The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
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CTATE SUPERINTENDENT TEA O GIN of the department of educa- tion is greatly encouraged in the con- duct of the campaign for the school tax amendment to be submitted to the voters in the general election in
 November by the The Farmers and active cooperation the Amendment of the Farmers
 union. The adop- tion of this amendment will be of in- calculable benefit to every county in Alabama and will do more than any other agency to remove illiteracy.
 Especially beneficial will it be to the rural districts where school facili- ties have been woefully inadequate. The members of the Farmers union, realizing the situation and the urgent need of betterment, are now aroused, and will help to roll up large ma iority for the amendment.
 The greater the majority the greater will be the enthusiasm in the campaign that will follow for special school tax elections.
 TIP to July Is, the total enistments u in Canada number 350,657. On tario led with 40,190. The Canadian troops have fought gallantly for Great Britain. Time and again their courage has been put to the test and they have
 never failed Great Britain's Debt Small wonder to Colonial Troops if the British
 government de- lights to do them honor and is proud of the fine showing they have made.
 Not less heroic are the Australian contingents. It was not their fault that the Gallipoli campaign failed. They conducted themselves with the great est bravery and continue to share with the Canadians first honors among Great Britain's colonial troops.
 It is fine sentiment which has sent these men thousands of miles across the sea to fight for the mother country. They have made sacrifices as willingly and have fought as bravely as any other Englishmen. They have shown the solidarity of the British en- pire and by their sufferings have drawn it's great colonial possessions closer together.
 Among the Canadian troops at the front are many American Soldiers of fortune" who are successfully exempli- flying the spirit of '76" in new en- vironment, fighting as gallantly for England as their ancestors fought against her.
 1FR. HUGHES will start on a Nl preliminary campaign early in August. The democrats will begin later, but September will witness the presidential contest in full swing. The main hope of the republican organiza- tion has been in a reunited party
 which seemed prom, Campaign Work ising shortly aftel Soon in Order MT. Hughes nomi
 nation and Colone Roosevelt's pledge of support; but as time passes it is more and more evi dent that defection in the progressive ranks is there to stay. And it con tinues to spread.
 When Roosevelt led a majority o1 republicans to revolt against tht standpat bosses four years ago, many of them quit the old organization fol 
 good, and no amount of coaxing vii induce them to accept the ticke headed by MT. Hughes. Others were open-minded, but when they got it int their minds that they had been de ceived and betrayed all chances of get ting them back into the fold vanished While MT. Hughes and his campaign chairman, MT. Wilcox, have been al tactful in handling the moose problem as they knew how and can count oi the votes of those progressives wh' have personally declared themselve through local leaders for the repub lican nominees, there is naturally {