The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-02
For Good of
 the Community

Ll0 HldIlll0E III WHICH 1OIlulUS lWdS pldClllS stone on stone should have convinced him that it would be built. Another pessimist who spoke at the wrong time as all pes simists do.
 Events fit into events, one preparing for the other; one causing it's successor. Tues days Age-Herald had irregular catalogue of inspiration in it's news columns. Those who look for this inspiration will find 1t every day. It will do them good and that will do Birmingham good.
 Some of the items in Wednesdays Age Herald:
 New capital invested in new and going concerns in the district during the first five months of the year totals $8, 683, 900, which is at the rate of $20,000,000 per annum and means that new high record if the pace is maintained.
 The city market organized and con- ducted by the fruit and vegetable raisers of the county opened at Morris avenue and Twenty-fourth street with more than sixty truckers installed and a generous patronage by the housewives of Birming ham. Another new and necessitated in- dustry.
 School Improvement association re- ports $40, ,000 raised for playgrounds and school improvement enterprise through sale of lunches and entertainments at the public schools during the year. This counts for healthier and happier children.
 Birmingham was not surprised that the Western Lumberman says that the south is experiencing building boom in many sections Birmingham is not surprised because Birmingham is leading in the building of homes. This means an inn proved lumber market better conditions in the southern pine industry.
 The Jefferson county board of revenue has voted $10,O00 for the establishment of rural libraries. That stands for in- formed citizenship, the kind that will not tolerate blowing up of dipping vats and will farm intelligently and with profit.
 President of the Exchange Clubs of America is here to organize state body. Alabama is to have another of those pro- gressive citizen associations where men meet face to face across the dinner board and achieve that fellowship which is in- vincible for purposes of community good.
 Ensley.is to have another 10-cent store Building permits for homes are a daily routine at the city hall. In two blocks on Fifth avenue, north, twelve stores and garage are about to rise simultaneously, more than half the work being under way.
 City of Birmingham, forging ahead, has $1,000,000 of school bonds and $300,O00 of public improvement bonds for sale in the bond market, funds to go to per- manent betterment of the community physically and in the creation of good citizenship.
 Advertising men of Birmingham and vicinity called to meet and organize per- manently. Advertising is one of the greatest of necessities and institutions. Each community where advertising is con- ducted intelligently and honestly is that much the better off.
 Wholesale and retail merchants pre- pare to launch fall campaign to bring out-of-town merchants to Birmingham to trade and, incidentally, have good time. With the wholesalers and retailers pulling together it is bound to be success.
 Workers in the Make it a Million campaign for the Birmingh Southern are keen to the job and preparing jocund reports to be rendered from day to day. Birmingham has never flickered when it came to education and Birminghan- CO1rfho,.v, ic ocnocio111y Ioor fn itc hooyf