The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-08
For Good of
 the Community

 very thing.
 Ever since January, 1921, became a fact in point of time, substantial proof of face-about forward movement has been issuing out of the passing cycle of the days. It has become cumulative; con- vincing.
 Business of the world is based on con fidence. Best assurance of confidence is the investment of that which we call money. Men do not part with money un- til they feel it coming back like bread cast upon the waters
 First dash out of the box, came the Ala bama Home with it's increase of S3,OO0,- 900 in capital stock and the water works company with it's increase of S7OO,OOO. Both attest the growth of the city and con- fidence in it's future.
 A S2,500000 eastern corporation has invested in bodied-up tract of active and virgin coal lands in Walker county. This investment is based not only on the mines now in operation, but on the great belt of coal-bearing lands along the upper reaches of the Warrior which will be on river banks when lock IS, which must be built, is built.
 The year was not ten days old before the Continental Gin company, of whose intended expansion at Acipco there had been previous notice, took out permit for the actual construction of the larger works A marvellous business success is to be bigger still.
 In the same issue of the Age-Herald making these announcements there was notice of the incorporation of the Stock ham Pipe and Fittings company in the state of Illinois with an investment there of S500000. This is expansion of Blrmlng- ham prodigy in pipe manufacture. lthad to be done because this Birmingham con- cern does an immense business in the sev- eral states adjacent to Chicago as dis tributing base. It is tribute to the mastery of nationwide field of manufacturing enterprise by the Birmingham district It was confidence in the measureless future of Birmingham warranted by what 1t has already achieved.
 Big indeed has Birmingham become when it must needs have branches in Chi cago. The shoe on the other foot so to speak.
 In the same issue of the Age-Herald there was notice of the entrance into the Birmingham newspaper field of a daily afternoon paper to be published by the Scripps-McRae league, owners and pulp fishers of twenty-two successful afternoon papers in the country. Why has the Scripps-McRae league come to Birming- ham with this investment? Because it knows Birmingham is good place to dos business in.
 A new creamery, new type foundry and new wholesale shoe house for the growing First avenue wholesale colony are few of the items that came from the probate office in one day.
 The tide has turned. The ships are headed home with treasure. Blind is he who cannot see the waves reverse.
 It is so in other parts of Alabama. City of Montgomery is to expend SllO, ,OOO to bore and bring in additional artesian wells that it's people may have more pure water.
 Sumter county, insistent on remaining in the progressive class, has employed a county farm demonstrator to help it's people continue building up the wonder full agricultural and live stock potentiali- ties of that section.
 Across the state line at Columbus, Ga., the Bibb Manufacturing company is to in