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THI OF FUEL ORDER (?tMH HftVTti!f<; 1M>W\ FJNIUS TtUAL PLANT*. 1S8VF1>. / *v* ? r ?: r > FneJ Administrator Harhcld \dheros So frelihitmiry Anmuncemcnt?All Branches of Inlustry Affected. ?*(:nttsd States Fuel Administration. Washington. D. c. Jan. n. 1918. "Regulation making provision for a mors adequate supply of fuel for rall ros>4s^ domestic consumer*, public trttlttres and other uses necessary to the national security. *The United States fuel adminiata Uon. acting under the authority of an executive ordi?r of the president of the United States, dated August 23. Hi?, appointing said administrator, in furtherance of the purposes of said order and of the purposes of the act of congassa therein eferred to, ap? proved August 10, 1917. and Unding it OSSeathU effectively to carry out the previsions of this act, to make pro? vision for a more adequate supply of fuel for railroads, domestic consum ( ere. public utilities and for other uses necessary to the national security in certain parts of the United States, hereby makei and prescribes the fol? lowing regulation: 'Section 1. Until further order of the United States fuel administrator aU persons telling fuel in whatever rapacity shall. \m filing their contracts or orders now on h and. give prefer? ence to necessary current require? ments of: Railroads, domestic con suisjeSfl, hospitals, charitable Institu? tions, army and navy cantonments, public utilities, by-product coke plants supplying gas for househeid use. tele? phone and telegraph plants, shipping for bunker purposes, the United States for strictly governmental purposes 1 not Including factories or plants working on contracts for the United States), manufacturers of perishable food or of food for necessary Imme? diate consumption and municipal, eounty or State governments for nec sssary public use. Any tonnage re? maining after the foregoing preferred shipments have been made nay be applied In filling uny other contracts or orders. :- ' < >n Hie following days, namely January 18. 19, 20, |] and It 18. the State fuel administrate and their accredited representatives in the various communities in the ter? ritory In which regulation applies are hereby empowered and directed to di? vert auch fuel aa arrives in such com? munities in ear load lots to meet the current requirements and to provide an adequate and normal supply for euch consumers of fuel aa are speci? fied In Section one hereof. "Sec. S. On the following days, homely January IS. 19. 20. 21 and 22, 1018, and also on each and every Mon? day, beginning Januars _'s, r.? l v and continuing up to and including March 21, 1818. no manufacturer or man? ufacturing plant shall burn fuel or use power derived from fuel for any pur? pose, with the following exceptions: "(a) Plants which necessarily must be continuously operated seven days each week to avoid serious injury to the plant itself or its contents may use only such quantity of fuel as Is necessary to prevent auch injury to the plant or its contents. "(a) Manufacturers or plants man? ufacturing perishable foods or foods for necessary Immediate consumption (c) Manufacturers of food not perishable and not necessary for im? mediate consumption may burn fuel to the extent authorised bv the fuel adrplnlatrator of the State In vhicli such plant la located or by his duly authorised representative upon appll cation by the United States food ad? ministrator. "(d) Plants necessary to the print? ing anil publication of daily papers may burn fuel or use power derived therefrr rn us usual, except that on ev? ery Monday from January 21 to March 28. 1818. Inclusive, they may burn fuel or use power derived therefrom only to such extent as Is necessary to ??rlnt and publish such editions as such plants customarily print and publish on lea.il holidays other than the Sabbath; or, If such plants do not customarily print or publish an;, ed? itions on such legal holidays, they nisy burn fuel or use such power to such extent as is necessary t^ Issue oos edition on the said Monday "(e) Printing establishments ma> burn fuel on January 18, 19, jn. 21 I and 22. 1918, to such extent as Is' becessary to issue current nun I? r of magaihnes and other publica! u iledlrally Issued 'Sec. 4. On each Monday beglonthl Januars 21. 