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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-04-04

E. H Mead and H. S. Joseph Of the anuaryhte Rocks Leas
ing Company of this city have arranged work the
the Godfed district A. Cutler left night
take charge of the work. and pump down with which
handle the the shaft The lease right line for the
big The shaft BIS drifting
been done the ven but the hghgrade shoot which the easer
the ground has been encountered 1t the intention
the shaft another hundred feet and full conf
dence that the body will be found that level
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The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-06-11
For Uilchrist of Course
For The CHAMPION;

For THE CHAMPION;
heard it vociferously said,
Every minister should leave his
pulpit and go out and make
speeches for Gilchrist" but in the
course of human events ministers
without exception finally became
of the opinion that if Gilchrist
should be elected it would turn us
back towards barbarisni. Conse-
quently all preachers Gas far as I
know are against him. How
what, his crowd are wailing about
the terrible evils of ministers in
politics. Some of them / do not
suppose have been to church in ten
years. ! have long prophesied that
all immortality would get OH the
Gilchrist whiskey side.
]. G. BoyDsTUN.
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-06-11
List of Pastors

1t having been charged that the
circular letter sent out to the God
fearing people of Florida by the
Jacksonville pastors was signed
only by a few of the less promi-
nent ministers of that city, the
names are hereby given showing
that the signers are OH the con-
trary the most prominent preachers
in the city. 1t is also fact that
the most of those who did not sign
it are now working to elect
Stockton for governor. realizing
the crisis now on, as they did not
two weeks ago. Those who signed
are:
w. f. BoggS, d. D., Pastor
First Presbyterian Church; J. w.
Bigham, Pastor NJ. f, Church
(South). J. Ross Parrish, Pastor
Snyder Memorial NJ. 4, Church,
G.. l.. Hanscom, Pastor Union |
Congregational Church; VIM, A.
Hobson, Pastor First Baptist
Church. j. A. Hendry, Presiding
Elder NJ. f.. Church (South)
Jacksonville Dist; Paul f. Brown,
Pastor East Jacksonville Presby-
terrain Church; T. f. Hendon,
City Missionary of the Baptist
Church; ]. Lawton Moon, Pastor
St. Matthew's M. f.. Church
South; J. f. Boone, Pastor First
Christian Church; n. II. Williams,
Pastor Springfield M. E. Church
South; J. B. Ley, Agent
Southern College NJ. E. Church
(South); T.. +. Ley, Presiding
Elder East Coast District M. f.
Church (South); L. A. Harrison,
Pastor Riverside M ct h o d ist
Church (South).
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-06-11
THE UNION LABOR
QUESTION. ITS RELATION TO
CERTAIN CANDIDATES.

Messrs. Gilchrist and Fletcher,
who are in the second primary,
had 10 hesitancy in freely dis.
tributing literature in the first
campaign which did not show any
evidence of having been done in
union shops. incidentally, they
were and are supported by the
Jacksonville Times linton Gone of
the biggest scab nests in the state,
and recognized railroad corpor.
alton paper) and other recognized
railroad papers.
On the other hand, Stockton and
Broward have a reputation for pre-
ferring the union work that dates
long before the first agitation, and,
incidentally, they both have long
been the subjects of the Times
Unions bitterest knocks.
Whether or not one might think
preference actuates me in this
statement, | would be glad to have
the matter looked into.
Organized labor can hope and
struggle from now until doomsday,
but if its membership does not
exercise caution in the choice of
lawmakers and take every step for
strengthening its cause, it certain
ly will never advance-for its
enemies are not going to boost it,
that's surel The only opposing
argument to either Stockton or
Broward is their sentiments in re-
CARDS to prohibition, and intelli-
gent union men eau certainty lay
that aside and vote for their
election when they take into con-
sideration the fact that Stockton
can 10 more enforce prohibition if
the people vote it down than
Gilchrist could enforce local option
if the people voted in favor of
state prohibition. The Stockton
action simply proposes submitting |
he matter direct to the people for
heir verdict, while the Gilchrist
action are opposed to submitting
t. Honestly now, which do you
hink is right?-Chas. Bardin
ditor Labor Department Tampa
Times.
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-06-11

