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er Ryl X A NLE ® Just Received hy S. S. Lake Ei Monte & Guiana BELLE MEAD SWEETS, SALTED PEANUTS, ' FANCY APPLES, DELICIOUS PEARS, ICE WATER COOLERS, SERENE MIXTURE. Verwin’sdice Creain Parlor. Bull-Insular Line Inc. Weekly Service between New York and Virgin Islands via Porto Rico. S:S. “Marina from San Juan via St. Thomas will be due at Christiansted. on S:turday and will sail at 5 p. m. for Frederiksted. [.,,aves “rederiksted for San Juan. PASSAGLE RATES. From Christianstad to Frederiksted Saloon $1.50 Extra for Meals served on boar: $1.50 From Christiansted to Frederiksted Forward Deck. 75 From St. Croix to San Juan Cabin one way sl£.oo From 3t. Croix to San Juan. Cabin return $25.00 Intendinz Passeng2rs mus: obtain tickets before 3 P. M. on Saturday. Rob’i. L. Vlerwin & Co., Inc. Agents Christiansted. frederiksted. EDITORIAL. On the agenda {ot the meeting ol the Coionial ©Council today, there is a bill waieh will be introduced by Hori. Joseph Alexander, popular member for tais town, to previde that an ordinance be enacted entitling any vessel engaged in carrying the mail between Porto Rico and Saint Croix, to free pilotage into and out of the harkor of Christiansted. This bill coniempilaes an advantage for the whole isiand in that the mail-boat which is now contracted to call at Frederiksted and is at times unable to effect communi- CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE No Show Tonigit. MONDAY EVENING 1 Eddie Polo in “The Vanishing Dagger 3 & - Make A Note 0f This! | )N SATURDAY. 24th inst., (Christ- | mnas Hve Day), from 3 P. M. - Delicious sakes and Ice Gream | will be on sale at MRrs. NILES SC)ORE. Come and bring a friend along with | you and enjov the season’s cheer. ? THE Danish R d - Danish Records ‘ HAVE ARRIVED. Included are many Xmas Hymns, Co | mics, Patriotic ete. ete. SI.OO each. . WEST ENDP NEWS CO., Frederiksted. | eation the ¢ owing to unfavorable seas, | may e~ at Christiansted and discharge her _.oill without having to bear an ex- pense for doing us that tavor. The pro- prietors of the Mystery have hitherto shown a very co-operative spirit in sending the boat here when she could not dock at Frederiksted, incurring there- by an expense of $27 per trip for piiotage in and out of this harbor, but she I¢c not ablisced ta eoll ! S han stress of weatner preclua s her going to Frederiksted, and in order that .he re ~ ceipt and dispatch of the mails may not be affected under the conditions which must be reckoned with at times, 1t is sought to make this port equally free to mail vesseis as tar as pilotage is con- cerned. Seeing that the mail-boat does not call here now, 2nd that no pilotage is collected at Krederiksted, even il she did call here vnee or twice a year there would ' Dbe practically no los: of revenue by the operation oi this ordinance. ‘ The attention of the Danish speaking public here who wmay be interested in phonograph music is invited to an adver- tisement ol Mr. A. Ovesen, Frederiks®ed, | on this page, offering Danisn records of which he has received a supply of . sacred, patriotie, comic, and other selec- | tions. ' LOOCAL. : A word of commendation of the enter- . tainment at the St. Croix Graded Gram- mar School or Tuesday evening is 'he l least we can say about the fine showiig . made by all who participated, especially the tiny tots who did remarkably well in the parts assigned to them. The pro- gramme consisted of dialogues. recita- tions and songs and was much appreci- ated by the representative gathering presentg We would refer readers to the adver- tisement of the Christiansted Theatre in t"is issue advising no show for this even- . 2 and announcing the commencement f a new serial on Monday evening, the 26th featuring Eddie Polo in ‘'The Van- ishing Dagger’”’ a very highly recor .mended film procduction whi‘h was .- cently shown in St. Thomas scoring enor- mous success and popularity. ‘ The S. S. Lake El Monte sailed for €L t (itts at 4p. m. yesterday taking mail l or the Islands. The Creole arrived here at 12 .o’clock noon yesterday with Porto Rico and Si. I'homas mails. | Correspondence | = 5 ! To the Editor of St. Croix 4vis. i Deor i - We are in full accord with he note ! written in '‘The Herald’ of yesterday i addressed to His Exceilency Governor { Kittelle on the Holiday question. We are i also cf the opinion that, the Governor . ever ready to please the people, will look ~ with favorable consideration on this mat- ter brought to his notice. W= nave al- I ways been accustomed to the two holi- days at Christmas time, as ‘‘The Herald™ -aid and wor!? b~ ~ted 19 have them, as Sunday wiu wase no differe.. thitl day - being an established holiday all “grough the years. Respectfully, CITIZENS & Dee, 21, 1921 The Murder Case. Preliminary Hearing of People vs. George Jemmott. (Continued from yesterday’s Avis.) The investigation was resumed on Saturday morning at 9 o’clock. The next witness Henry Ford 18% vears old was duly sworn and testified that:' . Sometime the month of October he saw a certain slver in the shop of the accused. It wa. lying on a shelf. He saw it as he was sent to shelt by accuser to search for something eise. The Court then directed that the we ons be brought in. _JA