The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04

Thlnks WnaC Sn0 COuh0 D0s-1f Iailadega holds the record for building and construction work without them, what would she do if she had a building and loan association and tive board of trade TT Talladega Daily Home.
 Do Not Deny The Children good. weIl equipped school building is an incentive to go to school. and children of any community should not be denied anything that will in- duce them to get an education.-Hartselle Enterprise.
 Will Brush Up On History.-Some day, when Dothan gets older, a general meeting of those who came here thirty years ago should be held and some of the towns early history gone over again. It is always inter esting.-Dothan Eagle
 Not Such A Gambles=~-When a certain judge in Birmingham is unable to decide be- tween the accused and the accuser, he brings out his deck of cards, the one cutting high card being the winner Not such a gamble, after all, if you think of some of the courts we have these days-DeKalb County Herald.
 A Welcome Change.-Legislature in ses- sion throughout the country like to have Underwood address them. For keen edged logic without the alloy of duplicity and acid ity of viciousness is a most welcome sur cease from the howlings and the mouthings voiced on every hand.-Ozark Southern Star.
 Quite "A Contrast. Some of our law is all wrong The man who steals pig or . chicken gets three lines on an inside page the man who steals hundreds of thousands of dollars constantly gets columns on the first page and rarely gets prison ysentence.- Huntsville Star.
 I Ninety Per Cent. For F'ord.-He who is against the town, county and this section, certainly cannot be for it. Yelled friendship is the worst kind of an enemy. We firmly believe that were referendum vote taken here on the merits of the Ford and power company offer for Muscle Shoals, the Ford offer would win by at least ninety per cent. or more, sentiment. No matter how hard you try, there's no way to change this situa- tion.-HuntSville Times.
 Things Falling Flat.-You have heard of things falling flat, haven't you? Well, the flattest thing that has fallen in these parts lately was the speech of the Hon. William Jennings Bryan in behalf of Breck Mus grove Monday afternoon at the courthouse. but he had a poor subject and not much sympathy or encouragement. The lack of these two things will dampen the ardor of most any orator.-Alabama Courier.
 The Greatest Asset.-In truth there is no
 
 rewards to persons, or to institutions, or to states. Half the sickness in America, the doctors say is preyentable. No doubt if a fair beginning were made the other haH would be found not unconquerable.- Messenger-as quoted in The Birmingham AgeHerald. You're wrong, brother, we never wrote the above; never heard of until read in your esteemed journal. We feel honOred in being quoted, of course, but do not want to get credit for something we did not dO.- Troy Messenger,
 Supposed To Be Free Country.-The Unit ed States is supposed to be free country. Alabama, the home of rOck-ribbed Democracy, is presumed to stand for freedom of thought and action which should inspire her sister states. And yet-in Alabama we find fac ton of politicians at present in control of the Democratic party which has brought about the disfranehisement of the voters of the state and has denied them the right to elect their own delegates to the national Democratic convention Journal.
 Big Fertilizer SaIes.-That the farmers of Alabama who will plant cotton this year are prOfiting by last seasons experiences and will do their planting early and force the growth of the plant to maturity to beat the boil weevil is apparent from the sale of fer tilizer tags recorded recently in the state de- partment of agriculture and industries. Their records indicate that fertilizer is now moving t0 the, farms at q rapid rate, which is in- ereasing steadily day by day, It is pre- sumed that in order to force the growth of cotton. as mIch as possible fertilizer is being used in larger quantities than formerly On one day during the past week $5400 worth of fertilizer tags were shipped from the de- pertinent of agriculture for use on fertilizer shipments Wetumpka Weekly Herald d