Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 176, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1937 — Page 1

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■BEE BREAK ' |twee N LEWIS ROOSEVELT H) Head l akes l ullCon- ■ > Os Labor NonPartisan League iK. h ”*> |V. |,, v .. through th" com--69 nil organization , ~ntrol of labor’-» ■ >" " ,OVe - o.ufstiiiu a break u ~ hinrs "f a third par Authoritative sotiix-.-s fast objective of the Its new form may be in New York Cl-y’s campaign. ""^9 f< -|:a' Mayor Eiorello H l.a of the American K. alone without either ■ ■ ; the Republican \ Anm! a.nt Labor party ia » Y> state affiliate '|K\ lU , ni > ’.san league Thus ■ leagm-s had b- lore the Id.is co l|K . La ;^K,jj fl .|. to run without for SB spouse- -h'.p Ot ei In t ma ‘ '... ■ -1 that Lewis has. pm red the league ot p. .. and Amer! ni-ioi. of Labor influ r'rjeiiils say h" conceived now as merely atm of his CIO. realignment has been carquietly in a series of re- -- culminated Ke;.-:/-: of Sen. (>:>;■■;< 1. Tenn, as president of i-portedly at the de of Lewis and Sidney Hill ■■■ of the league and I^Bc-■ ' the Amalgamated Workers Union. • » president will be electLewis, as chairman. < ON PAGE FIVE) |rm program -■CHANCES SLIM ’-'Bpe For Enactment Os .Biew Fann Program ■I Is Dimmed Today July 27 — (UP)— f : tment of a broad new L -mam before adjournment di-appeared today after r( of the house agriculture and leaders of major i ergamzations were unable to on a bill. •::t..it. Marvin Jones, I). Tex. committee, who called the < sa j ( ] no agreement was and that prospects "are not 9l inght fur action this sessirn chairman Ellison D. of the ■••nate agriculture comhad indicated there would be . e bill in the upper house unsession. course it all depends upon nes said. "The commitcontinue its work regardadjournment.” indicated that a special swb- • might be named to work B‘ hill after adjournment. B pong organizations repreei> on page six) o ■inty Council In I Special Session 9° '-cuinty council will conclude session Wednesday, it S I ' i ' d today Members of the met this morning t,-> begin ' -: i--ration of special approrequested in the amount e refpieetH for the appropria"ere from three divisions of r.,vernment as follows: ra; county expense, $18.232.36. highway department, sl7.turn ''"Unty welfare department. And Groom I Killed By Train Mich., j uly 2 7—(UP)— bride and groom and nephews were killed last "hen a fast Wabash passeti|9 ira in struck their automobile ■'‘Sley Wolf. 21. his wife, Emely fc,;’, 'B> of Seneca, Bobby Lee |9holf, ", and ft ig fcroHjgj. Duance Me«na, nephews of Mr. and H Wolf, were the victims.

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Mexican Earthquake Death Toll Mounts i Mexico City, July 27—(UP)—-Cas-ualtles iii Sunday's earthquake i mounted today as reports were received from Isolated areas amt [some 40 deatliri were recorded In all. Thirty deaths occurred at Maltrata, in Vera Cruz elate, and the town I was almost in ruins. Damage to a power station there disrupted railroad service Ln electrified portions of the area. o-. .. OPENAUCTION SCHOOL AUG. 2 Reppert School Os Auctioneering To Open Here Next Monday The 33rd semi-annual term of the Fred Reppert school of auctioneering will open in Decatur next Monday. August 2. First instituted in 1931 by Col. Fred Reppert, internationally known local auctioneer, the sch<y?l has enjoyed an enviable reputation and as present has a graduate in every state of the union, several provinces of Canada and in AlaskaThe f.rst public sale of the school will -be held Saturday afternoon. August 7. Sales will be held each week-day evening thereafter until ithe close es the three-weeke term. Assisting Mr. Reppert will be Col. Roy Johnson, business manager of the school, aleo of Decatur; Earl Oartin. Greensburg; Roy Hiatt, I l Portland; C. D. Drake, Columbus, R. G. Kinman. Covington, Kentucky. Harry W. Thompson, Decautr; Carl IT. Bartlett. Muncie; H. W. Sigrist. Fort Wayne; A. W Thompson. Lincoln. Nebraska and Cy Sprunger. K.dron, Ohio. One new Instructor, Co'. John L. Fisher, of Dover, Ohio, has been added to the staff. He will make a -permanent residence here. He is a graduate of the Reppeit schc. •!. A total of 60 men. representing 