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=T CRL X A 15 itad Statas Prass & tivas’ Visit TaSt, Groix,Virgi Unitad Statas Prass aprosantaiivas’ visit 13 31 il Virgm Islands, U. S A, THURSDAY Fehruary 21st, 1924, AS REVIEWED BY BUMBLE BEE EN ROUTE :0:—:0:—0:: : b (Concluded from yesterday’s Avis.) : And near the shore is the old Fort with its red walls looking as it had looked within the memory of the oldest inhabitants, ipn fact within the limits of history. This Fort was originally designed and construction started before the town was settled to prevent illicit trade in the exportation of sugar as the law then in force (1740) compelled the planters to dispose of .their produce to the Company. Traders from St, Eustatius, ac- tive rivals of St. Thomas. came here and encouraged and carried on this trade freight- ing the produce to thefDuteh island where it was resold for shipment to Europe. Accord- ing to Beck’s map of 1752 the town was laid out in sections of equal sixe upon either side of the Fort as now situated, but only that portion to the south was built, the north- ern position being lower ground and not as well adapted as a healthy site, particularly when thought of in a sanitary sense as understood in those days. The town was later sgttled, the Fort completed in 1760, and as seen today has been very little altered since that time, And here, as in Christiansted, as the island prospered, came the ships from the North ard as well from Copenhagen and Flensborg, ships of the latter city being veiy permanent in other trade. Mingling with the atmosphere of chivalry and courtesy of the old world came ‘“‘pumkin-heads’’ from New Haven with their hair cropped short, to barter and trade their wares with the merchants of the day, bedecked as their were xx’tjt}lx]latz_e shirts and bordered wigs, dressed in knee-breeches and long coats, the fashion of the time, P. R. Well, Bumble Bee you certainly have given us a very full deseription of the scenes and history of your beautiful island, for which we must all thank you very much. I hope the visit of so many newspaper men will so advertise your island that the world may know what a fine elimate St. Croix affords to live in, where the skies are always smiling, where eternal summer dwells, a land that heals heart-ache. But say! You must be very thirsty after talking so much. B. B. Thank you for the bouquets, enlarge upon them and send the folks down to see us. I will now buzz home and have a good coll drink of water as lam really tired and thirsty. P. R. But say. brother, what is the matter with your wharf ? B. B. Oh! Thatis the wharf that Jack didn’t build, All battered and toern, Which looks so forlorn, But never mind we witl have it fixed bafore you come again. FINIS. THE services in the Lutheran churches on Sunday will be held at the usual hours morning and even- ing. King’s Hill at 3:30 in the after- noon. A cordial invitation extended. J. P. CHRISTENSEN. horned cattle and fowls. It is understood that cattle dealers here find it payable to buy stock from the British islands and export it to Perto Rico. The price asked for the fowls was 30 cents a pound, near- ly twice the lozal price. The Mizpah arrived here during the night after a heavy beat from St. Thomas. Commenting on the incomplete tnan- ner in which the wharf has been cleared since the order to this effect, itis re- marked that the old anchors and engine parts, which are evilently of no use having been lying in the samie place for upwards of a year, should be carried on the quay since they belong to that department anyway- Then there is an old spar and some more jurk iron going down toward the wooden bridge- The disorderly econ- dition of the wharf is something that has Deen an eyesore to the people LOCAL J.ast night in"the bandstard, the Indus- trial Band rendered one of its finest con- certs to the enjoyment of a large gather- ing. The pieces played were mostly the latest jazz hits which were enchorad, ending up with three tangos, including **Qam Polo from the Henry Holmes.”’ The British sloop ‘‘Cedar Branch’ ar- rived here yesterday from Anguilla with a cargo of live stock consisting n.aisly of of this tcwn for years, and now that a move was made to clear it away why not to do it properly and be done with it? When the newspaper men came to the is- land the other day, Dr. Canegata wittily referred to their having come in through the back door, meaning Frederiksted. But if this town is the front door the threshold of it looks more like a serap hzap. It is advised that in commemoration of the date of the transfer of these islands to the United States, March 31, there will bea concert on the wharf by the Native Brass Band tomorrow evening the progrom to include Amervican and Danish nationai music. The concert is set for a day in advance owing to the desirability to have as larye a gathering present as possible, it teing likely that a number would be diverted to the motion picture shew scheduled for the evening of the 31st, The s. s. Catherine is looked for a: Frederiksted today as usual, having 29 tons of cargo for the island. It will be remembered that in order to embrace the opportunity via thes. s. Pa- rima to New York, letters should be mailed by 5.00 p. m. today. TR RSRR TRS ARSI TNR S ST IR T OBITUARY. HiLpA EULALIE ABBOTT was born at Road lTown, lortola, B- W. 1, one of the Virgin Islands, May 30, 1901: and died at Curistiansted, St. Croix, March 26, 1924, at the agoe of 22 years. Being an orphan and a promislng good girl, we adopted her in our family in 1916. In 1920, she entered the Muui- cival Hospital as a studert nurse, and al'ter spending two years and four months of diligent service and usefulness in that institution she became ill, and soon after tae doctor discovered that she had tu- berculosis. Ail medical and rational tieat- ments were tried, but proved useless, Afier coming home and taking the open- air-tent treatments for over a year, she made some improvement, but finally she took in for the worse, and passed away peacefully ir the faith of Jesus, (ilev. 14: 12.) About three quarters of an Lcur before she died the following verses were sung to cheer her on her way: ‘O, how bhappy aie they Who :heir Saviour obey, And have laid up their treasure above! Tongue ean never express 'The sweet comfort and peace Os a soul in its earliest love, : ““That sweet comfort is mine, Since the favour divine I received through the blood of the Lamb Since my heart first believed, Whata joy I've received, What a heaven in Jesus’ dear name!