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/ f ‘THERE IS NO PAPER Ll&ETHEHOM 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 ■ ike '***»*«■'*