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VOLUME XXIX
CLAYTON, RABUN COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MAY 1 1924,.
NUMBER I7
GEORGIA RAILWAY & POWER
CO., EXPENDING LARGE SUMS IN
OUR BOUNDS.
The officials estimate that the
tunnel will cost approximately ;
^million dollar?, which does noi
nclude the completion of the
It is not generally known that/
within ten miles of Clayton, in
Rabun county, there is under- jj.'
construction the largest tunnel pro j ect f or it is planned that
k project in all the south «ast-f^ (U _ T, ,
the Lakemont Tunnel which will
divert the course of the Tallulah
river.
Some days ago at the insist*
ance of our fellow townsman,
Mr. Ohas. A. Rogers, we paid a
jiving visit to thej tunnel and
promised Mr. Rogers to come
back and take dinner with him.
but upon consideration, we
feared that he was doing the
cooking, so we waited until af*
ter dinner Tuesday, and in com
pany with Mr. J. ’ H. Derrick
went down and took in some oi
the works of the Georgia Rai.-
way and Power Company at
Lakemont.
It was fortunate for us that
we encountered some of the of-
. f.cutis of the company, among
Avhom were Mr. Addsit and an
other gentleman from .Atlanta,'
^and Mr. Swan, who has charge
/ j>f the work in the tunnel, all ol
C t whom were very courteous to us
J ip giving! us Jthe^. in formation
^ concerning the tunnel project
{■ that V?e were looking for.
The Power Co. already has,
within this county,, three large
artificial lakes, on the Tallulah
river which will furnish power
for the production of the current
.that moves the wheels of Com
merce, in the city of Atlanta,
and intervening towns.
The thing that incited our vis
it is the magnitude of the under-
• taking—that of tunneling a
mountain, to change the course
of a river. And then, the a-
tiiount .'of money that is being
expended for the construction of
this mighty project, and at
least, fifty per cent of which is
being circulated right here in
Itabun county for labor and ma-
trfials, a sum of money that sur
passes the entire circulation, in
thia county, only a few years
The tunnel. when completed.
Will be 5G00 feet long and is 13
bv 15 feet in dimensions, through
solid granite rack. JFrom the
a Jtnntit of the mountain straight
down to the tunnel is about 1000
feet.
Work began on the tunnel in
July, Of last year, and it is plan
ned to have it forced through
the mountain by the latter part
of June, which will make the
time of actual drilling less than
ayes*-' . .... ....
crews of hands. are at
one beginning at the
i B t, or northern end and
ther at Saw Tooth, or the
end and each crew is
about seventy five
per week, or some ten to
e feet per day, and it is
by the engineers that
the two crews meet that
when the lunnel^is completed
and arrangement is made foi
the water to go through that a
unit for the production of po>vei
will be constructed at the ld^ei
end, and that’ sufficient powei
will be had to generate 30,000
horse power. •
The tunnel has a fall of 184
feet and will carry 1500 cubic
feet of water per foot per sec
ond.
To the untrained, in engineer
ing fetes it seems almost impos
sible for a survey to be made
over a mountain and for two
crews of hands to begin work in
oppesite directions, more,than a
mile apart, and meet in the pud
dle of the mountain with any de-
gree-of certainty, yet such things
are];being done. But /another of
the tests of the accuracy of sui-
veying is the fact that the icn-
nel .ha«e is not level but that it
is inclined 184 feet’
Approximately 200 hands' arq
being employed at the wc rks,
which is continued day and
night. These hands are drawing
$3,600 per week, for wages alone,
beside the money that is spent
for lumber and timbers of vari
ous kinds.
It is estimated that fifty per
cent of the wages paid to the la-
ot r.-rs is expended in ihe county
for farm products which adds to
tho prosperity of the farmers as
well as to the laborers.-
The Georgia Railway and Pow
er-Company, who are ever mind
ful of the safety and health of
their employees maintain ade
quate police protection around
the works and the very best of
order prevails at all times, in
fact with the large number of
hands being* employed, the order
of the camp is commendable.
