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Vorl^nen Begin Task of Constructing Largest Dam in Georgia
(OWDSPACK | Map Showing Power Dam and Massive Lake When Work is Completed i MASSIVE DAM
AIR GROUNDS —- , WILL CREATE
RRST TWO DAYS . S ^ INLAND SEA
jin? Taking Place Today,
Wednesday- Tuesday Sees
Biggest Crowd of Week
s C. W GIRLS THURSDAY
jjv r, corgi? Fair was
, Wednesday as-judg-
• was taking the interest
who have packed the
ur>n-- the first two days
Georgia agriculture,
stock exhibition.
-low in opening, the
. who furnished the
riuht and the fun fea-
• t.-ady when the fair
• declared open.
>'-hool day, found
• ttd with the boys and
be county. Rides
!'? busy throughout the
th- exhibition building? j
irh '-'.crest,
an! visitor* day were
• i for Wednesday. All
, \‘iibit- was takirg plar«
ty exhibits attra*.ed
n. The Black Springs
pied the first bootji
re. Mrs. J. H. Under-
arher of the school had
• \hibit. In the center
• f the county showing
railroads and water
nnt< is most attractive.
:: n ! the map are the
in the countv.
•ortkaiu Raaortlar " ltlf
rwlaral Union latabHahad fai ISM
Miliedgeville, Ga., October 10, 1929
of the
-‘•■wing all sorts of
pi we and home made
rhe . \hibit was prepare*!
p-il and teacher- of the
• <hooL
GEOQGIA POWEQ COMPANY
FUDMAN SNOALS DEVELOPMENT
Scale Miles
You will note that the dam. power house and the greater portion ol the Lake will Le in Baldwin county, a few miles from 'in
ville. The greater portion of the dam will be concrete with earth abutments. The Lake will have a storage capacity of seven billion cubic
feet of water, two billion mote cubic feet than is contained in the la gest lake in Georgia.
Dixie Construction Company Be
gins Work Facing Task of Com
pleting by 1931
LAKE COVERS 12,000 ACRES
d with the task of completing
spring of 19.11 the b nge t
gest d- .i in Georgia, the Dixie
uction Company. subsidiary
Alabama Power Company,
gun construction work on the
1.000 her-* power hydro-elec-
I trie development of the Georgia Pow
er Company on the Oconee river at
Furman Sho.tL*. five miles p. *:h of
| Miliedgeville.
Behind the massive dam a veritab
• inland *-a will be created, extending
for miles hack along the course of
the Oconee and its tributaries. The
Lake which this dam will form will
be the largc-t of its kind in Georgia.
, The impounded water* will cover an
• area of UUHW acres, marly five
a the area of the vast reservoir
led bv Burton dam in the moun-
j fains of North Georgia. This huge
j lake will Kim- an average depth of
18.5 feet and j»n average width of
1,500 feet. It will extend f"r 24
miles in length, but to go around its
j • - -rre Hire one would have to walk
| or p. ddle 225 miles,
j Imprtxnoed in this lake will be
thousands upo nthou ands of poten-
*1 kil
the foi
D. A. R. BOARD IN | Unveiling of Boulder to Be
SESSION TODAY Impressive, Plans Show
First Session of D.y. Mcetin- Held M ' e,in 5 #f D *“* h: ' rl1 ° f C “" fe<1 "* 0 cy , Add P ! ni,hln * Drtlil ‘ ,0
in Old Capitol Building. This Pr0 * r “ *° Unv " 1 Boulder M.rkmg Sste
(Wednesday) Morning
of Milledgeville’s First Church
ro school was the only
ty exhibit
I : y.
- feature of the State jtrv; pty-fi"e promine
as the d : splay of the women, members of the
tags made at the 0 f the Daughter* of th.
■Meville community of R. v,.luti«ui. arc in arssioi
today
only Wednesday, as th< guest- of the local
exhibit on display Xanry Hart Chapter. Mrs. Y. H.
* from any of the Yarbrough, President,
participating in the Th,. days meeting opened this
| morning at 10:10 in the chapel of
department occupied Georgia's Old ’apitol building, now
• If Handwork, cakes. 1 t he academic * wilding of th. Georgia
-ort* «.f various art j Military Ci egc. This meeting is
the
edit of the
• f displays, si
The exhibits i
creditable to t
d entirely to the buaine-s of
the sesion.
