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 ia mighty force. It will play the larger, if not the largest, part in the election of the next governor. The press, plus the people, rarely ever makes q mistake Huntsville Times.
 Mobile Bay States Playground Salt water has fascination for the land lubber. He likes to inhale it into his lungs, and likes to boat on its surface. Mobile Bay should be great playground for interior Alabamians. It could be made the greatest playground and health resort in the country, where fellow could find all kinds of sport and amusement.
 Centreville Press.
 Twenty-seven Years Old.--With this issue the Herald enters upon it's twenty eighth year. For twenty-seyen years it has gone out every week with it's messages to our people, to some 1t carried sorrow and to some 1t carried joy in its pages, and we hope to all it carried a message of service, for that has been ever our foremost thought in editing it's columns, to be of service to all of Oirp tfeaders. We-s tumpka Herald.
 The Country Press.--The average country editor prefers to publish news telling about the good fortune that has come to one of his friends in the community. The metropolitan daily seeks to make big news out of the sor- row and disgrace that have fallen upon one { |of the millions of strangers who live in the |city. And yet there are people who say that the country press is doomed-E Enterprise Ledger E-
 Clay County to Have Good Crop.-Most Iof Clay county will have a good crop this time. Part of the county has been very dry. Around Lineville the drouth lasted two months, and near Ashland the drouth con tinues. Upland corn is almost total failure However, the cotton crop is reported to be very good, even in the dry sections. Three Ifourths of the county will have . big corn crop. The melon crop is very good, while fruit lis in abundance everywhere. There will be more hay saved this time than common.-- Lineville Headlight.
 A Happy Solution-The rapid moving of the county commissioners using the services of MT. O. W. Ashcraft has assured the fact that traffic upon the Lee highway will not be blocked by the backwater from Wilson Dam, should the old Shoals creek bridge be oyer flowed For the period of a few days it looked as if communication with the eastern part of the county was threatened, but prompt and intelligent work on the part of the commits sioners, in which the Chamber of Commerce co-operated by rendering the service of q committee to ala the county commlsSlonere, resulted in plans being formed and carried out for the immediate operation of a ferry should the necessity arise. Those concerned are to be congratulated upon the happy so-, lution of the situation.-4Florenc Times.
 Ready Money for Farmers.-Then locally there is the canning factory which expects to operate on a big scale Gnis fall. Contracts have been made for large acreage to supply the plant with beans and other vegetables and this will also mean ready money in the farm ers' pockets during the next few months. Many other indications of good times could be mentioned, but, why Ego on? Somebody would accuse us of being too optimistic, and the effect of merely calling the attention of our readers to existing favorable conditions would be lost As stated lat the beginning, 1t is not our purpose to add d little bolstering ID to a bad situation; the situation is good and we want everybody in this section to realise it is good. If we can do this, there'n be nc room for the pessimist. He will have to move on to more unfavorable climes, for he cer- tainly has no place in Escambia county just at this time.-Brewton Standard.