The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-30
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= should Help Him on the wane.-- Many farmers think the cold weather lsse winter. followed by the sdry, hot weather the past summer was combination the weevil could not stand. Whatever the reason, the weeyil appears on the wane and the thing farmers wish to do, is to keep him so. 1t will be dangerous to stop the fight on the pest Der lcause 1t is believed to be whipped. It might come back.-Anniston Star.
 Sane Democrats Give Inn Credit Ave have not always agreed with Mir. Thompson. chief owner of the Mobile Register, Mobile News-Item. Montgomery Journal and The Birmingham Age-Herald and at present sary- ing on the United States shipping board. However, most sane and sensible Democrats will remember 1t to his credit that he epp6sed making the Ku Klux Kan . national issue lat the late Democratic convention.-opelika News. e
 Proud of Her Bar.-Tuscaloosa has abun- dant reason to be proud of its bar, both of the present and the past. No other city in the state has been more richlsoendowed in the legal profession than Tuscaloosa. Some of the most illustrious names that appear in the history of Alabama are those of Tuscaloosa lawyers and the present generation of lawyers is upholding the standard raised by the prede- News
 A Big Educational value.-The educational feature of fair, wherever held, is q big thing You will see something that is bet ter than anything you have and you can in- vestigate and find out how your friends sue ceeded and go and do likewise. Every farm er- should bring something, even though he does not expect premium. It will help the show and attract attention. A good fair con tributes very materially to the betterment and progress of the county--Greenyille Advocate. E.
 Will Have Another HoteI.-The hotel sub ject is no longer preached in Dothan. Our citizens refrain from talking "new hoter, as polite society refrains from discussing cure for eczema at a dinner party. It is passe. Three or four years ago, money was sub scribed and collected to build modern ho- tel, but financial panic struck and the project was postponed. It is now believed, however, that in spite of the panic the project should have been carried to completion. But Dothan will have another hotel yet.-Dothan Eagle.
 A Surplus of Laws.-Eyery organization, every club, every union, every kian and every division of society is seeking the passage of laws to regulate the action of somebody.
 
 interferes with the rights and liberties of a normal people. Somebody has said the day will come when we will elect men to the leg Fislatures and congress tolclean out the rubbish that has accumulated incur statues, and not to make laws. We do not believe anything of the kind will ever happen, but it surely is needed reform-Gadsden Times.
 Source of Worry to G. o. Pit is said that Means, for purposes of his own, laid a trap into which Daugherty blundered. But whether the shifty Means has played trick on his former chief or not is of little impor- tance just now. What causes acute annoy ance to the Republicans is that Means, Daugherty Roxie Stinson and other more or less dubious characters are once more figur- ing in the headlines. The Republican party should be grateful to Albert B. Fall for drop ping into obscurity and staying there. Natural ly, it feels resentful toward Daugherty, who declines to keep out Of the limelight long enough for party leaders to carry out their campaign plan to capitalize the private virtues of Mr. Coolidge and ignore Republican corrup- tion.-Mobile Register
 Educational Program Test. Educational conditions in Alabama, as in most other states of the union, present difficulties that are extraordinarily hard of solution. Practically every institution of any consequence is crowd ed beyond its capacity, and the funds for ex- pansion are not available at present, with the temper of the people such, that increases in taxation cannot be made and some other methods of securing the necessary money must be found. It is hot likely that there will be session of the Legislature soon, and with delay for two gears until the next regular session, conditions win be even worse. This problem must be worked out by those who are to govern the states affairs next time, and the test of the candidates should be their program for meeting this situation, as we'll as the others that will confront the ads ministration.- Florence Times. tF'