NOTICE.
ARTIES having
claims against
the
es-
tate of "he deceased
MARY
[“RNES.
TINE
HUGHES
are hereby
notified
to file
such
claims accomparied
with
the
neeessary
evidence
of same
with
the
un
dersigned
executer
testamenti,
within
three
months
“yom
the
publication
of
this
notice.
St.
Thomas,
Virgin Islands,
19th.
July
1920
J.
DEAJUNGH,
It is
learned
on
good
authority
that,
unless
something
intervenes,
the
D.
W.
[. Electric
Co.
will suspend
business
at
the expiration of
this
month,
which
is
synonymous
with saving
that
the
town
will
not
be
ligchted
by
electricity
from
this company,
and
patrons
of
the
same
will
be
forced
to
give
up
the
modern
lighting system
(o which all have
grown
s 0 accustomed,
and
appreciate
to
no
small
degree.
As it
is
understood
that
it is a question of Government’s
approval
to increase
the cost
of
light
by
a small
additional
charge
without which
the
com-
pany claims
tn be
unable
to operate
on
a
”al\yring b';‘.S!S,
it
1Q hnped
that
some
com-
promise
wili be
reached
before
the
Ist.
of August whereby
the
maintenance
of
an up-to-date
feature
of
our
town
may
be provided for to the mutual
advantage
of all
concerned.
The
S.
S.
Korona
and
the
sclkooner
Virginia arrived
at
Frederiksted
yester-
day bringing considerable
mail the Chris-
tiansted
portion
of
which
was
received
here
around
2 p.
m.
The
theatre
is
the
place
where
there
is being offered this evening
a real
treat
in
the
form
of
an
instalment
of
the
serial
entitled
‘“‘Elmo the
Mighty’’
con-
sisting
of
very
attraciive
scenes
of
life
and
adventure.
All
who
like
cateny
true-to-life
pictures
should
not
fail
to
attend
this show.
The Colonial
Council
meets
again
today
in a continuation
of the items
on
the
or-
der of the day advertised.
This meeting,
like the last,
has
considerable
importance
attached
to it by
reason
of
the
items
to
be disvosed
of.
The
St.
Thomas
mail.
hy
mistake,
advised
to
go
by
the
Creole
Saturday
10
am.,
was
forwarded
by
the
sloop
Eagie
vio
Frederiksted
an
hour
earlier.
The schnr.
Creole
sailed
from here
last
night for
KFajardo,
P.K.
Information
was
received
by
yester-
day’s mail
to
the effect
that the
Raporei
S.
S.
‘‘Lake Ledan’’
was
to have
sailed
ol
ol
L
RN
froom
New
York
for
Christiansted
on
the
15th.
Inst.
()H«I(',IAL’\J};VVS.
iy 16,
1920.
Governor
Oman
attended
the
meefing
of the Colonial
Counecil
for
the
Munici-
pality of St.
Thomas
and
St
John
yes-
terday.
He
was
accompanied
by
Gov-
ernment
Secretary
Timmons
and Govern
ment Attorney Noll.
'he
U.
S.
S.
Tadousac,
recently
as-
signed
by
the
Navy
Department
to do
duty at the Navai
Station,
St.
Thomas,
arrived
last evening.
The
Tadousac,
re-
cently
built by
the
U. S.
Government
is
a steel
tug,
01l burner,
length
over
all
158 feet
8 inches,
breath
30 feet, draught
14 feet 8 inches,
displacement
1,000
(ons,
speed
13 knots,
and
wiii perforin
duty in
addition
to the U.
S.
S.
Vixen.
REMEMBER
THE
OLD
M.I 5.
Hurrah
for
thos2
Men,
hurrah
we
say—See
how
they
are rising,
standing
and holding out in these
days,
when
the
ranks
of others
are thinning.
See Dr. Ca-
negata;
twice President
ot
that Society
with his back
to the wal
, beforea league
of foes on Friday 9th at “he Colonial Coun-
cil, saving
a desperate
situation.
Hamil-
ton Jackson,
undismayed,
facing the lions
in their den;
note
Alexander,
Fabio,
A.
C.
Bough,
A. Creagh,
R.
de
Chabert
and J. Roberts,
see
one
and
all of them,
and
bear
in
mind
that
these
were
all
Members
of the
old M. I.
