The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-25


 and the same evil, no doubt, exists in greater or less degree in all of the other large cities of the country. Pure milk
 and pure water are very essential to the
 life of American cities. but not so with
 prohibition. They have progressed so far in their history without it.
 Roanoke, (va). World: Yesterday was Birmingham's high-record day in church going. If the number of church buildings
 had been doubled all would have been
 we'll filled. As it was several of them
 were packed to overflowing g.-Birmingham Age Herald.
 Of course it was Easter-hat day Hattiesburg News: The Birmingham | Age-Herald suggests that Senator LaFol- 1ettes squad of 97 men who are sup posed to control the finances of the coun- try should organize a society. We were
 under the impression that they were al-
 ready organized and that this organiza-
 tion was the animus of the senator's speech.
 ] San Antonio Express Says Paul Cook: Just imagine the wife of six husbands
 going to heaven and finding the six hus- bands -there' As such a find is abso- lutely out of the question: why indulge the misery of the imagination ?-Houston Post At the same time. try to imagine | the feelings of those six husbands if that one mother-in-law accompanied their wife.
 Pensacola Journal: The Birmingham Age-Hersald predicts that Governor John son of Minnesota will be nominated for vice president at Denver, with MT. Bryan, of course, at the head of the ticket. A happy suggestion and that is just the
 way it ought to be- If Governor Johnson is the true-blue democrat we take him to be, he will consent to the programme and his name on the ticket will undoubt- edly give strength to it-more strength, perhaps, than any other name could. There is plenty of time yet for him to lead the party, and he would make a
 in the White House.
 Centreville Press: The Age Herald and
 
 a campaign to exterminate the filthy and
 disease-breeding house fly. It is hoped
 that this educational campaign to exter-
 minate this breeder will Spread until every family will look upon the house fly as a personal enemy to health and cleanliness and start the crusade of extermination. It can never be done when some screen their houses and keep their premises clean, while otbers are maintain- ing and keeping up hatcheries and breed ing them by the millions.
 Tuscumbia Alabamian-D Dispatch: The Age-Herad of Birmingham in a recent editorial expressed the wish of the cti- zens of Birmingham that the Southern railway would again establish their double daily service between this city and Br- mingham It is said that the present ar engagement is working a hardship on the business men of Birmingham who would like to visit this section of the state, but cannot do so on account of the delay and loss of time in laying over in the Tri- Cities. We believe they are right. The present arrangement is injuring the busl- ness interests of the Tri-Cities, as it keeps people from coming here to do their shopping. A person coming here from Russelkile has to stay over here all 1 night, while as it was before they could return the same day. The Age-Herald asks that all good citizens interested
 write President w. w. Finley of the Southern, asking for the restoration. | These trains have all along been well pa- | tronized, and we cannot see why it would
 not pay the company to do this.