The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-04-28


GREENWOOD, MISS, APRIL %, 1917.
Gen. Haig gives the impression Of taking a hill
on high.
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No time for pussyfooting or gumshoelng.
Work your hoe.
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All the world loves q lover-except the fellow
who was Tilted.
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Heb! Hep! Hep! Let everybody hep in one
way Or another.
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Yes, they raise plenty Of nuts down in Brazil,
explaining the revolt.
Every little patriotic celebration the country
over has q meaning all its own.
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There are, though, many kinds of shakers
those in the home, for example.
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No. we've never killed a man yet-but, begob,
we're death to mosquitoes and flies.
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Headline in a newspaper said a girl was shot
in cafeteria. This must be a fatal spot.
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ACiye us this day our daily bread"-and it
may even come to that. Plant something.
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.Sprinp skirts are longer" And just as we
had gotten a pair Of high powered glasses, dog
gone it!
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Uncle Sam a weak sister? Not a bit of it.
Seven billion dollars and only trotting. Wait till
we strike a ganop.
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Colonel Roosevelt wants to lead a division to
!. France. Impossible, impossible-the boys could
never keep up with him..
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An exchange says burial in -four will Keep sill
yer bright for a long time. H-I Take the
silver-we want the flour.
Wen have two of 'em-the army of the killers
and the army Of the tillers-and one is just as
vital to success as the other.
No, sir, we'll never 60 blind as long as we live
in this town.. There are too many beautiful wom-
en- and pretty girls to look at.
The Sim Reiners are again busy proclaiming
Ireland a separate nation. If this news gets to
Berlin another big victory will get in the papers.
The government is being flooded with applica-
lions for commissions, and ten of every nine wants
to be general or an admiral. Gosh! Give us a
gun!
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Operating a spade or a hoe is as good exercise
a. swinging a golf stick any day, only it's not as
expensive and therefore not popular at the coun-
try clubs.
Sighting a German raider seems to be the
f~av0rite amusement of s~eafaring men. Just like
folks living along the seashore hear heavy firing
every morning.
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The Victoria Regia, a lily native to Brazil, has
leaves measuring from ten to twenty feet in dia-
meter. The Garden Of Eden should have been
located in Brazil.
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The minute men Of 1917 are just as willing as
those Of 1776, but there is sneaking suspicion in
the minds Of old timers that they can't shoot as
accurately.
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A wise boob once remarked that sooner or
later every man reaches his level" Witness, for
instance, the former car Of Russia as an expert
shoveler Of snow.
There seems to be some rivalry between the
British and French troops as to which takes the
most territory from the invader. Just SO the riv-
airy doesn't get serious.
Lloyd's is now betting 10 to l that the war
win be over in three months. If the rules against
extravaganza were not in force we'd be tempted
70 take 4 dollars chance Of that.
Nj. Townsman, plow up the back yard and let
liz women and children handle it while you 60
aftsr y vacant lot. Every little helps, and ten
~ twsnitty million Titles will make q whale Of q big
sCne.