Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-31
IN JOUR
TOWN
Two splendid institutions Of Browns
4 vile will open for business Monday
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4 vile will open for business Monday
morning in new quarters.
They are gong into structures that
we're specially erected to suit the needs
Of their business.
One is the State National Bank, which
goes into five story bank and office
building. II is a structure Of which
Brownsville well may be proud There
may be larger buildings in the state.
but certain there are none better con
structed.
The other is the Patteson Motor COM
pany, which will occupy what is said to
be the largest exclusive FordLincoln-
Fordson salesroom in the state.
Both institutions are making elabor-
ate announcements of the event in this
mornings Herald.
Both are to be congratulated upon
their success.
Ii may be we'll to mention here that
the financial institutions of Brownsville
have been9well in advance of the build
ing movement in this city, all erecting
splendid structures.
The Merchants National Bank build
x,
elusive bank and office building south
of Houston.
The First National Bank building.
also erected 1910, is truly an architec-
tural triumph. typical of the exclusive
bank buildings of that architectural
period.
Brownsville has been proud Of the
possession of these structures, and it
regards the new State National Bank
building <as the forerunner of many
more of its kind.
These new structures go long ways
toward modernizing Brownsville, but
not without pang of regret do many
persons observe the slow but certain
passing Ncf the atmosphere that was
so long a part of this city. But it's the
way OF the world, and if city will grow
it must lose the things that are old,
even though quaint.
Which brings up the few unsightly
double -deckers- awnings, that make
our streets appear much narrower than
they are. The double deckers" Should
go. They should go for safety reasons,
if for no other, for unquestionably some
Of them are reaching the age where
they are menace to the lives of pass
ersby.
Rev. II. II. Saunders was pastor of
the Christian church in Brownsville for
a year. Recently he returned to the
former scene of his endeavors, at Rock
ford. H. He has not forgotten the
Valley, however.
Saturday The Herald received the
following card from him:
Snow here May "a. Frosts kill
wholesale. Saw today crates of cabbage
that were killer to Texas growers
prices. Shipments of 90 cars of a
terrible lot OF. inferior cabbage killed
your market at one fell stroke, from
four cents a pound to one cent. You
must not allow your shipments to
swamp the market and kill prices.
Don't ship cabbage heads that weigh
!. four ounces or less. | saw them. Or
ganize! Organize! Organized!
Some concern has kindly offered The
Herald an advertising contract of 100
inhes, in payment for which advertising
they will send us a supply of face lotion.
The Herald prefers, however, to Sc
cure its supply of face lotion from our
local drug stores. And, needless to
point out, it prefers to receive in pay
ment for its advertising the real cash.
Now if our linotype operators would
accept face lotion as wages-but,, then,
we suppose they wouldn't do that.
s.
Contrary to expectations, the first
bale of cotton of crop that promises
to bringsthe Valley something like sl5,-
100000, did not materialize last week.
At least late reports last night failed to
indicate that it has been ginned.
There is glory in that first bale, OF
course, and also some pin money for
the grower in the way of prizes.
Three weeks or so after it appears
the run of growers will begin to re-
ceive their prizes, in the form of re
turns for the product.
Sixty odd gins will be humming ev-
erywhere in the Valley.
They will be turning lint into bales
of money.
The Valley is set and ready and quite
willing to receive this $l5,000,0O0 or SO
Just watch us prosper.
George II. Williams. noted attorney Of
st. Louis county, Mo-, has been ap-
pointed United States senator from
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