The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-01-25
COLUMBIA BUSINESS
MEN PLEDGE SUPPORT
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ALL KINDA OF BUSINESS WILL BE
CLOSED ON MONDAYS UNTIL
AFTER MARCH 2S.
ADOPT STRONG RESOLUTIONS
Business Men Will Telephone Every
Home In the County That buoiasss
VIII Not be open-Days VIII bs
Like Sunday Herr.


Business men OF Columbia Friday
afternoon adopted resolutions pledg-
,ng themselves to the support Of the
fuel conservation order Of the United
states Fuel Administrator. and to
somply with the order to close their
houses on each Monday beginning
January Fl and continuing through
March rs. except such enterprises As
nay be necessary toward prosecuting
he war and maintaining the actual
necessities of the community.
A mass meeting of the business
men was called at the courthouse
With Henry Porter. chairman Of the
Retail Merchants association presid-
lng. Cliff Hendley was elected sec
.stary. w. F. Anderson, president Of
he board of trade and county fuel
administrator, presented the fuel con
servation orders and explained the au-
thority given to him for it's enforce
mont. J. H. Dining. attorney. spoke
Of the legal phases OF the order and
declared that he did not believe any
business man would desire to vio-
late any part Of the order Other
business men spoke In the fullest en-
dorsement of the order.
Although the order does not include
banks, every bank in the city has vol
anteered to comply with the order as
IL 1t had applied to them. There will
positively be no effort to evade the
order in Columbia, and a committee
Of business men was appointed to tel
ephone every home in the county that
ZACH Monday from now until after
March rs will be like Sunday in this
sity.
A copy of the resolutions was hand
ID to Fuel Administrator Anderson
With the request that he forward a
CODY to the state and national fuel
administrators.
The resolutions AZ adopted follow
WHEREAS the Fuel Administrator
u the United States of America has
called upon the country, as = war
measure, the conservation Of coal to
Ne end that our ships and necessary
Industries may be supplied during the
period of the fuel stringency and
WHEREAS the Fuel Administra-
tor, with full authority. has called
upon the business men of the country
to cooperate to the extent OF closing
their respective establishments on
Monday. beginning January Il and
continuing through March rs, except
such enterprises as may be necessary
toward prosecuting the war and main
tainn-e The actual necessities Of the
communities.
THEREFORE,. BE IT RESOLVED
by THE BUSINESS MEN Or CO
LUNBIA in mass meeting assembled
that we do fully approve OF the rul-
ing of the Fuel Administrator OF the
United States and hereby pledge our
best efforts toward guaranteeing the
success of the measure by closing our
establishments on the. date herein
prescribed, except such businesses or
enterprise that must OF absolute ne
cessity, remain omen on those days.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
We delegate ourselves as representa-
tives Of the government to lend our
aiG in the fullest measure to the end
that VIII relieve the present fiel
shortage.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
= copy OF this resolution be forward
ed by W, F. Anderson to the fuel ad.
ministrstor and that . copy be given
the local papers for conspicuous pub
LEGATION.