The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-11

In the federal court yesterday another
chapter was added to the celebrated
Southern Wholesale Grocers association
case. Alleging that the restrained de-
fendant and some of the persons compos-
ing the association had violated the in
junction issued by Judge Grubb October
II, 1911, petition for rule and an attach
ment for criminal contempt was request
ed against S. w. Lee of this city and
many other prominent wholesale grocers
Immediately after Oliver d. Street
United States attorney. filed the request,
Judge w. I. Grubb issued an order re-
quiring the association and the members
therein named to appear and show cause
why they should not be held in contempt
of court. The hearing was set for the
first Monday in March.
Judge Grubb's Order
The order of Judge Grubb follows.
Comes Oliver ID. Street, United States
attorney, who prosecutes in this behalf,
and upon his motion and on probable
cause being shown, leave is hereby grant
ed him to file for and on behalf of the
United States petition against the
Southern Wholesale Grocers' association,
j. H. McIaurin, and other persons there
in named, for rule to show cause why
they should not be attached for contempt
of court for violation of the decree OF
the court entered on the nth day of oc-
tober, 1911:
And it is further ordered that the mat
ter of the petition now filed be made re
turnable into this court on the first Mon
day in March, 1918, at which time the de-
PENDANTS will appear and show cause, IL
any there be. why they should not be at
tached and punished as prayed for In said
petition.
This the 10th day of February. A. d,
1913. w. S. CRUDE,
UNITED District judge
The defendants named in the plea Of
the government follow:
j. r. Pennington, Ardmore. okla; II. NJ
Chestnut. Muskogee, Okla; w. L. Sui
livan, Pauls Valley, Okla; l.. A. Melchers
Charleston. S. c.; c. w. Garrett. Green
wood, s. c.; f. A. Tyler, Gainesville,
Tex; Samuel Hama, Waco. Tex; j. L.
Legard, Abingdon, Va; j. NJ. Spotts
Staunton, Va; j. j. Ingram, Opelika,
Ala; G. w. Rattenbury, Fayetteville;
b. d. Cranem, Fort Smith, Ark; 4. S.
Mullins. Texarkana, Ark; b. ID. Harts-
field. Gainesville, Fla; A. j. Long, Ma
con, Ga; X. Threefoot, Meridian, Miss. :;
G. O. Kuester. Charlotte, n. c.; l.. Il.
Mendenhall, Greensboro, ~ c. Wulbern,
Charleston. S. G.; J. f. Brown, Spartan
burg. s. c.; J. X. Crosswell, Sumpter, S.
c.; Joseph A. Boilln, Clarksville, Tenn;
Jesse Currie, Memphis, Tenn; w. W.
Lockett, Bristol. Tenn; ]. A. Kelly, Hen
derson, n. c.. J. II. McLaurin, Jackson
Vile, Fla; j. ID. Faucets. Bristol Tenn;
w. 7. Reeves, Tupelo, Miss: c. w. Bar
tleson, Jacksonville, Fla: Robert Moore,
Jacksonville, Fla; s. w. Lee, Birming-
ham, John ID. Baker. Jacksonville, Fla;
Il. H. Adams Atlanta, Ga; H. Lacy
Hunt wilmington, n. c.; John Stagmaier,
Chattanooga, Tenn; A. T. Bush, Mobile,
Sam Kaufman. Montgomery; d. ID.
Adams Batesyille, Ark; Max Mayer, Lit
tie Rock, Ark; Henry Patterson, Searey,
Ark; b. b. Earnshaw, Washington, ID. C.;
j. A. Ayant Pensacola, Fla; 4. II. Bryan,
Tampa, Fla; w. u. Small, Macon, Ga;
s. J. Faircoth, Qutman, Ga. Nj. C.
Kellogg, Richmond KY; A. Ryltenberg,
Sumter, s. c.; j. G. Felsenthal, Jackson,
Tenn: A. S. J. Davis, Knoxville, Tenn;
s. A. Pace, Corsicana, Tex; j. W. Lyman.
Euniee La; /. Sugar. Monroe. La; r. II.
Scovell Shreveport La: T.. s. Jackson,
Hattiesburg, MISS; r. IL. Green. jackson,
Miss; J.. l.. Trusty, Water Valley, Miss;
l.. B. Rogers, Ashevile, n. c.
Clabaugh Secured Evidence
The defendants named include in addf-
ton to Mr.. Lee OF Birmingham, three
score members Of the Southern Wholesale
Grocers' association scattered in many
cities of the SOUTH including the District
of Columbia. The petition filed was In the
rame of Charles w. Wickersham, Attor-
ney General. The evidence In the case
was secured by Hinton G. Clabaugh, the
local merchant, who is now a special
agent for the department Of justice.
1t is alleged that the members of the
association and the association, as we'll as
J. II. McLaurin, president, permitted to
be issued two editions of the celebrated
green book containing, 1t was alleged
by the government, the names of the
Wholesale grocers who were in harmony"
and would only sell to retail dealers and
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