The Aberdare Leader

N oa ion Y Parch. H. T. Stephens, Carmel, gwr nodedig am ei ar^bedd, yw lly"»v- ydd newydd Cymrouorion Aberdar. Yr is-lywydd penodedig yw Ap Hefin, yr hwn hefya yw bardd y Gym deithas, ac anerch awc-n pa un yw un o'r pethau goreu yn wastad yn nghyrddau y Cymrodorion. \fVedi dyetewi dawn Gwydderig credwn fod y bardd o' Aberdar yn lied agos i'r blaen fel cynghaneddwr yn wyag holl feibion y gerdd yn Nghymru. Yn y Darian ddiweddaf ceir cof- nod teilwng o'r dnveddar Dalfyrydd gan ei gefnder, Mr. T. E. Davies. Trimsaran. Yn anffodus nid yw plant yr eneilion. tra yn gwnoud cymwynas a'u gwlad a'u hoes, yn gwneud cyfiawnaer a hwy eu hunain. Pan sychwyd ysgrifell Talfyrydd am byth ychydig yn gymharol wydd- ent taw yr un oedd efe a Chatwg y Darian, a'r un a ijreorge Jones, o Aberdar, wedi hynny o r erthyr, ar graffydd wrth ei grerit a lienor Cym- rae-g coeth o dciewisiad. Dysgodu drafod y llythyrenau plwm aan .dl" gyblaeth y ddiweddar Mr. Walter Lloyd, yn swyddfa y Gwladgarwr yr Aberdar, lie y cafodd yn gydweith- wyr Mr. John Mills (Tarianydd) a'r diweddar Barch Ossian Davies. lid yn ysgrifenu nodion byrion i Rey- nolds Newspaper o wythnos i wyth- nos ei arwyddair oedd "Geiriau o alia garaf, Taifyru, nid nyddu wnaf." Yn ysgol y wasg y dysgodd efe dal- fyru, a buasai yu burion peth i an- fon am chwarter ï r ysgol hon y gohebwyr aiuleiriog ac erthyglwyv hirwyntog a wnant fywyd goiygydd yn boen ac yn benyd. Y paragraff byr oedd ffafryn Talfyrydd neu Gatv:g, pa un a iyddai yn ybgrifenu i Reynolds, y Darian, neu yr Aber- dare Leader. Gwnaeth wasanaeth mawr i len ac i'w wiad, ond gofalai y gweithiwr gwyiaidd guddio ei ber- sonoliaeth ei hun. Un o blant Cwmaman, Aberdar, ydyw y Parch. T. J. Hughes, gweinidog new- ydd Eglwys Fedyddiol y Rhos, Mount- ain Ash, ac olynydd y Parch. U. S. Rogers, B.A., yu awr o Gapel Gomer, Abertawe. Ordeiniwyd Mr. Hughes yn fugail ar egiwys Noddfa, Caeran, Maesteg, agos i chwe mlynedd yn ol. Wele fab arall i'r 'diweddar Barch. David Lloyd Jones, o Landinam, wedi ei ladd mewn brwydr, sef y Cadben 1 Ivor Lloyd Jones. Collodd ei fywyd yn maes y gad yn Gaza, Palestina, lIe y bu Philistiaid yr hen nmser yn rhoddi cryn ofid i'r Israeliaid. Rhoddodd brawd iddo ei fywyd dros ei wlad yn Gallipoli. Brawddeg ysgrythyrol a gam-ddifynir yn ami ydyw "0 for hyd for ac o'r afon hyd derfynau y ddaear." Y Sul o'r blaen clywsom un pregethwr yn dweyd, "O'r afoa hyd derfynau eithaf y ddaear," a phregethwr arall yn difynu, "O'r afon hyd eithaf y ddaear." "'I)-nir ein sylw at un o arferion papyrau Cymru. Op y bydd yn gyhoedd- iad Methodustaidd, a Methoduat yn j enill mewn Eisteddfod, y mae ei enw yn siwr o gaol ymddangos. Os y bydd j oaraa neu y lienor Duciaugoi yn perthyn i'r Annibynwyr, ymddengys eu henwan yn eu cJhopddiad hwythan. Os yn Eglwyswyr, nodir byny yn y "Llan," etc. Ac eto sonir am gael un- deb crefyddol yn Nghymru !HY Drych." Gwaith cyflym yn ami vdvw gortich- wyliaeth yr eileni, pa un bynnag a fyddo y gwrthrvch vn genedl neu linig- o}yn. Ganed newydd mewn un dydd. Gwylied v rh^i a oleuwyd un- waith na'fo iddynt lithro yn ol i dy- wyllwch. Da fyddai i hob pregethwr ddilyn es- iampl y Parchn. D. Silyn Evans, Siloa, Aberdar, a J. Griffiths, Calfaria, Aber- dar, mewn un peth. Dcchreuant bob odfa yn hrydlon i'r fvnvd heb aros am y diweddariaid. Mewn Ilawer am- gylchiad rhaid beio y pwlpud neu vnte y sedd fawr am ddlweddarwch pobl y seddau. J Yn ddiweddar gwrandawsora ar bre- I gethwr yn preeethu yn Gymraeg yn difynu Plato vn Saesneg. Pahain hyay? Nid oedd Plato yn Sais.