10 IH. and continuing up to and including Monday, March 25.1 191* no fuel shall be burned re, *, to such extent as is essential 10 pfS vent Injury to property from freetttngl for the purpose of supplying h? l( fot ? (a) Any Insstsjoss or prof< mal Office? exeept SflleOS Used by th United States, Slate, county Sf mum eipal governments. trunspori MO1 companies, banks, trust eomp.tfltes phyalciana or dentists. ? M?> Wholesale or lOl.iil StOr?*\ or j vtS)*l Moi es, buslines hull I | Ol husmess building whatever, except Jiat for the purpose of selling fooJ '?n'y, stores may maintain necessary he..t on any of the specified days mi til 12 o'clock noon; and except that lor the purpose of selling drugs an t medical supplies only, stores may maintain necessary heat throughout the day and evening. ' (c) Theatres. moving picture houses, fowling alleys, hillard room*, privat? or public dance halls or any ether place of public amusement IN. I, Oil each Monday beginnim, January 21, 1918, and continuing up to and including March jr>, 1918, n< fuel shall be burned for the purpose of heating rooms in which intoxicat? ing liquor is sold or served on tho?. ?Li \ e. "Nothing in this regulation shall hi 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. "Pec. 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 j surface, elevated, subway or suburban cars or trains in excess of the amount used on the Sunday previous thereto. "Sec. 7. 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. 8. State fuel administrators and their representatives speciflcalb authorized so to do are hereby em? 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. 9. This regulation Is effective throughout the I'nited States east of the Mississippi R ver, including the whole of the Status of Louisiana and Minnesota. "Sec. 10. Any porson. firm, associa? tion or corporation which violates *v ictuses t > conform to the above regu? lation may bt liable to the pcnaltv prescribed in th> aforesaid act ol congress. (Signed) "H. A. Garfield. I'nited States Fuel Administrator." Fuel Administrator Garfield's st| g ment in explanation of his order fO\ lows: "The most urgent thing to b done is to stud to the American forces abroad and to the allies that too I an I war supplies which they vitally net .I. W.u 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 "It 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 < goll into the country. No power or. earth can move this freight until we supply the ships with fuel. "Once the docks are cleared of tho valuable freight for which our men and associates In the war now wait in vain, then again our energies and lower may be turned to manufactur? ing "It has been excess of production In our war-time speeding up that has done so much to cause congestion on our railroads; that has- filled the freight yards to overflwlng; that has cluttered the dOCKS Of our Atlantic ports with goods waiting to go abroad. At tidewater the Qood of freight has stopped. The ships were unable to complete their journey from OUT fac? tories to the war depots behind the dring line. added to this has been difficulty el transporting coal for our own do? mestic needs. On top of these dif? ficulties has come one of the most terribly severs winters wo have known in years. "The wheels were rhoked and stop ped; zero weather ami snow I ound I reins; terminals congested; horbOri With 'hipping fro/en In rivers and canals impassable? It was useles to continue manufacturing and pile con? fusion on t* p of confusion. "A clear line from the manut.ictur iug estah'b I.met.;- to the seaboard and beyond: thai was the Imperative need, it was Ii1-?' soldleri march Inn to the front The men In Ihi fore most ranks must have room in movi "More than a shot k U need 1 In make a way through ihai roni ition at the t< i minelfl and on the dm Ihat'thc nld so vitally net d il l.j ih< allies, could I ' hfOUgh. "The incidental effei t of Ihli Irans port.it.on situation ?oi coal production b is been disastrous, Tltert aj I J ways bus t. en plenty of fuel but it rae not I,, moved to those places where it is mo badly needed while rail* read lines and terminals am blocked. Throughout the coal field's, Svtrcs, iV? i hundreds of mines are lying idle I beeiuse Of railroad inability to sup- I ply the cars to carry away their pro? ducts. 