22 I states and Canada, have signified their intentions of enrolling in the (school this term. First to arrive was John G. Thompson, of CorpuaCUxitAi. Texas, who traveled more than 2,000 miles | l.m the Lone Star state to be the ■ first here. Several of the students will stay at the clubhouse at Belmont park, while others are expected to live l in private homes of the city. While numerous bide for the I school are reported ot have been I received from other cities, Mr. i Johns, n, the business manager, J stated that Decatur has been re- ; peated'y named as a permanent site I due to the various advantages offerI ed here. A : To Hold Hearings For Appropriations A representative of the state tax !b.. rd will hold two hearings here Wednesday morning for requested additional appropriations. The first is scheduled at 9 a. m. and wil' be for the city of Decatur. A request for a special emergency appropriation for the school city iat Berne will be heard at 9:15 a. m. o ————— PARADE,FLOAT AIDES LISTED Assistants To Parade And Floats Committees Are Announced ■ I Chairman William Bowers of the parades and floats committees of the Decatur Free Street Fair announced today his list of aides, who are to help in p'anning and staging the free street parades of the fair. A meeting -.f the committee aides will be held Friday night at 8 o'clock with Dee Frybaok, general chairman, in the license bureau of flees on Madison street. Following is the list of aides: George Flanders, Oscar Lankenau, Clayson Carroll, Earl Colter, Virgil Krick, Walter Gard. Walter J Krick, Roy Kalvar, C. C. Baxter, Dr H. V. DeVor, Charles Langston and Bud Townsend. All members are urged to attend I the meeting, as final ©lans for the parades will be made. The following parades are being planned: Opening parade, Monday night, 7 o’clock; School Day Parade Tuesday afternoon. 1 o’clock: Livestock judging parade. Wednesday afternoon. 1 o'clock; Livestock premium parade. Friday afternoon 1 o’cl-ck; Float parade Friday nigh. 7 o’clock. All parades will start on North Third street. I

EMBASSIES IN CHINA CROWDED BY WAR FEARS U.S. Marines Readied For Action As Fear Os War Spreads Peiping, July 27—I(J.R> —Japan and China were in an undeclar- > ed state of war in North China tonight, with fighting in progress at scattered points between Peiping, the ancient capital. and Tientsin, towards the sea. 1 Peiping, July 27— lU.R>— Combat ammunition was issued to United States marines today while for-, I eigners and panic stricken Chinese crowded the embassy quarter in tear of formal warfare between China and Japan. The atmosphere here was more I nervous than It had been in the [ 37 years since the Boxer rebel- i , Hon. Japanese troops, after suffering a humiliating defeat at the city’s ’ southwest gate, attacked a Chin- i | ese regiment in force at Tungchow. 15 miles east of Peiping and according to Japanese sources| killed or wounded every man of i the 400 to 500 troops in the gar- ; rison. Germans were ordered Into their embassy. British authorities ask ed that women and children of I their nationals spend the night in i the legation quarter. Wealthy Chinese flocked into the quarter and all foreign hotels were jammed. Americans awaited a summons to make for designated concentration points where marines were ready to escort them to the embassy quarter, fighting their way through the streets if necessary. Almost all the 5,000 Japanese residents of Peiping were in the quarter. Peiping was cut off from Tientsin and the coast by railroad, bus, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) FLOWER SHOW AT STREET FAIR Decatur Garden Club To Sponsor Flower Show Next Week The Decatur Garden club wil! sponsor a flower show at the Deca- ■ tur Free Street Fair, it was announced today by the garden club | committee. The flower show will be held on Thursday and Friday only of fair ’ week. Awards of $1 for first prize. 