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

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GREENWOOD, MISS, JUNE 6, 1917.
Seems Russian soldiers want to do anythin
but fight.
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Exemption schemes indicate that some youn
blood is yellow.
Russians most immediate need is to be saves
from themselves.
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A little more war pep would improve some ed
itorial pages we wot of.
It's a cinch that Cabling to a bunch Of loafers
is not going to win the war.
A youth who attempts to fake exemption ISM
fit to be a soldier, though he can be used as 9
camp ~scullion.
War pinches are bound to come, but they
needn't be aggravated by a grouch-it's best to
take 'em with a SMILE.
1t has been made perfectly plain that a lot
Of people in this country need ~gagging, and the
sooner it is effectually done the better.
Denmark, through it's minister in Washing.
ton, rises to deny that it has been exacting extor.
tionate profits on American foodstuffs.
Another chance for self-made ammunition ex-
perts-the Senate has directed its naval commit
tee to probe those shell accidents on the American
liner Mongolia.
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Don't hide behind petticoats or children to
avoid service in the new national army" is the
straight tip of Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder.
Better take it, boys. "
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It is even charged that some men in Congress
are too busy getting war jobs for henchmen to
help put through the war legislation Wilson and
the people are waiting for.
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The Ohio State Journal makes the suggestion
that some enterprising manufacturer or dealer put
down the price of something for a day or two, just
to attract nationwide attention.
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Lord Northclife says that $50 a week will be
needed to support every American soldier sent to
the front. The low estimate undoubtedly will sur
prise many persons who were under the delusion
that war cost money.
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Argentine, Colombia and Venezuela have gone
back on US, their friend, by permitting German
propaganda to influence them in the great war.
And we nearly went to war with England over
Venezuela once.
The king of England is turning an honest spade
in his own little garden, not to be outdone by the
Romanoff family, which is doing the san thing
because it isn't any longer safe for a rich man to
be idle in Russia.
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Raising $4,000, 00O, 900 is no surprise to sunset
proposition, an editor remarks. That amount Of
money, even in the richest nation in the world,
most assuredly does not spring to arms over
night. Some persons don't hesitate about giving
their lives to their country, but when it comes to
parting with their money for the same cause,
they hesitate. It's a queer world.
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The present spring has been f~reighted with
tornadoes that have levied heavily on life. The
cyclone belt, it appears, has moved from Kansas
and Iowa into Illinois and Indiana, where hundreds
of people have met death and numerous towns
destroyed. If the minds Of the people were not
dulled with the horrors of war, which they have
been reading for nearly three years, these lorna
does would appear much worse to them than they
really do.
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Roosevelt hasn't lost any punch in his ability
to make remarks. Here is what he has to say
Of the conscientious objector:" II would deprive
him Of his vote in the first place" he said. I'm
the second place I'd take him to the front anyhow.