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Vo= S 4 A : £ oPT o?i : | ;ij ‘:\6 \L A g > . Q> | @'\\ e | u N & i —~y \ Y /I Io T 3 YEAR. THE ST. CROIX AVIS 18 printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by (. Johansen at the Avis Offize. R S---40 cents monthly in advance, 2 cents per single copy. Entered as second-class riatter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- whed. 8L Crowe, Y. Lot the U, 5. 4., un- der the Act of March 3. 1879 Contribution to this paper will be glad- ly recerved when the same deals with mat- ters of general interest, and is accompa- nied ??th the author’s name, as a quar- antee'of good fuith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorse them. REPORT OF DE2OSIIS & WITHDRAWALS AT ML 57 il a\f [HE “Nc¥ of. CROIX SAY.NGS BANK On Batuiday the 18th Oect. 1919. RECEIVERS: in Christiansted A. E. STAKEMANN Trustee. In i'rederiksted R. E. EiGGINS Trustee. Balance of deposits to 11th Cetober 1919 : $ 66,004.76 21 Leposits, of which 12 in Chris iansted $ 109.75 (Ilnew) : 9 in Frederiksted $ 49.80 (21.ewW) $ 159.55 i : $66,164.31 20 withdrawals ot whicn | 17 in Christiansted $ 122.65 3 in Frederiksted $ 17.00 $ 139.65 Balance of deposits to date $ 66,024.66 Receivers for Saturday, the 25’ Oet. 1919. In Christiansted A. E. STAKEMANN Trustee. in Frederiksted R. E. HIGGINS Trustee. A. E. STAKEMANN President . Studies in nutrition, reported in Physio- logical Abstracts for July 1919, show that the cocoa-nut possesses a really high nu- tritive value. T.e globulia of tle cocoa- nut vas safficien toisuppo 't the growth of rats w:hut ary cther source oi pro- tein. [t issstated !hat creosa-nu press cake provides a souice of proteir of high nutritive- value, aMd. it also zontains water-soluble an{ fdt-soluple vitamines. —Agriculivral N ewsg : West Indian bec_‘l\'cupc 'S may be in- teres ed in the tral ¢t a sysiem of keep- ing tv ) queens ii- a hive deseribed in the Queenslandt Agricwltural Jourwal for July 1919. It is stated thac the twß pro- lific young quezus caused the produc- tion of more brcod than in an ordinary colony containinr only one queen. In f ct. by this system it is claimed to be possible to double the namber of colonies every year.—lbid. | BARBADOS NEWS. = September has given a fair supply of rain and the erons ‘dntinie to make up leeway. It is tke coming month which planters look fcrwara to with 2reatest expectaticns. The plan. canes are healthy but low, the ratcons are said to be causing great anyiety. 't'his is espe- cially the case with seconl ratoons, the first not being so bad? The land is fairly ready in raany places for planting, which will be somewha earlier in many places, where labour his béen freely cvailabie than in past years. s There are repots of ill-feeling at some places ow.ng tn tie turning off of tenants to extend cane cultivation; and it may be seriously questioned whether the slender CHRISTIANSTED, V. I U& Ai SATURDAY. 25tH OCTOBER 1919. 246 No. PUE : 1 ) ; ® I'is herety broighi to public notice that the trade-mark shown below, which was registered in t e United Biates Patent Office, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1905, in the name of :he;Coca-Cola Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Georgia, ;.u;‘i trac 2-marl: certificate No 47,189, issued therefor, has this date been registered ia tae offic2 »n the Government Secretary of the Virgin Islands of the United States at St*Thom s, in accordance with the provisions contained in the Gov# ernor’s Publicaticn of August 14, 1917 N~ | d ~ ‘ ~“ . Goverament of the Virzin [slands of the United States St. Thomas, October 1, 1919. By direction of the Governor. C. C. TIMMONS, Government Secretary. addition to the area of cultivation is worth the long continued unrest and ill- feeling which the change necessitates. There are sporadic cases of miscon- duet here and there, but as a whole the relations between the agricultural la- b-urer and employer are amicable and easy going. In industrial circles where the high cost of living, and the cost of high living—since a good deal of extravacance and unthrift is hopeless- ly mixed up with the changed con- ditions—arg being ‘made so the basis of the demands for inereased wages and along with this, a demand for reduced working hours. That one demand may in many cases be fat#l to the granting of the other is too little appreciated. —-Bar- bados Advocate, Sept. 30th. : CARNEGIE’S EPITAPH. The epitaph to be inscribed on.the tombstone -of the late Andrew ()arn%(f was written by the steel master to'de scribe himself. It reads: ‘‘Here lies a . man who knew how toenlist in his service | better men tWan himself.’ —lbid. e | Red Cross ; A special offer is extended until Oect. | 31st. to subscribe to the Red Cross ' Magazine for one dollar (U. S. Curreney.) . Renew your subscription now. M J.NOLL. ‘ Secretary.