| t t ^ | J. '?' ? > ? 111?if ii i ' ' i * 111 IIIIIIII.I.II ? . - ? . ? 1 . f ; : ?'?r VOL. TWENTY-FIVE ' FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1935 NUMBER TWENTY-FOjUB | ? ' ...? A ^ | _ ... . r - - f _ ??_?? - ",,-fl - v" * Ethiopians Stage Raids Under Dutch Leadership Claim Success In Forays Into Italian Somaliland Led by Col Siwiank; Big Ethiopian Army Reported on March 9 Djbouti, French Somaliland, 5:50 p. m., Oct. 15.?(Delayed)?Two strong Ethiouian raiding parties swept into Italian Somaliland today and claimed marked success, while an African army of 100,000 worriors ad vanced toward the left flank of Italy's southern army. One of the raiding bands, made up of 4,000 tribesmen under the lead ership of Colonel Siwiank, Dutch man who participated in the Boer War, reported a penetration of 45 miles into Italy's colony. Col. Siwiank. claimed his forces captured the town of Lugh, after going over the frontier at the town of Dolo. Italians claimed to have taken Dolo 10 days ago. Lugh is strategically situated on an impor tant main road from the coast. An even larger band of Ethi opians were making its way over the frontier between Teolo and the Webbe Shibeli Riven They were said to have occupied Oddur, some 65 miles in the interior of Italian Somaliland. ? * ftAA (Oddur is rougwy sw miles, east of Dolo and about 140 miles northeast of Lugh.) Reports received here indicated that Somoli tribes, who have old grievances against the Italians, were flocking to the banners of the Ethiopian invaders. They were said to have been angered by re ports that Ethiopian non-combatants had been killed in Italian air raids. Observers said even a greater men ace to the Italian colony was the advance of 100,000 Ethiopians under Ras Desta against the left flank of Italy's Somaliland army, now ad vancing into Ethiopia and com manded by General Rodolfo Gra zianL 1 - % Colonel * Siwiank, -the leader of one of the raiding parties, is well known in Italian Somaliland, where,' he owns a huge estate and long has been an opponent of Italian rule. Ethiopians date. they have re taken wells at Udi, despite the fact they were defended by Italian tanks. Three tanks were disabled, it was claimed. PROVIDE COURSE OF STUDY FOR YOUTHS WHO WANT TO LEARN Depression times have left a large number of high school graduates among the persons who are flounder ing in a sea of economic uncertainty, according to Major Clarence Nutting, who interviews many applicants for the marine corps at his office in the New Poet Office Building, Savannah, Ga. ~ v Many of these young men are I ready for the battle of life, but they find the door of opportunity closed to them. Naturally they are puzzel ed by the turn of affairs in a chang ing world, which apparently have robbed them of a foothold on the lad der which leads to success, Major Nutting says. u. s. arine Corps, howeverT has provided a loophole for the am bitious young man who is not content ta mark time while the country is working its way out of the current depression. . 3* has established an educational system that is sure-fire for any worthwhile youth who is determined to go ahead, and which has proved itself to be as nearly perfect as hu man ingen unity can make it, Fortunately the system is so ar ranged that the basic education of the student, whether it be high school or college, leaving no limit to the heights which may be reached. It is . literally a school in which anyone may receive instruction with decided prpftt to himself. Starting about fifteen years ago as an experiment, the success of the Marine Corps Institute has been as tounding. Hundreds of Marines have j received diplomas in the arts, trades J or science . With its units scattered! all over the glpbe from Panama to Poping, the correspondence method) was adopted as the only practicable ! method. It has worked perfectly. ] v From the school at Wellington, di plomas often go to men who have! ?- TV"- pro*? I dob best educated militarv arr- I vlai in the world, and it is helping to solve many a young man's problem. Warn Americans To Stay Neutral Nye and Robinson Leav ing For Philippines, Point To "Foreign I Troubles" I ? Seattle, Oct. 17.?A plea for the United States to keep out of "for eign troubles" marked the departure today of a Congressional party for inauguration of the Philippine com monwelth's first president " Senators Gerald P. Nye, (R.