The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-01

SUI, Uu1 IHe ldCIeT Heeu It more. The negroes of the Birmingham dis trict, and in some other parts of the state, have acquired property. In the cities and towns many of them owr comfortable homes and in the agricul. tural districts are found many pros porous farmers among the colored people, who have bought and paid for the lands which they cultivate. This progress on the part of the negroes has been the result of thrift habits by small savings.
 The high wages paid in and around Birmingham should promote thrift. It does, no dorbt, in many cases, but it is known in industrial circles that the higher the wages the more ex- travagant some people become. In .practicing thrift now for the benefit of the government all classes will con- tinue to save their small coins after the war is over.
 The savings stamp propaganda is all the better named when the word thrift is attached to it. The negroes are receiving every encouragement from the state director and others &C., lively engaged in pushing this cam paign. There is inspiration on every side and there should be no doubt about Alabama raising its forty-eight million-dollar quota.
 x < # A man who stated on his questionnaire that he was the father of two children hastened back and reported to an ex- emption board that twins had arrived The storok never seems ot know when enough is a plenty.
 !. # t When your office boy has invested any where from s to $10 more in war sav- ings stamps than you have, it's high time for you to get busy and redeem yourself.
 Imagine how tired it makes a citizen of Berlin to hear that the former vater- land carries as many as 5000 American soldiers on one trip to France.
 < < j. The fellow who complains because he has to eat war bread ought to spend about week in the trenches and learn what war really means.
 # H a After the Germans have had a few more brushes with American soldiers they may be convinced that America really intends to fight.
 # # I. A New York paper says the moonshiner Is not as bad as the stuff re makes If that is a compliment let the moonshiner make the most of it.
 The colonel has had his heart set on that third cup of coffee ever since he left the White House. He's going to die Fl disappointed man.
 < ss <, Birmingham will have a solid week of .shal1espearean performances. The Ba- conians are requested not to butt in and spoil cur enjoyment.
 If Director McAdoo had little more cooperation on the part of the weather man, he could show better results.
 t * * German breweries have been forced to shut down for lack of barley. That's the beginning of the end.
 * * * Parisians are queer fish in some re- spects. Caillaux is still somewhat of popular idol over there.
 sk Js x Nearly everything has gone up in price, but the justly famous ''hot dog is still to be had for a nickel
 x * E No matter how many times Nicholas Romanoff escapes he doesn't seem to get anywhere.
 Steamboating on the Mississippi river these days is just one ice cake after an-, other.
 % x * Military police don't go in much for "bay-window' effects at the waistline. r x x get too bad to suit the allies.
 < < < Secretary Bakers critics have no wind left in their sails.
 # # # The Red guards see red on the slight est provocation.
 * a * Alabama faces deluge of prohibition oratory.
 
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