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MARINE BARRACKS, ST. CRoIx,
VIRGIN ISLAND IF THE UNITED STATES.
q July, 1919.
l. Upon the receipt of information
that a hurricane is approaching this
island ONE HURRICANE FLAG (Red
Flag with Black Square in ~centre) will
be flown.
2. If this island is in the path of the
hurricane TWO HURRICANE FLAGS
will be flown, one above the other.
3. Flag signals will be made as fol-
lows:
In C%hristiansted from the radio
pole.
In Fr~ederiksted from the pole on
the southeast corner of the fort.
4. Telephone central will inform all
subscribers of the approach Of the hur-
ricane.
w. M. SMALL,
Major, Marine Corps
, 1919-08-06
THE new ST. CROIx SAVINGS BANK.

THE Members of the New st. Croix
Savings Bank are hereby notified that
= the 18th Annual General Meet ng will
be held at the office of the Institution on
FRIDAY AUGUST 18TH AT 4 O'CLOCK
Pm. at whlc. a statement of the trans
actions for the year ending March 31st
last will be laid before the meeting and
election Of Trustees take place.
Christiansted, st. Croix, July 26 1919.
BY Order
T. j. STRIDIRON,
Accountant.
, 1919-08-06
had bottle Of whiskey and | had to
drink it myself


He looked a sorry sight rs he limped
into the insurance Office. 8andages were
numerous and he walked with the aid
of a crutch.
Il have called to make application for
the amount due on my accident policy"
ne said. Il fell down a long flight of
stairs the other evening, sustaining
damages thai will disable me for some
time to come.
The manager gave nm a firm look.
Young man. he replied, y have in
vestigated your case and find that you
are not entitled to anything. 1t could
not be called an accident for you GER
tainly knew that the Young lady's father
was at home".
Remember, constable said the portIy
mayor to the policeman who stood on
duty at the town hall on the night of the
childrens' fancy dress ball, no adults
can be admitted.
Right, yer mayorSaip, said Dooly as
he set about regufakng the crowd.
Everything was in fuA swing when Doc
~ felt himself clutcted by an excited
looking female. M little girl is in
there, she said, pointing to the ballroom
and she's forgotten part Of her cos
tune,
Can't help it, ma'am. No adults is to
go in.
Nonsense cried the woman.
My little girl has gone as a butterfly,
and has forgotten her wings, | want to
put them on her.
Dooly wrinkled his lorehead and RED
to think if any of the official regulations
prescribed for a case like that.
Orders is orders, ma'am,' he said at
last. Yell have to lei your little girl go
as a caterpillar!
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, 1919-08-06
0 R THAN BEFORE.

WORSE THAN BEFORE.
A doctor had a very nervous patient.
One day he came to the doctor in great
trouble. During the night, he said, he
had accidentally swallowed a mouse.
The doctor told MIN to get a cat and
some toasted cheese and to lie on his
back with mis- mouth open and the
cheese on his nose. Then said the doc
tor, when the mouse smells the cheese
he will come up for it and the cat will
tfen be able to catch it."
The man thanked him and went home.
But the next day he was back again in
you do as l told your osked the doctor.
lying on my back | fell off to sleep.
Now the cat is missing and Pm afraid it
has gore down after the mouse"
Magistrate-'You certainly committed
this burglary in a remarkably ingenious
way; in fact, with quite exceptional cum
ming.
Prisoner-Now, yer honor no fattery
if you please; if there's n thing I ate
it's fattery,'
Little three years old Katherine was
taking dinner with grand parents. She
had no sooner climbed into the high
chair provided for her than she asked
for a piece of cake.
What kind do you want, dear?' asked
her grandma.
Pointing to a large frosted cake at the
other end of the table, she replied, Eat
tind wifi re white washin 'on.
A man, after coming out of a train,
was summoned for being drunk and dis
orderly. When he was brought before
the court he was asked why he was
drunk. He said it was on account of
bad company.
Who are they?' asked the Judge.
'Teetotalers, was the reply.
I think said the judge, they are the
best of company.
They are not, said the man; because
, 1919-08-06
Publication.

