The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-14
WITNESSES ARE ORDERED ID APPEAR Big Damage Suit Filed Against
 Fruit Company A NEW INCORPORATION Stockholders of the Lowe Manufacture ing Company Hold Their Annual
 Meetine-5usIness Is In
 Good Shape.
A NEW INCORPORATION

r Huntsville, September 13-(Speeial) Jon 1 petition of John w. Griffin of New York, attorney for the American Banana com pany, the clerk of the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district 1 of Louisiana was ordered by Judge David | D. Shelby of the United States court of ! appeals, 10 issue subpoenas to Alexander Orr and simon Steinhart, directing them to appear and testify before Allan R. Beary notary public, at New Orleans in | the cast of the American Banana com | pany Vs. the United Fruit company now pending in the United States court for the southern district of New York.
 In this case the American Banana com pany Is suing the United Fruit company under the antitrust law for $2,OOO, 900 damages for a conspiracy in restraint of trade. If the conspiracy Is found to ex. ist and damages have been suffered, the antitrust law permits as a penalty the recovery of treble the amount of damage proven.
 In granting the petition, Judge Shelby further ordered that Alexander Orr he directed to bring with him the stock DOCK or the Orr-Laubernheimer company, the stock book of the Bluefelds Steam ship company, Ltd, and all check or account books whereby Is shown to whom dividends have been paid from the or ganization of the companies to the present date. simon Stenart Is likewise directed to bring the stock and check account books of the Bluehelds Steamship com pany, The Orr-T and the Bluef1elds Steamship company are both extensively engaged in tho banana trade.
 Articles of incorporation of the Hunts vile Wood, Fiber, Plaster and Lime com pany were filed in the probate office Thursday afternoon. The capital stock of the company Is $25OOO.
 A M. Booth is president E M. Forbes. vice president; James R. Stevens. secre- tary and treasurer. and A. G. Proctor. general manager. Among the incorpora- tors are A. M. Booth, Dr. Edgar Rand. D. M. Forbes, c. A. Marshall, A. c. Proctor, F. J. Thompson, James R. Stevens and W. P. Miller.
 The new corporation will establish a plant in this city for the manufacture of wood, fiber, plaster and lime. The charter gives the corporation the right to manufacture fire roofing material roof ing, art ceilings, wall panels, partitions, stncco work, conduts, gypmsum and fer tillzers.
 The annual meeting of the stockholders Of the Lowe Cotton Manufacturing com pany was held yesterday and the report of President Charles Lane Poor showed that the mill has enjoyed a most pros porous year. The corporations has al ways paid quarterly dividend besides setting aside surplus
 Directors were elected as follows. Arthur H. Lowe, J. Harper Poor, Will liam G. Thomas, James R. Boyd. H F Poor, George P. Grant, Jr, and Charles Lane Poor. The election of officers was postponed.
 The Business Mems club of this city has taken under advisement a proposition from the New York-Aalabama oil com pany for the boring of partnership well to a great depth. If the club will dispose of a given amount of stock the money will be used as special fund to pay the expenses of the we'll which will be sunk to q depth not less than 25oO feet.
 Huntsville business men are interested in making test to see if there Is petro- leum here in paying quantities The New York-Alabama company has never sunk well to a great depth because of the fact that gas Is struck at something less than a thousand feet, and when it is found in paying quantity the well is capped. Dr. Smith, state geologist be- lieves that there is oil in this section and when here few weeks ago heexpressed desire to have deep we'll sunk.