The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
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Never, stops Growing. Andalusia has in creased in population to the number of nearly 300 within the past year. Andalusid has. never stopped growing, regardless of bust ness slowdowns- Andalusia Star LeE It Out to Contract The job as gov ernor should be let out oH a. contract basis
 requiring the successful biddekf to make nm pie bond that he will accomplish the savings that he promises while on the stump, busy making promises. -Dothan Eagle.
 Bright Crop Outlook. Although there may
 Dc some, we believe very few, who are not hoping for bountiful and successful year for the farmer, every good citizen whether with agricultural interests of his own or.nct will undoubtedly rejoice in his success With no severe weather setbacks, he will almost certainly achieve that Crenshaw County News.
 Leads in Fish Farms.--We hear a great deal about fish farms in the southern part of Alabama. We happened to know that there are great many in Colbert We have not thoroughly investigated to, get the exact num- Der but we are sure that Colbert county leads the state To prove it, we request our read CTS to advise us of the size and location of F every fish pond they are fsmiliar with in the county Sheffield Standard. -A- ls... - l ~ How to Build T0wn.--The way to build town is to build it. Down here in Birming. ham they go out in an old field and erect skyscraper. In few months or a year at best the whole of the intervening space between that locality and town is built up, and so the story goes on. What is true of ac- Icomplishments in Birmingham can be easily , duplicated elsewhere Greater Huntsville is ; up to you Huntsville Times
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 Taaing It Easy.-The people of Butler county are taking things easy these days
 The crop outlook is exceedingly promising Crops are laid by and nd excitement what ever is manifest. There Is, no campaign going on for office that has in any measure dis turbed the equanimity of the people. The na tional ticket meets the appreciation of the majority and the opinion is that the next administration will be Democratic and so the world just wags along in peace and harmony in old Butier-G Greenville Advocate. VI fF --ssr-
 COmmendabEe Highway Project The di- rectors of the Dixie highway haves shown good judgment in inviting cooperation of women in the beautifying of the road, Each woman auxiliary director is to organize q society in her own county to promote the project and the way in which the women are working for the scheme assures it's success. This is one of the most e6mmendable of the highway projects now being promoted in the United States, and the plan might well be :. copied in other sectionss of the c0uhtrys-- Selma Times-JoufnaL
 "SelI Alabama Farming. ."-The thing for Alabama to do, it appears from the state ment in regard to the idle farm lands, is for this state to inaugurate an aggressive cam paign to Sell Alabama Farming to the world. We have it here to sell The best there is anywhere in the way of farming ops portunity awaits the man who will come to Alabama and farm as Alabama farmers are doing, and make the soil bring forth what is in it. And far out in the West and far up in the Northeast there are farmers who are looking for such opportunities as Alabama offers, good farmers and good people who would contribute much to sAlabama's citizen ship and help materially in developing Ala bama's natural agricultural resources. ..s,
 Why not fill up the waste places and but the acres to work ?-Anniston Star. s.l {
 Theatment of Convicts.-A man locked up in a steel cage or a criminal forced to work like honest men is not a contented person. There is nothing that his keeper or overseer may do that is entirely satisfactory for the reason that he is deprived of his liberty and made to earn his daily bread He complains naturally and he frequently lies about his treatment, although not always In, the very nature of things be cannot be satisfied. It is advisable, therefofe, to take what he has to say about the treatment of prisoners with a grain of salt He is not always mistreated when he complains of mistreatment As a rule he is better cared-for in prison than out of it. but that is no reason why this state should permit cruelty in it's prisons. Every complaint should be given thorough inves- tigatiOn and the facts should be made public. There should be no doubt in the minds of the people about a thing of this kind Alabama pehnnot afford to have it said that its unfortu- mates who must be locked up are not hu- namely treated. We do not believe there is any truth in the recent reports coming out of the River Falls prison, but the facts should be ascertained and the people should know what they are.-Gadsden Times.