50 cents for second prize and honorable mention wil! be given to the ' best exhibitors of the following: Gladiolas. large and small zennias, mixed bouqquets, fix-*, dahlias, roses, petunias and ipotted plants. The exhibits will be in the corridor of the county courthouse. All exhibit entries must be in the hands the committee by Wednesday evening of fair week at 8 o’clock. The exhibits will be judged Thursday morning. Judges will be: Mrs. L. L. Yager, of Berne; L. D. Adam-t | and Mrs. George Sprague, of this city. Members of the committee in I charge are Mrs. Sam Butler, MrsI Earl Butler, Mrs. George Rentz, Mrs. Floyd Acker, Mrs. Charles Beinecke and Mrs. Roy Runyon. I Any of these members may be contacted far information. . Sen. Minton Seeking Approval Os Projects Washington, July 27—(UP)—Sen. Sherman Minton, D., Ind., today sought Presidential approval of more than $3,000,000 (M) in werk relief projects for Indiana, including a $1,125,000 (M) street-Improve-tnment program at Gary. The funds would come from both ’ the public works and works progress administrations to finance construction of new building at Purdue and Indiana Universities, anc ! improve state hospital facilities. The Gary street program would be financed by he Works P r °^®® 3 administration from its new $1,500.000 (B) appropriation. ■ o— Bus Driver Contracts Awarded By Trustee The bus driver contracts for Jes-1 ferson township were awarded to Ralph Christy, Gale Butcher, Adams Reef, Ralph Smitley and Victor Bollenbacher, according to Trustee C. jc. Abnet- _ ..A I

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Heads Legion Ralph Roop, civil works commissioner for the city of Decatur. • was elected commander of Adams ( post number 43 of the American legion, at the annual election of officers Monday night 1 RALPH E. ROOP HEADS LEGION Civil Works Commissioner Elected Commander Os Adams Post Ralph E. Roop, Decatur civil, works commissioner, was elected head of Adams Post No. 43. Amer- ■ ican legion in the election held during the regular business session at the Legion home last night. Mr. Roop succeeds J. Henry Faurote, local grocer, as commander of the local post. He will be installed with the other ofiicerselect at the September meeting. His election was unanimous, as no opposition was nominated. Other nominees, all of whom were elected by acclaim without opposition, were: Herb Kern, first vice-command-er; Edwin H. Bauer, second vice- ■ commander; J. Henry Faurote, ad- ! jutant; Dan Zeser, finance officer; H. V. Aurand, Joe Laurent, and , Herman Ulman, executive committee: Ralph E. Roop. J. Henry Faurote. and T. H. Gehrig, delegates; Ott Gase. H. V. Aurand and | Herb Kern, alternate delegates. | Harry Miller was elected trustee 1 for a three-year term. Joe Laurent is chairman of the ( installation commitee. which will install the new slate of officers during the September meet. Graham Speaks Carl Graham, of Fort Wayne, recently elected fourth district commander, was present at the session . last night, speaking to the mem(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 Convicted Thieves Taken To Pendleton George Swathwood and Paul Hisey, convicted of steal-Ing an auto from a used car lot here recently, were taken to Pendleton this morning by Sheriff Dallas Brown t? start serving sentences of 1-10 years, imposed by Judge Huber M. DeVoss. o HORSE POLLING CONTEST PLANS Contests To Be Held During Fair Week At Schmitt Farm Horse pulling contests, among the most interesting features of fair week, will be held Friday and Saturday mornings, August 6 and 7, at the H. P. Schmitt farm, east | of the Monroe street bridge, along highway 224. Lightweight teams will compete Friday, and heavyweight teams Saturday. Contests both days will start promptly at 9 a. m. All Adams county teams will be eligible to compete in the horse pulling contests. The horse committee will conduct the contests again this year, with H. P. Schmitt, general livestock chairman, and Edwin Neuhauser, horse show chairman, in charge of arrangements. Any farmer of Adams county wishing to enter either contest, is asked to file his entry with Mr. Schmitt or Mr. Neuhauser. A total of S2OO in cash prizes i will be presented to the winners by the fair association. The first prize in each weight division will be S4O, with the prizes scaling down to SSO for fifth and sixth places in each division. Weighlng-in scales for the con- , tests will be located in the buildings on the Schmitt farm, making jit convenient for the contesting | horsemen. i

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, July 27, 1937.

