®
o
Publication.
lT is hereby brought to public
no-
tice
that
Government
has,
this
date,
authorized
Rev. ERNEST
PUGH
to perform civil-religious
functions
in the Municipality
of St.
Croiv.
Government
of the
Virgin Islands
of
the
United
States,
St.
Croix,
4
April,
1922.
J. J. GAFFNEY,
Government
Secretary.
Bekenditgorelse.
EN ordinære
Generalforsamling
i den
D dansk-vestindiske
Nationalbank
af-
holdes
ONSDAG DEN
14 JUNI 1922
KL.
11
FORM.
i Ministerialbygningen,
Slotsholmsgade
Nr. 6 her i Staden.
Forhandlingsgenstandene
er:
1)
Forelæggelse
as
Bankrzadets
Beret-
ning
om Bankens
Virksomhed i Aar-
et 1921.
2)
Forelæggelse
as det reviderede
Regn-
skab
for
nysnævnte
Aar
med
For-
ålatg
til Anvendelse
as Aarsoverskud-
et.
3)
Indstilling om
Decharge
for det af-
lagte Regnskab.
4)
Valg as et Medlem
til Bankraadet.
5)
Valg as
en Revisor.
Kjøbenhavn,
den 2 Marts 1922.
F. NORDLIEN,
WINTHER.
Translation.
Notice.
HE ordinary
General
Meeting of The
National
Bank
of
the
Danish
West
Indies
takes
place
WiEDNESDAY
THE
14
JUNE
1922
AT
11
O’CLOCK
A. M. in the
Ministerial
Building, No.
6
Slotshoimsgade,
in Copenhagen.
The Order of the Nay is as follows:
1)
Report
from
the Board
of Directors
covering
the
activity
of
the
Pank
during the
year
1921
2)
Presentation
of the avdited
accounts
for the
said
year
with
proposal
as
regards
the
distribution
of
the
sur-
plus for the year.
v
3)
Move,
that the
accounts
be ad pted.
4)
Election of a Member for
the Board.
5)
Election of ¢ 1 Auditor.
.
Copenhagen,
the 2 Mareh 1922.
F. NORDLIEN.
NINTHER.
e——— e
ee e
e
e
.
LOCAL.
The usual large and
appreciative
audi-
2F
fROULX
AN
ence
was
present
at
the
Christiansted
Theatre
last
night
where
four
more
attractive parts
of
the
paramount
serial
“The
Flaming
Disk’>
were
presented
and
aroused
general
—ent,
ad-
miration
and
interest.
#ims
film
is
drawing
to a close
now,
and
on Monday
night,
10th.,
six
parts
will
be shown.
There will be
nr
won Thursday
night,
Holy Thursday.
Correspondence
L
&
New York City,
Mareh 23rd 1922.
Editor of the Avis.
St.
Croixz,
V.IL.U F A.
Dear Sir:—
A
little
over
two
jears
3gv,
when
1 visited
the
islandstand
when
a
certain
grcup of pcople
wgre
up in arms
against
me,
I said
to many of my triends
that
the
chickens
would
come
home
10
roost
some
day.
-
I see
by
the
papers
tha'
they
are be
ginning
to
do
so,
and
for these
reasons
I fee) that in
justice to
myself, I should
make public
as
a
reminier
jest
what|
said
when
I made
addresses
before
an
audience
at St.
Gerard
Hall
at Frederik-
sted and also at Christiansted.
The
language
expressed
by mz
at
the
time
were
with
words
to
this
effec':
“Looking at my dear
old home
St. Croix
today, I see
a great change
as
compared
with
the
days
of
my
childhood.
|
re-
grct that
certain
conditjons
which
exist
here do
not
deserve
much
credit
to us
as
a people.
it bas
been
told to me,
and [ have
also
observed
it to be
a
fact,
that
a
spirit of
unfriendliness
exists
among
classes
here.
' 'TYhere is a lack ~f co operation
between
the
people
~7
the
laboring
classes
and
the Ch=.cn,
between
Capital
and
Labor
~.nh
a
decided
mark
of
disrespest
on
the part of the larger group.
