Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-01

Brownsville

Brownsville ...............-...- -.----.
1t was with feeling of extreme satIs-
faction that Chairman +. W. kibbe OF the
Cameron County Liberty Loan Committee
late Yesterday w.red j. w. Hopes, deputy
governor of the Federal Reserve Bank at
Dallas. that CamsloN county has gone
.oyer the top with it, Liberty Loan quota
by over $4,000. And there was pardon
able pr.de when members of the committee
heard rr,,d ..ssr~respc:rse from Deputy Gov
ernor Hoopes when he said he "feels a
sense of personal satisfaction IN the ae-
complishment of the committee IN Cameron
county.
The oHnor Flag is coming. 1t has been
sent and should reach Brownsville tomor-
row at which time arrangement Will be
made for the flag raising, which probably
he held on Friday at time when residents
of other sections of the county may be
present. The Honor Flag will be raised,
as i should be, over the beautiful Cameron
county court house for it 5 county
honor.
But the county committee IS not yet sat
isfied. While Cameron county has done
its share and In almost every case the
towns except Brownsville have COVE be-
yond their quotas, the committee feels that
its work will not have been thorough until
il has seen the city of Brownsville ''over
the top
Brownsville must and will have an
Honor Flag" said Mr.. ikbbe this morning,
"and we members of the comm ttee will not
have completed our work until we not only
have achieved the right to witness an Hon
or Flag raising above the city hall but
have also seen Brownsville's total well
above tile line that has been set for il"
While each town in the county has made
splendid record for itself, LaFeria has
achieved the greatest honor of all, for be-
sides having the right to flyan Honor Flag
il has the adit onal honor OF having IN
serted therein a star, .denoting that La
Fer.a not only has exceeded its quota but
has doubled it. The flag has been applied
for and is expected TO reach LaFera
shortly when it will be raised with due
honors.
The Brownsville city committee, cf
which W. g. Whitman is the chairman
hopes to publ III tomorrow a complete list
! Of the names of those who have subscribed
10 the Third Liberty Loan, and tho
amounts. Many names have not yet ap-
peared, owing to the great amount of cler'
ical work necessary in the preparation
There have also been many errors IN ini-
tials or spelling due to the imposs bility OF
correctly reading the written names, wlIicl
in some cases have passed through as
many as three or four hands before flnall,
appearing in print. There have also ap
peared in the committees page what ap
parently were Implications. but were real
ly cases where the subscriber made two O.
more purchases of the same amount o
bonds An effort VIII be made by the roh
m'ttee to have tomorrow's list justsas sae
curate as possible.
The list of those subScr bing in the vari
ous county towns, including San Benito
Harl .neen. La Feria, Lyfordl, Raymond
vile and Rio Hondo probably VII be pub
lish on Friday afternoon. the final dla.
Of the drive With the exception of Sal
Benito the lists are in the handls Of tn
county committee and San Benito's is ex
pectsd to be received within the next fe1
hour4