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LATENEWS Shelby Market, . Shelby Cotton ___ i8slC Cotton Seed, per bu. __ Bl'^c Frost Predicted. Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Fair and continued cool to night with light frost in interior. Saturday fair. Register Now. tf you do not register you cannot vote. Only one more day—Saturday —in which to register. To Run Again. In an anti-Smith speech at Ra leigh last night Senator F. M. Sim mons announced that he would be a candidate for re-election to the senate in 1930. Approximately 3,000 people filled the Raleigh auditor ium to hear him but an estimated 1,000 left before hr finished lib speech in which he not only attack ed Smith hut spoke sharply of Josephus Daniels. Majority Of Estimates Now Hover ing Vbout That Eigtirr, .Scores Estimate. The Cleveland comity cotton crop this fall may-upset previous predic tions and equal .last year's record crop despite the damaging storms of the late summer. according to many estimates made on the total ginning this week. When The Star > estimate contest., first opened the average estimate ranged between 40,000 and 4a,000 bales, but during this week, as more and more cotton is being pick ed and as warm weather lingers, the average estimate gn moving up around the 47 and 40 thousand ' class, which is near the record crop of yist year. Recent Estimates. No estimate-, "coming !h after next Wednesday will he considered in the contest as it will be unfair for those who entered early to compete with estimates made after a goodly part of the crop is ginned Estimates coming in since Wed nesday follow : B R. Moore, 45,000 bales; J. H. Callahan. 43,975; Stan ly Jones, 46.350; Tom Nolan, 47, 777; W. C. Seism, 41,987; J; A. Bow - ers, 49,303; Mrs J. A. Bowers, 46.- : 610; E. A. Hamrick 48.902, Mrs. E A. Hamrick, 47,666; Mrs. W. J j Turner, 48.478 W. K Dye us. 45,- | 025; J. W. Alwran, 39.909; Mrs. J j W. ^.lwran. 44,000; Earl Thomas. 50,- ! 000, Boh fiord. 51,245; 8. >; Bow ers, 39,987; W. U Randall, 39,764; Mrs. W. L. Randall. 42,909; Wh on Randall, 43.790; Madgelonr Har din, 42.392, Pantly Ivester, 44,120; Eva Ivester, 45.122; Lero Ivester, 42,720; Mrs. Lero Ivester, 43.218; •fohnnle Ivester. 40.810; Marshall Ivester, 41,223, Broadus Beam, 45. 55.5; L. T. Npggle. 43, 287: Mrs. D. F Beam, 46,382. Bnynerd Beam, 47,572; A R. Kfstler. 45,867; Lee J, Carter, 41,895; >s. A Washburn, 46. 240; L. C. Walker. 44.440. Increase From 8,117,625 To 8.147,301 bhown I’p to October Eighteenth. Washington, Oct 2.’),—Cotton ol this' year's growth ginned prior to October 18 totalled 8,147.301 bales Including 306,678 round bales count ed as half bales and excluding lint - ers compared with 8,117,625 bales including 252,242 round bales to that date in 1927 and 8.727,709 and 259,529 in 1926, the census bureau announced today, Ginnigs prior to October 18 by states follow: Alabama 619,266, Arizona 46,260; Arkansas 600,728, California 53,170; Florida 14,923, Georgia 70,606; Louisiana 516,219; Mississippi 900, 891; Missouri 32.325; New Mexico 19.865, North Carolina 293.573, Ok lahoma 574,136; South Carolina 364,451; Tennessee 150,527; Texas 3.335.846; Virginia 11,390; all others 1,125. STOP ! AND READ The Star today begins the publication of a new feature, j- one the paper believes will interest every reader as every reader is interested in his or her health problems. This feature is the Dr, Royal Copeland Health Talks —one in each Issue. Dr. Cope land is t'nited States sena tor from New Tork State and formerly health commissioner of the world's largest city. I’is health talks have been fea tured in the newspapers far years. The Star keeps «te|». SHELBY, N. C. VOL. XXXV, No. 128 THE CLEVELAND STAR r—. 12 PAGES TODAY Published Monday, Wednesday . and Friday Afternoons 5y mail, per year (in advance) *2.50 __J uu a Carrier, per year (in advance) *3.00 “Spooky*' Burglar Active V -.(rrinus Nightly Intruder Visits Home Of Mrs. Bessie firay. The mysterious burglar, who put the nerves of all Shelby on edge a week ago, continues his mysterious marauding about the city during the still hours of the night. Last night the spooky intruder, who seems to slip in and out of homes much like a shadow, made a visit to the residence of Mrs. Bessie tit ay. Shelby. .milliner, ©0 .west Marion street. And again hr. made . his escape without being captured or even- seen. I ( a mo Front Cellar. ,Mrs, Qray and others had driven up town, leaving at home one oi the school teachers who rooms there and Meredith Hennessa, who was calling on her. Apparently the would-be [burglar thought that, the house was deserted, for a short time after the car left steps were heard coming up the stairs from the basement "Those stops sounded as if the i man was as carefree as. if here in I'his home," according to the two [ people and the cook, who were in the house At first if was thought that it might be the‘cook coining tip the stairway, but an investiga tion revealed ih it the cook was in Iter room upstairs: The unseen vis itor continued up the steps, it.was said, until he reached the floor, leading from the cellar to the. first floor, which was belted. ".At.