The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-14
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| N Those Who Suffer Most --The cruelest
 part ofYa crime is the suffering caused to
 innocent people, The criminals themselves
 may pay the penalty the law prescribes.
 which Is merely paying the debt to the state for breaking law, but the sufferings of the
 families of all concerned cannot be paid off. -Dothan Eagle. szs ,se
 Cleaning Up the Public service.-In the statewide effort to make public officials live. up to their oath of office or step down and
 out, the impeachment machinery operations have started down here in Walker county.
 We opine that the network will spread on
 out, and wherever guilty are to be found they will be gathered in and dealt with as
 the law directs Huntsville Times.
 Let Pullets Have Chance.-Get rid of
 the cockerels in your growing poultry flocks
 and let the outlets have a. chancce to do their best. The males will bring you more profit now than later and the females will thrive much better by themselves And it is neces- sary that the outlets be kept growing if you expect them to do their duty in the nest this fall.--Florence News.
 Farmers Fighting the Weevil.-But few
 farmers coming to town much of late. The
 rains have also started the grass, and they
 are busy, and should be. Much depends on
 their fight for the next sixty days as well
 as the frequency he sprays the boil weevil. The late rains, however, have lett good sea- sons, and with anything like luck the short cotton supply may be helped out-Talladega Daily Home. /A Value of Helping the .Boys-The activities l of the Rotary Clubs and other civic organ
 izations in the boys movement. seeking not | only the wholesome control and direction of l boy life in the big world outside of the home,
 but also in the pleasures and recreations of the boys ss one of the really worthwhile, .in- spiring movements of the present day and | can but be crowned with far-reaching benefi- cent results.-Selma Times-Journal
 A Plain Public Need.-Better roads and more of them must be the cry this genera | tiop if OUT greatest need is to be supplied. Transportation is the nations problem and the nation as a whole should undertake to solve it. There must be a nationwide pro- | gram as an educator, but that alone will not | solve the difficulties What is lacking is proper coordination. Surely the need for this is plain and the necessary supervision could be employed without infringing on state | sovereignty.-Muscle Shoals Sunday News. I- Picture. or GlOrIOuS TteunlOH.-AI au
 Alabama cities and communities could unite in preparing a "home coming" festival in some centrally located place n this state, and
 not necessarily in q city, but in a. commu- nity where there would be abundant room for a great gathering, where attractions and
 entertaining features could be staged and
 where all the people who have gone from this
 state to the Southwest who are still living
 would meet, what a wonderful reunion it | would be.--Anniston Star.
 Roads as Aid to Trade.-Bspecially to the north and, northwest lies a trade territory
 that should naturally be tributary to Flor ! ence wholesale and retail houSes, and this
 trade could be developed into one of the most important factors In the business of the
 community. But the first and most impor-
 tant movement toward developing the busi- ness and other relationships with the people of the? section is the matter of road develop
 ment. At present easy communication even within the confines. of the county is difficult, and unless something is done this summer and fall contamination will be practically impossible during the wet months of the xvinter Florence Times,