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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-14
Friend of Schuck
Family on Jury
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was excused after he had been chal
lenged for cause. He told the court
that he had formed an opinion in the
case. and entertained prejudice against
the defendant which could not be re-
moved.
The defense used the first of its per
Cmptory challenges when Eugene Gibbs.
n confectioner, of Fifth and Washing
ton streets. Camden. told the court
that he knew Schuck's father and had
bought property from the Schuck es-
tate. Hill was the next talesman cX-
amincd.
Two more talcsmen whose names were
called after Hill had been chosen fore
man were reported as dead. They were
W. i. Scheduling. of Sicklcrville. and
George II. Sharp, OF Clpmenton. When
the name of Christopher Smith. Of
Gloucester, was called. doctor 5
certificate was handed Justice katzen-
bach certifying that the juror was dying
at~his home.
Clayton Lippincott. of Iladdonticld.
was reported to have moved out of the
county year ago. Charles Dowell,
seventy years old. of 9l2 Lawrence
street. Camden, was excused for age
after the answers he gave the prosecutor
had amused the audience in the court
room. 1t developed that he was some
what deaf.
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Strikes in Hand,
Mayor Declares
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handle it. no request for state troops
wills be made to aggravate the situation
and lead possibly TO greater disorder"
Mayors Letter TO Rotan
The Quaker City Taxicab letter. re
fcrrcd to ny the Mayor, was one dated
January -, which he forwarded TO
District Attorney ,Rotan and to Su-
Mills. 1t follows
In letter marked personal, "
addressed to me by Mr.. Claude =.
Jarvis. president Of the Quaker City
Taxicab Co.. | find the attached
paragraph which have advised Mr..
Jarvis is one that must be promptly
brought TO your attention. The in
tcrvicw with me. to which Mr.. Jarvis
refers. was one relating to the strike
of the taXiCab drivers. In that in-
terview Mr.. Jarvis stated that he
had some information concerning the
outrages. including the loss of two
lives, and the superintendent of 20.
lice being present, ! advised Mr..
Jarvis that he should fully advise the
latter aS to what he knew.
Under the circumstances, deem
it important that the statement made
by Mr.. Jarvis to me in writing should
be laid before both the district at
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-14

The child was not allowed TO attend
because OF his youth.
The defendants stepmother also ca
pressed sincere belief that Schuek is in
nocent. Plump, congeninl and attrac-
tive. she talked with a few friends in the
courtroom. She wore a blue serge dress
under long brown fur coat. small
brown toque and veil completed her cos
tune. Her checks were rosy and her
hair was combei in youthful fashion Ear
down over her ears.
Her eyes. as well as those of the de
| fendant's wife, wandered frequently Ia
! the neatly clad figure of Raymond
Schuck Keenly alert to the proceedings
of the court. Schuck sat beside his at
torncy. James Carrow, with his back
to the audience and his family.
! Slightly above medium height. slender
and intelligent looking. he sat with pen
ell in hand checking up names of tales
men as they were called for cxamina
ton. Now and then he conferred with
his attorney. Not once after entering
tho courtroom did he turn 30 look at his
relatives or friends.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-14
DR.. BRICKS HOME AFlRE
$4,000 Damage to PhiIadeIph'an's
BUNGALOW in Atlantic City

\tllntic (ity, HOB. IF.--F IT0 sTHTTTV
from nn oyrrhcat"d range last nlghl
darIag"d the bungalow of Dlrr. Coy"S
Brirh, q phiadelphia specialist ana
f"rmrrly president of Nentn"r city
Council. Flames got into the part
tions and gave the volunteer and paid
nromcu a hard battle.
Dr. Br,ch, himself member ct tn"
roIuntnrr department. led one battalion
Tho flame, we're confined TO the rear Of
the structure, three rooms bcing
wreckcd, aooo
The loss ~ put at $4,000.
Ir. Brick, tine medical library was
removed unchanged.
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Husband Innocent,
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of her chair most of the morning, lean
ing forward TO catch every word. Her
face was pale beneath her veil, and her
eyes were reddened. But she remained
calm. She sat beside her husbands :
stepmothcr, equally young and pretty
as herself.
Two members Of the family were
missing. the aged father of the defend
ant and the six x-year- -old son. The
father. who' suffers from heart trouble
and whose health failed greatly since
his sons arrest, was unable to attend.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-14