•that place he apparently heard the sound of voices inside and make a rapid dash back down the stairs. When policemen, who were called, arrived there was no sign of the intruder in the basement or out side. Older Reports. Attempted entrances and other strange noises, have been reported from nearly every residential sec tion of the city. "The Shadow," as he has already been dubbed, either covers a lot of territory, or the nerves of Shelby residents are so keyed up that they interpret every strange noise of the night, as the burglar who is now the big talk of the town. Wednesday afternoon police offi cers answered a call from. the .east ern part of . the city add arrested a white man who. was loitering near the rear of the Ray Lutz residence on the Cleveland Springs road. In recorders court, where he was bound over to superior court, the mart .gave his name as Gurpey Rob inson. Since the intrusion at the Gray home came, after Robinson was 'behind- cell bars in the county jail he is. not thought to be the night prowler who has been dis turbing the city. More Guns nought. More and mere guns are being purchased b,v household heads in the city as the burglary scare con tinues. and doors and windows that have never been locked before are now being locked and closely ex amined each night. At the present; rate of precaution being taken, “The Shadow” if he. is such, or even is, may find himself the- target fob several pot shots if he continues to enter homes with the nonchalant daring shown here tofore. Build Two Story Lodge 1 lall And Store Rooms Here R. H. Wilson and Worth Silvers arc completing a two story brick building on West, Graham street near the Ideal Ice and Storage plant, the building being 50x50 feet, strongly supported .with steal beams. The upstairs will be used as a ledge hall by a number of frat ernal orders, while the ground floor has not been rented. Messrs. Wilson and Silvers say they, have a number of prospects to rent the ground floor, but have not decided whether to make one large store room or two small cnes out of the main floor. 4ged G. O. P. Woman To Cast Her First Ballot For Hoover Mrs. Nancy White, 90-yenr-old woman of No. 10 township, v ill res ist a- this week, she says. so that week alter next she may cast her first votes for Herbe.t Hoover and R A. Lackey, Republican candidate for sheriff, Mrs. White was born and reared in a Republican family but has norcr rpst n +-> plop Gives Business Away Oscar F Grab, New York dress manufacturer, who has given his. million dollar business to his employes and entered upon a banking career. Me was born in Austria, 'coming to the United States when lie was three years old. in tor national Newsreel Scores Expected To Join Court Crowds To Hear Him Mn day. Democratic leaders estim • that < a large gathering of voters will be i in the court house here Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock to hear Clyde ! Hoey make his. second campaign ad- j dress of, the year at home. Many county people, it is antici pated, will be in attendance upon court and scores more are expected in for the speech, Mr. Hoey hasn't spoken in Shelby, except to his Bible class, since the opening of the campaign, and due to, the fact that his addresses have gained nation-wide attention it is figured that scores who never heard j him open the campaign will turn | out Monday, Newell Saturday. Hon. Jake F, Newell, Republican campaigner, will speak at the court home tomorrow, .Saturday, after noon at 2 o'clock. II. Clay Cox, county G, O. F. chairman, expects a big gathering of Republicans. Thirty minutes after the Newell address gesfs under way, or at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, Senator Cole Biease, of South Carolina, will start an address at Kings Mountain Many Shelby citizens expect to motor over and hear him. Saturday flight in tire court house Judge Nathan Newby, of California, will make an anti-Smith speech. The: Msclo.it Possible To Win Big lair 1* v At Raleigh, Hardin Says. “The credit for Cleveland county winning the first price of S-r>00 at the North Carolina State fair should;go to th* farmers of the county and those who cooperated with me in assembling the price booth, ’ County Agent Alvin Hardin declared yes terday upon his return from Ra leigh where this county carried off the major prize. “I want to thank all those who Cooperated and helped me arrange t}je booth," he declared. “The honor for the prize should go to the farm ers for they produced the products exhibited and turned them over for the exhibit. The booth, I will say, was n credit to any county and I wish every farmer coutd have heard all the praise it was tendered.'