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TEN PAGES THIS WEEK NUMBER 10. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 13. 1919 VOLUME LADY MILLS 8KLF ^ shotgun To Her Klde AimI I'ulled r^TiilKt'r WW |,,,e ''oker. ^ iiH'St Ueplotfltole am' 4?ti<>fkiu4f trag , occurred in the Itoi-k community { Saturday afternoon, when MU* He lV4 j,'jewber, daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. L \. Fletcher, ended her owj? life by ^liu* h?'i with a nhot gun. )Ji<w Fletcher, who wan Jdnt JiO years list April, wa? a itudent at the tuial ami industrial college at Salia r) 4\, for a little more than three ,ni. 8he M'eut tlie Chrlstiuaa holi y? at bouie and returned to the school, t beiu* jricat'ktHl very soon with io cuta, "he Returned homo wheu she wan f to travel and while her, contlltiou proved she <litl not fully recover l?er nted strength. She had never iuti td, however, any detdre or luteution fudiu* ber existence, and tlu> family mot recall any word or act that coulu re led them to auspeet that who oon jplltwl such a deed. On last Satur i afternoon, while her mother was at homo of one* of her sous, T. C. lU'hcr. about half a mile from her home , .feting Judy went to the field . where father was ut work to carry him some #h water. He told -her It wouJd not Becessar.v for her to bring any more ?toy that evening' as he would not ?t it Wore returning home. Ic was d about ?"> o'clock. She went to the ise, carefully dressed herself, wrote ihort note, asking to be burled just dressed, and directing that the let ; she had nveiv<*d from the young a at Oheraw from whom she hjfd been firing attention be returned to him , r requesting her mother to keep n le poodle dug given her by the young* i, or if he wanted it. to let him have 8he also wrote a letter to- the young and sealed it up t<> he .mailed' to Both letters were written without apparent nervousness. She then laid ?If upou the bed, her head and shoul propped up with pillows, took a k barrel shot gun that watt in the if and placing .sfcx-k between her feet the muzzle against the upper part he stomach, used the fire poker to ? the trigger, vdiich she could not V> with her hand. Death must have instantaneous, for the hand with ishe hold tho gun Svhh still clasp it When her mother returned home ^6 o'clock and found her dead. j? Hotchcr had u pleasing person am! had many warm friends among youiifr people who deeply deplore verj sad death. She left surviving father and mother, two sisters, Mrs. " Coats ami Mrs. H. H, Goats ; five tors. L. II. H?>teher o# I/ain)berf, Qa M J? l). a., T. B? T. C? and . Fletcher, all of whom lived' in (ame community wit$ their parents. ; rw,,ain* <?f fhe young lady were J It Hethany church near West 8'hI -tftr- frmprni- sppvfces: were "con y Kef. W. I). (Meatou. pastor ' Heath Springs Methodist church, 'rshaw Kra. His Father Dead. |r. Wilson ttice, of The Chronicle was called to bis old home at 5n. Ga.. Monday night in answer m<*sj\gc announcing the seriou# of his father in that city. Mr. left immediately but his father was before he reached his bedside, his occurring Tuesday afternoon at' Mr. Rice was about 75 years I? and was an old newspaper ? man, | ta<I bet mployed in recent years the Atlanta Constitution. He had in failing health for a number of Mr. (Gardner Dead. W. IV (Jardner, aged about 6T> >. died at his home on lower Lyttlc strwt Wednesday afternoocf at 3 fc. Mr. Gardner was born and reared t'rslmw county and spent most of ?ff in this town and county. In1 years he had made his home in bia but returned here some time He followed the trade of a c*T-| r^v us well and favorably known survived by his >?ife an<J the fol ehildren : Jesse Gardner, of : I.ee Gardner, of Camden; Gardner and Charlie Gardner of Ma: and one married daughter, l*?s funnerly Miss Ilallie Gardner |tt<let>. n? ?w residing in Washington, \ Building a Cottage. R. K. Stevenson has ha<J the old ft building recently pnrrhnfted ? by-^ "ra ijuwn and the best of the lum f** been moved to a lot TCCCOtly | *1 b t him just opposite the Courk hi- i> hiving a five room bun ?rect.Ni. bridge CSuie Put Off. T. J, Kirktand and W. B. were in Pittsburg hurt week vent to represent Kershaw in the ruit for recovery <A d*m iI',r >Heg?d faulty construction of 1 ?t*ree river bridge against the Co., the buyers of the to many other cases being on -*t the ca.