The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
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 EQPlNIoNs OF OTHER EDIT0RS I A Fine Cantaloupe Crop.-Last year the
 cantaloupe crop in Butler was failure, prin- | cipally on account of the worms boring into
 the young melons. This year the crop is
 abundant and the melon very fine and cheap. Rocky Fords are selling from the wagons at
 5 cents each and watermelons, as fine as ever grew, can be bought for a cent a pound.
 Just think of 50-pound melon, and there
 are many of that size on the market, selling l for 50 cents.-Greenville Advocate.
 l An Offset for Democrats.-As m offset I to Wheeler, the Democrats are confidently expecting to witness a combined swing to LaFollette on the part of Brookhart of Iowa,
 Norris of Nebraska, and Ladd and Frazier of North Dakota. Party ties sit lightly on these
 proclaimers of the new dspensation, and when they transfer their affections to some
 new allegiance, it may be classed as nothing
 more than a vagary of that particular school
 of politicians-Selma Times-Journal.
 l Good Time to Buy Farm. Lands.-Now is a good time to buy farm lands. Every young
 man in Covington county who has aspira-
 tions to own farm should buy now. He can
 get lands at a price per acre lower than
 he will ever be able to buy again. To buy now he will lay the foundation for wealth in
 the years ahead He need not buy large l tract. Buy what he thinks he can operate at profit and when he has paid for that he can buy more. Many a young man by acting l living and home of his own which is the l real basis if happiness.-Andalusia Star. High Building Record.-Building opera | tions, street improvement and sewer con- struction in the Tri-Cities is going on apace and will set new records for the current | year. If the pace can be maintained through out the season the accomplishment will be such as to challenge cur efforts in the years to come. To be sure we will set new records, but if we maintain, q gait of comparative growth and development in keeping with that of 1924 we will not be long in shifting our position arsong the cities of the state.--Mus- cle Shoals Sunday News.
 Of Lasting Value to State.-A citizen can- not put his money into a better cause than an educational institution. It will be of last ing value to the state. Long after those who are active now have gone into the unknown and their places have been taken by others the Erskine Ramsay hall at Auburn and the hall that should bear his name at Montevallo will stand as monuments to the one who felt this interest in education. But they will not be the only monuments. Every student who leaves Auburn or Montevallo after studying within the halls will be monument one even more lasting than those reared of brick and mortar.-Montgomery Journal.
 Plans for Years Ahead.--It is just as nat ural for city to determine the plan of growth of its business districts as it is to lay paved streets, sidewalks and sewers. A well-defined program for development and expansion, with parks, playgrounds and schools provided for in the more progressive cities is settled upon and plans made for years ahead. Here, with the prospects ahead for tremendous growth, far in excess of the expectations of other cities, there is all the more need for definite plans for the future to be made.-Elorence Times.
 Good Roads and PrOsperity.--Prosperity follows really good road. This is invariably found to be the case. A good system of high ways impresses home-seekers and investors. !. They. look upon the state that is improving it's highways as a progressive state in which there will be found opportunities that other states would not offer. This has been found to be the case in North Carolina, and it has been also found there that the paving of streets even in the smaller cities pays good dividends and that the good effect is not long in being noticed. Paved streets and hard-sur- faced roadways are closely linked and work together for the upbuilding of towns and mmunities.-Anniston Stat