The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-01-09

Office Second Floor Espenaub Building Oak Street. Arcadia
cold snap, with slight frost, followed an all
morning rain on Monday last. Nothing serious and
weather moderating.
The article copied from the New York Packer was
written by L. Walseman. Arcadia should send
the gentleman vote of thanks for the kind words he
gave town,
The eclipse OH the evening of January third did
not materialize in Arcadia. The sun went down I'M
couded in blaze of glery, with no trace of shadow
across his face. We are promised better eclipse
next summer, and we hope the astronomers have not
mscacuated on that one too.
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R. L. Holzendorf chairman of the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners, and the salt of that body was in
his place this week at the regular session. Mr.. Ho-
zendorfs eyes all right since receiving treat
ment, except that they not yet strong He has
hosts of friends throughout this section who learn of
his welfare gladly.
Those New Years resolutions may be hnsy easily
broken affairs But it is better to make them and
break them than to have no upward aspirations For
it is certain that without good resolutions you will
never mend your ways. 1t may be after the nine
hundred and ninety-nne has been broken that the
thousandth one will be stronger than all the rest and
lead you to ultimate triumph. Make good resou-
tons
1t now seems doubtful if the w. c. T. U. will have
department at the State Fair at Tampa this wear
The State w. c. T. u has made certain REQUESTS of
President Brown, which refer to banshing vaudeville
shows of questionable decency from the grounds and
that no whiskey be sold within five and one.half
blocks of the fair grounds Unless these requests are
acceded to the w. c. T. u will decline to take space
on the grounds.
No U. S. Senator it is said, has ever been more
cordially received than w. J. Bryan the newly-ap-
pointed Florida one. There must be something in q
name after ALL for SO young politician Che is only
81 can scarcely otherwise have attracted such wide
spread attention. Nobody will forget w. J. Brvan's
name and although relation to the William len.
nlngs Bryan, he instantly gains recognition because
he carries the name of w. J. Bryan, which in his I
care is William James Bryan
General Albert Gilchrst is taking his candidacy a
iHS' anu PSioiSt9 III Setng OH numerous Jokes to Il
tickle the public. But he has numbers of friends o
throughout the state that honestly believe having t
John n. c. Stockton for a rival is no laughing matter c
TO defeat him means downright serious consideration
on the part of the other candidates. MANY battle II
has been lost through confidence and General c.
Gilchrst is too brilliant soldier to err in tbs II
direction, we trust ~
Orion SWEET Marden editor of that yerv successful L
monthly Success, says in editorial in the Januarv Il
issue OF his magazine There are no such thiros ~
as ghosts There are such things as demons or IL
devils or supernatural beings and people who qod 70
such time-worn beliefs little more enlightened n
than the savages Editor Marden hits hard at those NJ
Christians who still hold faith in the Bible and he e,
lieve King Saul had communication with the dead ~
prophet Sanue aud think God would not have taLe q,
Inc trouble to command His people to have NOTHING 70 D.
10 with familiar spirits if there was no possibtv &c w
heir holding intercourse with the dead Good Christ, q,
ans also think the testament writers meant what m
hey SAID when they told how Christ cast ont demons
md devils from men. Evidently Success editor he il;
eves there is no evil, all is good 1t NAV he that ~,
hose who believe the Bible are victims of meryor 7.
eefs only little in advance of the SAVAGE h,,, r
here is large and respectable crowd of us who still CT