The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-25

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How we wish we had those middling. gpod eggs
we used to throw at bad actors.
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Marriage license clerks are OF. the opinion that
many of our young men prefer a scrap at home to
a fight abroad.
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The Boy Scouts appear to be mobilizing rs aids
to the commissary department. May they multi
ply into billions! =-7--
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These London munitions workers who go on
strike every other day act as if they've got to,
pay income taxes.
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The federal trade commission and the other
commissions are doing considerable investigating
while Rome burns.
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Prospects of an army of a million men has
taught the Mexican to pronounce "America" other
wise than "~gringo'.
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New York "soaks' enthusiastically, endorse
Sherman's definition of war. The saloons are
closed from l to 6 q. m.
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The upshot Of the coal business seems to be
that there isn't enough of it taken from the mines
and the distribution is poor.
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If Roosevelt is to go, for heavens sake let
him 60. But if he is not to 90 let's shut up about
him and get down to business. sg.s
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If all of the farmers were to go to the farms
this summer there would be many an office for
rent. But not yours, Of course.
When the war is over we will be in the market
for a 10O-mile-an-hour aeroplane. We want it to-
chase down delinquent subscribers.
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Secretary Redfeld says there is no ground for
alarm about the food question. There will, be,
though, if the ground is not worked. -.
Those increased taxes on booze will worry few
er people than during the Spanish-American wal,
in spite of our increased population.
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Keep on buying as you always did, otherwise
a lot of our workmen will be handed, their pass
ports and bad times will result.
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Contemporary thinks we should teach our SOL
diers French before sending them to the front.
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Watchful Waiting may have been all right
in dealing with. Carranza, but it isn't worth a
buggy bean when dealing with the price boosters.
Hear Of a farmer who sold his wheat crop for
SIS, 900. This fellow doesn't know how to enjoy
the money, for he went right back to raise anoth-
er one.
Rules of English composition forbid long SEN
fences. That Texas Judge who gave a banker a
99-year prison term probably hadn't looked inside
his composition book for years.
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Nothing discreditable about ~selective conscrip-
ton, opines an editor. No, pardner; we've chang
ed our minds since 1914. We had to in order
to get along without being licked. Z
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If our young athletes could turn into soldiers
without training the country would be SAFE But
fighting on the west front isn't being decided, by
base hits, high-jumps or shot puts. .-.:
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Carl vrooman says the allies were. getting lick.
ed until the United States started helping them
If Germany ever finds that out she'll never forgive
the navy crowd that started the .U-boats.
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When you 80 into a store, don't think you are
being f1eeced. Ask the merchant and he can cas-
lily show you how he is being feeced. No one
exactly knows where the fleeing begins, but al
know where it end
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"A railroad publication says the greatest brains
in the country are in the railroad business because
the pay draws them there. Judging shy the way
our railroads are run, those 100000 . year. sal.
aries represent money thrown away.
Nevada has furnished to the regular army PA
Per cent. Of it's total quota, with Oregon. indiana
Utah, illinois and Kansas following in the order
named. There seem to be . lot Of people in Ne.
vada who are anxious to leave the state,