The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-09
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The State Convention of the Daughters
Of the Confederacy will meet in Green
vile on Nov IA next.
The enrolment in the graded schools Of
the city Of Greenville has reached 1900
Of whom 400 are negroes.
Greenville News: The Savannah News
alludes to our late Dispensary Commits
sioner as "Mr. Doughtit." Considering
the revelations, there seems to be some
significance in the name as thus render
ed.
The Southern Railroad Company has
found 1t necessary to put in another sid
ing in Pckens county. 1t Is called the
Hunter siding, and Is about two miles
west of Liberty. This makes nine sidings
IN the tWenty-seVen miles of its track in
that county, including the four towns of
Easley, Liberty and Calhoun.
The Secretary of State has issued a com
mission to Gibson Catlett, j. b. Gwinn,
John Bomar. James Cofeld. Warren Du-
Pre-, w. II. Clark and w. r. Maddox as
corporators of the Evening Telegram Com
pany of Spartanburg. The capital stock is
to be 5000 divided into shares of $50
each. Among the corporators are some of
the s'aunchest business men Of Spartan
burg. The company proposes to issue an
up-to-date afternoon daily newspaper, tax
ing full press dispatches.
The report of Auditor Wise. who was
sent to Barnwell as a special examiner in
the alleged defalcation of Treasurer A.
f. Free, deceased, has been received at
Columbia by the controller general. In il
he shows that the shortage Is $S.014@.
and he severely condemns the conduct of
IF lAfh n
Nothing has been done about the matter
owing to the absence of the Governor
and controller general, but the state will
lose nothing as the family of the late
treasurer will give up property to repay
the state.
Columbia State: The Columbia banks
have not had to borrow a dollar at the
North during the summer, and far from
having to seek the customary advances to
move the crop" they all have more cash
on hand than they know what to do with.
Deposits have increased greatly, collec-
lions are good and borrowers are rela-
lively few. This, therefore, is an excellent
time to reduce the rate of interest on de-
posits to per cent and drive some of this
idle money into productive enterprises and
the building operations which are so much
needed. We renew the motion.
The funeral of d. e. Converse, who died
at Spartanburg Wednesday, took place at
Converse College Friday, attended by the
largest funeral cortege ever seen there
The services were impressive and hun
dreds of people of the county were pres
ent to pay a last tribute TO the memory
of the distinguished citizen. The death OF
no man In that county has ever caused
SUCH general sorrow as that of Mr.. Con-
verse. He was perhaps the wealthiest and
one of the most respected citizens of that
section. lie was one of the pioneers of
that county, and 1t was he who started
the mill industry there.
Upon his return from New York Gov.
McSweeney found in his office a petition
for pardon in behalf of Benjamin Owings,
who was convicted of mansIaughter in
June, 1898, in Anderson county. ana was
sentenced TO two years on the county
chain-gang. The petition stated that the
man was in bad health; that he had made
a good prisoner; that his crime was due
to carelessness,' and that his life was be-
ing endangered. The county supervisor.
the solicitor and the county physician in
dorsed the petition Communication TO
fifteen months was asked for; Gov. Nc
Sweeney promptly ordered 1t made. He
had hardly done so when a dispatch came
bringing the announcement of the mans
death