* Nothing’ But Crops, Nothin" .was exhibited or assem bled in the prize-winning booth ex cept. farm and field crops, pantry and daisy supplies according to the county agent Those who gave es pecial assistance to him in assem bling the booth were Mr. and Mrs Eldridge Weathers, Boyd Harrel son, Lhamer Beam. Prof. V- C. Tay lor and Mrs Irma Wallace, demon stration agent "Edfidge Weathers's booth which won the individual prize certain ly earned it." Hardin stated. Of the nine booths in the contest hi:; was easily - outstanding..” Messrs. Hardin and Weathers re turn to Raleigh tomorrow to take down their prize-winning exhibits. Yadkin county is turning to C :-r'rnsay cattle. Community effovt in the purchase of pure b>-ed bull? 's thp new movement recently be ; “Antis” To Vote For Gardner In Shelby, Leader Here States Smith Foes Are Supporting State Ticket, Said. One Not To Vote For Hoover. The anti-Smith Democratic or ganization in Shelby is supporting O Max Gardner for governor and Major A. L. Bui winkle for congress and is also lending its support to the remainder of the state and local tickets, it was stated here to day by George M, Vaughn, a mem ber of the executive committee of the organization. In recent weeks, since the anti club was formed, there has been considerable speculation as to what attitude the antis were taking to ward the remainder of the Demo cratic ticket. "Are they supporting Max, and are they going to vote for Hoover in their fight against Smith?'' numerous people have asked. The first query passed along to Vaughn resulted in the answer above—that the anti-Smiths, of course not the Republican antis, will do so. Hoover Optional. "Will your organization vote for Hoover?” Vaughn was asked by The Star. "That is absolutely up to the members themselves," he answered. "We are not trying to coerce them. As for myself, I am not going to vote for Hover but will scratch Smith. We are doing all we can for the state ticket, and I believe the anti-Smith Democrats, and not the Smithites, will be the ones to save the state for the Democratic party," he added. New England States To Decide Election Smith May (Jet Enough States There. Massachusetts Seems For Him. Washington:—Maine has 6 elec toral votes. New Hampshire 4. Ver mont 4. Massachusetts 18, Rhode Island 5 and Connecticut 7. Herbert Hoover will carry Maine. New Hampshire and Vermont. But Alfred E. Smith is giving him a hard fight for New England’s re maining 30 votes, hoping to beat down Hoover's victories in the town ships with heavy city majorities. On the eve of Smith's personal visit to this battleground it appeared that, the Democratic candidate had a slight edge in Rhode Island, that Hoover had the better chance in Connecticut and that Massachusetts was a horse race. If Smith lias any chance at all In the first three states mentioned it lies in New Hampshire. But it is not a bright chance and the Demo crats will be surprised if they win the state of Senator George Moses. Massachusetts is one of those states which Smith is almost com pelled to win if he is elected. It is much easier to imagine Hoover winning without. it, although his managers have done plenty of wor rying there. The Republicans count on the vil lages arid small towns to vote more heavily than ever for their candi date, spurred by the issue ot relig ion and prohibition. The impossi bility of determining the strength of the wet vote and the dry vote and counting in the effect of religion .is".J the principal reason why political experts are all puzzled about Mass achusetts. The Bay State in 1924 gave Cool- ! idee a majority of 280,000 over the j combined Diivis and LaFollette vote. Since that time conditions affecting a presidential election have chang ed, so that no majority of anywhere near such proportions is in sight this year. Among the factors en couraging Democrats are the con tinued depression in the textile in dustry; the strength of Senator David I. Walsh, who is up again for re-election after licking President Coolidge's friend, William M., chil dren of immigrants, and some Re publican factional strife. The Democrats were careful