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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-01-25

Gncrm intoTcst ~ tho new state Of
OklnhOmn ia felt throughout the civiIiz-
cd world. Tho Arhmor" ATdmorcite
gives this timely inioi mntiOn: "Okla.
l"inn county is first IN population. Tho
census ~ 1900 gnvc il 57G55, whcrcas
Muskngr" county il catimntrd NJ 10000.
l'niirwninu'ir has ovu Ii.GC0, Tnrnn
ovDr $1,000 md Garlrld over 20, 900. or
tho other new counties Scquoyah has
10000. llnuhcs o3.00D. TulsU 25,OC0.
PittsburR 10000, Bryan $1,000, Carter
$1,000, Grady 250C0, Gomancho 3O,000,
Cadin 3l,00o, The remainder ot the
counties running from $4,000 down To
$500. Laiimer, McCurluin AMI Harper
couatios lirvc 5000 each; Cimarron
county, tho smallest in valuation, haa
1900 people tostimatCd), Tho larReet OF
iho OunliOmH counties untouched IL
Kio"n. with 1876 square miles, a
anRunr iaot Ia that Custer, Dewey,
Grant mud WnBhiin counties Nro Of the
r"nntice averaging 0iG square milce
New In Floro county Ia SOC square
miles. Pushmaiaha 400 square miles
~ "'nr'ain 600 square miles. and
Plfishnrg l,3GS square milos. Murray
nd Marshall arc the emallcd. with i5l
square miles each"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-01-25
IIrw. Nuuid rhIs wnrR at Cnrann.

Tho agitation against lobbying liz
hcntinc fruit. At Springfield. Illinois
last week Speaker ShurticT Of the lower
House of the legislature announced
thu, during the cutirc session he would
cnfnfrc rii,lly the rulo kccpinR the
but!cEhrIG hriEndc from the Iloor Of the
chamber. The cdcr hnn'shing the gcn
tl"mcn with the glnd hnnd and per.
suaaivc smilc was received with ahuuie
~ approval by III" Legislators, among
whom sentiment against the lpbbyslts ts
is so strong this year that thoy did not
Bvtn frOwn when tho Speaker eaid TINT
the rule woulI apply to the wives and
families Oi me nhcra, M well ma io on.
sidcrs. Tho Spoikor uaid that when.
over the attention " the chair liz called
to tho presence Of my pcrarn not ontit.
led 10 tho ilODr. all business will be
atoppcd untl The intruder has rotired.--
lIarcka Sentinel
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-01-25
Only n Buffer.

The editor OF o LEIPZIG paper has
gono to Jail ;or six months for crlI-
clsing some firCs OF SaH0ny who had
been dead several hundred years. rho
paper will not suspend publication.
however, M tho editor is merely per.
son employed TO serve in prison tho
sentences which may DO imposed for
what tho paper prints.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-01-25
Just 1 Family Jnr.

He (angrlly) there was man
after you when you married me, was
thcro7
She--Ycs; there was.
poor fool ! Wish TO hcavens you
had married him."
~ dld."--Boatou TrnnscrtpE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
ORDER NOT YET ENTERED
Not Likely That People Will
Pass on Bond Issue.
Special to The TImes-Dispatch,

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. VA, April c.
Asbury Chapel, In Spotsylvania county,
OF which Rev. DR.. George II. Ray Is the
pastor, is made largely OF timbers Of
the house in which Bishop Francis As
bury died In 1916.
Judge J.4E. Mason. Of tho Spotsyl-
vania Circuit Court, has not Yet an
nounced his decision in reference to the
petition OF -Ethe board of supervisors,
calling for an election on the question
OF a $4,000 appropriation IN bonds for
improvements to the public roads. The
order will be entered at the next term
Of court. 1t is believed that the pres
ent law on the subject will have to
be amended by the next Legislature
before the election can be held
Herring are coming In market from
the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers
In large quantities. They are selling
here at from 90 cents to 81 per huns
drcd. Rock and shad are still scarce:
The fishing shores at Marlboro and
Whitewater are both In operations. The
creek fishermen are doing thriving
Collector OF Internal Revenue NJ. K.
Lowry. Of Richmond. has appointed
John Charters, Of Stafford, to q posi-
ton in the internal revenue office.
Judge J. II. Goolrick, Of the Corpora
tion Court, has fixed upon Thursday,
April 25th, to hear applications for the
granting Of liquor licenses for the new
license year beginning May lst.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
WOODS ACQUITTED.
Prominent Merchant Not Guilty
of Offenses CHARGED.

