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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-05-04
Local and Personal

A Local. ana I erSOnal
Sssesss eees seeeeess sseee
U. G. Hearn went to Jackson
Monday.
Mr.. Williams, Of Jackson, was
here Monday.
Roy Smith, Of Jackson. was iI
the city Wednesday.
Presiding Elder J. v. Freeman
has been to Memphis.
W. R. Denison, of Perryville
spent last Sunday here.
Robert w. Hall spent the first o.
this week in Helena. Ark.
Attorney j. A England, Of Deca.
turyille. was In Lexington Monday.
Miss Eunice Melton made a shop
ping trip to Jackson last Saturday.
Jim Russell, Of Saltillo, was in
Lexington Wednesday en- route to
Jackson.
Ernest Hay, the produce man,
has treated himself to a Light-6
Overland.
Lyle Sloan and bride returned
last Saturday from their bridal trip
to Nashville.
Too many cows run at large In
Lexington--especially at night--for
fenceless town.
]. H. Holmes and Luke Toons
went to Memphis Tuesday to bring
back two REQ autos.
Hugh Gilbert, Of Chattanooga.
was here last week visiting his
cousin, Mrs. Hugh Boswell.
TMcE CorroN SEED For SALE
$3.50 per bushel J. A Stanfll,
Route 8, Lexington, Tenn.
Engineer Harry Dennison has
been hostling at nights in Lexing-
ton yards for several days.
N. S. McGreevy was here Tues.
day representing the Foster & Park,
Printing Company, Of Nashville.
John Gilbert, the piano tuner
went home sick last week, but will
soon return and finish his work
here.
Will j. Ross, Of Jackson, was in
Lexington Monday, representing the
Typewriter Exchange Of Kircher &
Black.
J.C. McQuiddy, head Of the Me-
Quiddy Printing Company, of Nash
vile, was here yesterday hunting
orders.
Elmer MONTGOMERY Is GONZALES
cent--able to take nourishment ano
sit up and has been dismissed by
his doctor.
Regular services at M. E. church
South, next Sunday. Preaching by
the pastor on subjects of interest at
both hours.
Mrs. R. L. Lynch, wife Of Private
Lynch Of the recruiting station, is
In GAINESVILLE for a two weeks stay
with her parents.
Elein Owens, Of near Steeall, en-
listed here Wednesday for the Reg
ular U. S. A. and went on to Jeffer-
son Barracks, Mo
Howard Pearson, Bryce Burrows,
Bob Newman, Hobart Love and
Matt Barry made q Dodge trip to
jackson last Sunday
Rev. S. B. Stephens will preach at
Center Ridge Methodist church the
second Sunday--the 1Sth-at 100
q. m. Everybody invited.
Howard Pearson, Of the Roberts
Auto Co., has been to Yuma. Bue-
ma Vista and Westp0rt to do some
auto repair jobs this week
H. H. Threadsill, wife and two
'childrenrwent,. to Jackson Tuesday
and drove Mr.. Threadeilrs new
Buick car back Wednesday.
Mack Rosser, postmaster and
banker at Wildersville. has pur-
chased a Dodge auto from the Ro'
berts Auto Co., Of Lexington.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-02
Writing With Pen in Teeth.

One OF the newest inventions for the
benefit of the man who has been de-
prived of his arms is a pen which can
be comfortably held between the
teeth. 1t is the invention of an Ameri-
can dentist. 1t includes a mouthpiece
nodded to fit the lower teeth. The
upper teeth rest on this and hold the
pen in a fixed position. This leaves
the muscles Of the lips free. The pen
has three joints, giving it flexibility.
The pen point can be taken off and a
pencil substituted at the will of the
user. The inventor believes that the
flexible handle and the %mouthpiece
holding it firmly by the teeth will be
adabtable to other small tools, includ-
ing paint brushes and small chisels for
fine wood carving.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-02
Settling Chinese Labor Disputes.

