The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07

balance of cash on hand amounting to s49, 7SS, l5l23. Roy Kay wants to know why the 23 cents. That guy Ford has bad day every day in the year." says Kay. If he came down here l would show him how to mop up the coin regu- lar like''
 James Marshall, "alas Jimmy valen- tine,' has gone to work with the Taxcab ana Touring company as a collector. James says he got to the point where he couldn't get an "herb' when he needed it. 'T'll have plenty of lettuce in the sweet by and by. is the latest ballad sung by this bearer of bad news
 
 Meredith Roberts purchased scripps- Booth last week. Vernon Gray of the Saunders Motor Car company sofd it.
 
 The Brownell Auto company has had to inaugurate a unique method to get Fords to supply their orders The entire sell Ing corps goes to Atlanta, each gets a. Ford and they drive back to Birming- nam through the country. Our business has increased at such a rapid rate that we have had to devise this method to get cars" said Mir. Richardson. Tt does the cars good to test them out over the road; we make adjustments as we go along, if they are needed. The trip takes the stiffness out of the motors"
 
 The Overland agency is selling more cars than 1t can get from the factory Their show rooms and service department are among the finest equipped in the city The demand for the Willys Six has been so great all oyer the; country that deiv- cries have been indefinitely delayed.
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 Big sales, optimism, lots of live pros- poets. and "It pays to advertise" held the boards in the automobile world last week. More machines have been sold dur Ing the past 30 days than ever before for the same space of time in the history of Birmingham. a
 George Leeming of the United States Tire company is about the busiest man in the automobile business today. '"The de- mand for United States tires has been greater during the last 30 days than ever before in the history of the Birmingham branch" said Leeming. 'I predict there will be more automobiles sold in Bir- mingham between now and spring than any other city of its size in the United States" And George is well posted on all things.
 Ben Fowler, manager of the Tutwiler Taxicab company, reports an unprece- dented increase in business. "The surest indication of good times is the taxicab business,' said Fowler. And the i'm provement with us has been great"
 
 Hubert Drennen has offered three prizes for the best sales record for the week in the accessory department. The boys wouldn't divulge what the prizes were to consist of but it is a safe bet there will be lots of smoke in one department of the Drennen company this week.
 The Capitol Park Motor company, head ed by Solon Jacobs, Is doing fine busi- ness. Solon Jacobs possesses the knack Of imbuing the "go get em' spirit into any organization, and he has done it. Charles Denegre, the Packard agent, has only one complaint at present He can't get the twin sixes fast enough His deliveries are limited and he has already about exhausted his allotment. Red Smith of the Drennen company will be back in town this week. He will ex- hibit the split chassis of the Cadillac Eight at the electrical show this week. No one will be sorry to see the vermillon topped phenom back in his own baili- wick.