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ST CBODIX AVI Y . °?’ s e n 2 v. e United States Prass Rapresentativas’ Visit To St Graix, Yirgin Islands, U, S. A, THURSDAY February 21st, 1924, AS REVIEWED BY BUMBLE BEE EN ROUTL —:0:—:0: 01— (Continued from yesterday’s Avis.) And now looms on the horizon Prof. Thompson, the present agronomist in charge and Mr, Perry who have succeeded in growing watermelons of ja size and lusciousness that would put the *Old Dominion State’’ in the shade at an agricultural exhibition, and this, in January when watermelons are not obtainable in New York. tere take place all sorts of experiments to produce another industry in the island. : - ' Continuirg we pass on the right estate "Grange’’ intimately associated wnt_h the life of Alexander Hamilton i 1 this island, for upon it, on the 26th of February 1768, his mother was buried. It was then the property of Chamberlain Roo2rt Tuitt. lt_ grav2-stones were ever erected over the zraves in the Lytton plot there is no evidence of them today. F“rom the records of St. John’s Chureh, Curistiansted, then under the care ot the Rev. Good- child, the Burial Regisier to be seen today states the fact of the death and burial; and Gertrude Atherron, the Authoress, when here in the winter es 1901-2 to gollect material for her book *‘[he Conqueror’’, failed to find any trace of graves, though she caused a careful search of estate Grange to locate the burial spot. In the absence of any definite information she, however, caused a monument to be sent out from th_e States for erec- tion upon the estate and which was put uoon the hiilside near the public road in venera- tion and memory of a mather of sueh aa illustrious son. The inscription on the moau- m 'nt reads as follows: : i RACHAEL FAWCET! LAVINE _ 1736—1763 SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF ALEXANDERK HAMILTON And here also is placed a monument nearby in memory of Danish soldiers stati’)ned_ in (iristiansied who died upon this estate in the Great House up the hill. These unfor- tunate men were moved there and quartered in consequence of an outbreak of yellow fever in Christiansted, in the fall and winter of 1885-6 in an effort to remove them from infection, as it was then thought that some obnoxious air had caused the iniection In- stead of the erafty little stegomyia buzzing aboui. The change wasin a large measure beneficial as the situation was a dry one and ‘apparently at that time not infested with mosquitoes, and, indeed, the great majority were not infected. (To be continued.) THE services in the Lutheran Churches | tomorrow will be held at the usual | hours, morning and evening, and at , King’s Hillia the afternoon, i The Sunday Schools will be in session | at their appointed hours. f The morning address at Frederiksted | will be apon the Temptation of Our Lord | and in the evening at Christiansted the | topic will be The Half Way Houze. A cordial invitation extended to all the | services, f J. P. CHRISTENSEN. ‘ ww |i The children of the late Frederick ; C. Jackson, Sr., desire to express | iheir thanks and appreciation to all | friends and acquainiances for sym- | pathy shown during his illness and | doath. We feel very grateful for the | letters of condolerice and beautiful | floral tributes received, and also for | the courtzsies and services rendered | by the Lutheran Church and s | Cho.r. ! LOCAL A radio received yesterday morning atates that the U.S. S Lark and Mal- lard will e2ll at Coristiansted. A liberty partv of 8) mzn will be on shore for overnight liberty if the necessary ar- rangements can be made. The s. 8. *‘Catherine’’ is due today on schedule time, having 50 tons cargo for this island and 40 bags mail for Chris- tiansted. UNITED STATES FLEET MINE DIVISION U. S. S. ““MAHAN.”’ There will be a base-ball game Satur- day afternoon for the championship of the naval ships now in the harbour, between the *'Bainbridge’’ and the ‘'Ma- han.”’ Game to be played at the Athletie field at Fredeviksted, at 3 o’clock. Everyone is invited. -Com. 1 1 ta2 Distriet Court of the Virgin ls- lands es tha United States. Christian- sted Sub-Judicial District. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE* OF CLAUDINA JCST, DECEASED. OTICE is hereby given that the un- dersizned has been appointed Exe- cufor of the estate of CLAUDINA JUST, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present same to A. E. STAKEMANN attorney of the undersigned at his office, No. 59 King Street in Christiansted, with the necessary proofs, within 6 months from the date of this notice. Parties indebted to tae said estate are requested to make paymen? 10 said A. E. STAKEMANN. Christiansted, St. Croix, V. 1. U. S. A, this 7th day of March 1924, ALBERT NELTHROPP, Executor. mw Frederick C. Jackson Daad. 5 e » Patriotic Citizen—A sort of Bureau of local affairs—Under the Danish R 'gime the Dean of the Police Force. By R. H. AMPALE T LEADZER. “He kept his honesty and truth. His indzpead:at toaguz and pen And moved in manhood as in youth, Pride of hiz fellow man’’. —Halleek. [nthe death of Mr Frederick Jackson, one of the landmarks of St. Croix bas been swept away. A landmark so sure and accurate that he was often quoted as an authority on the subjects familiar to him. Jackson was a patriotic citizen. When Johnson wrote ‘‘Patr.otism is the last refuge of a scoundrel”’, he, perhaps, had in mind the man who let us say, bavinz ivied politics and failed; tried religion and failed, resorted to patriotism as ‘“‘the last refuge’’. Such a man Johnson calls a scoundre) and justly so. Not so Jack- son. Time and again I have spoken with men who knew Mr. Frederick Jackson from his childnood a.d I have been told that patviotism with him was a life. . As a boy I have always admired his civic spirit as shown in his every day iife. Bureau of Local Affairs About fifteen or seventeen years ago, it was a common amusement for the writer and his companions to stop Mr. Jackson and if h® was in a *‘good mood’’ quiz bim about one thousand and one dis-