The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-04
SPYING METHODS
USED BY TRUS 7
Express and Railroad Agents to
Testify i'll Big Damage
Suit.
COMMISSIONER BROWN ILL
Little Hope for His Recovery
Good Roads Rallies Along Cen
trail Highway Planned.
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raleigh, n. c., July 3.-ln the trial
OF the Ware Kramer Company suit
against the American Tobacco Com
pany for sl,250.o00 damages. just en-
tering on the fourth week. Judge Con-
nor announced to-day that he will
grant the motion of counsel for the
plaintiff, made Friday, that in view oS
the wide range of evidence gotten in
by the defendant through the use OF
the letter files of the Ware ramer
Company in the cross examination Of
plaintiffs witnesses, the plaintin now
be allowed to show the spying upon
the shipping operations OF the Ware
Kramer Company by the Wells White
head Company at Wilson. To this end
j. X. Hardy. agent for the Southern EN-
press Company. and J. T.. Morton and
Giles Ninstead. agents OF the Atlantic
Coast Line. have been summoned to
come from Wilson tomorrow 10 tes-
sify.
Most OF the afternoon session to-day
was taken up with the reading Of the
deposition of c. C. Dula. one Of the
vice presidents of the American To-
oacco Company, showing the gradual
absorption of numerous tobacco con-
Germs by the American Tobacco Com.
pany and methods used to that end.
In writing OF efforts 10 procure the
j. G. Dill Company. of Richmond, there
was a letter TO the effect that IF we
can pinch him little we will be able
TO secure his business" Concerning
some other concern that was badly
wanted. the idea expressed was: Get
him between the bumpers and give him
a squeeze. and he will come over Ia
US" There was also read the depo-
sition OF A. D. Bernheirn, president OF
ba Matr rah
New York. to the effect that through
agreement with ]. b Duke he formed
the Metropolitan Company through 4
combination OF the Greater New York
jobbers, and was given the control of
the American Tobacco Company pro-
ducts in their territory. The condi-
ton for this exclusive control was that
the combination of jobbers must repre-
sent IS per cent. of the jobbing bust
ness.
News from the bedside OF Cor
poration Commissioner II. B. Brown
grows more discouragirR daily. That
he is desperately III man is admitted
now at the Brown home on North Per-
son Street. where the commissioner has
been confined for the past six weeks
and more. except the few days that 1t
required TO take the patient to Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. where he
was examined and ADVISED to return
home without an operation. which 81
was not thought could beneht him.
He has an intestinal trouble. He had
an especially bad night last night, and
Il is learned that there is practically
no hope entertained for his recovery.
Big Rallies Planned.
Officials OF the Central Highway.
Morehead and Beaufort to Paint Rock
and the Tennessee line. say that the
indica lions are for splendid success TO
crown the movement to have big rail-
lies all along the $50 miles of proposed
road. and that the greatest enthusiasm
exists in many sections. The rallies
are TO be approximately ten miles
apart. There will be several OF these
rallies along the Wake county section
OF the road. and one will be in Raleigh
al II o'clock Tuesday morning
There has just been issued from the