The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-24

Yf1E eXeCullVe CCHliilltee OL tilt
 Alabama Travellers association -G met in Selma Saturday and elected D. P. Kirkpatrick of Birming ham as president of the organization to succeed George M. Plaisance, who has resigned on account of leaving the state. Mr. Kirkpatrick left for MonI- gomery yesterday morning and will an the year this week.
 M. P. Teller of Mobile was promoted to the second vice presidency, and Elm met A. Jones of Montgomery will sue ceed Mr. Teller as third vice president of the A. T. A.
 The executive committee now is composed of President Kirkpatrick, Louis Benish, L. J. Adler, L. K. McVoy and A. c. Smith. MT. Benish, who is first vice president, was acting as president pro tenn. Saturday and named MT. McVoy and MT. Adler as mem- bers of the executive committee.
 President Kirkpatrick has been tray- cling out of Birmingham for eight years, representing one of the largest shoe jobbers in the south. He has hosts of friends in the ranks of trav- cling men in Alabama, and he nas promised the A. T. A. his best work.
 "We are going to make the A. T. A. a force to be felt in Alabama" said MT. Kirkpatrick, soon after he was notified of his election to the presi- deney Saturday night. The organiza- ton always has been fighting for the best of everything for the travelling man. We will continue to do this and will also go out after new members. The associat ton now has membership exceeding 900 and before the time of the next annual meeting, which will be in Montgomery next June, we ex- pect to have not less than 2000. With this number it will be hard for any one to deny the travellers that to which they feel they are entitled.
 I've will have an almost irresistible force for good in the state and we will use it to the end that the best in- terests of the whole state be con- served. The A. T. A. stands for some thing in the life of travelling man and we will make it stand for more. We have an organization than which there is none better, and few its equal. We want every travelling man in the state to be affiliated with us and we will have them"
 President Kirkpatrick announced to The Age-Herald that his committee as signments would be made this week, after he confers with Secretary A. c. Smith in Montgomery
 One of the most enthusiastic meet ing Post B of the Travellers Protec- tive association has held in years was that of Saturday night in the directors 1f 1, CI,o,, ,tnr- If GnY,1 1r,1o oYQa R. Bass of Nashville, national chair man of the membership comittee, was the guest of the evening and he de- livered one of the greatest, straight from the shoulder addresses on T. P. A. matters the members of the local post ever listened to.
 Hhe attendance Saturday night was large and everyone who attended was enthusiastic. Many of them made short talks and all agreed that MT. Bass talk struck the right chord
 MT. Bass in his talk told Post that the national membership of the T. P. A. now was, in round numbers, 60,000. And he said it would reach total of 10000 by next May. He said the T. F. A.. with it's local and state connec- tions, was the grandest Chamber of Commerce the world has ever known. He pointed out the many advantages of being a member of the organization and said Birmingham Post B should have not less than $500 members be- fore the next annual meeting of the state association. He called attention to the four skyscraper office buildings at the corner of Twentieth street and First avenue and said there were 1909 eligible men in those buildings alone. He stressed the importance of getting at every eligible man and having him enrolled as a member of the organiza- tion.
 And Post B was impressed With his talk. MT. Bass is of a size calculated to impress He towers above the aver age man and his voice has a dominant quality that makes him well-nigh ir- resistible in an argument. He has writ ten more members in the T. P. A. by his individual effort than any other living man. He devotes almost as much time to the work of the organization as the national secretary. The nation al secretary is the only officer who receives compensation for his services.
 B. l.. Raney state president, was a wis., itor at the meeting of Post B and was one of the speakers. Charles E. Abrams of the local post. was a speaker, and Hughes B. Kennedy delivered an address. F. O. Harvey also made short talk, as did O. P. Fontaine w. R. Mabry,