Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-23
EACH TOWN NAY GIVE NAME OF
SOME CIVIC. EDUCATIONAL OR
CHARITABLE SOCIETY TO BE
VOTED FOR.

The Brownsville Merchants League
has decided to add a very attractive
feature to the next excursion. One hun
dred dollars will be given 10 some civic,
charitable or educational society Of
ladies from some one of the Valley
towns.
The hundred dollars will Ne given to
the town that gets the most votes and
may he used in any manner the winners
see fit to use it. Each town that enters
the contest viii select SEINE organization
and place it in nomination. The people
Of each town viii be expected to agree
on some one organization, not because
that will be required by the Merchants
League. but because if there il more
than one from \ town that towns
chances will be leSsened.
Anyone can place an organization in
nomination and To 10 this Ill that ~
necessary is to write a letter to y. 4.
O'Rrien, secretary Of the Chamber of
Commerce. Each town placing an OH
ganizatiOn in nomination will be given
ten thousand votes to start with. Each
person who to Brownsville OH Che
special train on Nav - will be given
one thousand votes which may he east
for any town that the person receiving
them may select. That thousand votes
is to induce people to come on the special
train and votes Will DC given out on the
train after il leaves San BenitO.
Each member of the Merchants
League VIII have vote certificates good
for one hundred votC- 10 be given free
10 each ont of town Vi tor who visits
his store on MAY Is. Thus one person
may visit every member nj the league
and at each store secure one hundred
votes. These votes are given TO induce
The visitors TO visit all the stores and
there Il 4 buying requirement attached to
them. The merchants want to get ac-
Quaintcd with the VALLEY people and
want the VALLEY people to see their
stocks. All a visitor has to do IL To
walk into the store and ask for the Ni>i-
tors Vote Certificate. Tn addition to
these one vote viii tx given for each
cent spent with the members Of the MGR
chants League. To Get these votes every
person Will BE- give 4 trade coupon which
viii be filled out by the merchants with
the amount purchased by the holder. At
the headquarters Of the league the sec
rotary Will issue vote certificates repre-
senting every cent shown on the trade
coupon. These trade coupons also en-
title the holder To ten per cent cash re-
fund 10 apply on the expenses Of the
trip. The special bargains offered by
the merchants viii not cltitlc the pur-
chaser to the ten per rent cash refund
but will be good for votes, which must
be secured from the merchants.
Any person may vote for any town.
but Brownsville will not enter the con
test.
This proposition offers some very at-
t~ractivc features. It should appeal to
the ladies Of the Valley who are trying
70 raise funds for various purposes. The
hundred dollars is a neat sum of money
and may be earned without actual cX-
penSc. Every person who comes to
Brownsville on May u NAV save hi,
expenses and frequently much more on
the bargains offered and Oh the ten prr
cent cash rebate which applies on any
article in the store Of amy member ex-
ccpt where noted in the individual al
vcrtiScmentS. The day il sure 10 be an
enjoyable one as the entertainment feat
Urcs will bc carefully looked after.
Ladies' who are interested should JIM
mcdiatcly nominate their organizations
by writing Secretary u. A. OBrien.