The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-12-17

Brevard county will have wet and dry election
next week
The big DeSoto county write-up in the Tampa
Tribune will be out about January 8, 1909
The mild sunshiny weather we are having ind-
Gates that this will be green" Christmas. But did
Florida ever have any other kind1
Plant City is shipping strawberries. About 5000
quarts have already been sent to northern markets
The price is now down to 80 cents per quart.
The annual conference of the Methodist church of
Florida, is in session at Miami this week at which
time and place appointments for the coming will
be made
Postmaster Green of Arcadia is always alive to the
interests of his patrons He furnishes, free, old
barrel in the outer for the convenience of those
who are troubled by liquor advertisement circulars.
The postmasters are the most overworked people
now of all Uncle Sans servants. But just imagine
what they will suffer when we have parcels post
added to our other public utilities.
cities are making elaborate preparations to celebrate
Emancipation day January l. In Tampa are ~ |
900 colored persons who are making ready for big
time on that day.
The Tampa Tribune announces that its Christmas
edition brought out next Sunday will be sent to all
the in nine counties and DeSoto is one of the
nine. Every family will be sure of having at Hast
one Christmas present
The St. Petersburg Independent has changed pro-
pretors, editor Powell retiring and Lew B. Brown Of
Harrodsburg, KY, taking his place. The new editor
has, according to Mr. Powell, been publishing the
model weekly newspaper of Kentucky" and will be
heartily welcomed by the Florida fraternity and Mr..
Powell will be sincerely regretted. We trust the lat
ter has been in the state long enough to have sand
stick in his shoes he cannot remain away should
he choose to 60
Numbers of our state exchanges are already out
with Christmas editions of great size and merit The
Times Union and Jacksonville Metropolis of last
Sunday led in the list. The Tampa Times came
Tuesday and the Tribune is promised for next Sun
day, and others are on the way. We rejoice in the
enterprise of great daes and are thankful tor the
Christmas cheer that pervades the state, newspapers
and all, Peace earth, Good will to man = is still
the most bene6cient benediction ever given to human
y atho the shepherds that first heard the song have
laiif many centuries dead.
One of the main features in the special edition Of
the Tampa Tribune, descriptive Of DeSoto county
which will be issued within the next three weeks will
be the publishing Of letters Of testimony from farmers
fruit and vegetable growers, showing the success they
have made in their lines. Theae letters win be pub
ished the signatures Of the parties giving them
and will prove to be the most conclusive evidence that
can be produced to substanhate our claims that De-
Soto is the best and thrtiest county in the state We
will be glad to have every grower in our section write
THE CHAMPION letter descriptive Of their operations
We wilturn this information over to the Tampa
Tribunes agents and they will be sent all over the
United States and will be Of most benefit to our city
aad adjoining country Please attend to this at once
and send in your experience to us In writing All
letters must be IN before December rs Another feat
ure will be the publishing of photographs Of the
babies Of DeSoto county. number have already
been secured but there Is room for many more Send
the photographs Of your little ones III to The CHAM
PIoN with the name Of the little one and to whom
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