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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-class matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Three Months .50 Foreign Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1921 in LI shoals riwrvoAju. The business genius of Henry Ford has been volunteered to transmute the relatively untouched natural re sources of the South into the gold of solid achievement. The creative gen ius of thomas Edison underwrites the colossal material assests of the other "high adventurer." We are not acquainted with the minutiae of detail involved in the Ford offer for Muscle Shoals. Mr. Ford has usually been most liberal in his business offers and has not been inclined to haggle over a few dollars. We are, on the other hand, most inti mately advised as to the repeated ef forts of more or less responsible peo ple, some styling themselves experts, to deride and belittle the whole Mus cle Shoals development. The public over and over again was given to un derstand that the appropriations for Muscle Shoils represented nothing more than a bold raid on the treas 1J 3 ury, mat it never couia ana ncvw should be made to amount to any thing; that at best it was but junk and that the Government would be lucky if it got back any part at all of the millions it had expended. But no sooner did Mr. Ford suggest that J J th or ze be w< on w< if the property was worthless to the j.S< Government it was worth a great |ti< Many millions to him, which he was^c prepared to pay, then a gp-eat cry of Fi \ protest rose to high Heaven. We be-' lieve that it "drill reauire , consider ably more logic and. Considerably bet ter arithmet;<f than have yet appear ed to convince .the people of the United States that the Government, in any fairness whatever, either to itself or to. the taxpayers, can decline the Ford proposal. ' st< It may be argued with power that'ee it would be of advantage to the | th whole United States, and not to the, m dr av as If lo w< CO ed pa South only, were Mr. Ford permitted to undertake his plans even if he \ "tfere not in a position to pay in cash a s'ngle penny for the Muscle Shoals property. He is prepared to under take a development which is incom parable in its magnitude. He plans in millions?not in millions of dollars but in millions of men?work for a miiiAUii wen. uc vioivuo on iuuwaw& creation which would appear to be pbsurd were it not for the fact that pecoaplishjjients almost equally great >ke h&? ?lre?tiy 9c^igy?d. Jf is able to get but hall million hors<^ -of power he hopes to obtain and is abl?; therefore, to give employment to but \ half & million men, still that in itself would be an ach:evement to amaze and educate the world. Mr. Ford intimates that as a result o? his operations at Muscle Shoals he will be able to revolutionize agricul ture in the South. vHe foreshadows the upbuilding of a variety of ipanu facturing enterprises, including pro duction of aluminum on a huge scale and promises to upbuild in the envir ga th: vii th at l?br va Wi ac a of m 01 tu w pi ons of the power-development an in dustrial area that, if his plais are carried ouf, would quite obviously: e< rival any similar area in any other I & place on the face of the earth. \ y* Mr. Ford intimates that there isjsc much he can teach the South, to the j South's great benefit. We do not-si doubt it.. He has taught the North, j >md the industry of the whole world,'d many things. His peculiarities areja: various. His' ignorance on some sub- tl jects is astounding. But in the bal ance scales his eccentricities are as nothing compared with the things he is able to achieve. The world is in terested in his merits, not his de merits. The future belongs to the South. It is not remarkable that a man of r; Ford's magnitude has foreseen it. e Power is the open sesame in modern n development. "White coal" is power, a The Southern Power Company has f just announced that it will begin the F onstruction at once of two great new rater-power plants, in the Carolinas, ne at Great Falls, with a maximum apacity of 60,000 horse power; the ther at Mountain Island on the Ca iwba River, with a maximum capac y of 80,000 horse power. Southern ivers, year-round reservoirs of per etual power, are being harnessed p, in increasing number and volume, he example of \^hat has been done, hen accentuated by the enormous roject of Fdrd at Muscle Shoals, will ot only induce other developments i all parts of the South, but, as with ie power of a vast magnet, will draw > the South innumerable manufac iring plants of all sorts. The whole South ought to get be ind Mr. Ford, and Mr. Edison with m, and assist to the uttermost to :e that he gets