The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-26
FERTILIZER MAKERS
UNDER INDICTMENT
True Bills Found by Nashville
Grand Jury
COMBINATION Is CHARGED
Grand Jury Worked for Four Weeks
and Examined $40 Wtnesses-In-
dictment Returned Is VOL
luminous Document.
COMBINATION is CHARGED

Nashville, Tenn. May 25.-The grand
jury of the United States circuit court
which has been investigating the alleged
fertilizer trust for the past four weeks,
concluded its investigation yesterday af-
ternoon and returned in open court this
morning an Indictment against about
eighty fertilizer manufacturers, including
a number of local men. The indictment
/ contains six counts detailing in specific
form alleged violations of the antitrust
laws and charging the defendants with
combining and being engaged in a trust or
combination.
The defendants live in various parts of
the country where fertilizers are manu-
/ featured, certified copies of the indictment
will be sent to the various districts in
which the defendants reside and there
] served. The defendants will be required
to execute bonds for their appearance at
the October term of the court in this city
when the cases are to be tried.
/ List of individuals Indicted.
Following is a list of the individuals in
dicted as officers, agents or attorneys of
the accused corporations and firms
Samuel T. Morgan, president. Fortesque
White, vice president Frank Dancey and
Frank C. Wilcox managers and agents of
the Vrgnia-C Carolina Chemical company
]. Rice Smith, agent of Virginia Carolina
Chemical company, and president of Geor-
gia Chemical works; Austin b. Carpenter
and Charles II. Mcdowell, managers and
agents ana charles y, wilson, agent ana
"''oiney Vi al inour @ w., ieu w. oio""'
president ana treasurer OF Anderson Phos-
phate and Oil company; Frank Burbridge
president, and William j. Mccormack,
treasurer of Eterman Fertilizer company;
George Braden, president of Federal
Chemical company of Delaware and Ken
lucky; Augustus Adair and James ID. Nc
earthly, officers and agents of Furman
Farm Implement company and members
| of the firm of A. d. Adair and Mccarthy
Bros; William De c. Kessler, secretary
and treasurer Of Goulding Fertilizer COM
pany, limited; James G. Tinsley, presi-
dent Of the Marietta Fertilizer company,
and vice president of the Tennessee Chem
| ical company; William D. Rhea general
manager of Nashville Fertilizer company,
William l.. Peel. president of the Old
Dominion Guano company; Abram c.
Reed vice president and general mana ger
and Isaac MAYO Reed. agent of Philadel-
mia Phosnhate comnanv: Frank Royster.
president and Charles R,,rrow vice pres-
! ident of Rovster Cuano connnanv. a l.
Ives secretary and treasurer Of Savannah
Gnano companv. and member of the firm
| WiIcox Ives &, 90 IT Porter Flaming
vice nresiden+ Of Southern states phos
nbate ana Tertilizer comnanv aud IT Car
| land rinsle,- nrasident and treasurer OF
! tho rennessoe Chemical con,narv
Names OF Corporations.
| The following firms and corporations
were indicted:
Virginia Carolina Chemical company of
| New Jersey, Armour & Co. of Illinois
Acme Manufacturing company of North
| Carolina Alabama Chemical company of
New Jersey. Anderson Phosphate and OIL
company of South Carolina. Ashepo
| Chemical company of South Carolina,
Blackshear Manufacturing company of
Georgia Etiwan Fertilizer company Of
South Carolina Federal Chemical COM
pany OF Delaware. Federal Chemical COM
| pany or Kentucky. Furman Farming
Chemical company of Georgia. Goulding
Fertilizer company, lmiteo. OF Great Brit
ain and Ireland; Goulding Fertilizer COM
pany OF Florida, Gulfport Cotton OH Fer.
| tilizer and Manufacturing company or
| Georgia. Home Mixture Guano company
of Georgia. jackson Fertilizer Company
| of Mississippi, Marietta Fertilizer company
of Georgia, Meridian Fertilizer company