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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-14

But If It's love we searcl, for. knowledge
And love that passcth knowlcdsc-God
Is there!
Who seek the love OF hearts ma III their
Peace at the threshold, angels on the
stair.
-Munscy's Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-14

In letter dated January ], 1900, Nj.
Atkinson gays, after five years expert
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-14

81 ,ciH crer continue TO spcaL q
rood 1cord for PerH7,a. i am still
cured or catarrI,. ''--Joh7, o. Akin
SON, Independence, Mo-, Boz 272.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-14

"yvhy, understood it was 4, .. ch.
lie told me he had absolutely nothing
N 1o -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-14

Eul pity thesc-ah, pity these the moro
Who Of the populous town desert
pant in a solitude upon whose shore
THE tides cf sweet compassion never
break,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-14
General Cotton Market.
Cotton futures steady:
Spot cotton easy; sales, l1,750 bal
,cIud;no dSn tn arrive. otiOtatiOnS I

cnanSeo.
The future market opened quiet and
from to 10 points down, influenced by
bearish crop movement and lower
Liyerpool; also by dispatches from
Texas exhibited by the bear element to
the effect that country bankers Of tnat
State will only advance, $25 per bale
on cotton when well insured. Trading
today was very quiet. the usual Satur-
day dullness being in evidence; the
fluctuations were few and narrow, jan
uary opened 12 points lower at 7.47,
sold down / point then advanced to
7.57 and finally lost 2 points to 7.55.
The market closed steady with net
losses OF to 6 points.
Charlotte Cotton Market.
n,hana 6a,,roc renrecant nricec mid
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-14

Under dale of January 10. 1897, DR..
Hartman received The following. letter:
"My wife has been sufferer from .
complication OF diseases for the past
twenty-five years. Her case has .batiied
the skill OF some Of the most noted ply
sicians. One of her worst troubles was
chronic constipation OF several years
standing. She was also passing through
that most critical period in the lie OF i
woman-change Of life.
ain June, 1895. wrote to ron about
her case. You advised course OF Peru
nd and NIanalin, which we at once conf
nlcnced, and have to say it completely
cured her.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-14

For the frightened pines that shrink
away
From his Gasp all trcmblingly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-14

II they've told you you are going to tn
fidoes,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-14
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almanac fcr 1905
Try a Smile.

lf a scowl dotu make your neighboriaeod
respect yOG.
TrS smile;
II an cvcras!!:;g srumble don protect
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-14

" te ',,I,!'I'
Dash away that childish tear.
cheek that sob its bad TO hear:
surcad your mouth from ear to ear
Try Il smile.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-14
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.

on the 18TH Instant.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-05-27
Mr.. BENTLEY
RESIGNS
Position With Armstrong. crislip, Day
& Company, to Go With New York
Life Insurance Company.

Samuel R. Bentley has rendered his
resignation to Armstrong, Crislip, Day
\ Company, to become effective June J.
Mr.. Bentley has been associated with
the firm ever since it purchased the
Koblegard Company interests sew
eral months ago and prior to that he
was with the Ruhl-Koblegard Company
several years as travelling salesman. As
such he was very successful and was re.
gnrded very valuable salesman by hi.
employers, being naturally adapted tc
the business and possessing extraordi-
nary ability. He Travelled over a wide
territory and was in close business &c
quaintance and friendship with all with
whom he did business. He made friends
where ever be went and never lost any,
qualities essential in the sort of bust.
ness he is in or any other for that matter
The firm is sorry to lose him, appre-
ciating as it does his faithfulness and
effectiveness to business as well as his
proficiency.
Mr.. Bentley gives up the position to
engage IN another line. de goes with
the New York Life Insurance Co., ac-
cepting the local agency, and win open
offices in the Leggett building June /.
From the success he has had, the COM
pany may count itself fortunate in Sc
curing his services and none who knows
him has any doubt that he will be EN-
inently successful in the business. and
prove himself very valuable agent.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-05-27

Wedding Of Mr.. Albert Lang, Former
y Of This CITY, ana mss Hazel Bart
lett ocurs in Parkersbufg.

