The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-03-19

Ion l.. Farris will not run for Congress. He has
decided to stand for reelection as representative for
Duval county.
Another Haytien revolution is reported and a L. S.
gunboat has been despatched to the of trouble
to protect American interests there.
The South Florida air is heavy with the perfume of
orange blossoms The trees were never more
burdened with bloom, and preventing dispensaton
the crop will be the largest ever
The Tampa daes are limiting that it would be a
nice thing for each of the state candidates to follow
Mr.. Lamar's example and send a hundred dollar
check for the benefit of the fire sufferers. Wonder if
hundred dollar checks from smaller fry would be
equally acceptable
T. J. Appleyard editor of the Lake City Index and
secretary of more secret orders than you can shake
stick at including the State Press Association which
is not secret order is favorably mentioned as cand
date for State Comptroller. We know of no man
who could make a better comptroller, and when the
women vote in Florida he shall have the ballot of the
editor of The CHAMPION.
The most patriotic st. Patrick's Day" paper in
the state is the ST. Augustine Record that came out
printed in green on March 17th with life size
picture OF the Irish Shamrock the front page By
the way, did anybody ever remark the remarkable
likeness between the shamrock leaf and the clover of
North America. Will somebody who knows tell us if
the species is the same?
The Citrus County Chronicle editor is seriously i'll
with nervous prostration. He has been overworked
lately getting out exceedingly newsy bright week
ly without help. Enough to kill strong man! Our
critics should visit local newspaper Office and learn
what getting out newspaper means and then sit
down and write good batch of locals for its columns
and watch how the wrinkles will fade away from the
publishers brow.
Court adjourned Friday night. This spring session
has in numerous ways been disappointment to those
who want to see justice done. Men have been con.
vlcted of guilt whom most of us thought were not
guilty and others turned loose to prey on the public
whom we think should be behind the bars But
justice is blind, and those who would avoid disap.
polntmen had best look elsewhere than to the courts
to find wrongs righted. Z
II Is perhaps little late to suggest it, but would il
"o' dc wise TOT our orange growers to pick their fruit
As early Ill the tall as possible thus making way for
'S Sai oooulS thal III time bring the early fall
oranges' We all know that October and November u
oranges get the toppies price, and we also know that
the longer the fruit stays the tree the later the
blooms for the next crop Nobody wants une blooms
if they can get February.
49,
Tampa is much exercised over the probability that
the Cuban U. S. mail will in the future 90 bv wav of
the east coast to Key West and Havana thus cutting
OIL much traffic that would otherwise belong 70 ID
Tampa. The business men are sending committee II
to Washington to properly present the matter of the
Tampa citizens arranging for boats to carry the Cuban
mail at reasonable price, for the Peninsular and
Occidental Steamship Company has made the govern II
ment bid OF S14o,O as against the present con-
tract of 100000, not likely to be accented II s
believed that $4,000, invested by Tampa citizens in
steamship line, would amply furnish the necessary
transportation for the mails and no doubt the matter sc
Will be thus speedily arranged to Tampa's benefit I'll
Somebody Please Interpret :.
If it is unconstitutional to nominate county com
nssioners in Florida except by vote of the county a,
at large instead of the vote only Of the d;str;o. ::