The Amman Valley Chronicle and East Carmarthen News

I OBITUARY.. Information has reached Cwmllynfell of the death in North-est Canada, from double pneumonia, of Mrs. Winifred Morris- Williams (nee Morris-Morgan), a daughter of Mr. Morgan Morgan, M.E., Cwallynfell, and a niece of the late Col. D. Morris, Brya- ffin, Amman ford. Prior to her marriage she was on the staff of the Ebbw Vale County School. She is survived by one dauihter. seven months old, and her husband, the Rev. Trevor Williams, B.A., B.Sc., a nissioner, who up to two years ago held the pastorate of Upper Chapel, Breconshire. He it a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Williams, newsagent, Gamant, and a nephew of the late Gwydderig.

Keep Warm and avoid the 'Flu." LBVBNSON'S Have a Nice Selection of Warm Underwear in Natural Woven and Heavy Fleecy Lined jajNTio PANTS. Welsli Flannel Sliipts 12/11. do. at 11/6 ana 12/6. Wonderful Value. ? New Delivery of BOYS' ODD JACKETS and KNICKERS. The Largest Selection of Men's and Boys' OVERCOATS & RAINCOATS in the Valley. Nk a 9 daft 16 & 18, LEVENSON'S, high street, Ammanford. P.S.-Ladles' Millinery at Reduced Prices. Special Value In Furs, Muffs & Umbrellas. — THERE'S A GOOD TIME COMING for jon. Although at present you are suffering from a disordered digestion j and other distressing ailments and, in consequence, are inolined to take a j somewhat gloomy view of things, it need not be long before you recover j your health and your usually hopeful and cheerful disposition. All that is B required to bring about this desired change is the beneficial influence of Beeeham's Pills. This reliable medicine stimulates the liver, strengthens g the stomach, oleanses the bowels and purifies the blood ;—hence it is easy j to understand why health may be maintained by taking I HAin9S ILLS Sold everywhere in boxes, labelled ls-3d and 3sd. |j ( PRINTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION DONE AT THE Amman Valley Chronicle" Office, ■ AMMANFORD. ?. ? Pla^e soar ORDERS for Private GREETING CARDS ?*lB?<?? s?ctttf OttJ?EtX&S <c*f  ?  ——— :B?'€?X?'. ——— '?  ?' Private GREETING CARDS GLOBE Boot, Shoe, and Clog Stores, I. College St., Ammanford. ALF. WILLIAMS. The Noted House for ALL KINDS OF FOOTWEAR. Boot Repairing Neatly Executed. Sweep! Sweep! Sweep! Save worry and Coal by having Chimneys, Ovens, Flues, &c., cleaned. All work arranged to suit Customers' convenience. Suits of Clothes, Coats, &c., cleaned and pressed. Proprietor ISIGrGrS, 3, COLLEGE STREET (Late Royal- Stores), AMMANFORD. WHEN YOU BUY A PIANO HAVE THE BEST. Thompson & Shackell, Ltd., Invite Inspection of their Splendid Stock of bhitish-made PIANOS OF WORLD-WIDE FAME, Including Imtruments by the following Celebrated Makers:- JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS, CHALLEN & SONS, J. & d. HOPKINSON, J. H. CROWLEY, AJELLO SONS, BROADWOOO PIANO-PLAYERS MOORE & MOORE, JUSTINE BROWNE, CRAMER & COMPANY, COLLARD & COLLARD, And others too numerous to mention. UNSURPASSED FOR TONE. TOUCH. AND ELEGANCE OF DESIGN. All Pianos Warranted, and Exchanged if not approved. FULL VALUE ALLOWED FOR OLD PIANOS IN EXCHANGE. 259 QUEEN STREET, CARDIFF. ADDRESS: 60, Stepney Street, LUNELL Y. Beautify the Home Dainty Mats, Comfortable Rugs, Choice Patterns in Linoleums, Carpets, Hand- some Mirrors, Bedsteads, Bidding, Wire Mattresses, Overlays." FURNITURE of every description manufactured on the Premises. Pianos, Organs, and other Musical Instruments. H. TARR, 71, Wind St., AMMANFORD. The Amman Valley Msiting Stares.

