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THE FORT MILLTIMES Democratic? Published Thuradava. w r. bradford > p?h|(,v _ J. J. Bailks ( Publish * . W. R. Bradford. Editor and Manager. Sunset priON Katrr: line Year ..................... 11.26 Six tloniln .6ft The rtmeHinvitei.contributicni on livesubjecta but loea not afrree to publiab mori than 200 word a on in* aubject. The rlstht la reaerved to edit vi*/ ? i nnunicatinn submitted for publication. _ On application'to the publiahem. advertminir rntea arc n ule known to thoaeintereated. Tel *iin?nr. 'ocnl and lonu distance. No.lt?. Sn'ored nt the ooatofflce at Fort Mill. S. C..ar mail n it ter of the necond claaa. THURSDAY. MAY 27. 1920. Stealing in Georgia. Not content with stealing from Mr. Palmer the delegates he had won in the preferential primary a few weeks ago, when he defeated Hoke Smith and Tom Watson fttr an instructed delegation to San Francisco, the Georgia Democratic convention went a stepfuther last week by passing a resolution expressing opposition to the League of Nations and electing Thomas W. Hardw>ck one of the "big four" to the national convention, thus giving aid and encouragement to the Republicans one would not have expected from any body of men calling themselves Democrats. Surprise would have been universal had these things happened in South Carolina. Combining their forces, Smith and Watson, who are most of the time about as far apart politically as the poles are geopraphically, were able to dominate the convention and deprive Mr. Palmer of the delegates he was entitled to. At the polls more than a third of the voters who took part in the primary supported the attorney general. In all fairness he was therefore entitled to at least onethird of the delegates to the national convention u' d it is nothing short of an outrage that he is thus deprived of the fruits of the victory he had fairly won. For reasons of expediency Mr. Palmer may not be the most available candidate for the party nomination, but that is a matter for the national convention to decide and it furnishes the Georgia convention no excuse for turning thief. Mr. Palmer is an honest, able Democrat, who has fought for the party in his native State, Pennsylvania, without further hope of reward there than a seat in the national house of representatives, which he filled for several years with credit to himself and in a way that commended to the country the good sense of the constituency that elected him. He is entitled to and worthy of fair treatment at the hands of every fellow Democrat in the coun iry. it is a reflection on the entire South that he should have been the victim of the machinations of crooked politicians in a Southern State. Almost of a piece with the treatment of Mr. Palmer, however, was the action of the Georgia convention in following the leadership of Thomas W. Hardwick an I sending to San Francisco a delegation, with Haidwick at its h?ad, bearing a resolution expressing unalterable opposition to the League of Nations, submitted to the senate by President Wilson as ,a part of the Ver sailles iieaoe treaty. This is the same Thomasv W. Hardwick who in the last election of a United States senator in Georgia was ingloriously beaten for reelection by Senator Ha ris, largely b? cause of his alleged disloyal utterances and his alliliation with the Republics s in opposition to war measures advocat...i i... .i- ; - ni I >_V Hie lirMUlflU, Since the foregoing was written the secretary <>f the Georgia Democratic executive committee ha forwarded to tiie national executive committee in Washington the official certificate of the State committee issuing credentials to the full I'almer delegation from Georgia to the San Francisco convention ? which means that the Smith-WatsonHard wick delegates will go to the convention as contestants. They are not apt to lie given seats in the convention. Republicans at Sea. W Ph the Republican national convention less than a fortnight away, the leaders of the "grand old party" are floundering around hopelessly for issues on which to go before the country in the presidential election next fall. Having frittered away the last fourteen montiis as the majority party in both houses of Congress, without having enacted one piece of constructive legislation. hut having devoted the major part of the time smelling around in vain search for wrongdoing on the part of the Democrats in the conduct of the ^ war, Isslge, Penrose. Borah, Johnson, ? I.a Follette et al. now tind the time almost at hand when they must give A. t I ' ' ' ' substantial reasons in the platform to be adopted at Chicago why the confidence of the country in taking their promises of 1918 at face value was not misplaced. The Republicans are on the defensive and so far as is known the party is nut committed to even a single proposition, except the rejection of the peace treaty, which they lack the courage to undertake to make an issue. Perhaps the platform will reiterate the party's belief in the protective tariff, but as an issue the tariff is dead; the country has no stomach for the subject. Of course there will be the usual pointing with pride to the party's achievements, which in this case means nothing. So the platform will necessarily contain much about "Democratic inefficiency," charging the administration with the high cost of living. Right there, however, appears the death's head at the banquet, for the country is certain to want to know what laws have been passed by Congress during the last year to protect the people from the profiteers and grafters. The Republicans must present a progressive platform, based upon party accomplishments during the last year, otherwise the country will be slow to indorse its candidates. The Times is only $1.25 per year. I CONKLIN FOU TTT - 1 * -- a * ' we nave jusi received the famous CONKLIN SEL PENS, for ladies and ger sizes and style points. If you want a flrst-cl leak, let us sell you a CON Hutchinson's Phone N Save Mpr Buying 1< ? iVl V i ^ 1 ?' ouu round I: 1,000 Pound Prices without books, 60c pe O. T. A MAN MAY BE KNOWN BY HON. MITCH Attorney General of the Unil the Democratic Nomi HAS MADE ENEMIES PRO-GERMANS RED REVOLUTIONIST, PROFITEERS HOARDERS W H BRfAI'SK, As Allen l'roperty Cuatodli L'aed It to Help America I BKi'AUSK, He la l>rlvliiK the Allen A JJ UNISYS and 1. W. WV* BECAUSE, He la ProaecutIng those w and UNRIOASONABLK P Country. BECAUSE., He la Arresting the HOAF the Sale of Commodlt lea 'I PRICES. BECAUSE, He Forced the "HIk Five" Which 1,units their Actlvl Hon of MfHlN and l'llKV Unrelated 1,1 nee of Imlual BECAUSE, lie Acted In Behalf of .4 l,abor Agitators Who Sou COAl, In Mld-Wlnter, tin Starvation and Cold. BECAUSE. He Opt oaea the STANDP UICA.N'S and Fights for I MITCHELI Is 100 Per Cent American ar SOUTH CIs Also 100 Per Cent Am Demo THEREFORE South Carolina Should and His Candidacy. WRITE?For Palmer for President ney General Stand* for and what ha C. C. Carlln, Chairman Palmer Prl ay Bids.. Washington, D. C. JOB PR AT THE TIMES OFFIC ~ FORT BULL TIMES, 7=11 =11 11= Rodde1 J ? Always have in st ( the banker, the la\ I H in models and pat 1 as "cool, as a cucu them. Roc "Sell Clothing of Ci li=ll =11 = 11= l' MTAIkl DENC i ii i mil i liiu a complete shipment of F-FILLING FOUNTAIN ltlemen, in the various ass Pen, one that won't KLIN. Pharmacy, : in 91 ! W I w icy by ;e Books looks, $'2.50 Book, $5.00 r 100 lbs; effective June 1 Gulp THE ENEMIES HE MAKESI ELL PALMER ted States and Candidate for ination for President OF THE FOLLOWINQl IPACKERS r/\ o RADICAL LABOR AGITATORS REACTIONARY REPUBLICANS Y ? mi he Took EN KMT PROPERTY and >VIN THE WAR. iNAROHISTS, BOLSHEVISTS, COMi BACK TO RUSSIA. /ho seek to Extort UNWARRANTED ROKITS from the Consumers of the- ' IDKRS amt Bringing out and Forcing 'HEY ARE HORDING FOR HIGHER PACKERS to Accept a Court Decree ! It leu to the Production and Dlstrlbu'ENTS Them from MONOPOLIZING ry. ILL. 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