Chinese chambers of commerce,
though of recent development, play an
important part In the affairs Of their
cities, and especially interesting is the
manner in which labor disputes are
settled by them. Reputable merchants
settle their difficulties in their guilds,
and when the guilds cannot settle
them, that is. when they extend be-
yond the scope Of a certain guild,
chambers Of commerce are now APP
pealed to and a committee is chosen
from the chamber or by the chambers
executive committee to adjudicate the
disputed matter. After q dispute is
settled BY the arbitration committee,
the parties meet at a festal board, the
one awarded the decision paying the
expenses of the feast.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-02
Railway Mail Clerk Examin-
alton

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open
competitive examination for rail-
way mail clerk, for men only, on
February 10, 1917, at Tupelo.
Applicants must have reached
their eighteenth but not their
thirty-ffth birthday on the date
Of the examination, must meas
ure at least 5 feet S inches in
height without boots or shoes.
and must weigh at least 100
pounds. Applicants must sub
nit to the examiner on day Of
examination their photographs,
taken within two years. Persons
who meet the requirements and
desire this examination should
at once apply for application
Form 304 and Form 1907 (Infor-
nation to Appllcants), to H. T.
Moore, Local Secretary, Tupelo
Miss.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-02
Women Compete in teamwork.

The war has driven patriotic Eng
fish women to take up teamwork so as
to relieve men needed at the front.
Nearly four thousand persons watched
q hundred ONE and girls in a farm
work field day" competition on Sir
Thomas Acland's estate at Killerton,
Devonshire.
The events included blowing, roll
ing, narrowing, milking, sheep shear
ing and Harvesting and driving horse.
A ffteen-year-old girl, Miss Smith,
OF Woodbury., Salterton, who has two
brothers at the front, won chief hon
Ors. She took first prize for harness
ing and driving a farm horse, first for
spreading manure and second for
milking.
The spectators were especially
struck by the way in which the wom-
an shearers tackled the long-wooled
Devon sheep, some of which were
heavier than the competitors. The
judges said the women in this line
were superior to many male farm.
hands.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-02
Commissioners Sale

Elk Parte Petition of VS.. G. w. Clayton
ct. al. No. 4059.
By virtue of a decree of the Hon.
Chancery Court of Lee County, State
of Miss, rendered on the 18th day of
January. A. d., 1917. thereof, ordering
a sale of certain lands mentioned there
in, John M. Witt. the undersigned, ap-
pointed commissioner to execute said
decree, will on
MONDAY, THE 5THDAY OF MARCH.
1917, expose at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash in front of the
court house door in the city of Tupelo,
Miss, the following described real
estate, to-wit: Twenty-four (24) acres
off of the west end of the south half of
the south half of the Sc / of Section 2,
Township 9, Range 5 east. Also six
teen (16) acres situated in the Ne. / of
Sec. II, Township 8, Range 5, and
more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a stake on said section
line so rods west of the northwest
corner of said quarter section and run
ming west SO rods to a stake, thence
south 374 rods to a stake. thence east
SO rods to a stake, thence north 374
rods to the beginning point, and con.
tanning 16 acres more or less. All said
land being in Lee county, Miss. To-
gether with the a~ppurtenances and
Entertainments thereunto apperuaining.
John M. Witt, Commissioner
Dated 18th day of January. 1917.
Mitchell & Clayton, Soils. as
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-02

