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\\\\cs[? o . y€> Sy "\_\‘/ *Q\\,@T i\\\\AXy g ;s‘*‘s‘-~ =l, WLOIX A\BLE '/:?.% NP \\\./ 4 AN y @ \~\ Q\\ N’\/»‘i‘:j @ 75TH YEAR THE ST. CROIX AVIS 18 printed and published doily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Ofiice. THERMS---50 cents monthly vn advance, 2 cents per single copy. tintered as second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christicn- wied, St Crow. V. L ofthell. S A.. un der the Act of March 3. 1879. Contribution. to this paper will be glod- ly received when the same deals with mat- ters of general interest, and is accompa- nied with the au’hor’s name, as a quar- antee of good faith? *The editor cannot be resnonsiblefor the views of his correspon- dentsnor does he necessarily endorsethem. CANE VERSUS BEET SUGAR. | Why Eng'ish sweet ind jam makers prefer beet to sugar is expiained in Sugar for July 1919. The prejudice appears to be due to the tact that pure white beet sugar has al- ways been cheaper and procurubie in lar- ger quantitics than refind czne sugar. | Cane sugar which is not absolutely | pur2 is incli: ed to be hygroscopie, that is | quick to abs.rb moisture. When boil>d | some cane sugars are stated to be very | liable to bac.arial action. This feature | is a disadvantaze in jam making. i To reine all low-grade cane sugar it | it would be necessary, says the article - reforred to, for most of the Eaglish re- fineries to be rebuilt, or else new omes erected to produce econnmical wrok and returns of a high percentage, unless the syrup trade =xtends which is unlikely in Great Britain.—Agricultural News. ‘ It is stated in the Cuba Review for | July 1919, that great efforts are being | made to increase the output of the Cuban | manczanese mires. The manganese ores occeir principallv in sedimentary rocks | such as limestone, sandstone and Shale, | but in the more heavily mineralized lo- | calities the ores are associated with mass- | es of siliceous rock locally termed ‘jes- | per and bayate’.—lbid.' ; FOR SALE White Lime 404, Estate Southgate Farm at 60 cents pr. barrel. o - ; CATHRINE LUDVIG CHRISTIANSTEDL, V.l. US 8. TUESDAY. 11tH NOVEMBER 1919 T¥e§ o 2 ? Provisiona brtinance. - WHEREAS, Un#er and by virtue of Section 4 of the Cggonial l.aw (No. 124" published at Amalieaborg. Apri 6, 1906, it is provided among other things as fol- lows: i “'ln extraordinavy circ:mstances the Governor has authority to issue Pro- visiona! Laws or Grdina ices.”’ AND., WHEREAS, by Secction 2 of an Act of Congress entitled “'An Act to pro- vide a temporary Government for the West Indian Islands acquired by the Uniced States from Denmark’’, ete.. ap proved by the President on the 3rd day of March, 1917, it is further provided in said Act as follows: ““That, until Congress shall otherwise provide, in so faras compatible with the changed sovareignty and not in . conflig with the provisions of this Act, the laws fegulaing elections and the electoral franchise as set forth in the codé of laws puablished at Amalienborg the 6th of April, 1906, and the. other local laws in force and effect 1n said !slands on the . 11th day ot ..lanu'-tr_\‘, 1917, shall re- main in force ang effect in said Is- lands’’ AND, WHEREASy the rate of ex- change for an American dollar into francs of the currenay of the said Is- lands has, on Oectober 15, 1919, sudden- Iy advanced fiom $1.04 te $1.27-1/2. NOW, THEREFORE, 1, J. W. Oman, Governor of the Virgin lslands of the United States, formerly known as the Danish West Indian Islands, under and by virtue of the aforesaid | ws, consid- ering extraordinary circumstances as | now existing, in view of te increase in | prices of necessities ¢f liie, incidenc to the aforementioned atlvance in the rate of ‘exchange, hereby idete¢ ‘mine and by | thig proelamation do §rmo._.,nco that it is | essential, in order to sbrovide saufficient | means whereby the emp'oyees of the | Government of the said Virgin Islands of the Urited States may obtain sufficient | necessities of life und%* the salaries now | paid to such employes in the currency | of the said Islands, and in order that the public good will be;)romoted thereby, | to add to the salaries of :aid employes, do hereby authorize and direct, effective immediately and until otherwise provid- ed, that there shall be add~d to the sala ry of each emplcye of th.s Government such further amounts, in local currency, No. %8 in addition to such salaries as will equal the di?'er-zicnv‘i;)ct\v;wn the normal rate of exchange ($1.04) and the rate of ex- change existing when such ¢salaries are due and payable. The budgets tor the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John and for the Muniei- pality of St. Croix, for the fisecal year ending June 30, 1920, are hereby increas- ed in the amounts necessary to provide for the aforesaid payments. IN WITNESS WHEREOF 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Government of the Virgin Islands of the Urited States to be affixed. Issued in St Thomas, this 17th day of October, 1919, A. D. : (SEAL) } J. W. OMAN. By The Governor C. C. TIMMONS Government Secretary. Thus duly passed and approved at the or¢ O.cdinary meeting of the Colonial Council held Monday, October 20. 1919. D. C. CANEGATA. ROBT. MERWIN. Secretary. Chairmau. The above Provisional Ordinance is hereby sanctioned and approved. Witness my Hand and the Seal of the Government of the Virein Islandsof the United States at St. Thomas the 27th day of October in the year 1919, (SEAL.) : J. W. OMAN. Governor. Reward Offered. AREWAI{D of Francs 50.00 is hereby offered for the appre- hension of the well known prisoner Thomas Williams, alias “One-hand Tom”’, who escaped from Richmond Prison on Friday evening October Bist 3. ¢ Frederiksted Police Office, November Bth 1919. ‘ JOHN L. LURRY., acting Dircctor of Police. LOST. ONE MILLER TIRE AND TUBE WITH SPARE RIM, size 31 x4. Any one who can give information ]ez_uimg‘ to recovery will please report at this office.