Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-16

With the announcement that Cameron
county will subscribe 100000 IN Second
Liberty Loan Bonds, using the sinking fund
of the county for the investment, this eoun-
ity's campaign To dispose of T49s, 900 worth
of Liberty Loan Bonds has had glorious
start.
The announcement was made by County
Judge III. L. Yates upon the organization
at the county court house Monday after
noon of committees for the purpose of
making ten days drive through the coun-
~ 10 secure subscriptions to the Second
Liberty Loan. With this 10000 worth Of
bonds subscribed By the county. and with
more than $4,000 worth of the Second
Liberty Loan Bonds already subscribed in
various parts Of the county. the balance
to be sold by the committees has been
brought down 10 $43S 900.
The subscription made under hte author
ization of the county commissioners was
permitted through county bond law which
permits invests in securities of proven
safety and bearing reasonable rate OF in
terest.
Details Of organization and methods OF
operation were 10 be worked ont at another
meeting to be held at the rooms Of the
Board Of City Development at o'clock
this afternoon. This meeting was TO be
participated in by members of special
committee appointed yesterday afternoon,
and includes the following names:
III L. Yates. chairman; IT. W. Kibhe. r.
Il. Creager. W. III. Mason Jr. J. C.. Ben
nett, Dr =. IT. Bell. james n. Wells, j. C.
George. a. III. More. \. Il. Canales. Ellis
CLANCY. W. C. Craig W. $. West. J. 4.
Browne. a. II. Cole. H. b. Camiade. " i.
Conrad. 4. Cueto Ir., A. Alonzo, Julian
Vera. Adolph AShheim. A. II. Walker,
David J. Young. W. q. Whitman. John Me-
Clintock, :. &. Tucker. f. &. Forto, ID. l..
>perc. j. r. Scott. j. a. Fernandez. I'll X
Goodrich. \. ). Gimble W |. Bateman, 4.
w. Reed
Cp the county committees We're named
a. follows. and their names viii 81 added
~ IN the local chairman:
SAN BENITO-.Iohn r. Lomax. y. II.
Frazier. Carlos E>parza. I~macI Montalyo
\. a. Dieckman. A. J. Hood H. Gool-by,
Alba Haywood. j. 4. Graham. l.. VI. Valde
tcro. Dr. Il. NJ Cash. M Schnefcr q. R.
Cowgirl George \. Toolan, J. l.. Landrum
HARLINGEN-W. I'll Jordan. "A. n.
Weller, Dr. Hugo Ictzcrich j. b. Lo7ano,
Captain Patterson. Frank Brown. r. r.
Johnson.
IA FERIA-B. H. Dunlap. George
ByncS. A. +. Whiting. H. SoIi-. Wehmeyer
LYFORD-Oscar Schlecht II. w. Arch
er. F.. W. SorenSon. A. NJ Deyo. A. q.
Stanford. ID. q. Osborne. Dr. Webb.
Charles Kennedy.
RAYMONDNILLE-C H. Pea,e. N. H.
Drever, Ed Raymond. NJ NJ Ci-neros.
POINT ISABEL-Charles Champion, r.
| B. Edwards Ray =. Wait
| TO ORGANIZE TEACHERS.
| The teachers ot the various towns and
communities Of the county will he organ
lied, II was announced by Judge Yates to-
day, for the bond selling campaign There
are approximately two hundred teachers IA
the county and II j. probable that commit
tees will be named among them to solicit
! the subscriptions. As already announced,
the banks NJ the ciTy. ANA veTF probably
those of the county IN .eneral. Will ad-
vance up ~ ninety per cent vi the bonds
bought. ~ "A very reasonable rate of i'm
tcre>t. in the event Of inability IL take care
of the payment AK the time ot purchase.
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