The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-30

every automobile dealer in the city will I have exhibits
 1 special committed to be named later,
 will have charge of liquidation" Need 1 less to say those who are appointed to
 look after this important item will find ] themselves surrounded by loving friends
 at all stages of the game
 The Brownell Auto company received
 a shipment of 30 Fords last week. They
 lasted just 4S hours.
 l Jewell Taylor appeared at the Auto Dealers meeting little late last week.
 Al Boorse hailed the iovial Jewell as he
 hove into sight and said Say, don't
 you know you are tardy?p Jewell looked
 at him steadily and said; Never mind
 that today stuff; there wasn't any sugar.
 Chester Alexander, of Hudson Super
 Six fame, is going at rapid clip these
 days. He has taken so many orders for
 the Hudson that he is afraid to promise
 delivery any more.
 ! Coke Matthews, sales manager of the Overland company. has only one trouble 1 these days. He can't get them fast 1 enough. With crew of salesmen such
 as Rush Moore, Minhinnette, Al Watkins
 and a few other stars, he can sit and sell 1 to his own satisfaction. Construction on the Birmingham Motor
 Speedway, which is being built around the lake of the Birmingham Motor and Country club, is progressing at rapid
 rate. More than 100 mules and as many l laborers are on the job, making the dirt ] fly. Take an Edgewood car at the end | of the South Highlands car line and go out and see what has been done 1 Charley Hawley has joined the Bir-
 mingham Motor company forces and is
 selling Hupmobiles. Charley has a host of friends who wish him well. l Our old friend Red" Smith is so- ! journing in the city for while. Red" l is selling the Cadillac "S' with his
 old time pep The vermillion- topped | phenom says he likes the country air sometimes, but the city dust and smoke ! make him feel better at times. l Bob Badham is still peddling the 1 Bucks under the able direction of l Sales Manager Scouten of the Dren- nen company.
 l Sears Francis of the Brownell con- pany has made an enviable record of l sales of Fords for the month of April The old boy makes them dig or die when they take a ride in his demon strator.s
 If the wind continues to blow at the
 rate it has during the past week, some l of the automobile guys will knock the BrownMarx building down. 1 Ben Fowler, night manager of the l Tutwiler Taxicab company, is still on l the job If Ben Fowler and Joe Hughes l ever got together in any one mbina-
 tion they would do some automobile | business.
 l w. H. Young of the Detroit Motor l company. distributors of the Paige and Grant, reports a good week of sales 1 That is the usual report with Young This safety first movement should
 be drummed into the heads of some of l the bubble boys They still persist in 1 letting the demonstrator steer itself 1 when a gust of wind tries to blow some chicken off her feet.
 l Pogue of the Capital Motor com l wise guys cars with Lee tires Tay- l Goodyears and Leeming says just as
 much about the U. s. tires: Kemp says | it for Goodrich, too.
 l Drive that "buss" out to the Bir | mingham Motor speedway today and see what a real speedway looks like | in the beginning.
 1 The guy that learns to dress chick ems of the human variety as cheaply as the barnyard ones will make more coin than the fellow that finds a sub stitute for gasoline costing l cent a gallon.
 | Charles Denegre is pushing the Fostoria. l light car and the Packards in his old style way. Denegre is one of the oldest auto
 mobile men in Birmingham and likewise one of the best.
 | Nobody ever saw an automobile man who minded ''blowout,' although they have caused many a fellow to loose a 1 sale
 | The Flint Motor Car company has just
 received another shipment of Chevrolets.
 The little cars are becoming extremely popular.
 |
 The Birmingham Rec company has
 been making special effort to put their Rec trucks on the streets. They have 1 succeeded admirably thus far. l Red Nolan, alias Pink Billion
 aire'' and "Plunger," is selling the Smith Form A trucks with rapidity. It took Pink" little while to get started. but now that he is on his way he will cer-
 tainly make the boys sit up and take notice.
 l Amos Whaley of the Kelly Springfield company was visitor last week. Same old Amos, same old sport, always has a smile" and don't mind giving you a
 couple or a dozen, all according to the | capacity of your system. l Ted Brownell and his brother Blaine, | with the capable assistance of Richard son, make one of the ivest organiza- | tiOns in this city. These boys success i! in the automobile and accessory business l has been remarkable Indications are that they will continue to do all the
 business they can handle. Such fellows are an asset to any community. !! M. G. Horn, manager of the accessory department of the Brownen Auto com l pany, has placed the entire south in touch with his firm by putting several top- notch salesman on his staff to cover the south. He is capable and pleasant fel- | low who is bound to make lots of friends l w. Fl. Newman of the Alabama Retir- ing company possesses some of the quali-