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ST CRul X% AViD 8.30. THURSDAY EVENING 8.30. “THE LAST SHOW”’ OF , “The C Case” _ e LCarter LCase:. Episode No. 1}: 5 “Where The Clues Cross.” Episode No 15: “The Flaming Death.” For the last time Herbert Rawlinson and Margaret Marsh as Craig Kennedy and Anita Carter. : Whom do you think * Avion’ was? Try to guess. and don’t matter how good you guess, you will be highly surprised, when you see the truth Beginning. Beginning. Beginning. “Th Os The Submarine” e Secret e Submarine”. THE FIRST EPISODE OF THIS FAMOUS SERIAL WILIL. BE EX- HIBITED in order to give vou an opportunity to judge abont this exceptional Seral Show concluding with: “NON-SKID LOVE.” COMEDY. ADMISSION: : Reserved deats...... : T . : .+ ..a0 and 40¢ Coboral Entranee. .. .. ... . e- - L Children 20 an(.{_}Q(_:_________MW___“_“_*___’ L NOTICE - ‘ ÜBLJC notice is hereby given that the annual examination of applicants for B teachers’ licenses will be held on March 21, 22, & 23, 1921. Any citizen of tne United Stares or of the Virgin Islands, over sixteen ycars of age, who is known to be a person of good. moral character, is eligible-to sit at these | examinations. : Information regarding said € Xxamina- :“ tions may be obtained from the Director | of Education or the Assistant Director of | Education. | DANIEL R. NASE, ! Director of Education. | The s. s ‘'‘Parima’ is expected to leave New York to-day (20th) for these islands, omitting Demerara. BANKING ABROAD In a pamphict, entitied A Message from Mexico, issued by the American Exchange Nuational Bank, New York we read the tollowing about Banking conditions 1n Mexico. Viz: "The banking situation is in fact very- serious. The chick pea growers, whose crop this vear is plentiful, the farmers who this. year are harvesting more wheat than in any previous year, the cotton planters, whose production will exceed a million bales, and the hemp ‘planters ili are actually being erashed b: the mcney 'enders, middieinen and profiteers. They are selling their pro- ~ ducts at half price, while the middle- ~ men and profiteers sell at double prices. ’L The business men in general in Mexi- " c¢o consider themselves fortunate if | 'they succeed in obtaining loans at sor 6 per cent per month. Under such: ~ counditions, business is terribly handi- ' capped, and this elearly explains the ~ great contraction of business at pre- ~ sepl in Mexico, and shows the pressing - need of rehabilitating the banks in or- der to renew and #stimulate trade.”’ | Six pec cent interest, per month! Suppose our planters and merchants were up against similar conditions! OFFICIAL NEWS, October 19, 1920. | (Governor Oman attended the meeting of the Colonial Counecil for the Municipal- ity of St. Croix yesterday. He was ac- companied by Government Secretary [immons. - . e— e e r / Ensiga Charles W. Fox, Supply Corps. U. S. Navy, entered upon duty as Des- patching Secretary in St. Croix, yester- day. Judge Malmin -who ha been ill in the hMunieipal Hosgpital, St. Thomas, return- ed toSt. Croix 'on the U. S S. Vixen yesterday. _ vernment Attorney Keyser returned to St. Croix vesterday. He will return to St. Thomas probably the latter part of this waek. Lieatenant Donald R. Evans U. S. Navy. is expected to arrive sonn from leave in the States. The U K. S Gu'fpori is expected to acrive daring the next few days and will be fullowed shortly by the U. S. 8. Han- cock. / Frederiksted, St. Croix, V. I. U. S. October 18th 1920. The S. S. “*Korona’’ arrived at this port. at6 o’clock a. m. with a cargo of approximately 1,400 packages for the island : Her passengers were: From New York:—Mrs. Mary Greene, Vir. & Mrs. Holger Jessen, Miss Lizzie Overmann, Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Beckles, Mr. Hans Larsen, Mr. Edward Gedde, Mr. Chas. Pelton, Mr. Wilberforce. ; From St. Thomas: —Miss L. Wiewall, Pedro A. Pasan, Roman Gomez, Andrew B. Crosas, Mr. W. C. Barry, Miss Helen Golden, Mr. Harry Halliday, Mrs. Otilla Thompson, Wilford Pedro, Frederik Innis, Venetia Roberts, Mrs. Louisa Baady. ot She brought also a very large mail fyom the States. Unloading completed about 4 p. m.* Ship sailed one hour after for Windward Islands. The Schooner ‘'Virg.nia’’ arrived this morning about 12.30 from San Juan, Porto Rico viaSt. Thomas Due to pre- vailing ecalm weather she arrived later than is her usual custom. . She also brought some United States maii. Other mail received from her from Porto Rico and St. Thomas. The following were her incoming passengers: = From Porto Rico,— Marjana W. Woods, Alice Fyrsters, Andrey Fyrsters, Theo- dore Fyrsters, Cyril Fyrsters. From- St. Thomas:—Miss Georgiana Cornelius; Mrs. Annie Samuel, Mrs.. Rosanna Ford, Mrs. Lillian Bodkin. Despite the calm she sailed on the return trip at 9 o’clock a. m. : Passengers for Porto Rico: —E. F. Gar- ! land. Mr. & Mrs. C. Bjerg & child, Vi