I believe in justice
to
o-e
and all, and
the right
to fight
for
the
things
most
near
and
dear
to
us, but
I
am
totally
against
those
who are seeking
to
win by
abuse.
I cannot
see
what
any
leader
expects
to accomplish
by
telling his fol-
lowers
to keep
away
from the Chnureh,
to
disrespect
its
ministers,
and
not
to
contribute
towards its support.
Sn far
as
oppression
against
labor
is
concerned,
that must
be
expected.
There
are fighting labor
parties
every-
where,
in Rustia and
even
in America.
It is up to your leaders
to
direct
yovur
battle
by
means
of
logical
arguments
along
the principles
of labor
however,
and leave the social
end of it alone,
There
is no place in this civilized world
where everybodv
link as one—socially.
It is
human
for
one
person
to
think
himself
or herself
better
than
the other,
and
while
in
many
instances
they
are
not “justified, yet
the
right
to aspire
to
social prominence
is
nevertheless
an in-
alienable
one.
We err in the
belief
that
we'sws
oully
people it thinking
our
way.,
Thereis
only
one
way
to breuk
down
class
or
color prejudice,
and that
is by education,
1f you
are intelligent you
are
mwore
ca-
vable of appreeiating
culture
and refine-
ment.
I you
are
ambitious
you
will
save
what
vou
ean
and
thus
become
in-
¢
dependent.
It
is money
and
brains thaj
rmle the world today,
arnd it is only after
vou hasve
acguirved
these
things
that you
will be
able to
enter
on
the
same
plat-
form with anybody.
1 differ again with those
leaders
who
have
made
certain
utterances
against
th> Priests
and white men of the islands.
it is
time
that ‘he
Priests,
the
Mer-
chants,
Planters
and
others
who
repre-
sent
the prominenece
of the islands
are
no
beiter
than
anyone
else
so far
as
color
or textu:e of skin
is eoncerned.
But you
must appreciate
the fact that
-
the
Priests,
the
Merchants
and
the
Planters
belong to a
differ®nt station in
life to the people
of the laboring classes,
and in the case of the
Priests
especially,
they do stand
higher
socially, morally or
otherwise.
J
regret,
and
do
regret
very
deeply
that
the
questicn
of color
has
entered
these
islands.
I know by experience that
the white
man rules and will always
rule
where
he establishes
industry and finance
upon which you the
masses
are dependent
for support.
;
And the black
man and woman in these
islands with money
occupy
the
very same
position.
There
is paevidence
of malice or hatred
prompted
by them against youjfor
as
a
maiter
of faet while they segregate
them-
selves
socially,
they
will
en
the
other
hand
be your very best friends.
-
.
Is
it fair
for
apy
lea
er
to
train
you
to disgespest,
to
aid
in
dragginZ
down the
moral worth of
our own coun-
try, when
deep down in their own hearts,
they too zspire
to social
prominenee
and
do think themselves
socially ahove
you ?
I say
to vou with
“rankpess,
stand
as
a united people
for
justice to one and all’
regardless
of race,
creed,
or
color,
be
gnod
Christians,
honor
and
respect
the
government
and all
its officials,
ehoose
froms
among
you good and
faitigful lead-
ers,
and above
all
wateh
ycur
pocket-
book and guard yourself
against exploit-
ers who
are likely to be
in your midsc’’.
I
have
always
felt
broadmiuded
enough
t»
shake
hands
in
good
splrit
wi'h
anyone
who
takes
issve
with
my
views
relative to the conditions
existing
in our three
islands.
It is love ¢f country that prompts
one to
take an interest,
and
we should
not be
so
|
thin skinned
to get at loggerheads
or hold
as personal
matter
these
differences.
The open letter vhich appeared
in your
paper
of recent
date with signatures
eom-
ing from a group who were bitter againstt
m>.
reveals
'the fact that
these
remark
m: Ce
by
me,
at the
time and
whichgs
have
once
more
made
public were
ju