The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-07-09

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Many deaths are reported daily in the northern
cities due to the extreme heat.
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The Live Oak daily Democrat will be published
only weekly during the summer.
The Florida Socialist party held their State Con-
vention in Tampa last Saturday and nominated full
ticket
Kissimmee is in the midst campaign against the
loose cows on the streets. Isn't it about time for
Arcadians to start similar agitation
The Fourth of July casualties in Florida are be-
ginning to be reported. There numerous acct
dents more or less serious and one death
Florida weather so far into July has been perfect.
Sufficient rain to keep the temperature down to
comfortable place and not enough to drown us out.
Eleven more weeks of The Man of the Hour" If
for any reason you missed your CHAMPION last week
let us know and we will promptly and gladly send
you extra copy
The recent death of Joel Chandler Harris the
famous author of the Uncle Remus, negro dialect
animal stories will bring sorrow to the children of
the nation and leave great gap in the ranks of the
literary genius Of the South.
The Great Convention at Denver has not yet got
down to business, altho is given out that today
(Thursday) the next president will be nominated.
1t looks like Bryan and Gray, at this distance Judging
from newspaper reports, George Gray being Judge
of Delaware, whom it is expected will be nominated
for vice president.
The Havana News is the very newest Florida
paper to enter the journalistic field. Havana is a
thriving Gadsen county town. located in the heart Of
the tobacco section of this state and the News, under
the editorial management of R. A. Gray, formerly Of
the Live Oak Democrat, is handsome eight page
weekly of convenient size, that is the size of THE
CHAMPION.
Enroute to Denver the Florida delegation stopped
in Nebraska and called on w. J. Bryan at his home
Farvew, Lincoln. Eight states delegates paid
their respects to the distinguished Nebraskan that
day, viz: Alabama, North Carolina, Florida Miss
issppi, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, and
Vermont 1t will be remembered that Ex-Governor
Jennings is cousin of w J. Bryan, and he it was
who announced on that occasion that the Florida
delegation had nominee to offer for vice-president
in Governor Broward, who was with the party
When they vote in Australia at a primary election
they mark every candidate for each Office designating
which is their first second and third choice and so on
to the end of the list In this way the necessity of
second primary is entirely overcome for if your first
choice happens to be the low your vote on second
choice is counted and so on until the actual nominee
is found and declared. This makes the result just
exactly the though two primaries were held
with the trouble and expense of only one. Wonder
if Florida couldn't adopt such method of elim
mating the second primary.
Public interest this week centers" at Denver with
the National Democratic Nominating Convention,
where the democratic party nominates standard bear
ers for President and ce.President It is an oft
repeated and doubtless true saying that the Demo
cratic party has elected every Republican President
for the past ten years. 1t looks like it would keep
on electng Republican Presidents, for there is for
ever disgruntled minority in the Democratic party
that by its unwise tactics is responsible for the de-
feat OF the Democratic nominees, and in 1908 at
Denver they are on hand large life and as persist
emily contrary as usual.
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