The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-03

Hoover's league is batting strong.
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Even the patience of Wilson must have a limit.
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Everybody is getting rich these days, except
those who are not getting rich.
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That ~picketing foolishness in Washington would
stop p. d. q, if ignored by newspapers.
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The freedom of Paris is given Pershing's men;
that Of all Berlin they'll take-a little later.
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It's about time for br'er Fairbanks to %reiterate
his praise of buttesmilk as a summer tipple.
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Another world-record that will stick was hung
up by American contributors to the Red Cross.
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Of course our soldiers will soon talk French,
but their fighting will be the good old Americanese.
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While the government is in a controlling mood
some men would like to see it tackle their wives.
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That dark brown morning taste is getting rarer
every day, and may soon be impossible to acquire.
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Senatorial dentists are ready to have a go at
drawing some Of the teeth of the food control bill.
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If not convinced that Root has a persuasive
tongue, you have not been reading the news from
Russia.
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Trying to beat Pershing-those engaged in
assigning American troops to a position on the
freing line.
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Was about to say, "conscripts, to your tents"
when we remembered they are to live in houses
while training.
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Must exasperate Wilson, whom deep in plans to
make sure Of bread for everybody, to be disturbed
by a request for pie.
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Br'er John Wanamaker has mighty good eyes
he sees the whole world transformed into a new
Jerusalem after the war.
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Good tip to all preachers from the Pope: "Ser-
mons should be exclusively religious and seek to
please God and not man."
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At that, Congressman Purnell, of Ind, isn't
the only one who thinks the working man too lean
and the grub-gambler too fat.
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With 100000, of us subscribing for liberty
bonds, the gloomiest calamity bowler cannot claim
that his country is having "hard times"
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Members of the exemption boards are, we fear,
much more popular now than they are going to be
after they begin handing down decisions.
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Anyway, no clean-minded man will throw
brickbats at secretaries Baker and Daniels for
trying to have good moral conditions around army
and navy stations.
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Austria reports that it has 4,500,0O0 bushels
of wheat more than it will need for home consump-
ton, but lacks ships to send it to England-that
lack we are expected to lessen.
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Shaking up the administration has become a
regular habit with some of the Washington cor
respondents. It's SO easy, you know-nothing re-
quired but vivid imagination.
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Not only does the food control bill passed by
the house prohibit the use of grain to make booze,
but it authorizes the President to seize for govern
ment use alcoholic liquors already made.
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When Uncle Sam, by holding a big stick over
them, makes a gang quit gOuglfg the people, we
can't enthuse over them as patriots, no matter
HON cleverly their press agents may put it.
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Old-time politicians who used to make a special
ty Of twisting the lions tail are somewhat dazed
by the news that all Russia is preparing for a
rousing celebration Of the Glorious Fourth.
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Woody must be asking himself on the quiet, if
q voluntary aid, who doesn't need the money, is
not more apt to insist on having his own way than
one to whom it would be a hardship to be fired.
Strictly speaking, it may be none Of our bust.
ness, still we are taking the liberty of reminding
some of the greedy bunch hanging around Wash
ington that war-grabbed wealth brings little salts