The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-17
The Alaban,a Press
Opinions of Other Editars

Il The Aldbarta Press opinions of Other Editars
 Fine Opportunity For Somebody. y.-Some | years ago contractor who uses brick by the
 million told us that, in and, near Opelika there was good brick clay enough to make all the brick used in Alabama. If that is true
 why not develop a natural ources-Ope- | lika News. sseEE tss l Many Ready To Come.-Hundreds and | thousands of people have their eyes turned | toward the Muscle Shoals district, from one
 section alone there being 10000 people right | now ready to pull stakes and head this way. -Huntsville Times.
 f Harmony In. The Saddle Harmony and
 ce-operation lives in Eufatfla now as never before, Even intoleranee to n great, extent has been made to take a back seat out of respect for progress that is leading the van | in behalf of betterment for the city and sur-
 rounding country.-B Bufapla Citizen. Power Monopoly Won't Get Tt-There is one conclusion in the Muscle Shoals fight that has been definitely, settled, as is ad..
 mitted in Washington by everyone in touch.
 with the situation, and that is that the Ala
 bama Power. Company and it's associates will
 never add the power of Wilson Dam to their
 monopoly. Florence Times.
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 | Newspapers Help Their Towns.-As me- dium for boosting the city and section there is no force that is comparable to the daily
 newspaper. The story of the city's progress
 is related each day. The effort to expan commercially and industriaIly can be related each day, thereby calling the community at- tention and inviting community cooperation l in the movements which are city-wide and community-wide in their scope. pe.-7Andalusia Star. s,...
 l e Big Field For Daifying- -Dairying5 is need in the South and it is; a need that is t2becoming fully appreciated. There is a very l great tendency among Southern farmers to I improve their dairy stock, to add the neces- sary. equipment for dairying and to give to I that important branctsef farm work the. se- 1 riouss attention it deserves. Good pastures are part of the geneFaE equipment and they should be provided by every person who
 hopes to make a success of dairyihg- ton Star. a, N -s5s @
 Big Useless Road Expense.-A map printed
 by The Birmingham Age-H Herald shows that
 the state road from Mobile to Birmingham is l so planned that after t enters Dallas county 1t is detoured at an angle of forty-fiye de-
 grees to Selma, stwentYsfonr miles east, and then works it's way back via Felix and Sprot, to the straight line at. Jericho which route involves an extra croszing of the Cahaba
 riyeri Something like $500, ,O00 extra for l bridges will be spent il, the longer route is [.
 followed.- Mobile Register. To Eliminate MndGllnging.s .sThe mud. slinging and the villifieation and the political tricks which have characterized the spreferen-
 tial primary has caused some serious think.
 ing among many Alabamians. They are won
 dering if there is some means of curbing this
 tendency or if it must continue year after
 year. One state had h system whereby cam
 didates were required to1imit their literature
 to q booklet, issued under the auspices of
 the state or of the party committee. Beyond
 their statements in this booklet candidates
 could not go. Whether that system is still
 continued now is not known, but it offers
 suggestion. n.-Gadsden Journal
 A Worthy Recognition. Tuscaloosa was
 honored by the selection of -Dr. w. D. Part low, superintendent of the Alabama Insane
 Hospital, as the next president of the Ala
 bama Conference of Social Work. Dr. Part
 low has given time and again concrete evi-
 dence that he is indeed master of any situa.
 tion that may arise in his regular occupation.
 As head of the Alabama Conference of Social Work this efficiency will no doubt be demon
 strated to advantage, and have wholesome
 influence on the work and all those who are
 interested in better moral and social condi-
 tions.-Tuscaloosa News.
 A Stigma On The COmmOnwealth.-Th pitiful sum of 56 cents is the amount on pop
 ulation basis that the state allows for higher
 education., Auburn also goes to the foot of
 the class of all Southern state technical | schools in the amount of her appropriation and annual expenditure. The State Uni
 versity is faced by the same conditions Ind
 is struggling with the sane problems. The
 picture is not only n distfessytg one to every
 loyal citizen. but it is sa stigma upon the
 commonwealth that the people themselves
 the, highest ornaments of our civilization, to
 Keep up an endless battle with stinted budgets
 and impoverished surroundings in order to Lye.-Selma Times-JournaL