Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-10-11
R. NJ. A. DISCUSS
EXTENSION OF
+, ROAD SYSTEMS
San Antonio Wholesaler is
Among Those Addressing
Local Association

Need for speeding NJ work on goosl
roads. with especial reference 70 ronne,t
inE up paved highway fr"m brownsville
to the Hidalgn county line was the prin-
cipal topic discussed af luncheon toiay
of the Retail Merchants Association.
Judge Oscar Danty addressed the or
ganizatiun on this subject following the
talk he delivered al the Chamber of Gomi-
merce last night along virtually the same
lines. sfrrssing the Importance of the
problem as vifaily aSsnciated with hush
ness mems interests.
A. Il. Wright uf San Antonio. secretary
Of Ullmnn. stern 4 krnnSSe. who i Wis
ifing A. H. Walker. was a guest at the
luncheon and prior to Judge Dancy's adj
dress spoke few words nf greeting and
encouragement of the RETAIL Merchants
Association. Never WAS there GREATER
need In the history If the country Mr.
Wright declared If closrr organization
and cooperation IN general business. In
working toward this he continued the
Retail Merchants Association had ac-
complished so much thar II was now
well known and national organization
lie stated thar the local body had a
splendid asset in Afr. A. H. Walker as
a member. a. Walker was a Wholesaler.
and that. ON account ~ the vaster ter
ritory covered tv n wholesale firm they
necessarily could give retail organi-
zation benefit ~ the larger vision ac-
cruing from wider contact. by contribut-
ing informati0n-of great value.
He commended the advertising cam
paign recently inaugHrafed by san An
tonic merchants 90 speed up their hill
collections and urged that Brownsville
merchants follow suit. Results obtained
IN San Antonio more than proved the
wisdom of the plan. Ne said. II the local
Organization was kept up and continued
10 grow. he concluded as every indira-
tion promised. Il would prove the best
investment Brownsville merchants had
ever made
Following reading ~ the minutes ~ tho
previous meeting g. r. Walker. chair
man of the committee which appeared
recently before the city commission and
urged that the carnival limit of three
days visit be not extended. reported that
the committee hal heen advised by May
or Cole that no annlication Is anybody
for extension of--this three ,lay Emi;
would be granted .befnre fhe Retail ATer-
chants were accorded another hearing
Under present conditions. Mr. Walker
declared. h. strongly opposed 'anv cx-
tension II the threr-dav limit. More
over. he said the police commissioner
had assured him that il any carnival did
c"me ~ brownsville the law againsf
gambling devires nf ANY kind would h.
rfffs4 emf. z
that thrSn carnivals mainly deiend
'nnn gambling. Mr. Walker declared. II
the INV AGAINST such rambling were
strictly enforced the carnivals would not
cone ~ ail. "r II they did would remain
nnlv few DAYS Al any rate he con-
clu,led the ,itv cammiSson had shown
favorable nfsifr-le toward i'le Wishes
- the Retail Merchants ts~neiati"n. ani
bah given direct promise II future
hearing IL necessary
Tho question If contributions toward
the high s,hnol athl~tir fund was then
brought up hy lack Rowe who derlarrd
that il WINS a pr"noSition IN whi the
ae4af iafinn WAS dirertr Interested for
advertising value aS well as the w-lfar,
the Fr"wr~villr bows themselves The
Rotary Club had dniated $50 toward this
fund he stated ami he formally navel
that the H. M Al give similar amount
After some discussion vs. a. WAYS AMI
means ~ collecting thr fs'nd. II was mad.
~ ~ The table ~ individual five-dlnlla-
contributions. Tho $40 - be turned owe
10 the fund as donation from the a.
4sos.iation.
Following Iuslrgn s-anS's nddress 81
read Improvement discussion hrcamr gen
e"'l the neceS4.sv far early aud energetic
action toward mustering the ueF.cs@arv
'wn-thir1s vote ~ event ~ bond issue
heirg projected heing urged ~ several
es~eeiallv Jesse Dennptt the debate being
still in proposes at > O'Clock