to nominate a Protestant for governor, inasmuch' as Smith and Walsh are both Catholics. The population of | the state is more than a third Ca.th- | olic and the Democrats claim that they will have this year the nor- i mally Republican vote of the Ital ian. French and Portuguese ele ments, because the religious issue was promoted against Smith. Fqrty Harvard professors, includ ing Felix Frankfurter and F. W Taussig, have declared for Smith. It does riot appear that President Coolidge's influence in his own state .will have any great effect on the result. Such factors as these, favoring Smith, must be cited in order to show how he can hope to over turn normally large Republican majorities. The Republicans reply that many wets will vote for Hoo ver, that the G. O. P. is txpperi cnced in holding the foreign vote in line and that the women and the churches can be depended upon to get out an enormous vote against Smith. MRS. Wed PEELER IS BURIED TODAY Former Cleveland Woman Passes At Cherryville. Many Rela tives In County. Many Cleveland county friends and relatives are attending the fu Alfred B. Peeler, native of upper Alfred B. Peeler, natiev of upper Cleveland who died at her home in 'Cherryville Thursday at the age of 69 years. The funeral was held at 2:30 o'clock and services were con ducted by Rev. W. R. Beach, of Cherryville, assisted by Rev. D. F. Putnam of Shelby. Before marriage Mrs. Peeler was Miss Roxana Mull of the Knob Creek section of this county. A number of years ago she ar d her husband » moved to Cherryville where he died about two years ago. She is survived by two biothers, Ambrose Mull, former county com missioner of Cleveland county, Joe L. Mull, of Connelly Springs, Mrs. M. J. Carpenter of No. 10 township and Mrs. Robert Downs of Casar. Mrs.' Peeler is also survived by the following children: Mrs. L. L. Self of Cherryville, Mrs. Edgar Mc Call, of Marion, and one son. Dr. Clarence N. Peeler, throat specialist of Charlotte and three grandchil dren. Special Services At First Baptist There will be a special musical program Sunday morning at the First Baptist services at the Central school auditorium. A feature of the musical program will be the sing ing of the Lord's prayer by Mr. Horace Easom, assistant to Dr Walk At the 11 o'clock service the sub ject of Dr. Zeno Wall will be "Dan gerous Excuses.” At the 7:30 even ing service the topic will be "The Cross.” Colkge-Prep Grid Contest Billed In Shelby Saturday Bailing Springs Doped To Lose To Oak Ridge Eleven. Good Game Seen. Everything is in readiness here for the football game Saturday aft ernoon at 3:30 o'clock between Boil ing Springs college eleven and Oak Ridge at the high school park here. Coaches Pessimistic. Boiling Springs coaches, however, are somewhat pessimistic about the outcome. “Shine" Blanton, one oi the coaches, home for the night can hardly see how the Baptist , 'hm r«n:win-8« lie r ’Us that lege by more than 10 touchdowns and last week added to their laurels by defeating the strong Duke uni versity fresh eleven. On the other hand Boiling Springs has a hefty line and the Ridgers will more than likely have a more stubborn forward wall to plunge against than at any time this season. Blanton is of the opinion that he will be well pleased if Oak Ridge does not win by more than two touchdowns. Coach Hammett has little to say about the contest except that his boys will show more fight Saturday or else— Lirc‘-’ns of both eleven are pub SCHOOL £10 IS noil oin i car II MARION SCHOOL Car Was Driven By Dr. Martin L. Outlaw Of N. VVilkesboro. Jaw Bone Fractured. Lillian Pruett, the ten year old child of Mr. J. A. Pruett and a stu dent at the Marion street school was run down Thursday morning by a car driven by Dr. Martin L. Outlaw of N. Wilkesboro. The child was coming to school and started across the street from be hind a parked car, when Dr. Out law's car struck her. It is under stood that he was not driving at a rapid rate of speed and that his car. was stopped before It passed over her body. The child's jaw was fractured, however, and she has a cut over the left ear and one leg is skinned from the knee to the top of her shoe. She was picked up and rushed to the Shelby hospital and for awhile it was thought that her injuries were serious, but close examination re vealed that her condition is not serious and that she will recover. With such heavy and oftentimes fast traffic in front of the Marion street school, this is considered quite a dangerous place for children and the teachers have been very careful to pilot them safely across the street. For awhile a city policeman was at the school at the ingather ing and