The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28
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LQRlNlQsiR dE qTlaER EPET2Es Fl should Not Be OvsrseeEed.- when thinh. ing of the best plan to be happy, healthy sn6 wise. don't overlook the imp6rtanes of only buying aon credit when the money is ize sight to pay when due.-Dothan Eagle.
  l Early Expansicn Expeetcd.--With ma limited cheap power available for Andalun2M now, there should be an early beginning 0A the industrial expansion which we have ,beaa working for since last November. The zero hour is set for July l. Here is hoping svsry- thing will be in readiness to stzrt Andar lusia's first cotton mill by that dats,-Ans dalusia Star.
 Grounds for Optimism-EsOrenca and tho Muscle Shoals district enjoy conditions Eha& | are far better than any other section of this entire country, and more progress is being made here, with greater city developmenta, than can be matched elsewhere. An optimism dinner of Florence boosters is thoroughly appropriate at the present time.-F1orence Times.
 Not Using His Opportunities. farm CT who doesn't listen to these agents, who doesn't see the pictures when given the op- portunity, who doesn't order the bulletins in which he is interested, and who doesn't readi the newspaper articles sent from Auburn on 2 agricultural subjects is wasting money be- cause he is not using what he has bought and paid for.-Gadsden Journal.
 Education In Reach of All.-According to the United States commissioner of education, common school education increases mans productive ability 90 per cent; high-school training increases 1t 100 per cent, and q col lege training increases it from POO to 300 per cent. Learning has its value; it is worth working for. And in these good days com mon school education is easily within reach of every boy and girl, while high-schooI training may be had for the asking. Selma Times-JournaL
 Value of Creditable ExhIbit-The South desires to attract new capital, new citizens, manufacturers, farmers, professional and business men and this will be done through attracting new visitors. These will be drawn to Alabama if her exhibit at the big show in New York next January is all that it could be- People of standing, character and ability will visit the Southern Hxposition by the thousands. What they see there will in- fluence many of them in their future course. -Gadsden Times-News.
 It Is We'll Worth Seeing Muscle Shoals is too big thing for any country paper to attempt to write up in its limited space. It has to be seen to be appreciated. It would be worth the while for any citizen that can to make the trip to that section and make an inspection of one of the biggest dams in the world. Besides, you will meet a lot of the clevereet people in the state. These Ten- nessee Valley fellows pride themselves on their citizenship, and we have recently passed on it, and have o. K.'d them.-C Centreville Press.
 
 Losses From Forest Fires.-A1abama an- nually suffers heavy losses to timber es result of forest fires, and most of A1abama's forest fires could be prevented with the ex. ercise of a little care on the part of campers and hunterH in the woods, and could be checked easily if an attempt was made to stop them before they gained too great a headway. A majority of the forest fires in the Southern and Eastern States can be chased as preventable, and are the result usually of carelessness on the part ok shcae who go into the woods to hunt or campo Anniston Star.
 Wagon Bridge Badly Needed.--As haa been said in these columns time and again of late that never was there such an Oppor. tune time to erect a wagon bridge hero as at the present time. Labor is plentiful and anxious to work. Materials for bridge build ing are as low priced now as they win ever be. The Tennessee Valley is taking on new life and needs to take on stin more life. No one enterprise will do more to hurry devei- Opments in this section than the building of a wagon bridge here connecting the many important roads that lead to the Twin Cities. Albany Decatur Daily.