1 "In the past week the production of coal has been disastrously reduced. Report! in some cases have shown 90 ' per c>?nt. of the mines in certain Heids closed completely for lack of cars. "This is war! Whatever the cost, we must pay so that in the face of the enemy there can never be the re? proach that we held back from doing our full shar?. Those ships laden with I our supplies of food for men and foo:l 1 for guns must have coal and put to i sea." WAGE INVESTIGATORS NAMEb. Director General BfoAdoo Appoint! Committee to T,<>ok into ltnttrrjod \\ aite Question. Washington, Jan. IS.?The four men who were named tonight by Di- i rector General McAdoo to investigate the railroad wage question are Frank? lin K. Lane, Secretary of the Inter? ior; J. H. Covington, Chief Justice of the Dtartrfot of Columbia Supreme Court; C. C. McIIood. Interstate Com? merce Commissioner, and William R. Willcox. chairman of the Republican National Committee. HOUSE RACKS GARFIELD. South Carolina Legislators Vote Down Resolution Asking That Fuel Order He Revoked. Columbia, Jan. IS.?The hoiTse ol representative! of the general as? sembly of South Carolina today re? fused to adopt a resolution asking Fuel Administrator Garlield to res? cind his order. TAKE OVER PACKING PLANTS. Chicago Parking Plant Workers Ask President to Take Over All Packing Plants. Washington, Jan. 18.?A delegation of workers from the Chicago meat packing plants called on President Wilson late today and urged that the, government take over all packing industries of the country. It was contended such action is essential be? cause of the large number of aliens among their fellow employees. no cotton mill EXEMPTION. Congressmen Ask for Fuel Order Modification. Washington, Jan. it.?Representa? tives Byrnee, Nie b?lls, Dominica* and Lever had a conference with the fuel administrator this afternoon in which they urged Dr. Gartteld to exempt all cotton mills In South Carolina from the provisions of the order Issued yes? terday closing all manufacturing es? tablishments east of the Mississippi for 14 days. They urged this exemp? tion on the ground that the closing of the cotton mills would cause great suffering among the employees. The administrator explained the reasons 'for the issuance of the order, stating that at this time there were 200 or .100 ships unable to leave port on ac? count of their inability to receive coal, that the wharves and terminals were crowded to capacity, and this dras? tic action was necessary to relieve the situation. The congressmen argued that an ex? emption bo made at least of mills working upon war orders. The.admin? istrator stated that no exception could be made in any case, and that the or? der would be enforced even as to am? munition factories. The delegation presented the case of the employees I in the cotton mills and urged that the government issue a special appeal to manufacturing establishments as a duty to pay employees for time lost by reason of this order of the govern i lent. The administrator stated that he was very much Impressed with the RUggeetion and the congressmen be? lieve that as a result of their visit step! will he taken to induce manu? facturing establishments to comply ' with their requests. TV conn READY. In Class One a d Willing to Join Army When Called. Augusta, Jan. 18.-?Tyrus Cobb, the star outfielder of the Detroil Ameri? cans, has been placed In close one by the exemption board here, where ht registered. Cobb declared thai he i> willing for sei sice whenever called. Hot si; FOR PROHIBITION. Constitutional Amendment Passed by Largo Majority. < folumbin, Jan. 18. Momben ol the i I i Ighl i?Ei! icd to thir i read :? the resolution to ratify the fed < i prohibition amendment I y n \ ote of flfi to 28. Prior to i < Ins this ballot the house rofused by u '. <>!?? of l".' to 82 to place the n ies tIon in the primary nexi summer. The motlofl to stlil.e OU1 the . n ict i in words of the resolution was lost I- i VOfS Of :;i to 08, Ratification is likely to take place today by the same majority, wttich u is in excess of lite conclusion of the body. ifilSUTOBE TIKES RECESS. FEARING GOAL FAMINE SENA TOKS WANT TO TAKB TUM \ DAY RECESS. Upper Branch of Legislature Con? sumes Kritirc Morning In Talking About Coal Situation as it Affects Heating of State* House?House Blocks Adjournment. Columbia, Jan. IS.?The senate r ' spent the entire morning hour In dis eussion of a concurrent resolution to adjourn for ten days, because of the coal shortage. The resolution was withdrawn by the author. Senator Walker, of Georgetown, and a mo? tion to adjourn until Monday night adopted, then the action by which tho resolution was withdrawn was re? considered. The