torney and the superintendent.of po-
lice. so that if the guilty parties TO
whom Mr.. Jarvis refers can be
found. immediate steps should be
taken to see that the ends of justice
are served.
am advising Mr., Jarvis of ibis
reference.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-14
Condition Of HghwGyS
Throughout State TOdal

Lincoln highway CIrcnton 20
Chambersburg pry and mostly
in good condition. but only fair in
Bucks. Lancaster aud the eastern
uart Of Franklin county.
william Penn highway DFuston
10 Chamhcrsburg Dry aud in
good condition. with the exception
of one mile Of Un:mprovcd road
near Allentown.
baltimore pike rphiladolphia.
Media, Kennett Square and OK
fordl Dry and in good condition.
Philadelphia and Reading pike
Dry and in good condition.
Lancaster and Harrisburg pike:
Fair in Lancaster county, good in
Dsuphin,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-14
GIenslde TO Have Mail Carrier

Irr,. delivery Of mail from III" Gl"u-
side pu>rofiic" is assured BY the Post.
ottir" Department., effective. not later
than April |. The GlcnSide business
\Iru's As,oriation has been directing
.rirnrr ~ have mail delivery system in.
,rirutod and the call for applicants
rn rako the civil service examination
for rlrrk~ and clerk carrier has been
issued. The postmaster at the Glruridr
uthrc - /. T.. Fricker.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-14

AS to the extent Of the inform.,l--
forwarded by Mr.. Jarvis Tho a'on| M
said he would have to refer inoui,o.' 0')
the superintendent of police , !"
district attorney. since it miyb, Tie
fere with inquiries by one or lnH.
these officers. ooth d
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-10
THING THAT REALLY COUNTS
First Punch Always the Effective
k2tnt, in LIE Wc' IS She
Squared Circle.

Georges Carpenter is smart fellow
that is, he is something more than a
fighter. One might even call the
Trenchman q prophet.
1.-THE ono that gets in the arst punch
will win." he said, referring to his
coming match with Dempsey.
Wen let Il 60 ut that - far - the
aAxx vsEid's sASnoaooship AeavJ.
vsAsAs ~ SsA ~ j1sS issk sesaal
saA - Y ~ lAs~ . y~ssA b ys<s
oslsn ~ = ~ 81 had Y -.
Asw has0 ~, ~ ssek y ysus 3esf
What y yosr battias sssraSs In ~ ..
.. Or can - take . punch ~ well
- give ooss
ThAy called Tsas Dpeak~ . miracle
piiet because no pat the punch Into .
ball club that copied the world dte.
He always made It Z point to land first
on the scoreboard and when he didn't
he kept smuggling away until he usually
had his lead at the end Of the game
Man O. War Is called the greatest
horse the world has ever had. But the
Biddle colt is just horse that puts
the best he has into every race ana al
ways Man O. War finishes ahead OF the
dust.
The football star who "hlts EN-
first" is usually on the honor roll when
the cleats are hlSag up at the end of the
season.
It's the punch that counts, from mar
bles 10 X. Os-Chicago Evening Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-10
TOWN LOCALS
.CEof