The Times. Union and Jackson.
vile Metropolis published this
week all advertisement for Albert
w. Gilchrist, candidate for
governor, which is signed by
Albert w. Gilchrist. In it he says;
Il am not unmindful of the fact
that the Governor is the Servant,
and not the Master, of the people
who elect him. - This is exactly
what we wish to impress upon the
public. If Gilchrist is elected to
whom will he owe his election'
And he advertises to be the
servant of the people who elect
him. Are the temperance people
of the thirty-six dry counties in
Florida going to let Gilchrist be
voted i'll by the whiskey men?
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-06-11

1t has been charged by those
who do not know that wines arc
kept aud served to guests in the
Jno. N. c. Stockton home. A
prominent w. c. T. y. woman of
J Jacksonville last week made state
ment that she attended several
swell receptions given several
years ago by Mrs. ]. N. c. Stock
ton in honor of two or more promi-
nent state officials and their wives
and that at none of these re-
ceptions was wine or other drink
that could intoxicate offered the
guests. This ought to effectually
dispose of one lie being indus
triously circulated by Mr., Stock
tons political enemies.
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-06-11

Kirby Cocker, Of Gardner, was
casting his winning smiles here
Sunday
Mrs. r. A. Roberts and little
son are visiting relatives at Crews.
vile
A Mr.. Albritton and sister, Mrs.
Tom Crews, from Crewsville, were
here last week to see their sister,
Mrs. R. A. Roberts
Several of our young people
went to Oak Grove Sunday
Miss Georgia Roberts went to
Arcadia Tuesday to have some
dental work done
We will have protracted meet.
ing here in July.
June 8, 1908.
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-06-11
Lily Locals

We have had some very nice
rains during the past week, but
not nearly as much as is needed
Rev. T. w. White filled his
regular monthly appointment here
Sunday
Mrs. w. n, Duncan visited
friends in Manatec last week
Mrs. Jas. Murphy and little son,
Dehzil, are visiting relatives in
Alabama
Mrs. w. A. Hull Is shopping in
Arcadia today
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-06-11
UNFAIR METHODS
USED BY THE TlMES-UNlON
ON HON. J. N. c. STOCKTON

To THE DEMOCRATS OF FLORIDA
WHO BELIEVE IN FAIR PLAY
AND DEsPIsE Foul MEANS:
The Jacksonville morning paper,
the Times Union, has adopted in
opposition to my candidacy meth
DDS that arc so unfair that beg
the press of this state to give pub
LEGATION to this statement, and to
verify its truth by reference 10 the
files Of the Times Union. The
columns of that paper have been
from day to day open to contri-
buttons from men like Allen
Rogers, the newspaper reporter OF
the Jacksonville rooms,
slandering my private character,
and others signing themselves
Tax Payer, "Duval County
Citizen, etc., who are really the
tools of those waging the fight
against me in this city. have
written repeated attacks upon my
business standing and private
character.
The columns of the same paper
have been closed to me FOR
EVEN A DENIAL OF THESE
ATTACKS. This is not only
true, but the Times Union has re-
fused to publish for hire a denial
from me of these ISLANDERS, and in
addition to this has had the brazen
affrontery to state that these sland-
erous charges were not denied.
Is it possible for the people of
Florida to conceive of more gross
injustice being done even the
humblest citizen of this state'
The report from the representative
of that paper at Tampa that my
speech in Tampa on Saturday
night was in anywise Incorporate
or all attack upon corporations is
It's latest published falsehood.
The untruth of that report is sus-
ceptible of proof on affidavits of
more than two hundred Of the
most representative citizens of
county.
Is it difficult to understand why
he opposition of this paper using
these methods is All asset Of can
iidate for public Officer
Respectfully,
JOHN N. c. STOCKTON.
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-06-11

Let the good pcope Of Florida
understand that this is no time to
be on the fence in their temperance
politics. If you believe in temper
ance we offer clean, righteous
man for governor in J. N. c.
Stockton. II you think local
option will do, you belong with
Cilchrist and the whiskey crowd.
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-06-11

The Gilchrist newspapers are
doing .theix best to persuade the
people that Gilchrist is not a
whiskey candidate. Whether he
answers to the name or not il is
true that the whiskey men are his
most ardent and persistent sup
porters, and ii he is elected it will
be by that element And he says,
he will be the servant of the people
who elect him.
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-06-11
! Suwanee county