Muscle Shoals. The ivestmenj will be worth incompara y more under private than under lblic ownership, and worth incom irably more under the Ford direc on, we believe, than under any oth direction. While we believe thfct r. Ford* is fundamentally wrong in number of the things he does and ys, there is none who can challenge e actuality of his achievements. A an who dreams dreams, he has the >ility and the resources to make 1 em real. The coming of Ford to the >uth, with the vast enterprise he ( intemplates, would mean infinitely j, ore in the immediate industrial de-j ;lopment of the South than any-' inr? ??1co fViaf con nossihlv hat>t>en. ' would be an event of world re-'< * I >wn, and in its influence on opinion, i faith in the South and as a stimu s to gTeater effort on the part of I the forces now working for de dopment in the South, it would ex t a power illimitable. The South must by all mestn6 take i Ivantage of . this opportunity.? \ anufacturers Record. & COMPANY'S 1921-22 COTTON REPORT A combination of factors, two-of em deliberately planned _ by the 1 >uthern producer and two, visita-j >ns of nature,-explain the short; >tton crop of 1921% These four we?e j rst, the reduction in acreage;'sec-.I. id, reduction in the use of fertili-1 ] r; third, bad weather and fourth' 11 weevil. Inasmuch as they account11 r the recent course of prices as; -11 as having an important bearing1, i the future, we feel they are1 ^ jrth considering in detail. |i ' i Reduction in Acreage:?nWith the;] eady decline in price? from 401 \ ?*" * " 1 rt n nnnn^ gnrf ?! ? ? X ? 1 ? j reatened carry-over of nine or^ten^ illion bales it became apparent that , ast'c methods were necessary tb', ert an oversupply of cotton dis- j ttous to the entire cotton industry, a second large crop tfere to fol- ^ w the liberal yield of 1920 price! >uld sink to a level far below the I ] st of production. Thoroughly arous-1 to this outlook, a vigor<&s cam-J1 ign was waged during the early I inths of the calendar year instd- ^ ting planters to cut acreage one- 3 ird or even half that or the pre- ' jus seasons. Such success attended e movement that the Department Agriculture placed the reduction 10.524,000 acres or 28.4 per cent. ' th9 total area under culfr. tion to 26,519,000 acres. Reduction of Fertilizers:?But the ovement to raise a smaller cropj( is not confined to the question of ; ? ' i! 11? 1 oo I ' reage. Botn lnienuonany anu ? result of lack of funds, purchases ' fertilizers were on a greatly di inisfied scale. Reports to the vari is State Commissioners of Agricul-j ire, show that sales of fertilizers! ere reduced to 2,854,000 tons as >mpared with 5,257,000 tons the | revious year. The Department stat i that only about 65 per cent, of ssential elements were used this sar as compared with average sea ms. Had the lessened use of fertili ;rs been confined to one seasonrre ilts would! have been less far reach lg. But coming after the war'period,! uring which normal supplies of pot sh from Germany were interrupted, le soil had already been impover hed. As a result, the pl?mt lacked igor, put on less fruit, apd at the ime time became less able to with :and insect depredations. Weather:?Not only did the plant btain a late start, owing to a tardy pring, but June brought excessive ainfall throughout the entire West rn belt. The downfall in Texas a lounted to 14.64 inches at one point, nd nine places had from eleven^ to ourteen inches of rain in one month. *1 or the State as a whole, the average I was 6.61 inches or 3.42 inphes abov< the normal for June. Then^in Aug ust, came a drought and extreme heat. This orf a sappy stalk, withered the plant. Days of temperature af high as 110 degrees made * Satisfac tory growth and fruiting impossible, In a few weeks all hope of a good crop had to be abandoned. In some sections West of the Mississippi Riv er barely one bale could be gathered from twenty-five acres. Boll Weevil:?Though each year the boll weevil area has increased, a vast enlargement occurred this sea son. Insects have now reached as far North as the coast counties of North Carolina?Pamlico and Brunswick? thus covering virtually the entire cot ton belt. Th^open winter, a late spring, and a far from vigorous cot ton plant, all operated to produce such swarms of Weevil that fields were infested as never before. FearS are expressed that it will be years before the South ca* raise' fi good cotton crop again, Since every euvit of science has failed to invent means for the extermination of the pest. The importance of this subject as re gards future production has become so prominent in the public mind that next season's prospects qre already under discussion. ^ In this connectio'n we