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Late News
THE markets
(otti'i* '-t base ..
, „ Cotton Seed, ton-#900 j
'4d in ten tons Ms. Ha]
Fair Thursday
T(,3w North Carolina Weather
„ n’.r't lair tonight and Thursday.!
u,.|, change in temperature. j
Renewed Hope
For Cermak
r>, t SITED PRESS
Miami, Fla.. 'tar. l.-Renewed
(ji for Mayor ( ermak's recovery
,ul< ..cprisvd today by doctors be
steady improvement dur
'n£ thc past 36 hours, lie slept good
.phoiit opiates last night and ate
„on< e» of fluid today.
Death for German
Treason
B, EXITED PRESS
Berlin, Mar. 1.—President Hin
d.nburg today Issued a decree Im
posing death for betrayal of the
German people or high treason, in
cluding the dtscrosaT of military sec
rets (1f the distorting of facts which
.otild he injurious to the country.
Cleveland Given
$16,000 More For
Relief Of Needy
County Gets *8.000 For March And
Sg,0(M) For April. Runs Near
-r $50,000.
Cleveland county allotments of
relief funds for March and
AprII, announced this week from
Raleigh, will be $8,000 for March
and $8,000 for April.
Th<\-e two additional allotments
trill bring the total alloted to Cleve
land county to around $46,000 for
she period front last November un
til May 1.
Guilford will get $60,000 for
March and April while Mecklenburg j
nit given $60 for March and $55,000
for April,
A total of *1,071,000 was allotted
by the state for March and $947,
000 for April. This amounted to $2,
018,000,. with $20,000 of the loan of
52,038.000 granted the state by the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion Saturday being withheld to
meet administrative expenses and
am emergency which might arise.
North Carolina has been-granted
$5,074,000 by the Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation for relief work
since last fall.
The allotments by counties in this
this section, with the March funds
listed first and those, for April fol
lowing, were:
Alexander, $3,000 and $3,00;
Burke, $8,000 and $8,000; Caldwell,
55,TO anti $5,000; Catawba $10,000.
:md $12,500; Iredell $15,000 and $15,
000; Lincoln. $3,500 and $3,500;
Rutherford. $6,000 and $6,000.
LeGrand Head Of
B. & L.; Officers
Elected At Meet
Shelby \nd Cleveland County As
wialum Names Four New
Directors.
;ne meeting of .stockholders of
the Stieiby and Cleveland County
Building and Loan Association held
ti Shelby yesterday R. T. LeGrand,
'heiijy manufacturer, was re-elect
«i pos dent and four new directors
added to the board.
O'her ofiicers elected in addition
! J Mr- LeGrand were L. S. Hamrick,
president; and .John P. Mull,
secretary and treasurer.
Lie lour new directors elected
ea-1 R? WPbb, -TMaS -Wash
„'rn Lowery Austell and Chas.
J Gther directors are Messrs.
^Grand and Hamrick, J. P. Mull,
B H -mnck, W. C Whisnant, L.
L. Arrynyood and J. S McKnight, _
u‘c association during the past
r,'(i $99,000 in loans.
^eKrro Bound Over
For Auto Larceny
I"1' shelby Auto Saturday Night
'lid Wrecked It On
Sunday.
b,*1: Co‘ln:y recorder’s court this
bo .rj1’ F’ Mouroe, colored, was
„®ver to Superior court under
’ !x'n!' on the. charge of steal’
'^ar‘ 'homobile.
t;lden« revealed that Mon
*15 a”eged
0t p v;& have stolen the car
Hudson last Saturday
'Sheiby. Sunday evening be
41.5* car whUe t^ng tc
ti0n ,lte a curve in the Earl sec
"as r -I* ' de*ense iu court today
:'r,ile -*w so drunk at the
if! n°t realize what he was
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VOL. XXXIX, No. 26
SHELBY, N.
!. WEDNESD’Y, MAR. 1. 1933
(Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons)
ti> (dm UVt rein. tf« inv«nt«i #4 nj
• ’arrtor off ^rm *i lovinwi $J (■*'
Washburn Enters
Race For Board
In Fourth Ward
Is Ward Vacated By
Z. J. Thompson
—
No Candidate Announced As Yet
From Ward Two. Little
Interest.