PROTECTION IS ASKED BY STEEL COMPANY HEADS Republic Steel Asks Protection For Workers After Riots Cleveland, July .7—(UP) — The Republic steel corporation today named the steel workers organ'.z-1 Ing committee as defendants in an j injunction suit asking protecti'Ni for its workers against "Intimidation by tlirats and assaults.” The suit, naming also 20 officers of the Ama’gamated association of Iron, steel and tin workers, was filed in common pleas after a night of hand-to-hand fighting be- , tween strikers and nonstrikers. The corporation asked injunction against "interference" with employes or plant and against assembling of "unduly large numbers of pickets.’’ One man was killed and scores were injured in a series of clashes yesterday between strikers, nonstrikers and police. Two hundred policemen were stationed at the j gates of the company’s CorriganMcKinley plant this morning. There was no disturbance when ; the day shifts entered the mill. Republican officials issued a statement declaring that attempts , to prevent their employes from going to work represented efforts by the CIO "to retrieve a strike which it has lost and to save its face in the eyes of its members." Police held five men on disord- ! erly conduct charges as a result of fighting which broke out when the plant changed shifts at 11 o’clock last night. Two clashes j earlier in the day had resulted in the death of John Orecny, a strikj er. He was struck by an automoI bile operated by a non striker who attempted to drive through the ■ picket lines. Hospitals treated 55 men for ‘; riot injuries. One man suffered ’ a compound skull fracture and was I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) MANY WILL GO TO CONVENTION Young Democrats Os County To Attend National Convention Approximately 25 or 30 members of the Adams County Young Democratic club are expected to attend the national convention at Indiana- : polis on August 19, 20 and 21, Edwin Kaufman, club president, anIn.- a need today. Mr. Kaufman also announced the apponitment of John L. DeVoss local attorney, as chairman of the Adams county delegation. Reservations for the convention may be made with Mr. DeVoss, thus eliminating much -sf the delay and confusion upon arrival in Indianapolis, Mr. Kaufman stated. The convention, which is to be attended by prominent Democratic personalities from all over the nation, wi’l be held in the Cadle tabernacle. I A $2 registration fee is charged I upon arrival at the convention headquarters. While many reservations are not in, Mr. Kaufman predicted that more than a score of young Democrats would attend. Boy Scouts Will Meet In Morning Bov Scouts will go to HannaNuttman park tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock instead of the usual afternoon hour, Sylvester Everhart, Scout commissioner, announced today. Soil Conservation Cards Due August 1 Boyd Stepler. secretary of the Adams county conservation association. states that the return cards requesting Inspection of , farms for the 1937 program have ’ been coming in from every township in goodly numbers, indicating a fine interest in the government program for soil conservation. However, in this busy j season, he believes that some who may have intended to send in their cards have neglected to do so and :he cautions that it is very imi portant to get the cards in at once, if the farm owner or farm operator wishes inspection this year, as the deadline is set for August 1 and a considerable change In rules would have to b“ made to permit participation if the cards were delayed after the I deadline of August 1.

