The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-25
GREENWOOD. MISS. AUGUST. 25, 1917.

n n "a e " " F.
Sure. there's something cheap in war-human
p = f. - Fa " y
Bahled %profteers are solid for a reorganized
cabinet.
u "a - - - ~ ~
Porto Ricans-4,0oo of 'en-will fight under
and for Old Glory.
"a = r. p - p f.
Swat the traitor organization, regardless Of the
cloak it wears.
n "a u "a = - y
Tobacco is going up-probably out Of SYM
pathy with cotton.
Fiji IA IA "a - p "a
The Senate killed the bank check tax, and
mourners are few.
IA - n "a ~ - p
No, Joshua; government price1fxing will not
give you the price.
= = = = "a p VI
Course less grub is being e~aten-prices have
made that a cinch.
"a "a p - - " r.
Khaki may not be a beautiful, but there is no
denying that it is attractive-to the girls.
ID "a y p = e. "a
Some slackers may have to be jailed to be con-
WINGED that Uncle Sam means business.
- IA n - p = "a
Should eggs go to 81 a dozen, as predicted,
eggless tables will become a nationwide fad.
N "a = ~ q - ~
Manufacturing food shortages is now a Grim
inal ~offense, though not yet entirely abandoned.
"a = - ID - -
Nevertheless, it is suspected that these Wash
ington "dried luncheons' are shrivelled affairs.
M = = p y p r.
Senator Gore cannot prevent our troops going
to the firing line, but he's done his doggondest at
trying.
"a - p = - Pa v
Every fighter will O.. X. the assertion of Gen.
Pershing, that the only way to win the war is to
hit hard.
- n p "a - = -
Speaking of conservation no persuasion has
to be used on our tightwads to get them to con-
serve cash.
"a d - p "a p
To the over-impatient yellow press: TherelI
be American casualties quite soon enough without
taking them.
IA p "a "a n r. Fa
McAdoo may have to advertise that he needs
no more advice on how to sell the next issue Of
liberty bonds.
n - - - e r. "a
It's up to every well-regulated hubby when
wife asks for an increased war budget to come &C.
ross with a smile.
IA "a IA "a r. r. Pa
Cooperation of state and national govern
ments will help solve the price problem as well
as to win the war.
IA n = = n ~ "a
China's anxiety to help re-establish the fam
lily Of nations does it honor, though its help may
not amount to much.
ma ~ p -
Germany approves the Pope's peace propo.
sals," says a cablegram. Naturally, it knows il
will never get any so favorable.
n "a 70 "a 70 - r.
One good thing about a dry spell is that vol
don't miss your umbrella-the one you loaned tc
somebody the month before.
IA ma p IA 70 F. f.
Insurance companies are sore at Uncle San
for wishing to insure his Sammies. Name your
wholesale prices, gentlemen.
m n ~ "a "a M Fl
1--WE are going forward" shouts Kerenskv
but we have an idea that he would privately admi
that he does not know where to.
"a II R m "a p ea
Rubbing it masking Wilson to furnish
Pullman car to take a bunch Of New York womel
to Washington to tell him how to end the war.
a "a "a 70 70
Brazil will send a military mission to the U
s. If it does not violate international courtesy
we would like to ask how much it wants to Dor
row.
II - n IA ~ IA "a
Now, if Wilson and the Washington correspon
dents will only forget those pickets and let then
serve out their workhouse sentences, a silly bus
Y jnsss will bs ended wisely.