<?* . was set for trial *r 15th at Erie, Pa. The wlt in this cane did not go to *1 with the attorneys. tW H.uT lHCKTItOYK CROint i'ar went Around Aleolu Suffer Serious l.uss Sunday Afternoon. Ikuvin. S. C., June S.- -The OlOSt ? l> . 1 1 iK-tivo Iwiil ami ralu storm (hat ha* ever visited tin-, scction of tin- State eaAne this afteruoou about 4 o'clock from the west. |^or 32 minutes rain and hull fe*l |u torren** doing great damage to : ?? i It extended t r?>in Hoot* brauch ill Sumter Couuty uear Uivgttou Station <i Itlack rlv?\i* near Manning, in louftb 12 iniUtt.aud iu breadth about 5 mile#. The most conservative estimates place the Humane to cotiton at 80 per* cent total M eoru about #0 per cent bttal loss, tobacco UK) |H?r cent total loa#, aud all other growing crop* and fruit, truck and guldens about 00 per cent total low Visitor# to this section of the State from \V esteru North Carolinu stated two weeks ago that the berit cnup* they had seen iii a 110 mile trip from the western sc<tfiou of the State to Manuing, S. C., were the bent they had seen In their cntUe route. Damage in and around A'l<cohi and llarviu was particularly groat. Thin is an extensive tobacco growing pfrition ami that crop is a total loss. Half grown chicken* wore beaten to death iit rinciVea where tfhey had gathered in fence corners and other i>4ace6 pf refuge. BHHjfft trees in ninny places were deliinbed in entirety. Many fawners are' financial ly ruined. The heaviest sufferers were A. M, Brogdon, J. 11. Brogdon. Mrs. Maggie Brittou, J. O. lirogdon, A. M. Davla, \V. M. Davis, Paul S. Harvln, K. D. 1 lodge, A. M. Keels, Carlisle Brad ham. Joseph I). McFadden, D. W. Alder man & Sons Conypany, Hen II. Harvin and W. IV Kpwiriuel. At Trinity and on toward Manning the hail ami rain was lighter. This <MH*ee*4i>ondent wns in fonrncd late tbte afternoon that no hail fill in Manning beyond the west prong ?i)e Iila>ok river. f I'astor Creates Sensation. SandersviKle, (3a.. June 0. ? \V. A. Wray, lmstor of the Baptist church here Created fl mild sen station at his Sunday morning service when -he stopped in the mi<hst of hts sermon, obtained a shot gun ami killed a jaybird -that had been (lying around the auditorium and singing while the services were in progirsg, Mr. Wray announced just before the congregation sang <a fhyanvn tliat he would kill the bird if ?it sang jugain. The mo ment the congregation stopped singing the jay began. The pr^cher immediate ly stopped the "services, went to his home near the church, got his rifle, returned to the church and took bis stand in the center of tlie builtding. He iVred once, tlie bird tumbled to the floor and the services .were resumed after the powder aind smoke had cleared away. Kershaw County Soldiers Discharged. The following minted men have been reported by the .War, Camp Community Service as having returned to this county frtoan service iu the Araiy : Lovie J, Miadcey, Stoneboro Dashia M. Davis, Camden Win. H. Stokes, Botbirae Gtho J. Hose, Camden Murry H. Johnson, Camdon,. John II. Branham, Liigoff Dewitt T. Huokabee, Kenrtraw Lawrence Davis, Camden Floyd 'Horton, Ca?satt ? Geo. Frank Mabaffey, Kershaw * Ernest W. C ronton, KerWhaw T~ Sidney Walker,- fttaneboro Lewis Baker, Kershaw Albert Shirley,'. Bethune ' Ceafous P. Hilton, W<MiviliC Edward L Truesdale. Kershaw James M. Peach, Ci.oden Win, O, Jordan. Kershaw A. R. Magill, Kershaw Edward J ^Copeland, Kershaw ?Luther W. ConneH, Camden Wm. L. Dease, Kershaw John G. Catoe, Camden Henry J. Baker, Kershaw Arthur L. Hunter, Kershaw James M. Little, Camden Travis D. Goodale, Camden Clarence