Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-03-17
Especial to The UcrGd.)

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SAN BENITO, Texas. March IL
More than a thousand visitors here from
all parts Of the Valley united with thu
citizens of san Bcnit0 TODAY in the cclc
I bratiCn Of their first CABBAGE DAY
\ Cabbage holds the boards al over The
town, and there is every evidence that
cabbage heads are in demand The cclc-
Y DratiOn began with q parade headed by
The 9Th Mexican cavalry band from
Matamoros, by special permission from
4 he Mexican department Of war ri rid
ing in autCmobilcS. a big cabbage din
Her. fiddlerS contest f0r this afternoon.
2nd ball that i to begin il thr Z. II
=. hall this afternoon and last III night
are the other important features.
The program began this morning with
hc arrival Of the military band from
Nntamorcs Fin- automobiles formed
i'm line and the musicians played several
pieces during tho rice. There were more
han fifty aut0s i'm the parade ana am
hour was spent ii trip 10 The ranch Of
N. y. CoWoill. three miles east Of the
-ity. where the visitors saw six hundred
ceres of sugar cane in a thriving condi
iCn
But cabbage was queen of the day.
Cabbage is one of the most important
crops in the section ana contiguous to
this city there are nineteen hundred and
oighty-threc acres iu his crop. The san
Bcnit0 Chamber IF Commerce conceived
the idea of 4 "Cabb9Gc Day'' as some
thing similar to California's raisin day
Through the efforts of the organization
every big hotel III he United states to
day is serving cabbage for dinner, Prcsi-
lent Wilson is eating cabbage for din
ner, all dining cars on the railroads are
serving cabbage. and in fact. every point
that could possibly be reached by the
club is serving cabbage on this san Be
nito Cabbage Day.
The entertainment today was gotten
up locally for the purpose Of making the
citizens appreciate the Chamber Of Com
merce'SHeflorts il promoting the use Of
cabbage.
The rooms of the Chamber of Com
merce are decorated with cabbages and
this afternoon committee will Judge
the merits Of the cabbage shown BY grow
ers from this section. and will award
three cash prizes for the largest and best
cabbage heads The committee is com
posed of Z. b. Fletcher. A. II. Sprague
and II. 3. Frazier. The prizes will in
clude five dollars for the first. three dol
lars for second and two dollars for the
third. The San BcnitO Light il also Civ
ing three green ribbons. lettercd in gold.
The general committee for the enter
tainment today is J. $. Murphy chair
man; Capt l.. OBricn and j. l.. Craw-
ford; entertainment committee, :. w.
Pease. chairman; y. Campbell. Brice
Frazier, George Horton, c. p Trotter
and all citizens.
I'm recognition OF st. Patrick's day Il
special committee has also been appoint
cd 70 look after the entertainment of the
Irish visitors. 1t comprises J. II. Ewing.
chairman; Ike McFaddcn. Tim Valentine
and r. Il. O'Brien. The latter commit
tee is making most successful efforts to
NtINt - puIl
The tiddlcrs' contest committee in
cludes Mrs. Il. 3. Fletcher, chairman
Mrs. q. +. Barber. Mrs. B. Ii. Frazier
and Mrs. John I. Lomax. The contest
viii be held late this afternoon and 4
hard contest is promised.
Many visitors are being entertained
with automobile rides. Every machine
has aGorning its hood three heads Of
cabbage, designating the general feature
of the day. The parade was remarkable
for its cabbage atmosphere and Marshal
!. f. Carr saw that every auto had its
quota Of the product.
The Whittlescv Garage aud Machine
company equipped an automobile truck
with kitchen apparatus, including stove,
chur. WaShtub and other kitchen equip
ment. Pat Todd. Is the cook, with a
bonnet. apron and other rcgalia, cooked
whole cabbage heads and served cabbage
cores with force and effect Mr.. Hoyt.
with face made up with Irish effect was
the Husband" with the ever present
pipe, and bowl turned up side down. This
truck was a feature of the auto parade
and ride and was greeted with laughter
everywhere on its journey to the coun-
try and through the city.
A cabbage dinner was served to all
comerS at noon The menu included
fourteen varieties Of cabbage, subject to