McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-07-26
ORDER SUGAR BOWL
OFF DINING TABLES.
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, CAFES
OR PLACES WHERE MEALS ARE
SERVED FOR PAY CAN NOT
HAVE SUGAR BOWL ACCESSIBLE
Patrons Service For Drinks 10 Limited
To One and one-Half Teaspoon
fuls Of Sugar, Or TWO Loafs :
Of Lump Sugar.

Nashville. Tenn.-Sugar bowls have
been banished from the tables Of all
public eating places under an edict Is.
sued by DR.. H. A. Morgan, feseral food
administrator for Tennessee. No ho-
tel. restaurant, boarding house, cafe
or place where meals are regularly
served for pay, can longer have the
sugar bowl where 1t Is accessible to
the patrons. Every patron is limited
to service for his drinks of one and
one-half teaspoons OF sugar or where
lump sugar is used to two loafs. For
fruit or berries not more than one and
one-half teaspoons may be served to
any customer. This order grows out OF
the desperate sugar shortage. 1t has
been In effect In Nashville. Knox
Vile and other places for some time
and has resulted in an immense saw.
ing of sugar.
At the annual meeting Of the Ten.
nessee Hotel association In Nashville.
this sugar ration was approved and
the cooperation of all loyal hotel men
was pledged DR.. Morgan In Its en-
forcement. J. I. Finney, OF the food
administration, addressed the hotel
men and thanked them for the splen.
did cooperation that they have given
the food administration. Every Off
oial, federal, state and local, has been
summoned to aid in the enforcement
Of the sugar rationing plan.
Hardware and implement Men.
DR.. Morgan, federal food admins
traitor, will be one Of the principa!
speakers at the annual convention OF
the Tennessee Hardware and Imple-
ment Dealers at the Hotel Hermitage,
Nashville, on August 7. and win urge
that the implement dealers cooperate
with the food administration in fur.
nishing the farmers with all possible
labor-saving machinery. Another fed.
eral food administrator. In the person
Of Hon. Hamp Williams, OF Arkansas,
will also speak 1t this meeting. 1t Is
expected that as the result Of the
meeting the implement dealers Of Ten.
nessee will be organized as an auxdl,
larry OF the food administration.
Mil Feed Prices
Under the schedule Of prices an
nounced by the federal food admins.
tration in Tennessee, mixed mill feed
should not sell In ton lots or over
from the mills to the consumer at over
$50 per ton. II sold In less than ton
lots a dollar may be added. II deliv.
cred another dollar may be charged.
Where bran Is sold the mill must
charge $1.2b per ton less than for
mixed feed. If they sell shorts. mid
dlings or red dog they may charge
76 cents per ton more than for mixed
feeds. This means that practically
al over the state the consumer should
buy from the mills bran at not to OK.
coed $1.65 per hundred. Shorts In like
manner at about $40 per hundred
and mixed feed at around $1.65 per
hundred pounds. It IL announced that
these prices must be observed. All
patriotic citizens, officials and food ad.
ministrators are urged to report OK.
cessive charges for all mill feeds. 50
that the food administration can die.
ciplins the parties who are guilty Of
oyercharges.
Many Are Fined.
Hotels and eating places In Knox
vile have been fined sums aggregat
ing 1910 BY Fayetts #. Vandeventer,
city food administrator. for violating
the rules OF the federal food admins.
tration. The checks have all been
mailed to the Red Gross canteen at
Knoxville. The Union Grocery COM
pany OF Nashville. has been fined SIS
for the benefit Of the Red Cross at
Nashville for having sold over two
pounds OF sugar to city customers. The
BurbaEs Produce company. OF Johnson
City. cited bofore James H. Epps. Jr..
food administrator Of Washington
county. was fined s2B because its store
ct Jonesboro failed 70 candle eggs as
required by the regulations. This fine
was also paid over to the Red Cross
Since the beginning Of the federal
food administration In Tennessee
thousands Of dollars have been COL
lected In fines and paid over TO the
Rod Cross.
License Revoked.
The license Of the Farmers Hay q
Grain company at Hartman, Tenn,
has been revoked by the food admin.
istration for failure to observe the
regulations and the company forbid
den to transact any further business
under all Of the penalties Of the food
control act.
Cleveland Meeting.
Combining the work OF the food ad-
ministration and the celebration of
Frances liberty. Sunday, July IA, was
observed by the patriotic people OF
Bradley county with big patriotic
mass meeting at the courthouse. Tho
speaker OF the occasion was J. l. Fin
ney, of the federal food administration.
On the day previous Mr.. Finney and
Prof r. K. Morgan. of Fayetteville.
and Miss Virginia Pearl Moore. all ad.
dressed . big food administration raj
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