The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-22
GREENWOOD, MISS, AUGUST %, 1917

GREENWOOD, MISS, AUGUST o. 1917
Your Uncle Sam is coming, Kaiser William,
twenty million strong!
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Kerensky. it seems, has been having a hard
time in getting his dictatorship to dictate.
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local nut suggests that Mr.. Hoover compile
a book of food jokes for the supplemented.
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The Irish national convention has Just been in
session. Please, Mr.. Censor, take off the lid!
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Our recent spell of weather would have been
a splendid time to organize a polar expedition.
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If Kaiser Bill dosen't "get a wiggle on" that
breakfast he had prepared in Paris will be getting
cold.
Germany wants peace all right, but is not yet
convinced that it can only be had by paying the
allies price.
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The matrimonial Stacker probably prefers to
encounter the ills he knows than fly to those he
knows not of.
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It remained for the American army mules in
France to give Pershing's negro troops their most
rousing reception.
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No, we haven't heard of any of those Russian
soldier girls complaining of the attentions of the
street corner Johnnies.
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A writer says: "One of the best grades If
Italian cheese is seasoned four years before being
eaten" We thought so!
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We don't mind giving the War department an
infallible recipe to prevent race clashes between
soldiers-Keep 'em apart.
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China is said to be ready to make war on Ger
many. Wonder what with? Chopsticks never
struck us as dangerous weapons.
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No matter how drastic official regulations as
to other games may be made, tiddlywinks will
never be a popular camp pastime.
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If moral suasion does not lessen joy-riders,
INK Sam threatens to stop 'em entirely, to save
gasoline for army and navy needs.
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One of the most humane features of the uni
versal service measure will be in the relief given
to some of our dependent husbands.
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It is going to be a civilian army in fact, as
well as in name, as most of themWon'tget uniforms
until they reach the training camps.
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"Well," says the Cheerful Idiot, "this. coal
shortage will have at least one good effect. 1t
will help to abate the smoke nuisance"
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Pity some of our pro-Germans couldn't be
caught by a U-boat and have their lfe-boats sunk
and their life-belts taken away from them.
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Might be a good idea to bride one of Ger
many's secret agents to kidnap all the pacifist
Senators and remove them from this country.
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BY the time the overwhelming majority Of the
Senate has steamrollered the La Toilette peace
resolution it will not be visible to the naked eye.
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AS near as we can make out Baker and Dam
iels are knocked because they don't make public
army and navy plans, and thus help the Huns.
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Those socialists rightly denied passports to
Stockholm would doubtless be glad to find one of
the transatlantic ~airplanes we've been reading
about.
Snickering at the claim that concrete ships
will soon be on the seven seas reminds us that
there was the same sort of thing when iron ships
were first proposed.
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Quite a paradox is noticed in the revenue bill
in congress. 1t is plain that in the excess profits
clause there would be decidedly more profits if the
excess were eliminated.
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Considering the number Of sure-thing subma-
rine catches that have been offered to the govern
ment-for a price there are lot Of the dinky
things still running at large.