Not only do they look after the
order but the safety of the em
ployees. An expert in that line
of work Is kept at the tunnel,
who sees that no one is endan,
gered when the rock is being
blasted and after the blasts, the
smoke, fum*s and gasses are
driven out of the tunnel by
mean3 of compressed air being
blown into the tunnel and fresh
air driven to take the place .of
the foul air.
At this time there remains
only about twelve hundred feet
of actual drilling in the tunnel
when the two crews will have
come together and the course of
3 river is diverted*
As an evidence of the pressure
power of the great body of wa
ter a huge concrete structure is
being erected at the opening of
the tunnel and the engineers es
timate that the pressure on the
concrete wall will amount to
fifteen. tons for each ten feet
$7,000 PAID PENSIONERS
OF THIS COUNTY '
Ordinary Will Smith received
the. checks for the Confederate
Soldiers and widows, last week
amounting to $7,000.
There are thirty4wo widows
of soldiers who are drawing pen
sions, and thirty-eight Service
soldiers who draw pensions in
ibis county.
However,, since tho last pen
sion list was compiled some have
passed over the river and their
pension are being held up for
directions as' to their disburse
ment.
'lhose who have died since last
year are*, Mesdames Sailie Gar
land and Rebecca Swafford.
Messers N. L, Dickefson, L. M.
Worley and Mose Swafford.
RECENT MARRIAGES
Rev. E. M. Canup united in
marriage Miss Miritiie Whitmire
•and Mr. Lemon Taylbr.
Judge M. H. Jatiies recently
officated at the marriages of
iss Leona Wilbufn and Mr.
f aac Justus, both df Germany;
Also Miss Bettie Battles Mr.
Freeman Hastings; an^ MiS> yearns have be^n mailed
Ethel Watts and Mr. PoIe Bmg-
hamr
Judge WiRSmith .pronounced
the ceremony at the marriage of
Miss Lovina Pressley and! Mr.
Fred Jacobs, both of Franklin.
Rev. J. W. Kesterson was the
officiating minister at the mar
riage of Mrs. Kathleen Baxter
and Mr. Hudson, both of Frank
lin, N. C. •
MOTHER’S; DAY AND
MOTHER'S AND DAUGH
TER’S WEEK
A State wide observance of
Mother’s Day, which comes May
Uth this year, and of Mother
and Daughter’s \Veek, May 11th
to 18th, is being promoted by
th^ Georgia Sunday School As
sociation from its Atlanta office.
About 15 years ago the cele
bration of the second Sunday in
May was observed as Mother’s
Day in a number of cities, towns
and villages of America, the
movement having been foundtd
by Mrs. Anna Jarvis, of Phila
delphia, In 1914 by act of'Con
gress this Sunday was officialv
dedicated as “National Mother’s
Day." The Mother’s Day em
blem is the white carnation.
In its promotion of the ob
servance' ot Mother's Day and
Mother and Daughter Week, the
Georgia Sunday School Associa
tion has prepared a program for
the Sunday School and Church,
which can be obtained upon ap
plication, and also a list of sug
gestions for Mother and Daugh
ter Banquets, Luncheons and
Teas. A number of these pro-
over
the state by Mr. R, D. Webb,
General Superintendent, and Mr.
Webb feels that there will be a
wider observance of the day and
W. W. ASKEA RETIRES
FROM
MERCANTILE BUSINESS
week this year than ever before
Just as soon as the present
project is completed the Power
Company contemplates the erec
tion of another large (lam across
the same river, between the
Lakemont Dam and the Burtor
Dam, which will give them prac j
ticaliy control of the water pow
ers of tli’e Tallulah river, from
the northwestern part of the
county to Tallulah Falls and
thereby be able to conserve
practically all the powers of this
wonderful river.
