The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-04

ranges were CIOoS6o, iiuiHOiOuS ohdi p and dangerous turns made-127 of them
 in one 14-mile stretch; and the last
 130 miles made in a pouring rain.
 emerge from a bath. Dune swears it was
 the soap that caused him to lose his bal ance.
 F. R. Merritt, district manager of the
 Premier Motor company, which was re-
 gently reorganized at a capital of s, 2,500 900,
 was in the city last week. He says the
 Premier is coming out with one of the
 classiest machines On the market.
 Give Richardson, live wire member of
 the Brownell organization, has lined up
 bunch of live dealers over the state.
 c. w. knows how to turn the trick and
 he is doing it to a queens taste.
 Frank Jutz of the Union Pacific and
 Ted Brownell made a certain car take quite bit of dust few days ago. Frank says he is "off' that speed stuff for awhile.
 Jack Crenshaw wears the same old smile and is selling the Studebakers with the same old pep.
 
 five months. Some record. The old boy is making the gang take notice. Soap Is as good an alibi as anything else. You must give the boy credit for thinking up something new to blame it on. No other guy ever thought of blam- ing it on thing so wiggly as soap. "A T. Speights says if the price of gaso- line continues tO StaU yUb fc ba 1ry;I1 have to close his order books on Max wells. He claims, and says he will prove it, that the MaXwells will do 20 miles on
 gallon under the worst conditions Alma Franklin Watkins. Salesman Overland Birmingham Co., That was the way Al told the insurance fellow how tc ! make out the policy and Al ought to know what his right name is
 II. J. Ledb etter.~ factory branch man. ager of the Superior Truck Company. 21: South Twentieth street, says the truck business is getting better every day. He is hustler and if he don't put a bunch Of Superior trucks in the hands of some big business houses he will surprise every
 one in town. He has placed several al. ready.
 Federal trucks were delivered to the
 Coca Cola Bottling company of Selma, the Harris Warehouse company, and the Bir.
 mlngham Packing company last week. One of the Overland salesmen has
 reached such a state of affluence from
 the sale of these popular cars that he
 mas acquired 'sweet' in one of the office buildings downtown At least th.t
 is the rumor that is afoat.
 s That Wofford gasoline is delivering tbe
 goods all right They claim more nan . nd
 power and it seems as if their claims re true. ai Chester Alexander and Gordon Hew. son will take a chance on five gal Ions or gasoline any old day. All that
 is necessary IS for the writer of this column to show up. A kidnapine takes place immediately and the gang beats 1t Tor the rear of the shop. where "Flivver" is knocked loose for more than five gallons of gasoline and al-
 most enough for five gallons of any thing. At that, Gordon, Chester and Brad, Jr., should call a fellow up and lei him look on while they have a party over his "bones."
 Will sonny" Mcdonald is batting the ball in the vulcanizing department of the Drennen Go. Sonny" has showed what he is made of and the boy is one of the best vulcanizers in the hrs- mess today. Show me a man that don't like Sonny and will show you a guy that don't know him.
 Tom Shields and Billy Schopnert have been seen together a great deal lately. It is the best bet of the sea son to lay few bucks that these two will be in boat with some fishins rods and bait this Sunday. Jewell Taylor says Frank Gafford had better lay off him. Jewell says he knows Franks right name and when he tells 1t they will be no use in hay ing nonskids on his rear wheels. It's q poor engine that don't "pou off" now and then. The man without a "back fire" is like an engine with out ignition.
 It's harder to find the waist line ot a dame these days than to get the oil level in the crankcase of motor. Joe Hughes of the Whitman Taxicah company Is back on the night shift Joe is the boy that can put it over They ought to call him "Fixer Joe" Al that he has enough friends to estab- fish reserve battalion of able bodied fighting men in case of war. Benny