San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-22
CROWDS COMING.
EXCURSIONS ARRANGED FOR THE
COUNTRY PEOPLE.
Can Stay for One Day or Two Days as They
Like-Expressions from Abroad
Regarding the Carnival.

The interest manifested in the grand
carnival StoTming the Alamo, is a
sure sign of success in that creditable
undertaking. What our local business
men are most interested in is the
crowds from the country. AS rule
these crowds when attracted to an
event like this find little time to do
business. AS the first afternoon De-
cember 18th will be almost entirely ia
ken up in sightseeing, the parade and
battle, the transportation committee
went at once to work on plan to give
the visitors time to attend to business
after seeing the battle. AS rule
these very cheap excursions take the
people out the same day. The rail-
ways have all arranged 1t so that those
who desire may stay two days while
those who care to may return home
the same day. There will be a num-
Der of special trains over each road
| entering the city, and hundreds of
| these people will avail themselves of
| the option to remain over night and
| do business the second day.
AS indicating the feeling of mer-
| chants over the prospects it may be
| said that nearly every wholesale es-
| Enlistment is receiving inquiries
about the event from their distant
customers, and the railways report
| the liveliest interest aroused over 1t.
Mr. G. Peterson who has been en-
gagged on the finance committee and
experimenting the local advertising,
was seen by a Light man yesterday
at the Business Mems club where the
| headquarters of the carnival commit
| tee is established. Said Mr.. Peter
| son:
you should go around among the
people and hear how they speak of
| this event. Everywhere / go the peo-
| pie are interested. 1 talked to two
| wholesalers today who said their mail
was full of inquiries and notices of in
| tention to be here. There is no doubt
| but that every man who has helped
| out the expenses of this carnival Will
| reap the benefit this time.
Secretary Irvine of the Business
| Mems club, is in charge of the adver-
| Using department and the railway
rates. BY his courtesy we are en-
abled to publish the following letters
received from country editors, which
are samples of scores received and in
dictate the deep interest they are tax
| ing in it. Our citizens may be sure
that when the country papers take
such a matter up in earnest 1t Will
be a success. They have the ear OF
the masses and this with the other
public work will bring the people.
Col Homer Wade of the Rockdale
Reporter writes as follows:
III will be only too glad to be Oh any
possible service to you In the mater
of the grand carnival. lhoeeu any
southern man ought to be PROUD 10
contribute all in his power to build
monument to the heroes Of the south.
T NAV not be able to ride in the par
ode az the loss of leg has incapacita-
ted me for such duty but I'll be there
with hundreds of my friends. Ihank-
ing YOU for the opportunity to serve
this noble cause etc. ouo,,
The following from Henry Clay Gray
editor of the New Test, one OF tne
foremost Afro-American Journals III
| the state: >, On 1905
Dear Sir:-New Test will 90 Whal !.
can in it's humble way 10 neip 80! yI
drum up big crowd TOT Ihe "a Nc,
Tha EDITOR of this paper, though ne.
aro naturally takes kindly lnteresC
Ella confederates of Laredo secured tne
| Ia carded and spun the threau "
II,oova the cloth that clothed four con-
| fodarotes during the war, ana secoIiuly
| because. on a certain OCCASION, a.
| the people of his own race relu s.s .he
lender him public reception upon t tne
~ of his departure for Mexico, the
| "a oonfederates of Laredo secured tlie
citv hall and gave him the granueso az q,
cantion ever rendered to a nesIo IL
Toyas q one-armed confederate i ,n'i
mo the Introductory speech Urn
about is fair play. Many an oiu
Tolerate has helped us build churcnes'
school houses and pay fines and there-
fore il is nothing but fair that VIII help
them build their monuments.
HENRY CLAY GRAY,
Editor and Proprietor.
It is not amiss to remark that Mr..
Gray's liberal policy is in striking con-
trast to that Of his rival in Lockhart
Journalism. His opponents paper mas
given no prominence to our work, De-
ing almost solitary exception among
country paper in Southwest Texas, has
vet it gets good patronage from san
Antonio merchants who refuse TO give
advertising to Mr.. Gray's paper. he
is devoting columns to bring his read
ers to visit our city and buy our
goods and our merchants ignore him
and give their ads to a rival who gives
our work no assistance.
Every mail brings letters on this
subject form editors and others in po-
sitons of influence who are exerting
themselves to help along the enthusf-
aSm.