The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Louisville Courier-Journal Any Bir- mingham druggist charged with selling whisky may be acquitted upon the testi- mony of an expert
 Pell City Progress: Birmingham is great enough in it's way, but it was an awful oversight not to have included Pell City within the limits.
 Montgomery Times: The Barons gave the Cub champions a tight race, but in- peached the glory of it by mixing up with their visitors in row. This is country baseball of primeval times.
 Pell City Progfess: There are six good reasons why Atlanta can not hope to rival Birmingham. First, Birmingham natural advantages are unequaled by any other American city. The other five are the same.
 Montgomery Times: Birmingham is en- deavoring very hard to convince the world that prohibition is more effective than good many people really believe. From statistical standpoint she is making some headway in establishing that contention. Montgomery Times: The Birmingham baseball club has handled the visiting big league clubs in manner to discount the estimate some people have been making that the Barons are not to be seriously considered in the Southern league count ing.
 Dadeville Spot Cash: Birmingham's "Home Label" rule should be adopted by every community and town that pro- duces anything. Tine idea is a good one to encourage every effort to improve their products and keep the money at home, instead of sending away for something no better than can be produced right at home.
 Pel City Progress: Financial students in this neck of the woods are much pug zled over the railway reform problem. One-half cent less to Birmingham and return, minus one night away from home to reach Birmingham during business hours, also minus cost of lodging and breakfast, equals how much on 12 trips per year?
 Sheffield Standard: Alderman Heidt of Birmingham is "reformer" from away back. He proposes the enactment of an ordinance making it a penal offense for any Birmingham newspaper to admit whisky advertisements into it's columns. Mr. Heidt's assininity illustrates to what extent fanaticism can go when it once gets fair start.
 Montgomery Times: The Birmingham raids on social clubs, which were organ ized for the purpose Of promoting "art and literature are still being prosecuted by the sheriffs forces and the police de- partment of that city. "Art and litera- ture" in Birmingham are evidently legally construed outside of rules prevailing in the classical code
 Roanoke Leader: Prohibition is still prohibiting some in Birmingham. During March just passed the total number of arrests was 495 against 9O2 in March, 1907. The Age-Herald, which strenuously op- posed prohibition, says in it's news col lumns: There appears to be a steady de- crease of crime as each month passes, monthly reports of the court showing larger percentage of decrease in the num- Der of arrests each succeeding month";
 Gadsden Journal: Birmingham is en- tertaining a coterie of steel magnates of the United States Steel company, includ- ing w. E. Corey, president of the com- pany, who are making an inspection of the district, and as a result of whose investigation the Magic City hopes to reap some substantial developments. These steel men will be in the Alabama district the remainder of tine week, and an effort should be made to have them visit Gadsden before returning north.