At n«on the visitors will be the
gue.-ta of the chapter at n luncht-n
in the Old Governors Mansion, the
home of Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Bee-on.
Attractive place cards bearing the
picture- of Nincy Hart will mark th*.
pl*c !- where th* sts will be •«*«*-
d. Many toast« wi.l be given durin-
the luncheon.
An automobile ride will take the
vi. tors tb-ongh the city to the :i.ter.
The boulder which is to mark the made •eady. Committees have been
UUcdge- appointed and the full program will
pressive | be announced in the Union Recorder
on, Oct. next week.
the pro- J Invitations h'*ve been sent U» all
meeting | former pastors who have served
he Con- c hurches here.
The no v ting Tuesday wi- held at
I'shop Warren A. Candler will the home of Mrs. G. A. Lantort and
the central figure at the unveil- a large number of the member, were
exercises, having accepted an in- present. Miss Jurt# Ingram with a
ition to be presv.it and deliver | recitation; M s. Edgar Long with
address. i song, and Mrs. M. H. Bland with a
Irs. David Fe*-gu*on. chairman of ! reading, contributed to the program
unveiling, stated hat the b«uld- of the afternoon. Delicious refre. fa
wns being placed and all details • ments were sreved.
ville will be unveiled wit.
exercises on Sunday aft<
2oth. The complete detail
i gram w ere passed upon i
I the United Daughters
federacy Tuesday aftem
A MASS MEEIING MONDAY
NIGHT AT CITY HALL
% mass meeting next Monday
at the City Hall 8 o'clock i* call
ed for the purpose of perfecting
th*' organization of the Chamber
of commerce. Every man in town
is urged to be pres* nt to give the
C M f A. good -cr l off. It I-
the encouragemtnt of every citi-
R. H. WOOTTKN, Chairman
ARMISTICE DAY REV. ROBERTS
PLANS COMPLETE ACCEPTS CAU
Rev. A. G. Harris to Deliver Me- New Baotist Pastor Here Sunda>
AN OLD VETERAN
GOES TO REWARD
Mr G. D. Myrick Confederate
teran and Commander of
Camp Geo. Doles
FUNERAL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
SEVEN BILI ION cubic feet of wa
ter. twit billion more cubic feet thnn
are contained in the big intermoun
tain basin of Lake Burton. In ad-
rf : tion to fumbhing this gre-.t rt«»r-
air .opacity in the lake wbi*> r an-
pounds, the dam at Furman Shoal*
will have an imjiortant part to play
in lessening the danger of fl«»od«
along the cour-e of the Oconee.
Of the gravity section type, the
dam i*seK will be the longest by far
on the < impany's system. It will
extend 2,t*«.’0 feet arro*a the valley
of the IK-*.nee river and will furn
ish water to the turbines from a head
• ■f 91 feet. dvm will vary irom
a h «Tht - f 91 teet from river- K*-d »o
t p of deck t. «2 feat fr*.
bnd ... t
Diff« I
•ill way.
ii th»- North
Th
ill be . r arth, based »n a
- core wall. Arc - th. niil-
|fl ha plan d 24
gate* of flat steel, 18 feet
The
nil
• i for th- fill*.
mortal Eulogy. Parade to
Proceed Ceremonies
TV
of Mr . David V. rgu-«
erty
Th ’
•the da
! th • Am
I. br
«ry. the Murri
Th.- U
and Accepts Call to Chnrch.
Take Over Duties Nov 1st
l. v. L E. Ridierta, f«r tw.
r- pa*to.- *»f the Bapti-t chu
C-Oeg Park, accepted the call
Viral B : t church of Milled
i The cwmt»b ted da
1 hi- fatal illnew
a-ill be i
M. C. Cadet
fill tak - part.
day by
T u c hoard meml»em «re *
* Bl-ANKS DIES j entertained in the homes of the .
r>r>ENLY LATE TODAY j |, erK of ,he Nancy Hart Ch-.pt.
' ^ H larks.
• .f the
vote declared ii
ollege park Miniat.