Scraps. BY THE SCRIBE. Captain Bathurst, in a written reply to a question in Parliament by Mr. O'Shee, stated:—I understand that the number of dogs licensed in the United l' Kingdom is approximately 2,500,000. I am unable to form an estimate of the number of unlicensed dogs or as to the 1 number of tons of food required to feed all these dogs annually. The number of foxhounds has been and is being, considerably reduced, but it is not pro- posed at present to place any restric- tion on the keeping of dogs. Holy Writ says: "It is not meet to take the children's bread and to cast it to dogs." And now that trie na- tional rationers are asking us to limit the supply of the children's bread the decision quoted hbove is decidedly irra- tional. Is the pèt poodle a national necessity? It will probably be said in detenoe ot this useless and ornamental crenture that be is a very affectionate little thing. Hut these are days in which maudlin sentimentality is not allowed to run riot with reason. To part with a pet pup may be hard, Lut it should be remembered that parents are asked to part—too often, alas, for ever—with their own sons. It is cer- tainly not fair that idle dogs, some of them blessed with abnormal appetites, should be allowed to make such an in- road on the food resources of the nation —dogs whose only purpose in life is to give pleasure to their selfish owners and annoyance to innocent neighbours. I hope that drastic steps will be taken with regard to kennel shirkers very soon, and that it may be truUifully said of every dog that is not doing work of national importance that it has had its day. The type that is, by dint of bark or bite, a nuisance to law-abiding citizens, should be summarily dealt with. And if the owner objects let his own rations be cut off. The above re- striction and retribution should apply to hunting hounds of every descrip- tion as well as to fancy dogs-in fact all canine species the preservation of which is not in the national interest in these strenuous times. Sheep dogs and all dogs rendering national service would, of course, be exempted. One of the tragic iVonies of war is that it clashes wiih the scientific prin- ciple of the survival of the fittest. Mars ordains the elimination 01 the physically fit and the survival of the unfit. "The Crusaders" would be an apt war-song for the boys of the nelsh Regiment who are now in the Holy Land; marching Zionwards to rescue all that 18 holy from the grip of the unholy Turk. Never since the first Good Friday was so much spade work done as was performed by the allotmenteers last Friday. It was brilliant sunshine from dawn to dusk, and the sons of the soil were as numerous as the earthworms that they turned up. Before long the price of intoxicants will become so prohibitive as to make prohibition quite unnecessary. Then our maiy temperance orators will be out of a job and can undertake work of national importance. It being no longer necessary to preach moderation in drinking what if they were com- missioned by the Food Controller to go about the country setting forth the advantages of exercising temperance in eating? Good Friday was an entirely news- paperless day. Many more of such days in a year would greatly help to solve the paper problem. Potatoless days and paperless days are cheerless eventa, although our ancestors man- aged to get along all right without the tubers or the press. Aberdare has become the Rameses of the potato famine. People from Mountain Ash and Penrhiwceiber, and even from Quakers' Yard, may be seen in the potato queue. The! long waiting and the expensive tra- velling are not considered at all by the tuber hunters so long as they know that there is "corn in Egypt." Last Sunday provided many themes for many preachers. With some it was Economy Sunday and they discoursed on such texts as "Gather up the fragments." Others took advantage of the advent of Summer Time to dwell on the value of time, our duty to buy the time and the urgent need of putting on the hands of the clock of progress. Then, it being Easter Sunday, from other pulpits the lessons of the Resurrec- tion were pointed out. "This lovely garden of mosquitoes and flies," is how a Welsh soldier describes the Holy Land in a letter home. It used to flow with, milk and honey.

