The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, March 03, 1927, Image 7
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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Loafing, lazy land wastes your good
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profits.
That’s what good fertilizer will do. It
puts land to work and makes each acre
produce bigger, earlier, sturdier crops. It makes
the roots dig deep where drought can’t harm
them. It makes every acre “pull its weight”
in the harness.
It takes the right kind and plenty of high-
grade fertilizer to get the most out of the
land. You can’t afford to gamble on fertilizer.
What’s a dollar or so a ton compared with
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Royster Fertilizers have back of them
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