original resolution for a ten day adojurnment was con? sidered again and finally adopted by A vote of 20 to 15. A committee appointed to hold a conference with Gov. Manning regard? ing the coal situation, reported that there was on hand now enough coal to keep the building heated day and night for ten days1. If only day ses? sions were held there were on hand enough coal to heat the building for thirty days. The senate clung to the idea that coal would be saved by ten day adjournment. In the meantime it is expected that the State wdll re? ceive an additional supply of coal. HOUSE BLOCKS SENATE. Refused to Agree to Flan to Adjourn for Ten Days. Columbia, Jan. 18.?The house to? day blocked the efforts of the senate to adjourn for ten days. The sen? ate adopted a resolution to recess un? til Tuesday, January 28, but imme? diate consideration was objected to in the house, so that the resolution went over. Both houses adjourned until Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock. Only local and uncontested matters were taken up. In the senate announcement was made that the game warden invesiga tion would begin Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Colored Teachers' Institute. On Wednesday morning, January Kith, at the couay demonstration rooms, 220 Salem Avenue, a very large attendance 0< the teachers met at 9 o'clock. We had the pleasure of having Mr. J. H. IJrannon, the State agent for negro schools, and Mr. Sar? gent, r. S. (leid agent for the Southern States, with us. Mr. Brannon, after commending the work being done in our county, made a most excellent address. He advised that the training of the head should not be to the neglect of the hands and heart. Character should be the foundation. He contrasted industrial education with literary training, em? phasizing tho former for the sake of habit forming for usefulness. He urg? ed the teachers not to try to have too many grades in the one or even two teacher schools of the county. That it would be better to do thoroughly and efficiently the work of the grades from 1 through 6th and benefit a larger number than to ^ give only a smattering and have the advanced grades; that most of the children drop out of school at the end of the 3rd grade. He emphasized the industrial idea because It helped many to do something who would otherwise be failures because of their lack of ca? pacity for literary training. He also suggested th%t? they would make haste slowly in promotions. That on ac? count of such short terms children could not be promoted, every session, like those who were favored with nine imonths terms. Mr. Sargent told of his work in Alabama where he was previous to his appointment as I'nited States agent. Spoke of the boys he Ijad aided in get? ting an agricultural education, urged the teachers to appreciate their high calling and to do right because it was l ight to do so, and he hoped In the fu? ture he would be able to give some definite assistance to some Sumter county boy In geting an education in agriculture. Dr. j. h Hayns worth, our county superintendent, was called to Colum? bia on Wednesday, but on Friday morning be was on hand and seemed greatly pleased with the work of the institute. He made a splendid talk to the t< achers on the benefit of the institute, tombed on the Red Cross ? a work*, and advised the teachers to try and Rnd :i little time for some moral i nst ruction. The institute was almost entirely an industrial Institute, the teachers were prompt In their attendance and work? ed from !? until B every day. Very little time was left t<> be given fbr o literary review. Through the kindness Of Prof. ('. II. Lawson, principal of Lincoln grad? ed BChOOl, a little while WOS given to reviewing fundamentals In fractions ind civil government, The teachers ill finished their kindergarten work mjade their model books for the^r 1st itid 2nd grades; some did their work fid 2i j or their 3rd, 4th and 5th grades, so iiat now they will be much better pre? pared to carry on their work until the upervisor can get to their schools, 'ortainly those who were so interest - (1 as to attend will have the visits an 1 ssistance first. The following districts were repre ented. 