I Coal Consumption. I The Coal Controller's postbag contains many letters from housewives dealing with the domestic fuel problem. The writers fully realise the urgency of cutting down consumption, and generally the economy suggestions they make are practical and well worth imitation. The following are a few extracts from housewives* letters:- I lay the fire on the top of the dead fire of the previous day, and only rake out the bottom ashes at the front. I then light it in the ordinary way. In time the fire space is half filled with red hot ash. I keep the back part of the fire banked up with rubbish all day, only putting on coal in front. I esti- mate that by doing this all the winter saves quite half a ton of coal." The scullery copper is filled every morn- ing, the fire is lit in the ordinary way with coal and maintained during the day with cinders, garden and kitchen refuse. Hot water for baths and cleaning is always avail- able. In the wooden lid of the copper, two round holes about 6! inches of diameter are cut. Into these are sunk an enamel sauce- pan and a basin. Milk puddings, porridge and fruit are cooked, rice is steamed, and water is boiled for tea and coffe in the sauce- pan and basin." Lighting the fire from the top will save half the quantity of coal otherwise necessary. A fire so treated will burn five hours like a bright furnace, and must not be touched with the poker or re-arranged. Dtrections.—Fill the grate with coal, place paper and wood or a firelighter on top, then place a few small coals on the top of the kindling and light. This plan is most useful for fires wanted for only part of the day.

IHDOSTRML DEVELOPMENT IN AUSTRALIA I Decreasing shipping facilities have thrown the Australian States more and more upon their own local resources for the production of everyday articles of use. In some respects this is proving distinctly advantageous and is leading to the establishment of all manner of new industries. In Western Australia the manufacture of railway telephone instruments at the State workshops has proved quite a success, and Professor Payne, of the Mel- bourne University, has recently looked into the methods adopted with a view to employ- ing returned soldiers upon the work. The New South Wales Lime Company has ac- quired a lease of what are believed to be valuable lime deposits, and proposes to regis- ter a local company and work the deposits in a fairly extensive way. The Australian Glass Manufacturers, Ltd., of Victoria, which has factories in several States, is about to extend its operations to Western Aus- tralia, and will employ a considerable num- ber of workers in the making of bottles of various kinds. But perhaps the most impor- tant industrial development at present under way is the extension of the ceramic industry to the West. A model pottery kiln has been built, and scientific tests are now being made of the local clay deposits. These tests are being carried out in co-operation with the Government Geological Department. In this work a limited number of objects are being kept in view, the chief of which are domestic china, glazed (monotone) tiles, roofing tiles, firebricks and fire lumps, and petrified ware. The outlook is said to be distinctly pro- mising.

LOCAL WILL I MR. J. L. WILLIAMS, MAESQUARRE. Mr. John Lewis Williams, of Maesquarre, Bettws, Carmarthenshire, who died on 16th April, 1918, intestate, a bachelor, without parent, brother, or sister, left estate of the gross value of £ 35,430, of which £ 1,044 is net personalty. Letters of administration of the estate have been granted to Miss Margaret McDonald, of Maesquarre, as attorney for Edward McDonald, the heir-at-law, who resides out of England.

