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TSUI TO OURSELViCS, OUE NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUB GOD.
Thirty-Fourth Year
River Committee
Furthering Plans
For Deep Channel
MEMBERS MEET IN CONFER
ENCE WITH MAYOR ALLEN ON
STORAGE DAM PROPOSAL
Prom The Augusta Chronicle,
Aug. 9.
Furtherance of plans for devel
opment of the Savannah river to
afford a nine-foot channel below
Augusta was discussed yesterday
at a meeting of a special river
improvement committee in the of
fice pf Mayor Richard E. Allen, Jr.
After the session the mayor said
plans of the proposed development,
main feature of which will be a
$15,000,000 storage dam at Clark’s
Hill, 21 miles above the city, are
still in a formative stage. He em
phasized that the project is of such
tremendous' proportions that con
siderable time will be required to
push it to realization.
It was understood that* the com
mittee is approaching the under
taking along lines recommended
by Major Creswell Garlington, U.
S. district engineer at Savannah,
in a report dated July 8, 1933.
This report stated that “the most
economical plan for the co-ordina
tion of developments for power and
navigation is the one consisting of
the development of the Clark’s Hill
site for power and storage by pri
vate interests, and improvement
for navigation below Augusta by
the United States by means of a
lock and dam at New Savannah
Bluff and channel regulating works
below, but that the United States
is not economically justified in
making the improvement for navi
gation until the power develop
ment is undertaken.”
Construction of the lock and
dam referred to has been under
way some time, the project to cost
nearly $2,000,000. Major Garling
ton recommended “that no im
provement of the Savannah river
below Augusta be undertaken at
the present time beyond that au
thorized by the existing project.”
The report suggested two possi
bilities for the Clark’s Hill develop
ment but advised that the second
was the more feasible from the
government’s point of view. Either
the government might undertake
construction of the dam and reser
voir and lease the power rights, or
the entire development might be
undertaken by private interests for
power, its operation to be such as
to benefit navigation below.
Mayor Allen declared the city is
determined in its efforts to get de
velopment assuring a , six-foot
channel throughout the year and a
Established June 5, 1902
Two Plans Studied
For River Work To
Give Deep Channel
MAYOR SAYS OFFICIALS ARE
OPTIMISTIC OVER SECURING
FEDERAL FUNDS
Augusta Chronicle,
OPERA HOUSE
ABBEVILLE. S. C.
Thursday, August 15th,
Mary Carlisle, Hardy Albright,
Joan Marsh and Lila Lee
in
“Champagne For Breakfast”
Friday, August 13th, Only,
Warner Oland. Pat Paterson
apd Stepin Fetchit
in
“Charlie Chan In Egypt”
Remember, it may be worth
$15.00 to you to be in the
Opera House before 9:0J
o’clock Friday night.
From The
Aug. 10.
Two plans for development of the
Savannah river to provide a deep
er channel below Augusta are un
der consideration by the special
committee undertaking to secure
the proposed project, it was learn
ed yesterday from Mayor Richard
E. Allen, Jr.
The chief point of difference be
tween the two schemes is the mag
nitude with which officials hope
one of the two will be executed.
Oge calls for construction of a huge
dam and creation of an immense
storage pool at a cost of approxi
mately $15,000,000. The other, con
ceived on a still larger scale, would
mean an expenditure of more than
$17,000,000.
Since the development plan be
gan to take a definite shape in its
formative stage about three weeks
ago, the committee has adhered
constantly to the idea of applying
for a public works loan and grant
and is extremely optimistic regard
ing tiie prospects of success.
As announced two weeks ago, the
project envisioned by the commit
tee consists principally of a giant
storage dam and lock located in
the vicinity of Clark’s Hill, 21 miles
above Augusta. Under the $17,-
000,000 plan the dam would be of
greater size than the one proposed
in the lesser plan.
Mayor Allen said local officials
have been acquainted for six
months with the report of Major
Creswell Garlington, U. S. army
district engineer at Savannah, and
have taken his recommendations
concerning federal participation in
Savannah river development into
consideration in formulating their
plan.
Major Garlington’s report, dated
two years ago, recommended that
the government not undertake fur
ther river development beyond the
New Savannah project now under
construction unless private inter
ests should build a storage dam
above Augusta. However, the re
port stated the government might
build such a dam and lease power
rights to private interests.
The mayor said the committee
does not expect to call on private
capital to assure the project, but is
hopeful the city will receive fed
eral assistance in the form of a
loan and grant to finance the un
dertaking. He said Major Garling
ton’s report should have no direct
effect on the negotiations now un
der way, as it already has been
taken into account.
