The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-11-19

Augusta Ca is holding Colored Peoples falr'
sSs
In the Cuban elections held last week the Liberal
Party elected for president General Gomez, of Santa
Clara Province.
Mrs. Garry A. Nation is enroute to- Scotland
Having finished America she now aspires to conquer
Europe. May she succeed
The news that VIM J, Bryan, the Great Commoner,
will visit Tampa during the State Fair in February
will cause great interest in Florida, and add another
great attraction to the occasion.
The Mulberry Journal is paper which comes
to our exchange table from that enterprising place.
It is bright and newsy and are glad to give it a
place on exchange list.
marked lower climatic temperature reached
South Florida Oh Sunday last with local showers of
rain which reminds us that up in northern ATTITUDES
Jack Frost is already seated on his winter throne.
The famous temperance worker Mrs. Mary Harris
Armour, gave three lectures in Tampa last Sunday.
1t is said that to Mrs Armour more than any other
one person Georgia owes her prohibition, for her
home is in that state.
Thanksgiving is almost here. The President has,
no doubt greater than usual for giving thanks
Florida will join with the rest of the United States in
feasting on the last Thursday of November, with
what thankfulness we can muster.
The government land office established at Muskogee
Okla about fee years ago for the allotment of lands
to the Cherokee Indians has been closed No further
applications will be considered for either the fraction
al or full allotment due each Indian. Over 40 600
Indians have selected aotments but should there be
any Cherokee on the list who do S not get his land
he will be paid twice the appraised value of his claim
AS the land is considered worth much more most
Indians preferred the land.
Since seeing the demand of brother editor that
Col. j. B. Johnston who is recognized as one of the
most finished editorial writers in the state should
give of his work in his own paper, the Dade
City Democrat we wish to call attention to the fact
that it is make up who better understands
his business that the Democrat needs Colonel
Johnston writes the editorials all right but they are
generally sandwiched among the locals and the edi-
toria page filled with legal other ads Straighten
out the mechanical force, brother.
The green Florida orange as marketable product
is doomed. The Florida Orange Growers Association
has interested Senator Taliaerro who writes that he
has just received word from the w. S. Department of
Agriculture saying that the rpening Of green fruit
and offering the same for sale as ripe fruit is in
direct violation Of the pure food law and asks for
specific instances Of places where artificial cooring is
done that steps may be taken to stop the practice
Last year the Department investigated and declared
that there was no evidence of anything harmful in
the rpening process But circumstances alter cases
The story of the political life of ex-senator
Carmack Of Tennessee who was recently killed by
young Cooper, is another chapter in the annals Of
prohibition history Senator Carmack was an ardent
and uncompromising prohibitionist, leader in the
recent bitter fight in Tennessee wherein tie
was elected who favored local option. But Carmsck
did not then give up the fight for he claimed enough
ansaloon representatives had been elected to control
the legislature. 1t after one of his former sup
porters recently elected to the senate capitulated to
the saloon forces that Senator carmack brought out
an editorial in his paper, The Tennesseean that 90
incensed young Cooper that he shot carmack II \
died universally mourned and will be honored ass
martyr by those who knew him best. . & A, Il