Death of Weil-known Ex- Fooifaaller. It is with regret that we chronicle the death of Mr. Handel Richards, of Elkington Road, Burry Port, which occurred on Saturday last. The deceased had been in failing health for a considerable period: but his death came quite unexpectedly. The late Mr. Richards was well known as a footballer, his wonder- ful speed and ability fx-nging him into great prominence. He -W assisted first- class teams, among which were Neath, Swan- sea, and Llane-lly, where his services were in great demand. It can safely be said that he was undoubtedly one of the best three- quarters that ever played Rugby in the Prin- cipality. During the visit of the famous Wallabies" to Wales some years ago, the deceased distinguished himself whilst playing for Llanelly. In that memorable match he scored a magnificent try for Llanelly, and thereby enabled the Tinplaters to defeat the then unbeaten" Wallabies." Apart from his performances as a footballer, his ability as a sprinter and half-miler brought him much fame, his successes Teaching a very high figure. He distinguished himself in very good company in sports far and near, and he could always be relied upon to render a good account of himself. He was at one time em- ployltd as a cashier at the Park and Blaina Collieries, where he was held in high esteem by all his acquaintances. The funeral took plate yesterday at Pem- brey, when a large number attended to shew their respect and sympathy. The Ammanford Rugby Football Club sent a beautiful wreath as a token of their sympathy with Mrs. Richards and the family in their sorrow. Mr. Richards was 31 years ót, age, .and was mar- ried to a daughter of Mr. John Rowlands, colliery proprietor, Burry Port. He leaves a widow and two small children to mourn their loss. Deceased was employed as a cas hier at the Carway Collieries.

Marriages in Macedonia. I I (Continued). I THE TURKISH MARRIAGE. I At the age of thirteen a Turkish maiden takes the tcharaff," which is a sort of pre- liminary to taking the veil. Then she is betrothed more often than not to someone chosen by her parents; indeed, it is often the case that she never fe&& her fiancee until the wedding day itself. In the wedding itself there is no directly religious ceremony. At about nine o' clock by Turkish time (1,600 hours), the future mother-in-law and her daughters, accompanied by the bridegroom's guests, call at the house of the bride, who receives them in her wedding garment,. con- sisting of a white dress trimmed with orange blossoms, and having a train of three yards long. She is loaded with all kinds of jewellery, real if she can afford it, paste if she cannot. Her dress is complete save for a coronet. This must be placed on her head by some young woman amongst her friends and relations who has only been married once, and has not been divorced, and is known to be particularly happy in her home life. The one so chosen says a short prayer from the Koran, and then, in bestowing the coronet, expresses the wish that such a coro- nation may happen but once in the lifetime of the bride. After receiving the coronet, the bride, accompanied by her guests, her train borne by a little girl, adjourns to another room, where she is welcomed by the whole family. There she kisses the hand of her father or guardian, the hand of her mother, of her uncles, and of all her relations. This done, she proceeds to the door, where a closed carriage awaits her. She is not veiled, but is shielded from the gaze of passers-by by the women and girls, who hold over her a screen of silken draperies as she passes from the door of the house to the carriage. The two bridesmaids accompany her into the car- nage, which is the head of a procession of the whole party, to the house of the bride. groom. Arrived there, a similar screen of draperies is prepared for her to descend. As the carriage stops, the bridegroom presents himself, and, off ering his arm, takes her to a room, where they remain together for a few moments. It is popularly supposed that on this interview depends the permanence of the marriage. If the bride is liked by her husband-to-be at this interview, all will be for the best; if she is not liked, she is sure to he repudiated at the end of a month. After a few minutes the groom disappears, and does not shew himself again until night- time. This brief conversation between the couple has the force of the religious cere- mony, and the marriage is now complete in its essentials. There follow a good deal of ceremonious congratulations of the bride, accompanied by music and dancing. In Salonica, it used to be that the doors of the house were thrown wide open, and women of Any creed could join the party, but this custom no longer obtains. At 1,900 hours (7 p.m.) the tables are laid for dinner, the women dining in one room and the men in another. Dinner and, merry-making last about three hours, at the end of which the guests depart.

Ammanford Police Court I Monday, October 2tst.-Before Mr. A. E. Du Buisson, Glymhir (in the chair) Mr. D. Richards, Tirydail House; and Mr. J. Rees, Gamant. NON-ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL. I Several local persons were charged with failing to send their children to school. Fines were imposed, ranging from 5a. to 7s. 6d. ABSENTEES. I Frank Jones, formerly residing at Wernddu Road, Ammanford, was charged with having exceeded his leave. Defendant, who is attached to the South Wales Borderere, was remanded to await an escort. Ivor Jones, 17, Railway Terrace, Gors- einon, was also summoned to appear in answer to a similar charge. He was remanded for a week.

