The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26
GENERAL WRIGHT
AND WALKER PERCY
WILL CONFER SOON
Names of Number of Wit
nesses To Be Summoned
Filed With Clerk
Allison

| The approaching trial of so promi-
nent wholesale grocers of the south
for contempt of the federal court VIII
bring Gen. Luke E. Wright, chief coun-
sci for the Southern Wholesale Grocers
| association, to Birmin CHAM within the
next few days for conference with
Walker Percy, local counsel for the
| association. The conference between
General Wright and Mr.. Percy will
be preliminary to the beginning Of
the case which is set for July L
There is a marked activity at the
federal building among those Interested
in the case. j. H. McLaurin, president
of the Southern Wholesale Grocers, was
here during the past few days. The
| presence of o. ID. Street district at
torney, in the city comforting with
Hinton Clabaugh special agent for the
department of justice, was followed by
the fling of large number of names
yesterday with Maj. c. j. Allison to
| be summoned as witnesses in the case,
| The witnesses summoned are for the
| government. The grooers have not filed
any request for summons and it is
therefore believed that the association
will rely upon their own members and
the record for vindication.
The case is attracting wide atten-
tion by reason of the fact that the
grocers have been charged with a very
| serious offense by the government.
They are charged with violating an in
junction issued by Judge Grubb against
| iati in he "a a
wherein the association was held to be
Illegal and operated in restraint of
trade Should the grocers find them
selves adjudged guilty by Judge Grubb
they would be in an embarrassing sit
uation.
| Among the witnesses summoned yes
| terday is James A. VanIioose of this
| city. who was president of the asso-
citation when Hinton Clabaugh went
into the wholesale business here. Mr..
| Clabaugh was subsequently driven out
according to his testimony by the OPP
| erations of the association He sued
Mr.. VanHoose and recovered. He sued
the association and lost. The other wit
nesses include representatives of large
manufacturing companies throughout
the country
Some of those summoned follow:
w. l.. Brown. local manager Of
Bradstreets; V. r. Pritchard, city; f.
| G. Alexander, city; w. w. Garnett,
Decatur w Il. Robertson, Montgom-
cry; Clarence Hall, North Wilkesboro,
N. c.; A. G. Bowman, Mt Airy, N. c.;
A. S. McReam, Mt. Gilead N c.; j.
N. Body, Kosciusko, Miss; Isadore
Iesdorkker, Canton, Miss; j. w. Miller,
Natchez, Miss; r. IL. Hinton, Lumber
ton, Miss; w. b. Fox, Monroe, La; c..
Sawyer. Asheville, N. c.; A. Thomas,
Beaufort, N. c.; G. Cushman, Aiken, S.
c. Moses Green, Sumter, s. c.; T. b.
Daniels, Gaffey, s. c.; C. e. Weatherly,
Baison; P;tI,; n G; A; II; Bynum,
sey, Laredo, Tex; }. r. Brown,
Danville, Va; e. e. Parrot, Marion,
Va; j. I. Terry, South Boston, Va
b. Goria, Roanoke, Va. j. X. Clark,
Stuart, Va; j. 1mmerluck, Ashford
l.. Lasseter, Montgomery; S. II. Sell
lers, Montgomery, J. Il. Foy, Eufaula
H. l.. McFarin, Little Rock. Ark; h.
G. Packard, Huntington, Ark; j. ID.
Goldman, Dardenelie, Ark; j. NJ. Denty,
Washington; r. e. w. Schmidt, Wash
ington; II. L. Cover, Washington; Baxter
Carn, Ocala, Fla; Abe Simon, Monticello,
Fla; N. A. Hardee, Fernandina; A Mar
kowitz, Jacksonville, Fla; j. r. MiciSler.
,
James McGarty, Savannah, Ga; p. l..
| Champan, Forsyth, Ga; K. T. Nicely,
4 Wainesboro. N. c.; S. Jones, Macon, Ga.
M. r. Ousley, Valdosta, Ga; T. J. Car
tarphen, Macon, Ga; George Baker, Tiff
ton, Ga; A. A. Walker, Washington; j.
T. Hammond, New Smyrna, Fla; jess
Nell Jones, Jacksonville, Fla; w. A. Hol-
man. New York city; j. Milton. of Pyle
& Sons, Edgewatet, n. j.; James Pyle
of the same city; Tennille Grocery. Geor-
gia; Milling Grocery company, Milling,
Ca; Mobley & Sons, of Mite Springs
Fla; T. S. Sabeely, Fayetteville, Ark
Baum & Baton of Glynn, La; Oza
Blodgett, Jacksonville, Fla; ID. A.
Yates, Tallahassee, Fla; w. e. White,
| Biloxi, Fla; William Chapman, New
Orleans; w. e. Conover New Orleans
W. NJ. Riley, New Orleans: A. Calm
Meridian, Miss. Hooper Coyne, Balti-
more; c. A. Healey. Chicago; II. Sacketi
of Chicago; e. j. Williams. New York
city; r. NJ Wray New York city; w
G. Gilmore. New York city; w. b. Ash
worth, Brevarde, n. c.: j. T.. Baxter
Va; II. f. Tillman, Valdosta, Ga; r. r
Bruce. Chattanooga, Tenn; John j
Sheey, Washington; S. r. Mather, Min
neapolis C. S. Moody. Atlanta; ]. j.
Norton. Louisville; j. o. Cheek, Nash
vile; r. f. Epperson, local manager
Dunns Agency; j. G. Layman. Bristol,
Tenn; Wiley Jones. Macon, Gat; Robert
NJ. Smith, Richmond, Va. A. r. Rankin,
J Dayton, O.; II. C. McElwee. Montgom-
cry; T. Y. Reynolds, New York fity; c.
G.. Shepherd New York oity; +. e.
Brown. Chicago: C. c. McClain, Atlanta
A. l.. Powell. New York city; l.. b. Whit
! field. Montgomery; T. f. May Brewton;
C. w. Gilbert, Savannah; A. II. Girsley,
Savannah: Franklin Baker, Philadelphia
J. l. Munzon, Jacksonville, Fla; c. f.
Laird. Richmond; c. B. HILL Chicago: S
Fl. Phillips, Memphis; j. A. VanHoose
Birmingham w. w. Wilson, Nashville
Grin Thacker Columbus, o.; Nj. e. Heg-
gle. Nashville.