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The Viece-Chairman remarked: Hon orable Members nave heard the remarks by the Government Secretary and the .Chairman of the Municipal Committee. The matter is now open for discussion. Ist Member for Frederiksted Country District (Andersen) remarked: Mr. Vice- Chairman. If we appropriate such a large amount we should have an entire new line between both towns. If that willl be ‘done, I will vote in favor of the bill. , No ine requesting the word further, it was put to the vote and unanimously carried that Ist Discussion be closed. Ist Discussion closed. Member Blackwsod would like to know if it i 3 necessary to put the matter through to-day? Furthermore the Mem- ber said,—ln regard to the question rais- ed by Member Andersen, he was told by Mr. Berg, Manager of the Telepho :e, that it is the intention to put Wenew cables and make improvements on all the lines, and there is no doubt that the telephone system is guing to be put in better working condition. Government Secretary (7't mons) re- marked: Mr. Vice-Chzairman. I» view of the point raised by Member Andersen, Government suggests that 2nd Discus- sion be left open until the next meeting of the Council. Ist Member for trederiksted:Country District (Andersen) remarked: Mr. Vice- vChairman. This telephone system has heen very much criticised. Some say they can hear too much, and others too little. If the Council appropriates such a large amou t of money we should get something good for it. After the hurricane, fifty thousand {rancs was appropriated and nothing is known as to how: that amount was spent. I am glad that Government has agreed to let the matter rest until the rext meeting of the Council. Item 6. Colonial Council Bill No. 48 Introduction of and Ist Discussion on Coloniai Council Bill No. 48, Draft of Additional Money Bill, to the Budget for the Municipality of St, Croix for ' the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, introduced by 4th Appointed Mem- ber (Blackwood), Grants to Native and Industrial Brass Bands of Chris- tiansted and Century Brass Band of Frederiksted. The Bill reads as fcllows: Colonial Council Bill No. 48. ond Council, 2nd Session, 1920—1921. ADDITIONALMONEY BILL : The Fiscal Year FEnding June 30, 1921 To Item XI. Miscellaneous Add. 6. In aid to Century Brass Band of Frederiksted . . . . .Fres. 1,250, 7 In aid to Native Brass Band of .+~ Christiansted .. . . Fres. 1,250. & In aid to Industrial Brass Band of Cliristiansted . . . Fres. 500. These grants are made on the e r - Lol xR BNV S condition that each said Band ren- | der at least twe public concerts | each month. A J. BLACKWOOD, ‘ 4§ Appointed Member. ' September 21st 1920. 4 Appointed Member (Blackwood) in- troduced the Money Bill and recommend- | it to the favorable consideration of the | Council. ' To be continued. | OFFICIAL NEWS. With regard to note redemption in gold | by the bank, new issues have arisen | which require further consileration. | Therefore, pending further instructions | from Washington the Governmen' will | not press the question of not: redemp- | tion. > : EDITORIAL. | (n veference to what a correspondent | writes elsewhere ir this issue, we do | not find any laws for protection of the | brute creation in the new code of laws | and presume that whatever regulations existed before are still operative. Asa | matter of fact very little attention ap- | pears to have been given to legislation in this respect at any time, the chief ac | tivities, and mighty inactive they have | been, being society work which con- templated close investigation into the treatment of animals of all Kkinds with the object of bringing cases of cruelty, neglect ete. to the notice «f the | proper authority. The most these socie- | ties have done is- hold meetings and | award prizes to those baving well-kept animals, taking no trouble to find out | the poor, underfed, and overworked | brutes that would do nv credit to their | owners’ religion. Much can be written | on the subject of cruelty to animals and | the protection our dumb comrvades of the | animal kingdom deserve, or, at least are | entitled to. We will return to this mat- | ter in the near future and treat the ques- ! tiun at length. i Apropos our remarks on regard, or ra- i ther the lack of regard, for the dumb ! animals, it was our opportunity yester- | day morning to overhear a woman re- | Zretting that she didn’t have a bill in her | hand when some dog or other entered | her house (probably to steal).. The poor canine wouid not have been enough for the vengance she would have liked to wreak., She wound up by saying the pext time the dog came within *her do- main she would have & pot of boiling | water and give him that. This is but an | example of the consideration held for | animalsin general ‘by a majority here. | And yet these same people will keep one or often two or three dogs, and hali- starve them so they are forced to become | a nuisance to others who like themselves are ever ready to demonstrate the sur- vival of the primitive s: vage in them. Law is not all of it in this case for people are not made virtucus or kind by law, but undoubtedly something is necessary to protectanimals from improper treat- ment and to discourage the disposition to inflict erueity upon them without occa- sion. \ LOCAL. e ARA S TB SR TR S RARG The funeral of Mr. J. E. Whitehead vesterday afternoon was one of the larg- est gatherings of the kind seen here for many years. The long procession of men and women, re:resenting all classes of the community and testifying to the es- teem and popularity the deceased had won through a uniformly genial and very generous disposition cduring long and close business intercourse with the public, was Jery impressive, a5 was also the sim- ple service at the Lutheran Church con- ducted by the Revd. Lindkey who escort- - ed the remains to the cemetery. The casket which was of solid mahogany was draped in the Darish national colors. LBRI TR T S e & | SRS TR AT NS The S. S Parima from New York ar- rived at Frederiksted at 8.80 this morn- ing. : The Creole is in sight and calculated to make port by 10 o’clock this morning. Correspondence. Frederiksted, St: Croix, 26th. October 1920. Fditor Saint, Croix Avis. Christiansted. Dear Sir: / Some time ago the ''Herald’’ de- cried Mr. Coulter’s maintaining his seat in the Colonial Counecil through the fact that he isin the service of the Govern- mert and his official connections disqual-. ify him as a representative of the people. We are row convinced that the ‘‘Herald”’ was correct in its position, and after read- ing the minutes of the last meeting of the Council, in which Mr. Coulter was unable to accept election in the Jury Commission because he is also the She- riff, it is plain that the time has arrived when the honorable gentleman himself must feel that he should vacate his seat in favor of one less trammelled. . Yours respectiully e o October 26th 1920. .- Dear Mr. Editor:- Believing the subject to be f gepner al interest 71 tzke tle hikerty cos intrud- ing on ycur gceeness by asking you to publish and enswer the {ollowing: Nct having bad the cpportunity of seeing the new ccde of laws, will ycu kindiy inform whethev or not the subjeet of "CRUFEL- TY TO ANIMAILS’’ bhas been consid- eved? . * Yours truly, : REX,