TT ,lere.y bro. al to public notice that
the trade mari lown below, which was
registered in the Patent o@s Sc the
United States Novbr. %, 1915 in the name
OF oarpenter-Morton Company corpora
ton, and trade mark certificate No.
lO7. Ala issued therefor, has today been
registered in the Virgin Islands of the
United States at the office of the Gov
eminent Secretary in accordance with
the p, visions contained in Government
Order % August IA, 1917.
, 1919-08-06

THE ST. CROIX AVIS
is printed and published dolly (Sumdays
and Holidays ercepted) By g. Johansen
at the Avjs Office.
TERMS--4O cents monthIy IN advance,
9 cents per single copy.
sted, st. CrojE, Y. I. of the u. S. A., IN
der the Act of March 8. 1879.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-12-20
BANQUET BY coLoRED MAsoNs

Last Tuesday evening", the Hiram
Abiff Lodge, No. 16, F. & M, of Pleas
antyille, gave it's first banquet, in the
spacious dining room of Asbury NJ. E.
Church. A very fine program upstairs,
by the Oriole Glee Club and others
preceded. The Committee used every
effort to make this a fine affair, and
it was without doubt one of the very
finest %banquets eve given by any
Lodge in P%leasantville. The Eastern
Star was invited and they turned out
in great shape. 1t was indeed a beau
tiful sight to look upon. Cleophas
Daniels was the efficient manager of
the kitchen and dining room, with a
fine set of walters, in full dress suits.
George Emory was the Master of Ger
emonies. Many speeches were given
during the banquet by the Worshipful
Master and others, and there was some
charming music by the Glee Club.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-12-20
"WHEN BEARcAT WENT DRY"

The one big outstanding feature pic
ture of the year is when Bearcat
Went Dry" which will be the attrac-
ton at the Strand theatre on Wednes-
day, Jan. Ia.
The famous and widely read novel
of Charles Neville Buck, of the same
title, has been made into a photoplay
that teens with dramatic intensity
and suspense.
The characters of the picture are
those hardy mountaineers of eastern
Kentucky who, from time immemorial,
have shown slight regard for man
made laws. They are the descendants
of the hardy pioneers who blazed a
trail from the shores of Virginia
through the mountains of that State
and Kentucky. They fought the
t%reacherous savage and settled the
BLUE Grass State" They made it
possible for an empire to be founded
that gives to us and our children that
follow, a land that knows no counter
part for riches.
1t is of such kind of men and wo-
men that when Bearcat Went Dry"
has to do, and needless to say a pic
ture-play of unlimited entertainment
qualities is provided.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-12-20
ROBERT MARSHALL MADE
CHIEF OF CITY POLICE

Regular meeting of the City Council
of Pleasantville was called to order at
s o'clock Monday evening, President
James in the chair, and Councilmen
Anderson, Adams, Chattle, Ireland and
Lutz present.
The Mayor notified Council that he
received the resignation of Clarence
Krewson as Chief of Police on Monday
and accepted same, and he named Ser
geant Robert Marshall to succeed him
as chief, I'd the nomination was con-
firmed by resolution.
The application of Charles w.
Schmidt for appointment as a paid
fireman to succeed Paul Wootton, re-
signed, was received and referred to
the Fire Committee.
The application of David Horton for
a member of the Police Force was re-
ceived and referred to the Police Com
mittee.
A communication from the Secre-
tary of the local Teachers Committee
requesting the Councilmen to meet
them to discuss the matter of raising
teachers salaries was received, and
the Councilmen voted to attend the
meeting.
The Ordinance to improve by grad
ing and g%raveling Greenfield avenue
from Main street to the city line, was
passed on third and final reading.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-12-20
ASBURY Nj. e. CHURCH.
Rev. E. f. Morris, Pastor.

