The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23

business building whatever. except
that for the purpose of selling food
only stores may maintain necessary
heat on any of the specified days un.
til IL o'clock noon; and except that
Tor the purpose of selling drugs ana
medical supplies only, stores may
maintain necessary heat throughou.
the day and evening.
(c) Theatres. moving picture
houses. bowling alleys, BILLIARD rooms. |
private or public dance halls or any
ether place of public amusement
Sec. 5. On each Monday beginnin,;
January 81. 1918, and continuing m
TO and including March 25, 1918. nc
fuel shall be burned for the purpose
of heating rooms i'm which intoxicat-
ing liquor is sold or served on those
days.
Nothing In this regulation shall be
construed to forbid the heating OF
restaurants. hotels or other places in
which meals are served, but in which
no Intoxicating liquors is sold or
served on the said Mondays.
Sec. 6. No fuel shall be burned
on any of the Mondays specified in the
foregoing section for the purpose of
supplying power for the movement of
surface, elevated, subway or suburban
cars or trains in excess of the amount
used on the Sunday previous thereto.
Sec. Z. Nothing in this regulation
shall be construed to apply to or
affect the operation of any mine
or plant producing fuel, nor shall this
regulation be construed to forbid the
heating of such rooms or Offices or
portions of buildings as are used in
connection with the production,
transportation or distribution of fuel
Sec. s. State fuel administrators
and their representatives specifically
authorized so to do are hereby en-
powered to grant such relief as may
be essential to prevent injury to
health or to prevent destruction Of or
injury to property by fire or freezing.
sec. 8. This regulation is effective
throughout the United States east of
the Mississippi River, including the
whole of the States of Louisiana and
Minnesota.
Sec. 10. Any person. firm, associa-
tion or corporation which violates o.
refuses to conform to the above regu-
lation may be liable to the penalty
prescribed in the aforesaid act o.:
congress.
(Signed) III. A. Garfield.
United States Fuel Administrator"
Fuel Administrator Garfield's state
ment in explanation of his order fol-
lows:
THE most urgent thing to be done
Is to send to the American forces
abroad and to the allies that food and
war supplies which they vitality need.
War munitions, food, manufactured
articles of every description, lying in
Atlantic ports in tens Of thousands
tons, where literally hundreds of ships,
loaded with war goods, for our men
and the allies. can not take the seas
because their bunkers are empty of
coal. The coal to send them on their
way Is waiting behind the congested
freight that has jammed all terminals
1T is worse than useless to bend
our energies to more manufacturing
when what we have already manufac-
tured lies at tidewater congesting
terminals, jamming the railroad
yards and sidetracks for long distances
back into the country. No power or
earth can move this freight until we
supply the ships with fuel.
Once the docks are cleared of the
valuable freight for which our men
and associates in the war now wait
In vain, then again our energies and
power may be turned to manufactur
ing.
ut has been excess of production
In our wartime speeding up that
has done SO much to cause congestion
on our railroads; that has filled the
freight yards to overflwing; that has
cluttered the docks of our Atlantic
ports with goods waiting to go abroad.
At tidewater the flood of freight has
stopped. The ships were unable to
complete their journey from our fac
tories to the war depots behind the
firing line.
Added to this has been difficulty
OF transporting coal for our own do
mestic needs. ON top of these diff
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