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AV ol A P 28 5 AN ey gBl i X Gy g & " =\ S & g s v N A e YA\ TR Berar me )o) *f: 2\ J? |é‘ 2 & i \ amse\ EE e B \_/ .A\ @' ,~.‘ 7 /NS S z@}'@’ \@' @W R D) 6:? (ie . : j 6r2 YEAR, CHRISTIANSTED. V.I. U. S. A.,: MONDAY 6tH NOVEMBER 1922. THEST. CROIX AVI3 | 18 printed and purlished daily) (Sundzrys | and Holidays sxcepted) by GAlphaasen at | the Avis Office. » | TERMS---50 cents monthly ia alvance, | 2-cents per single copy. E Matered as second-class iitier May ; 23bh 1917 at the Past O size as Jaristian | sted, St. Croix, V. Los the U. 5. A., un- | der the Act of March 3. 1879. : | Contribution te this paper will be glad- 1 lg received when the sa:ne deals with mat- ters of general interest, and ts ac:ompa- ) nied with the author’s name, as 1 guar- ) antee of good faith Theeditor cannot be E responsible for the views of his correspon- | dents nor does he necessariiyendorzethem. l EXCAVATIONS AT ANCIENT | CARTHAGE. Two French arch2ologzists, M. leard and M. Gielly, assert that they have | mads sufficient excavations amoug t e ‘ ruins of the ancien: city of Carthage to l disprove the generally accepted theories | ofi yorigin and foundation. This famous | city of African antiquity was situated in | the territory now belonging to Tunis. It l is supoose to have been the latest of the Phoenician colonies and to have been sattled by people from Tyre and Utica sometime in the middle of the ninth | century before Christ. One legend says that the city was founded by Dido, or Flissa. of Tyre. Dido was the king’s daugzther and after her father’s death her brother murdered her hasband to obtain t his wealth. According to the tradition Dido took the treasure and flad from } Tyre with a party of friends to the coast of Africa where she founded the city of Carthage on Byrsa nill. = But-these beauriful stories are about to be upset by ever meddling science and proved to be mere inventions of Virgil and other poets. A Punic temnple dedi- cated to the Egyptian Jeity lanit was | unearthed some time 820 and in it were | yotive jars containing the bones of sacri- | ficed infants., "This leads the archeolo- | gists to doubt the Phoenician, Chaldean | or Greek origin of Carthage. They place | its beginning back to the period during ' the Trojan war.” But it 1s possible that there was an Egyptian colony in Car- thage. One (f the charuacterisiies of tte early maritime republies was thair tolor- ance of all seets and nationalities. The scientists also elaim that th y have lis- No. 255. CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE £.15. MONDAY EVENING 8.15. ’i 5k 7 :’ . % W “MATHIAS SANTI DRF” y AFTER THE FAMOULS NOVEL Bl “JULES VERNE” ' el f B RS A World’s Famous French Film In 19 Tremendous Big Reels. This Film Wiil Be Exhibited In THRLE NIGHTS, Namely: MONDAY Nov. 6th. VHURSDAY Nov. 2ih. M:ONDAY Nov. iSih. Reserve your Tickets in Time and ba sure to ¢ "mo at 8.15 o’clcck as the shows has to start on time on aecount of the leagth of the program. 4“1 D JI IAS: S /r () .'\’ “eservod S\Ja‘s Il.»:{}u{"“l]e Vel e ...?s(’. TNI ORI ol b e sl Children 15¢. and 10e, proved the legerd regarding Dido. They cffer evidence to skcw that the original city must havéskeen ¢ mile from Byrsa hill where Dico is said to bave fcunded | it. -The Pathfinder, Qct. 21st | tateie t f&id o oo in the Distriet CCuii of the Virgin ts- | Aha linlt ! . [ancs of ihe United Siales, Chrisiien- sted Sub-Judigial District, | IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF : ARTHUR QUEALE, DECEASED, I ‘ OTICE is hereby given that the under- ; | signed has been appointed adminis- | trator of the estate of ARTHUR | QUEALE, deceased, late of Fstate | Canaan. 5 All persons having claims against said | estate are hereby notified to present same | to the undersigned at his oflice, No, /8 | King Street in Christiansted, with the | necessary proofs, within 6 months from | the date of this notice. Christianeted. S 5 broic, V. L U. 8, | this 4th day of October 1922. i A. E. STAKEMANN, . - Administrator. i IN THE DISTRICT GOURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNIi“D STATES. G'!RISTIANSTED SUB JUDIG'AL DISTRIOT. IN THEE MATTER OFF THL ESTATE OF SUSANNAH MARGRETH PLASKETT, DECEASED, YO ICE is hereby given that the under- ‘*% signed has been appointed executor of the estate of SUSANNAH MAR- GRUT'H PLASKETIT, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present same to Lawver A. E. STPAKEMANN at his office, No. 7/8 King Street in Chris- tiansted, with the necessary proofs, within six months from the date of this notice. Olyristiapsted, St Croix, V. I 1] 5., this 28th day or September 1922. JOSEPH PLASKETT. Exccutor. S Quebec Steamship Co. THE S. S. “GUIANA” is expected to leave York on Thursday the 9th inst. : ROB’T. L MERWIN & CO. INC., Agents.