Splendid services were enjoyed all
day last Sunday, and there was a good
service on last Wednesday night in
spite of the very cold weather.
Services Sunday as follows:
10 a. m, Sunday School and rehear-
sal of the Christmas music.
II a. M, the Pastor will preach,
Music by the Junior Choir.
$50 p. M, the Pastor, Choir and
Members of the Congregation will go
to the Almshouse to hold services.
7.45 p. M, Epworth League Song
Services.
$50 p. M, the Pastor will preach
and there will be some good music by
the choir and congregations.
On Christmas morning, at II o'clock,
there will be a union service of all the
colored churches, and choirs, at Mt.
Pleasant Baptist Church. Rev. H. A.
Ivey has been chosen to preach the
sermon.
The Christmas exercises of our Sun
day School will be held next Friday
night, Dec. 26.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-12-20
COUNCIL GRANTS BONUSES
TO ALL CITY OFFICIALS

No doubt impressed with high costs
of living after attendance at the teach
ers' public meeting Monday night,
Council in a special session Tuesday
morning granted all city employees
an increase by bonus of their present
term employment of 800 to be raised
under the provisions of the 1919 act
making the raise possible.
Under the action, iremen, police
men, street department, municipal
clerk, collector, assessors and other
employees of the city will benefit. The
bonus granted is doubtless as substan-
tial a gift as could have been granted
the local employees coming as it does
at Christmas time.
DR.. Henry C. Munro and Samuel
Branson are the two local men who
brought home deer as the result of
their hunting this week.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-12-20
THE MIRACLE MAN" RANKS
WITH GREAT
FILM MASTERPIECES
Fine Big Story in Paramount-Artcraft
Picture Will Grip Audience.

Published originally as a novel in
Munsey's magazine, written by Frank
L. Packard and later dramatized by
George NJ. Conan and presented with
phenomenal success on Broadway, the
Paramount-Artcraft picture, The Mir
acle Man" comes to the Strand theatre
on Jan. 10, 20 and 81. AS a motion
picture this absorbing story has been
hailed by the critics as one of the fin
est productions ever seen on the
screen. With scenes laid in the
haunts of criminals in New York's
Chinatown, in a little village on the
side of a giant mountain and ON the
shore of a roaring ocean, the oppor-
tunity for wonderful Photographic eff
fects has been realized to the limit.
But the chief interest is in the strik-
ing story, which centers about the ven
cradle figure of an old patriarch, who
is credited with the power to heal the
sick and make crippled limbs whole
again. To him come Tom Burke and
his band of crooks from New York's
Chinatown with the idea of cashing in
on his powers. But it doesn't work
out as they calculated, for hidden
away in each of them is a leayen of
good. which slowly comes to the sur
face under the influence of their
wholesome environment. In a most
marvellous way the criminals are re-
claimed from the paths of crime.
A cast of unusual ability enacts the
important roles in the picture, headed
by Thomas Meighan, a well known
leading man. and including Elinor
Fair, Betty Compson. Joseph j. Dowl-
ing. Lon CLANCY, w. Lawson Butt, J.
NJ. Dumont, Lucille Hutton, and F. A
Turner.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-12-20
LOCAL FIRM MAKING
MONUMENTS FOR SERVICE MEN

A number of orders have been Sc
cured by the o. j. Hammell Co. during
the last few months for monuments
and bronze tablets for the men and
women who served the U. S. during
the World War.
This company built and erected a
large monument to set at the entrance
to a circular plot in the park at Vine
land, together with 81 small granite
markers placed in front of as many
trees which had been planted in mem
DRY of the boys who died or were kill
ed in the service. On each marker is
a small bronze tablet giving name,
service record and cause and date of
death.
Other monuments have been erected
at Aura. n. j., for Elk Township; one
at Newfield. N. J.; n at Mantua,
and one for the State of New Jersey
at Gloucester.
Contracts which are still to be com
pleted include a large shaft for Will
Jamestown, N. j., a large boulder for
Mullica Hill, one for Tuckerton, and a
large shaft for Egg Harbor City to be
erected in a circular plot with a fine
entrance and heavy granite vases or
each side.
A memorial for Pitman consisting
of a large boulder resting on a heavy
base and surmounted by a bronze
eagle is to be dedicated the 9th of
this month.
All of these memorials have a suita-
bic bronze tablet secured to the face,
containing from 80 to 40 names
Other cities have formed committees
for the selection of suitable memorials
to be erected during the coming year
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-12-20
THERE WAS NO ROOM
FOR HIM IN H INN

