The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-02
The Alabama Press
Opinions Of other Editors

May Stop Neutrality-suspicious. day
righteous legislature will arise IN Alabama
and enact laws that will stop mud-slinging in
political ampaigns.-Huntsville Morning
Star.
New Cabinet Job Wanted.-Another cabi.
net Job should be created by congress, If con.
erese has the right to create so important a
Job and it should be known as the secretary
of investigation. His duties would be to IN
yestigate and conduct trials of government g
officials.-Dothan Eagle. 80 5
Benefits OF Church. GOing.-It is remark
able, but nevertheless true. that whole lot
of good people in this land cannot find time
to attend to religious duties two hours a
week. We never heard Of a church hurting
anyone, and no one person can hurt a good
church very much.-LaFayette Sun
Has Nothing On Huntsville Birmingham
ID also heading out for more and better hos
pital Accommodations, putting nothing over
on Greater Huntsville and the Muscle Shoals
district, for right here in this capital city
Of the great Tennessee Valley we propose to
erect a new modern hospital to cost $150,0OO
or more.-Huntsville Times.
Strain On Fishermen's Tempers.-The fish
ing moratorium imposed by the last legisla-
ture to run from April to June /, Is proving
a severe strain on the tempers OF the fisher"
men. The lockwood blossom, natures sign
manual that fishing time has come, will now
waste its fragrance on the desert air.-Selma
Times-Journal.
Leader In Tennessee valley.-Madison
county not only continues the banner county
of the state in an agricultural and every other
way, but 1t is the proud leader of the won.
derful tier of counties composing the North
Alabama and Tennessee Valley section Of the
great Muscle Shoals district.-Huntsvill
Times
People Have Right To Know.-Some Of the
Alabama newspapers have stirred up quite
scrap with the state highway commission.
Well, the people have a right to know what
the highway department Is doing and this
controversy will perhaps be the means OF
spreading information concerning 1t. When
the facts are all in the people will form their
own opinion.-Ashland Progress.
Now The Time For PostOffIce.-we have
an appropriation Of sos, 600 for a postoffice
building in Andalusia, and If that amount can
be made available, we are in favor of having
the work go forward, and then in case we
get an additional appropriation later we can
add to the building as needed. Our belief
is that $55,O00 federal building now Is bet
ter than promise of hundred thousand
dollar building in the distant future.-Anda-
lusia Star.
Only Loot And SIush Fund.-The Repub-
lican party has been in control of the gov
eminent for the past, three years, but has
done nothing constructive in all that time.
That party has no policy except to give to
contributors to the campaign fund the oppor-
tunity to loot the public treasury, Accord.
ing to the evidence brought out in the investi-
cations now going on, that opportunity has
not been overlooked by those who helped to
make up the 1920 slush Efund.-DeKalb Coun.
ty Herald. q
The Mule AS Emergency The farmer may
have his fl:vver to carry hEn and his family
into town. He may have a tractor and other
advanced farm machinery, and he even may
have motor truck to carry his farm products
to town, but he also has mule or two for
every day work and to fall back on when a
rea Emergency arises Sometimes he needs
the mule to pull the fliyver out of the mud
or to drag the tractor to- high ground for
pairs. Always he counts upon the mule for
blowing on rough, stumpy or rocky ground.
And a shortage of gasoline does not keep the
mule power from being utilized. as sometimes
is the case with the motor car.-Anniston
Star.
Cedar Chest Factory Needed.--Bibb county
in the past twenty-five years has shipped out
thousands of carloads of fine red cedar at
bare living price of hauling this fine wood
to the cars. If local men had started cedar
chest factory here in Centreville the entire
output could have been sold at a handsome
profit, The fact is. spost that now sells
for about sixty cents in stick could have been
made to bring from twelve to fifteen dollars
manufactured into cedar chests We have
been taking from our forests and earth for
the enrichment of others. We have just been
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