NOTICE.
A Reward
of $25.00
will be given
to
any
one
who
can give
information
leading
to
the discovery
and
conviction of, the
party
or parties
that
shot
a
horse
on
the
Estate
Southgate
Farm
on
or about Sunday
the 20th inst.
Any
one
found
tresp-ssing
on
the
above
named
estate
hereafter
will
be
dealt witly according
to Law.
St. Croix, 23rd November
1921.
CATHARINE LUDVIG.
LOCAL.
The
s.
s.
'‘Guiana’’ for
New York is
due at Frederiksted
at
daylight on
Sun-
day morning.
A football match played
on the Parade
Ground yesterday
afternoon
between
the
Athletic
Association
and
the Old Gram-
mar
School
Boys,
resulted
in a victory
for the
Athletic
Club
by
three goals
to
none.
A large
gathering
witnessed
the
contest.
Today
is Arbor Day
and
is
being
fit-
tingly observedin the
schools.
Selanr.
Creole
sailed
for
St.
Thomas
yesterday
morning
and Vigilant arrived
from St. Thomas
in the afternoon.
NIGHT SCHOOL
Mr. Lindborg,
the
Assistant
Director
of Education,
informs
us
that
the
at-
tendance
at the night
school held
in the
the Christiansted
Public
Grammar
Schonl
building is so poor
that the
Government
is seriously considering
closing it.
Only
four
people
applied
for
instruction
the
first
night and after two
weeks of work
the school
has eleven pupils.
This is not
as it should be.
The
Gov-
ernment
has
tried
hard
to
secure
an
efficient
staff
of teachers
The
school
should succeed
with Mr.
George
Jackson
as principal,
supported
by
Mr. G. Henry,
Miss
C. Fabio
and
Mrs.
E.
Anduze
as
teachers.
Last year
more
people applied
than
could be cared
for beeause
of lack
of teachers.
This
year the
Government
has
provided
an
increased
staff
of
in-
structors.
The
instruction
is free.
The present night school is prepared
to
take all of those people who were refused
last year because
of lack of room.
'There
are
many
people
in
Christiansted
who
could
spare
three
evenings
a
week
to
improve
themselves
in the English
lan-
guage
and
other
common
school
sub-
jects.
Many of our great
men of
to-day
have
attended
night
school
and
there
added
to their
knowledge
which
they
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could
not
obtain
otherwise.
Night
schools
are for those
who cannot
afford
to
go to
the day
school,
for those
who
are
beyond
school
age,
for
those who
must
work
during the
day.
Let
it
be
known
that
we
have
a
night
school.
Let
us give the
Government
no
excuse
to
close
the
school
because
of
lack
of
students.
“The Christiansted
Literary
and Debating
Club”
““The
Mutual
Improvement
Society’’,
which for a time
during the years
about
1913
to
1915
flourished
as
a Literary
Societ’
in this Town;
but
whieh
gradu-
ally lost
vigour and
eventually
died out;
has
tkrough
the
zeal of its still existing
members
and others
been
revived,
and
under
the
new name
and
title
above-
given,
been duly olganized,
and
on
Mon-
day night las¢ started
a new existence.
Nothing
can
yet
be
predicted
with
regard
to the
certainty
of its
success
yet
in wishing
this
new Club
a
bright
future
we
do
so
with
the
earnestuess
that
all societies,
chiefly for the Literary
Improvement
of the
youth
of our
com-
munity should always have.
We understand
that the
number
start-
ed
with
is
nearly
40.
This
is
by
no
means
a small figure for an opening,
and
with the serious
amd careful attantion
of
the experienced
ones of the past,
we are
of
the
opinion
that
an
estimable
and
commendable
record
will be
theirs in the
future.
Dr. D. C. Canegata
our
worthy
and
honorable
country
man
has
been
elected
President
by
an
almost
unani-
mous
vote—and
the
record
of his
able
and useful
service
in
the former Society
for
two
successive
years
in
the
same
office, proeises
much
for the welfare
of
the
present
and should
go
far to
insure
its success.
‘
More
need
not
be said,
but to
repeat
the wish for a permanent
life, which we
believe
that every respectable
member
of
our community
will endorse. —Contribut-
ed.
A DUTY INCUMBENT ON THE LEG-
[SLATURE
OF
STI. CROIX.
By ASHLEY L. TOTTEN.
Out of the many
thousand
native
born
inhabitants
of
the
Virgin Islands
who
have migrated
themselves,
we find that
a large number
are ir.
the United States,
and
the
remainder
scattered
in
Cuba,
Porto Rico,
Haiti,
Sto. Domingo and
the
Canal
Zone.
In
the
twenty-seven
British
islands
there
are few,
very few
indeed.
Virgin Islanders
abroad
are
found
to
be peaceful
and law-abiding.
In these
United Stales,
unless
natural-
ized they refrain
from
any
interference
with politics wha ever.
In our islands and
mQ{e
especially
St.
Croix, thousands
of British
West
Indian
people have emigrated
there.
Twenty years
ago
when Captain
Her-
bert used
to
sail
in
the harbor of Chris-
tiansted
with
boatloads
of Barbadians,
twenty-five
cents
a
day
was
the
great
attraction.
Itis
as
Bailey
said
to
the great
cap-
tain,
‘‘what
a
wonderful
and
blessed
land
this
is,
eh brether!!!
Look
at
the
Rum!!!
To say the
least
the
presence
of this
class
has been
more
of
a
menace
to
the
moral status
of the
native
born
in their
station of life than anything
else.
Murder,
arson,
theft
and
rapine
in-
creased
from time to time.
Yet they enjoyed
an unlimited freedom
back from
the
days
of
the
Danish
re-
gime,
and until the present
time.
They
are
organized
so
strong
that
judging from their number
the
fruits
of
organized
labor
yields
a
much
smaller
percentage
to the interests
of native born
laborers.
Nowhere in
the
twenty-seven
British
Islands
could
organized
labor
be
made
possible.
On the other hand there
are
some
res-
pectable
and intelligent aliens whose
pre-
sence
is of great
value to
the
moral
sta-
tus of the islands.
Foreigners
who represent
capital
and
who
are
law-abiding,
are
by
means
of
economy
and
thrift contributing
to
the
future development
of the islands.
The
Barbadian
laborer
loves
St. Croix
so far as
his
means
of livelihood
is
con-
cerned,
but down
deep
in
his
heart
he
has
an
everlasting
affection
for
Great
Britain.
Now experience
teaches
that
thz
only
means
by which certain
conditions
in St.
Croix ean be improved,
would be
first
to
bar all aliens
from
any
participation
in
matters
affecting
the
future
of
our
is-
lands.
The Legislature
should
pass
a
law
to
the effecc that all aliens
be
kept
out
of
g
office, and
should
not
be
recognized
«a®
leader
or official in
any
organized
group
or faction in anything
where
the
inter-
ests of the islands
and its citizens
are
at
stake.
They
should
pass
a
law
and
pas:
it
soon,
to
bar
undesirable
aliens,
and
to
deport
those
who are
a party to
violence,
street
abuses
and other
outlawry.
For it is an indisputable
fact
that
some
of
the type
who
are
a
nuisance
in
our
islands,
are well taken
care
of in
their
own country.
Under
the
flag of
the
United
States
the Virgin Islands
must
be
made
safe for
Virgin Islanders
first,
last,
and
all
the
time.
The rightg of its citizens
must
in every
particular exceed
those of aliens.
This
has long
since
been
adopted
by
all
the other
United
States
possessions,
and
there
should be
no tardiness
along
these
lines.
The
one
and
onlv
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