The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-10
'ADAMSON GIVES HIS
 EMPLOYES ADVICE AS WELL AS BONUS
Annual Dinner of Adamson Motor Car Company Is Given at the Tutwiler
 Last Night

Company. last night gave the third an- nual dinner to his employees, at the Hotel Tutwiler, and announced a new plan for the annual distribution of bonuses Instead of giving each employe the money outright, announcement was savings account at a local bank to the credit of the employe, and he asked them during the coming year to see how much they could swell their savings accounts. During the course of the dinner prizes were awarded for the saving of war while a number of short talks were made by those present. Twenty-Five pc" cent of the employees of the company have been with MT. Adamson since the open ing of the Birmingham establishment, August IA, 1917.
 In his annual talk, MT. Adamson had some things to say which may prove Of interest to every employer in the dis trict. He said in part:
 TIME TO UNLOAD T am going to start this meeting by getting short speech out of my system. and if any of you have anything on your mind, now is mighty good time to unload.
 Tt is the greatest pleasure of my life to realize that twenty-five per cent of us were employed during the first eight months of this company's existence. Some of our original force now sleep in Flanders fields.
 q hope that the remaining few of those who left us, wherever they are, are do- ing as well as we, and l wish for them a happy and prosperous future.
 T welcome you younger employees into our organization and as years go by l hope we can work and prosper together.
 Tt is not wise for us to waste time gloatng over things that we have al ready done, for as successful men we will be envied by our fellowmen and new obstacles will be put in our path
 "Only the man who does things IS criticized and only those with goods are attacked by robbers.
 we must defend and live up to the good reputation and I want every one or you to bear this in mind while climbing up the ladder Of success
 You are part of the largest Ford agency in the State, and one of the la argest in the United States. I don't know of a building that can compare favorably with the one that we will De in shortly. And if you do, I'd ike TOT you to tell me so that I can go see it.
 DEFLATION PERIOD
 'This country is now in a deflation
 ov-d fn even at a very high rate of interest. ! have seen this coming for some time. The Adamson Motor Company has been gotten ready to sail successfully through the storm
 Every man should do as this com pany has done by preparing Tor storm which comes in every mans Ire To encourage you to save we nave oe- posted in local savings bank your bonus for 1920. We hope that one year hence, you will have added something to your account or invested your saw Eings in home.
 "A bank account means legitimate credit, at legal rate of interest, which will tide you through long sickness and prevent the loan shark from get ting you. You know that down in my heart I wan. to help you and l believe the best way to do it is to show how to get credit without using mine.
 "It does not do man nor his com pany any good to give him money that he does not use to advantage. So if we are able to give a bonus next year the amount of money saved will play an important part in the size Of the bonus each man gets.
 THE MAN WORTH MORE
 q believe that a man is better citizen and is worth more to himself his family and his employer and for those reasons he is entitled to more pay If every one of you owned your own home had few chickens and 8 small garden, l believe the nigh cost of living would hardly be noticed. '"The spendthrift has made the profi- teer possible, and the idle mans brain has furnished free space for the devils workshop. "As we start out on our new year want to say that the success we have attained will not make a spendthrifi nor a loafer out of me and in spite oi the fact that there are more obstacles to overcome and more rocks to steer around, will guide our good old shiI successfully through anotherv year.
 My slogan for next year will be Don't make excuses; make good. l believe that if every one will join me l in my determination and accept my | slogan as yours our success during the l coming year will be assured" l The employees of the company pres l ent last night included:
 | Reese Adamson, Ed Watson, Clauc | Thompson Charles Denham, Jear l Knott. Olin Garrett, M. Lawley, M Messerole, B. M. Majors, J. c. Shackel- l ford Hayse Tucker, M. H. Cosper, A D. Harris, George Seger, A. L. Houston | Grady Morrow, A. Boon, Pearl Lye- finance. s. l.. Adair, Key Hiers. c ! Woods J. B. Bannett, J. B. Broome Stuart Coleman, Bernice King, Uncle