The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-04

bHmingnam NO F1kor.-Blrm1ngham IS no piker. Even when the cashiers down there default, they take all in sight.-Gunters- vile Democrat
 "I.orac BcautifuP' fin the Country.--"Hom Beautiful movements need not be confined to towns There is just as much need for such work in country communities as in the towns. and once the interest in home beautifying is aroused in rural community the people will quickly enter into the work heartily. ."--An- niston Star. ,f1nE
 Greenville's First Bale.-Greehyille would have had a bale of the new cotton before this, but for the fact that the gins are not yet in operation and will not be for some days yet. One farmer told us that he had bale already picked out. He was in no hurry to have it ginned just for the honor of being the first, as, it is not customary to get a fancy price for it now.-Greenville Advocate.
 Will Make Better Cotton Record. = The Talladega warehouses handled ten thousand bales of cotton last season. They will beat that this year. It is a mighty fine place to live, whether you grow cotton or not-Cen- treville Press. Bet your life and last year was an off years. Usually there are twenty or thirty thousand bales of cotton raised in Talladega county, and 1t takes about that many for its cotton mills.-Talladega Daily Home.
 Birmingham Municipal Odors. = Unless Birmingham does something quickly and defi- nitely to remove the stain and unpleasant odors that enianate from municipal head quarters there many of us who are deeply interested in the continued growth and pros perity of Alabama's greatest city will not re- main sorely displeased, but we'll be persuaded to step in and help take hand that will un mistakably relieve the unfortunate situation Huntsville Times.
 Getting Her Share of Building. .-Building means much to any continuity and Tusca loosa is gaining it's share in this great opera tien. Dispatches from over the country tell of the steady progress which is being made in the building industry throughout the United States. Construction and construc tiveness in all lines of industry in Alabama are maintaining q steady pace and all looks well for the coming fall and winter.-Tusca- loosa News.
 Out of Harmony With the Times.---While it might involve some dangerous hazards to undertake to throw out the present state con stitution and draft another one, it will not be seriously contended that the existing organic law is an instrument intended for present days, for it is now far out of harmony with the times in which we live. The increasing necessity for amending the constitution af- lords ample proof that the old document has been outlived and no longer supplies those flexible and enlightened conditions under which a state and its subdivisions may be allowed to expand and go forward-Selma Times-Journal.
 Southern Negroes and the North.-Those negroes who contemplate going North as soon as they get through picking cotton should investigate the conditions in Chicago. If reports are true, there are some 100000 living there, and many of them without em- ployment. If they must leave the land of the cotton then they should not risk cities where there are too many idle men and women of their color The condition in Chicago is so acute that the municipality is taking steps to prevent any more coming, so far as possi- ble, for it's job to feed and take care of those that are there now! The Southern me- gro out of work in the North doesn't fare as well as the Northern negro, for he has the advantage.-Dothan Eagle.