The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22

so. Prosperity is coming faster and faster.
 South Increasing
 Its Corn Production WEAR before last-1915-wit-
 9 messed a high record in corn production. It was the second time that the total yield in the United States had reached three billion bushels. It was big in the south and big in the vest Last year weather conditions were unfavorable, but this year there is promise of a new high record.
 In response to the governments urging the farmers have planted more corn this spring than ever before. It 1 IS estimated that the acreage is fully
 
 50 per cent greater than it was in i 1915. There is unquestionably large ly increased acreage this year in every southern state, and with fair ly good season the crop this side of the Mason and Dixon line will be a bumper. indeed.
 The south's corn crop in 1915 was approximately 1,175, 5,OOO,O00 bushels. Missouri made the best showing with PIT, ,282,000 bushels. Oklahoma came next with 125, 1885, 1000 bushels. Ala bama's crop that year was 10000, ,OO0 bushels-its highest record. Everybody remembers how disas- trous the floods in this state were in 1916. There was larger planting in Alabama than usual, but the yield totaled only about 43, ,OOO, ,0OO bushels.
 A great acreage of corn has been i planted in Alabama this spring, and still more will be planted before the end of the month. If Alabama does not produce 1OO,000,O0O bushels this year 1t will not be for any lack of interest in the food situation. * * careful policeman stopped Secretary Baker the other day when he was sprint ing to the White House Probably mis- took the dapper secretary for mes- senger boy in muftl * * *
 Sparrows are said to be selling for cents each in Berlin and other Gerran cities The fact that he is worth even cents is enough to make a sparrow feel all puffed up.
 An eastern girl had two suitors and accepted one who enlisted. However. that wasn't fair to the other poor devil. He tried to enlist and was rejected. * * * Critics of the government say great many experts are busy, but they are not getting anywhere. Maybe we need little of that Teuton efficiency. * * * It is reported that New York has changed Billy Sunday. There is no deny- ing the fact that he has picked up lot of metropolitan slang. * * The man who has son in the army or navy, buys few war bonds and dec- orates his automobile with American | flags is doing his bit * * An optician foresees a rise in the price of glasses. And the pity of 1t is that glasses are just as necessary to some people as bread and meat. * The Germanization of the Turks has proceeded with such rapidity that they may soon be putting a won" before their names
 
 the average citizen, but the man in the street knows what Pan-Germany means * * That slump in the batting average of the U-boats is not what you might call an acute disappointment to the Britons. * k
 It has reached the point where the 
 Swiss and Norwegians wax profane every time U-boat is mentioned. * New York will be safer place to live in when the 'wolf of Wall Street" is safely behind the bars. *
 By the way, isn't it about time for the Kaiser to congratulate his invincible troops again? It is proposed to stop flirtations at At- 4.. r.;x.. 51 tsIy,,r acribIa IIndertalx-