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A 6 Reel
At raction, with:
MARY MAC LAREN,
at her
very
best,
She works them
up, she gives a brand
new start
in the enjoyment of photo dramas.
Come
and
see
this vividly divertinz,
up
to the
minute
drama.
This
is a story of the everlasting
battle
of the
sexes,
principally concerning
how
ore
Abby Hopkips solved
the matrimonia;
problem
for herself,
and
how she
beeame
an individual through the experience.
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“The Lure Os The
Circus”
ORDER
OF THE DAY
for the sth Ordinary Meeting of the
Lolonial
Loanal
for
St.
Greix,
MONDAY,
March
1, 1920,
at
one
‘
o’clock p.
m.
‘
1.
Colonial
Council
Bill No.
23.
Resolution
autnorizing
the Governor
to
increase
amounts
bndgetced
for
the
currentfiscal
year
by
a
pcoreen-
tage
not
to exceed
that
by which the
rates
~f exchance
for
the current
fis-
cal year exceed
che
normal
rate.
In-
troduced
by Government.
2.
(Colonial
Couneil
Bill No.
24.
Resolution
authorizing
the Governor
to sell
the parcel
of
land and
build-
ing known
as
East
Hill School,
si:ua-
ted in East
End Quarter
A, in the
is-
land of St.
Croix.
3.
Colonial
Council
Bill No
24.
Draft of An Ordinance
introduced
by
Ist.
Member
tor
Cnristiansted
Coun-
try District
(Stakeman)
respecting
(he apoointment
of employees
of the
Municipality of St.
Croix.
4.
Coionial Council Bill No. 26.
Drarc of an
Ordinance
introluced
by
Isi. Member for Christiansted
Coun-
try Districc
(Stakemann)
concerning
-
the remission
and
refunding of cer-
tain
taxes
assessed
or
coilected
on
properties
usel
ror
ralizious
puar-
poses.
5.
Colonial Councii
Bili No. 27.
Interpellation
to Government,
intro-
duced
by ist.
Member
tor Christian-
sted
Country
Distriet,
(Stakemann)
in regard
to
the
re-opening of
the
Richmond
Sore-toot
Hospital.
Colonial
Council Office,
St.
“'roix, Feb-
Funary
24.
1920.°
ROBT. .
MERWIN,
Chatrman.
|
V¥ between
Strand
and Prince’s
;
LOS]
Streets
A GOLD B::OACH.
;
Finder
will be
rewarded
on
.
bringing
same
at
this office.
|
The Industrial
Brass
Band
will render
|
a concert
an the wharf this evening,
'
Sl
|
Due
to the calm
weatherithat
exist
the
!
?reule
has \not
arrived
from St. Thomas
l
s yet.
|
[t is reported
that the
Navy B=nd
is to
'
be sent
to St.
Thomas‘cn
the Vixen next
'
Monday,
and
that
the
men
will
be
put in
.
middy dress
instead
of the present
style
.
of uniform which is said
to be obsvlete.
|
The
exhibition
of
The
Brass
Bullet,
-
which proved
a serial of extra attraction,
'
was conclode.
at
the theatre
on
Monday
.
night
when
the
audience
was
a
very
.
large
one.
It’s hoped
the
management
f
will soon
be
able
to secuie
as fine a film,
The
Revd.
Mr. Babeock
delivered
an
'
interesting
and
instructive
lecture
lasc
Sunday
evening
in the
Sunday
Market
-
and
held
‘a
tremendous
audience
spell-
.
bound
during his discourse
which
dealt
chiefly
with
his
life
and
expeariences
among
‘he
people of Atrica
to whom
he
paid tribute
in regard
to their intellectu
alyard
advancement
apace
with
west-
ern civilization
Mr. Babeock
lef: for St.
Thomas
on
Monday
and
is
expected
so
-
retura
to this island shortly when
he
will
speak
on his
adventurous
trip
across
the
-
Irish
Sea
where
he
was torpedo-d
by a
-
aecqman
submarine,
We are
sure
none
~
wiil vegret
spending
an hour
or so
listen-
~
ing tn this interesting
speaker
an
1 would
recommend
*hat all
wio failed
to
hear
him the first time emb-ace
the opportun-
ity of doing so
now.
g
One
‘‘Peter’’ in
West
End
News of
yesterday
in
commenting
in that
paper
on
what
is
presumably
the
recent
ex-
change
of letters
between
Mr.
Leader
and Mr. La Beg<a. says
‘‘we are surprised
to
see
Avis
taking
an
active
part’’.
What is meant by this remark
is certainly
more
than
can
be
deduced
from the
cir-
cumstance
of this paper
having accepted
correspondence
from
both gentlemen
and
published
the
same
without
comment,
that
not
being
our
business,
and
it
furthermore
being
the poliey to afford
space
to all correspondence
within reason-
able
limits, not
assuning
any
responsi-
bility for
the
opinions
of
writers
Hr
necessarily
endorsing
their views.
When
will people know this?
-
’
.
"
.
The Gongressional
Gommission.
On Monday
the
9th
of Fobruary
at 9
o’clock a.
m.
a public meeting
was
con-
-
vened
in
the
Colonial
Council
Chamber
~at Christiansted,
for
the
purpose
of
an
inquiry into
the
iocal
conditions
at
pre-
'
sent existing
in
the
Island,
and
what in
.
the view of the inhabitants
would
tend io
.
improve
those
conditions
in the future.
‘;
The
Commissioners
conducted
their
|
investigations
in
a
systernatic
ond fair
|
wmanner,
and
sverviody
had
an apnortn
.
nity of expressing
their views
who car:d
|
to do
so.
‘
At
the
closing
of
the
iavestiga'iors,
.
the Chairman
invited
the different
mem-
bers
of
the Commission
to address
the
meeting which
they
did, and
gave
us
an
oratorical
treat,
the
like
mary
of
us
-
never
had
the
pleasure
of listening
o
.
before.
‘
The Commissioners
said
in vart,
““We
|
have only been
in
the
Island
four
days,
.
but
we think
we
have
during
that
tir:e
.
discovered
the
secret
of
your
troubie,
'
whichinour opinion is the lack of urity.”
.
As
an
example,
they
drew
a
word
p:ec-
|
ture of a good navigator
in an
open
boat
|
on
2 rough
sea,
trying to
make
port,
but
.
on account
of the oarsmen
pulling against
.
each
other could
not make
headway.
This example
they
claimed
illusiratyd
|
the island’s
condition
very weli
to
their
'
minds,
the
large
concerns’
workirg
.
~
against
the
interests:
of tle
small
ones,
.
the laborers
working against
the
inter-
|
est of
their
employers,
and
all
tendirg
.
~
to
decrease
production
and
retard
pro
|
gress.
|
They
claimed
that
St.
Croix
was
a
beautiful
island.
with as good soil as they
had ever
seen,
and
a
sufficient
area
to
support
a
much
larger
population than
}
the Island
at
present
had,
if worked
in
-
a proper manner
They admonished
tle
~
laborers
to give
good
honest
work ard
~
respect
rheir
employer’s
property,
and
-
do their share
in
increasing
the
produc-
tion of the
llsland, if
they expected
bet-
ter
wages
and
conditions,
and
make
it
possible
for teir employers to meet their