E. Ilornsby, Cantey Johnie L. Centflaw, Bethune Lee D. Martin, Bethune '*<* Dashia M. Davis, Camden Ed. Robinson, Boykin Willie Jones, Kershaw EH Hnhorson Bnvkln Price Adam son, Caasatt Jack Chatlin, Camden Frank Catore, Kershaw ?WiHie Jones. Kershaw. - Mark Smith, a negro residing near Abbeville, was shot to death in an auto mobile by several unknown white men last Saturday night ax he was returninf to hi* borne. The men then took his body into an automobile and carried it away and H has never been found. Sev eral years ago Smith shot and seriously wounded deputy sheriff Cann. He es caped Co Washington, D. and was later ti'ied and acquitted by an Abbe ville /jury. ^ k "f / ' ?? . Monday Wallace Reid in "The Roaring Road" wiU be shown at the Majestic. NtilUiT. YORK WKP8 iViiik'iwi^ Mountfttu (llrl, In !'? fwuw Of Ttiuuuaiids l^ll Mall, Tfuu., June 8.--Alvln Ottl I. iu York. wlvo outfought and outshot a i?n t a U ?? ? i? In the Argonne forest, nirrfudoN^ to his bQjhood iwwtliHii when he becaiue the husbaud of Mis* U**e* WQHftnui ou the Muff above Big Spring* at uoon Saturday, Govtynor Rob erts, of Tennessee, performing the eere ino uy, which t*H>k place before' Jl,000 mountaineers fr<vn? the Cumberland pla teau. (Minn WiWian'is was given in marriage by her father, FrankHiu Asbury WM liams, tuul her attendants were Miss Ida Wright ami Miss Adeiia Darwfcn, of Pall Mall, and Miss Bertha Bryer, of James town, Sergeant York-'tf best man wa? Sergeant Henry Clay Bryer. a boyhood friend from Jamestown. Sergeant York Way, in the uniform of a colonel of the Teuuessee guard, having beeu named ou the governor's staff for life by Governor lloberts. Hin best. man was in khaki and tb^t* wa? a goodly sprinkling of khaki-dlad veto ran a of the war in ithe assemblage* The bride w\as afctired in white satin, without a veil, and carried a bouquet of. white rosea. There was no music aud the marriage, ceremony ItseM oas**** pied. leas itban five .minutes. Big Springs Uluff *is a part" of the York farm which begins ait the rise of ground which marks the northerly limits of the valley -?f the Wolf and extends l>ack into the highlands toward the Ken tucky line. .< ? " > . The iTremony wtas performed in a nat-_ Tir'aT annphilthcatcf studded with huge bowlders which served as scats.- A largo j ?lnt rock half way up fho hilfl served as a ||U'tnraI ailtar while a massive beech at its side sheltered the bridnl party from .the wm's rays. It was a big day for PaU Mall. It. Was -a bigger day for Fentress county, for while it Ui>t onily marked (the cul mination of a romance long looked for in Pall Mail, it was the day set apart for Fentress icountians to do honor to nil the veterans of the world war who have returned from France. All night long the mountain families were wunding their way ^through the hills and by 4 o'ctock Saturday morning the "Jiintowu" -pike was filled with people on 'foot, on horseback, in surreys; and in lumber wagons. The York home on the pike was the mooca of hundreds of old friends who gathered to pay their respects ,to the aged mother of the bride groom -and many found their way to the home of the bride. Jamestown? was fklied? to overflowing Friday night. The hote9 and boarding houses were -unable to accommodate the visitors and at everjt house down the 13, mile mountain trait late arrivals found shelter to occupy extra beds and in many crises to sleep on the floor. ^ Sergeant York was up early to await1 the arrival of Governor Roberts and staff, who rem>ainod at Jamestown over night. The governor's arrival in Pall M?M was followed by a rehoarsel of the cere<iniony. J. T. Wheeder of Fen tress county was master of ceremonies, introducing Governor Roberts, who spoke for harPf an hour before reading the mar riagA ritual. ./j.'