Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. ■ ■; ^ u ''■■■ '■* *' . ~ ' ' "f " ■ ■•. - ■ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1931 THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA Two S. C. Boys to Visit Detroit ' as Winners in Coach Competition I JAMES E. PRYOR, JR. James E. Pryor, Jr., of Rock Hill, and Hascll Creech, of Maridn, are preparing for u three-day visit in Detroit, as gnosis of Jho Fisher Body Craftsman's Ouiid, representing South Carolina at the first annual meeting of Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild — •winners. The meeting will be held in i the automobile capital this month. Pryor and Creech qualified for the honor, which is limited fo two boys in each state,.by constructing the best miniature Napoleonic coaches in the t S50.GOO competition sponsored by the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild. At the judging held recently in Columbia they were awarded the trip. $50 each In gold,-and the right to have their models Judged In the national com petition for four university scholar* HASELL CREECH ships of four years each. Two other Bouth Carolina boys James C. Hardin and LeRoy Johnston of Rock Hill, will also have their models Judged in the scholarship competition, and receive $50 each as winners of seaond awards. The Detroit meeting, to be held August 24. 25 and 26, will be filled with entertainment and instruction, says advice from Guild headquarters. It will include visits td industrial plants, a day at the General Motors Proving Ground, a dinner, a boat trip, and a big league ball game, to mention only a few of the features. The entire Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild program is to be repeated next year, the same list of awards being offered for outstanding coach models. J THE SALUDA DAM AND LAKE MURRAY 1 By CARROLL E. WILLIAMS (Frcm Manufacturers’ Record, Febiuary 19, 1931.) Completion cf a hydto-electiic de- vclopment on the Saluda river in S< uth Carolina 10 miles from Colum n's, as ore of the most important links in' the Southeast superpower system, wa‘- probably the outstanding engineering and constluction achieve- newt n the United States in IfMk Tha plant* adds :>60,000,000 kilcwatt- hours a year dfo'firm” power, always avg.luble. tj South < ai dina 's el c- tric output, which was 1,467.000,000 kil watt-hours |n 1929. The initial installation Hin s to 222,600 horse power which ultimately will be in creased to 335,000 hor-epower. Ashuilt by W. S. Bar*tow and Co., Inc., for the I^xington Water Power Company, of the Associated (Jaa and Ekfitric' System, the magnitude of the undertaking ha* engaged world fill the lake. As construction pro gressed, the water was impounded gradually. ■■ ~ Lake Murray, as this huge body of water has been officially named by the South Caiolina Legislature, is one of .the country’* largest privately constructed reservoirs. It i 8 the larg est lake ii^the Southeast, with the exception cf Lake Okeechobee in Flor ida. It has an area about double that of Lake Geoige, New York. Prior to completion of the -Saluda dam, the re-envoir formed by the Martin hydro- pewer dam cn the Tallapoosa river in Alabama held the distinction of Itcing the country's laigest artificial reservoir for hydro purposes, with a capacity cf 1,376,000 tftrefeet, cover ing an area pf 39,400 acres. Salient facts concerning this mam- wide attention in industrial, financial' preject are: and business circles, as well as in .■n- g ne°ring and contracting gioups. The creation of a veritable inland sea be hind a monster «l«m and the transfor mation of the map of three counties fr^m a vast topographical - featuie. The significance of the project to the economic and social life of ihe area is of * qua! importance. The plant is f n asset of tremejidoas value to Sauth ratolina and Southeast. . A rnile and a half loffff, 208 feet in j ‘ hi ight, 1150 feet wide at the rivfrr bot tom iuid 28 feet wide at the crest, the banier i : the world's largest earth dam for hydro-electric purposes. The ^>ase of the dam cover* 105 acres and there L* more than 11,000,000 cubic The Lake:—The lake formed at this development is«largei- than Lake George, New York, and effers much to sooit-men and pleasure seeker* In the way cf hunting, fishing boating, swimming, etc. It is 41 miles' hmg, 14 mi!e s witfa at its widest point, with a shore line of 520 miles ini will contain 750 billion gallons of water, sufficient to supply 160 cities each of 50,000 popuiaticn, fer one year. The Dam;—Th'^ cam i- 208 feet high from rock elevation in. the bed of rhe river, and 7,838 feet or nearly a mile and a half in length. The width at its base is 1,150 feet, or ab.mt a'quaitir of a mile. The State Highway Departmert is constructing New Distribution Center. In Columbia’s office buildings may be found any number of general man agers; or district heads, of business or financial houses whose territory cov ers from one State to the entire South. Thert ar e four home offices of life, fire and bonding insurance companies serving the Southern States from Columbia. ^ Twenty-three fertilizer companies maintain general or district offices in Columbia. Five inter-state rail roads have district offices, and one intra-State railroad makes its home office in Columbia. The telephone and telegraph companies maintain large offices in Columbia. The Federal Intermediate Credit Bank and the Federal Land Bank, each serving four States, are located in Columbia. The First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank is also in Columbia. There are 22 State and special fire insurance, agencies in Columbia rep- lesenting approximately 50 com panies. Also 17 life, accident, and health insurance companies have of fices in Columbia. The South Carolina headquarters of the