Our Poultry Column. I POULTRY PROBLEMS. One of the problems for the pou l try- One of the problems for the poultry- keeper now is to know what is best to do with his surplus cockerels. At this time of the year there are many hatched, in March some of them, and April and May, which will be fit for table or nearly so, and the difficulty now is shall they be sold off at once or kept over until the Christmas trade comes round. During December there are a lot of chickens which come over from Ireland ready for killing, though now and a little earlier thousands of cockerels are sent over in a poor state just to go to the fattening sheds, so that in three weeks or so they are ready for killing. But many of these coming over now are being killed at once, and help save the cost of feeding for the Christmas trade. What the trade wants is an announcement that the Christmas poultry trade will be unrestricted either by coupon or price, so that those who want a prime capon or fine turkey and can afford it should have it. Of course, this would make less demand on other meats, hence those who cannot afford chicken must find it easier to get meat. Under the present arrangements, many families who could have a nice big chicken are prevented by the coupon restriction, sothat unless some altera- tion ill made at once there will be no big birds by Christmas, these having been killed off while being a saleable size. There has been a glut on the market the past week of young birds which should have been kept on till the Christmas market is supplied, and despite all the fears and doubts as to what might happen, I think that any man will be quite safe in keeping back any birds till December, when they will be worth money enough to pay a return. I Probably some of the breeders are selling l out on account of the difficulty in getting food. This will be a problem for some time, because while some cannot get enough to go on with, others tan find plenty. There is a fair amount of some sort to be had, but much of it is such poor quality that the birds are best without it. The food of to-day is such which none of us would have used before the war, and why? All these things j existed years ago, but they were never thought of -as being at all valuable as food. When wheat and oats kept down at a low rate there was no need to look about for such things as oat husk meal, rice bran, germ meal, palm kernel meal, and mill sweepings, but now these have been brought into use, and are said to be grand foods. Of course, it is easy to make up a mixture containing all the necessary ingredients for sustaining the health and condition of the fowl, but the stuffs so used may cause indigestion, which leads on to numerous troubles. Whenever you see a meal quoted at a low price you should be si4spicious of the quality, because nothing to- day is cheap enough to allow of a low- priced mixture. There is but little bran or middlings on the market, because it has been used more in the flour, hence recourse must be had to other things. But much of the cheap meals contain rubbish which, though they make up bulk, do not. contain any feed- ing value. Buy only reliable foods from known makers, then there is a chance of satisfactory results. In an early note I said that the meala of to-day cause indigestion. When a fowl can- not digest its food properly, it will soon cause other internal trouble, and this most likely a weakening of the action of the liver. Get the liver of a fowl upset, and you had better kill the bird to save its life. Much can be done by keeping a supply of sharp flint grit always before, them, as this will help to digest and clear the system. A mild dose of salts occasionally will keep the. bowels working properly, and this is absolutely necessary to good health and the productivity of the bird.

To POULTRY KEEPERS. Give Your HENS SPICK GRIT The New Shell Grit. Sold by all Corn Dealers. Write for samples and name and address of nearest Agent. SOLE MANUFACTURERS: LIVERINE LIMITED, QRXMSBY.