IoE=s=-=I oE-========-ozo
Miss Maude Thibeau is in
Boston in the interest of her
millinery store.
Jack Basil and Paul Leba
returned last week from a five
weeks visit in Halifax and 9TH
err cities.
Mable Osborne and Carroll
Mathews of Groveton spent
the week end at the home of
Miss Osborne.
Mr. and Mrs John Hall of
Holland called on their aunt,
Mrs A J Applebee, Monday.
Mrs H H Hobson had the
misfortune to sprain her foot
badly recently.
G R Magoon of Lancaster
was a business visitor at Bailey
Music rooms Friday and Satur-
day.
Harris Grove visited rela-
tives in Newport last week.
Julia Moffet, Ruth Finnegan,
G. Goodman, Roscoe Reynolds
and ST Giroux attended the
dance at North Stratford last
Saturday nightt
Bernice Burroughs of Nor
gan was the guest of relatives
in town this week.
Basil Bros. & Laba Co.'S Win
ter Sale commences Friday,
February II, and will last for
four weeks. See ad on last
page.
Mrs Carl Foss visited rela-
tives in Groveton last Wednes-
day.
Shirlie Sloan spent last Mon
day in Berlin.
Mrs Harris Grove visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs A A Bur-
roughs in Morgan, last week.
DR. Sutton, surgeon dentist,
will be in town professionally,
Feb. Is, 16, II, at Stewart
House.
D W Scribner spent this
week in Newport on business.
Miss Irene White, teacher of
the 18th and 9Th grades in the
high school, took her pupils
on a snowshoe hike Saturday
to DR. Sargents camp. Refresh
ments were in order, consisting
partly of roast potatoes and
frankforts.
Melvin Mandigo, son of Rev
and Mrs A A Mandigo, is now
convalescent after his severe
illness.
Born-to Mr.. and Mrs Ar
chic Smith, Friday, Beb. 4th.,
daughter.
Mrs Della Castonguay has re
turned from the hospital in
Sherbrooke, much improved by
treatment while there.
Mrs J Chadwick, who has
been stopping with Mrs Ran
dali is ill. Nurse Bradford is
caring for her.
Mrs Bessie Currier Is caring
for Mrs Archie Smith on Der
by street.
Dora Bonneau is spending
this week with her parents in
Gorham.
MIR and Mrs James White
spent few days last week in
Boston, returning Wednesday.
Born-to Mr. and Mrs Miles
Lyon, Jan. 8th., a daughter.
Mrs Adam Danforth and
Beulah Ellis were in Lewiston
Saturday.
Ada ReXford was calla1 ~
Berlin recently by the jl'n9,5 O
her sister.
The skating rink has proved \ cHo-
cess up to the present eime With a lit
tie support from the Public it c,,a &c
kept open for another six weeks. Give
the collectors boost,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-10
TOWN LOCALS

IE1CE---s-~ --1Ck-ACEa-1sas =
Basil Bros. & Laba Co.'S Win
ter Sale commences Friday,
February II, and will last for
four weeks. See ad on last
page.
New Linoleumns and Congo
leumns have arrived at Bos-
worths.
The Ladies Auxiliary CT
Christ Church will meet next
Tuesday with Mrs Fred Minard
Mrs R B Davis and Miss
Gwendolyn were in Portland,
Me-, Saturday.
Mrs F H Brown visited
friends in Lennoxville, Que,
Saturday.
Mr. Terrill, Supt. of the Fur
niture factory, was called to
Portland Saturday afternoon,
by the serious illness of his
wife.
Peter Dennis of Lennoxville,
Que, has moved his family to
Island Pond, occupying rooms
in the Eaton house.
Little Kenneth Riggie, while
sliding last week, struck a tree,
cutting his lip so badly it re-
uuired the attention of a Dhys-
ician.
Mrs A o Dechene arrived
home Monday night from a two
weeks trip to Washington, D.
c., having had a very enjoya-
BILE visit, both in Boston and
Washington. The mild climate
of the latter city, adding much
to her pleasure.
! George Devine was in Mon
treal last week on business.
Henry Eggleton, Charles Cor
liss, A E Merritt, Fred Wells,
attended the winter carnival
held in Gorham, N H, this
week.
Ellis Kittredg,e who is en-
ployed in Bristol, Conn.,, for
mer clerk in the postoffice here
is visiting relatives in town.
! Linoleumn Remnants at q
discount at Bosworths.
Joseph Lawrence. little son
of Mr. and Mrs Raymond Mar
quis, died Wednesday night,
Feb. 2, Of spinal menengitis,
aged four months and thirteen
days. The funeral was Friday
morning and the body was
placed in the tomb.
Ed Grove and family Of Nor
gan visited Irwin Curtis Sunday
Rehearsals for Katcha-koo
will commence Monday, Feb.
IA, under the direction of pro
fessional director, representing
the John D Rogers Producing
Company.
The University of Vermont
have just been announced and
the Howard Prize in mathe-
mates is divided between G. c..
Withrow Of this town and R. B.
Smith of Bakersfield. Honor
able mention is awarded to Ann
Dauchy of Townshend.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-22
COLCHESTER

Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Rowland and daughter left Sunday morning in their automobile for weeks visit in Royal ton. Vt. the doctors former home.
 Jeremiah D, Shea and Lew White were business callers in Hartford, Tuesday.
 Miss Monica Clifford returned to New London Monday after few days visit at her home in town.
 Oliver Woodhouse lodge, K. of P, met in Pythian hall Tuesday evening. One candidate was initiated in the dank of Page. A committee was appointed to make arrangements for an open meeting in October. Prominent members will speak, also grand officers of the Pythian Sisters will attend and an effort will be made to form a lodge of Pythian Sisters here.
 Miss Anna o'Brien of New Haven is visiting relatives on Hayward avenue.
 MT. and NSrs. Benjamin EtgaN of New York are guests of MT. Hlgart's par ents. at the Grand View hotel.
 Henry A. Sorrell, Emil Commette and Harold Clark of North Westchester, were in town Tuesday evening. attending the K. of P. meeting.
 Rev. Philip J. Mooney of Norwich as- sisted during the 70 hours devotion at St. Andrews church. Sunday. Father Mooney was stationed here few years ago as curate of St. Andrews church.
 James Brown of WilIimantie was here Tuesday.
 Clinton Jones of Manchester was call, ing on friends in town, Tuesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-22

in operation at once, sunk their seine floats, and appeared to be innocent;y fishing. Fishnlarkets not in Jewett City have been handling these catches of fine yellow perch and picizereI.
 The free safety exhibition by the
 state motor department is to be at 8 p.
 m. at Ashland Casino Park, Charlie
 Chaplin in Shoulder Arms.
 Some time during Monday night bur
 glars broke into the Riverside grammar school. Evidence indicates that anna
 teurs of a cheap class did the work.
 All the rooms were visited and wher- ever the teachers desk yielded a foun- tain pen or a knife they took it. Tn Su-
 perintendent Clements office his desk was ransacked. In one drawer was $5 in change collected to pay for Cur rent Events: This was taken. Valua- ble books were not disturbed.
 Lisbon is falling in line in the hoOtch business. Two Polish men were l brought Nb Lisbon before Judge J. H. Barnes O. Norwich Monday, by Grand Juror E. B. Cheney Of Lisbon. Both
 were charged with illegal liquor sell Ing. Attorney J. J. Desmond appeared | for the accused and Attorney v. P. ; Quinn for the state. A peculiar fea- ] ture of the case was the fact t,,et the accused men squealed on each other. ] The case was postponed for reasons
 which were presented until Saturday. One man who heard of the case lowed as how there was no excitement in Lis , bon except the occasional disjovery of i a couple of half dead snakes. Now the ! demon rum is rampant, but he'll soon
 be a dead one if Lisbon lives up to her well known characteristics of law and order
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-22

