The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-16
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A Job for the Home People While every thing will be 4eady for the thousands of young men who. will come to Mcclellan this summer for training, insofar as army off cers having the task in hand can make it ready, there is a job for the home people in connection with the big camp that may not be ready when there is need for it. The presence of several thousand men at Camp Mcclellan during the summer creates q de- mand for food that must be supplied. The government supplies it and in abundance, but the government often must send outside An niston to get many of the food articles that could be bought in this city and county. This is because our home producers have not pro vided the articles needed, and by their failure they have overlooked an excellent chance to add to their inconie.-Anniston Star.
 Telling the World About It-The world does not know that the greater part of Mus cie Shoals lies in Lawrence county. Or that >dam No. g. second only to the gigantic Will son dam, will be built in Lawrence county. We have neglected to tell them. The world does not know that Lawrence county is one of the best agricultural counties in the state. They probably think just the opposite. The world does not know that big coal operator is now buying lands in southern Lawrence. The purpose of the Lawrence county cham Der of commerce will be to tell these things. That's why we want thousand members by July. We want thousand tongues to cry out their belief in Lawrence county.-Law- renee County Times.
 Spirit of the Bocster.-C Community boost CTS are not persons who use only words of praise, although they never fail of that They are people who have not forgotten that self is not the center of things. They know that number one' does not always have to come first They are people who see wide opportunities. There is no limit upon the booster spirit, in what it will encourage. if the things sought are worth while. Boosters see open doors before themselves and their .neighbors, but they see few, if any, closed doors to anybody. They believe a way ex- ists and that it can be found and trod. They seek messages of good will concerning others. but turn deaf ears to islanders and earning criticism Albany Decatur Daily.
 
 Criminals and Seeiety-Wheneyer fsw- breaker falls into the tolls of the law and is about to become the object of merited prnish ment, all kinds of maudlin sympathy is ere ated to form barrier to shield him and fo obstruct the processes of justice. 1t is an very well to commend our police department and sherifts for their service in suppressing crime and arresting criminals, but their work is defeated and made mockery when an. ip- different or maudlin minded public becumea interested in saving the criminal and not in vlndication of the law, which is the bul- wark of the entire social order In nine caneH out of ten too much sympathy and considera- tion are shown the criminal and not enough the public whose safeguards he has outraged and trampled upon.-Selma Tmes-Journal.
 Permanency Is Economy. county has a heavy expense, every year in building bridges. Many of these bridges have to be repaired or rebuilt every year or two. There are bridges around Prattville that are re- built every two years. If these bridges were built of cement and reinforced with hog wire or steel rods they would need lf4tle repairs in twenty years Of course the initial cost will be greater, but it will be economy in the end. The time has come when we can no longer depend on sap lumber for our bridges. We must figura on steel and cement if we are to expect any permanent work. k.APrattville Progress
 Size of Bids and Serviee--If the Muscle Shoals question were one to be settled by letting the property go to the highest bidder, as some people seem to think, it would be very easy to get big price, as the interests opposed to Ford would go to great lengths to keep him from operating that project. The best results from the projects could not be assured by that system, for to bid on the project and to make it serve the greatest general good are two things not necessarily onnected.-Gadsden Times News.
 Move Up a Few NOtches.-This good com munity has long,esince cast aside it's swad- ding clothes; therefore, this small town stuff in the matter of several things that are tol- erated should not be. Let's move up a few notches, tune in a little more with progress, and go ahead. d.-Huntsville Times.
 They Are Very Apt To.-If twelve and children are taught to vlo- late the prohibition law, will they not have a contempt for all law by the time they are grown ?-Gadsden Journal.
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