The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-25

(6) Keep farming for two more years as you
have this and Mississippi Will be one of the most
prosperous states in the South if not in the Union.
Z. R. LLOYD,
Director Miss. Experiment Station.
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THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO"
Those suffrage pickets in front of the white
house, who have been carrying "Kaiser Wilson,
banners and otherwise making themselves obroX-
ious to passersby to the point where active hos
tilities commenced, are more to be pitied than cell
sured.
Their f~anatical prediction for useless trouble
is no doubt partly based on an itch for pitiless pub
lefty. And they're getting it. The more their
do.ngs are chroniclcd in the papers the better they
like It. They may think they are advertising their
cause, but in reality they are harming it and
at the same time making fools Of themselves.
II is undeniably hard to handle a batch Of fe-
male fighters OF that ilk. failing them, as has
been done, will prove a boomerang in some re-
spGcts, because they probably will hunger-strke
before their terms are over-thus getting more
publicity and causing more trouble. Forceful
feeding reacts in their favor because of the SYM
nathy it engendars-the last time it was tried
the president couldn't stand it and issued par
dons.
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"GET-RICH-QUICK" SCHEME AT OUR DOORS.
Here's q "get~rich-quick" scheme at our very
doors that is interestingly told about by the Port
Gibson Reveille as follows:
1.-TWO years ago B. G. Humphreys planted a
email field Of eleven acres in crimson clover. The
following spring he harvested between six and
seven bushels Of clover seed per acre, which sold
for almost So per bushel. After cutting the clover
he planted the land in corn which produced an
average Of SIS bushels per acre. This year the land
is growing cotton and we are told that it will
oeSilv yield a bale Of long staple cotton per acre.
Long cotton promises to bring IS cents and the
seed will probably sell at $50, in which case the
ground will produce this year a crop worth 5000
per acre. Last year it's yield was SIP per acre.
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AsENATOR's OATH.
Here is the oath which James K. Vardaman,
of Mississippi, took on assuming his seat in the
senate of the United States:
u, James K. Vardaman, do solemnly swear Cor
a~tIirn1) that | will support and defend the consti.
tuition Of the United States against all enemies
foreign and domestic; that I will bear true alleg
lance to the same; that I take this obligation free
~, without any mental reservation or purpose of
evasion; and that I will well and faithfully dis.
charge the duties of the Office upon which I am
about to enter. So help me God"
And with this oath before him, Vardaman
charges that the United States stabbed the
Kaiser in the back."-Laurel Leader.
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Hats Of to Ohio's state fire marshal, who has
uncovered vast quantities of hidden foodstuffs
and given the m of the owners to the Fedora
authorities. Now for pitiless prosecution and pun.
ishrhent.
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The Federal trade commission has hitched-u1
the National Harness Manufacturing Association
and the Wholesale Saddlery Association with
trust charge, and some criminal driving is expect
ed.
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4 branch of Christianity Intervening for bar
bar0uS Huns, or trying to, may be in accordanc,
with the teachings of it's founder. but it will no
head off punishment humanity has decreed due.
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We hold no brief for Hoover, but believe il
giving him time enough to demonstrate what h,
can 90, instead of starting hammering him, be
! cause he didn't lower grub overnight.
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Most Of us know that organized labor is loya
Ias q whole, but just the anne it would bette
heed the tips of Gompers and other leaders an,
t purge itself of German-paid ~agitators.
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1t being conceded that money will win the war
1 robbiEg the government by overcharging for wa
! supplies it must have is another form Of treaso,
that should call for a firing squad.
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The Federal Trade Commission found tina
, there was 1851 a ton profit on coal at one point
: Some people insist on scooping up all the money il
the world.
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