The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-06-21
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
ISSUES NEW RULES
RELATIVE 70 SUGAR
ONLY TWO POUNDS CAN BE SOLD
AT ONE TIME IN CITIES
AND TOWNS.
FIVE POUNDS IN COUNTRY
New Regulations In Effect Now-For
Violation a Fine of Not Less Than
$500 Nor More Than $500 can be
? Assessed.

Morgan has sent out new set of reg
ulations governing the sale of sugar
for household and for canning pur-
poses. The new regulations provide
that householders. living in cities,
towns and small villages are allowed
to purchase only two pounds of sugar
at time, and people living in country
districts are permitted to purchase
only five pounds of sugar at a time.
The grocers are required to make
out statements of each sale In dupli-
cate, retaining ono copy themselves
and giving the other to the purchaser,
and both parties are required to file
away such copies for future reference,
in case the food administrator should
call for an investigation of any mer-
chant or consumer.
This new ruling of the food admin
istration supersedes all former regu-
lations, and is in effect now. The new
regulations are as follows; forms for
which can be secured at this office:
For Home Use, Except Canning
Sugar for domestic purposes, except
canning and preserving, shall not be-
l. Sold to or purchased by any
householders in cities or towns in ex-
cess of two pounds.
2. Sold to or purchased by fami-
lies living in rural sections in excess
of five pounds.
9. Sold in either above cases with
out signing the following pledge in
duplicate, one copy to be kept on file
by the merchant for Federal inspec-
ton, the other copy preserved by the
consumer and presented to the mer-
chant with the next succeeding pledge
as evidence that the household is not
4 using sugar in excess of reasonable
consumption, as shown in the pledge:
(Pledge Omitted)
For Canning and Preserving
Canning and Preserving Sugar reg
ulations heretofore issued are super
seeded 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 du-
plicate by the purchaser OF an affi-
dayit in the following form:
NOTE |. One fully executed copy OF
said pledge must be delivered to the
seller, who shall at the end Of each
week mail all such pledges to his
H County Food Administrator to be by
him checked in order to ascertain
whether there is any abuse OF the
/ privilege herein granted; and the
other fully executed copy marked "du-
| plicate' must be retained and preserv-
| ed at all times by the purchaser and
to be subject to inspection by repre-
sentatives of the Food Administers
ton Also, the seller must promptly
enter in ink in book to be kept by
him for that purpose, and which shall
be open for inspection at all times, a
true record of all such sales by him
showing the dates, 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 boil
of the foregoing regulations | and ii
No merchant shall sell a second
time to the same household if he
either knows or has reason to believe
that the purchaser has in any way
violated the letter or spirit OF these
regulations, or that he is boarding
sugar, or that the pledge, where re
quired, is not literally true and exc
: cuted in good faith.
Any violations of these regulation:
, will be severely dealt with. Also thu
+. offender, if purchaser, will be deniet
i any further purchases of sugar. /
4 the offender be a merchant, he will
!. il licensee of the Food Administra
ton. have his license withdrawn, ant
+ if not a licensee, will be subject to tn
blacklist or unfair order whereof.
o all license dealers will be forbidden
G to sell him any food commodities
thus effectually closing his business.
:. These regulations are founded Ii
, grim necessity and must be absolute
;. Iy obeyed. Submarine activity on on
4 coasts and the destruction of million
of pounds of sugar and of large coast
wise shipping tonnage have great
diminished our available sugar. Thi
6 situation can be solved only by tn
4 strict enforcement of these regult
tions, and violations will not be e.
cused or palIiated on the ground G