-i JVatme Mill N?ws. Camden, S. O., June 11. ? About one hundred attended a farewell party for Miw? Annie Kate Atford* a teachcr who has been at the'miil school three years. Everyone regrets that Miss Alford feels she must give up her work. The party was out of doors in front of the club house and there whs surely much fun Tor all ^who were present. Marie Player won a scholarship to Winthrop summer cbool for children aB she ralse<l the " biggest and best toma toes last sunuricr of aH the little gard ners. Mones is having a royal good time among over two hundred other little folks who were also fortunate winners. Wateree baseball team beat Camden again last Friday 4 to 0 but must con fess a d/feat the next day when Wlnns boro beat 12 to 8. This was the first time this year that Wateree has not carried off the score. ? \ The mill school closes this week. At the closing exercises the lyienfennnt ernor of Houth Carolina will speak. Mr. John I), fthaw Is better though still confined to bed. All his friends are impatiently awaiting his return to the mH-1. , ,r Mr. Barker from the Boston office was a visitor at Wateree this week. Water Analysis. ?Sanitary Water Analysis No. 2159 of water received June 3rd, 1919, 1 from Municipal Water and Light Plant, Cam den, 8. C? fi Badterial Analysis ? Bacterial indica tions of orm tam toatlon *, Negative. Remarks ? Analyses indicate water to be of good quality and free from con tamination. RespeotfuflVjr submitted, F. Tj. Parker, It D. NWW MANAOKR FOB l?l,ANT \\. It. Allied, of MooiyJinmI ('ity, to Take Charge In JmI y. Mr, W. B. Allred, uf Moo re head City, N. C., has been employed by city coun cil to take charge of the Caindeu W?wr nud I.igbt . sud will outer upon hla duties the first of July. For ? lou? while the Ctuhdeu plant haw bfen in serious tinaucial dkbhciUties owing to unsatis factory management and haw been operat ed at a heavy loss. ?' The City fovlH that they are fortunate iu securing Mr. Allred for he conies with the very highest reconvmeudatlons aud the city ??f Moorehead given hUn up only | because they coukl not me$t tU? aalary offered him by Camden. Mr. Allred ap peared before Council ?*?nte time ago and every member was favorably impressed with hhn. He also went over the city aud looked over the entire plant. The following letter frotu the officials of Moorchead City, shi?fc? what they thluk of him in that town : "Mr. W, It. AN red completed the re building of our light aud water plant about two years ago. as Construction Superitft'endeut for the J. B. McCrary Company, Atlanta, Ga. We have beeu informed that he was with them about eleven years, aud several of their high el officials hrfve told us th"U he was one !*>f their most efficient men. I'p t > that time our public utilities; lights, water, sewerage, etc., had been operated vitf^uusatisfactoryi and We conceived the idea of olwting^Clty Manager and make him the ndmiimtrative head of all towu affairs. We offered the position to Mr. Allred and he accepted, because he was tired of traveling and wanted to settle down. When he went in office, the town had floating debts ,of about $15,000.00, nud the light ami' water plant fchowed a big loss each ' year. The entire float ,ing debt has been paid, and the month ly revenue of the lights and water plant has increased from $800.00 to $2,100.00. We expert to show that our public utili ties have been operated at a prolit this year, after allowing for depreciation, etc., although we only increased our rates abou.t .'i'l 1-3 per cent with an ilicreaso of more than 100 per cent in operating expense. ? / "We consider Mr* Allred- the best asset we have iu town affairs, and we w'ouhj dislike very much to see him leave. How ever, we realise that our town is too small to pay him what he is worth, and we shall rejoice with him in securing a position worthy of his ability, "He is a man of the very besf charac ter, has a pleasing personality, and can make a dollar go. as far as any man we know." The city has recently ordered shipped out a number of meters to be placed on preaniAes formerly charged a flat .rate, and they hope in a short time to have meters on the entire system. Got The Limit By Recorder. James Truesdale