The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-28
The AIaban,a Press
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Time To Swat The Fly--It is not too early for Calhoun people to begin planning for the fight upon the house fly, pest that will be with in great numbers in a few weeks. Although winter still is here and we may have some some cold weather in March. the fly is ready for the first break in the weather and a few warm days will find millions of them seeking entrance into our homes to spread disease with the filth they carry. It would be the part of wisdom for people whose windows and doors are screened to see to it that screens are in good shape and are fly proof. A very small opening in screen is sufficient to let the flies in, and once they get into the house, they increase in numbers rapidly and become a menace before we realize it-Anniston Star.
 The Waste Of Bad Roads.--If you really need n thing you lose money by doing with. out, and thereby pay for it without having it. And nowhere is the truth of the state ment more apparent than in the matter of our highways. That is an illustration which anyone can understand. We need good high. ways-need them badly-and lose more money by doing without them than their cost would be. The loss to the public in travelling over indifferent-duite often really impossible-- roads would be staggering if properly cem- puted 1t is much more than it would cost to have modern highways. Net by doins without we pay for them in thousand in- direct expenditures and do this without buy ing or having them either.-aiusclc Shoals Sunday News <; I,F a.t si.i...-
 The IlIiteraey Fight.-Men and women who have always been able to read and write are not the ones to attest the value of education. Possession becomes a common place thing and a human being comes to regard education as part of himself. He cannot imagine himself without it any more than he can ina- zine himself without eyes and ears and voice. But the man or woman who has lived a life of mental darkness, can put proper value even upon such little knowledge as one would find in a reader and a copy book. If one would know what value should be placed upon this campaign against illteracy let hifh consult the mature man or woman who learned to write his name after Alabama started this drive against illiteraey.-Mont- gOmery Journl. Finds Ground For Contentment t-As is well known property in Alabama is taxed at only sixty per cent. of its assessed valuation. Many states have similar assessments stand ards. but many of them also insist that prop erty shall be assessed at 100 per cent of its cash value. The total gross assessments for 1923 show grand total of approximately one billion dollars in the state, which must be construed to mean that the grand total of valuations in the state is around two bil- lion dollars Everybody ha:es taxes, bu. tie denizen of this commonwealth can find much ground for contentment v',iCn hs draws il parallel between his own burned and those that are heaped on the backs of citizens of other states.-Selma Times-Journal.
 Of Benefit To The Farmers.--The fertilizer demonstrations that have been conducted in Madison county during the past week are going to be of incalculable benefit to the far- mers of this section of the state Being able to use that brand of fertilizers that are par. ticularly adapted to certain soils is aIwaya worth much to the man who pays out his dollars to enrich his land. and when he knows exactly what he is getting, he IS ii, position to get best results.-Huntsville Star.
 Big Seller Of Cotton Seed.-The HeadI,na territory is not only the best cotton-growing section in the South--it is also one of the largest sellers of high grade wilt-resistant cot. ton seed. Consider the fact that more than a hundred carloads of cotton seed, for seed purposes are sent from Headlald ali over the country.-Wiregrass Farmer.
 Dawning Of New Industrial Era.--Neyar Tn the history of Eufaula has there been as many new enterprises under way as at the present time, so old residents tell us. Verify a new era has dawned upon the city: and the people have great cause for reioicine the very thing they are doing, and in A way that spells great things for the city's futnrs. .VEufaula Citizen.