Official Street Fair Program Is Outlined For Entire Week Os Third Annual Decatur Fair

WAGE AND HOUR BILL BROUGHT UP IN SENATE Show-Down Fight Expected (tn Efforts To Amend Labor Act Washington. July 27 — <U.R) — The senate today turned to consideration of the Black-Connery wages and hours bill, with a showdown fight anticipated on efforts I to amend the national labor rela ! tions act to give employers greater privileges and authority. , 1 The show-down was expected when Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg. R., Mich., seeks to have added to the wage-hour measure as a “rider" a series of amendments he has drawn to modify the labor reI lations act. His proposed amendments would provide for appeals . by employers to the national labor relations board and would place . greater responsibility on em , I ployes. Meanwhile, speculation centered around the question of whether action on the wage and hours t measure could be completed In ( ’ both house and senate before the [ last-minute adjournment rush. The , bill has not yet been reported by , the house labor committee. Adjournment plans apparently were “in the making," with admin--0 istration leaders conferring in an R effor tto hold congress in session long enough to act on such mear sures as the Wagner housing (1 bill, farm legislation and tax loopg hole plugging bills, as well as the - wage-hour legislation. Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley. D., Ky., said he could not make a definite statement concerning adjournment “for twe lor three days." Meanwhile, Re I publicans and a large number ol Democrats, including many oppon ents of the wage-hour bill, were | seeking to convince the leadership e of the wisdom of prompt adjourn ' ment. The wages and hours bill, spon- ; sored by Chairman Hugo L. Black. D., Ala., of the senate education and labor committee, would auth--3 orize the proposed labor standards * board to set minimum wages up to 1 ’ 40 cents per hour and to regulate maximum work weeks down to 40 ' ; hours per week. Approve Bill Washington, July 27 —KU.R) —The ! senate judiciary committee today ’ ■ approved a bill introduced by Sen. - 1 William E. Borah. R., Ida., designed to end “racketeering" in > receivership and bankruptcy cases ’ in the lower federal courts. 1 The approval was announced by (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) BUFFALO HARD HIT BY STRIKE L Grocery Stores Rationing Supplies To Their Customers Buffalo, N. Y. ( July 27 —(U.R) — r Grocery stores rationed their supplies to customers today and many - housewives began shopping elser where to escape the high prices 1 brought on by strikes which have • cut off the city’s meat and staple ' foodstuff sources. At several stores shoppers accustomed to purchasing a dozer, eggs were given half that amount with the explanation that the storekeepers were trying to take , care of their regular patrons by . limiting the quantity of purchases. Other stores limited their custo- > tners to a half pound of butter. Shelves which had been stocked . with canned goods and other staple foodstuffs were running bare. Prices continued to increase. Butter generally was five cents , a pound higher than when the . strikes began last Wednesday, while some stores were getting as much as eight cents more. The price of eggs increased two to eight cents a dozen. Housewives began driving out to the country, to nearby Canada and surrounding towns and cities to do their shopping. Farmers, instead of bringing their products into the city, set up temporary roadside (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

LISTS FIGURES ON GRADUATES Total Os 506 Graduate From Rural Schools In Four Years A total of 506 students of the rural high schools of Adams county have been graduated during the paat four years, according to the figures compiled by County Super-1 intendent C. E- Striker. Every four years, names of the ’ graduates are compiled In book form and filed away for future ref- j erence. The laet compilation was made in 1933. This year's record has Just been c."*npleted ‘by Mr. Striker. According to these figures, 26 , less students graduated this year 1 than last. The number was greater than wan the case in 1935, however. Following are the years and the number of grduates: 1934, 130; 1935 112; 1936. 145 and 1937, 119. 1 Os the total graduates during the past four years, Geneva has furnished the greater number, followed by Monroe and Pleasant Mills in order. The number of graduates from each scho"J during the past four yeare: Geneva, 103; Monroe, 90; Pleas- ‘ ant Mills 80; Hartford, 75; Kirk- ' land, 67; Jefferson, 52 and Mon- , mouth, 39. The largest single graduating . class of the rural schoo's during th“ i past four years occurred at Geneva - in 1936 when 40 students were grad--1 uated. The second largest also oci curred at Geneva this year when - 25 students received diplomas. Othg er than Geneva, Hartt-ird township >- had 22 seniors in 1935 and Monros ea like number in 1936 for high honn (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) d I FORD HEARIHG ■ IS CONTINUED p Ford Company Attorney Objects To Labor n Questioning Is Detroit, July 27. — (U.R) — Louis o Colombo, Sr., Ford Motor company e attorney at the national labor re--0 lations board hearing, climaxed a series of verbal clashes with the trial examiner today with a bele lowed charge that “I’m being treat- >’ ed like a horse thief.” The outburst came as Colombo, ■ defending the company against i charges of Warner act violations 3 through “unfair labor practices,” had been denied numerous objections by trial examiner John T. ’ Lindsay. Colombo had objected strenuously to the cross-examdLtion by labor board attorney Lawrence Knapp of Dennis McKinney, general foreman at the Ford Highland Park 1 plant. 1 "Now I submit that there should ■lbe little fairness in this proceedings,’’ Colombo shouted at the P trial examiner. ’ “Now, now, wait a minute,” Lindsay protested. “Well. I’m going to talk —I'm going to say what I think.” Colombo - presisted. Lindsay leaned toward the court ■ stenographer and ordered him to - "strike this from the record." i The Ford attorney, face flushed, , shouted: , "I protest. I’m getting no courtesy here. I’m treated like a horse thief instead of like an officer in a court of justice.” Lindsay ordered the attorney's , remarks stricken. Behind the verbal clashes be- , tween Colombo and Lindsay was the hammering of Attorney Knapp on the statement of McKinney that (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I o WEATHER Fair, not so cool tonight except in extreme south; generally fair and warmer Wednesday, except local showers northwest by late afternoon or night. TEMPERATURE READINGS ' DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. 64 10:00 a. m. 70 Noon 76 2:00 p. m. 82 3:00 p. m. 86 ‘ Highest yesterday, 69. Highest this month, 99.

