The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-01
Bamkhead Highway

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and Roads Generally
7FHIS month of August is to be
u distinctively a month for good
roads activities. On the 14th and
18th, officially designated as Good
Roads Days, every farmer, and thou
sands of citizens interested in good
highways, will be expected to turn
out" and do their "bit' by manual
labor or encouragement otherwise to
promote the road movement.
But besides the two days of work
expected on the part of Alabama
people, the Bankhead highway inspec-
ton tour of the scouts, or pathfind-
ers, will be of absorbing interest.
This locating committee will consist
of two engineers-one of them gov
eminent engineer-two citizens from
east of Atlanta and one representative
of the automobile interests.
The committee will leave Atlanta
August IA and will reach Birming-
ham August IT. A stop will be made
here at that time of only a few hours.
The pathfinders will proceed to Mis-
sissippi by way of Jasper, and will
reach Memphis and be entertained
there on August 20. From Memphis
they will return to Birmingham and
will be entertained here on the 22d.
No highway project is of such wide
spread interest in a large section of
the country as this called in honor
of Senator Bankhead of Alabama, the
author of the bill, enacted into law,
appropriating $75,000,O00 for the i'm
provement of post roads. The Bank
head road will be completed between
Birmingham and Greensboro, N. c.,
early in the fall, and within twelve
months it will be completed all the
way from Washington, D. c., to Mem
phis.
The objective point in "the far
west" is Los Angeles. When all the
links between the national capital
and Memphis are built up it will not
take long to carry the work through
to California.
Look out for the scouts and be ready
to entertain them on the 22d.
Another sure sign that we are al war:
Pictures of American warships are ap-
pearing in~the newspapers with the print.
ed announcement that they were passed
by the Censor.
Germany fears that the enmity of the
world after the war is over will hurt
her trade. Germany should have thought
of that little earlier in tho game
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The old-fashioned man who used to
perform difficult parlor tricks has been
superseded by monographs and player
pianos which any fool can operate
Slav troops are reported to be showing
their patriotism once more. Unfortun-
ately, the patriotism Of many Russians
is not fire and sword proof
Recent photographs of King Alexander
of Greece show that n is cultivating
a toothbrush mustache in addition to
his other duties.
You don't hear of Mr.. Hurley and Ad-
miral Caps wasting valuable time quib-
bling, avery good indication that they
are on the job.
An admirable trait of King George is
that he resists the temptation to har-
angue British troops at every oppor-
tunity.
That Senator Underwood has the cour-
age of his convictions is shown by his
speech against the prohibition amend
ment.
The average man isn't going to shed
any tears when he hears that his wifes
favorite movie star has been conscripted
A movie producer inveigs against the
slipshod press agent and himself does
great violence to the Kings English.
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There are many tests Of optimism, but
nothing is more apt to show up mans
true disposition than heat wave.
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Mayor Thompson says he is for Amer
lea first That's what George Sylvester
viereck and other pro-Germans say.
The press is assured that the gag it
is asked to wear is of a conforta BILE
design and well padded.
If Germany had behaved herself. Amer
lea would not be in possession of the
biggest shin afloat