The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-28

A charter was granted Friday to the Peo-
pies bank of Graham. The entire capital
stock OF SIS, 900 has been subscribed and 25
per cent. paid in. The officers are 8. d. n. .
Guess. president; J. Z. Steadman, vice pres
ident; II. c. Rice, secretary; s. d. NJ.
Guess, J. z. Steadman, II. c.. Rice, J. G.. Il.
Guess, F. s. Rodgers, L. L. Rice, and John
w. Crum, directors.
Capt. j. E. Atkins, proprietor of the
Salem -four mills, at Maysvi le, Sumter
county, has obtained patent on his lately
invented cotton planter. This cotton
planter will plant sixteen acres a day as
easily as any other planter could eight.
Two rows are planted at a time, in hills,
thereby saving the great expense of chop
ping. The distance between hills can be
easily changed so as to plant at any desired
distance.
A right curious incident happened near
Green wood last Friday night. Mrs. Rykard
and her two daughters at t e same time of
night dreamt that thsir husband and father,
respectively, who has been dead some five
or six months. was alive and would meet
them at his grave. They were so affected
by the dream that they reused up some
neighbors and went to the grave of Mr.
Rykard, where his coffin was unearthed.
But it was only dream, and their dead one
still sleeps.
At Brunson, Friday, the coroner's jury
in the case of Isaac Simons decided that he
came to his death by a blow on the side of
the head made with the fist of Sam Roberts,
another colored man. The testimony
showed that Roberts was first knocked
down by Simons, and, upon rising, dealt
him tremendous blow, as above ated.
DR.. A ID. Williams, who made the autopsy,
says that the blow would not have killed
him but for the condition Of his brain as a
consequence of the use of whisky. There
appears to have been no intention to kill on
the part of Roberts.
Col "A. 2. Butler, commissioner of agri-
culture, has received letter from A. z.
Hampton, president of the Colored Apri-
cultural and Mechanical Exposition, stating
that his company i, DESTROYS of holding a
colored fair during the first week in Jan
uary, 1870, aud asking leave to use for the
purpose the state fair grounds and build
lngs. Col. Butler. Of course, has no au-
thorlty in this matter but has referred the
request to Secretary Holloway of the State
Fair Association. The commissioner will
give the colo ed people all the ass stance
required in their enterprise and has writ
ten the railroad companies asking them to
give reduced rates of freight and passage to
the proposed fair.
There was one truthful man in Sherman's
army, and Senator Hampton has discovered
MN. Inc senator has handed the Columbia
correspondent of the Charleston NetUs and
Courier the following fragment of an arti-
Gle in the Fulton Signal, Of Canal Fulton,
o., edited and pu hshed by j. 2. Yockey:
Address Delivered by j. +. Zellers at the
Annual Reunion of His Regiment, Seventy
Sixth Q. V. l.. at Newark, O.-My capture,
Imprisonment, release, and return home will
be the theme of my address. Every Amer
lean citizen is familiar with Sherman's
famous march to the sea, and all will agree
that its success broke the back bone of
secession. Arriving at Savannah on
Dec. 20, 1864 the hero of this world-rs-
nowned campaign gave us a few weeks
rest. This hero soon became restless, and,
perching himself upon al elevated spot,
cried Attention, creation! BY kingdoms,
forward march And we did. Little did
we think, however, that our march was
On to Richmond The first imp rtant act
of this campaign was the siege and capture
of Columbia, s. c., the place where Seces-
sion was born, bred and mothered, ana
every patriot of that brave b md wore that
not one stone should remain on the other in
that beautiful city, aud the promise was
well carried out"