The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21


 it needs to- be stated over and over that it doesn't pay to plant too much cotton-- Dadeyille Spot Cash. saa4
 < Just A Suggestiou--tThere is more re- ligion in the state penitentiary than there is at Vanderbilt University or the University of Tennessee. deposeth Commissioner Pope Now why not change teachers rs-up-there7" --Talladega Daily Home.
 Effective Aid From Bank--The bank that renders the farmer the greatest assistance is not always the one that makes him the largest loan. It is the one who assists him in planning his farm operations 50 that he will not be constantly in need of loan.-- Oneonta Southern Democrat.
 Better Watch The WeeviI.-A farmer near Montgomery was reading his Bible last week when a boil weevil flew in and lit on the open page. It isn't recorded just what chap ter the farmer was reading, nor is it charged th8t the boil weevil was endeavoring to se- lect a text. One thing is assured, however, you'd better watch the. .weevil.--Huntsville Star. &sa
 Climate, Season And Crime.-That climate and season have an influence on crime, there bis no longer doubt, as statistics abundantly prove it. More crimes of certain classes are committed in summer than in winter, and vice. versa,. Right now, in Anniston, there is an epidemic of automobile stealing. More automobiles have been stolen in the past few days than in the same number of months previously. It might, with some degree of accuracy, be said that, the first real days of spring had something to do with the steal ing of these utomobiles--Anniston Star.
 A Wholesome Appeal.-0nce again the fa- miliar call to the national pastime is heard as the major league seasons are opened and the, teams representing cities large and small in all parts of the country begin the battle for the championship in their own sphere of activity. There is something fine in the appeal that sport, clean and worth while, has for the average American. There is something about it that carries the convic- tion that America need have no fear for the quality of her citizenship as long as people in every walk of life, old and young alike, will turn with such great enthusiasm to a clean outdoor sport.-Gadsden Times-News.
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 Home Demonstration Agent Needed.-But- Ter county is one of the most progressive counties in Alabama. { But there is one thing that has so far not claimed their at- tention to that extent of employing one-a home demonstration agent. In nearly all the counties of the state this important adjunct is efficiently utilized, It is true that the county agent is here and he is a good one and is kept busy looking after his line ot work; but the women and young ladies of the county are left out in the cold. They have no one to demonstrate canning and the hundreds of other things to help them in home economics.-Greenville Advocate.
 Fighting A Public AIenace-Selma has q very propitious death rate, but its record in the matter of the prevalence of recover able disease is not so flattering. Selma is also blessed with the favoring factors of climate, location and an intelligent popUla- tion, and only needs to awaken to the vital importance of using those agencies of health promotion and sickness prevention which discovery and medical -fscienee have made available for the service iof mankind. The campaign to make the city mosquito-free and to fOrestall the recurrence of malaria, q standing menace to the healthfulness of every Southern town, bids fair to be crowned with complete success and will spread the fame of the city far and wide.-Selma Times-Jour- nal.
 Youngsters Do Cave-NIan Act.-AbbevfIIe seems to have a band of youngsters with primitive ideas of "gettinR even" when left out of the list of those invited to the kid parties, These young boys, it seems, have formed habit of arming themselves with sticks, stones and ropes, and hiding in ann bush until some youthful Romeo and his lady love of the socially elect. strolIs beyond the protecting lights of the home where the party is being pitched. Then the slighted swains. boiling with the righteous wrath of not being invited, bounce on the helpless Romeo. bat him few times with their sticks and bind him with ropes. Sometimes they do the ''cave-man aet' Sand carry the thor Oughly thrilled maden@ for they are never too young to be perfectly thrilled at being the motif of bloody hattle-off for souse of ice cream sodas and chewing gum. But mostly the female of the species must find her way back to the party as best she can,