San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-09

statesmen in the Southwest. who mas
sold motor cars here and in sur
rounding cities for more than eleven
years, and who until recently was
with the local Oldsmobile distributor,
has allied himself with the San An
tonic Overland company.
I. ID. Mckee. general manager of
the San Antonio Overland company,
Willys-Knight and Overland dis
trbutors for Southwest Texas, says
that. since reductions were an
nounced by WHY'S Overland, the San
Antonio Overhead company has been
fairly deluged with telephone calls,
letters and mail orders. Never in his
experience as an automobile man, he
says. has he seen greater interest
manifested in two automobiles.
r. II. Shell, Willys-Overland deal
er at Gregory, in the heart of the
great cotton belt of South Texas,
made two trips to San Antonio last
week, each time taking out a fleet of
Willys-Knight and Overland cars OBJ
tanned from the San Antonio Over
land company, distributors for South
west 1eXaS.
Ed 8. Haroldson, Willys-Overland
dealer at Alice, was in San Antonio
the early part of the week 10 take
delivery on several cars from the
San Antonio Overland company.
Owing to the labor shortage at Alice,
Mr.. Haroldson had to wait until he
arrived in San Antonio before hiring
drivers.
Warren Young of the Young Auto
company of Beeville, called on Off
cials of the San Antonio Overland
company last week. He drove back
two cars.
Adolph Adamcik, WHY'S Overland
dealer at Smithville, was here last
week to take delivery on a WHY'S
knight Country Club, sold to Joe
Psencik, prominent Smithville mer-
chant.
Ralph s. Robertson, originator of
, the Robertson savings bank or
That all May Ride" plan for pur-
chasing cars, used with great sue
cess by the Wroten-Hundley Motor
company, says the plan is turning
out beyond his fondest hopes. Sew
eral local bankers, he asserts, have
declared the plan to be one of the
most practicable as well as sensible
of which they have ever heard.
when you secure such an endorse
ment from bankers, who are usually
the most difficult to sell on a new
proposition, it must be all right"
said Robertson.
Among Buick dealers calling on G.
J. Flint of the Buick Motor CON-
pany last week were Jesse Simple of
New Braunfels, Henry Basher of
Weimer, W. S. Clark of Lockhart,
Clarence Covert of Austin, Adley
Bruested of Seguin, W. +. Magee of
Georgetown, +. Z. Crouch of Taylor.
G. ]. Flint, sales manager Of the
San Antonio Buick branch, has re-
moved his office from the lobby of
tie 5BHick branch house building to
an inner office where he will have
more privacy.
G. ]. Flint, sales manager Of the
San Antonio Buick branch, probably
answers and makes as many long
distance telephone calls as the aver
age business executive does local
calls. There are nearly fifty Buick
dealers under the supervision Of the
San Antonio bsanch and it frequent
ly happens that Mr.. Flint talks with
nearly all of these dealers in a day.
Local automobile dealers and sales
men sympathize with Claud Newton,
San Antonio Buick company sales
men, in the loss of his brother.
Saunders who died last week in Ell
Paso.
Z. @. Spires, travelling representa-
tive Of the Buick Motor company.
spent the weekend with the local
branch, after tour of the territory
the early part Of the week. Spires
has been assisting dealers at different
places with fair displays. principally
for the last several weeks and he
hints he will not be sorry when the
! fair season is over.
The San Antonio Motor Sales
company, Star end DuSant distri-
butors for Southwest Texas, recently
unloaded 16 Star cars for the local
market Sales of both Star and On.
rant cars are unusually good at pres
ent, company executives report.
Jack Carson. sale manager for Cliff
ton Georges Texas distributors In,
returned from his first vacation in tw,
years. He returned "in high" for h,
closed three prospects Immediately
upon his arrival.
One woman to whom the Texas Dis
tributors just sold Rickenbacker
placed deposit on a model which wa,
en- route to San Antonio. She request
e1 that her name not be used in TN,
papers until Sic received he- car 70,
she so enjoyed "talking TO the many
competitive salesmen!" So gentlemen
beware!
Clifton Georges Texas Automobil,
Distributors, which firm handles III,
Rickenbacker, Wills Sainte Claire anC
Cleveland cars has been nicknamed tbt
Tad Company" by numerous peonle
This started when they began advertis
ing "see tad" in their not-new cal
ads.
Clifton George Jr., is interested II
getting in touch with any other dealer,
who intended sending representative
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