Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1919-05-09
BROWNSVILLELOAN
QUOTA SUBSCRIBED
THRU GUARANTEES
Deficit Following Close of Liberty
Loan Rally Thursday Made Up
by Campaign Committeeman.
COUNTY Is NEARLY over

Brownsville's quota in the Victory Lib
erty Loan has been subscribed.
Announcement to this effect was made
early last night by City Chairman "A. B.
Cole following the close of the parade and
rally at Fort Brown at which total Of
$4,000 was raised i'm small amounts, rang
ing from $50 to 5000 After the Fort
Brown meeting the city committee held a
meeting at which twenty members, Mr.
Cole said, underwrote a deficit of $4,000,
and the three banks of the city took the bal
ance, amounting to about $4,000. The
day opened with the local loan quota about
$4,000 short of the needed amount of
$299, 400.
County Chairman Shelton said ts.z-. nth
the exception Of the town Of La Feria, the
county quota has been subscribed La Feria
is about $4,000 short of its quota and adj
vices from there said that this would not
be changed unless the county chairman sent
the French whippet tank TO La Feria. So
today the tank was sent TO La Ferla and
by night news is expected from La Feria
that the town has subscribed its appor-
tionment
San Benito on Wednesday closed up bust
ness and wet to it on the Liberty Loan,
subscribing $4,000 during the day. and
sending the towns apportionment over the
top
The men and institutions who finally
closed up Brownsvlle's quota by under
writing the $4,000 deficit are s. c. Tuck
er, III. H. Banker r. b. Creager, W. b.
Clint. w. c. Craig, A. Wayne Wood, A.
b. Cole. ii. M. SHELTON. W. G. Whitman, w.
K. McDavitt, Howard Bros, George McGon-
igle, G. L. Jessup, A. Holm, ID. j. Young,
George Walker. r. +. Morris. A. Kabalaris.
John Gregg, and the three banks the First
National Bank, the Merchants National
Bank, and the State Bank & Trust Com
pany.
All business activity in the city, in com
pliance with Mayor A. Albert Brownies
proclamation Of Wednesday afternoon. was
closed promptly at noon Thursday for the
purpose of finally closing up the loan. The
Liberty Loan parade was held at 2 O'Clock.
starting at the high school and gona to
Fort Brown where the rally and speaking
was held. The parade was commanded by
Colonel Farrand Sayre, with Sheriff w r.
Vann and w. H., Mason, Jr, as marshals
1t was led by the Sixteenth Cavalry band,
followed by Company /. 37th Infantry, and
two troops Of the Sixteenth Cavalry. The
field guns, manned by members of the
Rotary Club civilian artillery, followed the
cavalry, and the French whippet tank which
was the center of attraction during the
day, brought up the rear Of the parade, fol-
lowed by large number of automobiles.
Addresses at the ''Y'' at Fort Brown
were made by Oscar G. Dancy. Brigadier
General w. c. Rivers, Jimmie Henderson.
w. S. West Judge J. A. Graham and 9TH
ers, Judge West during his address start
ing the "ball to rolling for subscriptions,
starting it with s1O0. Others in the audi
ence soon fell into line and the figures
finally amounted to 81 5000. Two officers
offered to buy 5000 each if citizens would
match them. One man and several boys
accepted the challenge.
The meeting was closed by Mayor A. Al
bert Browne, who said the amount needed
had not been raised. and he announced that
business would remain closed until it was
raised. However, this was averted by the
later action Of the campaign committeeman
In underwriting the deficit.
Shortly after z o'clock last night the
sounding of the fire alarm at the city hall
and the ringing of bells at the Catholic ca
thedral announced that the quota had been
subscribed.