5 GREENSBORO, n. c., April 6.-After
q trial in the Federal Court here last
ing since yesterday morning, S, G..
Woods. prominent merchant. farmer
and lumber dealer, of CasWell county,
near Danville. Va. was acquitted this
afternoon by the jury In eight minutes
after getting the case. Woods was In
dicted for Illicit distilling, and filing
false notices to government, but the
district attorney at conclusion Of cVi-
dence withdrew the illicit distilling
count. ,Woods introduced no evidence.
The grand jury, which was discharged
this afternoon, have daring the week
found several indictments for offenses
other than for violations of liquor rev.
enue regulations.
Among these indictments, besides thu
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07

We truly great men, who are so busy
planting trees for future generations
that we don't find time to support our
own families. sometimes are profound
" puzzled in making our plans for
the welfare Of posterlty.
For example, none Of us quite know
what is the most appropriate costume
in which to have our pictures taken
for descendants yet unborn. Unfortu-2
nately the artistic day OF sartorial
simplicity and scanty attire has
passed. Moreover. some Of us are not
built for such costumery. ,85Es
Nor are all Of us fashioned for
Neutrality-suspicious. or the Shal1esperean
dsubtlet and hose, which apparently
are designed only for those who have
battened off the latest breakfast foods
or the most modern mineral waters.
From the middle Of the nineteenth
century down to the present year OF
our Lord fashions have changed SO
fast that a hero Of 1859 in paper
collar now looks like q po-Wh1te clerk
from bob-tailed village.
Nor are paper collars the on y things
that drag one down into the dregs Of
plebeianism and transform MIN from
erstwhle Beau Brunlmel into a laugh
able human misfit
Take, the nObleSt man you Know
to-day and plunge his head into a
derby. hat of the block OF 1900 II he
doesn't look like q crime against hui
mainly then Ill cat tho man and tho
hat, too.
1t is tho photograph albums which
show how hopelcssly impossible It Is
to get ones self properly rlgged up
for posterity. photographs somehow
never suggest tho antique or the
! quaint The second they begin to show
| the first effects Of time, they make
| their subject appear blatantly and
shriekingly po-white-'dcad7co
| to a hopeless degree 5FS
| They represent ones clothes as
/ frantic shot at responsibility Wh1cf
/! has missed tho mark by thousant
| yards. .j3 rs &.
If a woman were loving MOI ant
saw some OF the photographs Il hat
taken twenty years iago--yes, ten years
ago--I would consider my cause more
irretrlevably lost. han II conviction.
felony were laid ut my d. ors gf Ia
safer Is 1t for ono to lot his sweet
I{haart see him getting his hair cu
than 1t is to give her q squint%at ~
b picture as wrought by q camera
l'nlf n DECADE ago.
Now the snddest part about 1t al
is that tho photographs we are hayln
taken to-day Will look Just as lurldl
plcbeian ten years hence, ana the Yer
neckWear which now ornaments ou
thrortlcs to such fine advantage WI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
CivicSLeague Organizes.

LSEtClHI 70 TIC 1cs-I7IaPutV37'
BRADFORD, VA, April 6.!The Civic
League Of Radford was organized at
the Opera House Thursday evening.
with the following officers: President.
5Jchnj IT, Stump; Vice7 Presidents, w. T..
Baldwin, Row. J.. w: Irwin, and ].
Rosenfeld; Secretary, G. a. Sullivan;
Treasurer, w. II Galway: Executive
Board, ]. 1Ioge Tyler, Dr.. Thomas
johnson, r. NJ. Jones. Mark Reid, ]. D.
Bird, G. IJ.gCassell and M. II. Arnold.
About thirty members were enrolled,
and it was decided to request the City
Council to call meeting Monday
night to ask n.thearing in behalf Of
better streets and better sewerage.
The league also requestd the citi-
Zcns Of the town to clean UP their
premises by theFSth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
Professor Graybill Lectures.

Especial TO The-IlWes- DlsputcH.l
IaALEVlLLE Va, April 6--Profes-
sor w. NJ. Graybill. OF Roanoke. Va.
visited the college at Dnlcville April!
Sd and 4th. On the evening of the
Sd he gave an Informal talk to the
young ladies. The same evening at
$ p. M. he delivered his lecture, "Vir-
ginia and Her New Constitution and
on the morning Of the Ath he con-
Quoted chapel services and talked to
the students on good manners. His
visit to the institution was much ap-
'preciated by all.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
SprInu Medicine

