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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-08
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THE FIGHTING TANK
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Military men say the famed" fighting tanks
are not doing as well as was expected. At first
they took the Germans by surprise, these military
men say; but since then the Teutons are on the
lookout for them and always have a sufficient
amount Of artillery stationed at strategic points
to combat the tanks"
We never did think the tanks were invul-
nerable. Against infantry, they most a~ssuredly
are ~terrors; but against cannons it is easy to
guess that one hit will disable the tank-if they
come in small numbers.
These "ships of the land' are of great effci'
ency, however, when used in large numbers. One
horse in a charge doesn't amount to much, but q
regiment Of horsemen makes a cavalry.
The same applies to tanks" The allies have
been useing them in scattered formation. We'el
willing to bet that if a bunch Of these things start
ed q charge, and ever if some of them were dis
abled, those that got there" would be all sufficient
to finish the job.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-08
WILHELM IN HISTORY.

Some of the schools Of the country are ellmln'
ating complimentary references to Emperor Will
helm in the school histories.
Though there seems to be little dissention over
the matter, the schools should go slow in such a
matter. There is the possibility OF eliminating
too much.
AS a historic figure, the kaiser, like Napoleon,
must remain. Bitter as they fought him, the
British have been most prolific in the considera-
ton Of Napoleon ever since.
We have had too many "eliminated' histories.
A history, to be worthy the lame, must refer to
everything in a spirit of fairness. Too often this
hasn't been done. Some histories read like pro-
paganda, an elongated sermon, or a never ending
editorial. History should not be written or taught
to fan the flame Of hatred. There is no reason
why any history in America should refer to the
kaiser as a little tin god on wheels or descant on
his alleged virtues; but on the other hand, a calm,
unbiased account of his life and the events in
which he figured, is an essential Of every good
history book.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-08
with the Minyrrela

Tambo-Mistah Bones, a 20 all
tell me de dif'rance tween er honey.
comb an er honeymoon?
Bones-Ah done GIBBS it up, Mistah
Tamb0. What am de diff'rance?
Tambo-One am a numbah oh small
cells, an de othah am JUS nj big sell.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-08
Truth Comes Out.

Truth Comes Out.
Brown-Don't get gay or I'll be
forced to pound a little sense into
your head.
Green-Huh! 1t would take a dozen
like you to pound any sense into my
head.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-08
The, %pxceptlon,

Myer-pid VOL ever happen tn know
4 woman who ms good at fgures3
Gyer-Only me.
Myer-And AhO was she3
Gyer-A dressmaker. @~gR
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-08
A GOOD FIGHT.
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American press on the assumption that discus
sion. comment or criticism" would help the
enemy.
Such a law would have given the government
autocratic power over the press of the nation. AS
Hiram johnson aptly put it, we must be careful
in autocracy that we do not adopt autocracy our
selves.
It is to the credit Of the senate that it has SO
valiantly fought for the principles of a free press
even in war time and it is to the discredit Of the
house that it waded through this bill without SER
ious consideration and passed it with a wave Of
the hand.
SPECTATORS NERVOUS
AAN
That, much : disliked individual - the food
speculator-is nervous. At last something is 60
ing on that never hit him before. There's going
to be great growing this year, and the govern
ment is sure to see that the crops are evenly
distributed.
The food speculator doesn't like the govern.
ment'se hand in the pie. It's an appalling situa-
ton.
The food Spectator likes to do the distribut-
inr-with so much per distribute" himself,
But it won't work this year.
Efficiency in war also means the cleaning out
Of an economical blister on the body politics that
should have been done long before-the food
Spectator.
An anxious editor inquiries as to how far those
armed Germans in Brazil are from the Panama
canal. So far. brother, that if they walked q
month they would be in the vicinity Of Teddy
Ropssvelt,s River Of Doubt, and there would b
Mttle doubt Of their fate in that vicinity.
AAAAAN
J ssrINhat kind Of people do you suppose live in
house not displaying the fag?" asks an exchange
That's not the gist Of patriotism. It's this: "What
kind Of people do you suppose live in . town with
out adequate enlistnents"
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And ~, fellow, vacant lot gardening mas just
agsoumeisnt amount Of back-breaking toll connect
u With II to beat gymnastic exercises.
naM
w hGar no objections to Bty11fs snsw rois-
n ApIpsaling for incrsassd9 "a ptcdusttcu
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-08
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THE ECONOMY PERIL.
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Howard H. Coffin, of the advisory commission
of the council of national defense, rightly warns
the nation against "hysterical and ill-advised
economy that interfere with the normal pursuits
of the people"
Quite right. Economy can be overdone, and
this would seriously affect the business Of the
nation, from which the people sustain themselves.
A too rigid economy would send to smash many in
|dustries and bring on want and destruction, which
would be Of inestimable disadvantage to the ma
ton.
Unemployed and closed factories Mr.. Coffin
truly says, would be a foundation of quicksend
for the serious work we have in hand"
What the nation has been warned against is
waste, not the practice Of an economy that forces
others to lose their places in the economic fabric
and causing costly and unnecessary readjust-
rnents.
Now, above all other times, is it necessary to
keep the economic life Of the nation working
smoothly. The less bother we have from this
source the stronger We will be for the tasks at
hand.
MAMMAM
The. baseball season is on in full blast, despite
talk Of hating it ION account Of the war" Watch.
ine the ban games Is where most Of our coming
conscripts will gst their training this summer,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-08
THE HORSE OF PAUL REVERE