Only one new candidate entered
the field today for the Shelby mun
icipal election in May.
This morning George D. Wash
burn, well known young business
man, announced that he would be
a candidate for alderman from ward
four. That is the ward represented
on the present city council by Z. J.
Thompson, who is an announced
candidate for mayor. With Mr.
Thompson not seeking reelection
due to his race for mayor Mr.
Washburn is the only candidate an
nounced from that ward.
Three other candidates for aider
men have announced. D. Huss Cline :
and P. M. Washburn in ward one.
and J, P. Austell in ward three. The
latter ward is represented on the j
present board by John Schenck, Jr..
who has announced that he will
not be a candidate for reelection.
Nothing new has developed in the
mayor's race, and so far the other
discussed candidates have left the
field to the two announced candi
dates, Mayor S. A. McMurry and Z.
J. Thompson.
Jno. Crawford
Died Last Night
Prominent Farmer Of Lower Cleve
land Succumbs To Pneumonia.
Funeral Thursday.
John T. Crawford, prominent
farmer of lower Cleveland, living
southwest of Earl, died last night
at 9:50 o'clock, following a five day
illness with pneumonia. Having
been sick, such a short time, his
death was quite a shock to his host
of friends.
Mr. Crawford was born in the
Bethlehem section nearly 70 years
ago. He was married to Miss Adelia
Wylie and was a faithful member
of Buffalo Baptist church in Cher
okee county. Mr. Crawford was
gentle, kind and sympathetic. He
was ambitious for his family and
community and an up-standing
Christian gentleman, esteemed by
all who knew him.
Surviving are his wife and five
children: R. R. Crawford of this
county, Rev. C. E. Crawford of
Bunn, this state, Vernon, and De
witt Crawford and Mrs. Porter
Champion of this county.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
at New Hope Baptist church by
Rev. J. L. Jenkins, pastor and in
terment will be in the cemetery at
that place,
Reynolds Manager
Is Loan Inspector
J. Boyce Dellinger Given Position
With Crop Loan Service
Division.
J. Boyce Dellinger, young Shelby
business man, left Shelby yesterday
for Statesville and later for North
Wilkesboro where he will be an in
spector with the federal crop loan
department.
Mr. Dellinger was the Cleveland
county campaign manager for Sen
ator Robert R. Reynolds in the two
primaries.Jast ^year,. —.: - 1
Bob Reynolds Sta
Appointments; N
Declares Politicians Not for Him But
Want Public Jobs
Anyway.
Washington, Mar. l.—Published
reports of a threatened "open re
volt” against Senator Robert R.
Reynolds because of his endorse
ment of two Asheville men for Un
ited States attorney and United
States marshal in the western dis
trict of North Carolina this week
brought from the senator a declar
ation that he is prepared to stand
by his first two important patronage
recommendations.
Senator Reynolds, it develops, has
met a cross fire of criticism for his
recent announcement that he had
decided to recommend Marcus Rr
win and McKee Cooper, both of
Asheville, for the two key federal
positions in the western district .dis
trict attorney and marshal, respec
tively. In view nf fhe importance of
Cabinet* Bride from Cuba
A photographic reproduction from a painting of the former Senora
Nieves Perez Chaumont de Truffin, widow of a Cuban banker, who became
the bride of Senator Thomas J. Walsh (inset) of Montana, recently
appointed to be Attorney General in the cabinet of President-elect Roose
velt. Their marriage in the United States Embassy at Havana climaxed
a romance that began with a meeting in New York three years ago.
United States Ambassador Harry F. Guggenheim acted as witness for
Senator Walsh.
County Cage Tourney In Second
Round Tonight; Two Contests On
Polkville, Shelby. Belwood Survive
First Round. Favorites
Tonight.
Tonight’s Schedule.
Two games, beginning at 7:30:
Piedmont vs. Grover; Waco vs.
I.attlmore.
(Other Sports Page 8.)
The second round of the Cleve
land county high school cage tour
nament will be played tonight in
the Shelby high gymnasium with
two games booked.
Meeting in the two clashes to
night will be the Piedmont and
Grover teams and the Waco and
Lattimore quints.
Three games have been played so
far with Polkville, Shelby and Bel
wood defeating No.3, Mooresboro
and Fallston.