The many friends OF Mr.. F. Albert
Lang, former prominent resident Of
this city, are surprised but pleased te
learn of his marriage. The ParlSers-
burg Sunday News has the following az
count OF the event:
"The home of Mr. and Mrs. Lang, of
Fifth street, was the scene last evening
Of very pretty wedding, when Miss
Hazel Bartlett and Mr.. F. Albert Lang
were quietly united in tnes holy bonds
of wedlock by Rev. S. ScoIay Moore
pastor OF Trinity Episcopal church. ThS
marriage of these two young people viii
be a great surprise TO their friends. as
the near approach of the event had been
Kept very quiet. and only the i,umed
late family were present at the cere-
mony.
"The bride is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. C. Bartlett, of Seventh street
and is pretty and attractive young
woman, who has host OF friends ir
Parkersburg. VINO win wish her the
happiest kind of future. Mr.. Lang
is associated with his father in bust
ness. and possesses all tho sterling
qualities that are necessary for a good
business man. Mr.. and Mrs. Lang will
make their home with the bridegroom's
parents, where he and his bride will be
at home to their friends.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-05-27

AMorOhnnt Cured Assor Having GIvOn Up Hope.
Foley s. Co., Chicago.
Genuemen:-I was afflicted with Kidney and
Bladder trouble for six years and had tried numerous
preparations without getting any relief and had given
up hope Of ever being cured when FOLEY'S KIDNEY
CURE was recommended to me. After using one
bottle could feel the effect OF IT, and after taking
siA ffty-cent bottles, was cured Of Kidney and
Bladder trouble and have felt so well for the past
twenty years and owe II to FoLEY'S KIDNEY
CURE. James Smith, Bentons Ferry, W. Va.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-05-27
BISHOP DAY RESIGNS
AND CONFERENCE ACCEPTS
By Associated Pres.

By Associated Press.
Los Angeles, Cal, May 2s-Bishop j
R. Day, of Syracuse, n. Y, elected on
Saturday, resigned today. The confer
ence accepted his resignation and voted
to indefinitely postpone the election of
his successor.
Bishop elect Day made the statement
that ne had resigned after two days
careful consideration, during which he
had not taken counsel of his friends,
nor had he been coerced by the trustees
Of the university, but his action was the
result Of conscientious conviction of
duty.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-05-27

OF SHOT
As was Done in Murder Would Not
Have Happened, If Gillespie's Gun
Had Been Used, Says Expert.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press
Ri-ing sun, Ind, May 2s-In the Gil
lespie murder trial DR.. Heyl. an expera,
testified that the window glass one foot
from the muzzle of the gun have no in,
huence on the scattering of the shot.
and that gun such as James Gillespie
owned would not scatter shot % widely
as did the assassin's weapon. He
thought the ordinary mszzIe loading gun
would scatter shot approximately as did
the as-assin's weapon.
Myron Barbour was the first one of
the defendants placed on the witness
stand. He said he was reading news.
paper in the parlor wnen the fatal shot
was fired. It sounded like an explosion
in the rear of the colored church and he
ran around the church but saw no one
He then detailed what he saw and did
as has been told by other witnesses.
He denied that ne said to Earl Seward:
fEHe ought not to have shot aer for poor
old grandmas sake" His cross-exam.
nation was not ended when the noon re-
cess was taken.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-05-27
FORMER BANK PREsDENT
SENT TO PENrTENrLARY

! New oYrk, May e3-Dayid Roths-
childs. former president Of the Lake
Federal Bank, was sentenced today TO
nine years imprisonment in che state
prison for grand larceny.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-05-27
PREsBYTERIANs
ARE UNITED

All Three General Assemblies Agree to
Union and coagratulatory kilograms
Are Sent and Read Amidst Great Re
joicing.
By Associated Press.
Buffalo, n. Y, May 2s-At the Pres
byterian general assembly kilograms
were received and read amidst great en-
thusiasm from the assembly OF the Cum
berland Presbyterian church, at Dallas,
and from the southern assembly, at No.
bile, rejoicing in uniting the three bod
les.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-05-27

THESE Illustrations represent few
of the latest and most powerful scien-
tific Instruments used by DIR. Hard.
man for examining the eye for specta.
Giles and it is worth more than the
cost of pair of fine soectacles tohave
so thorough and searching examina-
tion made, as a fitch in time may
save nine.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-05-27

0A@T9EEAs.
s.ass.As pIhs klnd iM Eaa MnaE euz
ss; : Qs9zzzzss1
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
A BIG ESTABLISHMENT.
Doctor Seaman Plans a Great Health