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Detailed Program Arranged By Officials For , Third Annual Fair, Agricultural Show. AUGUST 2-7 The official, detailed program for the entire week of the third annual Decatur Free Street Fair and agricultural elu.'W, August 2-7. inclusive, was outlined Monday night at a meeting of fair officials. I W-lth the ‘program set, only minor . and last-minute details remain to be I worked out for the official opening of the fair, Monday evening at 7 I o’clock. Decatur’s greatest show will open I officially promptly at 7 p. m. Monday, Auguet 2, with a ehort paradeThe line of march will be led by city and fair officials, and Decatur’s bands. Sororities, fraternal organizations and service clubs will be Invited to i march in the parade. Boy Scouts | and Girl Scouts will also be in the I .line of march, as well as school children on bicycles. Only one free act will be shown Monday night, when the feature act i of the fair, the Bible animal circus will present a performance on the platform in front of the American Legion home on Madison street at ’ ] 9 o’clock. Each day of the fair hae been ’ set aside as a special day, with a “ I cha-irman for each day. ‘ i J. W. Calland, chairman of the program committee, will be chairman for the opening day. 1 i School Day j Hundreds of school children of ’ I the county and surrounding terri- ? ' tory will flock to Decatur Tuesday _ of fair week, when the annual ■school day will be observed. The day's festivities will open at 1 o’clock, with a monster -parade. Music committee officials stated today that more than 10 bands from this section of Indiana and Ohio I! will be in the line of march at the ' school day parade. Walter J. Krick, superintendent lot the Decatur public schools, will Y act as school day chairman. Wednesday has been designated as 4-H club and dairy day Features of this day will be the first d two livestock parades, at 1 p. m. Fols i lowing the parade, the Cloverleaf I Creameries will entertain dairymen ’land other interested persons on a 1 1 tour ot inspection of the new cheese B plant and remodeled creamery ’ plant. Carl C. Pumphrey is special chairman for the day. Homecoming day will be otaerv- .’ ed Thursday, a day set as-Ide tor I former residents of Decatur and Ad- , I ams county to greet old acquaintances. A band concert likely will be held during the afternoon. George Flanders is chairman for the day. Friday, always one of the greatest days of the fair, when the midj way is packed frrzn noon until mid- - night, has been set aside as Adams t ! county day. I The feature parade ot the week 1 will be held at 1 o’clock with the ■ prize winning cattle and horses s parading through the mldwa). The Adams county day will open (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ; COONTY BOARD • LETS CONTRACT Commissioners Let Con- ® tracts For Repairs At County Jail s — The Adams county commission- - ers in a special session Monday s i night awarded contracts for the ? repair of the roof and windows on t the tower of the county jail. The low bid for the repair of the windows was submitted by M. P. Irwin at $262.82 and was accepted. A second bid was given by Frank Johnson at S3OO. Ashbaucher’s Tib Shop was given the contract for the repair of the jail windows on a bid of sl,931.20. Another bid was given by Frank Johnson at $2,402. The board also further examined the blds submitted by the contractors for the isntallatlon of heating equipment. They will not be let unless the county council grants a special appropriation which is approved by the state tax board. The commissioners met this morning with the county council to discuss the beating plant.