FOX HIM IN lHE INN.
One of the most suggestive as we'll
as striking things one has read of the
First Christmas is TO be found in that
remarkable book. The Altar Fire." by
a writer of note. Arthur c. Benson,
son Of the late Bishop of London,
speaking of the. Natal Hour of the
Child Jesus, and commenting on that
passage There was no room for Him
in the inn." says:
THE most beautiful of all such tales
is the tale of the m%aiden-wife in the
stable of Bethlehem with the pain and
horror and shame of the tragic eXper-
fence, in all it's squalid publicity, told
in those simple words which | never
hear without a smile that is full of
tears; because there was no room for
Kim in the inn"
We poor human souls knowing what
that event has meant for the race,
make the bare, ugly place seemly and
lovely, surrounding the Babe with a
tapestry of heavenly forms, holy lights,
~rapturous sounds, taking away the ter
ror and of the scene, and
thereby by our clumsy handling losing
the Divine seal of the great mystery.
The fact is that hope a spring in
unstained and sublime radiance from
the vilest, lowest, meanest, noisiest
conditions that can well be conceived.
In this sense the very human words
have a rare meaning
And she Mary brought forth her
first born Son; and she wrapped Him
in %swaddling clothes and laid Him in
a manger, because there was no room
for them in the inn"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-12-20
ADEQUATE SALARIES
FOR TEACHERS URGED
Or. Hibben Sees Menace to Edu-
cation in Low Wages Paid
"GuardianS of Our Children

DR.. John Grier Hibben, President of
Princeton University, has enlisted on
the side OF the $4,000 New Jersey
teachers who, through an educational
campaign, are seeking to obtain a liv-
ing wage for their work. In a letter
to the Executive Committee of the
School and Teacher Campaign DR.. Hib-
ben says.
There is no more important task
confronting us as a nation in the new
world upon which we are entering
than that of education. The vigor and
sanity of the coming generation de
pend upon the kind Of training we are
able to give the youth OF today who
are to become the leaders Of men to-
morrow. The great menace today to
education, and therefore to the in
tegrity of our political and social life,
is the fact that our teachers in schools
and colleges alike are so poorly paid
that the profession itself is losing from
time to time men and women who
would naturally devote their lives to
such work. To pay u teachers a liv-
ing wage and TO relieve them of the
daily anxieties which fret and fray
the nerves is the first and most urgent
duty of our commonwealth.
I'VE must remember that the teach
ers of state are the guardians of
our sons and daughters. For a signif-
cant period in the history of our chill
dren we transfer our authority and to
a certain extent our influence to other
hands, the hands of strangers"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-12-20

: Masses IN Sundays at 8 a. m. and
10 a. m.
Evening DeyOtions Sundays and
First Fridays at 7.30 o'clock.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-12-20
REMEMBER THE WATCHMEN.

Dec. Is, 1919.
Editors Pleasantville Press:-
| was talking to one of the Cross
ing Watchmen on West Jersey Rail-
road and he told me hat all they re-
ceive is $2.42 a day-not living wages.
l was thinking it would be a fine idea
for you to publish a letter in your
Xmas number telling the public not to
forget the men that watch on all the
Railroad crossings and protect their
children's liveswhen crossing the rail
roads. | certainly think they deserve
to be remembered. | hope you will
receive my suggestion favorably. |
am only too glad to help anyone that
is deserving.
A READER
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-12-20
IT. PETERS CATHOLIC CHURCH

Chestnut ST. and Verona Ave.
Rev. Gregory Moran, Rector.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-12-20
Strange

The Araucanians of the southern.
most province of Chile use a crab
shell as a barometer. In dry, fair
weather it is white, but when rain is
approaching red spots appear on 1t,
and when excessive moisture is pres
ent'in the atmosphere 1t becomes red
all over.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-12-20
IN M EMoRIAM.

SMITH-In loving remembrance Of our dear
husband and father, Edmond S. Smith,
VINO departed this life Dec. 18th, 1915, at
Abseeon, ". j.
tbs sweet to be remembered,
And a pleasant thing to find,
Though you may be absent.
You still are kept in mind.
The ones who think Of you today, are the
ones who loved you best.
WIFE N CHILDREN.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-12-20
WINTER SCHEDULE
OF JUDGE CARROW.

