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WOMAN KILLED
Mrs. j. w. Richardson Is
Accident Victim
iSpecial "a me Heraldl.

WESLACO. March l9.-Mrs. j.
w. Richardson, 40. was killed al
most instantly shortly before noon
on the highway near Val Verde,
when the automobile IN which she
vas riding with her husband and
Mrs. Walter Weaver Of Donna,
was hit by an automobile coming
across the highway from a side
road.
Details Of the accident were un-
available at noon, other than that
the driver of the a which hit the
automobile in which the party was
riding, had not yet been identified.
The automobile belonged TO Wal
ter Weaver, Donna attorney. Mrs.
Richardson was a sister Of Mrs. G,
l.. Skaggs OF Weslaco. whose hus-
band is president Of a Donna bank.
Mr.. Richardson. OF Donna and
Weslaco. was also formerly connect
ed with a Donna bank. All are well
known throughout the Valley.
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Freighter S. 0. S.

NEW YORK, March i9-P-The
Mackay RADIO station here today
picked I'D an 5 O.. s. from the
Greek freizhter Eugene. which list
Cd her position at 200 miles north
east OF Bermuda. The Eugene said
Ter engines had stopped. and she
vas unable &C steer.
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THE WEATHER

For Brownsville ar, the Valley:
Fair or partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday; warmer Thursday
For East Texas. Fair tonight
somewhat farmer In vest and north
portions; probably frost In interior
OF east portion; Thursday fair and
warmer.
Light northerly winds on the
coast becoming variable.
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CITY FL
MEETS DEFEAT
Outsiders Vote Against Invitation of City
To Become Part of 1t i'm Light
Balloting Tuesday

The inside wants the outside inside. but the outside wants To stay CUT
side. and not come inside.
This was the result Of the city election Yesterday voting Ia rxtnrd thn
city limits to include portions OF Los Ebanos, West Brownsville. Colonta
Mexicana, and to the center OF the international boundary. when the
project was defeated. 100 to 100.
The voting was divided into two sections. those inside the present city
limits voting at the Central fire station, and those citizens living outside
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TAX BUDGET METZ

WASHINGTON. March TT
Further treasury reports on the
March Is collection OF income taxes
indicated today that budget eSti-
mates for the first quarters e
ceiptS would be nearly met
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WORKING, Surrey. Eng, March
l9-P-The Earl Of Balfour, vet
eran British statesman, died here
at s:45 a. m. today IN q room az
the home Of his brother, the Hon
CRADLE Gerald Balfour.
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Especial 70 The Herald.)

McALLEN, March lS-A- =.
Warner, Donna, Is being held IN
connection with the fatal accident
rear Val Verde az noon today.
Charges or murder have been filed
against him in Justice Of the Peace
court before Justice c. S. Collier by
Rogers Kelley. assistant county at
torney. J,
Walter Weaver will prosecute. and
any application for bond will ne
contested By the prosecution, u -
said.
Il Is alleged that Warner drove
on 70 the highway az a high ate
Of speed and that q collision was
unavoidable.
Mrs. j. w. Richardson, whose
skull was crushed. died.
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IN OUR
VALLEY
HOW ABOUT 1T!
By HALL

HOW ABOUT 1T?
Coming generations can be re-
lied upon TO provide for their
own needs as they arise"
Julius Rosenwald
The House OF Commons is
like a tickle woman: If YOU do
not WOO her p~crSistently. she Will
become jealous and get out o.
hand, but II YOU pay to her con-
slant court she will always be
sweet and smiling"
Stanley Baldwin. cX-British
premier.
1T would be possible 10 argue
that a good sheep dog has at
tanned almost the summit OF mo-
raj excellence"
Dean William Ralph Inge.
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Special to The Herald.)
San Benito, March ia rise Of
a foot and a half in waters of the
Rio Grande was reported this
morning by Mike Robertson, man.
ager Of the San Benito Irrigation
district.
The increase came during the
past few DAYS, when irrigation in
the Valley has been cut down due
TO recent rains rendering irrigat-
ing waters not so necessary as
usual.
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TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
Hizh and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow under normal metenrcicE-
teal conditions.
High Ills a. ri.
Low Iii a. N.
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Edinburg received q neaVy ram, II
is said. McAllen, 4 miles from Mis-
sion. got practically the same a.
mount OF rain. Pharr. south OF
McAllen. and San Juan, both re-
ceived heavy rain.
Growers Wednesday reported that
the rain was extremely beneficial
to growing crops.
A rise is also predicted for the
river, already up 2 feet at San Be-
nito and rising here.
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RIVER FORECAST

