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% 2 A Second-Hand FORD CAR IN GOOD CONDITION. For particulars please apply at this office. LOCAL. The British sioop ‘‘lda’’ of St. Kitts is taking the last remaining parts of machinery sold to Mr. Elliott from Est. Peter’s Rest Station. This machinery has lain on the whart for many months | and the ‘‘lda’’has had to make many | trips. These parts will be erected at ot | Kitts and we hope will give satisfaction and help in the sugar industry of that | island. | Cable information received here ves- terday is to the effect that the Circuit | Court has decided in favour of Judge | Malmin as judge for this island and that | he is returning on the 10th of .next | month. S. S. Korona and Tupper from New | York arrived at Frederiksted this morn- | ing. : Correspondence | PASSING NOTES. On Tuesday night, ‘‘Hotel Victoria’ | was aglow with mirth and music. There | was a double occasion, One was a sup- | per to a few friends given by Miss Quinn, | one of the new~ supervisors of the iub- | lic School. The party though small was | unique in its. selection; and all seemed | happy over the courses. prepafed by | “‘the scientific cook’” and manager Mrs. | Forbes. Meanwhile the Naval Band dis- | coursed sweet music, the first tune play- | ed being ‘‘Beautiful Ohio”” Waltz in | honour of the hostess who hails from | Ohio. The other occasion was a farewell | treat by Bandmaster Forbes, U. S. Navy | to his men, from whom he will soon be | separated, in view ofthe fact that his | time of service expires early in June, | and the condition prevailing at this pre- | sent time is very uncertain as regards | this band. More is not necessary as to | the merit and accomplishment of this | young bandmaster; suffice it to say, he is | a son of the soil and his town and coun- | trymen are proud of him. Mr. Forbes | and his band have been summoned tv St. | Thomas, and is at present awaiting Gov | ernment transportation; and as has been | stated before, a cloud of uncertainty shadows these bandsmen, who will be undoubtedly missed by the community | in general, from a standpoint of musical | entertainment to their officers and fel- ' ST CERULIX A& xlb low soldiers: an education- and example from Uncle Sam to the public; the sup- port of many families; and the circula- tion of a little more money in the island. | We can only extend our best wishes to them and hope they will be treated right and honestly as only the U. S can treat its standard bearers. (You will excuse me disgressing Now to return) Who | said ‘‘chicken-sanguage’’? That was a | good guess; that was what Bandmaster | Forbes prepared for his men; besides, why other stuff that demonstrated ‘‘sci- i ence’’, not to,forget cakes and, em! Dansk @l° The party was an enjoyable ' one to all concerned; and came to a close at about midnight. —Com. | Why You Ought To Vote For Chabert. | T | He is practical and cool-headed. ; He stands by his convictions. | He is not a weathercock. ' When feels that he is expousing a good cause, the sneers of friends nor the J threats of enemies ean not move him. He is a public-spirited citizen. He real- | izes that the welfare of his country and | his fellow-men mean the welfare of him- | self. He is not an extremist. He be- lieves in a square deal, and n his efforts to promulgate his ideas and achieve his plans, he never seeks to destroy any | part of the community. . He has the natural qualities that gain the respect of self-respecting people. | 'He has followed th2 movements of the legislature for the past fifteen years, and took ‘active part in newspaper campaig 18 | at election time. | Six years ago he dedicated himself to | the task of rais'ng the part of the com- | munity which was then farthest down. | He is free from the empty boasts of the | egotist. He is a man who has done and | can do. | Remember Voters! He worked for 11 | years on the staff of the official paper, E with the same interest as if it were his | own. Six years ago he resnlved to help a large section of the community, and he | sacrificed MUCH in so doing. ‘ So, as a sor of Santa Cruz, and one who loves his native land, let us give him the chance to work for Santa Cruz. You know, Mr. Voter, tha! while there is much to RECOMMEND him tc¢ your con- fidence, there is absolutely nothing to disrecommend him. Respectfully | A SERIOUS THINKER. Lo B | Christiansted, April 27, 1921. Editor *‘St. Croix Avis’’, | Dear Editor: | | Now the election campaign isonl am astonished at the tendency for at- tacking personalities, and the absence of | some lofty argument or issue on which the candidates might eentre their atten- tion, and the public desire to hear or ~ read something eddifying and sensible .~ be satisfied. I have opened the papers . day by day expecting that the moment | had arrived for the electorate or candi- . dates to contribute something of real worth; but alas! only squabbles and ' spleen are being fostered. In today’s . issue of your esteemed paper I read two | communications, one of them purporting | to be an exposure of the fact that Mr. | Alexander, one of the candidates., has | asked, or as the writer put it, ‘"begged ! for votes’’. As a matters of fact there | seems to be absolutely no necessity for ' the gratuitous queries unless the gentle- | man in question had made some public | statement, preferably in print, that he . has not ‘‘begged’’ for votes And what . about it if‘he has.asked for votes? Aren’t . all the other candidates doing the same | thing? That sort of writing will do | Alexander more good than harm. and if ' the idea is to spoil his chances of being ’ elected, it is certainly a wrpng move. Up to the present moment there has not J appeared in any of the papers one single article, contributed or otherwise. that is . of the slightest importance as regards giv- ' ing advice to the electorate. To tell us ' for whom we should vote is all very well, ~ but it would be of greater value to kncw - why we should vote for this man or that, - and why we should not vote for others; i especially in the case of entirely new . candidates. ] do not believe that we can recommen onesself by running ~ down some other person. 1 consider . Messrs. Abramson and Teytaud excellent . ' men, but I can fully appreciate them | without abusing the otter side. If a | party considers these gentlemen the | right men to represent us in the council, | it is their business to show that they are. | If the only reason against Alexander is | that he has begged for votes, that is ' no reason at all. So far proper reasons . for and*against have not been advanced. | Let us show more real sense in this mat- ; ter, and not imitate a Jcertain clique ' which always shows its ignorance of . political civilityby abusing all who have | committed the offense of differing with - them. Let us show that we are gentle- men, men of principle and sound judg- ment. I do not believe that either Messrs. Teytaud or Abramson will ap- preciate a fight on their behalf, with mud; they don’t need it, and it is a fact that when the flght is over the man who will be dirty is the man who flung mud. | 1 believe in mass legislation and not elass ‘ legislation If we have among us men | who are sure to give a fair deal to all «; sides, -let us choose them, and don’t quar- ' rel about it. | Yours 7 FAIRPLAY. ; Dear Sir: . | There can be no doubt in the . minds of the voters that R. de Chabert © is the man for consideration.