The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-11

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Than to preach about your f~railties all the while
Id rather be a booster than a knocker any day
| d rather praise than ~criticise in what | have t.
say.
d rather not be wise at the cost of others sighs-
! would rather see the good things than the evi
that men DO.
l would rather be far wrog when | boost a mai
along,
Than be perfect in my judgment but make every.
body blue"
There may be quite as much danger in the
rising flood OF gold as the money sharps say
there is, but for all that some people would re-
gard being drowned by it as a mighty pleasant
death.
Lax naanagement-that of the Massachu-
setts concern for which a man says he's worked
rs years without once reporting on time in the
morning.
IL the question were put up to a national re-
terendum Immediately following a Presidential
election, the chances are the vote would be over
whelmingly for holding them apart.
Should the process of a Norwegian for max
ing coal from waste materials of paper mills hold
down the price, he'll take a high place among the
worlds benefactors.
This time, the President-elect will pick his in
auguratlon day; March 4, next will be Sunday, and
1t will be up to him to say whether the big doings
shall be on Saturday or on Monday,
In the new equal suffrage states, as we'll as in
the old ones, ladies exercised their rights in a
gentlemanly manner.
Men now engaged in picking the Jobs thew
want Will be conspicuous among next springs dis
appointed 'cussers."
Sure, a man may say, in a tone of disgust, 81
am out of politics." without binding himself for
the future.
Greeks might as well not have kept out of
the big scrap, as they have a civil war that's
equally as bad, if not worse.
After all, the greatest power we have is a ma
Jorlty OF the electoral college. 1t can't be ap-
pealed from-for four years.
Many price advances can only be accounted for
on the theory that the money is wanted bv those
responsible for them.
The first section Of the Federal trade commits
slon,s report on PRINT paper is every bit as useful
as was It's report on gasoline.
VI course we know somebody must paw for
the l,o2O ships sank up to now, but they seem to
be making us pay more than our fair share,
Some folks may regard Helen Kellar's blind
ness as accounting for her being the largest con-
tllbutor to the socialist campaign fund.
Another thing we are glad of is that no woman
mas been plnched for trying to intimidate her
hubby into voting her way.
And the unkindest cut of all is that grub we
export is sold in Europe for less than we have to
pay for it.
Throwing a gold scare into the country NAV
possibly only be- an attempt to boost the sale Of
foreign war bonds.
Ealing a third Hague conference might be i'm.
provided all the warning powers would
0
One excuse Tor jumping paper prices has been
'Verlooked-Carranza's using so much for money.
Nobody's charged the Smiths with having
'oted as a unit.
And then again, the people are sometimes
uiet because they are dead tired.
A hair-trigger mind has one advantage-it
uys before the price is raised.
For awhile anyway most Of the claiming will
done by those trying to sell you something.
When the fight is over anybody can see the
Inference between the winner and the loser.
Even if e can't get peace in Europe, we can
ave peace at home-until the next campaign.
Nope, all the hecklers are not out of Jobs
hey are as busy as ever, but not in public.
Prlce-fixersd don't care a hang who is President
} long as they can hold up the consumers.
All aboard Cabinet guesser's special is now
lady.