There viii be no material chang
In the river during tbs next few days
FTood Present 1A-Hr. 24-Ers
n#nnn EtnmM rhmM- Ram
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DATA

Sunset today osfl
Sunrise tomoTcw .-+--------- e.5a
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FOUND ON MAD WIREs

Anew YORK-MrS. Roy *. Moul-
N ton IS the champion liner OF
her sex in the big town. She
belongs 70 80 clubs and other wo-
mems organizations.
LONDON-MrS. Mary Lillian
Hamilton. labor member OF the Liv-
erpool City Council. has been in
,ited BY the Laborites OF Carnayon
% run against Lloyd George for
Parliament She is a friend Of Ms.
LLOYD George.
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INCIDENTALLY. while We are
guessing on what day the ON
nibus bill, carrying this enter
prise. will come up for a ballot, the
: .ain gods. led by j.. PluviuS. have
answered our prayers for the pota-
TO and truck growers. and the VAL
Icy went TO sleep last night listen
ing to the patter of a million dollar
rain.
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CCORDING 70 a telegram from
"a The Herald's Austin correspon-
- dent. the house has cast a ia
vorabIe vote on the permit for a mil
lion dollar causeway over Laguna
Madre, and its final passage is ex-
pected today
Talking about million dollar pros
poets in the Valley these days Is
getting like asking a companion for
a match.
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JUDGING from yesterdays clec-
ton, Brownsville has some next
door ncighborS. who Go not care
20 be associated With her III a civic
way. But Brownsville still held her
kindly spirit for them and invited
thcm into the city ioid.
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Birthday Of Labor
Holiday On Friday

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1T
Although observed today Labor
Day will have its forty-eighth birth
day next Friday.
National leaders today recalled
that the first celebration OF tie
holiday was on Tuesday. September
5. 1882, I'm New York City. A parace
Of between 10000 and 10000 persons
followed the first recorded sugget-
tion for a festive day during which
a parade through the streets Of tbs
city would permit public tribute 70
American industry.
Peter j. Mcclure, New YORK
carpenter. presented r motion for
the holiday at q meeting OF ths
Central Labor Union in Clarendon
Hall on May is. 1882. the American
Federation OF Labor In October.
1854. adopting a resolution setting
apart the first Monday in Sep
tember Of each year for a Lab0rerf
National Holiday.
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UNION WORKERS
TAKE CAPITOL
Washington Celebrations
Draw Large Crowds;
Officials Gone