S. and
be
in-
spired
to
revive it again,
and
like veter-
ans of
the Old
42nd,
to stand
and
hold
your
own,
when
like
as
in
these,
so
in future
days,
such
like situations
arise,
you can,
like
properly trained
men with
perfect
Parliamentary
Decorum,
show
to
strangers
drop»ing
in
from abro
d, that
we are
not
to be easily
overridden;
but
let them
see
as recently
that rhey
might
raise
a
hornet’s
nest
around
them
when
least expected.
Thank
Mr. Svendsen
again
and
again
for
the
use of his Theatre,
and
may
we
always have it
for airing our
grievances
a8
in the
recent
upast,
and
do
not
ever
forget
the improvement
in public
speak-
ing
that can
be
s rely effected
by
keep-
ing
up
that
old
‘‘Mutual Improvement
Scciety.
Com.
Correspondence
On
Divorce.
(Conclusion
V1)
DOES THE ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION
OF DIVORCE WHERE IT EXISTS CON-
TRIBUTE T
THE
MORAL PURITY
OF SOCIETY?
“"We must
define
our terms.
What
is
moral
purity
7
The
intelligent
of
this
world seek
the
weil-being of
themselves
and others
They
know
that
happiness
is the only good;
and
this they
strive
to
attain.
To live
in
ace)rdance
with
the
conditions
of well-being
is
moral
ir the
highest
sense.
To
use
the
best
instru-
mentalities
to atrain
the highest
ends
is
our
highest conception
of the
moral.
In
ocher
words,
moralitiy
-is
the
melody
of
the perfection nf conduet.
A maa
is not
moral
because
he
is
obedient
through
fear or ignorance.
Moralty
lives in the
realm
of perceived
obligation, ::nd where
a being acts
in accordance
with perceived
obligation, that
being is
moral.
Morali-
ty
is not the child of slavery.
Ignorance
18 not
the ccrner-stone
of virtue.
The first
duty
of a human
being
is
to
himself.
He
must
see
to
it that
he
does
not
become
a burden
upon
others.
To
be self-respecting,
-he
must
endeavor
to
be self-sustaining.
If by his industry
and
intelligence
he
accumulates
a
margin,
then
he
is
unde:
ohligation
to do
with
tha* margin
all the good
he
can.
He who
lives to the ideal
d)es
the best
he can.
In
true marriage
men
and
women
give not
only their
bodies,
but
their
souls.
This
is the ideal marriage
; this is moral.
They
who give their bodies,
but
not their souls
are
not married,
whatever
the
ceremony
may be;
this is immoral.
If this
be
true,
upon
what
principle
can
a woman
continue
to
sustain
the
re-
lation of wife after
‘ove is dead
? Is there
some
other
consideration
that
ecan
take
the place
of genuine
affection
?
Can
she
be bribed
with money,
or a hiome,
or
go-
sition,
or by public
opinion,
anu still
re-
main
a virtuous
woman
?
Is
it
tor
the
good of society
that virtue should
be
thus
crucified
between
chureh
and state
? Can
it
be said
that
this cont ibutes
to
the
moral
purity ot
the human
race
?
Is there
a higher
standard
of virtue in
countries
wh=re
divoree
is
probibited
than in those
where it is granted?
Where
husbands
and
wives
who
have
ceased
to
love
cannot
be
divorced,
there
are
mistresses
und
lovers.
The
sacrawental
view
of marriage
is
the
shield
of vice.
[he
world looks
at
the wife
who has
been
abused,
who
has
been
driven
from
the home
of her
hus.
band,
and
the
world
pities:
and
when
this
wife
1s loved by
some
other
man,
the worlid
excuses.
So,
too,
the husband
who ecannot
live in
peace,
who leaves his
home,
is pitied and
excused.
Is
it possible
to conceive
of anything
more immeral
than for a hushaed
to insist
on
living with
a wife
who
has
no love
for him?
Is not
this
a perpetual
crime?
Is the wife to lose her
personality?
Has
she
no right
of choice?
Is her
modesty
the
property
of
another?
Is
the
mar;
she
hates
the
lord of
her
desire?
Has
sne
no right
to guard
the
jewels of her
soul?
[s there
a depth below
this?
And
is
this the
foundation
of mcrality?
this
the
corner-stone
of
scciety?
this
ti
arch
that
supports
the dome (|
civilizg.