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I ** • • 1 ’ THURSDAY, MARCH S, 1927 ‘“I ' m N- v ’ e t ,— - JL- • T. THE CLINTON CHRONICLK. CLINTON. S. C. PAGE SEVEN WORLD’S BIGGEST DAM TO RISE ON SITE NEAR STATE CAPITAL $20,000,000 Water Power Development Under Way To Generate 200,000 Horse Power. Will Eclipse Muscle Shoals. / 1 Columbia, Feb. 27.—Announcement of plan* for the construction of a gi gantic hydro-electric power plant on the Sfrbirf. river in Lexington county at an estimated outlay of $20,000,000, involving building a dam which will be the largest of its type in the UniV ed States, if not in the world, was yesterday by the General Gas A. Electric Corporation of New York, which owns and controls the Broad River Power Company of South Car olina, which in turn operates the Spar tanburg Gas A Electric Company. According to the announced plans, the plant on Saluda river will be lo cated at Dreher’s Shoals, eight air miles fnvn Columbia. The dam is to be fMXX) feet long and 188 feet high, creating a lake which will extend for 30 miles up the valley of the river and be 14 miles across at its widest point and an average of three miles wide. The lake will be twice the" ara of Lake GeorgC in New York. The plant will have a maximum power development of 200,000 horse power, three times the^output of Muscle Shoals, which added to the cmiapany’s 'power making facilities It Parr Shoals and Spartanburg, will give the concern an aggregate maxi mum of near to 300,000 horse power. Approximately 60,000 horse power can be developed at Parr Shoals with the new steam auxiliary plants, which have been erected in recent months to supplement the power , generated through use of the waters of Broad river at the same point. So large will be the storage of wa ter that in case of a prolonged drought such as South Carolina has suffered ir the last two years, potential energy in the form of water would be avail able to supply a full amount of power for the operation of its industry for 25 weeks. Preliminary work in connection with the mammoth power development has already begun, the announcement of the project stated, the W. S. Barstow Management Association.to serve as the builders. Murray Q Flood, engin eering firm of New York, with Albert S. Crane of New York,’ associated. COTTON GROWERS SIGN CONTRACT I sufficient to supply, during that en tire period, 500 h. p. each to 40 mills and keep them going for a ten-hour day for the six working days of the week, this does not account for the additional energy which would ac crue from water flowing into the lake during thrft period, and which amount would more than supply the tosses in cident to the transmission of the pow er from the power stations to the mills. “If we were to visualixe this storage of water in a cube it would be 4.000 feet long, 4,000 feet wide and 4,000 fee deep. “The dam will be nothing less than a mountain rolled into place. A con ception of its magnitude is in the fact that the width at the base of its mid- section is over 1,200 feet, or almost one-quarter'of a mile. “In the building the dam, 15 to 20 steam shovels will be required to ex cavate the earth with which to make the fill. * “Sixty thousand feet of railroad trestle on tlje dam site alone will have to be constructed to permit the earth to be carried from burrow pita to the site of the dam; “To build this mountain dam there will be required 24 construction loco motives, 200 dump can and many miles of track apart 'from the trestle construction heretofore mentioned. “The actual capacity of machinery to be installed in the power house Re-aign-ap Campaign of Cooperative Association Brings Mahy Signers and Assurances of Support. Columbia, Feb.. 28. — The appeal made by twenty of the foremost men in South Carelina^fp the people of the state to assist in rushing to a speedy and successful conclusion the cam paign for the re-sign-up of the South Carolina Cotton Growers’ Cooperative association's membership contract seems not to have fallen on deaf ears. Officials of the association stated today that letters were coming in from every section asking for copies of thd new contract and giving assurances of support in the campaign. But the most pleading feature has been the actual number of new con tracts received. In two weeks time approximately 300 growers represent ing o,u00 bales have signed the new contract and the campaign i& gaining momentum every day. The new contract which contains in addition to the seasonal pool which the association has operated for the past four years a daily pool, a month ly pool and a suspense pool has been most favorably received everywhere. It is generally agreed that this con tract places cooperative marketing in the reach of every grower, it matters not what his financial condition may be. — The time in which to put over the sign-up is very limited but everywhere Health ' Ttriagi Tom Should Know « i ► l;; hr Jo hn i Caines, M. D. HOUSEHOLD REMEDIES Beyond the question of a, doubt, there are many old-fashioned methods of dealing with acute diseases that should be perpetuated. Water applied externally will reduce fever tempor- arfly, and Vill contribute much to the patient’s comfort, if applied with judgment. It should be applied warm —sponging—unless the physician is \ present and orders otherwise; it is I free from depressing effect) which cannot always be said of