The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-21
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May Drift Aimlessly For A While rSena- tor Borah seems to think there is no hope l for the world until the United States recog- nizes Russia. If that is the case, the world
 may drift aimlessly for sometime to come-
 Mobile Register.
 Day By Day In Every Way-The lastI Mobile county grand jury broke all previous records for number of indictments returned chalking up 229 true bills. If staid old Mo- bile. is day by day in every way getting bet ter and better, as is claimed by some down that way, she sure must have been hot l town some time in the past-Opelika News. 1 Building Many Houses.-You can see al new residence being started in Ozark nearly any day that you will get out and look around. People who want to come here to live have to build houses or buy them. Our town property, however, is comparatively reasonably priced, but if we had a hundred rent houses we could have them all filled within a few weeks-Ozark Southern Star.
 Indicating Prosperity-The report of cot ton ginned in Lauderdale to November first, of seventeen thousand bales as compared with ten thousand at the same date last season is most encouraging, and predicts exceptional prosperity during the coming months. Not
 only has the present season exceeded the rec ord to that date, but the number of bales at
 that date exceeded the entire crop last year. Florence Times. eA St@fA
 Working For Goods Roads.-Now that Walker county has secured taste of the
 benefits of good roads, the people are not going to be satisfied until every part Of the , country secures a good road. Of course, H is going to take few more years to finish the iob, but good progress is being made. fhe state and federal aid highway has been com pleted through the country, from east to
 west, which is to be great link Tn our coun- ty road system.-Carbon Hill Index. a
 Doing Fine Health Work.-Marshall coun- ty. which has no large towns and is largely rural, has been doing fine health worK dur ing the past year and now 1t IS taking up the problem of proper sanitation, course that deserves public coinmendatiop, During
 the past several months county officlais, backed by the physicians and the state healtn
 authorities, have been working valiantly to stamp out typhoid fever, smallpox and otner diseases and before very long they will be able to make a wonderful showing just as we have done in Etowah.--Gadsden.I Ilmes' | Getting An Efficiency Basis.-Huntsvine | is trying to cross over from the old alder | manic to the commission form of government and is having the usual amount of turmon and excitement that attends these translIlons' | Selma has an unusually efficient and watch 1 full COuncllmanlc DOuy uut IHC NeAo>%
 growing that such form of government with
 it's semi-monthly meetings represents about
 the least desirable and adequate and service
 able system of city administration Inat. mas | ever been devised. Most growing, forward-
 looking communities have gotten away from
 these outworn structures and have turned
 either to the commission or clty manager
 plan.-Selma Times-Journal {
 AIabamas Resourdss Impressive. = Ala .bama's resources are little known. Written words make not the same impression as Ay- ing examples Those commodities on exhiDi- tion at the fair are better known in Alabama s.n
 today than they were two weeks ago. Eur tbermore. there is greater interest in the capl-
 tai of the state now than there was two weeks ago. Persons came to Montgomery who had never seen the capitol Those persons will feel little closer to their, capita. VIII reatzs q. little more that they are; of the state than
 they did two weeks ago. - Monfsomery l Journal ..y-F, -fa.g4s. {