and James McGirt, the two negro blind tigers arrested last week for sidling whiskey, were tried be fore Recorder Singleton 1"**^ wcgk? Horth. demanded trial by jury aud both Mtere found guilty by the juries. The Recorder Imposed tj#e limit ? $100 or thirty days on the street. Both put up the one hun dred dollars. McGirt was convicted on two charges. * McGirt was arretted after the trial , and placed in jail to await triql at the next term of court He was released later in the week upon the payment of a cash bond of $800 ? making, an even thousand dollars he has up' in cash money be fore lie gets clear of the charges. He is now under a suspended sentence im I>omm1 by Judge Sease at the last term of court .and this wilt very likely be come operative when the next court con venes, unless iu the meantime McGirf forfeits his bond to escape the serviug of die one year sentence. \ . Truesdale is also under $400 bond for his appearance at the upper court 'on the charge of transporting whiskey* The other cases will come up before the Recorder at a later date. ? Important Meeting For Baptists. ' It you are a member of the Baptist congregation, if you are really interested in child life and a coming community, if you are in line for the propagation of Christian principles in the life of our times, then we urge upon you the importance of attending service at tha Baptist Church Sunday morning. A most interesting announcement is to be made to young and old. A, plan for the , lasting good of every person of Camden 'and community will be pro jected. You w}H regret a long time your fail ure if yonr part is not taken in these matters of such ffer reaching possibili ty fjunAmy fiLAnnl 1f> J1 III" "EvSn ing service just 45 minutes long. Be on time. 1 - Lost Many Hog*. * ? Mr. Jim West, who resides near Cas satt. bad the misfortune the past week to lose nfany of his hogs from an epi demic of cholera. Up to Wednesday eight* or ten bad died and the entire herd of fifty or sixty have contracted the disease and as the ravages of the diwease has so far advanced he does not expect to save any ot them and the loss wiH be a heavy one to him. Minn Itetta llcath and her guest Miss Harriette Patterson, og Barnwell, with Messrs. Nettles Lindsay and Teddy da Loach attended the June Ball danced at the University of Sooth Carolina Wed* tfesday evening. POSTAL. OFUCK ( ? ?? ? i ? Only Two Members of IxkmU THephoue Force I*sfe Their Potto. The Postal Telegraph office was clptied Wnlnmhiy afternoon at six o'clock, the manager and operator, Miss Kate Bell, going out Oil the strike order. The \Ve?t ci'ii teuton hail o|f operator to go out on .strike, but Mi** Alexander, the man ager, remained on duty and is handling the affairs of the oitice alone, aud says that she will not Joiu in the strike. Union men from Columbia were here Wednesday afternoon ami held a meet lug In the Interest of the striking tele graph and telephone pperators. There are fourteen young women employed iu the telephone offices here. All are men* bers of the UttiOPt but so far only four have Joiued the striking operators and the service bore has not been interrupt "Konenkamp" Don't Sound Good. The following relative to the Camden offl<*e appeared in Wednesday's Columbia Record : "A representative of The Hecord saw on one 'of tha buWottn boards of tl\o tel? egrapli offices Wednesday morning a state, uient to the effect that the Camden tele phone operators had backed out of their intention to strike when' they learned that "the telegrrpahers union was headed by a German." The reference wus pre. strmnhly to President Konenkamp, of the international union. This statement on the black boa rd was signed C. O." Business Men Nhow Appreciation. That the business men of Camden ace not all in Sympathy with the telephone gad telegraph Strikr railed this week i? Shown by the fact that all of the opera tors who remained at their work were presents) with a delirious- box of sandy. The following note accompanied the pre sentation of the packages i' "Permit lis to express to you aud your **?