Unless his plans miscarry, and that
does not seem at all likely, the day
is not far distant when Doctor Seaman
of this city will have a great sanitar-
ium and health resort just outside the
city limits and within Is minutes walk
from the heart Of the city.
A year or two ago Doctor Seaman
investigated and had analysed the
waters from several springs on a tract
of 20 acres of ground lying imme-
diately south of the city and owned
by C. r. Stoll. The doctor was salts
fed with the result of the analysis
and set about to make a purchase Of
the land from Stoll. This done he pro-
ceeded to erect a small bathing house
and heating plant and placing it in
use. So we'll satisfied is he with the
experiment that he has now planned
for the erection Of a plunge 100 feet
long and 40 wide, besides equipping
the enclosure with a number of tur-
kish and private bath rooms. Not
only does the doctor intend to erect
a modern bathing establishment, but
he intends to convert the remaining
ground in his possession into a city
park and make the entire surround
ings as attractive as it is possible
for money and labor to bring about.
Doctor Seaman only recently re-
turned from a visit to Salt Lake and
other bathing resorts, the purpose of
his visit being to look up the most
modern plans used in the erection Of
a plant Of this character.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09

Of the engineers killed in the railway
wreck at Bozeman last Sunday, we're
brought to the city yesterday and
taken to the home Of his sister, Mrs.
Frank Purcell, from where interment
took place. Mr.. Graft left a wife and
two children, who are residents OF
Helena. They came ito the city to
abt(nd the funeral.
ISherif Hubbard had considerable
Of a disturbance at the county jail
last Friday evening, which was en-
gineered by a number Of the more
hardened men confined at the Jail.
The trouble was not serious, but the
sheriff informed those who participate
ed that a repetition Of the event Of
Friday night would result in severe
punishment to the ring leaders.
Kan information has been filed in
the district court against Frank La
Point and George Fisher charging rob-
berry. The two are the men who en-
tered the home OF Corbly Iams, in
the eastern part Of the city, a fortnight
ago in broad daylight and appropriat.
ed about all the wearing apparel con.
tained in the house. They later
captured a short distance from the
city while in the act of exchanging
their hobo apparel for a part of the
booty taken from Iams. Both culprits
are detained guests of Sheriff Hub
bard.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
OPEN FOR BIDS.
Government Invites Proposals for Sur
veying Coded Grow Lands. y.

Government Invites Proposals for Sur
veying Coded Crow Lands. ~
The department. of the Interior at
Washington is inviting bids from sur
veyors for surveying the lands which
have been coded from the Crow reser-
walton and these bids are to be open
ed at the Office Of the surveyor gen.
eral of the state at Helena on Au-
gust Is.
People in this locality familiar with
Nthat class of work estimate that it
Will take three crews at least six
months to complete the survey. Max
ing allowance for bad weather next
winter, the surveyors ought to be able
to complete the job early next spring.
The completion and acceptance of the
surveys will be followed by q procla-
nation issued by the president de-
claring the coded lands open ito home
stead entry under rules prescribed by
the interior department. Then will
follow the registration for choice of To-
cation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09

Furniture for Sale, House for Rent.
Bargain for parties wishing to keep
roomers. Rooms all occupied at this
time, Inquire Of H. H. Hill, 2910 First
avenue, north. 1912
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09

Geo. Hubbard is prepared to wait up.
on you as a practical paper hanger.
kalsominer and painter. Good work
at reasonable prices. Mutual phone
3O1. k-n4.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09

Arthur Wales, premier plano tuner.
Thirty years experience. Leave or.
ders at Holmes & Rixon's drug store
Montana avenue. 67.tf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
Notice.

The first meeting of the Roosevelt
and Fairbanks Republican club in it's
new hall will be held tonight at 8
o'clock. Every republican in the city
is earnestly invited to come out and
assist in ~perfecting the organization
for the campaign. Rademaker hall,
tonight at 8 o'clock. :
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
Stage for North.

Leaves Sundays, Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 6 a.. IA. for Musselshell,
Flatwillow, Grass Range, Gilt Edge
and Lewistown. Inquire Of N. P. ex-
press agent. tt
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
Money to Loan.