Is made q yearly necessity by a yearly
certainty--tho return In the SPRING ~
some degree or other, ofSsuoh troubles an
pimplcs. blotches and other eruptlons'
biliousness, headache. loss OF apPel1te'
and that tired feeling. !,
TIC Perfect Spring Medicine cures al
these troubles and builds up the Wllo'e
system. II is Hoods sarsaparilla ana
l'llls--the best possible medicinal COM
bination
Mrs. Felste, 1904 oakdale St, Phlladel-
phia, Pa says: I'VE have all been takr
Ing Hoods sarsapnrilla and Pills dui1nl
the spring for impure blood, that ,lleu
feeling and loss Of appetite, ana NAYS
derived great benefit"
Accept no substitute for Hoods Sarsa-
parlla ana pills. for no substitutes :
| like them. y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
what antique furniture Is to the gar
Eish instalmcnt house stuff.

~ i
No ma tier how ugly grandpa was
in real life. the old gent somehow
looks aristocratic when he peeps out,
almost like spectre from the glazed
front OF a idaguerrotype. The very
case. which is the repository Of his
rapidly-fnding physlognomy. has dig
nifty about It and Is more or less cx-
elusive. Grandpa, as q flesh and blood
actually, may have been flercely Toby
smitten, but harnessed up In black
stock and with q swallow tail coat
that bucked up on the back II his
neck until 1t reached the corner OF
OF the neighborhood gentry--least
wise. the daguerrotype creates that
Impression.
Not yet have 7 found a single man
whose features, when preserved by
this medium Of portraiture, suggested
the plebetan, and yet there must have
been po-white folks even in the days
OF the daguerrotype. The po-white. as
we'll as tho poor, We have always with
u.s.
Going back still further, we step
into the era when scissors did the
cameras work. and the silhouette arr
fist blackened every mans appearance.
II mot his character. Quaint, indeed,
| arc these long-tailed figures in jet
paper, but they are never plebeian So.
| too, they arc grotesque rather than
ridiculous. And 1t was the ugly man
who got the most for his money when
/ he had his silhouette cut, for the more
rugged his features. the more accurate
his likeness.
A jump backwards from the solemn
| silhouettes to the oil portraits Of Sill
! Joshua Reynolds eliminates all suE-
| geston OF any such thing as po'-
4 whitelsnl or oven the mildly humorous
! In humanity. From these mellow can
! vases look down only on people WHO
j were splendidly patrician. or at leas1
! always had the air OF being such. They
always wore clothes that fitted
clothes that seemed harmonious ant
4 dignified and genteel Sir Joshua. a.
he climbed tho ladder Of fame. be,
came pretty stiff charger. and !
may be that his portraits, pecunlaril,
speaking, represent the survival Of til,
4 fttest. AT any rate, ono can't imaSin
3 ANYBODY as being commonplace II n
4 had ono or two ancestors whose por
4, traits were painted by Reynolds.
But to return to our nut ton--th
x photograph and it's obnoxious faults
1T may be. after ALL that Its precursor
4 arc dignified only because llnllowe
~ by time. Retrospection is ever k!ndl
process II 1t Is sufficiently retro>pec
tive. Who knows? Some day. you an
viewed through our "photos," ma
&, be regarded as beautiful. Some morta
IN to be born hundred years hence
! may. perhaps. gaze on that pie face G
yours, and overlooking your celluloi
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
Republicans May Nominate.

ALEXANDRIA. VA. April GA meet
Ing OF the Republican Congressional Com-
mittee from the Eighth District has
been called by District Chairman S, +.
Dodge, OF Manassas, Va. to be held in
this city Saturday, April 18th. when It
will be decided whether or not the Re-
publlcans Will place q candidate In tbs
field for congressional honors.
1t Is regarded as probable that tho Re-
publlcans will enter the contest. Among
those prominently spoken Of In connec-
ton with the nomination arc William b.
King lIoudoun county, and John b. Hen
derson, Jr. Alexandria county,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
Becomes a Magazine Writer.

Especial to The Times Dlspatch.]
SALISBURY, N. c., April G.-W. r..
Bost, who is the Salisbury correspond
ent OF number Of daily papers, has
been notified that an article written
by himself on "The Decadence of the
Cornfield Debate" has been accepted
for publication by a well-lnown maga-
zine. Mr.. Bost is q ellknown writer,
and has attained some, reputation on
account Of his lecture on "rhe Cow,
Rabbit and Mule
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
Thacker-Ienks,
Especial TO The Times Dispatch.

