The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-04

Summer, however, is family tapping at the
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Subscribers who pay up" are never "dunned."
Savvy?
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Did they call your number, young man? Con-
gratulations.
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Come to think of it, China forgot to change
rulers again last week.
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Don't tell the other fellow to put winning the
war 6rst-set him the example.
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Here's hoping that every CRATER who attempts
to skin the government gets skinned.
Congress is not the least bit afraid of steel
and coal barons but farmers-Oh, my!
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Carranza, poor devil, is back number. Even
the Joke departments are dropping him.
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This two-dollar wheat business indicates that
Congress needs a 80 per cent. courage test.
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American battle ~airplanes will fly in Europe
much sooner than pessimists predict. File this.
An upward tendency is announced in mems
clothing. Bah! Who wants to look at a mans
leg?
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Perhaps, however, John Barleycorn is wonder
ing what part of the German army walked over
hin.
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The bachelor is the only man capable of telling
how to manage a wife. The married man knows
it can't be done.
A worthy cause has nothing to fear from its
active foes. 1t is the Stacker who blocks the
wheels Of progress,
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And never before has a list Of names been
scanned with such keen and overpowering inter-
est. Was it there?
Since it happened East St. Louis officials have
been claiming that most of the rooters were from
Missouri. So are we.
Our confidence in winning the war is not based
on %conceit, but on knowledge of Americas fighting
power and resources.
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If congress succeeds in reducing the volume Of
government pork" will the price of the CONNER
cial variety go higher?
Once more has nature asserted her right to =.
peal her own laws. A small boy has just died
from eating green apples.
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We might, with excellent results, include con-
gress in the draft. Then they would have to obey
orders and do something.
Mothers of boys in the navy know how to ap-
~preciate the untiring efforts of Secretary Daniels
to safeguard their morals.
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This years "silly season" is also vicious. At
least, that is the only way we can account for
some of the war stuff printed.
American patriotism is not only wide-awake,
but ready and willing to pay the price, in both
blood and money, for victory.
Some branches of labor have yet to be taught
that striking is a hindrance to winning the war
and the teaching should be quick.
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Quite a bunch of German-American newspa.
pers are playing for suppression, and the sooner
they get it the best for the country.
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This office is in receipt Of a long letter of advice
as to economy in household expenditures. Who
wants it? The editor has no use for it.
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When the government finishes with its other
investigations it should look into the conspiracy
between the weather man and the coal barons.
The only thing that worries us, however, IL
how we can cough up our share of the expense Of
this war and still have three square meals q day
left.
"Avoid kissing if you would have a beautiful
mouth" says Lillian Russell. But, Lillian, it is