The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-16

highway travelled by all the people of all the states.
 Getting about in a country is the most important matter next to pro- duction. Transaction of business cannot proceed smoothly without ready com munication and facilities for the quick interchange of commodities. The en- tire nation is held back by the lack of an adequate interstate highway sys- tenn.
 The least the government should be expected to do is to make an earnest start on the transcontinental high ways and push them to completion. If John H. Bankhead's service in secur- ing federal aid for road building was worthy of being the theme of the enco- miums passed on his memory in the Senate recently, it should also act as a stimulus for other legislators to con- tinue that good work. As the bread line begins to function the pay roll assumes new importance in the eyes of the man who believes in doing an honest days work for an honest days pay.
 New Year will not be day of unai-' loved joy for Chicago landlords if mili- tant janftors carry out their threat to strike.
 Viewing with alarm is an old habit of farmers. Could it be possible that they have shouted "w1oIfp' once too often?
 The reported invasion of the north by the Ku Klux Klan will call for a superior brand of ''benevolent assimila- tion"
 The alleged murder of that Georgia peach king would not be so interest ing to newspaper readers if it were not for his title.
 Airplanes make it possible to fit over to Cuba on a Saturday and come back with headache on Monday. MT. Ford. the eminent historian, has discovered a. man who invented wire less telegraphy before Marconi was born.
 big mistletoe crop is reported in Texas, where the ratio of spinsters to the total population is believed to be large.
 AnefICduS NfPO dltelluel Lnt lndd6uItt- ton of Obregon praise Mexican hospi- tality but they are strangely silent on the subject of pulaue.
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 An eastern preacher who ran away with a domestic brought her back home. At least he cannot be charged with com plfcating the servant problem.
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 Federal officials who become involved in the liquor traffic are subjected to a greater temptation than ordinary flesh and blood can stand.
 x # x Ponzi, who is now working in prison library, has found sphere of useful ness we'll suited to man of his schol- arly attainments. We would not go so far as to say Mir. Bill Brennan is pugiiist profiteer. He probably earned his $35.ooO
 * F + The condition of Birminghams streets does not deter the joy rider from taking chance.
 MT. Caruso regards a burst blood ves- sel even more lightly than a football hero regards a broken rib.
 Y ' * Venizelos is missing a great deal of ex- citement by not being on hand to vel come Constantine.
 < * * The Christmas shopper is going over the top with fine disregard for the threatened advent of hard times.
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 Another week and the oldest in- habitants of Marion will be calling Colonel Harvey by his first name.
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 The New York man accused of hav- ing 20 wives is evidently strong be- liever in progressive matrimony.
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 Europe has it's ruined castles. but there is no sadder sight than an Amer ican distillery falling to pieces.
 Josephus Daniels thinks the navy should grow. Japan will continue to count our capital ships.
 * F x The .tlriye" industry may ha savod l,v