Mr. R. H. Quarles, Sr.,
Makes Good Yield
Of Oats On 5 Aci *es
Saturday, August 17th, Only,
George O’Brien
in
“The Cowboy Millionaire”
Mon.-Tues., Aug. 19th-20th.
William Powell and Ginger
Ro^e.s
in
“STAR AT MIDNIGHT”
Wed.-Thurs., Aug. 21st-22nd,
Neil Hamilton and Betty Fur
ness in Gene Stratton Porter's
famous novel
“The Keeper Of The’ Bees”
Shows—3:15—7:15—9:0ft
Mr. R. H. Quarles, Sr., of the Lib
erty Hill section, made 232 dozen
hand tied bundles of oats on five
acres of second bottom land,
thrashing 247 bushels from 214
dozen, and feeding the other 18
dozen in bundles to his stock. This
rims the total number of bushels
to about 268, or a little more than
53 bushels to the acre. The oats
came up to a good stand, but a por
tion of them were killed out by the
cold weather soon after Christ
mas.
— txr
Card Of Thanks
McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1935
An Opportunity. For Milledge N. Sturkey
The Government And Is Claimed Bv Death
— I m>
An Obligation That . 1 . %
^ Funeral services for Milledge
Is Due Our Section Na P° le on Sturkey, age 43, who died
[last Thursday morning at 3:4:
_ ^ . I IT o’clock in an Augusta, Ga., hospital
From The Augusta Herald, Aug. H- we re held from the St. Paul Metho-
Three weeks ago President dist church in Plum Branch Friday
Roosevelt approved an appropria- afternoon at 5 0 , clock with the Rev
tion of $37,500,000 for development c w B rockwell officiating, assist-
of the Santee-Cooper project in ed by the Rev 0 L 0rr pastor of
lower South Carolina. t h e pi um Branch Baptist church.
Two weeks ago, upon the in- interment was made in the city
sistence of Senator MacKellar of cemetery at Plum Branch.
Tennessee, an additional appro- Mr sturkey was the son of the
priation of $36,000,000 was made for late M B and Annie Collier stur _
the Tennessee Valley development. ke y and h e spent his entire life in
Just three days ago the Mary- and near pi um Branch, except four
land senators secured from the years which h e spent in the United
president his approval of an ap- States Navy He made more than
propriation of $49,000,000 for that a dozen trips across the Atlantic
state. ocean in this service during the
And now comes Georgia-eastern World War He had been in de _
Georgia—asking the president, C lining health for sometime and a
through Senator Richard B. Rus- p a ^ en t in the hospital for the past
sell, Jr., and Congressman Paul eight months. Before his health
Brown, for an appropriation failed> he was active ^ the civic
$17,000,000 for a great hydro-elec- and church life of his community,
tncal development at Clark’s Hill jj e served as steward in the St.
on the Savannah River. p au i Methodist church for many
Augusta’s future—in fact, the years,
future of eastern Georgia and Surviving are three brothers and
western South Carolina—depends one sister: R. J. Sturkey, of Salis-
upon this development, which has bury, N. C.; O. L. Sturkey, of Plum
been conceived by Senator Russell, Branch; Malcolm Sturkey, of
and who is striving with all of his Jackson, Miss., and Mrs. B. H. Cov-
might to bring it to a successful ington, of Salter’s Depot, S. C.
conclusion. g. P. McCain, funeral director, in
~ - ' charge.
We say that the future of this . 1X1—
broad section depends upon this tv^i-I- PlaJmo
development for the following rea- ■L'Cdtll VaIcHIIIo
sons—reasons that are advanced by MfS Will IcHTl S
the mayor of Augusta, the Cham
ber of Commerce, and various civic
leaders:
1. It is the only hope for a year-
round river that is navigable be
tween Augusta and the sea. 1 "
2. It will furnish absolute pro- Columbus (Ga.)
tection from floods that have beset Aug. 8.
Augusta in the past and it will also Mrs. Ida Lee Williams, 64, died at
protect hundreds of thousands of ^sidence at Fairfax, Ala., Wed-
acres of farm lands in the Sav- nes ^ a y morning,
annah River valley. Mrs. Williams was the daughter
3. It will overcome the more than Virginia Hopkins Brown and J
10 per cent deficit in electric pow- ^ rown > Russell County, Ala
er that now exists in Georgia, and she was married in Russell county
will make possible the electrifica- P n December 24, 1890, and resided
tion of every farm within a wide there until 1904 > when sh e moved
area between the mountains and F a i r f a x. She was a member of
the sea. (Only 3 per cent of Geor- the Methodist Episcopal church,
gia’s 255,000 farms are now electri- She is survived by her husband,
fied. Only 2 per cent of South W. M. Williams, of Fairfax, and the
Carolina’s 157,000 farms are electri- following children: G. H. Williams
fied. In California 60 per cent of and Richard Williams of Fairfax;
the farms have electric facilities, Miss Althea Williams of 1029
and 35 per cent are electrified in Fourth Ave., Columbus, Ga., J. O.