A Suwanee county man in
Jacksonville last week made a
canvass of 40 business houses near
the union depot, on Bay street, to
hnd out the choice Of candidate for
governor. The tally ran thus:
Number of firms interviewed, 40;
number supporting Gilchrist 81;
number supporting Stockton IS;
non-committal /. The 81 firms
supporting Gilchrist were each and
every one bar rooms, the Is firms
supporting Stockton were all dry
goods or other mercantile establish
ments.
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-06-11

General Gilchrist says truly the
Governor is the servant of the
people who elect him" but It is a
mighty inopportune time to call
attention to this fact when it is
conceded that only the whiskey
money and whiskey vote can make
him governor. sa..a
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-06-11

on the part of our membership as
ministers of the gospel and repres-
entative laynien of the Methodist
Church we decree it needless on
the present occasion to do more
than simply reasent our sentiments
OH this question and we hereby
declare our opposition to the use
of any and all kinds of intoxicat-
ing liquors of beverage. And
Whereas, Believing that one Of
the greatest, If not the greatest OBJ
sticle to the advancement of the
Kingdom of God is the legalized
liquor traffic, running our citizen.
ship, destroying the peace and
happiness of the home, blighting
character, blasting lives damning
souls and in other ways largely
neutralizing the work of the minis
try and the influence of the
Church, and
Whereas, Believing it to be a
fight between the people of God
and morality on the one side and
the saloons, gambling dens and
other agencies and dependencies
Of the liquor traffic on the other
side, the former standing for God
and the home and the latter for
Satan and all forms of vice and
corruption, be it
Resolved, LIST, That we, the
members Of the Orlando District
Conference of the Methodist
Church, South Florida Conference,
duly assembled, hereby declare our
determined and uncompromising
to the liquor traffic in
all its forms, and
Second, That we favor such
legislation by Our Federal Govern
ment as will prevent the licensing
of this evil, or the collection of a
tav from any one for such
purpose, when such sale is for
hidden by the State, and we also
favor the enactment of a federal
law making illegal the shipment of
Intoxicating liquors into dry terri
.ory and hereby request our Sena-
.ors and representatives in Con-
,ress to use all legitimate means at
lis command to secure the passage
If such laws.
Third, That We will continue,
IS heretofore to preach temperance
Practice temperance, pray for tenn
,erance and vote for temperance.
Fourth, While We realize that
he Church has to do primarily
With the spiratual and religious
ife of the people, yet we cannot
ose sight of that influence which
ocial environment and moral con-
itions have in determining what /
hese shall be or remain aud we ,
ereby pledge ourselves uncom-
romisingly to the principle of
rohibition both County aud State. Q
Fifth, That we pledge ourselves 5
nd hereby urge our people not to U
ote for any one for Office, munich 9
al, County or State, who is known K
, have sympathy with the liquor v
-affic or opposed to prohibition. u
Respectfully submitted, p
Your Committee, $
"
The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-06-11
METHODIST
|rpIcT CONFERENCE HELD
h ARCADIA LAST WEEK

IA District conference vi LIN
!, !. Church South convened ii
CITY OIL Tuesday June End
Ming sermon at seven forty-fiv'
bv Rev. F. M. c. Eads, o.
tatee.
,u Wednesday the organization
completed and nineteen pas
and forty-one laymen were
bent. Reports on Sunday
SoOls were called and this work
reported in fine condition in
District, Special prominence
given the Baraca and Philathea
&k, and stress placed on the or
OF other classes. Rev.
Mitchell of Orlando preached
3rceful sermon at eleven a. nj.
he spiritual state of the Church
next considered and a number
pcouraging reports were given;
additions to the Church in the
5nct since january first.
IN invitation was extended to
ICOnference to attend a RECEIPT
given by the Daughters and
Grams of Confederacy: The
ference, being unable to adj
b because of press of business,
Rinted a committee Of seven of
FOLDER members to carry greet
to those who fought and those
} commemorate their deeds.
gednesday evening at 7;45 Rev.
Borgess. read report on ed
bon and Rev. J. B. Ley de-
led an address securing $4,000
Southern College.
hrsday the morning was &C.
FED by various discussions and
Pc report on Quarterly Confer
records. Rev. ]. P. Hilburn
p Of Southern College preach
very strong sermon at IL a.
The afternoon was given to
bans work and Mrs. 4. j..
klns spoke representing the
gu work and giving a fine re-
OF the work,
5. T. W. Gary spoke for the
en- OF the Home Mission So
giving an inspiring account
successes and asking for CO.
zion in this field. WI
maps the most telling meeting
Conference was on Thursday
ng when the laymen's move
was launched, When Mr.. c.
oward, Scion G.. Wilson and
W. J. Carpenter delivered
addresses urging the laymen 4
We forward along all lines OF 4
n work, especially looking to
vangelizing OF the world in
eneration.
Jay morning was consumed
ctlon of delegates to Annual
renee. Rev. ]. X. Cason. of
and, preached a sermon of
power at IL a. M, calling
The Church to do more for
'rphan children of Florida
Poismss and also that we do
a'ong the line of Hospital
TEMPERANCE
Presiding Elder and Mem
o' the Orlando District Con-
nee Held at Arcadia June q
tn, 1908.
'nren; We, your committee
nperance beg leave to submit
moving as expressive of the {
d this body touching the I
q temperance. 1t being
lox.... IN Z
"Own that our Church has
taken q high position re-
3 The practice Of tempera nce !
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-28
IN THRoES O.
SERIOUS FLOOD.
Lower Portion Of Augusta,
Ga, Under Water.
COMMUNICATION CUT OFF