Notice

State of Mississippi, Lee County. Chan
Gerry Court in Vacation, January, 1917.
In Re Petition of A. A. Gregory, ct.
al, for Uclatubba Drainage District.
Notice to all Persons Interested in Uc-
latubba Drainage District in Lee
County, Miss.
ALI persons owning or having any in
terest in the lands or property in Uc-
latubba Drainage District, IN Lee
County. Miss, and all persons benefit
ted or damaged by the construction of
the proposed work in said District are
hereby notified that E. l.. O'Shields,
R. A. Motley and J.. w. Patton, Drain
g Commissioners of said county,
have on this the 25th day of January,
filed with the undersigned clerk Of the
said court their report as required by
Section 1898 of the Mississippi Code, as
amended, which report consists, among
other things, of the Special Assessment
Roll, or Tax List, of the lands or prop
erty in said District showing the
amount of benefits, damages, and the
estimated cost and net assessment as
apportioneed to each separate tract of
land in said District, and that l have
set and fixed as a day for the hearing
of objections to said assessment roll,
or tax list, by the Hon. A. j. Mcintyre,
Chancellor, in vacation on
Monday, the 18th day of Feb, 1917,
at the court house in the City of Tu-
pelo at 9 O'Clock. a. M, and you are
hereby Notified to appear at that time
and place and make any objection, if
any you have. why said assessment
roll, or tax list, showing such benefits,
damages, estimated cost, and assess
ments, shall not be ratified. approved
and confirmed as reported, or as might
be modified by the court at such hear
ing, and as so modified, approved and
confirmed, and make any objection
you have. if any, to the fixing by the
court of the instalIments in which said
assessments shall me made, and the
details as to the issuing of the bonds
on behalf of said District.
Given under my hand and seal on
this the 25th day of January. 1917.
JOHN M. WITT.
Chancerv Court Clerk, Lee Co.. Miss.
Robins & Thomas, Sol. for Drainage
Commissioners. as
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-02

MEMORIES OF Poe.
QUAINT OLD HOUSE AT FoRDHAM
OFTEN VISITED BY POET.
Structure 10 to Be Preserved, 1t Is
Hoped, for Many Years, Within the
Grounds Of a Home for
lncurables.

Situated now within the grounds of
the Home for I~ncurables, in Fordham,
Is q house OF numerous gables that was
often visited by Edgar Allan Poe while
he resided. in the little cottage in that
part OF the city, that has been saved as
a memorial to him. The house, says
the New York Sun, was occupied by
Justice of the Peace Jacob Lorillard,
OF the name that had snuff mills on the
Bronx river. He was a justice of the
peace In FOrdham in Poe's day. The
author was occasionally entertained in
his home.
At a house party given in the house
OF many gables one winters night Poe
was a guest, and shortly before the
gathering dispersed the author of "The
Raven" was asked to recite the poem,
which was then being widely discussed
after its recent publication, for the
first time, in the New York Evening
Mirror. Poe had worked on that news
paper under Nathaniel p. Willis.
The poet complied and read the
poem with an Evolutionary effect that
captivated all who heard it. Snow was
lying deep or the ground, the moon
was shining brightly and the wind
blew ftfully. Nature seemed to have
staged the setting. After receiving
warm congratulations Poe babe every
body present goodnight and wendell
his way to the little Dutch cottage on
K~ingsbridge road, about a mile distant,
the same cottage that is now in Poe
park.
The L6rillard house has another as
ISOLATION with Poe, with an incident in
his career that cut his sensitive nature
to the quick. Here it was that he came
to ask for q warrant of arrest for an
individual who, he learned, had stolen
his military o%vercOat, which he wore to
shield him from the wintry elements.
This coat was a relic of his days
spent as a cadet at the United States
Military academy at West Point; and,
when he was dismissed for frequent in
fractions Of discipline, Poe had taken
the overcoat with him as he had a
right to do. 1t appears he had re-
moved his coat while in a tavern in
Fordham and laid 1t over a chair, with
the result that some culprit stole it.
Poe, in high dudgeon, repaired to the
Lorillard house to see the judge and
discuss the matter with him, with the
result that he obtained a warrant. He
finally recovered the overcoat, a piece
Of wearing apparel to which he was
greatly attached by the fact that it
had often accompanied him to Benny
Ravens Rest, amid the Highlands Of
the Hudson, at hours when he was sup
posed to be oblivious to all nocturnal
pastimes and asleep in his room In the
military academy.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-02
Notice