New York State). [williams, of McCormick, S. C., Jack
4. It will lead to reforestation Williams of Alexander City, Ala.,
above the development, and on Mrs - B J Kin g of Norfolk, Va., and
cither side, and will facilitate Mrs - Cle m Sellers, Tuscaloosa, Ala
a program for the prevention of she 18 also survived by twelve
soil erosion. grandchildren.
Four Pages
Number ll
Dorn Bros. Buy
Land In Georgia
PAY $100,000 CASH FOR 800
ACRES OF TIMBER NEAR
AUGUSTA, GA.
MRS. IDA LEE WILLIAMS SUC
CUMBS AT RESIDENCE IN
FAIRFAX
Enquirer
Funeral services will be conduct-
These are a few of the cogent I ed from th e Williams residence at
reasons why the president should Fairfax Thursday morning at 1C
authorize the money for this de- o’clock.
velopment. Interment will be in the family
In fact, it has already been plot ln Bethel cemetery near West
brought to the president’s atten-1
tion that—
ing lands already acquired
reservoir purposes.
“After analyzing all these de
velopments carefully from the
standpoint of power output and I ^ ,, ,, . . ^
value for flood control and navi- To sum the matter U P brlefly ’ 11
gallon purposes, the army cngln- ls now made clear by competent
eers have concluded that addition- authoritIes that the only h °P e for
al protection against floods at Au- dependable navigation, for abso-
gusta and further improvement of lute flood Protection, and for the
navigation conditions in the rlve r ellmlnation of the exiting power
below Augusta can best be secured shorta se ln thcse P arts lles in this
from the storage reservoirs which proposed develo P ment on thc rlvel
would be formed by the construe- above Augusta,
tion of hydro-electric developments Only the president can solve the
on the river above Augusta, and problem. Through Senator Russell,
that the next logical step in such a who is close to the president, and
program is to construct tho Clark’s who with Congressman Brown, is
Hill development.” fostering this project, we feel sure
I It has been further pointed out that the frlendly ear oi Mr - Roose -
to the president that all of this can veR can be reached.
I be accomplished in such manner Mayor Allen, Secretary Moody oT
We wish to thank our many i fhof the development will pay the | the Chamber of Commerce, and
Messrs. Ferdinand Phinizy and
Wm. E. Bush, who have taken the
lead in promoting this project, are
convinced that Senator Russell is
pushing this proposal without lim
it.
"riends for the kindness shown us entire cost of construction, a-
at the death of our mother, also for mortize the debt in 50 years, and
the beautiful floral designs.
Mr. John Williams,
And Family.
nine-foot channel most of the year,
except when low water might re
duce it to a minimum of six feet.
yield a large profit to the govern
ment out of the proceeds which
can be secured from the sale of
power on the basis outlined in de
tail figures accompanying the pro
posal. •
AUGUSTA, Ga., Aug. 10.—The
largest real estate deal in Augusta
for some time was consummated
Friday morning when approxi
mately 800 acres of timber land was
sold by Miss Sally S. Thomas and
the remaining heirs of the Joseph
Thomas estate to M. G. & J. J.
Dorn, Inc., of McCormick, S. C., for
approximately $100,000 cash.
The property is situated between
the Deans Bridge and the Milledge-
ville Roads just outside of the city
limits. In 1934, the timber on the
property was sold to R. L. McLeoud
and Sons, who joins with the estate
in transferring timber rights.
The property had been in the
possession of the Thomas heirs for
more than 100 years. During that
time, it was maintained with care
and not a single tree was allowed
to be cut. It is one of the most
beautiful woodland tracts in this
section.
The Dorn brothers plan to cut
the timber and to sub-divide the
property by roads and sell it in
tracts of 5, 10 and 15 acres each.
Blanchard & Calhoun, local real
tors, who handled the sale of the
timber and the resale of the land
and timber, will be the agents for
the sale of the sub-divided prop
erty.
The Dorn brothers are very
prominent South Carolinians. They
conduct one of the largest lumber
manufacturing industries in South
Carolina and also operate a pri
vate banking business. J. J. Dorn
is state senator from McCormick
county.
txx
Revival Meeting
Begins At Modoc
Next Sunday Night
The annual revival meeting will
begin at Modoc Baptist Church
next Sunday night, August 18th.