WASHINGTON. Sept 1.-P-
Union workers and firemen took
possession. OF the national capital
today with Labor Day celebrations
attended by record breaking crowds
OF visitors.
While the notables OF the city
and as many Of its inhabitants as
could get away sped to resorts and
Fairgrounds, tourists from far and
near thrnnged the streets, parks
and museums. Lining the historic
-march-route Of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. for q holiday parade III which
fire-fighters from nearby cities wed
with the elaborate pageantry pre-
pared BY the local force. March
ing with them were delegations OF
seVenty-flve labor unions.
OF the nations high officials only
vice-President Curtis expected 70
be in the city all day, formally
opening in the morning a new
hourly service to Philadelphia and
New York.
President Hoover planned to re-
turn in late afternoon from his
weekend of rest at the Virginia
mountain camp.
The president of the American
Federation Of Labor, William
Green, observed Labor Day with an
address at the New York state fan
III Syracuse. Yesterday he signal
ized here the working mans own
celebration IN an address at the
washington cathedral. pleading FOL
wider application or religious prin-
ciples in the human relations Of
industry.
III place or the federal officials
two state neads-Governor Ritchit
Of Maryland. and Governor Pollarc
OF Virginia-represented govern
ment at the labor exercises. They
headed the list Of reviewers for tho
firemen's parade.
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cific, qualities for a job as lumber
Jack, having formerly worked IN
Canadian lumber camps as well as
in a stave factory. He also, at one
time. was the camp cook.
A. Fl. Rick" Woodward. Million
ARE iron manufacturer, Of Birming-
ham, Ala, was a locomotive engi-
neer before gaining his riches. Just
to prove he hadn't forgotten how,
ne takes his place at the throttle
OF an engine occasionally, even now.
Long before he ever dreamed Of
manufacturing automobiles, Walter
p. Chrysler was an engine wiper In
a railroad shop at Ellis. Kans.- and
after four years, became a full
fledged journeyman mechanic.
James J. Davis. secretary Of la
Dor. is rated as a millionaire. but
he'll never forget the days when
he was an iron puddIer. working
with white-hot metal In a PennsyI-
vania mill. He also worked at an
Alabama furnace.
Another former engineer who
rose 10 wealth IS Edward Nash
c"Hurry UpD Hurley, manufacturer
and wartime chairman or the fed
ersl shipping board. He once pi-
loted switch engines through the
Chicago railroad yards.
John j. Bernet, president OF the
Erie railroad. was q blacksmith be-
fore the ticking OF the telegraph
keys lured him from the forge and
sent him on one Of the most pic
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turesque and remarkable careers in
railroad history.
It wasn't so long ago that Jesse
II. Jones. Of Houston, was a laborer
III a Dallas lumber yard. Now he's
one or the wealthiest men in Texas.
In 1923 he was able to lay down
a signed check and say, Fill IN
the amount you want when he
sought to bring the Democratic na-
tional convention to Houston.
II the General Electric Company
should need experienced workmen
IN its shops. II could call on its
president, Gerard SWope. He once
received 81 a day Is helper in the
Chicago plant.
Another S1-a-day man who be-
came a millionaire IS Charles NJ.
Schwab, the steel magnatc. who
worked IN a mill at Braddock, Pa,
as an engineers helper. He also
toiled on a railroad construction
gang.
George r.. Jones. one Of the
Standard Oils 500, 000-a-year men,
once worked 10 hours a day In a
knitting mill for s. cents.
When william w. Atterburv. head
Of the Pennsylvania railroad. talks
about labor problems. he knows
whereof he speaks. For Atterbury
worked as a Iaborer in the railroad
shops before getting a white collar
and. eventually. wealth.
Harrison Williams Is now pow
erful IN the utilities world and his
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wealth IS estimated at $500, 000, 900,
but IL he ever lost IL he probably
could make and repair bicycles like
he did in Elyria, Ohio, not so long
ago.
Samuel Vauclain. head OF the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Is an
expert machinist and once worked
in the company's Altoona, Pa,
shops
William Childs could 60 back 70
work in New Persey saw mills II
the fortune he has amasSed from
chain restaurants disappeared
Mary OF today's m~illionaires
were horn rich, but chose to start
at the bottom OF the ladder just
the same.
Cornelius Vanderbilt HIS family
was wealthy, but he donned over
ais and took a Job In a railroad
hop after leaving Yale.
Arthur Curtiss James, railroad
king, started as a mail clerk in his
fathers metal company.
Daniel Guggenheim, multimil-
lionasre philantropist. worked In
western mining camps and endured
many hardships despite the fact
that his father was well-to-do.
Walter c. Teagle. new president
or the Standard Oil Company Of
New Jersey. was put to work at
70 cents an hour by his wealthy
father.
Alfred p. Sloan, president or Cen
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Is GUNS
General Booth Inspects
Fort Brwon Troops

Major General Z. Z. Booth. as
sistant chief Of staff CA Of the war
department, arrived II Brownsville
early Sunday morning. on an IN
spection tour.
"A salute Of thirteen guns was
fired Monday morning, and the
troops in Fort Brown passed in re-
view on the parade grounds.
According TO present plans. MAJ
or General Booth will leave for Fort
Ringgold Monday night. and con-
tinue his inspection OF border forts.
Upon his arrival here Sunday, he
was met at the train by an escort
from Troop B under the command
Of 1t. Barnum.
The visiting commander has been
in the cavalry service many years
and is well known along the border,
IL was said. He Is In charge of &C.
ordiaating movement of supplies
traffic. ETC., and this will be I'M of
his duties whiles In Brownsville.
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Lillian Gish Bitten
IN Separating Dogs

NAFWALK. Conn, Sept. l-tP1-
Lii IN Gish. actress. was nursing a
iacerated hand today. suffered when
a mongrel dog bit her as she at
tempted TO rescue her Sicilian puppy
from It's attack.
She brought the puppy with her
from Europe Saturday and was ex-
ercising IL soon after her arrival
here when . stray dog pounced upon
her pet.
She seized the mongTel to Pull II
off her pet and the ANIMAL snapped
at her, inflicting gaslNeS IN the
palm OF her left hand
The wounds were treated at the
Norwalk hospital after which she
returned to the Mccullough home
which her mother. Mrs. Mae Rob-
inson, has taken for the summer
with her other daughter, Dorothy
Gish.
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VALLEY CLUB
HOUSE PLANS
ARE AWARDED
Development Of Big
Tract To Open
Soon

