The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-18

Pity Wilson couldn't censor a few Senators.
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A Stacker will never win a hero medal, but
he'd swipe one, if he got half a chance.
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When Sam Gompers said 7. P. was sore he
didn't mean he'd made him so by hitting him..
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But, alas, twill be a long, long time before we
sing, when Sammy comes marching home"
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Even if it is gong to be a long war, we don't
see the use of keeping on telling the people so.
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The draft will do away with corner loafers in
downtown streets, which is one of its good fea-
lures.
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Hoover's army may do a lot toward winning
the war, but it's a cinch that it will not stand for
much bossing.
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The Senate Finance committee is hunting for
a billion dollars-additional revenue. Can you tell
where to find it?
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Reduction in ocean freight rates are likely
soon, indicating that the submarine isn't COM
manding the seas.
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If the government uses all the whiskey in the
country to make explosives, therell be a rush for
jobs in making them.
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Hey, there, Congress: Now that the brewers
are satisfied, for goodness sake put something
across for the grub-buyers.
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acknowledgements have not started a move
ment to economic by hanging on to the old car,
instead Of buying a new model.
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Col. Green, son and heir of the late Mrs. Hetty,
says he is marrying for a home. Hope you get
it, Eddy-lots of bubbles do not.
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Maybe if there were half a dozen pretty girl
manicurists enlisted for each company some Of
the Willie boys would be more willing to take to
soldering.
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An employee of the Washington city postof6ce
has been fired for singing-oh,no not because his
voice was bad, but because the song was consid-
cred disloyal.
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was a bumper crop assured than the scare brigade
started to talk Of the danger of its rotting for lack
of labor to house it.
It's feared the warning against fake geolo-
gists sent out by the u. S. Geological Survey is
another case of shutting the stable door after the
horse has been stolen.
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Let the deportations proceed-no man who
does not regard the u. S "A. good enough for him
to become a citizen of it should be allowed to
share in its prosperity.
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BY all means report anything you see or hear
that is suspicious to the Federal authorities, but
for goodness sake don't get over-suspicious, OF
you may get laughed at.
Now if a European scion Of a monarch's family
tree would do what that Gould lad did-marry 8
cabaret dancer-there might be some sense in
jected into the said family tree.
Cities that have been making ebullient and en-
thusiastic population claims are sorry. The wal
department took them at their word and now the,
must furnish draft soldiers based on a population
Twice as mucn as tley really possess.
1t pleases a lot of people to know that the P
0. D. is at least using it's authority to suppress
publications that have been preaching treason fo
months, and they would be better pleased to Sc
their editors locked up while the war lasts.
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In our simple way we often wonder what tn
German crown prince thinks when he reads re
ports from America that this nation is fghtin,
to put some democracy into Germany and do ava.
with kings and autocracies. It must be harder Il
the {. p. than to the kaiser, seeing that the latte
has his best years to the rear, while the youn,
fellow has his most important outlook to the front
Another chance to buy government bonds /
near. The first issue Of farm loan bonds, ofere
the beginning Of July, will be from 500, 900, 00