The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-10
VERDICT IN NYL|E BEALL CASE
SUSTAINED; WELLSBURG BANKER
COMES FORWARD WITH APOLOGY

thu Federal Food Administration either
To- rXuncra;c IT condemn. MI II can 90
is to recommend - cnur5': Of action. ana.
in making that recommendation. IL ~
bound ~ follow the rulings established
hv tn, Fedora! Food Administration al
Washington and 10 conform cntiTely
with such rules.
The United states food administra-
ton has instructed the state food ad-
ruinistratorS that wE"rr case oil noarn-
ing is brought To light, the hoardcr snail
b. given An opportunity TO return Inc
boarded food and # he promptly aFhiIS
himself OF that opportunity. no turther
action shull b. taken. Under THIS M
s,ructiou, the enforcement division OF
tn" state Good aGninistrat ,on issued
tnr following instruction to III" county
administrators of the state of West VIZ
Eina:
"'Su prrSnn is allowed TO have on
hand more than 4 months supply ni
SUGAR. flour or cured meats. except 81
his own raising. and SOME lnvcSiiSh-
ton SHOULD he mad {" see whether
anyone las been boarding. Any
huardrr should be- requested IL return
tho surplus tn the merchant. II h"
lie reported Ia III" nffic" nj Wheel
:rg .nr further action
This instruction is based directly
on tn" statements from the lnlt"i
STATE" fuol. :rdIuiniSt ration relating &c
the proper procedure ia boarding cases
md WAS in fore Il; III" i'm" Of tho ac'
complained 81 III III" Gag" IF WElic W.
l;rall.
"l'"d"r l.ic rules and lhr instruct ions.
IL" county food administrators I"r
I:ruUk" r0unty as;ccrtain"d that Wyhc
W l:cail had Gour III excess oi the
thirty days supply on March II, 1919.
and even though The flou" may have
been purchased prior /" the time Of III"
issuing of This rule. the thirty days
supply rui" IN flour applied 10 th.s
cas-. H.. lhcrrur"u required Mr.. H"all
IL return III" flour ami I" bold any
other supplies that hr nigh; have 0'
other food products. in nNceSS If 4
thirty days supply. subject I" the "FdHc
81 th, county food administrator. Win
this requirement. Mr.. I'"all complied.
TN view % thr acts and III" rul"s
III fore" IN Mare ii. 1918, !; is the
opinion If tn" stat" ioyu administration
mat III" county tu"I administrator
for Brooke county acted within his NJ.
ihuriiy and in conformity with the IN
struc:iuns is:,ur. hI the enforcement
division nf the state and United States
food administration.
'''rh" stat" Good administration GAN
not do otherwise than follow The ":'iah..
lish"d ru"a. Interpretations and iN-
srr,Irt;ons sent out by thu adIniGistri-
tl"n At Washington. Th" manner IN
which this raac was disposed nt hy the
roun:y ln'd administrator for Ern"k"
county Is IN conformity with thci' rules.
Interpretations and Instructions and "a
m" IhCEtiral ,.nura" taken AZ over :l"
United Stare" under similar ":rcurl-
stances. AMI his action in closing thH
case IS approved.
I'm formation has com" 10 the food
administration that. about tho time OF
.h,. return OF the flour by Mr.. B"all.
certain iii-rUrisidrrrd remarks wsr"
made by him In reference To the local
food admlni$tra; ion start Of Brooke
county. While this is not n part Of the
main issur. 1t was. nevertheless, felt
that rrparatiun should b." made and.
a.cnrdiigly. the stat" food adninistra-
ton demanded If MIR. Bcall that an
apology for anything said or done by
him that would reflect upon or Qucs-
ZION the Brooke county food admins
traIlon in its workings, he sent 10 this