In considering the ride of Paul Revere from
Roston to Lexington and Concord, awakening the
revolutionary patriots to be up and fight, a Keen
witted editor in the Christian Herald says it wasn't
altogether a triumph for Paul Revere, but also for
the horse he roGe.
'The harder work fell on thu horse" this editor
asserts. "But for the true horses faithfulness,
Paul Revere would have been a failure
Right! Any other horse would have been as
good. It might have been a horse to which Revere
vas not accustomed, and to whom the horse was
not accustomed. And anyone who has tried it
knows that strange horses do strange fops.
Besides, when you are cynical enough to state
that "anv other horse might have done just as
we'll, you might as well add to your cyniclsm by
,aying "any other man might have done just as
WE'LL"
But it isn't true.
There wasn't another man in Boston at the
time who thought of doing what Paul Revere did.
That's the point. Thee are plenty OF folks
who can do what the other fellow who gets the
glory and fame has done-but they didn't think OF
doing it when their oppor unity arrived.
They merely hang bacl- and say:"l could have
done the same thing"
"Could!' That's as Gle 5e as they got to doing
it. And that's why Paul Revere is one OF the
characters that loom up like great peaks above
the mountain ranges of tire"
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THE "HARD.PUT' HOUSEWIFE.
These are days to try the souls Of American
housewives. Try as they might, the cost of keep
ing larder we'll filled increases, and in many thous-
ands of cases only the most intensive economy
wins a victory or a draw with the cost OF food
stuffs.
The American housewife has been called
"wasteful' so many times that the word has lost
all it's force. Maybe she has been, in some re-
spects, but so long as prices were reasonable and
the income abundantly able to pay for necessities,
it made very little difference to her how far the
epithet applied.
With conditions as they are however, there
is small inclination to earn the sobriquet. Even
the rich are trying to hold down expenses. The
danger Is, of course, that the widespread economy
fever may 60 to extremes, in which case 1t would
be as dangerous to the country as wild ~extrava-
gance. .
We believe that the American housewife will
be able to solve the problems confronting her.
She will be compelled to exercise more brain-pow-
er, generalship and intensified economy than ever
before; but she has the ability, though at times
she may have gone little out of her way to ex-
ercise it.
By the time the war is over every housewife
will be a "good' one.
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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-08
"MY COUNTRY"
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What does my country mean to you? Does
it mean everything? or merely "the government"
Does it mean the noble sentiments expressed in
"America" or NEARLY "get the money"
The French writer Emile Souvestre has given
the following definition of my Country" and il
is a definition that should apply to every
American:
"Your country is all that surrounds, you, al
that has reared and nourished you,everything that
you have loved. That land you see, those houses
those trees, those smiling girls that pass, that is
your country. The laws which protect you, the
bread which rewards your toll, the words you ex
change, the joys and the sadness which comes tx
you from men and the things amid which you live
that is your country! The little chamber wher'
you once saw your mother, the recollections sh'
has left you, the earth where she reposes, that il
your country! You see it, you breathe it every
where! Imagine, my son, your rights and you
duties, affections and your needs, your recollection
and your gratitude, united under one name only
and that name will be my Country"
Surely the foregoing belongs to the world
most inspiring eloquence on the conception -
nationality.
The Parker post., 1917-11-24
PREPARING FOR ANOTHER LOAN