would point out that all or none of the above mentioned factors may operate in 1922. A larger acreage, increased use of fertilizers and normal grow ing season would remove the first three. As to boll weevil, a cold win ter, aij early or average spryig and a vigorous hardy plant next summer, would assist in restraining weevil ac t;vity.to proportions of previous years WANT RAILROAD Business Men Mfcy Operate Lexing 1 ton Line Athens, Ga., Dec. 1.?Several Athens and Oglethorpe county busi ness men have under consideration the taking over of the Lexington Terminal railroad, provided the com pany is willing to lease>r sell the road.' , \ / .... - 0 Some of the Lexington} business men pa'd^ a visit to the Athens Cham ber of Commerce, asking their aid in preventing the discontinuance 'of the running of the trains on this road An application for ^ie discontiri uance of the service was made to the interstate commerce commission, but the men interested had much rather buy or ltfase ttie road than to see it scrapped. The committee, representing the :hamber of commerce of Lexington, was composed of the following men: a. A. Barron, C. R. Crawford and Earl Reynolds. The hearing will be held in At anta, December 14. 4 The Georgia railroad bought the Lexington branch from the McWhor :er estate in 1898. The railroad :laims that it is operated at a loss. ie*' people of Oglethorpe are very nuch aroused over the possibility )f the road being scrapped. FURMAN HUMb-tumipiu * / Sons and Friend? of Institution Meet December 6. . . . 1 * Greenville, Dec. 2.?Under the au spices of the^urman Club'of Green ville county, s home-coming of sons and friends of Furman University residing ^ in twelve counties of the Piedmont section is to be held in this city on the evening of Tuesday, De ceme/br 6. A banquet will be served in the social hall of the First Baptist church at 6 o'clock. More than six hundred special invitations to alumni of Furman have gone out and efforts to reach others are being made through newspapers and the various county clubs. Federal Judge H. H." Watkins, president of the Furman club of Anderson county, has been chosen to preside at he banquet. The gathering will be purely of a social nature. As the home_coimng is tinned to take place on the evening of the opening day of the annual session of the South Carolina. State Baptist "* 4-^/4 tViof fV?o convention, it is cAp^wtu v*?w? v?v attendance will ibe unusually large. Arrangements are being made for taking care of the greatest gathering of Furman men held in the history of the university. Those desiring reservations at the banquet table should notify Alumni Secretary L. M. C'.nat Furman Univer rv pj their luirr.os i/. iyibe pn' in the pot. i 5 DEATH OF HERO NOT EXPLAINED i. Motive for Whittlesey's Act Still in i Dpubt.?Steamship Reaches Ha baqia With Letters. Habana, Dec. 1.?What compelling s motive sent Lieut. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey, commander of the "Lost I Battalion," overboard into the - sea only a few hours out from New York . last Saturday night may be revealed in letters to members of his family and business associates which he left for Captain Grant of- the . steamer Toloa to deliver. Nine of these let . iters were in the captain's possession when the Toloa docked tonight. Cap tain nrAnt also received a note from Colonel Whittlesey which he declar ed he regarded as confidential.' "I can say, however, that from all appearances the act . was premedi tated." Captain Grant declared, and "that Colonel JVhittlesey leaped over- j board either just before or just after midnight Saturday." ^ Various wireless messages were left by Colonel Wfcittlesey for trans mission, but these were not forward ed, and except in case of one of the J messages their nature was not dis I closed. This particular message said that he would be missing. | None of the letters which Colonel I Whittlesey left on his berth were on .the writing paper of the steamship , company, nor were any of them dat ed, which led to the belief that they ! were written before embarking on the Toloa. j After experiencing heavy weather | nearly all the way from New York j the Toloa docked this evening nearly ten hours late and it was only after I two hours of conferences with rep resentatives of the Americari and British consuls and the acting first .secretary of the American legation, Cord Meyer, Jr., that Captain Grant would give out any statement. "RED" BARRON CAFTAIN -v;.? > Atlanta ? pec. 1.?"Red" Barron was elected captain of the Georgia Tech football team for 1922 at a meeting ,oi the7 varsity ipen of the "'Golden Tornado" of the past year here today. 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