We loan money on improved Bill
ings property at 10 per cent and allow
you to pay the loan in monthly in
stallments. North Real Estate, Loan
& Title Co. 24-6
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09

Billings, Mont, Aug. 5, 1904.
The board met this day as a board
of equalization at 10 a. M, pursuant
to adjournment.
There were present Chairman w. O.
Parker, Commissioner s. X. Deverill
and Deputy Clerk Ira L. Whitney.
The minutes Of the previous day
We're read and duly approved.
Mr.. P. B. Moss, in the beginning,
having filed an affidavit for a reduc-
tion in the assessed valuation of his
residence property, again appeared be-
fore the board, as appointed, and fur
ther testimony in this matter was
heard. Attorney o. F. Goddard ap-
peared for Mr.. Moss and County At
torney G. L. Harris was present as
legal advisor for the board.
Francis Foley, s.. B. Sawyer, ST.,
and e. H. Gagnon having been sub.
poenaed by the board, were examined
and their Testimony made a matter of
record.
It was ordered that all testimony
introduced in this matter be tran
'scribed, signed by the witnesses and
filed with the clerk of the board.
The board, after due deliberation,
ordered that the request Of Mr.. Moss
be denied and that the valuation Of
his property stand as originally as
sessed and entered on the assess
ment book.
The board having completed the
work of e%qualizing the assessment
book, adjourned.
u Approved. 4
W. o. PARKER,
Attest: Chairman.
IRA L. WHITNEY, Deputy Clerk.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
For Sale.

Four-room cottage on corner, one
block from new court house; also one
parlor mirror. Call at 2511 Third ave.
nue., north. k-s1
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
Poultry.

Rush orders for nice spring chick
ems promptly filled. FRANK MAYER,
South Twenty,third street. Mutual
phone 800. k4s1
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
For sale.

A good phaeton. c. E. Smith & Co.,
1905 Montana avenue. k-s4
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
Map Of Coded Reservatlon.

Map OF HeSefVatIon.
Map of coded part Of Grow Indian
reservation will be mailed to any adj
dress by The Gazette on receipt of
10 cents.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09


~ 3 Vail and W. A. Talmage OF
ReaLodge were here yesterday.
L6tate Senator Meyer of Carbon
county paid the city a visit last Sat
~Ralph Berry, the Winnecook sheey-
imam, was a visitor in the city yes
terday.
Mrs. Marvin Chase has gone to
the state of Washington ito visit her
M. H. Hollister and family have gone
TO the Yellowstone park on a brief
vae2kion.
fEMiss M. Kron and Miss Baskins
have returned from a trip to Chicago
a9dNew York.
LMrs. H. v. Bailey of Grow Agency
has been visiting friends in the city
dyfing the past few days.
~.E. Smith returned Saturday morn
ing from Chicago, where he had been
with a carload OF horses.
MJoseph simineo and family left yes
herday morning for two weeks out
ing. on the upper Judith river.
ZNlrs. Paul Mccormick and daughter,
Blythe, returned yesterday from an
aNtended visit to the Pacific coast.
%$. D. Church and wife have returned
from an outing in the Soap creek
country on the Crow Indian reserva-
tion.
rhe regular monthly meeting of the
ABillings Civic Improvement league
will be held in the city council cham
Der tonight at 8 o'clock. 4
./Arthur ]. Hart left Sunday for Liv-
4ngston to accept a position in the
mechanical department of n of the
newspapers Of that city.
IN Kate and Roy Matheson ~returned
/efrom Miles City Sunday morning, hav-
ing been absent six weeks visiting
their sister, Mrs. ]. H. Johnston.
/Secretary of State Hays wa an
arrival yesterday from Helena with a
wow III 1OOh1uS OV0T Wu0 u0mOCTNLlC
political ground In his home county.
Miss Della Walters has rendered
her resignation as cashier for Yegen
Bros. store. The young lady will go
east shortly to take q course in music.
Oscar Hobson. charged with assault
in the third degree on Conrad Schmidt,
was given a jury trial last Saturday
in,Judge Fraser's court, and acquitted.
~. F. Sleeper has succeeded Miss
Della Walters as cashier of Yegen
Bros establishment. Mr.. Sleeper has
for years been manager Of the furn!.
ture department.
IfA. H. Barth has returned from q
trip through northern Wyoming where
he made the purchase Of a lot Of
stock sheep. The price paid was
1925 a head for mixed yearlings.
~ "A ball team composed OF local play
ykers vent to Laurel last Sunday to
= try conclusions with a club in that
village. The game resulted in a score
of 9 to 5 in favor of the visitors.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09

Latest styles in Job printing at
The Gazette Office.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09

Calling cards at the Gazette office.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
PROCEEDINGS
Board Of County Commissioners
Equalization Term.