1st, 2nd, 3rd and one teacher rom the 4th district, one teacher from he 6th, the, 7th, one from the 8th. ill from the 14th, one from the 15th, me from the 19th. We think we oiee the sentiment of all who at ended, that all had a pleasant and nost profitable time. The institute lad a very pleasing talk from Mr. h S. McDonald, responses and talks vere made by many of the teachers, md it was surprising to note the de rree of excellence which attended heir efforts, not a single person made ess than 9 5 on their model work. They worked cheerfully like bees, not? withstanding the weather was pretty :old. We wish so much many of the citi? zens could^fiave looked on the splen lld gathering and heard the talks and beautiful singing. They would have been unanimous in their conclusion that the teachers of Sumter county, white and colored, have the lead in the State. Mr. J. H. Bannon awarded all six school 2ontests allowed him to Sum? ter county. The twelve schools have been selected from which six will be awarded, dollar for dollar up to a certain amount lo be raised by the first Saturday in March and put into the hands of Dr. J. H. Haynsworth. The schools selected will receive an equal amount to that collected imme? diately .for the extension of their school term. There are certain con? ditions of which we have informed them. Now let all help these schools raise their quota, since such appre? ciation has been shown us by the agent, Mr. Brannon, remembering that in whatever way the condition of the negro part of Sumter county is better? ed, will better and elevate the white citizenship and we all will feel mu? tually the successes and failures,. the joys and sorrow, the progress or de graduation. For out of one blood has our Kather made all the nations of the earth and His one begotten Son died to redeem and save us all. We take this opportunity in behalf of the colored teachers of Sumter county and ourself, to thank sincerely the County Board, the trustee?:, Mr. Duncan, secretary of the Y. M. C. A. for making this opportunity, and lend? ing us chairs for the occasion, and we are grateful for all who helped in any way. Yours truly, Ia Bragg Anthony, VL D., Supervisor of Schools. HAN ARAM AND WARDIN RECEIVE SENTENCES. Convicted of Involuntary Manslaugh? ter In Circuit Court at Columbia. Columbia, Jan. 19.?Dr. Jam?s L.. Hanahan, a prominent druggist ol Columbia, and K. L. Hardin, superin? tendent of the local plant of a fertb lizer manufacturing company, were "ound guilty of involuntary man? slaughter in the Circuit Court here to? night, the former receiving a live year and the latter a two years sentence. On notice of appeal, Dr. Hanahan was released on $5,000 bond and Mr. Har? din $2,000 bond. The two men were tried before Judge Memminger in connection with the killing of Lenwood Shaw, a 12 year-old white boy, here October 7, 1917, when a wagon in which the Shaw youth and his brother had been delivering groceries was struck by Dr. Hanahan's automobile near the Shaw home on Divine street, Shandon. Mr. Hardin's car struck Dr. Hanahan's machine almost immediately after the accident. ANSWER THE ALARM. Sumter People Should Not Rcluy. If your kidneys are inflamed, Don't stand around and do nothing. Like a fire it will soon be beyond control. You will get the alarm in time? Backache, or dizziness or disorders Of the urnie. Heed the warning. Give your kidneys a test by living more carefully. Ute Doan'a kidney Pills to hei^, stamp out the cause. Profit by this Sumter man's ex? perience. J. K. Drakeford, retired farmer, 101 West Hampton Avenue, says: "I was in auch bad shape with my back and kidneys that I could hardly Stoop, and ii was just ns hard to straighten. 1 hud headaches and spells of dizziness, and the kidney se? cretions annoyed me by passing too freely. When I heard of Doan'a Kid? ney Pills 1 got a box at DoLorme'l Pharmacy. They relieved all sign I he trouble and put my kidneys in food shape." Price 60c.. at all dealers. DonM limply ask for a kidney remedy gel Ooan'a Kidney Fills?the earns that Mr. Drakeford had. Foster Mdburn ?o., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. (*?) ?mb?,?i: \mmwmmmmwmwmwmwmmwm MFF/TINC MF) ICAL ASSOCIATION. Discussion of 4 Acidtosis" and State? ment Con? crntng Disease. The January meeting of the Sum ter County Medical Association was held at the Nurse's Home on last Thursday afternoon. A delegation of ladies from i.he Civic League met with ,the physicians to consider means of lighting the! disease familiarly known as/ "Ac dVosis." The disease was discussed at length by several of the physicians .resent. Owing to the 'general interes' in the subject it has been decided to publish