drugs that reduce fever. Mustard plasters should be kept in the home, or at least the material for mqking them. By irritating the skin, we may partially empty a congested or inflamed part beneath, thus reliev ing pain. The surface shouid be vig orously reddened to secure the best insults. The 4 *fly-blisteronce a fam ily measure, should be disnrssed as a friends of U» auociation «r» grtUn*|'^T ho “ rMOUr " : tt mi K ht ia busy and cotifKifiic* i» eipresnod that “-’."V . a tremendous si*n-up JnbTmeuiod ;, C “ t0 E 0 '* ,lmo!t w '“ know , n assuring the continuance of the asso-1 *° mCT * ,on -» v '^ ciation with a far greater volume of business than it has ever handled be fore. will be over 200,000 horsepower and Making Preparations with the power stations centrally lo cated to the Broad River company’s super-tension transmission lines, this provides, with other interconnections, the means for a widespread distribu tion of power throughout the state of South Carolina. “The total capital requirement for the completion of the development, which we blieve will For Surface Treatment Machinery and' forces of the high way maintenance department have been engaged during the past week in putting the highway from Clinton to the Newberry line in condition for gravel and tar surface treatment, said be the most;^- Byers, in charge of road main- unique in the world, will be approx:- tenance in this county, several days niately $20,000,000. “Construction camps must be built, sanitary .problems solved, railroads constructed, quarries developed, as well as highways and bridges. When all this is done, South Carolina will ago. As soon as this work is com pleted and the weather becomes fav orable. sa d Mr. Byers, the work of laying the treatment will be started and pushed to an early completion. It is understood that the state high- ^ will have charge of the engineering. one °f the greatest sources of • w *y department has its plans for com- William S. Murrav of the New York hydro-electric supply in the world, and pleting the surface treatment the en- i \ William S. Murray of the New York concern having conceived the idea of the construction of the stupendous power plant. Two years and a half will be re quired to complete the plant as pro jected. Practically all of the land needed has been secured and no de lay in the beginning of work is ex pected. • “We are now satisfied that this de velopment is the next logical economic move both for the state and for the electric utility companies,” said Mr. Barstow of the project, in his state ment, “and it gives the General Gas A Electric Corporation management no tittle pleasure in making the an nouncement that arrangements have been made to furnish the necessary capital to the Lexington Water Pow er Company to proceed with the devel opment. “So unique are some of the physi cal aspects of this development that we feel sure the citizens of South Car olina as well as those of the country as a whole will be interested in the following: “The dam to be constructed will be by far the largest cubical content in this country, and we believe in the world. It will be 188 feet high. It will be over 8,000 feet in length and will contain 11,000,000 cubic yards. “The storage of water behind the dam will be the largest of any in this country and the lake created by it will be over 30 miles in^length and at one pointe, 14 miles in width. Its average width throughout its whole length will be nearly three miles. Its top surface will be nearly twice as large as that of Lake George in New York state. “The huge quantity of water which wiD be stored in the upper section of the basin permits it to carry in sus pension a very large potential amount of ericrgy which is an invaluable asset to the mills of South Carolina during a period of drought. For example, supposed a period of drought occurred lasting 25 consecutive weeks. The stored energy in this lake would be bydro-electric supply in the world, and the size of the project and the fact that it will furnish steady power can not help but excite world-wide inter est and attract new industries to th : « section. As mentioned before, the starting of the project will depend upon the completion of the purchase of the land, annd this is still under way. The people of South Carolina have convinced us through their treat ment of us in the past, since we made pleting the surface treatment the en tire distance to Newberry, completing the link of hard surface and surface treatment from Greenville to Colum bia. and should be kept in every home. I may say here that I have fouud it an excellent application to the skin in irritations that do not heal easily. It has cured cases for me—one a badly fissured lip wherein the patient and his physician suspected cancer; the doctor had applied caustics to kill the thing, thus keeping up the “anger” in it; a week** constant application of pure castor oil cured it! Turpentine, in these days of kidney- disorder, should never be applied or given internally without the physici an’s advice. I once saw a fatal ending in a Bright’s disease case, twehty hours after taking a dose of turpen tine on sugar “to stimulate the kid neys.” Turpentine is a valuable household remedy, but it u danger ous, if used ignorantly. A . New Spring i l l Ft-om Curlee, Kuppenheimer and other leading makers in a bevy of beautiful pat terns and smart styles. Suits of quality and distinction at most pleasing prices. YOUNG MEN’S 2 Pants Suits In many new patterns $25 up *"1 J These suits are fashioned from much bet ter materials than usually expected at such a low price. The styling is excellent—the workmanship good, and value unsurpassed. J. A. BAILEY Card of Thanks Newberry Plans Summer School Plans have been completed for the summer session of Newberry college and the bulletin is in the hands of the '^printers. An able faculty has been j secured.. Pro. Jas. C. Kinard, dean of , the college is director of the school. Clinton, S. C. Make J. O. BARNETT, J. B. YARBOROUGH. Committee. professor of History and Economics in Newberry college, will teach His tory and playground activities. Mrs. 