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r THE FOKT wtf.T. TIMES Omomtk-PablliMThaiidm. W. R. Bradford. Editor and Hmgrr. * i ntirrioH KATM: J On* T?f. f* ? 41* Months _ ,H Pie n-neninvltes lontrihatloniinntlvwwebleete bit nntnwrs*- tn publish mora than 200 words o ?n? inbi<<et. The Hsh* la rsssciad to (dtt ?r/ -tin nuntoatlon mhmltted for paMhaHwi, In (uplleotlon to tha oabllabar. adsaatMos r itoH ire rnmlo known to tboaolntaraatad. *-ilenHnna.loe*tand lonadlatanaa Mo.IIS 4nt?r?H at the pnatnflca at l^irt Mill. 8. O.M nail mnttor of tbo second claaa. THURSDAY, MARCH. 25. 1920. Newberry Walks die Plank. Wonder of wonders! Truman H. Newberry, a Republican senator of the United States from the State of Michigan, ha3 been brought to book at Grand Rapids for criminally conspiring to violate the federal election laws in 1918. when the returns apparently gave him a majority over Henry Ford, Democratic nominee, and he has been sentenced to two years in Leavenworth penitentiary and to pay a fine of $10,000. There is cause for wonder in the conviction of Newberry because rascals of his ilk usually are able to cover their tracks so successfully that conviction is wellnigh out of the question, however honest and patriotic the jury may be. Along' with Newberry his brother and 15 of his campaign managers also. have been convicted on similar charges ami likewise are under prison sentence. But the country is principally concerned over the fact that justice has overtaken the chief conspirator, who has for the last year occupied a seat in the senate to which he was not elected, and considers the conviction of the other men as an incident of the trial, though all doubtless deserve the end to which their dishonesty has brought them. But there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip and after all Newberry may be able to outwit justice. "The fight has only begun," says his chief counsel. It is n ho mou I depend upon all the power and influence of the Republican party being thrown fn the scale in his behalf. The G. O. P., the party of organized greed and corruption, the party that stole the presidency from Tilden in '76 and again from Bryan in '96 has no qualms of conscience when it comes to serving its own selfish ends; it needs Newberry's vote in the senate. And the Newberry election in Michigan and the pusillanimous fight the Republican party has made on the peace treatv are fair samples of its highmindedness. Of course it remains to be seen just how far young Mr. George Warren will get with his candidacy for the seat now held in the United States senate by E. D. Smith, but he enters the race with the handicap of youth against him and the misfortune of having selected as one of the chief planks in his platform opposition to the Volstead act for the enforcement of the liquor laws. Except for the opposition of the former brewers and wholesale liquor dealers in the North there is little to indicate that the countt-y is yet tired of the prohibition laws passed by Congress a year or two ago. It is all right for Mr. Warren to talk about people dying for the lqpk of llfltinp frti* moilininol *v? i?iv.uiviuai ^iui'pU!3CB| but we doubt whether he can v point to a single instance of the kind having occurred in South Carolina. Mr. Warren ought to k ground his claim for the senate k on a platform with less dead II if? ' mmmmmmmmmrnmmm HOTOArS APIOAA BOAEALll From 8 to 11 o'clock Monday njgfa the northern heavena prtsiinfari a Spes tsculaa appearance wwh as hafe no been seen inr this gprt ei the i aaaitij tor many years. Streams of Ught stretching from the north toward- th< east and west, and ascending to ward the zenith from a dnsky haze i few degrees above the horizon, gar the appearance of scores or searchlight placed side by aide for* the* purpose a spying out the heavens. The seen was most beautiful and awe inspiring from about 10:16 to 10JO when tb whole sky from horizon to zenith an from northeast to northwes^ was rich iy illuminated. The writer witness* the streams of light m they slowly as cended from the-dark haze near th horizon entirely to the zenith and be yond. and as they changed color, final ly mingling a pale red with yellow, wit! here and there a patch reminding on of the rainbow. It is thought by scientists that thi wonderful effect is produced by th passage of electricity through the up per regions of the atmosphere when the air is greatly rarified. That it i an electric disturbance is strongly indi die a ted by the fact that telagrapl wires are much affected when the euro ra appears. On Monday night, accord ing to press reports, telegraphic com munieation was suspended all over tbi country for about 15 minutee, while th< auroral display was-at its height. This natural phenomenon, callec aurora borealis (northern lighta), is ol much more frequent occurrence and ap pears on a scale far more grand anc imposing io latitudes farther north. The corresponding phenomenon ii southern latitudes, which is never visible to us, is called aurora austrails Some think there is a close connectkx -> uvvnrou wcbc |/ul!IIUIUeiUI BIK1. 8Un spots. "When 1 consider thy heavens, th? work of thy fingers. The moon end the stars, which thot hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindfu of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?" ?Pe. 8:3,4. J. W. H. D. As a means of reducing high rente, portable houses will be provided by Uu Chicago Real Estate board, according to an announcement made by the presi dent. Thousands of families will tx put into their own homes before Maj 1, the board says, with the cooperatior of real estate firms, banks and business establishments. ?- < : Our Neat 1 < > < - ? <> ; > < A great deal dep '? -* A?-- I ' ' cage ui me oaioii the best of intenti is unskillfhl he mi on which you hav Our men are skil judging meat. A. O. J ' *? ? ? ? ? <? eee?oes?ee? ^You want that apprc IF ^ou want s ** not affecti ir You want ** according TJP You want ** that is har Tr? 1 Hutchinson' ;i Phono ;? iMMMMMitiMMMif n k ? '^Bsh , -V_ _ \ 1|| t BF? TBI mini I hbmIi * K> 1 ?*ILJ,v m CT 1 r! ; ! ' r * P Department 1 > > ( k mammmmmm i \ i > ends on the knowl* < > ten. He may have *? ona, and yet if he v. artfttl 4Ka ayi VfVU VHU UU1UOI e depended. led in cutting and < I \JJCQ Phone /nLO) No. 14 <? to patronize a store i ;ciates your business : your cash to count, ', ing quality of goods :: : prescriptions filled ! ; to your Drs orders the best of anything | idled in a drug store ; \ deal 's Pharmacy, li. 91 i | ,-i - , . . IBE FORI rurn || N . Wa rSee Uj Young & 1 HP THE FORT MILL FURN ^ " .J:* J ' =ll;? ? " I Leading I The sales In our Shoe I inn the last few months I' grices at which they ar ouuc ncanng puDHC 19 GIRL GRADUA1 O-SO-EZE, STE1 BRAND ARMY S We sell Shoes at a clc for men, women and ch Fort Mill \ E. Thefailh j 1hi Paint half your,he the other half what** If DEVOE doesn't ^ ; ami coat less money, charge for DEVOE. If DEVOE doesn't > years or three years better-we'll give yoi it again. LYTLE D FORT Mil 11 ; 1J/'"'V', :.>; * V .'" ? - r, ' ' - i . I ii . 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