Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-06-27


cess Of two pounds.
2. Sold to nor purchased by famil-
les living in rural sections in excess
of five pounds.
FOR CANNING AND PRESERV-
ING:
Canning and Preserving Sugar re-
gulations heretofore issued are sup
erseded by the following
No sugar shall be sold to or pur-
chased by any household for canning
or preserving purposes in excess of
twenty-five (25) pounds at any one
time, and no quantity whatever shall
be sold or purchased for said purposes
except upon the due execution in dup
licate by the purchaser of an affida-
yid in the following form:
U. S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION
Sugar Pledge for Home Canning and
Preserving
(This pledge must be sworn to in
duplicate before Notary Public, JUS
tice of the Peace, Judge of a Court
of Record, or Postmaster. One copy
must be delivered to merchant to be
turned over to County hood Admins
traitor, and the other must be held
and preserved by buyer. No sugar
whatever will oe allowed to anyone
who shall violate this sworn Pledge)
STATE OF TENNESSEE
----- COUNTY,
The undersigned being duly
sworn, deposes and says: make ap-
plication for--pounds Of sugar
Tin no event more than rs pounds),
and l do solemnly swear that such
will be used by me exclusively for
immediate canning and preserving of
pounds of --- food commod-
ity, and that under no circumstances
will sell or loan the same, and that
the whole amount of sugar | now have
on hand does not exeeed--pounds.
Signature of Purchaser ----
Address A--
The foregoing affidavit was read
over by me to, and was then signed
and sworn to by, the person execut
ing the same Al Tenn
essee, this --- day of --, 1913
Official Title ---------
| certify that | this day sold the
obove purchaser ------------ POUNDS
of sugar for preserving and canning
purposes onlyand that | believe the
statement contained in said pledge
are true.
This -- day of ---, 1918
Name of seller ----------
Note /: One fully executed copy of
said must be delivered to the seller,
who shall at the end of each week
mail all such pledges to his County
Food Administrator to be by HIM
checged in order to ascertain whether
there is any abuse of the privilege
herein granted; and the other fully
executed copy marked duplicate"
must be retained and preserved at all
times by the purchaser and to be sub
iect to inspection by representatives
of the Food Administration Also, the
seller must promptly enter in ink
book to be kept by him for that pur-
pose, and which shall be open for in
spection at all times, a true record OF
all such sales by him showing the dat
es amounts and names of purchasers.
NOTE II. This Certificate will not
be furnished by the Food Administra-
ton, but must be furnished by the
dealers, No other form than that
above will be permitted.
The following is applicable to both
of the foregoing regulations | and II.
No merchant shall sell a second
time to the same household if he
knows of has reason to believe that
the purchaser has in any way violat-
ed the letter or spirit Of these regula-
tions, or that he is boarding sugar,
or that the pledge, where required, Is
not literally true executed in good
faith.
Any violations of these regulations
will be severely dealt with. Also the
offender, if a purchaser, will be de-
MED any further purchases Of sugar
If the offender be a merchant, he will
if a licensee of the Food Administra-
ton, have his licese withdrawn, and,
if not licensee, will be subject to the
blacklist or unfair orderY whereby
all licensed dealers will be forbidden