The grand jury at the session of the superior court in Kingston Monday failed to indict Oscar Martell of Westerly who was held on charge of manslaughter. Martell was arrested after an accident to his motorcycle on the Tower Hill road near Allentown, on July 3, in which the machine was overturned and com panion, Fred Tatro of Pawcatuck, was killed. Martell received minor injuries
 in the accident. He was arrested by Chief of Police Thomas W. Pierce of Wickford and was presented in the sec ond district court on a charge of man slaughter, and pleaded not guilty. He was hound over to this session Of the superior court, in bonds of S3,00O, which were furnished. He has been represented in the case by Judge Herbert W. Rath- bun.
 At the next regular meeting of the town council the contract will be award ed for the installation of the School street sewerage line. The receipt of sealed bids ended Friday and all have been opened by Supt. Thomas Mckenzie of the water works department. He has announced that the bids ranged from
 s27,000 to SS1,000, with the average about s33,000 The superintendent will recommend the awarding of the contract
 at the next council meeting.
 The paving blocks and trolley tracks on High street have been removed as far as the Westerly Furniture company | building and good progress was made Wednesday in excavating for the sew craze line. The treAeh at the Broad street corner has reached the required 1 foot depth, and the manhole will soon be completed there. Seaffelding and bat l tar boards have been laid all along the l stretch in front fthe post office | At the annual meeting of the epmmen
 stockholders of the Westerly Textile
 company Tuesday the folloing officers were elected: Charles S Fowler. presi-
 dent; T. M. Richards of New York City vice president; ". R. Fowler secretary
 and treasurer. In the evening the office employees of the company from both Wes-
 terfy and NeY York enjoyed their hrst get-together EuppeF fn tho local plant osfee.
 i Tho superioF eewt for Nsshtnst1n
 county opened at Kingston Wednesday forenoon with the swearing in of 8 pedt jurors who are to serve on tho several eases to be tried at this session.
 The jury was finally made up as fol- lows; | Charles E. Woodn1anSee, Stephen N Gardiner, Joseph E. Brierly, John H Potter, Charles Straight, Marcus Ma glone, North Kngstown; Herbert H.
 Greene, James Fiddes Charles H. Davi-
 son, Irvine o. Chester, James Demarco William Grant Caltaldo Santoro, Wes- terly; Samuel H. Potter, Fred ". Bris. tol, Leigh O. Gardiner. William E. Ken nedy William A. Hall, George T. Perry Palmer H. Pendleton, Charlestown; John H. Gardiner, William B. Knapp, Exeter Roy Rawlings, Julian T. Crandall. Fret !, W. Gardiner, Harry A. Spencer, Hopkin ton; Joseph l. Denico. John J. Flanagan tNarragansett
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-22
NORTH FRANKLIN

The Franklin church is planning to observe Sunday, Sent. lo as rally and promotion day n Ee Sunday sch iol. Tili: will be on5'nati .h If morning se.vioe and Sunday 5chco, and a m. st I- terf ting and helpful session is qntic'- pa,e} The promo on of childrca from the cradle roll to the beginners depart ment, from the be5lnde-s' to the !,r,m- ary department and from the primary TO the junior department is to norm a spe- clal and interesting featuI3 Of tke pro- gram. In place of the sermon, the time will be occupied by Mrs Maizs B. Clark. former association secretary of :he Con necticut State Sunday school association, Mrs. Clark is a fine speaker. The ser vice will be public and at the usual hour, 10.45 a. n.
 Miss Rena Race was Hartford visitor Monday.
 Mrs. Carrie spidell of New Rochelle, N. Y, is visiting Mrs. L. A. White Mrs. Lillie Browning and daughter, Myrtice and George Tibbits attended the Kingston, R. l., fair Wednesday, William Tate has returned to Trinity college after spending ne summer with | his parents. Rev. and Mrs. William Tate
 Mrs. L. A. White and Mrs. Carrie l Spidell, Misses Celia and Mildred White and A. Lawrence Cogswell. were Ocean Beach visitors Sunday
 Miss Rena Race is spending week at Pleasant View
 Mrs. Jennette Hoffman and family and ' Mrs. Fred Race. with Lebanon and Co., lumbia friends. spent Sunday at Groton Long Point
 Mrs. Benjamin Davis and daughter AL thea have returned home after a weeks visit at Pleasure Beach.
 George Tate has entered Trinity cal- lege.
 Kenneth Armstrong nas returned to his studies at Brown after spending tLe summer with his parents, MT. ard Mrs. Fred Armstrong
 Mrs. Ear! Rogers, Miss Barbara and Master Philip Rogers were guests of Miss Lydia Johnson Wednesday | Mrs. Jennett Hoffman entertained 2t tea Tuesday, Mrs. R. N. Harding and Miss Minnie Bergman.
 Mrs. Ralph Main has returned home after spending a week with her daughter, 1 Mrs. Ellie Wieson, att South Willington, {, Mrs. Eliza Stanton of Norwich Town ] is visiting Miss Mabel Tracy
 Mrs. R. M. Harding and her guest, Miss Minnie Bergman enjoyed a corn roast and bacon sSt at the Hartford and Nothfeid club meeting in Unionville, Saturday the tenth. Mrs. Jeanette Hoffman and family and Mrs. Fred Race were recen; Canterbury 1 visitors
 Mrs. Lillie Browning, Mrs. He.mon Gager, Mrs. George Kahn and daughter. Helen. attended the Social Corner gather | ing at the home of Mrs. William Weaver at Norwich Town Miss Florence Grow has returned to ! his home in Somerville, Mass, after l spending several weeks with Mrs. Arthur | Smith.
 MT. and Mrs. John Parkhurst of Staff ford Springs are visiting Mrs. George Kahn.
 Baldwin aLmb has returned to his home in New York after spending the season at his summer home in Frank lin.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-22

