The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-09

Miami. In the rotunda at the ROYAL
Pain the catch of Senator Camden and
capt. Merritt was piled upon walters, and
was viewed by the throng of visitors
lhere were barracoutas weighing from ten
TO twenty pounds, immense notified group
ers' and the trim Spanish mackerel SEN
aIor Camden and Capt Merritt were de-
iShIed with their days outing. Senator
camden hooked one huge fellow, and
played him until the strong silk line broke
Mr.. Camden said the fish must have
weighed at least seventy-five pounds
The truck growers of Barlow held
meeting at the Kendwood Hotel Jan 80,
and organized themselves into an associa-
ton to be known as The Barlow Fruit
and Vegetable Growers Association"
Judge Q. l.. Burdick was elected president
and John A. Moore secretary and treasur-
er. \ committee of three, consisting of
Prof. Josiah Warn, w. l.. Bunting and b.
SWearlngen, were elected TO formulate
sci of rules or bylaws. A shipping COM
mittee of three, consisting of w w
Moore, Judge O. L. Burdick and w L.
Bunting. were also elected. The associa-
zion was organized principally for the
benefit of the canteoupe growers but all
vegetable growers are invited and urged
to join.
Jacksonville Times Union and Citizen:
Deputy United States Marshal McCor-
mick went down to Greenland yesterday
morning and placed under arrest Oscar
II. Payne, colOred, postmaster at that
place, on a charge of entering a false
claim for Cancelled postage stamps, and he
was brought to this city and was taken
before Commissioner Gooden in the after
noon Bal was fixed a $500. Payne was
arrested on a warrant made by Postoffice
Inspector E. O. Tate, and il is said the
government has a clear case against him.
While the details of the case have not
been gone into, it appears that Payne.
who is the postmaster at Greenland, a
fourth class postoffice. and which pays no
salary but the cancellation of stamps, has
been suspected for some time OF making
false claims to the government for
amounts greater than those really can
Celed in stamps.
Jacksonville News: A story of in
humanity that seems almost incredible
came to light at the meeting of the
County Commissioners held this morn
ing, at which there were present Com
missioner Archibald who acted as chair
man in the absence of Chairman L En-
gle and Commissioners Bowden and
Pickett The story was related by 3. H.
Chadwick, secretary of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
who appeared before the board in behalf
of four negro children who have been
abandoned by their father and left with
out food or clothing. Mr. Chadwick stat
ed to the board that the four child
rem had been abandoned by their father
John Harris, at Silas Point, on Ridge
creek Three of the children We're with
out clothing and the Oldest, aged s years,
was wearing his fathers coat and trous-
ers. One of the children was badly burn
ed and neither of the four had had any
thing to eat since last Friday Mr.. Chad
wick stated that he had sworn out a
warrant for the fathers arrest. A state
ment of the facts in the case was made
to the board by a Mr.. Turner, who
had accidentally ran across the children,
and who reported the case to Mr. Chad
wick. Mr.. Turner stated that he had
been out in the woods and found one of
the children sitting on box in the rain
in naked condition. The child was bad
ly burned and had no covering over the
wounds He took off his sweater and
covered the child He then hunted up
the father, who refused to have anything
to do with them. Mr.. Chadwick was au-
thorized to buy clothing for the children
and bring them in to the county hospit
al. The matter was then referred to the
committee on poor to make arrange
ments for their care in the future.