The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-07
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 Cotton Farmers Need Protection.--The government is not maintained for the protec- tion of spectators. It is organized for the protection and advancement of legitimate trade. Cotton farmers are entitled to greater pTotec- ton than cotton speculators. They are pre- ducers. Spectators are the drones. It would be n sad day in America if congress should enact laws for the protection of ironcs and the destruction of .workers.- Montgomery Journal. N
 Text Book Changes Work Hardsiip.-- Changing text books. as was done this year in Alabama, unquestionably works hardship upon many parents. In family where there are three to five children attending the pub lie schools, the purchase of new books for all of them calls for q heavier expenditure than maBy parents are able to make without great inconvenience. Several cases of parents being compelled to borrow the money with which to equip their. children with new books have been reported.-Anniston Star.
 One Of The Finest.-A travelling man was in the Advocate office q few days ago, and said he made this place once each month, and he has been all over the city and that he could truthfully say that Greenville was one of the finest towns he makes. Commerce street, he remarked, was beauty, and the residential part of the town would compare with that section of any other place he visits in Alabama. We, who live here, know that this travelling man was telling simply the truth. He might haven added that we have population that is as9 fine as the streets or Advocate.
 Thankful For Good Health.-Good health is n | kL-A .s..1 sess. Ozark is thankful for it's excellent sani- tation and good health. at present enjoyed. Factors that make it 50 are the purest of deep well or artesian water supply, sewerage system, paved streets, and alleys constantly combating of flies and mosquitoes and de. struction of their breeding places Ozark medi- cal fraternity is due much credit for its in- fluence in leading the people to adopt these preventive measures that ward off disease and that make for better health conditions.-- Ozark Southern Star. y 0e
 Pride in One's Home Tewna-We, who have spent most of our livesiin and around Scotts- .boro, cannot fully apbreciate the natural beauties in and surrounding the town and do not take the pride in it we should. In other words, we pass by so many opportunities of helping to improve our town and bring out the best there is in it. z, Strangers who come to town very often remark on the natural beauty that greets their eyes as they come into this section and the possibilities of mak- ing beautiful little city out of Scottsboro.-- ScottsbOro Progressive Age. Re
 Town And College Teamwork Extensive public improvements in the city of Auburn, and improvements at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, are gratifying to Alabamians. for the town and the college move forward to- gether. Not only does better town to live in mean that the college will profit, but town and college are actively cooperating in en- terprises by which both will benefit, as in the construction of new water plant, for which the engineering work was done by members of the college faculty ty.--Mobile Reg ister.
 Cotton Compress Needed.-what Tusca- loosa needs at this timeiab everything else is modern cotton compress and warehouse. Thiss- costs money--$ $60 O00.00 or more. It would mean; however, that Tuscaloosa would immediately become an assembly place for cotton from. West Alabama territory. It would mean that the Alabama Farm Bureau would ship and store much of it's cotton here. It would mean that Tuscaloosa would become a cotton center and the competition among the numerous buyrrs attracted to Tuscaio0sa would insure the farmers the very highest market price for their commodity.-Tu -Tuscas loosa News. Ss
 For The Public Health.-The new system of milky. inspection and ccrtification which will become effective Ockober l, marks a stride forward in the control bf one of the primary factors in the public hsalth, and the results ought to be reflected iH improved conditions in those ailments which ae "' 8> pure milk. The system of testing and grading will place the buying public Cn guard and show the grade of the milk that is being dis tributed. V
 The dairymen who. equip themselves to pro duce milkNnder the most cleahly and hygieDic conditions and who W. tch scrupulously every step in the process froR COW to consumer will soon be rewarded by attaining the highest gradings and along with these coveted evi- dences, the confidence and patronage of the community which they supply.-Selma Times