Especial to The Times Dlspatch.l
LYNCHBURG, VA. April 6.--An inter-
csting marriage took place at Bedford
Spring. Campbell county. yesterday, when
Miss Sarah Elizabeth jerks, daughter OF
the late Captain and Mrs. William jerks
was united to Mr.. Charles William
Tnacker, a well-knoWn young business
man, The ceremony was performed by
Rev James A. jerks. OF the Baptist
Church, many relatives and friends being
present
Mr.. and Mrs, Thacker will reside at
Bedford Springs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
ENLARGE YARDS.
c. & o. Contemplating Consider
able Improvement at LYnchburg,

Especial to The Times Dispntch.J at
LYNCHBURG.f VA, April Git is
reported on good authority that the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com
pany Is contemplating q considerable
enlargement OF Its local yards, which
include the railing Of several valuable
buildings and tho covering of the old
Knnawha Canal with tracks laid on
steel girders. In order to enlarge the
capacity OF its present yards. Armour
& Co. have been notified to vacatc their
present quarters on Jefferson street
and tho site Of this building Is to be
utilized for tracks for the handling OF
car lots to and from shippers who dc
not enjoy direct shipping facilities.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
{ Sell Timhered Land

ALEXANDRIA,, VA, April GA
large tract oS understand, consisting
of 3,1G8 acres. situated near Wiehle,
Dranesyille District. Fairfax county,
Company. 1nc.,fto Alfred y. Bond. Tie
price paid was 100000. Last year the
same land was sold by Mrs. General
Dunn to the lumber company for s65.-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
Jacobs & Levy
Our. Boys Conner hayetsome
mighty Ngood things for Mondays

one against Frank Jones, the Charlotte
defaulting bank cashier, are bills for
the offenses OF peonage, embczzling
post-ofiice funds, countcrfeiting and
fraud in securing ruralSmail routes.
The court will continue$in session next
week, and those cases where the party
is under bond will be tried. 1T Is also
expected that the $remaining cases
against the Indicted eX-revenue officers
will be tried.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
Capture Runaway Youth.
Isneclal to The Wines. Dlspatcn. /

ALEX ANDIalA, VA, April George
Johnson, small colored boy. who re-
Gently ran away from the Reformers
School, at Broad Neck Farm, Hanover
county, Va, Is held by the police hers
for the authorities OF the school.
The exhibit which will DE placed on
exhibition at the jamestown Exposition
by the public schools OF this city haa
been completed, and reflects considerable
credit on the pupils and teachers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
In Amusement Business.

SALISBURY, NC, April G.-Messrs.
s. l.. Adcock and 6. c. Stewart, Of
syracuse, N. y, have closed a con-
tract for the management OF the Full
ton Heights Park, near Salisbury, for
the coming season. Both gentleme n
are men of wide experience, IN fsthe
mana gemnt OF summer parks, and will
make many Improvements here at once,
tand will open the park to the public
May list. IA {,. +, B ~ W
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
.Disorderlv NEGRO Bows,

Tho police have been asked to break
UP the crowd OF disorderly colorcd
boys who congregate at the corner OF
st. James and Leigh Streets, TO the
annoyance of the residents Of that
section. The boys are alleged to have
6interfered with services at st. Phillip's
colored Episcopal church, ana with
girl going from school. Major, Ver-
rtr Will see that the crowd - dis
Eersed. &,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
Professor Graybill Lectures.

TSptcIuI to TIC Tlmcs-Dlspatch.J
DAI4l0VILLE, VA. April 6.-Professor
w. NJ Grayblll, of Roanoke. Va, visited
The college at Daloville April Sd and 4th.
On tho evening OF the 30 he gave an In
formal talk to the young ladies'. The
same evening ats o'clock he delivered his
lecture. virginia and Her New Const!
tuition" and on the morning of the At
he conducted chapel services and talked
To the students on good manners. His
visit TO the institution was much up
prcclated by all.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
IMPROVE STATION.
N. & w. Will Make Decided
Alterations in Lynchburg Depot,

Especial to The Times Dispntch]
LYNCHBURG, VA, April 6.-President
l.. L. Johnson, Of the Norfolk and West
crn, has advised a local committee OF TIE
Civic League that that company VIII at
once begin alterations on the union pas
senger station here, by which second
floor will be added to the station, and IT
will be otherwise enlarged and improved.
Instead Of entering the station on the
level with the railway tracks, passengers
will enter over viaduct from Jefferson
Street. Separate waiting rooms arc to
DO provided for the races, and smoking
room will be equipped In connection with
them. The station is ut present entirely
too small for the local travel, but thu.
improvements cannot be completed until
next fall.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
Tots Raise Neat Sum.

