The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-22


that will be taken there within the next
week, making Andersous investment
$lJ0,000 in a 100000 mill.
A convention of South Carolina Mayors
will be held at Newberry May 1926. This
win be the third annual meeting of May
ors Besides exchanging ideas of munich
pal government, street improvements, etc.
the Mayors will be treated to banquets
aud barbecues, and South Cardinals ex-
perts in that line have never admitted that
Georgia was the original barbecue state.
The Palmetto cotton mill, the latest fac
tory built in Columbia, has all of it's ma
cEinery in position, and is only waiting
for electric power to begin work. This
Will be ready to be furnished 1t in the
course of day or two. The mill is not
as large as the other three in operation,
but it will do good work. Prints will be
chiefly manufactured The mill was built
almost entirely by local capital.
The people of Bolton are jubiIant over
the fact that they are very soon to have
an immense cotton mill All sites and
rights of way have been secured, and
preliminary work has already begun. Capt
e, A. Smyth one of South Carolina s
foremost cotton mill men, and the presi-
dent of the Pelzer mills, the largest cot
ton factory in the state, is at the head
of the corporation as president and treas
urer, and this means success.
While a great deal of building is going
on in Columbia now, the outlook is that
the city will not have another opera house
for year or may be more. Certainly
there will be none in time for the next
seasons business. The city will not build
another, and as yet no individual has de-
cided to build one. There has been some
talk of forming a joint stock company to
build a modern and model theater, but
up 10 the present time nothing has been
done and no one appears to be especially
interested in the matter.
There is a rumor in Southern Railroad
circles to the effect that the car and ma
chine shops in Charleston are to be moved
to Columbia. Just what truth there is in
this report could not be learned as no one
who was approached on the subject could
verify its truthfulness. 1t is known, how
ever, that the master mechanic of the
Southern's shops al Salisbury is expected
in Charleston within a very short time,
and the men now employed expect great
changes. The shops are not at all ex-
sensive, however, having been reduced in
years.
Dirt will be broken to-day for the foun-
dations of the hotel on the Isle of Palms,
near Charleston. SO much has been said
and written about this project, with no
actual results for the people TO look at,
that the citizens of Charleston had al
most begun to look upon the scheme as
the production of some brain with more
leisure than anything else, but now that
the long desired is about to become an
actually those who have been giving
cool nights at the isle during the heated
term are beginning to count over the dol
lars they will be able TO blow against
comfort in a short while
Considerable of a stir has been caused
in the circles of the postofice at Charles
ton by the summary dismissal of four
of the employees a day or two ago Post
master George I. Cunningham delivered
notices of dismissal to the registry clerk,
w. ]. p Weeks; Stampers r. j. Gordon
and George NJ. Dantzman, and Mailing
Clerk j. II. Legare, and they immedi-
ately turned over their positions to their
successors. The employees were not ac-
qualnted with the nature of the charges
against them. 1t Is stated at the postof-
flee that the men have been given ten
days notice. and they leave the employ
of the government to the regret of the
| entire executive and clerical force There
is some talk of politics behind the dis
missal but what there is in this charge
remains to be seen.