-N. D.), and Joseph T. Robinson, (D. Ark.), by telegram and spoken word, urged that the United States stand firm against any entaglement with European nations. The big party, headed by Vice President John N. Garner, was given a noisy send off.. "Congratulations upon the spirit in which the neutrality policy laid down by Congress just before ad journment is being invoked in the face of pressure all must know to exist," Senator Nye wired Secre tary of State HulL "The protest of the New York board of trade and their like is to be expected and is only an evidence of a will of selfish men to win profit from the blood of nations, whatever that profit may call for in the way of a penalty upon all Americans," his message continued. At the hour-long reception on a flag-bedeckfed stand at the dock, Robinson, majority leader of the Senate, said the United States "shall remain free of any European or African war." Governor Clerence D. Martin and Mayor Charles L. Smith, welcomed the guests. The Sixth Engineers' band played. The dock and ship were decorated with flags from the nations boardering on the Pacific. Vice President and Mrs. Garner, center of much attention, were well bundled up against the chill wind and the light sprinkle of rain. Wives of most of the party wore flowers. PITT MEDICAL SOCIETY MET THURSDAY NIGHT, OCT. 10, IN GREENVILLE Dr. Ennett, health officer, in mak ing his regular monthly report to the Society on the health situation In Pitt County, referred particularly to the situation as regards tuberculosis. In part he said, "In Pitt County there has been practically no decrease in the white rate in the past three years and no decrease in the colored- rafl? for the past two years, while tEe rate in the State has shown a gradual decline. Of course, we must take in consideration that the ratio of Ne groes in Pitt County as compared with the whites is very much higher than when the State is considered as a whole, but this does net alter the fact that the number of tuberculosis deaths in the white population of Pitt County has not decreased any m the past three yeara I consider tins a serious situation. Tuberculosis is preventable, but it is not being pre vented in Pitt County." He then referred to tne iact tn&t Pitt County has no Anti-Tuberculosis Association, and suggested that such an association be organised, where upon Dr. Grady Dixon, Ayden, made a motion which was unanimously carried, that the Pitt County Medical Society not only endorse such an as sociation, but that the' president of the Society appoint & committee to assist Dr. Ennett, health officer, in its organization. . The President, Dr. James Morrill, I appointed* a committee consisting of Dr. M. T. Frizzelle, Ayden, Dr. Louis C. Skinner, Greenville .and Dr. E. B. Beasley, of Fountain. Dr. Ennett, states that, since the control of tuberculosis is ndt wholly or even chiefly a medical problem, but a social and economic problem as well, it is his idea that this anti tuberculosis association, tft be effec tive, must have not only the physi cians of Pitt County among its mem bers, but the influential lay men and. "women throughout Pitt County. lit ?other words, the association, while having the backing and support of reality, be a laymen's association. The committee will meet at an early date to select officers and set j rnmmmmmmmm?mmmm JnH? >1 UtlftB stA OX I ' . W-l ? WPAIs Alfoted {122,000 In Cash Jobs Now Assured For 10,000 In State; Third District Employs 950 Raleigh, Oct 17.?An additional cash allotment of $822,000 for 90 projects,, making a total of $3,040,000 for 282 WPA projects, was received yesterday by the North Carolina Works Progress Administration, the State office announced. The eight WPA district directors already have indicated their pref erence for projects in a multiple list accompanying the cash allot ment-and work on the projects will begin within a week, said State Administrator George M. Co an, Jr. In practically all instances, local funds will supplement the federal funds made available for projects. Projects for which cash allot ments from Washington have been received so far in North Carolina will provide jobs for nearly 10,000 persons among the 53,000 eligible unemployed in the State. To date, there are 4,600 persons on WPA pay rolls in North Caro lina. The remaining 5,400 will be employed within 10 days at tEe latest, the State administrator de clared yesterday^ Through yesterday, a total of 950 persons had been employed in WPA District No. 3, with headquarters here, is was announced by District Director Philip R. Whitley. Sometimes Best Not To Sell Weed Cards Tobacco growers are being warned not to sell any part of their allot ment