Western Union and Postal Telegraph
Companies Compelled to Abandon
Their Offices and Telephone Conrcc-
tions Also Are Broken-PrincipaI
Business Street of the City lnun-
dated to the Depth Of Four Feet.
: Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 2i.-Reports from.
Augusta, Ga, indicate that that city is.
in the throes of serious flood. The
lower part of the city is under water.
ard the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies have abandoned
their Offices. Telephone communica-
ton with Augusta also is interrupted.
Broad street, the principal business
street, is four feet under water. Mer-
chants and occupants Of all residences
are making desperate efforts to re-.
move goods to upper floors. The loss
to merchants and residences cannot
be estimated at this hour. { !. +.
The Southern railroad has been un.
eble to move any trains over it's reg
ular lines for twenty-four hours. All
traffic was detoured by way of Nash.
vile. Trains are from twenty-four to
thirty-six hours slate. The Seaboard
Air Line reports several serious wash.
outs in the vicinity of Athens, Ca.
Other railroads make similar reports.
The canal dams have broken, which
augments the seriousness of the situa-
ton. -
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lore the assignee llaai, estimate Tie
liabilities and asset 1 These accounts
were greatly compli ealed by the buy
Ing for the account at the spspended
firm Of stock which they had sold to
other brokers and were unable to de-
liver. The losses which the firm suf-
fered under this process will swell its
total liabilities and add greatly to the
work OF the assignee.
The stock market opened with a
small volume of trading and With
prices only fractionally changed from
those Of the closing. The failure Of
"a. o. Brown & Co. had much less eff
feet on the market than might have
been anticipated in view of the mag
nitude Of the firms transactions.
There was a feeling Of uneasiness,
however, among the traders, who fear
that the real circumstances back Of
the Brown suspension and the trans
actions of Saturday are yet to be as
certained, @ae &zs
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-28
ENDORSED WlFE's NOTES
Dr.. Chadwick Asks Release on Debts
: -, -. of $65O.OOO.

= Cleveland. Aug. 2S.-Dr. Leroy S.
Chadwick, husband of Cassie Chad
wick, who died in the penitentiary
where she was sentenced for colossal
frauds, filed petition in bankruptcy
here. His personal debts he placed
at $1,750, while debts contracted
through endorsing notes and checks
for his wife he placed at about $780,.
900. Among the notes endorsed is
one on J. w. Friend for 100000. An
other is on Judge J. w. Albaugh Of
Canton for $90,800. A check drawn
on T. G.. Beckwith, the late Oberlin
banker, for $4,000 is included, as well
as several other notes and checks for
small amounts. He states he does not
know in what condition these pay
ments stand.
In his personal accounts are bills
for automobile repairs and an runoccu-
pied room at the Waldorf-Ast New
York. .r
DR.. Chadwick says that he has but
SITS to pay these debts with. He asks
that his medical instruments and
books be exempt. VI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-28
DO ! !! |: ! DEA lis
ARE REPORTE Ed
Fatalities Occur in Flood
at Augusta, Ga.
PROPERTY Loss IS HEAVY

