The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-10
-H1HE ALABAMA AaSG;EzllzzAAl PRESS

Allowances For the Busy Man.-When you sit in judgment upon the busy man make al lQwances for the fact that he is busy. Yet we will wager dollars to doughnuts that the aver age busy person will come more nearly making a right decision on the spur of the moment touching any important question than will the average person who has lots of time to lose ID making up his mind.-Andalusia Star. Seeing the Value of Terracing.-The county demonstrator is doing much terracing and is said to be. gradually educating land owners to its necessity. In Etowah the board of county commissioners bought six outfits some time ago and they are now being used to good effect, our demonstrator being now in the midst of campaign of terracing in all sec tions of the county.-Gadsden Times. than 50 years; thought we knew all the tricks but Gadsden man proves to us that we cau still learn. He asserts that he pulled 100 pound Buffalo up near shore, could not get him on land so he dropped a-straddle of the fish and rode him up and down stream until the exhausted fish gave up the fight.-Opelika News. f,-~,e.
 Keeping Out Pessimism.-We farmers are being blessed in so many ways that it is diff. ficult matter for any of us to find anything with which to find fault. In other words it
 
 gest business man of them alto be opti- mistic and cheerful in going about their work as it is for the good business man in town to see that pessismism is kept out.-Hunts- vile Times.
 Increasing Cotton Receipts.-It is worth noting that the ports cotton receipts, although not back to old-t time figures, three times what they were at the same date last year; also that the number of ships eighty, arriv-' ing in this port in the month of November exceeded the record-the greatest number of vessels to arrive in the month since the record was begun.-NIobile Register.
 Plea For Straight. Up Barrels.-f the city is determined to let the eep-to-the-right bar rels remain at street intersections despite our protests we suggest that they keep them standing up straight. They're lying down on the job, and when a steel barrel filled with sand lies down on the job in narrow street it is more irritating than Jobs carbuncles just before they got ripe.-Dothan Eagle.
 Ruthless Slaughter of Deer.-There are right here in Butler county many people who have never eaten piece of venison. When in the lifetime of some of her citizens these toothsome animals were as plentiful in this county as are the rabbits that are now found in any old field. Why have the deer disap- peared? Simply because the people have killed them out just as II they were menace to the country.-Greenville Advocate.
 Hard to Elect Capable Men.-Men who are often best fitted to fill offices are the ones that cannot be elected by the people. Most of the voters want good smooth politician who says flattering things and then can never put them into execution. It is the way of the world.-We all fall for it.-Centreville Press.
 Message and Arms Limitati0n.-The mes- sage was an admission that another arms limitation conference proposed by the presi- dent would be failure. In the campaign the president said he purposed to request other nations to join the United States in a con ference similar to the one held at the request of President Harding. Now the president nounces purpose to await the decision of the nations a program outlined by the League of Nations.-Montgomery Journal.