Newell Waters OF Weslaco. arehit-
ect. has obtained the contrast Of
drawing plans for the James-Ijick-
inson sac. 900 clhb house width Is
70 be erected on the Barreaa tract
development.
The club house, according q in
formation today, will house about
100 persons, and will contain 40
rooms, a large dining and ball
room. and will have all mo1ern
canVeniences.
Is Mas explained that 1t would
take about 10 days to complete
architectural plans. and that i'm
mediateiy after this. contracts for
the actaal construction would be
awarded and work commenced.
II is h0ped that the building will
be faEiy CO. npleted by some time in
October or November, in time Cor
the fall tourist season. The fuild-
ing win be used by the James-D ok
laEon company in bringing pros
peS-ive customers 10 this section and
interesting them in the new degel-
0plnent.
The Barreda tract. formerly own
cd by G. p. Barreda and now In
the hands Of Lee b. James and A.
n. Dickinson. Jr. for development,
consists Of about 10000 acI-s situated
between Brownsville and San Be-
nito, OF Highway No. IL.
Several local and Valley arcai-
tects have been working on plans
which were submitted the company.
and the choosing Of Newell Waters
as architect was made today, ii was
said.
The opening OF the Barreda tract
marks the beginning Of a great
farm development at the lower end
NJ the magic Valley
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! They g R0sL ABORERS TO MILLIONAIRES

BY X MILLER
r Service Writer

The United Sites, richest nation
in the world, boasts many million
aires.
The provertial wolf is a long
way from their doors and Labor
Day doesn't mean much to them,
you say?
But Just suppose their vast for
tunes suddenly we're wiped out, or
tomorrow morning the boss walked
over and said, Sorry, old man.
you're through" What could they
do?
Well, +. Coleman du Pont, pow
der and traction magnate, might
60 down to Kentucky and get a Job
driving mules or swinging q pickax
in coal mines. For not SO long ago
he did that very thing.
Eugene Grace. president Of Beth
lehem Steel Corporation. could
walk out the front door, don a pair
Of ~overalIs and walk right in the
back door and 90 to work running
a crane In the same plalt-as he
did years ago for $3.50 a day. Now
his salary and bonus exceeds $4,000
q day.
James A. Farrell. president of
United States Steel. also knows
what it Is TO labor with his hands.
He quit school at Is and went to
work at s4.65 a week In a wire fac
tory TO help support his family
II Henry Ford lost his huge for
tune he could land a Job as a me-
chanic with almost any Detroit
garage. 1t wasn't so many years
ago that Ford was earning the
princely sum OF $3.50 a wee5 at
this trade.
George NJ. Reynolds, OF Chicago.
is not only a wealthy banker. but
he knows the fine points OF road
building. having worked with a
construction crew In Iowa.
Captain Robert Dollar. multimil-
lionaire master mariner Of the Pa
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HOUSTON. Sept. i--P-One man
was killed. two hangers damaged
and a garage demolished when q
tornado accompanied BY a severe
electrical storm struck Houston
municipal airport and vicinity yes
terdav at noon.
william "A. Glover, 73. who lived
near the flying field. was killed in
stantly when lightning struck = tree
beneath which he was seated III the
front yard Of his sons home.
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treatment. but Mcclure. not being
seriously injured, was given medical
treatment and released. Early
Monday morning Il. r.. Stotler. OF
Stotler's mortuary, reported that
Brooman was recovering rapidly
from his injuries, and was sitting
I'D In bed today. II was first
thought that he vas injured in
ternally.
Blinded BY Lights
The Gauss of the accident, ac-
cording to participants, was the
binding lights Of O. second q o.
it advanced toward them from
around a curve ON the highway.
Midgley, who was driving, turned
off the pavement. and the car. skid
ding on the loose gravel. turned
over. IL was said that the Car
which blinded them continued
without offering assistance.
Il was necessary to hail three Oh
four car before one finally stopped
and offered aid. The car was Their
righted and II was found that
Midgley was dead.
Miigley had been a Valley resi-
dent but a few months, having ar
rived here from Oklahoma. Stot-
lers mortuary communicated with
the widow, who lives IN Oklahoma
City. and fureral arrangement:
We're withheld pending her arriva,
here.
Three Injured
In a second accident Sunday
morning this one happening neal
Las Prietas on the Military high.
way south or Villanueva, three were
injured and rushed to the Nero,
hospital, Brownsville.
Jesus GARLIC, musician residing
at Twelfth and jefferson, Browns.
vile, was the most seriously injur'
ed. suffering several bruises anC
cuts, and may lose the sight Of on'
eye.
Jose Gonzales and Mrs. z. Ne.
dina were the other two injured
and Monday m1tling were still II
the hospital but were reported re.
covering rapidly. Their releasl
from the hopital Is expected eitheI
Monday or Tuesday, II was said.
The accident occurred when .
light truck collided With o. wager
on the highway about 9 O'Clock
Sunday morning.
IT was pointed out that this wal
one of the first serious accidents
to be reported ON the new Militar,
highway.
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AA4lA 6AG IA 2A0AA Co
w. Conley, superintendent OF ter
minals at Tower Grove station
here, who took charge at the scene
or the wreck, said, however, that
eight bodies were recovered.
Or. John O'Connell, county cor
oner, said the derailment had beer
caused by a pile OF large rocks
which had been placed on the
rails. The rocks, six or eight II
number and ranging from u foot
square to 8 inches in thickness
were placed on the rails on a curve
in the tracks, he reported.
Yardmaster John a. Rutledge OF
St. Louis reported to y. <. Hutchi-
SON, vice president Of the Frisco
in charge Of operations at SPRING
field. Mo-, that the rocks had been
reinforced by cross-laid timbers.
Hutchinson said 1t very clearly" was
the work OF train wreckers. prob
ably me- familiar with railroading.
Three Cars Overthrow
The derailment occurred at q
point about 500 feet east of Usage
Hills station. about Is miles west
of here. at 7:20 p. m. less than
an hour after the train had left
st. Louis for Fort Worth. Dallas,
San Antonio and other Texas points,
The train was travelling about 40
miles an hour at the time.
The westbound right OF way, on
which the Texas Special was trav-
cling consists OF double tracks
which at the point are about ten
feet higher than the eastbound
right OF way.
The locomotive. the combination
baggage car. the chair car and the
diner overturned. the other cars
eight Pullman coaches and "a club
car. the latter the Texas Ranger
also leaving the rails but remaining
upright. The baggage al was un-
occupied.
Government Employees Killed
Fifteen persons live In the I'M
mediate vicinity Of the wreck and
1t was largely through their efforts
hospitals were notified to send am
balances.
The bodies of Engineer G. z. Ray
OF Newburg. Mo. and fireman e. T
White OF Maplewood. Mo, were
Continued on page %
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SCHOOL BELLS
1O3 Teachers Begin Work
With 5000 Pupils
P-l "a chelt-sCHooL BELLS.

