The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-07

Pay your debt and then include the one to us.
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In conducting war, it is not a question Of cost,
but of results.
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Only one popular tax-that imposed on the
other fellow.
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Thank the Lord-we have been through no
cyclone in this town.
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Says Food Director Hoo" er: Eat plenty, wise
ly, and without waste"
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You never can tell how prosperous a man is by
the way his clothes look.
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Something must be wrong with the Italian Of
fensive-it is still going.
Berlin says no warships have been dispatched
against the American coast.
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The Russian government has learned that two
heads are not better than one.
Berlin says there has been no trace of any
new devices against the subs as yet.
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Somebody is unkind enough to say that all the
babies he has ever met were bad ones. ,
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Sherman said it was war but our idea Of it is
to forget something that you had to do.
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Well, boys, the registering is done; now brace
up, and don't get a crouch, if you're not selected.
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Don't shave; save soap" is a new French slo-
gan that we opine will not appeal strongly to our
BARRIERS.
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Much as we dislike to say it there are men in
Congress who ought to be tried for treason, if they
are not.
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No resolutions of sympathy for the Chicago
butter lords indicted by a Federal grand jury have
been adopted.
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Next thing Wilson may be finding it necessary
to issue a proclamation requesting all communi-
ties to keep their war cranks at home.
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A desire to run on the high-speed clutch runs
in some families-Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt asks for more speed in the navy. /
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Wilson doesn't 'cuss," or he might be tempted
to say to Congress what Farragut said to one of
his ofhcers-~D-n the torpedoes; go ahead"
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Employers need not wait for a law to be enact
ed-they are all free to follow the example Of the
Pennsylvania railroad in taking sex out of the pay
envelope.
Men and times change. Instead of trying to
get the boys of Europe out Of the trenches, Hank
Ford is doing his bit to hurry our boys into them.
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Ne'mind about which state furnished the most
soldiers in the civil war, it is which is going to
furnish the most for the world liberty war that
Uncle Sam wants to know.
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Says Gertrude Anterior: The perfect wom-
an is forty, is married and is the mother Of five
children. No, we don't know her age or the num-
Der of her children.
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The former American ambassador to Germany
says the people of that country are sticking to
the Kaiser, and that if we rid them of Imperialism
we will have to beat them all.
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The army has sent out a call for several thous-
and bakers to serve during the term of the war.
Patriotism on the part Of some bakers suggest
that they stay out of the army.
Should one of our distinguished European
visitors write a book on the u. S. A. while his i'm
pressions are fresh, it would be the biggest colec-
ton of bouquets ever brought together.
We imagine there are a lot of soldiers in the
trenches in France who would not mind permit
ing some Americans to have the honor Of holding
the line, while they recuperate.
A new explosion, named ~terrorall. has been
invented. A millionth grain blew a heavy mortar
to bits, according to the discoverer. At least, no
trace of the mortar has been found.
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