Tonight's play will be featured by
the first tourney game of the Lat
timore team, a favorite to win the
title.
Tomorrow, Thursday, night Polk
ville and Shelby, two strong con
tenders, will clash in the opening
game. In the second game Belwood
will meet Casar.
j Friday nighU the winners of to
I night’s games will play the two
j winners of the Thursday night
' games. Saturday night the two un
t defeated teams will play for the title
■ and the two runners-up will clash
I for the consolation prize.
Japs Smash Second
Line Jehol Defense
U. P. Bulletins
Frankfort, Ky., Mar. 1.—A four
day bank moratorium was declared
today by Gov. Ruby Laffoon to
prevent withdrawal of funds from
Kentucky banks while Ohio bank
deposits are not withdrawable.
Nashville. Tenn., Mar. 1.—Gov.
Hill McAllister today declared a
five-day bank holiday in Tennessee
but it is not mandatory. A number
of banks in Johnson City, Chatta
nooga and elsewhere are not clos
ing.
Charlotte, Mar. 1.—Mrs. Ruth
Peterman, indicted by the Mecklen
burg county grand jury yesterday
morning on a charge of having
killed her husband, R. L. Peterman,
vice president of Southern Public
Utilities Co., whose body was found
lying on a stairway landing of
their home on the night of Feb. 11
probably will go on trial in superior
court at the special term which
opens on April 18.
nds Pat About
ot For‘Ring’Men
Charlotte and other cities of the
district, some of his critics have
voiced the complaint that both of
the jobs should not go to Asheville i
the senator’s home town.
Statement Issued.
Defending Senator Reynolds
against the attacks, his office today
gave out the following statement of
the situation revolving around the
two recommendations
“The chief complaint seems to be
that neither Erwin nor Cooper has
any ’political record’. It was pub
lished that a number of Asheville
politicians have been touring west
ern counties stirring up resentment
against the Reynolds' recommenda
tions on this ground. This party is
quoted in press dispatches as de
claring that Cooper ‘has no stand
ing in party circles. „,
"Senator Reynolds has taken the
position that anybody who had
: CONTINUE* ON PAOX MOB'I
Fourth Day's Drive Pushes Chinese
Back. Believe Jehol Capital
To Fall.
By UNITED PRESS
Jehol, China, Mar. 1.—The
Japanese today rolled over the
Chinese second line defense, de
molishing the first line defense
over a 250-mile front rrom Kailu
to Chaoyang In the fourth day’s
drive.
Take Two Cities
Taipingfang and Lintung were
dominated by Japanese forces head
ed for Chengtehfu, capital of Jehol
province, the downfall of ■which is
predicted within week.
Unconfirmed reports are that
Governor Tang Yulung has surren
dered and is now awaiting negotia
tions for peace.
Hoey Contest On
Here Friday Eve
County High School Oratorical
Contest Has Six
- Entrants.
Six Cleveland county high school
boys will compete in Shelby Friday
night of this week for the Clyde R.
Hoey oratorical medal.
Tiie annual contest will be held
in the Central high school auditor
ium and six judges, one from
each school having an entrant will
decide the winner.
The entrants are: Vaughn Whit
aker, Mooresboro; Boyd Matheson,
Casar; O. T. Hayes, Kings Moun
tain; Charles Goforth, Waco; Har
old Bettis, Shelby; Evans Allen,
No. 3.
WEBB LEASES THEATRE
Gastonia, Mar. I.—William Conn
of Charlotte announced here this
week that he had completed nego
tiations for a lease on the Webb
theatre, Gastonia’s newest motion
picture establishment, and would
assume personal management of the
theatre Wednesday.
The theatre was built several
years ago by J. E, Webb, who also
operates picture shows in Shelby
and Kings Mountain, and who has
managed the theatre here since its
completion 'V..
| Fee Changed For
Capturing Still;
Osborne Is Clerk
County Board Name*
Auditing Firm
Commissioners Re-Appoint Deputy
Clerk. Reduce Still Capture
Cost.
Hereafter deputies or other offic
ers In Cleveland county who cap
ture a whiskey distillery and opera
ator and convict the operator will
receive total fees of $20 Instead of
$30, and no bonus or fee at all will
be paid for the capture of a still
without the operatoi and his con
viction.
