Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-07-18
GARDENERS
BANQUETEO
ONE HUNDRED PLATES PREPARED
DELIGHTFUL MUSIC - SPLENDID
MENU EXCELLENT. SNAPPY
SHORT TALKS
SEVERAL PROMINENT SPEAKERS
VOICED APPROVAL OF SOUTH
TENAS GARDENERS CONVENTION
AND PRAISE FOR BROWESvILLE.

Y About one hundred del gates and Wis
( itors aud guests of the South Texas Gar
dencrs convention were royallv enter
tanned, at \ dinner given complimentary
to the convention. by the Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce. at the Miller ho-
tel, Thursday evening from . 60 H.
The large dining hall was handsomely
decorated with fcStoonS Of purple. pink.
md green Oh walls and ceilings. and cut
flowers were in profusion on the long
banquet tables.
Music gLIcd the guests and stimu-
lated digestion. while the delicious vi.
ands were being disposed Of. II was
furnished BY combination orchestra
and band. with Mexican PLAYERS
Not until the last drop Of coffee had
been sipDod from the cups did Toastmas-
ter j. b. Scott give the signal for the
speaking 70 begin The excellent talks
were r fitting aftermath 10 the eating
and al went away. voting the occasion
one OF the most ENJOYABLE i'm the history
of Brownsville hanauetS
President j. W. Bray If the South Tex
a. Gardeners was the first speaker. He
set the pace for short, snappy. pleasing
talks and set the banqueters tn laughing.
and ut the same time put in some hard
punches tO the credit of good reasoning.
and right action. His theme was Blue
Lights and Red Lights" lie stressed
he use of the red lights of optimism aud
avoidance Of the blue lights of peSsim-
ism and incidentally laid the ban upon
political differences which have hurt the
Brownsville country in the past. He
urged the 60 operation Of business man
and farmer in every line of activity.
Honorable Sam IT. Dixon. editor of the
Farm and FircSidc at Houston. followed
with an interesting talk about the work
Of the farmers the remedies that lay In
their way 10 solve the problems that face
him and wish that hc who plants the
rose tree. should also pluck the rose"
g. Waync Wood. cashier of the First
National Bank of Brownsville. spoke of
the efforts Of the bankers II the country
~
their work. He stated that the bankers
I'll over the state had urged upon the
farmers. divcrSifcnion in cror~ and tn
raising of hogs and truck and the install
lati0n Of dairv cattle on the farm.
Hon f.. Il. Kone. state commissioner
Of agriculture. of Austin spoke on the
state agricultural department. He r.
marked on the wonderful increase in eli
cacv If the department work in the last
four wears. and of the increaSed use the
farmers were making nf the advantages
and advice which the dpDartmpnt af-
forfIS them He stated that he had been
in the Valley country many times i'm the
last forr wears and would alwavs re-
Snond ~ the coll ~ the farmers Hr
wade III" statement that the farmer and
the stockmau were the only two eallinps
or earth "whcrr man was i'm diraet part
""~Shin With God" consequently nn
other ceilings or rrnfeSSinns ~ earth
wore subsidiary ~ these. and added that
eve "agricultural denartn,opt was the
biggest thing in Texas" His talk was
well received.
Judge Frank Andrews. ~ Houston. one
of the receivers of the Frisco system
spoke of the evils that had overtaken the
Frisco in Texas and stated that the far
mcrS will see that the receiver and Off
GERS Of the 1t. L. b. 4 VT. will give
all possible service with the money de
rived from the income of the road. He
emphasized the fact that the interests of
the railroad and the people ~ this set
tion were closely intcrIockcd. saving nei-
ther could exist without the other, and
plead that 4 genuine cooperative spirit
prevail between the two
Stanley III. Watson talked on WHY I
am Here. much to the delight Of the au-
dience. Mr.. Watson has quaint halt
Idroll way of cnunciation and punctuatcs
his remarks with many a queer quip
This with his straightforward way OF
talking hits the nail on the head and
leaves no one in doubt as TO just where
he il driving that nail. He said he came
TO the Brownsville country because II
looked good to him: that, when he saw
| IA people push back wilderness and
make garden of it, he thought they were
: the kind of people To join. but that his
main business in life was to try anG
; separate cold and heartless world from
a meal ticket. As long as he was able
! to do this. he said he was also willing Il