Letters to the Editor. ALLOTMENTS. Sir,—i should like to know how are allotments getting on in my native' town ot Aberdare? Mr. A. M. Maddock, of the Central Trading Board, when addressing the Farmers' Society at Llanelly on the 30th nit., Baid that 1,000 acres of allotments have been taha at the Ehondda from Porth to Treherbert, a distance of about ten I miles. Furthermore the other day

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Trccynon and Llwydcoed Notes. BY MARCELLO. Conscience has made a coward of Ap Barley. Having heard that his favour- ite beverage would soon be a shilling a pint he went at it in earnest to stock his cellar with it. He has been told that the Drink Controller is on the track of the hoarders, and Ap is in mortal dread daily lest a limb of the law will discover his httJe hoard. Who exchanged four lbs. of potatoes for a pint of beer? Trecynon is get- ting quite a famous exchange ;ind mart. The event that was postponed from Xmas to Easter has now been post- poned sine die—at any rate for the duration of the war. A sensible ar- rangement that, in view of the high price of sugar, the length of potato queues, and the scarcity of paper to re- port wedding presents. The bold brunette is making hor elec- tion sure at last. The modest blonde is not in the running now. Verily the race is to the fast. A publican's life is not all beer and skittles in these days. So, don't tempt him to break the law and lose his hara-earned cash as well as his reputa- tion. A minister and three minietering angels formed the bodyguard that es- corted the wounded eoidiers homo on Sunday night. May they always be so well protected!

TABERNACLE, ABERDARE. At Tabernacle English Congregational Church on Sunday evening Lance- Corporal D. J. Maddox, F.V.C.M., gave a violin solo. Miss Alice S. Williams' Choir of Girls sang "A Joyous Song of Easter." The Rev. T. M. Jeffreys preached from 2 Samuel 23. 4, more especially the phrase, "a morning without clouds." 'l'he, were among David's last words. David had seen that the glories of a perfect dawn were illusionary. Good Friday was always near to Easter Mon- day, not only in the calendar, but also in spiritual experience. The dawn of Easter was preceded by the shadow of the cross. Mingled with our joy and praise I that ddy was a note of sadness and ber- eavement. But we could not wish for a dawn without clouds. Before the war men prophesied a mora without a cloud, a perfect peace without the discord of strife. But we oould not have a millennium without an apocalypse. The ushering of God's kingdom was not so easv as the ringing of the bells of St. that morning. Tt must erne through bnttle—through suffering and death. Each of us had our own Easter, our own vision of Christ, as in the case of the disciple. Thomas's T'><tr came to him a week later than the ether divides. And as for Paul his Easter came to him after some years.

I.O.O., MANCHESTER UNITY. The Aberdare District of Oddfellows held its quarterly meeting on Monday at the Castle Hotel. Aberdare. Pro- vincial Grind Master n. Po4»crts pre- sided, assisted in vice-chair bv the Deputy Chief, F. D. K. George. Thi-" of the District Trustees were rJso pres- ent with a full representation of dele- gates from the various lodges. The immediate Past Provincial Grand Mas ter D. L. Morris was appointed to re- present the District at the forthcoming A.M.C. fit Cheltenham, while he and the Provincial Deputy Grand Master were appointed to represent the Dis- trict at the Blaenavon Conference..r>0 shillings was voted to an old member of the district who is in low circum- stances. The. Prov. C.S. announced that he had received the Rum of E150 to assist the weaker lodges in the dis- l trict. The Prov. C.S gave a lengthy resume of his investigation into the ac- counts and doings of the district for the last 50 years, comparing the funor- al claims for those years. He was DC- corded a vote of thanks for his inter esting report. He recalled the fact that in the first year he touched upon, viz., 1866, the indefatigable Rev. Dr. Price, of Aberdare, presided over the I Annual Moveable Conference ot the Order, he being the first Welshman to attain that position in the Order.