a summary of Ose discussions and the conclusions reefcehed: It is now considered that so-called acidoeis is a relative condition, and not a separate disease within itself. It was former.'y thought by some that it was a distinctive disease, as typhoid fev?r, >neumonia, etc., and because of an excess of acid in the system, the condition became known as acidosis. At first the disease usually resem? bles an ordinary indigestion. One of the best terms yet used to designate the condition is "Indigestion with Fer? mentation." There are always certain bacteria preseni in the intestinal tract. Some of these bacteria feed upon the Proteid, foods .such as meat) while others Jive upci the carbohydrates (such as sugar.) If one set of bac? teria do no?t overbalance the other in their effects, ail is well. However, if one is overwhelmed by the other there is a diarrhoea, or other symptoms of indigestion. If there are poisonous bacteria present, we have thie toxic symptoms as shown by the nervous system, such as spasmodic twitching of the hands, muscles of the face, or even convulsions. Whether so-called acidosis is due to germs normally present in the intestinal trnct, or ! whether, in adoption, some unusual I germ is present; we do not yet know. The disease lay* begin with an ob? stinate constipation, and when a lax? ative is given, \x is followed by an un? controllable diarrhoea- In other cases the diarrhoea Is present from the flr?rt. The disease may begin' with a sore throat or tonsi litis, in fact, some au? thorities claim that there is always some focus of infection, such as the throat, nose ov ear. However, the consensus of o* in*on now is that it is due to over-fee ling, or improper feed? ing. The disc.se is very rate among children that nurse entirely, but is common amon.r those that are bottle fed, and those ihat use both the bottle and mother's milk. It is also found among children that receive no milk at all, and even pasteurized milk does not always prevent it. When the disease is we1; developed we have vomiting of watery flui?, watery diar ! rhoea, great thirst, flushed cheeks and an appearance of emaciation due to exhaustion and lors of fluids. Fever may or may no!, be present. The child is very irritab! \ and later passes Into a stupor. The excess osT acid present is indicated by acetone in the urine. This, however, is by no means a sure sign, for acetone is present iu about 60 per cent ;of all diseases of children. The vomiting and diarrhoea are ef? forts of naturo to rid the system of poisons, and, us these expelled fluids are alkaline t'.iey rob the child of so much alkali tit at an excess of acid is 1 left in the titmes, and we have the so-called acidosis as a secondary con? dition. The child is usually so nau ? seated that we cannot supply more alkali by the mouth, therefore soda enemas are given to neutralize the acid. The soda enemas may not be well retained, *nd it is usually best to give the soda -olution in the veins of the arm, or. In the case of an infant, in the veins of the head. The Bulgar? ian buttermilk is given because the Bulgarian germ is antagonistic to the putrefactive germs that are causing the trouble in the intestines. One of the best meant of controlling the vomiting and diarrhoea is by giving dextrose (grape-sugar) by injections into the veins Normal salt solution is injected under the skin to relieve the thirst. In oonelustou we may say that Sumter is not alone in its epidemic of this disease. Boston. Atlanta, and many other places, including South Carolina town a, have had epidemics, with many deaths. The exact cause is yet unknown. 1 ut some of the best ex? erts in -be [Tnlted States are now working to lea>n its cause and a cure. Whether or not it is contagious, Is uncertain. The fact that two or more cases are occasionally seen in the same family i .<y sometimes be ex? plained by the fact that the children have been ou the same diet. However, some consider it contagious, and, un? til it is proven one way or the other, it is probably best to Isolate all cases so !;u- as practicable. The mothers of Sumter should net heroine hysteri? cal over the subject, for that will do no good. The thing to do is to pay merlal attention to the children's food; watch cere fully for any syne* to ma of indigestion, such ;is loo.ie bowels, const If- ion, vomiting, ete.g and to seek medical advice at once if sny suspicious systems arise. Carl n Bppe, M. D., Secretary,