At a special session of the coun
ty commissioners this week a reso
lution was adopted whereby $10 will
be paid for each person caught at a
distillery and convicted in court of
operating. This bonus will not in
clude another $10 which will go to
| the officer for the capture of the
j distillery itself, provided that the
operator is convicted. Which is to
! .say that $10 will not be paid an of
ficer for the capture of a distillery
without any, conviction.
Clerk Appointed .
William Osborne, who has served
as deputy clerk of Superior and re
corder's court for a year or so since
Chas. Woodson resigned, was re
appointed at the same meeting of
the board for a term of one year, or
until Feb. 1, 1932. His salary was
designated at $85 per month.
The Geo. Domard & Company
auditing form was awarded the con
tract for the annual county audit,
the contract for specifications, etc,,
to be signed by the chairman.
No Road Building.
A petition w'as presented to the
board, signed by citizens of Town
ships No. 10 and 11, requesting the
construction of a road. W. A. Broad
way, local representative of the
State Highway commission, which
now conducts the entire road sys
tem, was called in so that the board
might explain through him that
the economy program adopted by
the legislature now in session had
forbid any road construction at all
in the State for a,period of two
years.
Jersey Club Will
Be Here March 8
Staff Organization Of Cattle Men
To Hold Session In
Shelby.
The North Carolina Jersey Cattle
club will hold Its annual spring
meeting here at the Hotel Charles
on March 8, Vernon D. Niven ol
Charlotte, has announced. Mr. Niv
en Is manager of the modern Ar
rowwood dairy farm on the York
road in Mecklenburg county. He
states that the meeting here will
begin promptly at 10 o’clock In the
morning and last throughout the
day. A number of educators In the
dairy field will attend as well as
prominent Jersey breeders through
out the State.
Try Answering
These
■. i
Can you answer 14 of these test
questions. Turn to page six for the
answers.
1. Where is the Levant?
2. Who wrote “The Courtship ol
Miles Standish?’”
3. What nationality was Henrik
Hudson, commander of the “Halt
Moon?”
A '^Where did denerai C .8. Grant
die?
5. What and where' Is Cook In
let? -
6. What is a levee?
7. Who wrote “Owen Meredith?"
8. Who was George Yeardley?
9. Who was the first American
Cardinal of the Roman Catholic
church?
10. What are Cook’s Tours?
11. Who wrote “The Three Mus
keteers?”
12. Where did the “Mayflower"
come to anchor after her voyage
across the Atlantic?
13. Where is the body of Abraham
Lincoln buried?
14. In what city did the Haymar
ket riots occur?
15. Who was Louisa M. Alcott?
16. Who wrote “Looking Back
ward?"
17. Who was Vice-president in the
administration of Benjamin Harri
son?
18. In what year did the 18th
(Prohibition) Amendment go into
effect?
19. Does the U. S own the Pana
ma Canal Zone?
20. What animal is symbolic of
Siam?
Sales Tax Would Cost Cleveland
More Than Double Present Tax
To Summon Jurors
By Mail And Save
Cost Of Deputies
Postal Card With Reply Card At
tached To Be Tried By C'onn
ty Board.
Cleveland county will this
month Inaugurate a new meth
od of summoning court Jurors
—at least a new method in this
section.
Heretofore jurors have been noti
fied by personal service through
deputies. Hereafter, by the new
plan adopted by county commis
sioners, jurors for superior court
terms will be notified by mail.
Double Card
The plan adopted Is the doubt
or attached postal card. The card
are printed with a line left blank
for the name of the Juror selected
The reply card is also printed and
addressed for return to the sheriff
Each card bears a one-cent stamp
and upon receipt of the card the
Juror Is supposed to detach the re
turn card and send It back to the
sheriff so that It may be known
that he Is notified and will attend
the term. Of course if the recipient
of the card does not send back the
return card It will be necessary then
to notify him by personal service
through a deputy.
If all jurors who are selected fill
hi the notification cards and return
them, a saving of around $17 per
court term will be effected Jurors
average 36 for each court term.
Deputies are paid 60 cents per jur
or for summoning service, that be
ing a cost of $18 per Jury. The ap
proximate cost of notification per
Juror by the card system Is two and
two-third cents, or 96 cents for 36
jurors
Cicero Nabbed In
Court House With
Load ‘Mule’ Aboard
Veteran Offender Get* "Oiled”
While Still Serving One
Sentence.