The banks of the river are
lined with cottages and rooming
houses where many of the em
ployees, with their families re
side, and when we were down
there many of them could be
seen along the water’s edge fish-
ing for bass and trout, with
which the river abounds.
not be out of line more j square surface of tbe
h»ch in the 5600 feet. J wall.
i
ATTENTION
CONFEDERATE
VETERANS
AH Confederate Yeterans, $nd
especially.all members of the Ra
bun County Camp are earnestly
requested to meet in Clayton on
Saturday morning. May 10th, at
10:0© o'clock, , There is some
business that effects our welfare
that, must be attended to and
your pre
y. We wl
■II tohayeallttie
“Boys" of the World War meet
Ug. ' _
W, T.Dozier, Adjt.
in Georgia.
According to Mr. Webb, the
purpose of Mciher and Dauyh-
t;r Week is foui 1 - fold:
To give the Mother a better
understanding and appreciation
of her Daughter.
To give the Daughter d better
understanding and appreciation
of her Mother.
To help both Mothers and
Daughters to find in the Church
aid Church School a channel for
tbe expression of their finfs*
selves, thus securing in the work
and support Of tfie Church their
c >-operatidn.,
To bring to a focal point the
community—wide interest in
Mother and Daughter relation
ships.
CAMP DIXIE FOR GIRL3
Mr. A. A. Jameson and Mr.
W,. A, Sutton, owners of Camp
Dixie for jJirls and Camp Dixie
for Boys, spent last week-end in
Clayton inspecting the work be
ing done on the concrete dan*
being put tft at Camp.Dixie for
Girls, located three miles from
Clayton. They expressed them
selves, very much pleased wjth
the progress that has been made
on the dam by Mr. W. W. JLot
speich, the don tractor, who is
evidentlyof unusual alii
ity injbuilding concrete dams.
Mf.-Lotspeich is stopping at tbe
Blue Ridge Hoteldurihg the pe
riod of the construction of the
dam, so that he can give it his
individual supervision daily.
It fa understood tfflat Mr. Lot-
MR. V. C. DICKERSON IS THE
NEW.0WNER AND PROPRIE
TOR.
- However much we ’regret to
see old friends and staid business
men retire, yet it is a good sign
of prosperity when business men
are buying and selling, for, af
ter all, it is the only way to know
whether or not the country is
developing, not because of those
who retire, but because someone
is ready to take up, where others
leave off.
Mr. Askea has been closely
identified with the business in
terests of Clayton for several
years ond by reason of fidelity
to his friends and careful atten
tion to business intrusted to him,
has made many staunch friends
het% who regret to see him going
out of business.
He is not fully decided as to
what he will do in theSffutiire,
but will probably travel some as
ho-has a hankeringjto visit Calu-
fornia and other western places
of renown. It is also known that
he h(£s a brother in South Ameri
ca* and whom “Uncle Bill" is
anxious to visit.
Ariyway, we would all be glad
for him to remain in Clayton,
and re-enter business agnin.
Mr. Dickerson. w ( ho has pur
chased the * business, is from
Hartwell, and comes here well
recommended by those who have
known him as a business man in
our neighboring town.
He will operate under the name
of “Clayton Flour and Feed
Store", anji will carry :i com
plete line of groceries and feed
stuffs.
Mr.. Dickerson has moved his
his family into one of the
Cannon Cottages and lias become
a full fledged citjzen.
We welcome Mr. Dickerson
and family into our midsts and
bespeak for him a liberal share
of the businesss of the communi
ty. !
Look for his announcement in
the nekt issue of the Tribune.
Mr. Herring Bleckley returned
last Monday from Walhalla, S.
C., where he has been engaged
in the interest of the Forest Sei-
vice.
strurtion of two r>s»three othei
dams in Rabun County during
the coming summer.
Camp Dixie for Girls is one oi
the big assets of Rabun County,
as fa also Camp. Dixie for Boys.
The Camp brings three or foui
hundred people irito Rabun
county from all over the United
States, who are very fine people
to hive visit us during the sum
mer. life Camps are worth-
worthwhile both financially and
socially to oar country.
In a ievf day* we expect u
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