--4- CO-OPERATION. TRECYNON EVENING CLASSES EXAMINATION. Appended are the results of the oral examination held on 28th February, 1917. Names of Candida tee are given in order of merit with marks attached: — (1) Benjamin Forward, 160; (2) Emrys Ellis, 151); (3) Thomas Jenkins, 154; (4) Edward Price, 150; (5) Edith Llewelyn, 14.); (6) Beatrice Darby, 140; (7) Annie Collins and Blodwen Llewelyn, 131 each; (9) Benjamin Lewis. ISO; (10) David Isaac James, 116; (11) Edith Annie Jones, .112; (12) Gwennie Wilkins, 111; (13) Tegryd Price, 100; (14) Emrys Harris, 99; (15) Dora Wilcox, 93; (16) George Burrows, 86; (17) Jenny John, 85; (18) Thomas Griffiths, 83; (19) Ed- ward Llewelyn Williams, 79; (20) Edgar Jones, 77; (21) Trevor Jones, 36. Results of the written examination: — Section 3; possible marks, 120: (1) David James Davies, 95; (2) Elsie Mand Hillier, 85; (3) Lewis Morgan, 80; 4.) Haulwen Davies, 80; (5) May Evans, 75; (6) Mary Ann Rees Evans, 60; (7) Rebecca Lewis, 60; (8) Mary Evans, 55; (9) Mary Ellen Wyatt, 40. Section 2; possible marks, 100:—(1) Blodwen Francis, 85; (2) Amy Margaret Walters, 80; (3) Maggie Rees, 55; (4) Mnrhona Rosser, 55; (5) Drusilla James, 55; (61 Ceinwen Jones, 50; (7) Minnie Margaret Beak, 45. Section 1; possible marks. 100: (1) Silln Emma Shill, 95; (2) William John Walters, 80; (3) Olive May Brown, 75; (4) Mary Hannah Williams, 35.

ABERPERGWM VESTRY. The above was held on Monday. The I Vicar (the Rev. J. LI. Thomas, M.A.), presided. The outgoing churchwarden# 7—Messrs. Grosvenor M. Hutchinson and Isaac C. Thomas—were re-appointed. Isaac r C. Thomas--were re-appointed. and Messrs. Shilbach, Curtis, and Elliot were elected to fill the places as sides- men of Messrs. J. R. Morgan and Arthur Leach, who had joined the colours, and of Mr. David Harries, who had 'entered the service of the Church Army. The accounts, which included various war funds and a substantial contribution to the Diocesan Board of Finance, were passed. The Vicar made a special reference to the flourishing state of the three Sunday Schools, an5 reported the appointment of Miss Hutchinson to succeed Miss Read aR or- ganist.

ABEROARE RED CROSS HOSPITAL. On Wednesday, the 4th inst., a con- r-ert organisedI by a tow local ladies, was held at the above hospital. Mr Gwilym Rees, M.E., presided. Solos were rendered by Madame Eynon and Messrs. D. W. Williams and W Harris. Mr. Williams and Mr. Harris gave a duet. Humorous recitations were given bv Miss Beatrice M. Francis and Miss Kitty Notton. A very prettv iterw was a song by Miss Eynon, who is only five years of ne. A most arousing feature was the performing of a sketch, entitled "Our Bettv-" by the Betty Troupe. The parts were enacted, by:— i Misses Beatrice M. Francis, Mabel i Thomas, Sadie Walters, Jennie Rees, Mary Hughes, and Annie Bremner. lkfi- Dorothv Evans and Miss GIndva Notton rendered a pianoforte duet, | which was well received. The accom- panist was Mrs. W. Mason.