cards without consulting their county agent. The agents will advise the growers whether it will be profitable for them to sell the unused part of their cards, said E. Y. Floyd, of State College. This year, growers who sell part of their allotment cards will not re ceive the adjustment payment. Whether a grower should sell de pends upon the amount he would re ceive as an adjustment payment, as compared with the total amount for which he can sell the unused part of his allotment card. Since the adjustment payments are based on the amount of tobacco sold, and the price received, Floyd ex plained, only a qualified authority can determine the amount of each grower's adjustment payment Consequently, Floyd said that no grower can afford to sell any part of his card without consulting his coun ty agent, and he should not sell any without selling all of the unused part _ . Sales of allotment cards must be made through the county agent to be legal, Floyd added, and the agents have been instructed not to sell any part of a card unless they can sell all that has not been used by the grower to whom it was issued. - - ? "" ' Christian Church In Walstonburg to Be Dedicated Sunday Realizing the inestimable value of a church to a community, the zealous and faithful membership of the Wal stonburg Christian Church, assisted by friends, have, since the destruction of their old church by fire two years ago, labored and hoped and prayed without ceasing for the day when a new building, spacious and churchly, might occupy the site of the former frame building, and be dedicated to the service of God. This dream has become a reality and the splendid new edifice, in whicfy is' contained six class rooms and a large auditorium, stands ready for the dedicatory service, which will take place on Sunday, October 20th, fet 1:00 o'clock in tbe afternoon. Rev. C. B. Mashburn, pastor of the local Christian Church, has served as II the sheperd of this flock during the time it has been without a shelter of its own, and has led in the building campaign, giving much of his time [|?td bending his efforts towards the I project, which has coet in the neigh-1 borhood of $6,000.00. The service" on Sgjday will end Rev. Mr. Mashburn's pastorship, as Rev. Timothy W. Bowen, former pas tor of Central Church, Augusta, Ga., is expected to arrive soon to take I ch&nrB of tbis pastorate. The church membership of Wal stonburg comprises a large majority of its citizens, who axe actively en gaged in: developing the community along tiie lines of Christian thinking and living. lespedssa hay in several seas^ris, Pitt Co. Profits By Liquor Stores Figures given out today by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, taken from the monthly report of I operation for the period ending Sep- j tember SO, 1085, as prepared by the! County Auditor's Office, show a netl profit of $12,307.37, or a percentage! of 23.75. The net profit for the various! stores was?' Greenville Store $7,043.681 Farmville Store 3,589.231 Ayden Store 1,163.54 J Fountain Store 347.95 [ Bethel Store 162.97 which together with discounts earn-J ed, amounting to $148.26, make up! the total as shown. During the fifty-five days since the! [first stores were opened the net sales! were $51,807.97, deducting cost of! merchandise amounting to $33,225.-1 98, leaves a gross profit of $18,581.991 or a percentage of 35,86. Expenses! for the period amounted to $6,422.88.1 This covers a large item of freight, and in addition, salaries, insurance! and bonding, fixtures, administrative expense, and State and Federal li censes feea A total of $1,875.37 has been paid to the State and Federal Government to cover sales tax and license feea, of which $1,554.23 was for sales tax. The total number of! bottles sold since the opening was 62,799, at an average of 82% c per bottle. * i MAURY NEWS (By MISS MATTIE LEE SUGU) I PERSONALS ] Miss Mayona Mayo spent the week i end with her brother in Durham. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Hardy spent the 1 past week end in Richmond, Va. ' Mr. and Mrs. Noah Hardy of Wil son spent Sunday at the home of C. L. Hardy. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hardy and two children spent Sunday in Ayden with relatives. Mrs. L. A. Moye and daughter, Jeane, spent last Thursday in Green ville. Mrs. Pauline Hardy spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Creech in Wilson. Migs Mary Etta Sugg who is at- ; tending "Peace" in Raleigh, spent ? the week end at home. 1 Miss Elna Sugg and a number of ! the teachers attended the Fairin ; Raleigh Friday, (today.) Mrs. Herbert Sugg and daughter, ( Elna, attended the show in Farmville 1 last Thursday night I Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Williford and ] son, R; E. Jr., spent the week end i visiting friends in Fayetteville. < Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sugg and < daughter, Mattie Lee, are attending ? the Fair in Raleigh today (Friday.) ] Mrs. Hardy Albritton and daught er, Esther Lou, and Mrs. M. H. Tuck- ' er visited friends in Wilson Wednes- ' day. < Mrs. L. A. Hardy and Misses Mary 1 Alice Bullock and Hazel Ruth Turn- ? age were shoppers in Goldsboro on 1 Monday. : Mrs. Bill Sugg and little daughter ] Betty Reese, spent last week end ? with her parents, Mr. ? and Mrs. W. ' J. Turnage in Greenville. s Everybody in Maury plans to at- j tend the Majestic Range Demonstra- 1 tion next weeek at the Farmville ] Furniture Co. See Farmville Furniture Co.'s adv. ^ elsewhere in this issue concerning the i Majestic Range Demonstration and i Free set of Cooking ware. , , Mr. Harmon Hardy, Mrs. Hardy \ Albritton and daughter, Esther Lou and Misses Virginia White, Rose _? Pipkin, and Miss Johnson attended , the show in Goldsboro Monday after? j noon. ^ , The following teachers spent the j week end at their homes; Missea Vir- 1 ginia White, Martha Moseley, Miriam Mullins, Adele Cobb, Mary Alice Bol lock, Hazel Ruth Turnage and Eloise Jackson. ' , . ? ? ' ?injured in mot&r accident "v J While motoring to the State Fair ?Wednesday on a holiday trip, which ' had scarcely begun, the distance < traveled being only eight miles from their home near Farmvilie, several ' members of the H. B. Williams fami- ? ly were injured in an accident oc- i earring as Mrs. Fred Williams, driv- i er of the car, reportedly lost control 0f the machine in rmxtHng- a truck, running off the paved highway. : Mpt H. B. William* is . said to have suffered spine injuries, the ex- I tent of which have not been determin ed at a Greenville hospital where she was carried for treatments but have resulted in a paralytic condition. The arm of her daughter, Miss Edna, was broken and minor injuries were sua N. C. Seal Sale '?S" ?? - - ? ' Conferences Held Conferences Held In Connection With An nual Christmas Seal Sale Campaign Dr. Phillip P. Jacob?, of the Na tional Tuberculosis Association staff, and editor of the Journal of Outdoor Life, held three Tuberculosis Insti tutes and Seal Sale Conferences in North Carolina last week. The first conference was held in Durham at the Washington DuSe Hotel Tuesday, October 8, at 3:00 p. m. The second was held Wednesday, October 9, at the King Cotton Hotel, Greensboro, and the third on Thurs day, October 10, at Hotel Charlotte, Charlotte. ?' These Institutes and Seal Sale Conferences were held in connection with the annual Tuberculosis Christ mas Seal Sale campaign, which be gins each year on the day after Thanksgiving, the day this year be ing November 29. Dr. Ennett, county health officer, Seal Sale Chairman for Pitt County, Miss Edna McKea, county health nurse, Mrs. Ray Tyson, Mrs. R. L. Powell, of Greenville; Miss Daisy Leo Carson, Bethel; Mrs. J. D. licLaw horn, of Winterville; Miss Tabitha M. DeVisconti, Chairman Seal Sale in Farmville, and Mrs. D. R. Morgan, attended the Durham meeting. According to Dr. Ennett, Pitt Coun ty will be organized this year as a Bingle unit He states that as early as possible, he will visit the various towns in the county and assist the local chairmen in organizing. He says that the tuberculosis problem in Pitt County is of such a serious na ture that it becomes the problem of every citizen, both white and black. 'Mfnilure Assembly' For Methodist Young People A series of "Miniture Assembles" are being held within the several Districts of the North Carolina Con ference daring the early Fall. These are designed to take the place of the Regular Conference Young People's Summer Assembly at Louisburg, which was cancelled due to the epi demic of infantile paralysis during the Summer. The "Miniture Assem bly" for the young people of the 87 local divisions within the Rocky Mount District will be held at First Church, Rocky Mount, Saturday, October 26. The meeting will con vene at 10 a. m., and adjourn at 3 [>. m, Among other important matters to be before the group on this occasion will be the election of Conference officers for the new year. The amount of the District Pledge to the yroung people's Mission Special will also be determined. Mrs. Earl W, Brian, Conference Director, reports that $2,800.00 was contributed by the young people throughout the confer ence last year. One of the high lights in the ap proaching meeting will be a discus sion of the coming Memphis Con ference to be-held in December. This is a church-wide meeting at which! 