Smyrna times., 1918-01-23
5NIRNl BUSINESS PLACES
OBEY CLOSING ORDERS"
s.c1oRIEs SHUT DOWN
wv ruF FIVE DAY PERIOD

oH,es and Business Places
Stores .l,, Close Down in Smyrna
''n,, MONDAY one Almost Like Sunday
fell in with patriotic en-
Sasiu ! and complied almost strictly to
5,a'ol a letter 1 in the order Of Dr. Garheld, adas
the ,S'I7 FaeI Administrator to close
u D MONDAYS. Since the drastic
down uant Un forth. there has been little
'ios' ..rEsd about. The ruling has not
else 'p'4 1itbout its criticism of DR.. Gar
os59 o'59 .nd while some think the matter
Hel' 10. sIa bave been worked out some
n,S.' le@. wsy besides closing down the
o'p'. ..n Of the nation, all complied
lpuus,, so1ed for the best. There we're
'us w.. .ro industries in town affected
u. en'; tbo FIVE day closing order the Del
Y:.,via Underwear factory Of Topkls
D'atbers oa,I Company, and the Shirt
ta,+ory Of Ralph f. Stasts. Both OF
.S.so .a.s industries are full up with orders
Nv. Nv tho Ioss to them is more or less
saovv They however, were patrl-
~. ~. abont it and complied readily.
To The help. numbering a hundred or
ro,e especially the piece workers In
18th mills. the loss from the five days
,lo.irc as we'll as the "Hestless
Wondsys" will amount to consider
able.
uo,day Seemed Like a Sabbath Day
with all the store, offices anc
b,iness places closed in Smyrna. th'
5.v was unusually quiet and seemed
mo,s like a Sabbath day than any
hing else. The postofiice and bank
we're open and the schools were in ses
,ion This added little life. Th
cocerv stores kept open until noon
THIN a special order that came ou
latter from the Fuel Department
moving pictures, on account of tn
hliday crowd business were allowe
n show on Mondays. but must b
dosed all day on Tuesdays. Mar
g,Msrus on hearing this report too
ne earliest train to Philadelphia ar
arranged for his Tuesday night film
to be shown Monday and despite II
short notice had fair crowd. Kel
County Fuel Administrator Herve
?. Hall was much sought after for
opinion on this, that and the 9th
Individual case, but left Friday wi
the other county chairmen to be
conference with State Fuel Admin
traitor Ten Weeges. who kept in pc
Onal communication with Washin
ton in the matter. MIR. Hall W
away over Sunday and did not arri
home until Monday afternoon when
Of the stores were closed.
light Lid for the State of DeIawaT
State Fuel Administrator I
Weeges has placed a very differ
Interpretation upon Doctor CARTEL
fuel saving orders from that of otl
State administrators and as a con
quence this state on Monday and
the nine succeeding Mondays will
closed down tight. He has ru
that every business place must cl
and this covers saloons, barber she
stores and offices. He has permit
grocery stores to remain open u
noon and drug stores to stay open
DAY. but everything else must clC
Doctors Offices may remain open
be heated and the public schools h
oeen permitted to remain open u
further notice. Even though dep
nent store managers we're willin
open without heat they will not
] permitted to DO so, as Ten We
says the closing law is going tc
enforced literally and to the lei
Ny advice to the public" 3" said
eFaI District Attorney Curley, "il
follow implicitly the instruction.
Mr. Ten Weeges, the Fuel Adm
ua'or Of this State. In so far as
n lalI to observe these instructions
Will IND themselves in serious diff
ue' with the Federal authorities.
g. ME- TING nE HrA-at@N