-<wk> if torsi our .great appreciation of your declining to obey strike orders. May ever, all through life, use like good, judgment. As a slight token of our ap preciation you will please accept the lit tle package we aro sending to each of you. ? . Assuring each of you of our deep per sonal interest, wo are, with best of wishes, for your ftiftmv "Yours, most sincerely,*. "Business Men of Camden." The boxes and letters were addressed to the following young ladies : Day girls ? Miss Lula Young, Miss An na Baxley^ Miss Julia M-oseley, Miss Marion Hlnson, Mrs. Josie Ilart, Miss Betty Hammond, Mrs. Bertha Glyburn. Night girls ? Miss Annie Bell Stewart, Miss Km in ic Turner, Miss Olive Stegall, and to Miss Annice Alexander of the Western Union Telegraph Company. DATES HAVE BEEN CHANGED * i i im i For Meeting of State Caucus of Tlfe AmericaH Legion. Members of the Thirtieth Division -who naw service in France have re treiv?'d the following letter from J. D. Smyser, chairman, - and R. I). Fulton, necretary, dated Florence, 8. C., June 5th, witfh the re<iuewt that name be given wide publicity : "The State Executive . Committee for the American Legion has changed the date of the State caucus from June 18th and 10th' to July 10th and 17th. The reason for this change in date is due to the fact that tbe "Wild Cat" or 81st Division, in which are many South Caro lina men, is now on the high seas eom ingt home and will soon he demobilized, li 4k- the desire and purpose ^pf the Executive Committee to give the men of tho 81st Division an opportunity to take part in this State caucus, and at thf suggestion of Col. II. B. Springs, of Georgetown and Major John D. Frost, Assistant Adjutant General of the State, the Committee has unanimously ngrpod to postpone the convention to the dates mentioned. "In the notice heretofore issued call ing for representatives from each county of the State, it wan stated that there would be seated in the caucus two dele gates and two' alternate^. After de liberation it has been decided by the Executive Committee to change the num ber of representatives to five from each County and all five are to act as dele gates and there will be no altenates. "The charter for South Carolina has been^received from The American Le gion and the Executive Committee is now ready to issue charters to local upon ? tire proper application from the executive oorranittee of the locaV or-! ganizations. "Let your county be ready to have five representatives on the floor ot.tha caucus July 10th and 17 tb. Finally give this important matter as muoh publicity as possible through your local news paper. * "It is absolutely necessary that wa have the names of your detefates as soon as possible." ? Work According to announcement last week thtf Camden Furniture Company has va cated their old building and ara now in the Johnson building on lower Main Street Hie old store is being rapidly torn down sad workia steadily going forward on the erection of their large new building. , " C ** - ' CONFUt TIMi CLAIMS Made By t/vmpmy Officials and Union v< i .? :ni? i n en Kxtent of Chicago, Juuo 11. ? ^nion loader* dc v lar^t tonight that the rtrnt day response ? to the tnH for ? natiou-wide strike of commercial telegraph operator* gave promise that the tieup will b? complete iu three (Jays, despite claims of company uttlciulN that t ho strike has failed. Heport-s revived by the Associated Pretoj from many towua in various see tkiua of the country indicate that com mercial tetagraplh business was upt ae rlously interrupted iu most districts. A stutwnent by President Carlton, of the Western Union Telegraph company, that only about 100 peraons, 121 of thank operators, ai*?wered the strike call, ~ brought f?