5,000 young people throughout the M. E. Church, Souti^ will gather. Rev. E. C. Few, pastor of Edenton Street Methodist Church, Raleigh, will ? address the gathering on this subject. ; The "Miniture Assembly" for the ] Rocky .Mount District will be the nost important and enjoyable meet ing for the young people during the fear, reports Rev. W. C. Wilson, of Norlma, Director of Young People's Work for the past several years. . ? ? OPEN GREENVILLE FAIR NEXT MONDAY NIGHT ? I ** ML ?' i Greenville, Oct. 16.?The Greater Greenville Pair will open for the 1936 season on Monday evening ati 6 o'clock and will be brought to a :lose on Saturday night, October 26. "Monday right will be known as "Get Acquainted Night." Tuesday will be known as "School Day." Wed nesday night will feature the Mam* nfoth tobacco pageant, "The Smoke Flower Girl." This pageant will portray the history of tobacco and Is being sponsored by tobacco com panies. Over 600 local people will j take' jli Horse racing will be the feature of Thursday's and Friday's enter tainment,. and Saturday automobile races sanctioned by the AAA will be the chief feature. :;?? The fair this year will^ be under Tobacco Boosted j To Season's High Average for Flue-Cured Belt Now $19.80, Which Is Estimated Parity I Washington, Oct 16. ? Tobacco! prices made public today by the! AAA showed that an average of | $2410 last week on the eastern! North Carolina belt raised the aver-l age price for the season to date J I above 20 cents for the first time. I The average to date for the entire J j flue-cured area is 19.80 cents, ex-l actly the estimated parity. The average on the South Caro lina belt, which includes the North (Carolina border markets is 19.971 (cents to date, with practically ell J I markets now closed. The eastern North Carolina belt! has sold 164,317,564 pounds to date J for an average of 20,03 cents. Of- J ferings last week totaled 20,099.651 pounds, and the high average, which I was 2.15 cents better than the pree-l ceding week, carried the season aver- J age to date up more than half a j cent, the average to October 5 hav-l I ing been only 19.46 cents. Total sales to date on the South! Carolina belt have been 150,461,317 pounds with only 2,740,352 pounds sold last week, when the average I paid was only 17.90 cents. In the middle belt last week, sales totaled 8,289.791 pounds at an aver-1 age of 21:77 cents, bringing the aver age for the season to date to 19.97 J cents for a total of 26,803,527 pounds, j I ' Old-belt sales last week totaled 11,308,669 pounds at an average of 20.80 cents, bringing the average to date to 18.84 cents. Total sales to date in the entire flue-cured area have been 436,494,0001 pounds at an average price of 19.80 cents. J. B. MURPHREY DIES SUDDENLY Funeral services for J. B. Mur phrey, 61, a Marlboro merchant, who died suddenly Monday afternoon, ?were held from the home of his sis ter-in-law, Mrs. Martha Jones, Tues day afternoon at 4:00, with Rev. C. B. Mashburn, Christian minister, in charge. Mr. Murphrey was stricken in a woods near his store while look ing after some cattle late Monday. A boy, who accompanied him, re ported his collapse but efforts to revive him failed. Interment was made in Forest Hill cemetery. He is survived by two daughters, , Miss Elizabeth, teacher in the James- i town school, and Miss Catherine Mur- < phrey, and a son, Thomas Murphrey, ; all of FarmviHe; four sisters, Mrs. Mollie Pippin, Mrs. Matt Bynum, Miss Fannie Murphrey, of Greene county, Mrs. W. B. Carraway, Farm- 1 ville; and three brothers, R. D., E. 0., and R. Q. Murphrey.; Active pall bearers were; Joe, ? Chester, Harry Lee, and Preston ? Murphrey, Ralph and Jalma Bynum. Honorary; Arthur Jones, Durward Loyce Murphrey, George Blount, Ar thur Gay, R. T. Norville, Richard and Ruppen Pippin, W. A. McAdams, J. Wheless, Ben Thomas, and T. C. Hodges. Obstetric Institute Will Begin On ; Monday, Oct. 21 ?1 Dr. G. M. Cooper, Director of the i Division of Preventive Medicine, of ; the North Carolina State Board of ; Health, was in Greenville Tuesday, October 16, confering with members ' of the Pitt County Medical Society and the local health department in i the matter of making final arrange- : ments for the Postgraduate Obstetric Institute made possible through the