There will be morning and night
services, beginning at 10:30 and 8
o’clock. Friends are invited to
worship with us. Rev. J. B. Brown
will assist Rev. O. L. Orr in the
meeting. All Christian people are
urged to attend and take part in
the services.
ixt
Revival Begins At
Bold Spring Next
Sunday Morning
Sacrament Of
The Lord’s Supper
At A. R. P. Church
The Sacrament of the Lord’s
Supper will be observed at the
Pressly Memorial A. R. P. Church
in McCormick on Sabbath, 25th
instant. Preparatory services will
be held on Friday and Saturday
evenings preceding at 8:15 o’clock.
Two services on the Sabbath, 11 a.
m. and 8:15 p. m.
Rev. J. Calvin Smith of Ora will
be the preacher at these services.
The public is cordially invited.
S. W. REID,
Pastor.
Moddc News
The annual revival will begin at
Bold Spring next Sunday morning
August 18th, at 11 o’clock. There
will be two services daily, begin
ning at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m., Sun- I
day included. The Rev. M. L t
Banister, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church of Chester, will assis*
the pastor in the meeting. Mr. Ban
ister is a most excellent preacher.
The church and pastor extend s
most cordial invitation to the pub
ic to attend the services, and hear
this man of God.
G. W. GURLEY,
Paster.
Pulling fodder, is the order of the
day with most farmers in our sec
tion. • .
Mr. Ollie White spent the past
week end among' relatives at
White Town.
Mr. Albert Howie was a week end
visitor to Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bus
sey.
Miss Maggie Nash from Lincoln-
ton is spending the week here with
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nash.
Mr. and /Mrs. J. E. Reese from
Columbia were week end visitors
here to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Reese.
Messrs. William. Reese and Ray
Bussey, who are working with the
highway department at Ridge
Springs, were week end visitors
here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nash were
business visitors tp Augusta last
Saturday.
Messrs. Ed. Gamer' and H. J.
Bussey were dinner guests Sunday
to Mr. E. B. Dorn.
Mrs. Lunett Prince of Edgefield
was dinner guest here Sunday to
her mother, Mrs: Minnie Bussey.
Miss Ethel McDaniel spent the
past week among relatives in Au
gusta.
Miss Rosalie Bussey is spending
the week among friends in Au
gusta.
Messrs. C. T. and H. J. Bussey
were visitors to Augusta on Mon
day of this week.
Master Lloyd Thurmond from
the Grove neighborhood spent the
past week end here with Master G.
E. Dukes.
Mr. Jim Clem from Greenwood is
spending the week here with his
brother, Mr. W. S. Clem.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Dukes made a
short visit to Augusta Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Bussey were
week end visitors to the latter’s
mother, Mrs. Ollie White.
Announce Retail
Deliveries Of Fords
In Month Of July
DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 6.—Re
vealing a surprising strength be
yond the season’s usual peak, re
tail deliveries of Ford V-8 cars and
trucks in July totalled 99.694 units,
only 1188 units less than the June
total of 100.882 units, it was an
nounced today at the hnme office
of the Ford Motor Company.
State Theatre
GREENWOOD, S. C.
PROGRAM WEEK
Beginning August 15th
Thursday, August 15th,
Mary Ellis and Tullio
Carminati
in
“PARIS IN SPRING”
July business lifted the Ford to
tal of retail deliveries for the sev-
A final effort to secure presi
dential approval will be made dur-
Furthermore, the development ing the present week. Local pro-
The committee has not disclosed would employ an average of 1500 moters of the project have already en months of 1935 to 734,655 units,
definitely how it hopes to carry the to 2000 people, five days per week, made certain that the site is avail- an average of 104,950 units per
project out, whether with federal for at least two years. A large able, and that it is available on month for the year. Only three
aid alone or with the assistance of number of these people could be terms that will satsfy federal au- months, January, February and
^ private entenwlae* put to work immediately in clear- thorities. __ _ _ JuljjygffcJielow 000 mark.
Friday and Saturday
Bert Wheeler and Robert
Woolsey
in
“THE NIT WITS”
Saturday, 10:40 p. m.
“ORCHIDS TO YOU”
with
John Boles and Jean Muir
Monday and Tuesday
Gene Stratton Porter’s
“Keeper Of The Bees”
Wednesday, Thursday, ’ Friday
arid Saturday 1 ' ‘
Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and
Wallace Beery
in
“CHINA SEAS”'
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