The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-17
GREENWOOD, MISS, AUGUST II, 1917.

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Serving the Kaiser for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
who talk peace.
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What a lot of people would like to hear Wilson
say-"Sic 'em, Teddy"
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Taft put Clay Center, Kansas, on the map,
though not Intentionally.
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Save up, brother; don't let the next issue Of
liberty bonds catch you broke.
Bob La Toilette is candidate for commander
of the Kaiser's Senate force.
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It seems probable that Hoover's big stick will
have to enforce his soft words.
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Remember, there are no ifs, ands or buts-an
enemy of the draft is an enemy of the U. S. A.
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Paste this in your hat: You cannot oppose fight
ing the war to a successful end and be a good
citizen.
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That fve-mile "dry" zone around the camps
is making rummies realize that a thirst follows
the flag.
Some are born pacifsts; some become pacifsts
because of yellow streaks and others from pure
cussedness.
No punishment would be too severe for the
crooked members fired from that New York city
exemption board.
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Stand by Wilson and jump on those trying to
clog his war plans is a good enough platform for
any real American.
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We know what Root told the public about
Russia, but what he told Wilson may be another
sort of proposition.
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The Federal trade commission has exposed the
gougers in several lines but nobody's been jailed
and gouging still goes on.
Senator King, of Utah, earned the thanks of
every red-blooded American by voicing their sem
timents toward Germany's royal outlaw.
Well, yes, it does seem a pity that Senators
who Intentionally throw monkey wrenches into
Wilson's war machinery couldn't be locked up.
New York's municipal campaign will not get
the usual amount Of attention from the rest Of
the country this year. Yep, there is a reason.
How about our army over there? the govern
ment Of France hasn't gone "dry"-on the con-
trary, it's Just ordered that beer be sold cheaper.
Another reason for giving Pershing's men free
postage on stuff home-theyM want to send spec
linens of all the Berlin souvenir postal cards before
long.
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Everybody cannot go to war, but everybody
can do something to help those who do 60 tc
win, and failure to do it indicates lukewarna pa.
triotism.
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If an expert in mathematics and finance, you
might utilize some spare time in figuring ou'
possible returns for our $780, 1000 loan to the
Russian republic.
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Now that our grand juries have taken to in
dieting Bloody Bill for murder, arson, bribery ac
other hienous crimes, near-traitor Senators woult
better watch out.
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Though one is all for his pocket and the othel
all for his skin, the war ~profteer and the draf
Stacker at heart belong to the same class, and i
is not a desirable class.
It's barely possible that some of the frequen
U-boat scares in Boston and New York may b
due to a desire to give practice to those who han
die the protecting nets.
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Prices are not the only thing to scare patron
Of big city restaurants-two Greeks, both restau
rant cooks, have just been declared lepers by tn
st. Louis health authorities.
Will some know-it-all kindly step under tn
spotlight and tell US how many wheatless days ]
viii require to make up the officially declares