The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-02
AUTOMOBILE MEN PUT GINGER |NTO NEW ORGANIZATION Wiley West Tells Them What Atlanta Dealers
 Have Been Doing
WILL MEET AGAIN
 NEXT WEDNESDAY
Wednesday of Fashion Week Is Set Aside for Throwing Open Auto mobile Sales Rooms of
 the City

At meeting of the automobile and accessory dealers of Birmingham held in the private dining room of the Hotel Hillman last night, the Birmingham Au- tomobile and Accessory association was formed, with A. l.. Boorse as president; E. w. Brownell, vice president, and w. C. Radcliffe, temporary secretary, pending the selection of a permanent secretary.
 It was decided to meet next Wednes- day evening at 8 o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of adopt ing constitution and bylaws. Temporary Secretary Radcliffe read to those pres ent last night proposed bylaws, which will be used as a basis for the forma- ton of the bylaws to be adopted next Wednesday night The chief feature or these proposed laws, and one which re- ceived a large share of attention, pro- vided for the creation of a credit clear ing house for automobile and accessory dealers Another feature which met with general approval provided for the pro- motion of an annual automobile show in Birmingham, to be participated in by every member of the association.
 The association will elect a board of directors and treasurer at the meeting next Wednesday night, and the organiza- t:cn will be completed.
 ATLANTA MAN HEARD
 President A. l.. Boorse presided at last nights meeting, and introduced as the chief speaker of the evening Wiley West of Atlanta, former president of the Au- tomobile Mems association of that city. Mir. West told of the organization of the Atlanta Automobile and Accessory asso- citation some years ago, and of how it had advertised Atlanta throughout the country as the best distrio uting point for automobiles in the south
 ''We started our association off with show declared Mr. West, "and we have been doing something every day since that time. It is absolutely necessary that an association of this character keep busy in order to maintain interest. We have had a good roads tour every year and this has had much interest. We fellows here tonight are in the most wonderful business in the world. w e are III OH lIc 5lOuio liOois eoO' AOA it is just starting. There are so many opportunities for advancement in it that Birmingham simply cannot afford not to have an association of the automobile interests You have got to organize be- cause other cities throughout the coun- try are doing it.
 ''The association should maintain of- fees, and should have a credit clear ing house. The secretary of your or r,,in Sb charge of the credit clearing house, and give reports to members when they ask for them. ,
 BYLAWS ARE READ
 President Boorse on behalf of the members of the association expressed his appreciation of MT. Vests talk, and Temporary Secretary Radcliffe was asked to read the proposed bylaws and constitution, which was done. Each sec ton of the bylaws came In for a share of discussion, and the entire paper was finally referred back to the committee with instructions to draft the by-laws and have them in form to be adopted at the meeting Wednesday night. Charles Denegre was added to the committee by President Boorse
 F. l.. Scouten was named chairman ot the entertainment committee. the duty of which will be to arrange diversion for the next meeting, and was instructed tC name two others to serve with him. MT Scouten called on Martin Klyce and s. L. Flowing.
 Following the organization, President Eoorse called upon Chairman Denegre ot the Fashion Week committee for a re- port MT. Denegre reported that prac- tically every automobile and accessory dealer in Birmingham had been visited by his committee and that all of then had agreed to make Wednesday oi Fashion Week automobile opening day and invite the public to visit their sales. rooms. It is the intention of the dealers MT. Denegre explained, to have the new est fashions in motor cars on exhibit
 MEMBERS WHO SIGN
 The members of the Birmingham Auto mobile and Accessory association, who signed up last night, are as follows:
 Solon Jacobs Tire company, Brownell Automobile company, John T. Kemp, for the B. F. Goodrich Tire company (pro- visional, w. E. Hilker of the A. L. Boorse Motor Car company, Blacklock- Posner Tire Repair company, w. B. Stokes of the United Automobile Supply