The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-10
HEAlABAMA aa $lgzaI EXPRESS

Better Safe Than Sorry.4fhe slogau. "It is Better To Be Safe Than Sorry," applies to fire prevention as we'll as to crossing rail road tracks and driving a motor car through crowded streets.-Alobile Register.
 An Injustice Set Afight-The compilation of new city directory at Huntsville has dis- closed the fact that that city has popula- tion of more than twenty-one thousand. The Muscle Shoals district will rejoice with Hunts vile that the injustice of the last census is set alright and that it's importance is properly established.-Florence Times9 )G
 Reasons For Ford Coming South.--There are submitted two logical reasons" why Ford is expected to establish an industry in the South. First, competition is forcing him to continually find ways of lowering costs, and. second. the South is the only remaining sec tion of the United States which is practically virgin territory for the sale of cars and trac- tors.-Montgomery Journal.
 Apple Not Properly VaIued.-The apple is not sufficiently appreciated, and especially here, where it could be grow to such perfec- tion. The apple-growing industry could be made one of the important activities of Ala bama farming and could be source of steady and substantial income to Alabama orchard I ueFGl0D industry.-Anniston Star.
 Make It Ten Times More.-Not 50 many years ago buoyant and progressive Birming- ham had less than 10000 people. Today she has more than 100000, The thought of growth attends immediately upon the town building efforts here in Greater Huntsville where directory census gives us 21,753 peo- pie. Let us swell that number ten times, or more in as many years. It can be done easily if we all go about the job properly.-Hunts- vile Times.
 Might Try Moving To Mobile.-That suf- fering citizen of Montgomery who writes the editor of the Journal there, alleging that three are more mosquitoes in that city than for sny year in the past twenty, and that they are eating him up," might try moving to Mobile. A few days ago Dr. Welch, official head of 1 our state health authorities, announced that he had eliminated the mosquito nuisance in the Port Gty.-Opelika News.
 l Something In Knowing How.-When dis. couraged by the outlook for farming as profitable adventure, there are occasional rifts in the cloud that are somewhat comfort ! ing. A Demopolis gentleman engaged in farming as a sideline remarked to the editor that he had cleared up several thousand dol AarS Of old debts, farming in the past two years. and had lifted all the mortgages, and had his feed croops housed and his stock in good condition and all paid for. After all. there must be something in knowing how and doing it.-Demopolis Times.
 Like Money Slipped In.-The advancing price of cotton is just. like having money slipped into our bank accounts. It ought to brighten the spirits of the whole community as it surely will be reflected in the business that is done here in the next two or three months The difference of five cents pound in what the farmer receives will be the diff ference between keeping even and real pros prity. And the best of it is that further ads vances seem practically assured as the later l figures continue to indicate further reduc- tion in the final yieId.--Muscle Shoals Sunday 1 News. %@ T8
 Police Officers Getting Better. The RiE- mihgham police have at last caught one of the celebrated robbers of that city, after two years work. We are inczined to believe that these officers are improving as the years go by The crime wave that has been going on in that city for the last four years has been hard for the police to battle with. But we find that sooner or later the criminal is caught and brought to justice. Kant Ketchum," the. name given to himself by this negro, has 1obtained $500,000 by theft. The law win have to give him about 175 years in the pen or he will come out of the thing winner. In other words, he could afford to spend ten years in the pen for $500 000.-Moundsville News. -