The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-21
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Loan Will Be Offered

Loan Will Be Offered
 There seems to be in the minds of many people an erroneous idea as ts the meaning of the announcement from Washington that there will be no fifth or Victory Bond issue," said R. A. Porter, who has been appointed chair man of the next war loan campaign in the Birmingham zone of 10 counties.
 While there has not been a definite announcement, enough has been said to know that loan will be offered to the public sometime in April. and that it will be sold through the Liberty Loan organization.
 That this loan will be a great suc- cess goes without saying. There are people who spend much time in telling us that it cannot be done but such are discounting American patriotism. Surely no man with spark of Ameri- canism is willing to be quitter, at the very time when we have the oppor- tunity to be of real service, when we are needed most by our boys, our own country and by our allies" Central Market For Producers The Civic association is at present working on the establishment of cen- tral market where the farmer may bring his produce and the citizens buy it, said c. L. Harold, secretary-manager, "and during the past few days I have received several letters from civic organizations in Washington, Houston, Tex, Indianap- oils and Cincinnati, telling of the opera tion of similar markets in those cities.
 If the central market is established here the housekeepers will have an op- portunity to buy direct from the farmer and thus save the profits of the middle man. This will also be an incentive to the farmer to raise more foodstuffs if home"
 Local Interest in CIcmenceau
 Its true that President Wilson got a great popular reception in France" said H. Key Miner, land by his demo- cratic manner and straightforward speeches appealed to the rank and file in way beyond any of the leading figures from the other countries, and I am glad at the interest manifested in America by the man in the street over the attempted assassination of M Clemenceau.
 Tt shows that the great Frenchman utation as a man of courage and strength"
 Winter Gardens Possible Here
 "Very few people here in Birming- ham who have spring, summer and fall gardens have yet learned that it pays to have winter gardens" said Robert Jemison. ST.
 For example. one day this week I had on my table six vegetables out of my garden. One can have winter cab bage, collards, and carrots without any trouble, and onions and other varieties of root vegetables if they will only take the trouble"
 Farmers Backward in Flowing T have never for at least over a
  backward in their blowing as they are this season." said Dr. J. F. Dugger of Auburn. I have been going over the state good deal of late and only few fields have been plowed. The wet weather has certainly given the farmers slow start.'
 Will Soon Free Alabama
 "rhe statewide law just enacted by the legislature on the cattle tick will soon make this state free from this parasitic" said Harvey Chandler. who is an enthusiast on live stock.
 But 24 counties remain outside tha tick-free territory, and with the law vigorously enforced. 1919 should see this evil pass out. With the tick elim- mated, our state should soon be filled with creameries like our neighbor, Mis- sissippi, which boasts of 3S first-class plants"
 Barnett Wants Good Roads 'T am having a great trip" writes J. Mercer Barnett, from Florida, land the more I travel in the Land of Flowers the more I am convinced that Alabama ought to wake up on the matter of good roads. M T got a glimpse of John D. Rocke- feller the other night, and he is after all just an ordinary human being and would not be distinguished in a crowd unless pointed out"  vOx POPULI From the Atlanta Journal. People who are tired of cynical crit icism of the government should re- member that in a republic something or somebody has to be knocked just to uphold tradition.
 
 LUKE M'LUKE SAYS Anyway thin girl has the consolation of knowing that only a little of it has to show on the outside. Nowadays when a man is worn out and can't have any fun himself he spends his money supporting some anti organiza- tion that sees to it that nobody else has any fun.
 If a woman sees an article advertised for 10 cents in a store down town, and she can buy the same article for F cents one square from her home, she saves money by paying carfare both ways and going down town to get the article for