The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-09-17


office Second Floor Espenaub Building Oak Street, Arcade
The father of the young who was electrocutet
10 Tampa last week has sued the Electric Light com
pany, of Tampa, for $4,000.
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Pensacola is preparing to Hospitality entertain the
First regiment of State troops that will go into camp
at Fl Barraucas on Oct 5th and remain for ten days
W. Stanley Hanson, the excellent travelling CORE
spondent of the Tampa Tribune spent several days
in DeSoto County and Arcadia last week.
We regret that through some mistake of the type
setter the Prohbitionist Plea in our last issue was
published without any credit. 1t was written by Rev.
J. G. Boydston of TT. Myers.
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We suppose the liquor seller has his rights. And
one of them is to advertise for permit to sell drinks
We suppose also that the newspaper that derives its
support from such advertisements may be said to have
mission in life. But from such support and such
mission Good Lord, deliver us
Judge J. B. Cochran, of Nocatee showes his faith
by his works for when paying UP his subscription to
THE CHAMPION last week he enclosed one dollar to
be sent to help the Bryan campaign along. Will not
others of good democratic subscribers do likewise
that when send in the Judges dollar it will not
look lonesone' Hurry up too for election time is
drawing near If you prefer to send your own money
send it to Governor Haskell Oklahoma, treasurer of
the National democratic Campaign Committee
The Advocate believes in crisisisigG fasis SAD
when they deserve it3 Yesterday sol Believe in
steryiticising anybody simply because we may no.
IKE them. or beeausex not the men we sup
& rof5fQ fo< 4. past few years there
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3 OVERS and we probably have done our share of
it, but nevertheless we hope we can see the good
when there is good in them, and we believe the prr-
chasing Of tract of land at Punta Gorda for road
material was wise 1t may be Just possible
that they paid for the land than it could have
been sold for to any else, but still it is worth all
they paid for it to the county. DeSoto wants good
roads If we are to keep up with the progress of
other counties must have good roads, To get
good roads at prices at which they can be built we
must have good road material at an accessible point
We believe the county has all this at Punta Gorda
and when consider the matter of the good roads
that can be built from the material from the land
bought by the county the first cost is mere baga-
telle 1t is true the railroad has not vet built track
to the material yet there is little doubt about II being
built the railroad officials get through with
the USUAL amount of red tape. With railroad track
leading to this road material rock crusher and the
convicts loading cars planned by the commission
ers venture to assertion that there will be more
good roads built in DeSoto county in the next two
years than there have been built in the past ten years
Therefore, we believe the county commissioners
should be commended instead of condemned in this
matter. The Florida Advocate.
THE CHAMPION is sincerely glad that Editor
Goolsby has risen to make the above remarks and
agree with him that If we are to keep up with the
progress of other counties must have good roads, y
and also that we can, asa county, afford to pay what
GOOD ROADS cost. But it has been charged, and
so far as we know never denied that; 1st. The Com
mssioners paid more for the land than it was worth
End, The land is inaccessible. 5rd, Better more
accessible land was rendered the Board free Of charge
for road making purposes. 4th The material on the
land bought beats up and blows away in dry weather
and melts up and washes away in wet and is there
fore neither permanent nor pleasant as road ma
terial. THE CHAMPION does not pretend to know If
the charges as above Enumerated true bit we have
asked some one who did know to r. and tell
the truth. Our columns are open pne who