The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-06-14
LAURENS MILLS
CONTROVERSY.
Mr.. Milliken and his Ass0-
ciates File Answers.
I'm FEDERAL COURT.
A VOluninOus Document. .-DeniaIs, Ad.
missions and ssertions---Attorneys
in the Case.

Ill tlG Vase.
The Defendants in the case of w. f..
Lucas VS.. S. M. Milliken ct al. have
filed their answers. That of Mr.. S. M.
| Milliken, the principal Defendant, is a
voluminous document and we are una
BILE to print it on account of limited
space. The following synopsis is taken
from the Charleston Post:
'The answer of Millken denies that
he entered into any legal lawful or
binding agreement to deliver the 500
shares of stock and that the payment
of the Indebtedness of the Darlington
mill was independent of the plaintiffs
purpose or intention to buy the de-
fendant's shares of stock in the Lau-
rens mills. The two transactions were
not coupled together. A general denial
of other allegations of President Lucas
are made.
Mr.. Miliken admits that Mr.. Lucas
has in some respects and for part
of his time performed the duties of the
office with efficiency and energy, but he
alleges that many acts of the plaintiff
in connection with his office as presi-
dent have not been to the interest and
advantage of said corporation, but to
it's detriment and hurt, and have been
of such nature as to meet the disap-
proval, disfavor and criticism of ma
Jority of the directors and of large
number of the shareholders and the de-
fendant alleges that the said corpora
ton would have attained much greater
success but for the said acts of the
plaintiff, (Mr. Lucas)"
1t is admitted that Mr.. Lucas had
asked for reduction of the amount of
the commission, but he also says that
he had permitted outside sales and had
made no charge against the mill com
pany. 1t is stated that the Milliken
agents have performed service for
the mills, which no other selling agents
could have done. A denial of excessive
charges is made
A denial is also entered of any at
| tempt to interfere with Lucas pur-
chase Of stock of the mills, admitting
however, that the defendant had pur-
chased some stock at 5000 per share,
but asserts his legal right to have done
so. In this connection. the answer
charges that Lucas was not able HIM
self to have purchased the 500 sahres
and could only have done so by combn-
ing with others, whose purpose was TO
secure control of the mills and deprive
the defendant of any and all participa-
tion in the management and control.
| Reference is made to the service of
the order of the court, restraining the
Milliken people from voting, and the
answer proceeds to declare that the
proceedings of the meeting were lille
gal, lacking 4 majority of the stock
representation, to do any business.
1t is demanded that the court order
another meeting of the stockholders to
arrange for the management of its af-
fairs, and it is also asked that the
board of directors, elected last year, be
reinstated and that the status of the
company be restored to what it was
preceding the recent meeting.
| The attorneys representing Mr.. Mill
liken are: Ralph X Carson, Simpson q
Bomar, A. H, Joline and Dial & Todd
The case has been transferred to the
Federal court ON the petition of Mill
ken's attorneys that he is non-resi-
dent and the action involves moro than
$1,000"
The latest move in the case is under
stood to be motion to dissolve thc in
junction. 1t is understood that the pa
pers were served ON yesterday and the
defendant attorneys will ask for a
hearing before Judge Brawlcy at Char
lesion on June 23rd.