The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-06
DEATH OF COL. MOTT AYRES.

DEATH OF COL. MOTT AYRES.
1t is with regret that we note the death of our
friend and confrere, Col. Mott Ayres, the dlstin-
guished editor of the Laurel, Miss, Daily Leader
which occurred last Tuesday. He was a prince
among good fellows, a good citizen and an editor
and publisher of ability. The Daily Common
wealth extends sympathy to his bereaved widow
and two daughters.
AS passed by the House it is also a drink con-
troll measure.
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Looks as though the air dreadnought was COM
ing, and soon too.
girls. He may stick.
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The navy and army have quit foot-balling and
will attend strickly to business.
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Keep right on kicking your home town. Life
would be dull without a single fool.
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It's possible to club the House into action, but
the Senate acts only when good and ready.
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If you have any spare locomotives, Russia
would be glad to take them off your hands.
And who would have thought that peaceful
Bill Taft would have a war job before I. r. did.
Teddy was so proud of his boys having gone
to France that he blabbed it and spilled the beans.
Drink time continues to roll around, but in
most states it is getting harder to get the drink.
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Therell be no more monkey business around
the White House, which is now guarded by U. S.
regulars.
Washington papers care not how many page
ads the lobbyists order, so long as they pay cash
for them.
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Maybe the middleman is going, as they say, but
he seems to be carrying "his'n," and then some
with him.
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Quite a few of us suspected how the war came
to the U. S. even before that official booklet telling
was issued.
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|DTlVe having UCCu OVcIWOIhCu, VIC ~
ish army in northern France has decided to make
it a summer push.
Though the government is threatened by ex-
pickets out of a job all was quiet along the Poto-
mac at press hour.
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The good old Red Cross will profit by the habit
the American people have acquired of %oversub-
scribing public needs.
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Some men in Congress hold the President re-
sponsible for everything, yet shy on giving auth
ority he has asked for.
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We note, incidently, that our country is being
divided into four classes of citizens-fghters,
workers, Knockers, and g~rabbers. Which are you.
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That Chicago man who after hitting a tele-
graph pole with his auto, gave the machine to
his son-in-law, suggested that he had a rather low
regard for the future Of the chap.
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Considering that 1900, 900 people got under loan
this would be an indication that it was not much
of a failure and is more than could have been rea-
sonably expected for a first loan in a nation the
people of which are not habitually addicted to buy
ing loans.
The aircraft bill of the national defence coun-
Gil, providing an initial appropriation for air pur-
poses of $500, 100000 and the construction within
a year of 10000 a~irplanes, has the approval Of
President Wilson, and that will probably be enough
to put it through.
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When you have paid for your Liberty loan, paid
up your Red Cross contribution, made up with the
tax gatherer, liquidated for the winter coal, paid
your meat and egg bills and otherwise clearly met
every obligation, you may take the 40 cents left
and go out and have one of the kinds Of red hot
times you enjoyed before the war.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst of dear or Lunnon