The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-03

Dangerous Forsst Fires.--F
 careless people or by pevnle -
 at any time cause a loss of liveSv
 erty that should be avoided. The p starting fires in the woods is pal Fly reprehensible when there has been 1pr0- longed drouth and the wods are more easily set ablaze than usual-Mobile Register.
 Public Welfare To Be Considerations thing is certain as members of Congress as- semble at Washington for the short sessIoa' Southern Senators still oppose the sale or lease of the Muscle Shoals plants to any com bination that thinks more of profits that may be obtained for it by the operation of the plants than it does for the protection of the interests of the people.-Montgomery Journal. Solid Business Revival-The indications are that the awakened business activity now so pronounced in the East, and which is rap |. idly spreading and already is felt in Annis- ton and other Southern cities, is a. .substan- tial business revival, accompanied by a sub- stantial industrial revivat and that it will last It is bloom" only in the proportions it has assumed in the East and is in no sense boom of the inflated kind, that is likely to be punctured when the excitement wears off-Anniston Star.
 Why Delay Progress?-Bank deposits, manufacturing industries, commercial enter prise, saying nothing for the sky line and the great growth in population, would increase over night with the extension of the citys corporate limits Prosperity would mount so high in time that our splendid banking institutions would be forced to establish branch banks to take care of the situation until larger and more accommodating buildings lx, %aJ sp oh fhoy do hrSi ness. Why delay the> realization of such progress ?-Huntsville Times.
 Fighting Illiteracy.-Only five counties have conducted adult. schools for five years and but seven counties have conducted them for four years, which goes to show that the work has not been as thorough as wide spread as it should have been. Still it is certain that good work has ben accomplished and that the state has made a step in the right direction. In order to eliminate the evil it will be necessary to organize schools in every county and continue them until every man and woman is assured of at least the opportunity to rcad-Gadsden Times.
 The City's ebtedness.-Three-fifths Of Selmas bonded indebtedness has been incurred for schools, the other items being charged to the water works and the new cemetery. While Selmas debt increases have not been exces- sive, there is no urgent local demand that they be swollen to larger proportions. The question of the cityTs indebtedness bids fair to be an important factor in the campaign which is promised soon to settle the issue whether or not a modern and adequate sys- tenn of sewerage shall be installed in the unservered sections of the city. To go slow and to pay as you go is an excellent rule for all growing towns, but there are times when it is wise to go in debt for a worthy pur- pose.-Selma Times-Journal. '
 Profits In Diversification.-In spite of the fact that Houston county produced twenty three thousand bales this year, it is one of the foremost counties in the state for diver sified farming. Plenty of peanuts, corn, hay, hogs, and other produce were raised, but they haven't had advertising like our twenty-three thousand bales of cotton. Too much advice is given farmers by white-collared town peo- ple The farmer knows more about his busi- ness than the avegagesman who isn't farming. But the man who raises produce for market- ing purposes in addition to his cotton, is the man who will make money steadily year in and year out regardless of hard times. All of his money is not tied up in one commodity with the possibilities of the bottom falling out-Dothan Eagle.