The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-20
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|hN6LsR3zzz51PRES0 l Tip To The Wise Merchant.-The w5sS merchant will not wait until the buying Aea- son ends to move his goods. He will beEan now to get in touch with the prospectiveipur chasers SO that he can sell out his fall and winter stock while the goods are seasonabie.- Andalusia Star. ;a | High Record Of Alabama Cattle.-Alabarna fat cattle have actually topped the Chicago market in competition with the best the West can produce. It has been done and will be done again. There is nothing the matter with this country, excepting the mistaken impress sion that cotton is the only crop that will make the farmer living-Florence News. North Alabama Favored-Its a wonderful era of prosperity through which we arc to pass. Everything points to an unprecedented and happy business condition throughout the country and fortunately it 50 happens that Greater Huntsville, Madison county and the entire Mussle Shoals district of North Ala bama are in the wake of the larger part of the great onrushing blessing. Let Ter come and woe be unto he, she or it that would att tempt to stop it from coHiag--Huntsville Times & .>... ~4 7. Hope For Settlement-We think and hope that Birmingham has reached A. final audit of the accounts of some of her city offi- ciais. A few months ago the startling news appeared showing that some department was short about $4,500. The expert figure diggers, have been digging ever since, announcing a raise in the shortage figures every few days Last report we recall stated that the total of lost, strayed or stolen cash would "range" from $50,OOO to $75,O0O. This is yet a Dit indefinite, but if that's the nearest possible to arrive at we hope it will be called settled.- Opelika News. ,.e :: ..: ..--t ..N .5
 Curious Visitation Of Fate-It is curious visitation of fate that the strongest Democrat ic congressional district in the state, the fourth, should against it's will, have a. Re- publican representative in the electoral col lege. The death of the Democratic -elector, Mir. Bates, and the failure of the voters to write the name of Mr. Shelley on their bal lots, as substitute candidate, has given rise to this anomalous situation. As it was the manifest will of all who voted for MT. Bates, to vote for a DemocraticI eector, the "intent':' as the lawyers say, should be taken for the act MT. Shelley should be declared elected | Selma Times-Journal. -
 Can Beat 'Em On Home Grodnds-Well, anyway, the people in the South have the satisfaction of knowing that they can lick the stuffing out of the dod-gasted Republic ans down in their section any time they want to-. That's the only satisfaction they can get now.-Florence Times. -,...,-- .. .s-
 Carelessness And Forest Fires.-If the de- struction of forests were not preventable we would have no cause for complaint @f But forest fires are preventable. Carelessness is the God of Fire, who starts sixty-eight per cent of the fires The man who is careful with his matches and cigarettes, who sees that his campfires are out, is one who lends great aid to the national campaign against this God of Fire.-Montgomery Journal.
 Cost Of Incompetent Teachers.-An ineffi- cient teacher is better than none at all, and even limited instruction is preferable to a closed school house, but no state can makesl proper educational pr6Sfess that lacks ceahs, petent school teachers& The percentage{oEs incompetents in Alabama is said to be high, i yet very little interest was aroused by the campaign undertaken to win a larger measure of state support for the normal schools. IA good many Alabamians seem to hold the opinion that normal school is more or less of an educational luxury, and they view the higher institutions of learning in much the same way. People of this sort think d com mon school education is good enough for any, body, but a good common school education cannot be obtained unless the schools are provided with an adequate number of capable teachers. Here is where the normal schools serve They supply the other schools with trained teachers.-Mobile Register.
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