State of Mississippi. Lee County. Chan
Gerry Court in Vacation, January,
1917.
In Re Petition of B. T. Clark, ct. al,
for Lower Town Creek Drainage
District No. 8.
Notice to all Persons Interested in
Lower Town Creek Drainage District
No. 3.
All persons owning, or having ny
interest in, the lands or property in
Lower Town Creek Drainage District
No. 3, in Lee county. Miss, and all
persons benefited or damaged by the
construction of the proposed work in
said District, are hereby notified that
E. l. O'Shields, r. A. Motley and J..
w. Patton, Drainage Commissioners of
said county, have, on this the 25th day
of January, 1917, filed with the under
signed clerk of said court their report
as required by Section 1893 of the
Mississippi Code, as amended, which
report consists, among other things. of
the Special Assessment Roll, or Tax
List, of the lands, or property, in said
District. showing the amount of bene-
fits, damages and estimated cost and
the net assessment as appOrtiOned to
edCu separate tract VI lduO In Sdlu
District, and that l have set and fixed
as a day for a hearing of objections to
said Assessment Roll. or Tax List. by
the Hon. A. j. Mcintyre, Chancellor.
in vacation on
Monday, the 18th day of February, 1917,
at the court house in the City of Tu-
pelo, at 8 o'clock a. M. and you are
hereby notified to appear at that time
and place and make any objection, if
any you have, why said assessment
roll, or tax list, showing such benefits.
damages, estimated cost, and assess
ments, shall not be ratified, approved.
and confirmed as reported, or as might
be modified by the court at such hear
ing, and as so modified, approved and
confirmed, and make any objection you
have, If any, to the fixing bv the court
of the installments in which said as
sessments shall be made, and the de-
tails as to the issuing Of the bonds on
| behalf of said District
Given under my hand and seal on
this the 25th day of January, 1917.
JOHN M. WITT,
Chancery Court Clerk, Lee Co., Miss.
Robins & Thomas. Soils. for Drainage
Commissioners. 45
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-02
NONRESIDENT NOTICE
State of Mississippi.

State of MISSISSIPPI.
To Bibbs Brothers. Winfield. Ala !.
Route 3, defendant. You are commend
ed to appear before the Chancery Court
of the county of Lee, in said State. on
the Sd Monday of April. A. D., 1917,
to defend the suit in said court of
Reeves Grocery Co., wherein you are
q defendant.
This 18th day of JAM, A. D.. 1917.
As John M. Witt, Clerk.
Rankin & Allen. Solicitors for Cont.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-02

The swallow has q larger mouth in
proportion to its size than has any 9th
er bird.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13

to konfereneo, ter sc sklenc, da vsaka
~organizacija plaza svojc ~zastopnikc,
stroske "a dvorano, zapisnik in drugc
eventuelne stroske, pa
Predlagano, da sc zapisnikariema pla-
ca pc $500 dnevno. Sprejeto soglasno.
Slcdi 6itanje zapisnika te seize ter SC isti
sprcjme v zmislu kot JIG bill preeitan.
P~redsednik conference, br. Tav6ar,
polaga ma srce vscm z%astopnikom in cd
b%ornikom, da grcdo ma dclo, porabijo
maj prosti cas- v prid zdruzitve ter po-
tom slO~venskega ~easopisja mai skusaj 10
elanstvo pridobiti "a ideio zdruzenja,
vporabijo maj vsako priliko med clani
svojih organizaeij, ia Jill nakloniio in
vnemo IN p%lemenito delo, "a naroduo
edinstvo.
Br. X. Perdan govori navzocim V i
stem zmislu, doda pa Sc, da jc prisel cas-
potrebe, da Sc narod zdruEi V ozko vcz,
V prvi vrsti elanstvo tn zastopanih or.
ganizacij.
Govori Sc br. Mihael Rovansck, pred
sednik j. s. X. ]. Spominjajoc Sc nazai,
ko so organizaeiic med Slovenci V Anne.
riki rastle kot gobc po dcziu, bill sem
mnenja, da je to V najve6jo korist ma
rodu, a danes sem drugega mnenja. In
kar Sc je preie zakrivilo = TEN. da ina.
mo danes toliko slovenskih jednot i'm
zvez, mai Sc to danes zopct popravi. Da.
mes je potrebna zdruzitev ne samo par
slovenskih organizaeij, pat pa hi Sc mo.
rale zdruiiti vse sedaj obstojc6e %sloven.
skc organizacije V emo samo. Vposte.
vajmo, da so vse h6ere nasega naroda.
Skusajmo narodu ohraniti ~podporno or.
ganizacijo, in "a to zdravilo JIG ZDRU.
zITEv.
Predsednik predstavi navzo6im br.
DIR. Josip Graheka, ~vrhovnega zdravni.
ka s. p. ID. Sv. Barbara in j. S. X. J.
S TEN je dnevni red conference il.
trpan.
Br. Fritz predlaga, br. Novak podpira.
da Sc konfcrenca zakljuGi. Sprejcto.
Br. Tavcar zakljuGi sejo oh $3.50 popol.
dine.
Frank s. Tauchar,
prcdscdnik conference.
Andrew Vidrich, August Gostisha,
zapisnikarja.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13
NAR0CNIKOM "~DRUZINSKIH


