The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-08-27

Office Second Floor Espenaub Building Oak Street. cadi
Lakeland has voted down proposition to bono
the city for $40, 900 for public Improvements.
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Plenty of rain and little to spare this week.
shower every day. But we enjoy the GOODNESS tn
showers bring,
For some reason the contributions to the Nationa
Democratic Campaign Fund not plentiful or larg
in Florida Perhaps because nobody doubts that OIL
state will 60 Democratic, all right.
The oderiferous guava is now at its best and tn
crop is large one. Busy housewives are working
overtime in making jelly and preserves Guavas car
be bought in quantity as low as 81 per busbel.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway Company have LEI
the contracts to make improvements in Tampa to
cost nearly $500, 900. They will build warehouses
and docks and dredge channel in the Hillsborough
river for the dock 'front.'
So far as we know, the National Independent
Party, better known Hearsts party, has only one
organ in Florida The Independent and Central
Union Times, of Jacksonville This lively and
Unions in Florida R. L. Harper is its able editor
with S. J. Kendrick associate editor
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The Herald, Sanfords new weekly newspaper
edited by R. ]. Holly has appeared 1t is twelve
page paper, Of approved FIVE column size and re-
markably neat geographically and bright edtorally.
We welcome the Herald to our exchange list and
predict successful career for this youngest Florida
hedgling that jumps into fame full grown
An announcement Of much Importance to Ar
cadians is the one on another page of the Tampa and
Boca Grande Boat Line. The CHAMPION is proud t.
be the means of telling to the public the good new.
that we now have two permanent and quick routes t
and from the markets and that the consequent re
ducton in all freight rates will be no inconsderab
item to this entire section.
Our City Mass Meeting or nominatjnsr Urinary
announced for the Court Heaqsf aenss next Tuesda,
night. 1t is the duty of as:s SD citizen to b.
present and help in the selection of our City officer
for the next year. The City officers have more to d.
with the comfort health and prosperity of our com
munity than any Offices in the gift of the people, ant
so THE CHAMPION would urge all to be present mex
Monday night and help nominate the men that viii
do Arcadia the most good regardless of what you
personal feelings in the matter may be-
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Again Florida people have cause for grateful ap
probation of climate, location and natural ad
vantages. Nothing less than an unheard of tida
wave could nundate cities and homes as the rain
fall of the past week has North and South Caroln,
and Georgia In the latter state the city of Augusta
is the greatest sufferer many of the business houses
being ten feet under water. The damage to railroads
is enormous, and traffic greatly interfered with
LossN<life is reported as FIVE persons New Yorl
CHI had on Wednesday terrific downpour o
RAIN twenty hours and sending Mercury from
sunni to $50 Great property loss fron
collap dings in course Of construction is re
1t does 10 visit Barlow now and note tn
evidences OF enterprises in the Polk count,
seat. Many &c at work on the new $50, 00
court house the Ions Of which are now laid
building will be b a ktone trimmings and vii
be- so the Barlow PEI the finest court hous
the principal street are completion. Empt,
houses are scarce and REL gone up. Every
body seems busy and smiliI Is rather unusua
for Arcadia to lose citizen Dartow now ha
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