The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-05
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First Boils in Abbevnler- On going to press we received two boIis oeaopen cotton oac from the farm of Mr. J. E. Cummings and one from Mir. ". R. Curry. This is the first open cotton reported this season, which indi- cates that the crop will soon be moving in volume. There will be happy times Tn Dixie -Abbcville Herald.
 Good Road Machinery. Necessary. doing good road work it is just as essential to have good road machinery as it is for the mechanic to have tools suitable to do his work. The fine road work done in Cullman county during the past few months has fully demonstrated what it means to have modern road building machinery for the building of good roads. Cullman Tribune.
 What It Means to MObiIe.- Obviously tbis means that the several centers will serve their respective localities and it follows that Mo bile, which is favorably situated for the re- ceipt of manganese ore and for pig iron and for cement rock, will itself become a pro- ducing center whenever the rates are so reg ulated as to remove the obstacle to Mobiles enjoyment of this natural advantage.-Tus- caloosa News.
 Dale County Crop Outlook Bright. The prospects in old Dale for fine crop is very promising. We have a splendid corn crop al- ready made. The beans are growing and flourishing. The ground pea crop is very promising and other food crops are growing. The cotton crop is better than it has been in several years, and if no bad luck hits the cot ion fields, we will pull out with fifteen thou sand or more bales.-Ozark Southern Star.
 Colbert County Roads Good.-The Hon. U. H. Scruggs, of Birmingham, state high way commissioner, was in Colbert county Thursday, and said heEwas of the opinion Colbert had roads equal to any county in the state. Our people have become so aceus- toned to good roads that they resent slight bump or rut more than they used to resent n lily pond." When man like Mir. Scruggs passes judgment on our highways then we can feel that we are safe when we shout their excellent condition from the housetops. Sheffield Standard.
 Commission Form Not Responsible mingham is having troubles of her own, but we cannot believe the commission form of government is responsible for conditions. Other cities have had just as much trouble, just as many stories of graft under the old aldermauic form of government as Birming- ham is having today. What we need is a law compelling all officers handling public money, from the state down to the smallest district, to make frequent complete statements to the public of all money passing through their de- partnents.--Moulton Advertiser.
 
 Organized Road Building Needed-Unless organized trunk highway building becomes part of the road building program in Ala bama this state will fall behind the other states of the union in road building. IL is not possible to build great system of roads cutting from end to end. and side to side of this state without placing the responsibility together with the funds in the hands of the state highway commission, thereby centraliz- ing the plans, the authority and the funds with which to act.We will have q poor sys, tenn of roads in Alabasna so long as the road funds are distributed among the sev- eral counties of the state and each is allowed to spend money hit or miss, leaving long stretches of poor roaa to connect short stretches o good Eoads sFe first need l6ng, well built and well maintained trunk hish- ways in this state. After they have been secured the counties individually can take care of the connecting roads leading onto the highways. We need good roads and in order to get them we need centralized power, finan- cial power and authoritative power.-Flor- ence Herald. aa1