Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-05-26
DONNA HITTING
@0N. ALL SIX.
FOR S. 0. S.FUND
Every Day, Every Night,
is Something Doing to
Bring in the Money

DONNA. Texas. May 2Ci-Donna and
III. Donna community. despite the fac.
that the =. %. :. campaign in llitalgo
4, unty is now some weeks old continues
Ia "hit on all six cylinders in its cf-
forts to raise lis quota. and If anything
il seems 90 the campaign workers that
the campaign is crsnting more and more
interest as il progresses. Hardly day
ar "a night passes hut that something
has been done here to forward the cam
pa gn To eliminate the S.n.Wo deficit in
the fund.
Rev. q. &. Crow. one Of the most
progressive of the Valleys many pre-
greasive minister's, is chairman of the
camr aign in Donna, and Harry Carroll,
secretary manager of the Donna Cham
bcr of Commerce is treasurer.
William Il. Burnett. assisting D
O'Rren in the campaign. today e.Hlmer
a,ci some Of the things Donna is doing.
The school children are zone hundrcn
per cent in the campaign. The plar
followed in the school end of the cam
,n ~ wac Ia fix the donstion fcr each
child at two ceSts for each year Of the
,hiid's age. The children of the Men
ican school are also active and are do
ing much for the campaign.
Soinc of the Sunday schools have don
atrd their past Sundays collections. AMI
all are going to de- the same.
The first of series of auction sales
was held las; Saturday. One will lie
held each Saturday until the campaign J.
completed.
Rummage saEs by the ladies Of the
town is one Of the methods by whic"
rsn,ey is heing raised.
A. r. Hester. Dr.. proprietor # the
Plaza Hotel. announced he would don
rte one DAYS rcrciptS 10 the fund. th'
first hotel in IA Valley to take such
action.
The fats of Donna and the fats ~
Vrslaco met in bloody conflict on th.
baseball diamond here "wednesday fer
IT, he eft of tho fund. the Donna
.weiFhties winnig by score "f i to
Next "Wednesday the ''skinnies" ~
the two towns will play a game for The
ra,-- purpos- Wednesdays game was
estimated to have nctted $40 for the
fund
An :. q. $. bridge party ~ III" home
of Mrs. 4. T. Elliott vas one Of the
brilliant social nffairs a. the Surfing IN
Donna. Mrs Elliott was assisted 10y
Mrs A q ITc-tt.- Ir Mrs. ]. j.. Glib
son, aia Mrs. Walter g. Weaver.
Tie Donna Womcn's Clubs hay"
ric.lred SlGO to the fund. of which SSN
already has hc"n raised.
There will bc a sumner end dance
Saturday night fer the benefit Of the
fund
= W. Weaver assembled a carload
II scrap iron which will he sold. the
rrnree,ls to 90 10 the fund. One hun
dred thousand pounds of scrap IS ~
,;sht NJ Weavo- said. AL more cars
loaded whit il will he sold. all the re-
CTS 10 90 - the fund.
Rev. pr. Grow rc"orici that many
suhsrr,ptioHs are coming in from thu
on,S,dc. some of which are not froi.'
tapdholIcrs In; people VII" are intense
II interested in the outcome nf the cam
iairn.
Tell The readers nf The Herald that
thr Donna sprit for the :. q. :. IS
enc hundred per cent" saul hr. Grow
today. This mea: s." y" declared.
.,hat cvrry man woman and child !
,a-,ieir a,iro Tell the world. We VIII
n a'e good
MIR. burnett made the following state
mc'.f:
.rvervwhcrr that Mr. O'Rri"n has
tccn when asked about the alleged on
roSition in brownsville. he has made tho
s,atemnn, that everyone in 'r"wnSvIli"
is for II. except five or six mcr VII" ~.
,rnre or lees influential and wealthy.
ana nj no time has he indulged IN per-
.on.l;tice lie is fccling exceptionally
rood and is mere confident to-day than
eyer ,ha, this thing will he done.
W o'Rrien alsr authorized Mr. Fur
rc,t To- say that il the campaisn ha'
leen cnmnleted by Nav L. aS was hon
~ that il was certain lrcdgcs c"nh
recin work hy July T. However he sara
Nav II has gone hv ani the drive =
,iill on. 'hut we viii get them Z" w"rk
.s soon as possible
ALAMO, Texas. Nav Althonfh
r.u.atc,lly requested to send in ;. q ;.
totals. several H'dalso county. towns
are slow 10 send in the figures. lnih
thev do there is no way L. report INC
cxact status of the campaign IN this