~. ~ HE
Billings, Mont, Aug. A, 1904.
The board met this day at 10 o'clock
q. M, pursuant to adjournment. There
were present Chairman w. 0. Parker,
Commissioner s. X. Deverill and Dep
uty Clerk Ira l.. Whitney.
The minutes of the previous day
were read and duly approved.
The day was taken up in e~qualizing.
assessments and considering county
matters Of Importance.
The board desiring further time for
consideration and deeming 1t for the
best interests of the county, again
postponed the hearing of further tes-
timony in the P. B. Moss matter until
August 5, 1904.
The board adjourned to meet August
s, 1904.
Approved:
w. o. PARKER,
Attest: Chairman.
IRA L. WHITNEY, Deputy Clerk.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09

w. o. PARKER,
Attest: Chairman.
IRA L. WHITNEY, Deputy Clerk.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-25

The Democratic committee 'of the
First District will meet tomorrow and
20 through the perfunotory duty Of
declaring Hon. Ollie James the Demo
cratic nominee for Congress. He has
no opponent this time. because big
Ollie good natured and harmless,
has numbered about the district for
several years helping out the party.
He is now getting his pay. He has
been in Congress about year. and
won ephemeral notoriety by introduce
ing "a bill that would have destroyed
state rights hadn't it been killed.
he will get the nomination this time,
but never again. Next time Hon. J.
Wheeler Campbell will probably win
it in . walk. He could probably give
the big Congressman from Kentucky
a run for his money now il he wanted
to. Senator Campbell is modest and is
willing to wait until Mr.. James first
term has been Endorsed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-25
BOARD MEETING
Y. M. c. A. DIRECTORS TO MAKE
PLANS FOR FUTURE
WORK.

The board Of directors of the Y. NJ.
@. A. will meet this evening at the
association building at 1880 O'Clock.
Reports from a financial canvass will
be received, and some plans for the fu-
ture of the association will be made.
Mr.. o. B. Van Horn, secretary OF
the religious and educational work Of
the state Y. NJ. @. A., who has been
here the past week will leave tomor-
row morning for Princeton, and after
spending a few hours there will re-
turn to his home in Louisville.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-25

The joint hospital committee Of the
general council is ready to hold con-
ference with the doctors relative to
the new city hospital. The doctors
should lose no time in calling n meet
ing before the Legislators get out of
the notion. The hospital, market
house and street bond matters have
dragged along quite long enough. 1t
is time to get busy.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-25
DAILY TOURIST sLEEPERS TO
CALIFORNIA.

Iron Mountain Route operates Pull
man tourist sleeppers, st. Louis to
California, leaving $3.50 .. m. daily
- Little Rock, Texarkana, Dallas,
,I6rt Worth and Ell Paso. The Ideal
Route to California. Fast schedule.
Cheap colonist rates in effect daily
during March and April, 1904 to Gal
ifornia and the northwest. Pullman
tourist sleepers via Missouri Pacific
railway. Leave ST. Louis every Thurs
day a. m. from Kansas City We'd
nesdays, Thursdays and Friday $3.50
p. m. going via Pueblo, ID. and r. G.
system through Glenwood Springs,
Salt Lake City to Ogden, etc. Home
seeker and colonist rates to various
points in the west and southwest ev
cry first and third Tuesdays each
month. For map folders, descriptiv,
literature, rates, etc, consult nearest
ticket agent, or address,
r. 7. G.. MATTHEWS, L. p. A..
Room 30l Norton Building. Louis.
vile, Ky.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-25

1t is to be hoped that the Board OF
Public works will turn out to be q
benefit instead of a graft. II it is to
be Used simply as means Of creating
more offices for the people to support,
tine city would be better Oh without it.
None of us DOW know what the work
incident to the boards duties will be,
for the board Is something entirely
new, and until we do. the boards
should think twice before creating
new offices.