MEMS FROM THE MOUNT. A Mountain Ash cynic says that spades appear to be trumps. Some more of those wicked Nixon plots, I suppose. There were two great I of the nineteenth century, said a Mountain Ash philosopher. They were, h. con- ) tinued, Isaac Pitman and Isaac Walton. I His explanation was that the former I was the father of Hhorthand, and the latter the father of short "sterieo." It's a shocking libel on the angler. A pound of filleted sprouts, twked a youngster at a Tatwa shop. It didn't I make matters much better when the kiddie explained that filleted sprats were what she required. At a went down-valley there were six cases, one wituoso--a T)clicplnati, and six convictione. Bad that particular man in blue been on holiday, the Stipendiary would have Veil a peir of gloves better off. "Reminds me of I)ein- out in tite Wild Wpst," said one of the hard-working allotmenters. His pal suggests that the only Wild he has heen acquainted with is of the Woodbine variety. Some people are never thankful enough for the blessings they have, said a Mountain Ash preacher. In a country place where he had lived, he cnid. there was nn old saying, "If the cat licks the (weam off, be thankful that you have the milk left." An argument as to the price of meat "-}1q clinched by a celebrated artist in ils and distempers. "Meat couldn't be bought at that price," c-aid the Skibho "T deal at the cheapest shop in the Vnunt, and he's as dear as anybody." His pals then asked him if the Bull came from Cork.

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Lord Rhondda laid the foundation stone of a piggery at Clydach Vale. Aber- dare people must wake up and should remember that food production is true patriotism. It may be of interest to you to know that I have three acres, but I have not yet got the cow. How- ever, after the war I may have the three acres and the oow, unless history may repeat itself, as was the case in 1815, when our men were fighting at Water- loo, and when the landlords were robbing thousands of acres of common land all over the country. We must have the idle men and idle land to- gether. Idle lands means hungry women and children. Zoroaster said: "He who does not till the earth, unto him thus says the earth, '0 thou man! who doest not till me with the right arm and with the left, ever shalt thou stand at the door of the stranger, among those who beg for bread, ever shalt thou wait there for the refuse that is brought unto thee, brought by those who have profusion of wealth.' "He who sows corn sows holiness." What is needed are not ordeN-of Food Controller, the Board of this and the Board of the other--but more food pro- ducers. Don't eat less but grow more; not under-consumption but over-pro- duction of food. Nature laughs at the miser. The land it; very productive. only have access to it. When we were at war a hundred years ago we were a self-sustaining country-but now we are not, therefore we nre in a muddle. < We never experienced such a thing before. Afust we have war to teach us the solution of the land problem F— Yours, etc., T. E. DAVIES. j Trim&aran. I POTATO QUEUES AND DISTRIBUTION. Dear Mr. Editor,-In the press last! week was reported the application made by a local greengrocer to the Aberdare j Justices concerning his position owing th the obstruction caused by the people lined up for potatoes. In addressing the applicant the Stipendiary said "that applicant was doing a real ser- vice in supplying potatoes to the public of which he was one, and they (the public) ought to he thankful to the applicant." Immediately I read the foregoing words the advice of the Food Controller flashed across my mind:—j "Let the well-to-do deny themselves potatoes in order that the poorer classes may obtain them." I hope all the "well-to-do" who can afford some other if somewhat more expensive article of diet will therefore forgo their share of potatoes. I am fond of potatoes but I have not eaten a potato for a month or more. I am not h "well-to-do," neither am I of the working classes, but in the present shortage of potatoes I have considered it my plaiu duty to give up my share of potatoes for those who are not so fortunately circumstanced. Po- tatoes are the staple food of the work- ing classes in this district, and it must be very hard on a working man with a family of children who cannot 1 obtain potatoes for the broth or 'cawl,' the chief diet of the Welsh collier. I have heard of people in the district who have obtained potatoes, and, I re- gret to learn, not only syfncient for a day's or even week's consumption, and these people are of the well-to-do class, and to make matters still worse, there are no children' in the families. They are not at all entitled to potatoes un- i less they have been grown by them- twelves. I see that the Local Authority is now being approached about the question of distribution of potatoes for food. If the Local Authority took control of potatoes or any other food commodities which are scarce, and dis- tributed them on certain days from diiferent centres—say from the Schools in the District—it would do away with the unseemly sights of queues and their attendant harms. There ure attendant harms; mothers with babies in their arms stand in the queue for hours, and young ehiidren are left at home with no one in charge, the home is necessari- ly neglected and causes marital dis- affection. Besides, some of the poor women might be prompted, through ex- posure to the intense cold, to partake of intoxicants. I sincerely trust that those who are of the well-to-do class, who are not already doing so, will deny themselves the commoner or cheaper articles of food in favour of those who cannot afford a higher priced food. it is their obvious duty. "Do the duty which lies nearest you and the second will already become cloai-er.iou-i-s, » GREAT SCOTT.