The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04

AaSAiou kEouI GodAy WOou or gas. barber shops and places of pub out of their hours provided the tions.
 to show that no coal, wood or gas is used i'm generation of their electricity and that no coal wood or gas is used in any way outside the reguIn rhours. Heads of such plants were asked to come to Atlanta and furnish such proof to the committee ms soon possible.
 Certain businesses and orgnniza tions were ndded tonight by the committee to those classes that are permitted to be operated at any time.. These are wholesale druggists, drug manufactur. CTS, churches. fraternaI organizations social clubs, coal mines and coal mine commissaries and other necessary branches of coal mines.
 The committee added that gasoline filling stations may be operated until D. m. nnd garages. with the neces- sary safety lights at all hours.
 Several other important notifications were made in the committees statement tonight Following is summary of inter-
  tions made by the regional coal commit tee in response to questions raised:
 Wholesale and manufacturing drug gists, manufacturing opticians, grinding to prescription. and wholesale manufac- turing and retail surgical instrument and dental houses are considered as having the same exemption as provided for drug stores.
 "All restrictions placed upon the use of rpaI anplx n rOka
 ITO prevent any possibility of misunder standing, the committee states that plants stores and offices open outside of hours fixed by the regulations may use oil lamsps, candles. gasoline or other means of lighting or heating in the pro duction of which coal, gas or wood are not used.
 'sott drink candy, tobacco. fruit and periodical stands located in drug stores. hotels, restaurants. railroad statione, pool rooms bowling alleys or other places which are exernpted from closing regula- tions. or for which special hours fixed may do businest xt any time provided no additional lightl heat or power produced by wood, coal cf gas Is used for the pur~ pose outside or Fours prescribed.
 Stores exemptksA or for which special hours are proyidtd, may at any time sell any goods In their stock provided no lights are thereby required in addition to those used for the sale of food, drugs or other things covered by exemptions
 "Chemical laboratories are classed as industries engaged in continuous pro cesses.
 "Offices of physicians, surgeons, den- lists and others practicing similar pro fessions are not subject to any of the restrictions.
 "Add.tional notifications to the origi- nal regulations. the necessity Tor when has been pointed out, are hereby made effective at once, as follows
 "All departments of coal mines. with offices and commissaries incidental to their operation are exempted
 .Garages and automobile filling stations may operate outside of hours fixed for mercantile esta hlishments for storage, and for the sale of gasoline, oil and accessor- jes. and for emergency repairs, provlaeo only safety lights are used for the pur- pose.
 Churches. schools, fraternal orders' clubs and charitable, religious and com munity service organizations are not sup- feet to the regulations.
 ..(<hambers of commerce, civic orsani- satiors, merchant organizations and other such bodies are not subject to the resuia- tons"
 The eommittee's statement. extending the hourn of stores and of hydro-eiec- tricnny driven plants fOAioWs' .sIndustrfes, stores and otAer
 places of business may open De-
 fore 8 .. m. and close later than
 n. n. if outside of those hOurS they
 use no heat, light or power which
 vas produced h any way with
 coal wood or gas.. This naodfffea-
 tiOm Is made strictly upon the con-
 dftfon that thooe p1ants and places
 of business which use heat dur
 ing the hours fixed by the commit
 tee will shut off their fuel con-
 sumption at the same time ft would
 sAut of If they were closing thefr
 doorr at ?. ns. and that heat will
 he used no earlier in the morning
 than allowed by the original reg
 uIations. Grocery. meat and milk
 stores, barber shops and pfnces of
 public amusement may operate eut-
 side of special hours 1xed for
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