Koledarji so dotiskani in sedaj
so v knjigoveznici, kjer Jill veze-
10. Nekaj smo Jill re tudi marco
nixon razposlali. Prosimo pa vse
narocnike, maj nikar vedno ne DO.
prasujejo, kdaj jih bodo dobili.
Toliko koledarjev Sc ne more We
zati v par dneh. In tudi potem ko
SO re enkrat vezani Sc morajo pu-
stiti par dni, da Sc platnice neko-
like posuse. Dobil ga bode vsak,
kdor ga je dosedaj narocil, am.
pax seveda Sc lie tedaj, kadar pri.
de ma vrsto.
Nenarocenih 'Koledarjev" lie
samo Sc 900. Toraj kdor ga hoce
imeti maj SO takoj naroci, da ne
DO potem tarnal, zakaj da ga ME-
mu nismo prihranili.
Upravnistvo.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13

potu Svojega Obraza. Katera boz
zja VOLTA jc torej prava: Tiyta, XII
jo uci sv. pismo, ali tista, XII .jo
razglaSajo gospodje?
RazmiSljaj malo o TEN, prijatcl.t
dclavec, in kadar sam razmisliS.
vpraSai tovariSe. Morda bo ka.j
koristilo, &c bodo tudi oni razmis.
l.jevali.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13

Bangor in Aroostok zcleZnica
jc zapOslila "a skusnjo % zensk
in STEER IA rama della V strojnih
tOvarnah. Do scda.j je druzba "a
dovolina Z zcnskimi dclavci, kate
rim plaza iSte place kakor mos
kim. ' nekaj mcSccih DO zaposlc-
nih, kakor jc iziavila druzba, wee
Sto acnsk pri raNih delhi, katera
50 10 sedai opravljali izkl.jucno lie
mo$ki.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13
LISTNICA U~PRAvNISTVA.
Somebody. Skupni dolg pr
PrOletarcu znaSa $16.75c.
''Cas''

je edna slovenska revija v Anne
riki. Gas" prinasa lepe pove-
sti, koristne gospodarske in 20.
spodinske nasvete, znanstvene "a
nimivOsti, poducne in narodu pO-
trebne razprave, mnogo micnih
slovenskih pesmic in poleg tega
pa prinaSa lere in umetniske sill
Ike.
List shaja mesecno ma 80 stra-
neh in stane samo $500 ma leto,
"a pol leta $1.0O. Naroca Sc pri
Gas, Pill So. Willard Ave,
Chicago,Ill. V Cevelandu in okoli.
ci pa ma 6033 st. Clair ave.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13
S1ranka
Chicago, Ill.

