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De. Sonderjydske Film fremvises i Christiarsted Teater Lgrdag den 21. Maj ogi Frederikssted Teater Tirsdag den 24. Maj begge Steder Klok- kKen 8.30 preecis. Medlemmer as St Croix danske Klub har gratis Adgang med Venner og Bekendre. . Pnv. EDUARD GEDDE. NOTICE. 'I'HE undersigned begs to notify the public that he does no* rent lamd for the purpose of burning Charcoal, ex- cept in so far as & person renting a pieee of land for a provision ground is allowed to burn Charcoal from the wood collected in clearing said land. There seems ‘o be a misunderstanding as I have of late found people taking the liberty of cut- ting in to well wooded land without my knowledge or consent and making a busi- ness of burning Charcoal, such persons are trespassers and guilty of taking property that does not belong to them. All land renters of Anally, Rose Hill, Mt Stewart and estates belongin g thereto, who are in arrears with their rents are requested to bring their books and set- tle their rents promptly or they will be considered trespassers and trea‘?ed as such according to law. A. J. BLACKWOOD. NOTICE. A LIMITED quantity of yams and tanniers are for sale on Estate An- naly at se. per lb., any oune desiring same are advised to secye what they require at au early date. Also a good toned Esty Parlor Organ for sale can be seen at Annaly house by anyone wishing such an instrument. : A. J. BLACKWOOD. LOCAL. A new serial was started at the thea- tre last nig t and from what has been so far seen promises to be an interest- ing one, The Vigilant has arrived with the cir- cus, and the work of erecting the tent, ete. is now in progress. The publicis roferred to advertisement in this issue for tonight s performance. CORRECTION. In yesterday’s reterence to the time of arrival of the Creole, please read 2.45, instead of a quarter past two. St BOL X Av]LR Frederiksted, May 18, 1921. Can: S. 8. ‘““Guiana’’ arrived at 6a. m.. with 2,000 pkgs. of §general cargo for Frederiksted, 800 pkgs. for Chris tl\ilanysvted. and following passengers from Miss Emma Hyasgond, Miss Liz Over- man, Mrs. J. Armstrong, Mrs. ‘Haynes, Mr. & Mrs. A C. Busech, Rev. Hanley, Rev. l.eddy, Mi. Geo. Seaman, Mr. D. Copeman From St Thomas—Mr. A, Christen- sen, Mr. D. R. Nash; Mr. A C. Bough, Mrs. A. Smith, Mr. A. Eggert, Mrs. A. Smith, Irene Hurton, Mr. D. V. Bornn, Mr. Lorentzen & Infant. ) Correspondence (Continued from yesterday’s Avis.) Editor St. Croix Avis. Dear Sir: Yes, some beautiful ‘‘sambvles of ex- amples’’ of the most deerading kind at times, shown by the white race of our mother country, tothe once and would al- ways be; respectable coloured and black races of the islands. Will Mr. Kitchen have them revised? In another place Mr. Kitchen remarks: ““Bvery islani in the West Indies has certain drawbacks, but it is in the tslands where these ‘‘drawbacks’’ are ‘‘coupled’ with ‘‘American improvements’’ that life is ‘‘least interesting’’ If the last s>ntence is correet, can we blame Den- mark or the blacks for that? Further Mr. Kitchen says: Even the briefest stay in our island possessi)ns impair one’s faith in the Monroe Doctrine. ““We have destroyed what little charm hey once possessed’’. Another last sentence snd a stone at Mr. Kichen’s face, after paying such an enorm»hus price, to be so cruel as to destroy whai “‘lictle charm’’ the islands ‘‘once possessed.”’ In conclus on Mr. Kitechen said: Thank God we don’t have to live on them.’”” To this we will give him time, as blind John said: The longest liver see the inost. Now in my conclusion, I will take ano- ther of Kitchen’s ''heartless’ remarks in hand and give him and all the other Americans like him whe think the $25, 000,000 have been illspent, something to ponder over. He said: ButI can’t help feeling—- that if tie island of St. Thomas could be ‘*pushed un-er theocean’’for half an hour and then pulled up to dry, it would be a much nicer place. A first-class volcano in good working order could do wonders for it If we have to pav like with l'ke, then we should wish that when it 13 being “‘pushed under’’ that Kitchen and nis party be tied to the crumbling casile which he saw from his ship ; the inhabi- tants would then have peace with ‘he $25,000,000. _ Now let me stick to my promise above, where I said ‘I would reproduce la- ter.”” I want to show Mr. Kitchen the difference between those staunch Ameri- cans whose ‘‘great desire,”” as I said it was for the United States to own the Danish West Indies and the great compliment that very island ‘‘Saint Thomas’, which Mr. Kitchen would like to have ‘‘pushed under she ocean for half an hour’. With apology to the Saint Thomians. In February 1902, Com- mander C. Rees, U. S. N visited. St. Thomas, at the sametime with ‘he Ger- | man imperial yacht ‘‘Hohenzollern,”’ i and at a ‘‘diuner’”’ given at Govern- | ment’s house in their honour one even- | ing; this nice dinner was not kept in the | Kitehen, por was therad any Kitchens at 1 the table, but Commander C. Rees ' who was delighted with the lovely, . Danish Dishes ‘‘he had enjoyed, got up | and recited with sincere ‘‘hopes’ the . following four-—verses. § Before writing these four verses which . only a good Commander could recite, I . beg to ecall “‘special attention’’ to,the . third verse, which at that time was on- ' ly a firm ‘‘desire’’, but whieh ‘‘today’’ | is a solemn '‘duty.’”’ | With honour to Commander '‘Rees’. . Oh ! Sweet the Isle in summer seas ; Where cooling Zephyrs calmn us, . And beauty wakes the balmy breeze | Os blossoming Saint Thomas. | - In coming here the fleefest fish ' Os ocean, ne’er outswam us, . For in each heart, the cherished. wish, Was, hasten to Saint Thomas. . ~ Should we neglect '‘this spot, one day, i May righteous wrath embalm us, - And banish us unwept away. ; From sorrowless Saint Thomas. . And here where ma:ehles, b2auty grow We’ll make a hearifelt promise, . The wind wher’er it henceforth blow, There’s health and joy wher’er we go f To Denmark and Saint ['homas. H. C, BEYAN. ; May 18, 1921. , To the Editor St. Croix Avis | Dear Sir; | Kindly allow me space in your col- - umns for the following: | Mr William Hodge in his speech in th= . Market on Wednesday evening made the . assertion that he had made enquiries at ' Bethlehem and was told that I was paid ' SI.OO per day for weighing canes at Es- . tate Hope; besides which 1 received 20cts . from each Squatter weekly. He thus | made a slur on my character, for he said | it was stealing. i It 1s not my intention to enter into any | controversy with Mr. Hodge, as I consid- ! er it far beneath my dignity to do so; . but for the sake of truth I would like it | to be know that during the period that | | was weighing canes at Estate Hope1