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MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1921
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-'<
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>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
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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.
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or the State as a whole, the average
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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.
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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
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Sons and Friend? of Institution Meet
December 6.
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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.
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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
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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. Barron has played half
(back since 1919. , J
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REDUCED RATES TO
GREENWOOD FRIDAY
p.-' > -1 ' ?;
Greenwood, Dec. 1?Social equip
ment will be put on and pecial rates
satisfactory to the public, will b?
granted by all railroads* entering
Greenwood on Foch day, Decembei
9, railroad officials of the ?>. A. L.
Southern, Piedmont and Northerr
and C. & W. C., meeting here todaj
with the local committee on transpor
tation, declared* The exact rates will
be announced tomorrow, the officials
stated, .but they assured the commit
tee that the rates would be so low
that they would be entirely satisfac
tory to the public.
T?artwooAnfofivflo r?-f fKa rQilrno/ia o4
i*vg" vttvii wo ui t vu vi v*iv iuuivnuo a i
the meeting today were: R. C. Cotner
and George M. Bishop of the South
ern, Fred Geissler and J. M. Elliott
of the S. A. L, Mr. ^Tuthill of the
P. & N., and Mr. Stites of the C. &
W. C
J
The local committee was assured
the public need have no fear of not
being properly handled by the rail
roads. Sufficient equipment will be
carried on that day to bring the
enormous crowds to Greenwood and
to carry them away, the railroad of
ficials stated. r
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