>m 8. J. Kouonkamp, Inter national president of the Commercial , Telegraphers' Union of America, a re* mark that more than that number of Western Ui^iou etnft>loye? in Ohios?o alone had joined the strike by uooa today. "Report* up to late .today, point to u DO per cent response in the Postal Telegraph company service aud a 70 per s cent resi?onse from Western Union em ployes,' said Konenhamp in a statement to the Associated Press tonight, "The e#?t has shown up surprisingly well and in the southeast atoue the number of strikers now exceed It, 000. Telephone workers have added to the striker^' num bers iu Philadelphia, New Orleans, Co- k; lumbtR, and liruitaiwicfc, ? When the elec trical workers go to a nation-wide stride Monday, atWitlonal telephone workers al ko will "go out. Haitroad telegraphers in all parts of the country are refusing commercial business and trouble' anew 1< Impending in Canada. because <?f re fusal of Canadian tch^raphers t?> handle American business." In a statement declaring only a few Western. Union operators had quit, Ed ward F. Waeh, deputy vice president of tfie Association ef Western U^i^n Bm ployes,. said the 00,000 members t(of that organisation were not connected with the ?: C. T. I A. demands. Nix ty-flve per. cent of all Western Union employee "are rep resent^ in the association he said. "The association has an agreement wiih the Western"" Union whereby It la reco g uir,ed and is permitted to bargain col lectively for wages and hours," he said. "We obtained a five and 10 per cent increase under PoRtmaater General Bur leson and are promised adjustment of certain parts of a schedule entered into with the company Vhich was not ful filled by the postmaster geperal, "Reports from locals in all sections of the country show Western Union em ployes on the job with a few exceptions, which are negligible." To substantiate his claim, Mr. Waeh displayed telegrams . from association officials in various dis tricts saying conditions were normal. He wild not a single operator in the Western Union Chicago. office struck and explained that empty chairs wnre merely for use when emergency relay nets were iji operation. To this Konenkamp as Keited that "the vacant <*halrH were oc cupied .yesterday." ? E. W. Collins* general superintendent of the Portfel TWegraph company in ' Chicago, admitted that a large number of their 300 operator* had quit, but in flated that if the "agitator* about the building were driven away, many em ployees would come to work." Police protection was awkod by the Western Union here after numerous street clashes of a minor character. De livery service was hampered late in the day when aM Western .Union messenger boys at the main office, with the exception of four, joined the strike. It was charg er! that they had been intimidated and m< '*'? ;? also struck in sympathy. Mr. Collins said he did not know what the general w^nsHnn Wflf *" >n InK ?" that /the company had not been seriously" affected. "We expect quick improvement" he said. Speaking at a meeting of strikers to-: night, Konenkamp said the telegraphers would "fight all the way to prevent fur ther discrimination against union work ers.' v "We. want the right to organise and the right to bargain cdSlectively, through a legltHnate trade union," be said. "With > these prindpffee estaftftlWbed, all other questions woukl b^ quickly disposed of. . by some fair tribunal" _ T Postage To Be Reduced. Section 1100 of the Revenue Act of 1017 Is hereby repealed to take effect on Jn*y 1st, 1919, and thereafter the rate of postage on an mall matter of tbe first clam shall be the same as the rate; in force on October^. 2nd, 1010. The public will be allowed one month from July 1st, 1919, to exchange aH three cent envelopes and two cent cards a*.* full value. After the expiration of that time postage jrafae only will be allowed for tbe envelopes ffnei^ three fourths of tbe postage value for the cards. C. J. Shannon, Postmaster. jJThe many friends 4 >M Mr. Arthur Oradick wi? be pleased to know that he has received his dUrharge and is at (bo?ie again hat leavsa for- New. York at an ?rty date where he will accompany hi* wife bone. #