Cicero Ponvpey, colored imbiber
of "mule,” the booze substitute many
of the colored drinkers use, drank
himself Into another court sentence
while still serving one.
On February 3, less than a month
ago, officers nabbed Cicero while
on one of his "mule” rides and in
county court he was sentenced to
30 days. Some days ago he was
brought from the Jail by order of
the county board and put to work
around the court house, cleaning up
and doing this and that. Yesterday
Cicero sauntered through the court
house lobby, but his saunter look
ed more like a stagger to officers
and they took him in tow. In coun
ty court today Judge Joe Wright
tacked another 80-day sentence on
Cicero with the provision that he
go to the rockpile this time. The
few remaining days of his 30-day
sentence will be stricken out for
“good behavior,” it is understood, so
that he may get started right away
upon the 60-day term where there
will be no chance of getting his
"mule” while serving time.
A couple other colored fellows
were nabbed at the same time on
a drinking charge. And their
names—believe it or not—Were
James Black and £en White.
Jehol Governor
-w., - , . fc-', k, -a
! Declaring that he will light to th<
! tioath any attempt on the part, ol
Japan to annex hi# province. Tan"
! Yu-Lin (above), Governor of Jehol
| the scene of the latest Jap drive In
! Northern China, has appealed for
' national unity against the common
enemy. One of the Japanese aim;
la to oust Tang ami place Genera!
j Chang Hai-Peng of Manchukuo in
control of Jehol.
Warns Of Single
Money Crop Idea
In North Carolina
Governor A*i*rrt» Greatest Need Is
"To Get More And More Away"
From One Money Crop.
Raleigh, Mar. l.-To Governor J
C. B. Ehringhaua, iura! North Car
olina's greatest need is ‘‘to get
more and more away from the sin
gle money crop idea.”
80 he expressed himself In an ar
tide for the North Carolina Cotton
Growers Co-operative association’s
sixth annual essay booklet, which
contains views of 51 leading North
Carolinians on “Rural North Caro
lina's Greatest, Need,” subject of the
contest.
“I am of course,” said Governor
Ehrlnghaus, “interested in anything
which will help to provide a real
market for one of our principal
crops.
“I may say, however, that, X am
Impressed with the Idea that rural
North Carolina’s greatest need is to
get more and more away from the
single money crop idea, to encour
age and keep going the live-at
home movement, to take advantage
of every opportunity to give Impetus
to the livestock and poultry in
crease movement as suggested in my
Inaugural, and to bend Its energies
towards the finding of some prac
tical way of voluntary application
of the principles of co-operation to
the problems of production."
Kiwanis Member* To
Visit Rutherfordton
Members of the Kiwanis club will
go on Thursday of this week to
Rutherfordton where a Joint meet
ing will be held with the Ruther
fordton, Hendersonville and Shelby
clubs. The meeting will be at the
Isothermal Hotx in that city. Lo
cal members have the privilege of
inviting their wives to go with
them.
Public Health Of Nation Improved
By Depression And A Simpler Life
Era Of Fads And Foibles In Eating
Undermined Health, Says
General Camming.
(By UNITED PRESS)
Washington, Mar. 1.—Surgeon
General Hugfc S. Cumming, chief of
the U. S. Public Health Service,
himself a disciple of the '‘simple
life," believes that the present high
standard of health In the United
States is in some degre a reflec
tion of the simpler living that has
followed the “depression.’’
“The hey-day of prosperity,"
Surgeon General Cumming said,
“was an era of fads and foibles in
eating as well as in spending. While
many were indulging in rich and
unaccustomed foods, others—tv om
en especially—-were following vari
ous diet cults designed to produce
slender, curveless bodies in keeping
perhaps with fashion, but not wtt-Ji
| actual good form.
“Today there undoubtedly is a
swing back toward the simple diet
on the part of the former and a
lessened following of food faddism
by the latter. Perhaps a bit more
exercise in the home has elimin
ated the need for so much dieting
by women
"The result is a greater depend
ence for food on the plain, whole
some staples that provide the best
foundation for the all-around diet
— bread, milk, potatoes, vegetables.