outgoing of the youngsters, but recently this service has been irregular, causing parents and teachers great uneasiness that some serious accident might happen. Youth, Playing With Dog, Struck By Car H. C. Allen, Jr. Has Fracture In Head When Struck By Cotton Seed Truck On Highway. H. C. Allen. Jr., whose parents live in the Cyclone Auction com pany’s sub-division east of the Shelby hospital on highway No. 18 is suffering with a fracture in the hospital as a result of being struck by the fender of a cotton seed truck driven by Lamar Peeler, driving for Ross and Boggs of Fallston. Young Allen who is in his early teens was playing with a dog oar the side of the road when his attention was detracted from the oncoming truck. His eye is badly bruised and an X ray reveals that he has a fracture of the bone between the eye and temple. This morning he was con scious at the hospital and is getting along nicely. He is the son of H. C. Allen, sr. Oklahoma Will Vote For Smith, County Native Writes Here The State of Oklahoma vvilUvote for Gov. Alfred E. Smith for Presi dent, according to a letter received here by Attorney D. Z. Newton, an attorney of Coweta. Oklahoma. “The trend is geting more and more for Smith daily”, he wrote. Mr. Newton a native of this county, was at one time principal of the Piedmont Sshool at Lawndale Bob McCarley Star Of Clemson Victory Bob McCarley, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. McCarley, of Shelby, was one of the two outstanding stars in the big football upset, at Columbia yesterday when Clemson defeated South Carolina 32 to 0. John Jus tus. Clemson halfback, was the big star in the Clemson win. while Mc Carley with his line-plunging, his ] kicking, his; passing and his great : defensive play ranked second. He made one of the touchdowns and at j one time tore through the line for j 22 yards, a play that drew the j praise of Morgan Blake, Atlanta ! sport writer. I McCarley attended high -' hool at I Columbia. Spindale Worker Gets Electrocuted Rutherfordton, Oct. 24.—Jessie Foy, 27. of Spindale was instantly killed at the Spindale town filtering plant today four o'clock. He was buckled to the side of an electric line pole and was pulling a house lighting wife of 110 volts to be con nected to another house wire when the loose end touch a line with 13, 000 volts. He was killed :n a few seconds. His right arm was badly burned, the clothing being scorch ed from his arm. Foy was electrician for the town of Spindale and came here from Tryon last December He formerly worked for .the Bit; P*'1"" Power c- <nd formerly live'' Four Killing Cases Up For Trial In Superior Court On Here Next Week; Big Docket Bride of Death In her honeydew chemise and her luxurious dressing gown, pretty Ethel Blum, 23, and an artist, was found dead in her bijou Brooklyn apartment—the bride of death instead of hand some Jimmy La Magna, the man she loved. Lack of money and objection of fiance’s family to her religion were given as reason in a note left behind her. (Internal fonai •.«**r)y LEADS VHII SMITH ESTIMATES Raleigh.—Although those in a position of leadership in the North Carolina campaign are not quite in the attitude of “one man’s guess is as good as another,” a report fre quently heard from county leaders, there is a wide variance in their private estimates of the majority by which they expect Governor Smith to carry the state. Chairman O. M. Mull, who is col lecting and checking reports from the various counties, has not yet come through with any estimate while the figures of his unofficial advisors vary all the way from 20, 000 to 50,000.. The same estimators place the majority for the state ticket all the way from 100,000 up. However, both Mr. Mull and O. Max Gardner have ventured guesses as to the total vote to be polled in the state, Mr. Mull placing his fig ure at 700,000 and that of Mr. Gard ner being 682,000. Both parties in North Carolina received their high est vote to date in 1929 when there were 305,000 votes cast for Cox and 232,000 for Harding. Mr. Gardner reaches his figure for the total vote by adding 100,000 to the Democratic vote and 40,000 to the Republican vote. One thing that has baffled the es timators is the fact that there is much defection as to the national ticket in the counties that have heretofore furnished the largest Democratic majorities, Buncombe, Mecklenburg, Forsyth, Durham, Guilford. Wake and New Hanover. One unofficial estimate places ze ros by all of these counties except the last three and lists a substan tial majority only in Wake, which is put down at 2,500, about one third of a normal majority. This estimate places the Smith majority