The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-19
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 Word of WarninR.-If Tand.r5a,. tinues to neglect her roads and ailo,. .Se Sqn- 70 go back to mud, the entire coutv sr;51 ii'e., a oackwards; and people who might csst 4ha;o So Times. lorence
 Need for Speeding Up.-The "Indnstr;., neview reports home-building in Florence as having reached the highest neak l., .Le history of the city. That is fine. but nn,sss we watch our step we are going to slin hack waru rignt soon. Construction the last feu weeks IS not showing the pep that it ought to ana we need to speed up little if we are to tSros,.L ro ouI o present good showing extend N"'ousn the season.-Florence Daily News.
 Setting g Good ExarnnIe, Glencoe |. =. ting an example for other raral b;eb soSSIe oS s not only in Etowah county. but in Aiober,s' 1T the same ratio of attendance of actroi IaImers were maintained in other rnrol scnooiS as It IS at Glencoe, Alabama soon Wouiu outdistance Iowa, Illinois and otber noted agricultural states, because in addi. ton to scientific farming, Alabama also would nave the advantage, of it's mild nl;. mate ana rich soils.--Gadsden Journal.
 
 NO Time for Factional Spirit.-This is m time now for !crimination and recrimination, , Lst tne past pc dismissed until the campaign is over and bend your energies toward hai, ing to win against the common enemy Tha, when the times comes to select candidates in sne future, you can then take your choice among the number offering. Until we defeat, ICool1dge and Dawes factional alignmer+s should be forgotten. All Democrats, wbetber wet or dry, damp or moist, will be needed to Join the battle against the common enemy. --Andalusia Star! ; DeKalb's Fine Road Spirit.-The value of good roads as a community asset has be come so strongly impressed upon every com mun1ty where they are once secured that more good roads and properly kept roads are Oeing insisted upon. DeKalb county has shown more enterprise than most counties by going after good roads when they could not De secured through the channels of fed eral, state and county governments. The peo- pie did the work themselves and will m. doubtedly follow the suggestion of the Fort Fayne paperthis year and carry on the work that was started last season. May others be likewise inspired.-Gadsden. Times-News
 Value of Home Trade.-The Reporter stands for Tuscumbia first, last and all the time, and we are likewise interested in the other sections of the county, because we are citizen of the whole. We want to see the whole county prosper and are willing and nave been willing to help in every way to Drlng about prosperous people. But there IS one thing the matter with Tuscumbia-too many people go away from home to trade. The out-of-town merchants and the big mail order houses are getting money daily from the citizens here when it should remain in Iuscumbla-Coibert County Reporter.
 Hard to Please AL.-Every fellow thinks the other should be on his side in everything. But 1t is a physical impossibility to be on but one side at time. But if he tries to play both he will soon find that nobody has con fidence in him, and if he plays neither side he will be considered q mere knot on log, Then if he chooses to play on the one side. the other side will feel like running him out of town. After several years experience we have about come to the conclusion that the 'knot on the log fellow fares about the best of any of them. While he never accomplishes anything he is still never tortured by those he has offended FIorala News Shsuld Be Won Over.--The fall trade sea- son is approaching. Much of the trade Annis- ton secured during the past four years will come here naturally again this fall. In fact, much of it is coming here now each week, and even each day. But there are hundreds of customers in scores of communities in half dozen counties around Calhoun that do not come to Anniston at all. They never have come here to buy. They are the people An niston needs to reach within the next two months. They should be won over now so that when the fall buying starts they will come naturally to Anniston, not only to buy what they need, but also to sell what they have to sell.-AnnistOn Star.
 Protest Against Needless N0ise.-An au- tomobile has the big advantage of riding on rubber and air. Properly handled it is a quiet machine But automobiles are so numerous that any carelessness in handling them gives rise not only to the dangers which call forth traffic rules, but to annoyance and acute discomfort for many people. Thought .lness and courtesy should be sought for their own sake. Most persons do not wish to be rude but many are thoughtless and others are ig- norant. The careless and indifferent should remember that courtesy pays and that it is unwise to irritate innocent people by need less nOise.-Selma Times-Journal