Plans for continuing the Liberty
loan financing between campaigns
through the disposal of bonds on
hands Of banks and other large pur-
chasers to individuals who have not
already subscribed to the extent of
their ability, have been formulated
by the governors of the twelve dis
trict reserve banks, in conference
with Secretary McAdoo and the fed
eral board. As one detail Of prepar-
ing the nation to absorb another big
war loan. the reserve banks urge that
member banks dispose of the Liberty
bonds now held by them, particular
iy to farmers.
The governors expressed the be-
lief that another loan Of big pro-
portion could be absorbed easily
whenever Secretary McAdoo might
decide TO Issue It,
The Parker post., 1917-11-24
ARIZONA LEADS.

According to the latest reports on
second Liberty loan drive in Arizona,
given out by the campaign manag-
er. Harry r. Tritle the oversub-
scription percentage of the baby state
was larger than any other state In
the union.
In Arizona there was subscrip-
ton by one individual out of IA, this
counting men. women and children,
aliens and Indians. Altogether In
the northern counties Of Arizona
were 1851 subscriptions divided as
follows: Maricopa, $500; Gila, 1924;
Pinal, 2648; Yavapai, 957; Mohave.
TIA; Yuma $50; Navajo, Ats; Coco
nino, 284; Apache, l39. Subscrip-
tions reported TO Phoenix through
the banks OF the several counties, ag-
gregating $7,742,75O, were as fol-
The Parker post., 1917-11-24
ANOTHER BRITISH EXAMPLE.

Railroads ask increase OF freight
rates, because many Of the weaker
roads are facing ruin. Such increase
means higher cost of living, and rail-
road labor justifiably asks higher
wages. Then the railroads pray for
an increase of rates 1t Is wheel
In which the public goes round and
round, paying more and more az it
goes.
This is the American railroad sit
uation, In nutshell. and it Is the
situation In respect Of many Of the
great industries. 1t was the railroad
situation in Great Britain until the
British government took hold Of the
problem. early In the war. That
government took absolute control of
the railroads, consolidated them,
guaranteed the same dividends as
those of 1913. and invested in i'm
provements for which 1t will be re-
imbursed when the roads are restored
to the owners. and provided for auto
matte increases In wages to meet the
rise in cost of living.
1t is this British plan that Wash
ingtou seems inclined to resort to in
The Parker post., 1917-11-24
CERTIFICATE OF INCREASE OF
CAPITAL STOCK, CHANGE OF
NAME AND INCREASE IN NUN.
pER OF DIRECTORS

Know All Men by these Presents;
That we, f. S. Osborne and Charles
Bowman. the president and the sec
retary respectively OF the Mammon
Gold and Copper Company, corpora,
tion, whose name has, by the resolu-
tion embodied in this certificate,
been changed to MAMMON COPPER
COMPANY, corporation. organized
and existing under the laws of the
state Of Arizona; and
That we, E. s. Osborne and DIR. f.
Fl. Stone, and Charles Bowman, who
are directors Of the said corporation
and who constitute q majority Of the
board of directors, do hereby certify
That the said Mammon Gold and
Copper Company corporation, whose
name has been changed as noted
above. to Mammon Copper Company,
is a corporation duly incorporated
under the laws Of the state of Arizo-
ua on or about the 7th day of Octo-
Der, 1916:
That said corporation at the date
Of its incorporation, and ever since
said date has had capital of one
million dollars ($1,O00,000) divided
into one million (1,000,U00) shares
Of the par value of one dollar ($1)
per share, and that at all the times
hereinafter mentioned six hundred
and f1fty-fye thousand and thirteen
(656.0 .0l3) shares of the said stock
were issued and outstanding, and
that the said shares are fully paid
up,
That pursuant TO a resolution OF
the board Of directors of the NAM
mon Gold and Copper Company duly
held on the 18th day OF April, 1917,
at the principal place of business Of
said corporation in the town of Par
ker, Yuma county, Arizona. the
board Of directors or the said cor
poration authorized and directed the
secretary Of the corporation to mail
to each stockholder of said corpora
tion copy OF the following notice,
at least 80 days prior to the 26th
day Of May, 1917:
Notice Of Stockholders Meeting.
Notice is hereby given in pursu-
ance Of the resolution and order Of
the board of directors of the Mann
mon Gold & Copper Company, cor
poration organized and existing un-
der and by virtue Of the laws Of the
state Of Arizona, unanimously adopt
ed at a regular meeting of the said
board held on the 18th day Of April,
1917, at the office of the company
at the town of Parker, in the county
Of Yuma, state Of Arizona, a meeting
OF the stockholders of the said cor
poration Is hereby called for and
will be held at the principal place OF
The Parker post., 1917-11-24
CATO SELLS PLANS ADVANCE,