On these as a base an economical
yet wholesome and nourishing die
tary can best be developed.
General Cumming practices what
he preaches and Is himself a fine
example of what the simple diet
will produce in physique and fig
ure. The only staff on which he
leans is the "staff of life" and he
still murmurs his boyhood fondness
for br^ad and butter. ;
v ■ • ■ ’
Production Tax To
Cost More
County Now Pays State Only $67,
ow. Sales Tax Would Take
$176,006 Away,
Fithcr the propuoed .sales tax or
(he production »nx being; considered
bv the North Carolina legislaturo
would cost taxpayers of Cleveland
county from two and one-half to
three times as much .State tax as
the county now pays.
These facts were revealed by H
•study of the comparative figures
■••twits public in Raleigh by Senator
Hayden Clement, of Rowan county,
| showing the it" ■liiir.v that would be
I rnlsed by the proposed sales tax as
(compared wliti the proposed pru
f ductlon tax.
lUlt liar law.
the lit-cent :a1 valorem, or land,
! iax now levied 14x111 Cleveland
county property for support of the
chools since taken over by th»
State cost* tin county Jtt7.ttu2.Hl
•when fully paid. That te lea- thau
i.iiili Cleveland taxpayers would
lime io pay tin State If the land
. ix were removed and the two per
nt general sales tux substituted,
Senator Clement's figures show
hat the two percent sales tax lav
ed upon the estimated adcs of nil
.11 tides, foodstuffs and necessities
alike, sold In Cleveland county in
one year would take $176,020 to th»
State government In taxes. That is
more than two and one-half times
the tax paid the State by the county
under the ad valorem tax. This sub
stitution would alio, li la pointed
out,, lessen the taxes of the large
property owners and saddle the dou
hie tax burden upon the consumer
by taxing every purchase he makes.
The one percent production tax
would cost Cleveland tax-payers
even more than the sales tax. Sen
ator Clement's figures show that the
estimated production tax would cost
Cleveland taxpayers approximately
I1RH.8M.72 per year, or approxi
mately three times the $67,603
■ehool tax the county now pays tilts
State. .
*3.40 Per Person.
Cleveland county’s population is
5l,9H and If the general sales tax
were divided between all, it would
cost each man, woman and child /
$3.40 where the present ad valorem
tax If similarly divided would cost
only a little more than a dollar per
person ]>er year. The production tax
would cost *3.65 per person on thn
same basis.
If the general sales tax were Im
posed and the present land tax of
15 cents not, removed, the county’#
State tax would be $243,722 per year
Instead of $07,702. But even with th»
land tax removed the county’s sbar*
of the sales tax burden would b«
$170,000, or $100,000 more than tho
16-cent land tax.
Three counties, Forsyth, Durham
and Rockingham, would pay consid
erable more than one-third, and
three others, Guilford, Mecklenburg
and Gaston, with these, would pay
considerably more than one-half of 1
the one per cent production tax 1
under the Senator Clement bill,
• UOKTINtJXD ON f>AUB KtUHl .
Cases Decrease In
County Court Here
Due To Regulation
less Than I (Ml Cases Tried In Feb
ruary. Frivolous Cases
Stopped.
Less than 100 cases—97. to be ex
act—were disposed of in the county
recorder’s court last month. This 1»
| from 20 to 50 cases below the aver
i age grind of the month,
j _The decrease .in number of case*
is attributed to a considerable ex
tent to the decision or Recorder Joe
Wright and Solicitor C. C. H#rn to
stop the bringing of so many frivo
lous, trivial and unimportant cases
i into court to be threshed out. The
! court officials announced some time
ago that in trivial cases where there
was not enough evidence to convict
in family squabbles and neighbor
hood quarrels that the prosecuting
witness would be taxed with the
cost to save that expense upon the
county.
Cotton Has Strength
On Today’s Market
Cotton was a few points up at 2
o’clock today from yesterday’* close
on the New' York exchange. May
was quoted at 5.98 and Oct. at 6.30.
The lower house of Congress pass
ed the Smith cotton Ml! with amend
ments and now is goes back to the
Senate where it is thought the Sen
nte will agree to the- changes made.
Should the Senate concur, the Smith
bill will become a law and take
500,000 bales of surplus cotton off
the market.