OLD COLLEGE SCHOOL, CARIAARTHEN. I The Christmas College of Preceptors examination will be held at the Old College School next December. Forms filled must be received on or before October 26th by the local secretary, the Rev. J. B. Thomas, head- master of the institution. Mr. Wm. Martin, Frenelly Farm, St. David's, a Baptist ministerial student at the Old College Schpol, has very successfully passed the preliminary Theological Examina- tion which qualifies to administer some of the ordinances and to prepare to matriculate, with a view to enter a university or one of the colleges that belong to the denomination. While we congratulate him very earnestly on | h;s success, we wish him more to follow in the, near future. We are given to understand that the Rev. Victor Griffiths, pastor of Pentwyn C.M. Church, has just received a un^niipous call to Newport, Mon. The rev. gentleman has served the Master well ia Carmarthenshire sinae he left Oxford. We hope that the county is not going to lose him. m

Cut out and keep this notice. Show E5" it to everyone in your household, MM j Notes on Saving.—No. 4. || wAI^jil How to Save in |KjJ§ the Kitchen. Waf Scnnca Corti- I ficates wjrm a British Never waste good pieces of meat, fish, cooked Government In»sjt- _Led. LL- M L nmnt b&amd by potatoes. cook ed rice or vegeta6lm Make S?U? wealth and them into rissoles, ifsh-cakes, soup, potato- power of the nation, croquettes or other savoury dishes. Their purchase price is 15/6 each, Mashed potatoes can be used instead of Met and their value in for boiled puddings-instead of lard for pastry. 5 years' time S. 1 Do, fill h L tic h  nee d a ach-this is equi- Don 't M the kettle w h en you only n<? d a =ent tocompound cupful ofhot water; don't use the stove when interest at Si per a gM-ring will auf5cc. conl, free °' !n. come Tax. A pinch of carbonate of eoda in sour fruit Y can set your L_h h of d. -7 back in f.H at "as the amount of sugar require d. .?' L" h II d 1 I j so- which ia doe. Eggshells dean enamel; lemon rinds remove You can bay Ww stains from the hands, and from brass and fromi^y n 0 frOllD any Money Order copper; tea-leaves dean bottles and lay dust. Poet OHïee. B, or Shopkeeper line Saving Waste means Saving JXConey. 0IfiaW Â88DIo Invest your Savings m War Savings Certificates. £ 1 for 15/6. £ 50 for £ 38:15:0. £ 500 for £ 387:10:0. If yoo have not yet joined a War Savinsa Association, it is roar patriotic duty to do so. Apply to the Secretary of Local War Savings Comautote, or writa ,to the National War Saving* Committee, Salutary Square, London, EX. 4. Every Shilling saved and lent helps to win the War.

Separation Allowances. Answering in Friday's Parliamentary Papers questions regarding increase of sepa- ration allowances, Mr. Bonar Law says the War Cabinet has approved the following re- commendations:- That the flat rate now payable to wives should remain at the present figure; That when a childless wife is for any reason unable to work, an addition of 6s. 6d. shall be made by the local War Pensions Committees to the flat rate; That with reference to other dependents who are unable to work, the supplemental allowances now payable by local War Pen- sions Committees up to 33 1--3 per cent. of the assessed dependents should be increased to 50 per cent. of the assessed dependents; That where there is one child under the age of 14 in the family the weekly rate of sepa- ration allowance should be increased by Is.; That where there are two children under the age of 14 an increase of 2s., three chil- dren under 14 an increase of 4s., four chil- dren under 14 an increase of 5s., with an increase of Is. for the fifth and each subse- quent child; For motherless children under 14 the weekly rate of separation allowance for one child maintained in a home shall be increased by Is. For the second and subsequent mother- less children Is. increase for each child; A flat allowance rate of 5s. a week will be payable to parents of unmarried sailors, soldiers, and airmen ,who have attained the age of 18 or who were under 26 on enlist- ment; Owing to administrative difficulties there may be some delays in the first payments. It is estimated the cost of increases to separation allowances will be approximately 19,765,000 for the three services. It was impracticable to estimate with any accuracy the amount payable for the supple- mental rate to the wife without children under the new proposals. A sum of 1500,000 has, however, been included in the above total as a-i estimate of the amount which will be payable. The estimated cost due to the lowering of the age at which parents' allowances are pay- able is £6,500,000. The total estimated cost is therefore 116,265,000. The new flat-rate increases will be payable as from the first pay-day in January next, and the supplemental increases and the parents' allowances as from the first day next month.

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