The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-31
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE
A. T. A. NAMED BY KIRKPATRICK
Birmingham Well Represented in Appointments.
Opening Gun in Membership Campaign Fired
By President Kirkpatrick Want 5000 Mem
bers For 1917
By ELLIS C. HOLLUMS

I pledged support will give their best eff
| forts, and knowing the loyalty of the
travelling men in general and the Ala
bama travellers in particular, 1 feel that
| can count on the support of every men,
| Der. By support 1 mean work for the
association.
AT meeting of the executive COM
| mittee it was decided that we should de-
vote our attention particularly to in
creasing the membership and enforce
ment of the sanitary hotel law.
To increase our membership three
plans were decided upon and will be put
into effect at once. First, every member
is urged to do all in his power to get new
members and have all delinquents. pay
their dues. Second, flying squadron"
composed of members of the executive
/, committee will endeavor to spend at least
one day in all of the larger towns of the
state to work with the local membership
committees. Third, special committees
of live wires" to be appointed by the
President, to serve for period of is days
each.
These plans in addition to, and work
ing with those Of the regular membership
committe should easily double our mem
bership this year, but they will not if
you think each plan hits the other fell
low. At least one, if not more, is meant
for you.
THE sanitary hotel law is flagrantly
violated in a great many instances and
pra ctically none of the hotels have cop
les of the laws posted as required. When
you find a violation of the law, in any
manner, request the proprietor in a nice
way, to rectify it, or report it to the
secretary or chairman of the hotel COM
mittee, who will take proper action.
Remember the association is doing
something every day through it's COM
mittees to better conditions for you, and
your president not only wants your CO.
operation and work in that direction, but
your suggestions as well.
'In conclusion, 1 want to thank the
membership for the honor conferred upon
me in making me their president, and 1
assure you that 1 fully appreciate the
responsibility of being at the head of this
organization. I want every member to
help me to such an extent that when my
term expires we can say the success Of
the year is due to the members of the
Alabama Travellers association. Yours
for 5000 members.
sc. P. KIRKPATRICK, President"
George M. Plaisance now is in St.
Louis, where he will Immediately as
sumo his duties as assistant sales man.
ager of one of the largest drug concerns
in America. He left last week, and left
a word of greeting with the writer for
Oil iiio HulilSIOuS lIicIlOS dHlOIS lHc
ranks of the Alabama travelling men,.
He sends to them his very best wishes,
and hopes that they will drop in to visit
him when in st. Louis
The local post of the Travellers Protec-
tive association plan an entertainment
for the members in the near future, and
plans will be formulated at the next
meeting of the post, which is slated for
the not far distant future. At the last
meeting little more than a week ago, the
travellers named committee to decide
upon the form the entertainment should
take, and this committee is expected to
report within few days.
Tremendous interest Is being evidenced
in the membership campaign of the
Travellers Protective association, which
is being carried forward throughout the
state under the direction of Frank Means.
Mr.. Means is a hustler, and, coupled
with his natural ability. he has used
his hustling propensities for the better
ment of the T. P. A. in the state. The
membership campaign of Post B is being
directed by o. P. Fontaine and since the
date of the annual meeting in May, his
workers have brought in more than so
new applications. 1t is great work the
boys are doing, and they are getting the
loyal support of the members of the or
ganization.