He
f'd pea
fally
ietly,
th«* bu«i
well known
uddenljr at his home
afternoon. He was
*'*11h, with the excep-
and death came to
‘•'.v, while he was sit-
u about seventy-five
I had been a citizen
‘ 1 v twenty or twenty-
• rrangement* have
. one of Mil ledge-
'rted citixens, ha?
hi* home by ill-
will deliver the
ONLY NINE SURVIVORS OF addre * of eulogy to tho*e m. n who
CAMP GEO DOLES. U. C. V. paid the supreme price and to -Abo**-
memory the memorial was erected
ic surviving ,n< * dedicated. Taps and the three
Doles. No. dleys of re-pert to the departed
H C Ward, souls will comlude the exerciaea. A
football game wil be another feature
of the holiday, G M C. playing
lorial field.
ill oa*« through -r)< j m i"-a> •• advised h'
«nd end *t*the , if th4 , ( . hliri . h - R ar ,i„ n Mr Robert
fame here in August and preached
hadow
as he p-'-sed liiiugh the [ f ,. rT . Fu Th.* '.art- io
by the i-hri.*tian faith, and I M m j j., j ^ seval iti •"» a
th- know edge of « life well .pent j ni>lu , r >fvi mi|1 r t . . ,
Th. funeral crvi.cs w-re held at with shaft* to two 25.out* kumoi*
the Milledgevil! Methodist clpm-h ampere generators which will pro-
Su-day afternoon it two o’clock ir , rfuc, power at a pressure of «.9©«
a large number of v .j t - Th,- power will aterp i «■»
-pie of Baldwin county, ur ngj by tran-f. rmer* at the plant U. 118,-
he had spent h * long life. R* v j i<oij voli« f> - feeding directly into
Yarbrough, iwstor of the Mil ! the v. -t.m and will be *iepp*<! down
. Igcdle Metbodiat church, read the agai* t.. 44,0<Hi volts for service to
lemon, ami offered prayer. Milledgevtlia and nonrby towns. To
and Rev i. A. Vmrr. pa-tor of tto- «,< . t in carrying this b ad. it ta
'to Milled*,-vine highly recommend Fbthd chun-h, of which Mr MyrUk! probable that the present
acr. penj nnsmim » !’~ n n ' J n the evening the Legionaires will *«*. Ha has bes-n one of th.- m »-t ,, a merntwr, pad tribute t« his 1 v . !• line will be rebuilt to carry
J.C. Hawkins. Three of Utotod. . imnq9$t popular men to ever serve the At ,.„d chapter. He nfenwd to; 1.u,hh* .,dt*.
November 11th, ha* been declared l*nta *ubu-h, and la knows thr.>ugh tie of friendship that had existed Speed *f ceastnh t . n will he aid-
, holiday and all hu*inc«s will be *-ut the state for hi- ( hristian chars.- b.-wen them during th«- six years in that th. -ite i- ea-dy . •. *ible
u*p. tided. ' t<>r “ nd service. i h< had »vcn his pa-tor Hr had a)- ( for shipping material t > the work
There are now only
members of Camp Ge«
730 IT. C. V. They an
T. 1. How«rd. W. K K.ndrirk. . S
T.nnill,. Wil»r Vinson. J. A. Pr-
. Beni Brookin,. L. C. W» *" d ",
At the Sunday morning saevhn
l».t Sun*,.. Mr. K..t.rrU <ln.-l.md hn
would acr pt the call and *hat he
and hia family would move to Mil -
ledgvvill* November 1st to take over
hia pastorate.
The new Baptist preacher com
.... ... Baldwin county-
J. Howard live* m Jone* county;
L. G. Franks Washington county, and
.1 c\ Hawkin’? in Camak. Mr. W. A
Buns a vet. ran. recently came to Mil-
I dgeviUe to make his home with hi*
daughter. Mrs. E E- B«'
with the Han-'invited
Dr. E. A. Tigm
The church ha* been without
and Fob Joseph | p **tor several week-. Rei
bip reman
unty camp.
but hi. IE. Puttie will bn MB'rtH '!>" «**•»
Macon to hear Governor the summer acd accept* .1 a rail
Franklin D. Rouaevclt Forsyth, Georgia*
ay« found h>m s “Christian gentle
:*s.’’ and he was all that statement
■ <1. H then paid tribute to the
.fnesa of M; Myrick ta hi*
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