Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-23
State Facing Acute Coal
Situation. $ .'s's s'ss

State Facing Acute Goa 4. s
Situation. sss
Conditions as regards IS al
supply are SO acute in South ao;-S Il ss
lima and in the entire country slat;
the useless or unnecessary IS Of =
hydro electric power for hea9
trio signs, white ways, street slissssslgg
and possibly moving picture sasWsss
will have to be stopped, F2railk 81 !;
Shealy, chairman Of the railroad
commisson, said yesterday ugss i1ls.
return from Washington. - ~ -
Mr.. Shealy was deeply mprssseyd..
with the acuteness of the Situation;
and he was most emphatic his ss
statement that unless the stTietest
economy was practiced suffering,
might result. Mr.. Shealy has Sbeen'
in Washington for over weekend
there he saw daily the great enler.;
gency. II sssa
Hundreds of officials are crowd;
ing into the capital in an effor to
get coal. South Carolina is possibly:
as well off as any of the states. adr.
Shealy found. The situation is bad,
all over the country.
"The supply of coal so far as The
nation is concerned, is less thanh has
ever been known" Mr.. Shealyi de-
clared. While in Washington he.
made temporary arrangements with
the federal fuel administrators, that
if maintained, will prevent actual
suffering in South Carolina. W ith-,
out the observance of this agree:
ment there is bound to be suffering,
Mr.. Shealy said. Even under this
arrangement some of the lower class
industries will likely be forced to.
shut down, Chairman Shealy pointed
out. p
The following statement wassmadel
by chairman Shealy upon his return:
Must Have Cooperation:
Conditions will be much benefit
ted with the thorough cooperation
of the public, which even under pres
ent arrangements is absolutely neg
essary to prevent inconve nienca and
actual sufff fering during tthe
months to many Of the citizens Of
this state. 1t is my opinion at this
time that all useless or unnecessary
use of hydro electric power now used
in heavy electric signs, white ways,
unnecessary street lighting, possibly
moving picture shows and things Of
that kind, will necessarily have to be
dispensed with.
"Along this line the public can
give much cooperation to the COVER
nor and the railroad commission in
relieving the conditions above stated.
Some of the lower class industries
no doubt will have to close down as
\ has already been done in many in
stances in the greater portion of the
United States. The diversion of the
hydro electric power used at this
time for what would be termed as
non-essentials will greatly aid. How
long this state of affairs will exist
no one seems to be able to prophesy.
Some to Get Coal.
"The cotton oil mills, as food pro-
ducing utilities have the promise,
under present conditions, of one.
third of their normal supply. AS to
gas plants, ice plants and similar
utilities it is hoped to maintain con-
tinued operation, allowing where
possible hydro electric power to be
substituted in place of steam. 1t may
become necessary that a portion of
these utilities will have to be put on
short time where it is possible to do
Iso.
~"What should be done and what
is expected of the public is not to be
stampeded but to cooperate with the
governor and the commission and
every effort should be used to OBJ
tain other fuel for domestic and
other purposes where wood can be
used."
Rules and regulations governing
the distribution of what coal be-
comes available will be given to the