The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-24
Varying Maj0rities
For Amendments

submitted for ratification in the fu-
ture with good chance of polling a
majority vote. The state canvassing
board completed it's work only
Wednesday.
Of the six amendments before the
Alabama electorate on November z,
four were adopted, and they were the
most urgent. The majorities varied
materially, and as might have been ex-
pected the educational led all the rest.
But the majority for it would not have
been so large, notwithstanding its
transcendent merits, had not the
friends of education and the many
civic bodies of Alabama joined forces
and conducted we'll planned cam
Ipaign.
1t was telling work, and we must
have the same kind of campaign in
Jefferson county for the 3-mill tax
amendment, to be voted for on Feb
ruary 6.
Of vital interest was the bank meas
ure, placing savings and open account
dopositors on the same footing in case
an institution fails.
The amendment providing for BIZ
ennial sessions of the legislature
proved popular. There was no pro-
nounced leadership in charge of its
fortunes, and yet it was disapproved
by majority of only 1886.
AS to the forthcoming election in
Jefferson county, no county is in
greater need of the operation of the
educational amendment than this.
Here, in the largest and richest coun-
ty in the state, we have only seven
month schools. We must have terms
of full nine months. We must have
better school buildings and more of
them. Every citizen should vote eyes"
on the 3-mill tax question. That will
give US adequate revenue to make the
public school system in this county
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what it should be.
| There is a slight decrease in the Florida
grapefruit crop, but approximately the
same number of innocent by-sitters will
be spattered by the juice.
A pessimist predicts that beans in bean
soup will soon be as scarce as oysters in
oyster stews It's hard to be cheerful
with people like that
| A merchant says there is no reason why
women's shoes should be high, but he wa s
referring to the price. Everybody knows
WHY IHey redcn nigh.
The Chicago Tribune's spleen isn't 60
ing to hurt California. 1t never has hurt
the south, on which it has been freely
vented.
Every young woman who is adept at
punching the bag is not necessarily train
ing herself to become a militant suffra
gette
| Mr.. Hughes congratulated Mr. Wilson
in much the same spirit that man says
You're welcome" to bill collector.
| Captain Koenig is not engaged in q
business that he can reasonably expect
to retire from on account of old age.
The new Emperor of Austria affects a
tooth brush" mustache, but he'll shave
it off If the Kaiser tells him to-
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It's true that the Servians have a can.
ital now, but it isn't much of town from,
an architectural point of view.
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Photographs of wounded soldiers being
nursed by royalty show the poor devils
to be rather i'll at ease
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| Now that all the election bets have been
paid, Stockholders act like men relieved
CT grave responsibilities.
Miss Ruth Law is really not a bad
looking girl. Some OF her pictures sim
ply don't do her justice.
| fashionable wedding does a great deal
to console a girl who was ambitious tc
become a movie star.
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The high cost of living has added con.
siderable dignity to the peanut and the
prune.
Mr.. Fairbanks takes defeat coolly. He
has been taking things that way all hi.
life.
THE MAN HIGHER UP
From the Washington Star.
1.-The old-fashioned boy used to re.
spect every word his father said"