United States Veterans’ Bureau is located in Columbia. The National Cotton Seed Products Association, with membership in the entire country, has its national head- quaiter 5 in Columbia. The South Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers’ Asso ciation, the South Carolina Teachers’ Associaticn, the Cotton Products Ex tension Committee, the South Caro lina Rating and Inspection Bureau, and the S:uth Carolina Cotton Grow ers Co-operative Association maintain their headquarters here. The Chilean Nitrate of Soda Bureau maintain- its State headquarters in Columbia. The General Mctor s Ac ceptance Coiporation has its district office in Columbia. The Chevrolet Mctors Company, and the Hudaun- Ess?x Motors Company have zone of fices in C.ilumbia. Other motor com- oanies have *tat2wide distribution of7 fifes in Columbia. Clubs and Playgrounds. Columbia ha^f every .‘ecreatioral ad-1 vantage including. two country clhbs and golf courses and numerou-1 swimming places. Columbia has eight well equipped 1 playgrounds and parks which are under the ditection of trained super- visors. In one of the*eN>* r l*K >$ first municipal illuminated tennis courts in Scuth Carolina. A girl | Scout cabin is also maintained ns a meeting place for the scout age girU. Thus adequate whoiesom e recieation and exercise is provided for all agegu ; Iodine Products. I ya ds of fill. Only frcm an ainplan- - . . . * , . . • j * • * 413 concrete highway across the top of view can an adequate impression off . . its s r ze be formed. The passing of 1 „ The Power Station:—The Power station is built of concrete, steel and brick, and has an initial installation of fouV water wheels, each weighing 30 tons. From the immense storage capacity of the lake, the power sta tion is abl§ to generate sufficient electrical energy to supply 235 mills with 500 H. P. each for 10 hours a day and six days a week over a period of six months of complete drought. Unde r normal conditions of rainfall th? development will yield a greater amount of 24 hour power than is at present available at Muscle Shoals. . -motorbuse- and automobiles over the way on the crest of the dam of- V^PKrs another indication of it s great ^ ^ size. . ♦ V l argest Man-Made Lake in the- “United States. * The lalfe cieated has an extreme Itpgth of 41 miles;‘a maximum width . cf 14 miles; and an average width in ^ excess cf two miles. Its rhore line to tals 620 miles. At normal ~evel, its surface measures 50,000 acres, or 78 square miles. It s capacity is 2,300,- 000 acre-fee:, 763,0000.000 gallons of . water, or 100,000,000,000 cubic feet. The supply is sufficient for the an nual requirement* of 270 cities each of 50,000 population, using a unit of 150 gallons per capita, for domestic and industrial uses. It s surface, at full pond elevation, is* so extensive that over 200,000 acre-feet of water, about 65,000,000 gallons, will b e lost each year through evaporation alone which will account fo r a 4-foot idi;op annually in the water level. If the \yater in the lake ^were visualized as a canal 2180 feet wide and 20 feet deep, its total length would be 435 mile*. In a year of average rainfall, 10 full months would be required to Produce grown in the vicinity of| Columbia and other truck glowing | sections of South Carolina ar e natur ally rich in iodine and contain a suf ficient amount of iodine to provide fO|-.j the requirements of* nutiition. The iodine content of South Carolina fruitis, vegetable*'apd milk products is being exploited by the Natural Re source* Commis-ion of Sdt*Lh Caj dina because they serve as a prevention and cuie of goitre. Thi s is increas ing the demand for South CarolinaV products and for the products of it;* canneries. # ♦ ♦ — Race Horse Traiivng. One of the most popular training camps for Nationally know’h racing horses is established in Columbia. For five months every winter famous lacer- are sent here for rigorous tramthg, instead of* remaining in Northern stables. These* horsea in- clude favorites from Kentucky, New York, Illinois, Maryland, Ohio, Phila delphia^ California and Tia Juana. Columbia's Schools. Columbia, Convention City. Being the geogiaphical center of the State, as Well as the hub of the highway and railway systems of South Caroina, also the State Capi tal, there are a great many conven tions and meetings held in Columbia each year. This year 355 meetirgs have been held, with 52,524 pbrsor.s in attendance. Now that the new Municipal Auditorium is completVa more conventicns and meetings will, in all probability, be held in Co’umhia than ever before. - Thig y%9 r three schools have beea built and three others had extensive additions added, which is a payt of the School Board’s -program invtfving an expenditure of $500,000. The Univer. sity of South Carolina also has under construction a new building to co^*' apioximately $300,000. ■ Columbia's Churches. A handsome Lutheran Church cost ing $130,000 is under construction and a Baptist Church was completed this summer. In addition, a Ba,ptist Sun day school building, to be erectecT-a; a cost of $84,163, is now under con struction. Columbia Hospitality Days Sept. 14th-15th. VISIT US 1535 Main Street Columbia, S. C. As- YOU Plan Your Fall Buying, Think of COLUMBIA • Ruff Hardware Company, Inc. Housefurnishings, Toys and Wheel Goods, China and Glassware, Canning Supplies, Dairy Supplies, Builders’ Supplies, ~ 7 Paints and Oils, Builders’ Finish Hardware, Wire Fence" Metal, Asphalt and Asbestos Roofing, Roll Roofing, GENERAL HARDY/ARE COLUMBIA, S. C. 1649 Main Street r 1 9 We Sell It for Less A complete stock of Fall Merchandise for the Entire Ladies’ Dresses r Hats, Hose, and Accessories, Men’s and Boy’s Clothing, Shoes and Hats, Furnishings. Visit our Furniture Department » * oh the Third Floor. B ELK’S ( - v