The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 13, 1919, Image 1
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.
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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. #