenses, is being pushed. CLUBS AND DRINK. The Blackburn St. Paul's Liberal Club has given up the sale of drink owing to the operation of the new Act. A Secularist club in the North of England has given up the sale of drink on moral grounds," Truly we have reached a peculiar position in the twentieth century when Christians of all denominations support the drink traffic, and a Secularist club gives up its sale on moral grounds. WHEN IS A MAN DRUNK ? Under the new Act this is an important question. The Magistrate's Clerk at Yar- 0 mouth quoted the following definition:- Not drunk is he who from the floor Can rise again and still drink more; But drunk is he who prostrate lies Without the power to drink or rise,"

Llanwonno School Board. Mr. J. Charles presided at the ordinary meeting of the above held on Wednesday last. Other members present were Messrs. J. P. Davies, W. S. Davies, J.P., Thomas Edmunds, Edward Jones, Iorwerth Davies, D. Smith, Dr. Arthur Jones, Rev. Owen Jones, with Mr. W. J. Shipton (assistant slerk). SYMPATHY,—A unanimous vote of sym- pathy was passed with Mr. E. T. Williams :chairman of the Board) and Mr. S. Shipton (clerk) in their present illness. AVERAGE ATTENDANCE.—In the report of the. School Management Committee it was stated that the average attendance at the Schools during December was 80 per cent. compared to 76 per cent. for the correspon. ling month in 1901. REPORT OF SCHOOLS.—H.M. Inspector of Schools, who had visited the schools in the district, reported that all were excellent with the exception of Cwmpennar School. SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC HOUSES.—The Rev. Owen Jones moved a resolution that they as a Board oppose the granting of a license bo the new hotel built at the back of Duffryn School, owing to it being situated in close proximity to one of the largest elementary schools in the district. Mr. J. P. Davies seconded. —Mr. W. S. Davies bhought it was outside the province of a School Board to take action with respect to ipproving or disapproving licenses for new liotels. He would not move an amend- ment. but wished to express his dissent to she motion.—The Chairman supported the resolution, which was carried. Mr. W. S. Davies alone dissenting.—It was further decided that Mr. W. J. Shipton should pre- sent the resolution to the magistrates at the next Brewster Session. NEW EDUCATION ACT. Communication was read from the Board of Education stating that the New Education Act wculd come into operation on March 26th next.