Following is the winter schedule of
Howard Carrow, Circuit Court Judge:
Salem, Dec. Is to 20, Inc. Mays Land
ing, Jan. 5 to 81, Inc. Cape May Court
House, Feb. 2 to 7, Inc. Bridgeton,
Feb. 9 to IA, Inc. Mount Holly, Mar.
1 to IS, Inc. Woodbury., Mar. 16 to
27, Inc. Judge Carrow will sit at
chambers when notified of motions as
follows: First and second Saturdays,
Court House, Camden, 1890 a. m.
Third Saturday, Law Library. Atlantic
City, 1890 a. m. Motions may be ar
ranged for other times and places.
Judge Carrow can be seen at his office,
~ Market street, Camden, N. j., any
.ay at 10 o'clock when he is not on
ne Circuit, and when he is on the
circuit letters directed to his office
viii be forwarded to him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-03-28
PROSPECT VALLEY

Mrs. Austin Griffen was in Kala-
mazoo last Saturday.
Charles Shiebley is suffering with a
bad throat and is taking treatments
of the doctor every day.
The south side club will meet Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs. Will Froh-
nader.
Charles Maloy has been granted
vacation of three months and will
spend his time looking after his farm
ing interests.
Elmer Baugher is expected home to-
day. He has been working in Pennsyl-
vania.
Wilbur Marshall has a very sore
throat and was unable to return to his
work in Dowagiac this week.
Albert Campbell and wife are NOV
ing to Paw Paw this week. They have
purchased home there.
Mrs. Sarah Hall and sister Miss Nc
Con and Miss Esther Smith were call
ing in this valley Monday.
Edmund Bills has returned to Dowa
giac after visiting with his mother
several days.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-03-28
CAPITOL NEWS
BY Representative Lynn j. Lewis

The State Board of equalization has
been severely criticized for apparent
favors extended in the past to Wayne
County; this Board consists of the
Chairman of the State Board of Tax
Commissioners the Auditor General,
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Secretary Of State and State Treasur-
er. Under the present law the State
Tax Commissioners present the valu-
alton Of the State, by counties to the
Board of Equalization as a basis for
the assessment of the State Tax;
Every year this Board of Equalization
has gone over the heads of the State
Tax Commission and arbitrarily, it
appears, reduced Wayne County's
valuation many millions, and then
spread this cut among the other coun-
ties of the State; in 1916 they cut
Wayne county's valuation the enor-
nous sum of 1922, 1000, 10000; in 1913
similar heavy cut was made. BY
reason of these unusual allowances
being made to Wayne County, the
other counties have been forced to
suffer unreasonable burdens. In 1918
Van Buren, county paid over $4,000, 90
of the Tax that should have been paid
by Wayne county. It is openly charged
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-03-28
FARM BUREAU NOTES
BY w. G. Eckard
Treat Oat and Barley Seed

Without a doubt farmers will be
sowing their oats and barley in the
next few weeks. How many will pre-
vent disease in their fields of these
grains during the coming summer by
treating their seed at sowing time.
If the Farm Bureau office has its way
about the matter, every one will treat
for it pays and pays big.
The cost is not great, enough for
maldehyde to treat fifty bushels of
seed can be procured from your local
druggist for from 40 to 60 cents, and
three 3 hours labor of one man will
treat the fifty bushels of seed.
Last Spring, James Bale Jr., east Of
Paw Paw, treated the seed oats for
his entire field with the exception Of
enough seed for two drill widths to
act as a check on the treatment. At
harvest time Mr.. Bale and the County
Agent made the following count on
the treated and untreated plants. In
one place on a given length of drill
row there were on the treated row 46
heads, no smutted heads, while only
z inches away on the untreated row
there was a total of fifty heads with
Ia smutted heads. At another place
on the treated row there were S3
heads, no smutted, and on the untreat
ed row a total of 70 heads with IL
smutted heads.
Can oat growers afford to treat their
seed? Answer: Can they afford not
to treat their seed?
Barley is being grown to quite ar
extent in Van Buren, county. Fol
years the barley stripe disease ha;
been a serious disease of this grain il
Wisconsin, and last season nearly
every field in Michigan had a grea
deal of this disease which cut tn,