Cato Sells, commissioner of Indian
affairs who has arrived in Washing
ton from a two months tour of Ari-
zona and southern California; gave to
the press some pointers relative to his
tour. During his trip, Commissioner
Sells travelled hundreds of miles in
automobiles and many miles on
horseback, frequently climbing noun
tains on foot and wading rivers.
Some of the time the thermometer
registered 120 degrees in the shade
and no shade He inspected the wa
ter sheds of the ella river in Arizona
and New Mexico for the purpose Of
locating possible reservoir and dam
sites, and traversed the entire Salt
River valley He closely tracked the
Colorado river from Needles, Califor-
MIA, to Yuma, Arizona, inspected the
Parker and Yuma reservation irriga-
tion possibilities and studied condi-
ttons and productive possibilities OF
the desert countries Of the southwest
Among other things accomplished
during his trip, the commissioner ef-
fected preliminary arrangements for
power to be used In pumping and
clearing. leveliug and putting into
cultivation $4,000 acres in one tract
of desert land OF the Pima reserva-
tion, southwest OF Phoenix
Commissioner Sells says that with
water these desert lands are capable
OF almost unbelievable production.
that Egyptian long staple cotton Is
fast becoming chief crop, making
approximately one bale 70 the acre,
now selling for seventy cents q
pound; that alfalfa grows in great
quantities. being cut seven or eight
timea each season. and that milo
maize produces abundantly; that
there are more cattle and hogs fed In
the Salt River, Yuma. and Imperial
valleys than In any equal territory in
the world. The commissioner visited
one ranch ia the Yuma valley where
1000 hogs were being fed.
The Parker post., 1917-11-24

of the par value of one dollar i$D
each;
That the number of directors Of
the said corporation has. by the said
resolution. been increased to seven
members, and
That the name Of the corporation has
been changed from Mammon Gold &
Copper Company to Mammon Copper
Company.
In witness whereof we have here
unto set our hands and have caused
the corporate seal of the said corpor-
alton to be hereunto affixed this the
10th day Of May. A. D. 1917.
MAMMON GOLD AND COPPER
COMPANY.
MAMMON COPPER COMPANY.
By e. s. OSBORNE,
President.
CHARLES BOWMAN,
Secretary,
e. 8. OSBORNE.
DR.. H. H. STONE,
CHARLES BOWMAN,
Directors of the Mammon Gold &
Copper Company (Mammon CoD
per Company anC constituting a
majority Of the Board o. Directors
Of said company.
State of Californi.,.< County Of Los
Angeles.-ss.
e. 8. Osborne and Charles Bow
man, each being duly sworn. deposes
and says that they are, respectiveI%
the President and the Secretary OF
the Mammon Gold & Copper Com
pany. corporation (whose name has
been changed to Mammon Copper
Company mentioned in the furego-
ing certificate; that they have read
the foregoing certificate and know
the contents thereof. and that the
same Is true of their own knowledge.
b. s. OSBORNE.
CHARLES BOWMAN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 1st day Of June, 1917.
(Notarial Seal
ALDENE QITITARD,
Notary Public in and for ihe County
of Los Angeles. State OF California.
Filed in the Office Of the Arizona
Corporation Commission this day %
June A. D. 1917, at 1000 a. M, at
request of Chas. Bowman, whose post
Office address is Los Angeles. Calf.
ARIZONA CORPORATION COM
MISSION.
BY F. A. JONES. Chairman.
The Parker post., 1917-11-24
STATE OF ARIZONA, OFFICE OF
THE ARIZONA CORPORATION
COMMISSION.
COMMISSION.