in the state at 31.250, listing 60 [ counties for Smith, 29 for Hoover j and making the other eleven stand- , offs. I Secretary of state J. A. Hartness, who has been in practically every county in the state in the last three weeks* is this year foi the first time in over 30 years refusing to make an estimate. “I have always prided myself on the accuracy of my estimates,” said Mr. Hartness, but this year I find the leaders guessing themselves and I have not tried to make an esti • mate and do not think I shall do so. ' It is hard to tell about it, they don't know in many of the counties how the. voters registered this month, to say nothing of those al ready on the books.” Regular Gathering Of Masons Tonight Cleveland lodge 20? A. F. & A. M. nil) hold i\s 'frsn”nr monthly busi nv-i in . i f at 8 o clock in Lipparcl Killing Only Homicide In volving White People. One Rape. Four killing cases and one rape are the high lights of the criminal dockets of superior court which will be tried here next week. The session of court convenes Monday with Judge James L. Webb presiding. There will be only one week of court and that will be de voted to clearing up the criminal docket which is the largest in years. Court Clerk A. M. Hamrick de clares that the docket, which has 130 cases on it, is the largest since he entered office. The four killing cases are: the Lippard case in which it will be re called Mrs. Ralph Lippard was kill ed several months back during a drunken brawl on Sunday at the home of her mother at Grover. Her husband and Claude Heavener are charged with homicide. There w'ere three defendants at the pre liminary hearing but one was dis missed. The case was continued at the last term of court. The second case is that of Will Gilliard, negro man, who shot and fatally wounded his wife here last Friday. Gilliard has been in jail since. Fred McDowell, colored, driver of the car on which Roger Roberts, colored youth, was riding when he was killed one night during the colored fair recently, is booked for a murder hearing. The fourth case is that of Yoder Martin, small ne gro boy of Mooresboro, who several months back shot and killed his father, Bill Martin, when the lat ter was said to have been assault ing the boy’s mother. Thousands To Hear Gardner Addresses To Use Amplifiers At Salisbury To night. Radio Hook-Up At Charlotte. O. Max Gardner, Cleveland coun ty citizen and Democratic candi date for governor of North Caro *lina, will be heard by thousands of people when he speaks at Salisbury tonight due to an amplifier ar rangement made there. Next week when he speaks at Charlotte his address will be broadcast by radio. The two announcements follow: At Salisbury. Salisbury.—A crowd of 25,000 will be able to hear O. Max Gardner, of Shelby, Democratic nominee for governor, when he speaks here Fri day night at the court house at 8 o’clock in a Rowan county rally slated to be one of the largest of the season. Mr. Gardner's speech will be carried from the courthouse to the community building, to the steps of the courthouse and to the vacant lot adjacent to the court house by a system of amplifiers. The devices will be installed by a Charlotte concern, and are said to be the latest word in devices of the kind. At Charlotte. Charlotte — O. Max Gardner, of Shelby, the Democratic gubernator ial nominee, speaks here at a Demo cratic rally at the city auditorium Thursday might, November 1, it was definitely announced last night by Hamilton C. Jones, county execu tive committee chairman. The meet ing which is scheduled to begin at 7:30 o'clock, will be an cld-time Democratic get-together, said Mr, Jones and there will be much en thusiasm evidenced, according to the present outlook. The address of Mr. Gardner is to be broadcast over a state-wide radio hook-up. A fea ture of the meeting will oe music by a band secured especially for the occasion. Big Crowd Attends Opening Of Charles The newly established Charles Store, located in the rebuilt and beautified Lineberger building, on West Warren street, former home of the Paragon Furniture company, staged an opening last night that attracted one of the biggest crowds that has assembled here for such an event. All evening, during the reception hours, from seven-thirty to nine o’clock, throngs filed through the aisles of the big store. There was music furnished by Leader Sinclair and his orchestra, and the kiddies were gladdened with many balloons, given as souvenirs. The formal opening of the new store was recognized as a distinct success, and the comment of the big crowd upon the store’s rppear I ance. was highly, favorable. The , n w . ■ ’• r..fucd its doers