Especial 10 The TimeH-Dspn tctl.l
ABINGDON, VA, April 6.-Thc Baby
Roll Missionaries met at AIRS. ] NJ.
Butts few evenings since. Quite Il
large number Of friends were present,
and a nice sum was realized, which
goes to the baby cottage In Greenvl.e.
Tenn Tho pretticst baby received u
SEriZe. t=Fa ar }fa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
| Lecture -To-Nigh1

Rev. Edward Ellis Carr, editor OF
the Christian Socialist of Chicago
will lecture tonight at the Apostolic
Church, Graham and Fulton Streets.
His subject will be "The Kingdom of
God M Social State" Mr.. Carr is a
speaker OF exceptional force. He Is n
deep student of sociological conditions
and problems.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
Aggressor Gets Killed.

Following a wordy war, ". Ballard,
negro, killed Moses Rob ertson, also
colored. in a house known as the New
Brick Row. on the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad tracks at Primers Point,
about 10 o'clock last night.
There We're half dozen witnesses,
who say that Robertson was the ag-
gressor, AS he drew knife and cut
Ballard, the latter drew pistol and
fired three shots. One struck Robert
son in his hand. another went through
his heart, causing instant death. Bal
lard ran away Immediately, and has
not since been seen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
SAILORS SHOT
IN PORTSMOUTH 5 N
Policeman Happens Along and a
Lively Time Follows-Bo 9th
Sailors Wounded.
ONE NEGRO KILLS ANOTHER 1. {. !
NIanaWl,o Started the Fight and
Was Aggressor Is Promptly
Shot Dead.
ONE NEGRO KILLS ANOTHER Z.
tspeclnl,to rho Times Dlspntch.l

NORFOLK, VA April o,----Roy Wells
is in the United States Naval Hospi-
tai horc, suffering from a fractured
thigh, caused. by a bullet from the
pistol OF Norfolk County Officer ]. G..
Hubbard.
Wells, with a sailor companion,
Charles Brooks, from the United States
receiving ship Irnnklin,ss paid a visit
to some dives in Queen Street, ex-
tended, Portsmouth. Both mon carried
pistols and shot up tho street. officer
Hubbard was attracted by the Shoot
ing, and found Wells and Brooks, and
placed them under arrest. The officer
covered the men with his pistol, and
after Handwriting them together called
on A. S. Chase, "a former police ON.
Ger, to search them Hubbard lowered
his pistol and as he did so Brooks
opened FIRE with his free hand send
ing one bullet by the ear Of Hubbard
and another one into Chase's arm,
after which they sp1intcd.
Hubbard returned Ire, and after a
short run Wells went down, with a
ball in his thigh, another one dropping
Brooks, making flesh wound in his
tllirh si Fl H1 "a a55 NJ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07

The Merchants and, Miners had half
It's force of men at work to- day. The
new men being employed are coming
from various points.
The steamship companies are said
to be re-employing q few Of the mon
who went out and desire now to re-
turn to work
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07

But tho strangest thing OF all about
phot oEraphs Ia that they are the opt!-
cal offspring Of dagnerrotypes which
az un-po'whlting q man--thnt Is, OF
giving him touch or the patrician.
Dpgueryotypes arc to photographs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07
New Assistant Pastor

Rev. Milton a. Barber. the new as
sistant rector for Christ Church here,
arrived to-day from Burlington, where
he has served the Episcopal Church
there with a high degree Of success
for several years. He was for some
time rector OF ST. Paul's Church. Will
mington. He will ofticiate for Christ
Church Sunday morning for the first
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07

Ingram Art Squares, size 9x12 feet, neat an
artistic patterns 1898.
Our Lino]eun stock is the biggest we've eve
carried, and contains the very choicest American an
British goods. Prices on Inlaids range from 69c
SLIGO per square yard and our stock is so large til;
you can be suited either as to quality or price Yc
don't have to order from the mill. We've got VIII;
you want right here in stock.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-08-29
THE CANYON CANAL.
Material for the Dam i,
Being Moved.

The banks of the river at the site
Of the Canyon canal dam is busy
place now. Lumber and other
building material are being piled up
there and aforce of men is being
collected. Six big loads of lumber
left the McNish mill yesterday
morning for the scene and other
teams are hauling from the Dry
Buck mills.
The first work will be the building
of boarding and bunk house for
the workmen and stables for the
horses. THE boarding house will be a
permanent structure and will be well
built. Orders for material for the
dam have already been sent out,
among them being one for two miles
of wire cable to be used in weaving
the brush mat for the dam to rest
on. 1t is understood no contract
will be let for the rebuilding of the
dam. 1t will be built by the COM
pany under Engineer Babbitt's sup
ervision.