United States OF America, State of
AriZOna.-ss.
The Arizona Corporation Commits
aion does hereby certify that the
annexed Is true and camplete tran.
script of the Amendment to Articles
OF Incorporation Of Mammon Gold
and Copper company. changing the
name Of said corporation to Mammon
Copper company. which was filed in
the office Of said Arizona Corporation
Commission on the 4th day Of June.
A. D. 1917, at 1000 o'clock a. N
as provided by law
In testimony whereof, the Arizona
Corporation Commission, by its Chair
man, has hereunto set it's hand and
affixed it's official seal Done at the
City Of Phoenix, the Capitol, this 18th
day Of June, A. D. 1917
ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMITS
SION.
F. A. JONES. Chairman.
(Seal.)
Attest;
SAM ". PROCTOR, Secretary
The Parker post., 1917-11-24

FOR SALE AT SACRIkICE---My
ranch, up the river miles trem
Parker, Of 800 acres, good adobe
nouse and ch;cEen house. fine we'll,
L D. FnirbanEs-M -MarsG gasoline en-
me. New 3-:uch cent ;ifugal pnmp
20 feet 4-inch wire lined rubber
hose. tools, etc, team of heavy horses,
hundreds OF cords OF wood on ranch,
mesquite, etc. Give me S400, cash.
and take it. Finest place in the
state for hogs. Engine, pump and
hose cost $500. Get 1t and go to
planting. JACK O'CONNOR,
Box 65, Parker, Arizona,
The Parker post., 1917-11-24

respect to our railroads, and, If 1t
works as to this our greatest indus
try, there will be demand to try It
on the industries producing war es-
sentials. 1t is pretty safe to say
that strike or halt of production In
copper, lumber or fuel regions would
not long continue should government
commander, with agreement to pay
dividends of 1918.
The Parker post., 1917-11-24

In the above statement, MarlcOpa
Is given bit more credit than is her
due. owing to the fact that $780,
600 Of this sum credited to her came
In the form of mining subscriptions
that should be credited to other coun-
ties. Readjusted. Gila county leads
with $2,629,800 and Pinal county's
subscription should be raised to
$780,150. A large part Of Yavapai
county's subscription came from the
principal mining companies of Je
rome
The Parker post., 1917-11-24

WANTED-PLACER GROUND
Will make it interesting to parties
knowing of good locateable placer
ground anywhere; also owners Of
productive placers Send par
ticulars and proposition. E. B. Ben
nett. Tucson. Arizona. t2t)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
LIBERTY FOR FISH.

a French newspaper man tells of an
Incident be- witnessed in Rumania. which
throws an niuu mating light on the Rus
sian revolution.
Some Of the Russian soldiers had been
attending "a mass meeting. az which they
heard the usual idealistic discussion Of
liberty and equality The moment the
meeting was over some 0f the men
rushed toward some FISH nets that sep
arated q small lake from "a large one.
and were used 10 keep the fish confined
and make them easier % catch. To tho
surprise ~ the Frenchman. they began
90 haul out and destroy the nets and the
stakes a. which they were fastened.
Their officers came up and tried 10 stop
them But the soldiers explained.
"Fish are Gods creatures like men.
and have the same right 20 liberty But
men can talk and So have made their
revolution. while fish are dumb and can
never make theirs. n is therefore our
duty 10 aid them because u Is contrary
fu mature tu pen them Up in order 10
capture them easily and Kin them"
There .s revealed state OF mind
which i Is safe 10 aiy. no prussian mil.
uarist could possibly understand. II
looks childish enough even 10 Americans
brought up 0n the Declaration of lnde
pendence and accustomed 10 what We re.
gard a. the acme Of freedom. No doubt