U. S. Children's Bureau. The Institute will begin Monday afternoon, October 21, at 2:00 o'clock, and continue for one week. This Institute will be conducted by Dr. J. R. McCord, Professor of .Ob stetrics at Emory University at At lanta, Ga., and a cordial invitation has been extended to all physicians in eastern Carolina. The medical profession of J*itt county is much pleased that Green ville was selected as one o t the sev eral points in the State for the Post graduate Obstetric Institute. This Institute is just one of the efforts being made by the State Health De partment to reduce the very high- in- ' font and material death rate in North Farmville Leads Belt ? ,-;T '? a 5 'T ' ' ;tTrT, '; ; jK/f/ * ? T In September Averages : New Record Made On Monday; Leaf Prices Average $26.40; Eigh teen Million Mark Reached Here North Carolina tobacco growers received through September a total of $40,828,932.61 for 209,619,582 pounds of flue-cured tobacco sold at an average price of 19.47 cents a pound, figures announced yesterday by the Federal-State Crop Reporting Service show. The average price, nearly nine cents a pound under the average at the same time last year, was hang ing close under the parity price as calculated at present by the Agri cultural Adjustment Administration. Prices shown in the report did not reflect the slowly increasing mice of the leaf on State markets during the first days of October, the re port being only for the month of September. Farmville Leads Highest average prices in the New Bright Belt were paid at Farmville in September, where 9,995,532 pounds sold at an average of 19.95 cents, Wilson's 23,292,537 pounds sales in September holding for it the sales lead it established in August, while Greenville's sales of 19,723,466 kept it in second place. Producers sold 107,335,352 pounds of tobacco in this belt at an average price of 18.92 cents a pound was reached, falling a quarter of a cent under the figure for August, the opening month, and close to nine cents under the September figure for 11934., For September, the service report ed a total of 157,512,760 pounds of tobacco sold at an average price of 13.88 cents a pound in all the mar kets in the State. The total sales for the period from market openings until October 1 was calculated to represent 39 per cent of the year's indicated harvest in North Caro lina. The Old Bright Belt markets sold only 15,534,214 pounds ^of tobdfcco at an average level of 18.14 cents. Only one market in this belt was opened during August and that one, Wen dell, established an average of 19.69 cents a pound. ; - The South Carolina Belt markets sold 34,643,193 pounds of tobacco at an average of 19.09 cents, the highest belt average, but represjntirg a drop of three and one-third cents from the August level and approxi mately three cents from the 193"4 level. New Bright Belt Producers 1935 1 Sales Av. Ahoskie 1,653,726 $18.68 FARMVILLE 9,995,532 1935 Goldsboro 2,934,728 18.27 Greenville 19,723,466 19.26 Kinston 16,887,935 18.16 Robersonville 3,159,966 19.09 Rocky Mount 17,645,824 19.21 Smithfield 4,251,469 17.76 Tarboro 2,180,168 19.08 Wallace 768,396 " 15.94 Washington 1,858,970 17.23 WiHiamston 2,982,635 18.21 Wilson 23,292^537 19.15 Totals ! 107,292,352 $18.92 Record Sale Here . The upward trend in prices, noted for the past two weeks, was continu ed here as the the beginning of the present week, the 8th of the current season, was ushered in Monday with a million pound break on the ware house floors. The greatest number of pounds sold in one day in the entire history of the market was recorded on Mon ay, two houses selling 675,938 pounds for $178,450.38, at an average of $26.40. The block was cleared on Tuesday with more than a half mil lion pounds being sold. A lighter sale was experienced on Wednesday and 300,000 pounds is the estimate for -today's (Thursday) sale, with prices reported as ranging ercssa the saane level as the past two days. Season's sales are officially report ed as 18,167,266 pounds, for Whidh farmers have received $3,846,946.06, at an average of $21.18 per hundred. Sales a year ago, for the same period of the 38 days, aggregated 14,615, 784 pounds, which brought $4,424, 579.34, for an average of $30.27. IN APPRECIATION - '-.v*... ^ , > *''. ? I wish to extend my deep appre ciation to the many friends for their kindness and sympathy during the - illness and death of my husband. lira. Bert Hardy. Just when you think you can make both ends meet, somebody moves the end. ? A good grade of cotton is expected ? ?