V nedeljo, Is. novembra db 9.
dopoldne ina tukajsnje Tajnicko
vijete svojO sejo prostorih
"Radnicke Straze", 1914 So. Ra-
cine Ave. CLAM so vabljeni, da
sc je ~zanesljivo udelcze.
p. Kokotovich, tajnik.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13

ID. IIarpold in W. II. Smith IL
Chicago sta priGcla move vrstc i'll
duStrijo V Todd county, Mimi,
namreC low ma zabc. V 30 dneh sta
prodala $4,000 ducatov aabljih
krakow. V blizini Maple Lake sta
ilkopala pol mile dolg jarek, ka-
tcrcga he moreio zabe p%reSkociti.
ko sc vraGajo V %jczero. Ducat zab-
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13
LISTU v PoDPoRO.

Pavel Ocepek, Detroit, Mich
xl.U. Mike Zumer, Black Dia-
mOnd, Wash, 50c.-John Strumbl
Ojo, Colo. soc.
Skupaj 49,. $500
Zadnji izkaz 269.03
Nsega skupaj $271.O3
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13

Y. blizini mesta Stevens Point
Wis, je pridelal farmer A. Miner
1910 busljev krompirja ma osmih
akrih zemlje. To je najbogatejsi
pridelek, kar sc Jill je kdaj doseg-
10. Najvefji krompir, izkopan ma
tenn polju, ie tehtaI Ell funt in de-
set unc.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13

Drzavna tiskarna V Sacramcn-
TO, Cal, jc zviSala place brcz STAY
Ike. Cd |. novembra dobivajo III
skarji "a osemurno delo 50, Ope-
%ratorji 1915 do 1925, delavci ma
stro.jih 50 in knjigovczi s. ma
dan. Raven tcga dobi vsak usluz-
bcnec ma lcto - dni dopusta, "a
kateri cas- sc mu pray mic ne od-
tegne cd place.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13

Ia vsebino oglasov nj odgovorna
ne upravniitvo ne uredniitvo.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13

Med drugimi dolocbami Wade
in raznimi postavami, XII so pri-
Sic V veljavo prvega novembra, ic
tudi ona, XII prepovcduie dclo V
drzavnih ladjedelnicah vscm o.
MIN, XII so drzavljani s|ovraznih
draw. Ma tisoce Nemccv .jc bio
odslovljenih tega dine pc raznih
mcstih ccle drzave. Nemci, XII so
bill odslovljeni V new yorSkih
ladjedelnicah, so bill poslani "a
Casno ma Ellis Island.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13

lJlh krakov sta prodajala 20 II
centov; najveG sta Jill poslala V
Chicago in New York.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13

Nsega skupaj $271.O3
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13

V uvodu pogodbe maj sc navedcjo
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-11-13

Frank s. Tauchar,
prcdscdnik konferenee.
Andrew Vidrich, August Gostisha,
zapisnikarja.
Evening star., 1917-05-03
BAKERS STRIKE ENDED;
COMPROMISE DEMANDS
Men to Get SO Weekly Increase and
Employers May Employ Non
Union Superintendents.

CHICAGO, May 3.-The 1000 bakers
who have been on strike since last
Saturday prepared today to resume
work early tomorrow. An agreement
for a settlement was reached last night
by representatives of the bakers and
the EMPLOYERS a: a conference in the
office of United states District Attorney
Charles +. Clyne.
The agreement entered into at the
conference is binding upon the en-
ployers, but it must he ratified by the
men on strike. before it becomes ef-
been called for today, and. it is said,
there is little doubt that the strikers
will Immediately agree to the terms q
the agreement and will return to work
Friday morning.
According to the agreement the men
are to receive the twodollar- a week
increase in wages asked for. Every
striker is to go back to his old position.
without prejudice. The employers are
granted the right to employ non-union
Superintendents, but there are strict
rules against undue speeding up Of
the men Business agents of the union
are to be permitted to visit the shops
number of minor differences re-
garding working conditions were set
tied.
The bread situation, even with the
bread makers strike practically set
tied. is, however. not completely cleared
up More than $50 bread wagon drivers,
who struck May l for increased wages,
held today between employers and en-
Dloyes at the office of the United States
district attorney ~ the hope OF reach
ing basis for settlement.