The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-09-01

twenty of those for whom Sunday ut tered his petition were clean shaven. He simply indulged in figurative language.
 Not many years ago when ministers and elderly men generally were well bearded, and pulling of the whiskers was a nervous manifestation on the part of the individual and was sign that he was either troubled or bored. As Billy Sunday never bores-he IS too sensational for that-it may he that the ministers on the platform were merely worried about something. But, figurative though the evangel- ist's whisker phrase was, his prayer doubtless had the desired effect.
 HsHE better farming campaign in ! Alabama, which has been in progress nearly two weeks, has aroused much interest and valuable re- suits will follow. It will continue through September and October and when it is over government specialists in crop diversification and live stock husbandry Better Farming Will will have Mean More Homeseekers visited ev- cry part of of the state. In the northern tier of counties, where the present campaign was inaugurated under the direction of the Alabama extension service, with the cooperation of experts supplied by the United States department of agriculture and the railroads travers- ing the state, the meetings are being largely attended and all the reports are to the effect that the farmers are giving eager attention to the discus- sions.
 Diver.ificatir got a start in many Of the counties of northern Ala. "a several years ago, and that explains why the farmers of those counties were prosperous in 1915 when the black belt farmers suffered because their only money crop was cotton.
 The first diversification campaign was organized in 1914. The mind of the cotton farmer was then turned to the splendid possibilities that lay in the cultivation of food crops on a large scape, but some of the farmers were slow to act.
 The diversification movement has been kept we'll in evidence and now wit ha fresh campaign in full swing it may be safely predicted that Ala bama will take great step forward within the next 12 months.
 Many homeseekers will come from the north this winter and settle on small farms in the south. A low price for good land is decided attraction to the prospective settler, and Alabama should get her share of the new corners.
 lE- railroads operating in this sec tion have advertised the advantages offered by Alabama agriculturally and industrially. The fruits of such sover- Using came slowly, perhaps, but it will be only a question of time when this state will be one of the richest in the union. Better farming will hasten the time.
 rTHE growth of the postal savings ! system since it was inauguarted under Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock, in 1911, has been highly gratifying. Each depositor averaged more than $56 at the close of that
 fiscal year. In 1912 Postal Savings the average ;n- System Popular creased to $89, was $1O2 in 1913 $111 in 1914. At the close of the 1915 fiscal year the total deposits were 
 $65, ,684,708, and the depositars num- bered 525, ALA, which made an average of more than $125 for each depositor.
 The postal savings system appeals ,, most strongly prehaps to our foreign population and many of them have taken advantage of it. The absolute security afforded by the United Staees government inspires confidence in timid depositors which no bank could hope to create.
 The newly aiyivsd immigrant trusts