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HARRIS COUNTY MEET
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Earnest Gates fell out of his chair. A con-
siderable jar resulted, and during the con-
fusion of setting up chairs, picking up
dishes and so on, everybody forgot all
about the voting.
The very successful meeting was ar-
ranged by A. H. Shannon, of Coin Ma-
chine Sales Co.; Hans Von Reydt. of Elec-
tro Ball; A. J. Haxthausen of Record Shop;
and W. A. Niemackl, Executive Secretary
.. of the Association. All those present, ex-
cept on,, had a· grand lime. The one un-
happy person was a certain lunkhead who
made the mistake· of eating a full meal
before going to the meeting.
The next regular meeting was held al
the 1313n Milam Hotel October 22, with
President Atkins in the chair and every
elective officer and nineteen members an-
swering roll call. Eight non-members we~e
present. D. W. Willet joined as soon as
the meeting opened.
Immediately after opening formalities ,
discussion was opened as to ways . and
means of dealing with the problem •of re-
tail sales lo operators' locations. Over
half the meeting was spent in an effort
to decide upon some effective and honor-
able method to combat this very present
and rapidly increasing menace. It was
reported that the person or firm making
these sales, while purP.orting to represent
one well known manufacturer, had offered
to supply locations with any mak~ of ma- ·
chine desired. At the lime of the meeting
twenty-five locations formerly held by As-
sociation members had been sold on the
retail sales plan.
According to reliable information and
verified by specific investigation, these ma-
chines are sold on the plan of "nothing
down, $25 a month, two years service, and
fifty records free. It was also disclosed
that no new machines, other than those
of the company represented by this retail
sales agent, had been sold.
Representatives of three jobbers firms ;
A. H. Shannon of Coin Machine Sales Co.,
Hans Von Reydt of Electro Ball Co., and
H. H. Horton of Stelle and Horton express-
ed a willingness to cooperate with opera-
tors. Those same jobbers went a step
further and offered to make a deal to
supply operators needing new equipment
to meet competition.
The Association requested full coopera-
tion of all record shops, salesmen and
factory representatives. Each member
promised, as an individual operator, lo
concentrate upon the task of recovering
the twenty-five locations lost through di-
rect sales.
Further new business included passage
of a motion allowing initiation fee to be
paid $5.00 down and $5.00 per week with
full membership privilege after the first
payment. Initial membership fee will re-
main $25 until all operators in the county
have had opportunity to join. Dues are
25 cents a month for each machine on
location. At present there are 21 mem-
bers, representing over 2,000 machines.
A board of directors named by the
Presiden.t includes E. N. Gates/F. S. Clan-
cy, H. H. Cruse, Preston Hopper and J. R.
Hazlett.
Meetings are held each first and third
Thursday evenings until further notice. •
Uniqi,eness in wall coverings has been achieved by Joe Mogul, Jtttrng at the left of the
Mills Do Re Mi which supplies music for the patrons of his Riverside Tavern in El Paso.
Motul lined the walls with beer cans emptied at his bar.
Realism, Beauty
accountable for
Seeburg sales.
CHICAGO. - Illumined grille, realistic
lone and general beauty of appearance of
Seeburg's Rex and Roya]e Symphonolas
are b u i I d i n g tremendous popularity
throughout the country for these instru-
ments, and that, in turn, is having a defi-
nite effect upon sales, according to re-
port from Seeburg Salesmanager H. T.
Roberts.
"Synonymous with the large crowds that
gather wherever a Seeburg Symphonola
is displayed is the tremendous increase
in their sale," he indicated. "This in-
crease indicates beyond question the ap-
preciation on the part of operators for
new developments in the phonographic
TOMMY DORSEY
field, and the enthusiasm which accom-
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panies the orders that continue to flow
DIPSEY- DOODLE
into our sales office is only a slight indi-
"Who" is another "Marie" and you know cation of the splendid applause that is
what that means to your cashboxl
greeting Seeburg Symphonolas in all parts
of the country .
"The illuminated grille and play inspir-
LISTEN TO
ing performance of the Royale and Rex,
THE OLD TIMERS' ORCHESTRA
together with their realistic tone, are mak-
ing it possible for people to hear the
Every Number a Hit!
best of the latest music realistically repro-
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duced. People are not satisfied with music
WHO'S KISSING HER NOW
just phonographically reproduced; they in-
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sisl on realism. They want to feel that
LOVE YOU
the orchestra or singer is right there in
DEAR OLD Cl RL
the room with them. It is because of
this demand for realism that people are
~ins1S1ing., uJ'>i;m Seaburg Symphonolas and
. con·s equently . this . fact is booming the
sale.ii,. ··oLRoyG'!le· -cind Rex to giant pro-
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. "What ar~" y;:;u tj.oing?" said the boss as
LOS ANGELES . , . . 2027 South Figuer~ -~ he .• caught the s\J.lpping clerk in the act of
SAN FRANCISCO . . . . . 70 .. Tenth Street • stealing sofne merchandise.
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