The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-03

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GREENWOOD, MISS, MARCH 5, 1917.
A duty is pleasant or unpleasant accordin
- we view it and attempt its performance.
we dislike it and hesitate to do it its perform
ance will give US no pleasure and will be but ha
done. But if we regard it cheerfully and do
promptly, and to the best of our ability it will
done well and give satisfaction.
What some people call principle is nothing bu
obstinacy and prejudice, and the sooner they ri
themselves of it the better it will be for them
selves and others. But real principle is some
thing that one should never let go-he should hol'
to it at all hazards.
Our war college experts say Japan and Eng
land could land an invading army of 2,750,0o0 me1
in the u. S. in As days, but they have not made
public their estimate of the percentage that woule
get back home.
Someone well said that the way to secure poll
tical reform was to "~agitate, agitate, agitate.'
So if a business man wants to draw customers
and make q success of his business he must ad'
vertise, advertise, advertise.
The man who loafs at the street corner with
his hands in his pockets and pretending to look
for work generally manages to find some excuse
for not doing it when it is offered.
Life, in the matter of success is not determin-
ed by ones business achievement or by the size
Of ones bank deposits, but by the amount of
good one does in the world.
However, the marriage, in Philadelphia, Of an
ex-dancer of 81 to a millionaire widow Of AZ was
not the first time that cash has been accepted as
m offset for age.
Officers of the American line do not doubt
their right to send their ships anywhere, but are
sacrificing profits and playing safe by holding
them in port.
Some prices can be lacked up some of the
time, but all prices cannot be lacked up all of
the time-without starting serious trouble for
the jackers.
Anyway, in the event Of war, the Panama
Canal would be in danger from its next door
neighbors-if the price offered were high
enough.
Lots of people would like to know just to what
extent railroads have given war munitions pref
erence over domestic necessities in forwarding
freight.
Our farmers might do worse than take a tip
from the official appeal to French peasants to
make the spring sowing big for a victory har-
vest"
Hot-head youth isn't responsible for all the
hurrying-a lady Of 43 rushed into matrimony
again three hours after getting a Reno divorce.
Without passing on their fighting qualifca-
lions, it may be said that Cuban revolutionists
have poor judgment of the news market.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg even has nerve
enough to put the crown-prince, by implication,
among the incapable officers at Verdun.
Biggest hunt ever-England's private-owned
fleet Of 1900 ships engaged in hunting U-boats,
claiming to have bagged 200.
Possibly Congressman Gardner, of Mass, said
Uncle Sam has both arms in sings to try to tempt
into hitting him.
Prescriptions. Of most of the Congressional
if taken would be more likely to kill than
10 cure the patient.