P-l "A Chelt-SCHOOL BELLS.
When the sun rises Tuesday, 1t
will be the dawn of a new school
year, and 10000 Cameron County
children, including about 5000 In
the city of Brownsville, viii answer
the call OF the bells and take desks
behind which they viii sit for nine
months
In Hidalgo county. it will be an
other week before the school term
begins. the official opening being
Sept. 3. it has been announced.
In Brownsville. city and rural
schools. as well as the Brownsville
Junior College. will begin the years
work.
approximately 100 teachers are
already In the city and ready for
work, according 10 G. w. Gotke,
superintendent. This is the largest
number OF teachers ever to be en-
rolled here. the previous record BE-
ing SO in 1929.
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Hungarian Workman
In Riot For Work

BUDAPEST, Hungary. Sept. IL
R-Ten thousand Hungarian work
men swarmed into the principal
streets or Budapest today and
rioted for food and work" A fight
developed with police who attempt
ed TO check them. and two demons
traitors were reported killed and
many injured. Armored cars we're
called out.
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eral Motors. worked In a roller
bearing factory in which his father
owned an interest. -
Among many other wealthy men
whose life stories make Hcratio
Alger's tales pale into insignificance
are:
julius Rosenwald. philanthropist,
who once peddled chromos Cor pic
turesl from door to door; Thomas
A. Edison, who was a telegrapher:
George +. Baker. New York bank
er, who was a night watchman at
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ST. q week; Samuel insult, who was
secretary 10 Edison; Alexander
Lsgge. chairman OF the Federal
Farm Board and former president
OF the international Harvester
Company, who once sold farm i'm
plements and repaired them on the
side: Owen ID. Young. who got SO
much exercise as a farm boy that
ne never takes any now. and Carl
Laemmle. film producer. who swept
floors and pushed a truck in a de-
partment store.