'J. D. Quattlebaum, principal of the that South Carolina will absorb the B®** Wood school, Columbia, will entire output at that time. Not only \ *ST** n have charge of Primary Meth- was it necessary for us to be convinced °^ s - Mrs. E. B. Setzler, principal of of this, but to convince our associates t* 16 Speers Street school. Newberry, also, who will join us in financing this W ‘H teach Intermediate Methods and undertaking. • School Music. Mias Elizabeth Domi nick of Newbgrry high school will teach School Art and Miss Teressa “We have selected as our associates some of the largest and best known bannking firms of the country, whose Maybin of the high school faculty, Wc, the members of the local council S e - 2 l® r » head of the English of the Jr. O. U. A. M., wish to thank department, will teach English; Prof, the ladies of the tea room for their Goodman, Education; Prof. F. D. our large investment, and we intend i »**d hospitality shown to us Mac Lean, History and Athletics. Prof, to do everything in our power to con- •"d <>***■ fellow Juniors while attend- Eleazer will have supervision of tribute to the future prosperity of thel*"* t * le district convention Saturday, ^ Laboratory work. Prof. J. D. state. After all, it is teamwork that!Feb. “d for the delicious refresh- Book will teach Biology and Spanish; counts, and we feel that with the pub-^"** 11 * 5 served on Saturdav night. j Prof. T. J. Leslie of Ersk:ne college, lie of the state back of us we can at-1 Signed. ! Mathematics. ^Prof. Chas. L. Trabert, tract large amounts of capital which will further advertise the resources of this part of the country. The distri bution of the greater part of »bi« power will be through the Broad Riv er Power company. This company dose' not propose to stop in its devel opment, but will continue to spend several million dollars in further in creasing the ‘capacity of the system to take care of prospective new busi ness. We hope to be able to supply re liable power in all adjacent communi ties as well as Columbia. “The success of a large ■ develop ment such as this does not depend en tirely upon engineering design and construction but primarily on its cost and the ability of the development to earn a return on such cost. This last depends upon the sbility of the sec tion supplied with electric energy to absorb the output of such a large by-. dro-electric project. When it is real- yond peradventure the success of the features of the summer school is the ized that Charleston and Columbia to- undertaking. As mentioned before, extremely small cost. Tuition is $15 the entire proposition is based on ourj tn ^ board and room for the six weeks ahilitv to complete the purchase of j** " W. H. or more which this develop- ' land upon the same basis that we have j Since its organization seven years ment will provide and that it will re- * started out to do, annd this we hope ago the summer school at Newberry quire the use of the entire capacity j will be known either one way or the < has grown steadily in influence and to show a return upon the investment.! other within the next two or three | efficiency, it can be seen how’ dependent the sue-! months. We are ready to do our cess of the venture is upon the growth 1 share in this undertaking and feel sure of South Carolina. We have had most'' that with the team work of every one careful surveys made over a period of in South Carolina, the eyes of the en- two years, including many investiga- tire country will be turned in this di- tions and reports and are convinced reetkm.” .re known throughout ,h, w ‘» t «“' b **■“ ,C«m« U. Ha- worid and whom wo will announre » t ! *■*. »f tho Newborry city school, w,ll . ttc ardatr We have concinred them '***'" l ^ c 1 h P*nm*nahip. Mrs. J. F. that'the entire development ia eeo- ! , 0uI ?;'' " f . Land * r < ' ol,elte faculty, will nomic from an engineering and a bua- i te * ch Mod * n ’ ine&s point of view, and that the fu- j Competent matrons will be in tore of South Carolina is a very prom- charge of the dormitories for women, fating one. Thus we have brought to Comfortable dortnitory accommida- a happy conclusion, two years of hard ®nd excellent table fare will be work nnH think we have assured be-' provided. One of the 'most attractive gether could not utilize 100,000,000 kilowatt hours of the 300, Your Acres Sweat 'OU work hard. How about your land? Is it lazy? Is it working hard for you ? Loafing, lazy land wastes your good money and time. Wake it up. Give it new life and strength. Make it show its best profits. That’s what good fertilizer will do. 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