The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-04
RED CROSS FOR U. S. TROOPS

RED CROSS FOR IT, s. TROOPS
Eliot Wadswcrth, acting chairman of the
American Red Cross, is quoted as saying that
there is SO much necessity for relief in all the
allied countries that the $100, 900, 900 subscribed
for use with American could be easily spent within
six months.
No large body of American troops will be
across the brin in six months.
Better wait until the American troops get
across. The money collected for this purpose, and
not for indiscriminate use among troops OF our
allies, who have their own Red Cross.
The English will not make %reprisals for Ger
man air raids because, as it was stated in commons
the British already bombarded supply depots
back of the German lines, and farther, the nation
needn't follow Germany in the baby killing busl-
| ness in order to win the war. The latter is a
sufficient reason and the former a good one.
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SLAUGHTER BY AUTOS
The slaughter by automoblles-especlaNy IN
the large cities,-is astounding. Last May 70
children and Is adults were murdered by the gaso-
line cars in New York City. In Chicago such
fatalities are about one a day.
In a majority of cases reckless drivers are to
blame, anu LueIG SlOuIu " oOllC ou1C hSVAo" W
controlling them. The streets in our large cities
are glutted with machines and in the smaller ones
as well. 1t is sometimes like taking life in ones
hands to cross the streets where traffic rules are
not enforced. In addition, it is common for a pro-
portion of %autoists to exceed the speed limit on the
side streets and along country roads, and many OF
these are identified with associations and organi'
cations that preach law enforcement.
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UNDERPAID COUNTRY PREACHERS
Country preachers as a rule are dlstresslngly
undergrad. A gentleman from the country, how
ever, objects to them cheapening their jobs by
working for farmers in the fields and doing othel
work-such as ~puttering around in a large garden
t~act-instead of exercising their brains in
study.
There is scarcely doubt that the country min
: lister must take his job seriously enough to Worl
at it constantly. Only in this way will he eve
force his parishioners to take him seriously enoug
to pay him more salary. The country field is a
y important to the church as the city field, and ca
y be made wonderfully attractive with proper effort
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During the civil war a fool with political pul
i could easily get an army commission; now, it's
y question Of hard study, and the fool hasn't
chance, no matter who backs him.
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q A tin that khaki boys need not repeat to sweet
l. hearts: Those who have been there say that me
in uniforms do not have to speak the language t
make love to girlies in France.
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IF Though a St. Louis "wet" says national pre-
hibition would start revolution, and New Yor
bankers that it would cause money panic, we al
expecting neither.
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Who says the private has no chance to rise
Former Congressman DENLY, Of Mich, who el
listed in the marines as soon as he was sure
y war, is already a corporal.
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!" Instead of treating it as merely an old hab
not yet broken, some folks are hot in the colls
because England's tendency to order us around
war matters.
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IS The freedom Of Paris is given Pershing's mel
that Of all Berlin they'll take-a little later.