The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23
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 Much Building Actiyity.--More building ia
 under way in Tuscaloosa than there has
 been at this season of the year for Iong I time. Much more is in prospect for fhis
 city.-Tuscaloosa News.
 Open to suegestiOns. There is no such word as success" for the communitv tbst resents suggestions as to Improvement %
 There is not such a community in the Ten nessee Valley.-Albany-D Decatur Daily. Depends on Which Side.-The testimony of experts, after all, is pretty much like that of anyone else. It all depends more or less
 upon which side they are testifying as to
 what their opinions are.-Huntsyille Star A Tip to the Farmer-The farmer aella
 more ot the necessity of life than any other producer, yet gets the least price of all for his products. The others cooperate in buy ing and selling and thus cut down the mid dle-man's profit.-DeKalb County Herald An Opportunity OverIooked.-A few ssv. ago news dispatch from Tupelo, Miss. con tained this statement: "One day during the past week a total of 12,714 pounds of but. ter and 16O cases, or 57,6OO egge were shipped from the Frisco freight office to Birmingham, Ala" Why didn't Blount county furnish Birmingham with this bnt- ter and these eggs? If the people of Missis- sippt can ship them to Birmingham and make a profit on them, why can't we?-O Oneonta Southern Democrat.
 The Big Thing to Achisya-The b,vve.+ thing ahead of this community now is tn adopt real road policy that will insure ua a system of highways as good as the best. We are going to be a tourist mecca within a year or two if we make it possible for the travelling autoist to get to us Wilson Dam and the big lake will quickly become a noted resort if we are willing to give the world comfortable access to them by the building of permanent highways. Any policy short of this will be considered as a tariff bv tbe public and result in exclusion for many who otherwise would visit us and spend their money here.-Blorence Daily News.
 Going After Law w-Breakers.-It has not been so many years ago that conditions in Alabama City in many ways were not all that could be desired. But things are djf. ferent today. The way of the transgressor has been so hard in Mayor Burns police court that he has found it profitable either to desert his evil ways or to go elsewhere with them. The police force, while still is worried with an occasional prohibition law violator, is now busy enforcing the speed law on the new inter-city highway. Mayor Burns has announced that the law must he respected, even at the cost of stiff labor sentences for some of the violators. And he is no respector of persons.-Gadsden Journal.
 The State and Normal SchooIs.-The ef feet of the failure of the last session of the legislature to provide funds for the educa- tional system of the state is forcibly noted in the Florence Normal School being. forced to place tents on the campus for use as class rooms, on account of inadequate facilities for young men and women who are studying here to become proficient in the profession of teaching, that the boys and girls of Ala bama may receive more intelligent instruc- tion. The state requires that teachers shall qualify themselves for their work, and very properly is this done, but at the same time the state should provide adequate facilities for giving these prospective teachers the nee essary training. While all other branches of the states educational system are irnpor- tant, the work of the normal schools is re- flected more directly in the training of the children of Alabama, and is of greater fun damental importance than any of the other institutions. Provision must be made for taking care of the educational institutions of the state,s and plans should be worked out whereby this will be possible when the leg islature meets again.-F1orence Times.