Damage Sustained by Stocks in Bust
ness Houses and by lnundation of
Buildings Estimated at More Than
Half a MilIion-Wa Is Slowly Re-
ceding and There Is No Danger Of
Further Losses.
Augusta, Ca, Aug. 2s-It is re-
ported that about a dozen deaths have
resulted from drowning during the
Hood here. Only one, however, is all
that has been confirmed. The Nixon
Grocery company's wholesale ware
house, the Georgia railroad round
house and a string of coal cars on the
Southern Railway in Hamburg, S. c.,
just across the river from Augusta,
were destroyed by fire. According to
reports here the bridge of the Charles
ton and Western Carolina railroad at
Sandbar Ferry, about three and a half
miles below the city, has been washed
away. The Georgia side approach to
the North Augusta bridge has been.
washed away.
Augusta is rapidly recovering from
the flood conditions. The water on
the streets, has fallen until the side
walks are practically clear and there
is no further danger of loss to prop
erty. Considering the fact that eight
feet of water ran through the main
business and residence streets of the
city, that telephone and telegraph
communication was stopped, that no
train has been within mile of Au-
gusta for forty-eight hours it is re-
markab1e that there has not been
greater financial damage and loss of
life. - 4 IT,
It is not possible to give an esti-
mate on the financial loss resulting
from the food. An idea may be gath
cred, however, when it is taken into
consideration that every business
house, every bank and store was sub
merged in from four to nine feet of
water and nearly all the residence
portion, including the fashionable res
idence district of Green street, with
all its churches, in from three to six
feet of water. With the cessation
from business until the city has re-
covered itself and damage to stocks
of goods of all kinds it is thought that
the loss will go well above the half
million mark
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-28
DAMAGES PLACED AT
NEARLY five MILLION
Venezuelan Court Convicts the
French Cable Company.

Caracas, Aug. 2S.-The civil court
of first instance has handed down a
Judgment declaring the French Cable
company guilty of completely in the
Matos revolution against President
Castro and condemning it to pay dam
ages to the amount of nearly $5,000,.
900. In addition the company must
pay a further amount to be assessed
later by experts.
The company may appeal from the
decision. It is practically a duplicate
of the decision handed down against
the New York and Bermudez Asphalt
company.
The British minister to Venezuela
has been in conf erence lately with
President Castro.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-28
BIG DECREASE
INTERNAL REVENUE
Over 5000 Liquor Dealers Quit
Business During Jul

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE monthly
statement of collection of internal rev.
enue shows that the total for July,
1908, was $22,O29,316, which is fall
ing off Of $2,S99,50S as compared with
July, 1907. BY far the larger part Of
this decrease is in the collections from
spirits. The most noteworthy de-
crease is in the receipts from the re-
tail liquor dealers special tax, which
amounts to $216,149. This indicates
that 8,646 retail liquor dealers went
out of business during the month of
July, which is said to be largely due
to prohibition legislation in the vari-
GUS states. H.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-28
MANY LIVES ENDANGERED
Cleveland Tenement Partially De-
stroyed by Fire.

Cleveland, Aug. 2 Fifty persons
narrowly escaped death, half dozen
were overcome by smoke, one woman
was injured and a child seriously
burned as result of fire in three.
story tenement building on Woodland
avenue. The flames started in a guam
tity of hay stored in an adjoining
building and quickly spread to the
tenement before being discovered. In
the mad scramble of the tenants to
escape number of them were
knocked down, while others, over
come by smoke, had to be- carried out.
The building was partially destroyed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-28
Debs to Cover Many States.

Chicago, Aug. 28.-It was an
nouneed at headquarters of the So.
cialist party that the campaign spe
cial carrying Eugene V. Debs, the
presidential candidate, and other
speakers through the West would
leave Chicago Aug. 81, returning
Sept. rs. Soon after the return to
Chicago a similar trip will be made
through the Eastern states. Accord
ing to the itinerary of the Western
trip Mr.. Debs will speak in eighteen
states and travel 10000 miles.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-08-28
SOME LOSS OF LIFE.

Serious Flood Follows Heavy Rain in
South Carolina. ~. /
Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 2!.-Apparently
the heavy rains, in South Carolina,
which caused some loss of life, dam
aged crops and were the source of a
great deal of alarm, have ceased their
destructive work.
Reports from Spartanburg and Cam.
den, S. c., and other places, where
the situation seemed to be serious,
show that apparently all danger Of fur
Their trouble has passed. At Camden
two lives were lost. -...
The rain was the heaviest in years
throughout South Carolina. e..