The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-01-25
"HEATLESS MONDAY"
OBSERVED IN PARIS
WITHOUT VIOLATION
Gar6eld's Fuel Order Carried
Out To The Letter By
Paris Merchants.
FOOD STORES OPEN
THROUGHOUT DAY
Places Of Amusement Will
Keep Open On Mondays,
Closing Tuesdays. Y

"Heatless Monday" the first of ten
consecutive ones, was observed in
Paris this week in compliance with
the order of Fuel Administrator Har-
ry A. Garfield, who last Thursday or
dered the closing for five days of all
manufacturing enterprises except
food making plants, and at the same
time designated each Monday for ten
weeks as heatless day in order to
conserve the fuel supply which has
suffered serious inroads as result
of the recent severe weather and the
shortage Of coal. ~~~
In accord with the dictates of the
order all business houses in Paris ex-
cept food stores and drug stores,
were closed throughout the day. No
violations of the order were reported
from any section of the county. The
observance of the Monday holiday
being general, the city streets took
on somewhat of deserted appear
ance and trading in all articles ex-
|eept foodstuff was at standstill.
The original order of the fuel ad-
illustrator allowing food stores to
#eep open until noon Monday was
modified so as to allow them to re-
main open all day. The paragraph
regarding the closing OF all places Of
amusement was also modified and such
places are allowed to remain open
on Monday and close for the next
nine Tuesdays. These changes were
made known Sunday, too late, how
ever, for the Dixie Theatre to arrange
a program for the next day, conse-
quently this playhouse was dark Mon
day afternoon and night. Hereafter
the Dixie will be open on Monday
and closed on Tuesday.
Reports from all over the territory
affected by the drastic fuel edict in
dicates that there are very few who
attempted to open in violation of the
order, and it was stated Monday from
Washington that the effects of the
saving as a result Of suspension of
enterprises were already materializ-
ing since upwards of 800 ships had at
that time been released with full
bunkers Of coal and carrying cargoes
Of supplies to American soldiers and
the allied forces.
The suddenness of the order caught
a few people in this territory unpre-
pared and unacquainted with its wide
spread effects and as result there
was little misunderstanding as to
who it affected. Those in doubt, how
ever, in order to be on the safe side,
closed up. No few consumers were
caught minus supply of smokes and
"dopes," but hereafter the average
citizen will lay in a supply of eacn
Saturday sufficient to tide him over
until Tuesday.
Grocery stores were, in the main,
the favorite rendezvous of the heat
less populace and these stores enjoyed
a good window-shopping trade wheth-
er their cash sales exceeded other
days or not. Hotel lobbies and other
places not under the ban also did not
suffer from loneliness.
At 1890 a. M, in the waiting room
Of the N. G. & st. L. depot, Rev. H.
B. johnson addressed quite a number
/ of men. On each succeeding Mon
day at o'clock, at that place it is
announced that a meeting will be
held and both men and women are
urged to attend. Throughout the
balance of the "Heatless Holidays
these meetings will be addresses by
different pastors, and it is hoped to
have good attendance while the
wheels of business are temporarily
stopped.