L. rane, Admr., vs Rose M. Capen, Exec utrix; George J. Rood vs Vim. and liar old S. Maine Harlow M. Tracy ct al. vs Everett Taylor; Josephine Shea vs Abbie Macht; Hymen Rosenberg ys Her man J. Prag, ct al; Lyman Seplowitz vs Henry W Chamberlain.
 To Jury-Manhasse Mfg. Co. vs Alcott D. Sayles; The Sherwood Distilling Co vs Samuel smith, Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. of America vs Napoleon Muire; Rosie zuzdal vs Maurice P. Jor- dan.
 Assignments ot court-First Tuesday. September 27th, Waldo Tillinghast Sons vs N. Y. N. II. & H. R. R. Co i; second Tuesday, September 27th, Grace Tollof- sen vs John Laine; third Tuesday. Sep tenaber 27, James P. McKenpa vs John W. Whipple ct al.; first Wednesday, September 18th, George B. French vs Janet c. Sheppard; second Wednesday, September 2Sth, Emma M. Wainwright vs Judson A. Wainwright; third Wednes- day September 18th, Denis J. Hagerty vs Nathan W. and Beatrice E. Kennedy
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-22
COLUMBIA

Mrs. Meyer Cohen, of Pine street, went to New York Monday the 18th, with her sen and father-in-law, and will spend a couple of weeks visiting her sister, Mrs Matilda Liebrowjtz
 Mrs. Clayton E. Hunt with her chfl- dren, who has been visiting her parents Mir. and Mrs. Simon Golf in Providence during the past week, returned Sunday
 T. G. Tucker and Herman Brown of Columbia with A. H. Johnson of Wilii- mantle, are enjoying an automobile trip through New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts. expecting to be gone two weeks.
 A hearing vas held before the eoun- ty commissioners at the Columbia town hall, Tuesday afternoon on petition of residents in the town of South Coyen- try, requesting the town of Columbia to put the road known as tho Parker bridge road in a condition SO that 1t would be passable at all seasons of the year. claiming that at times the water was so deep on the read as to render if i'm passable, making if necessary to take some other route, which was eb3ected to as it was their shnFtest road to the state highway. About 40 persons mostly from Coventry, were in attendance at the hear ing.
 On the part of Columbia, D. A. Lyman Edw. P. Lyman, and others, stated that while the road was in Columbia, it was very little used by Columbia people. but mostly by residents of Coventry. and that much money could not be appropriated to keep it in repair, besides it was kept in as good order as other roads in town which were little used.
 Expert testimony was presented esti' tren kAn& hA Ar spend S11,000 to put the road and bridge in passable condition. for all season o1 the year, which it was felt that Columbis could not, and should not be expected tc and state aid was suggested. Upon adjournment of the meeting tn, commissioners stated that they would render their decision later.