The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-30
Petition Filed by Solicitor Black Charges Viola
 ton of Law
MENTION DEALERS
 IN CHATTANOOGA
Solicitor Says He Has Had Detectives Watching Deliveries and Knows Anti Advertising Law Has
 Been Violated

If the temporary injunction sought
 by Solicitor Hugo l.. Black is issued
 by Judge II. A. sharpe of the city court an embargo will be placed on
 the southern Express company as common carrier of liquors Into Bir- mingham.
 The petition for a writ of Injunction was filed before Judge Sharpe late yes- terday afternoon by Solicitor Black, and it's reading, covering F different charges and prayer for relief. made up lengthy document. After the reading Judge
 Sharpe set date for the hearing on the merits of the writ for next Tuesday.
 However, it is barely possible that
 temporary injunction may be granted this
 morning.
 The salient point of the en,lre tention of Solicitor Black in his writ of injunction against the Southern Express
 company is as follows:
 Writ of Injunction "rhat the respondents, their servants, agents employees, be restrained from delivering to any person whatsoever, any consignment of spirituous, vinous or malt l liquors manufactured, sold or shipped I by or from the Wray Liquor company Of | J. \. company of Louisville Ben l.. Loventhal 1 of Louisville, the Four Oaks Distilling company of Chattanooga. or the Dootson- ! Evans company of Chattanooga within 1, the jurisdiction of this court. unless the consignee of such liquors can show to 1 the bona fide satisfaction of the respond ent, Southern Express company, it's agents. representatives employees. that he, or she the said consgnee. without | solicitation on the part of any of the firms, corporations or persons above named, or any of their agents representa- | tives or employees ordered the said con | signment of liquor for his, or her, own | personal use, without having received | from any of the said above named per- | sons, firms or corporations, or any Of | their agents, representatives or employees, advertisements or letters soliciting orders | for liquors, or price lists order blanks or written matter indicating that said prohibited liquors could be secured from | one or more, of the persons, firms or corporations in this section above emu
 merated, or soliciting from the con signee in any manner whatsoever in Jef- ferson county Alabama, oreers TOT | liquors" 7e
 | According to Solicitor Black. each ship
 ment of liquor in Jefferson county was accompanied by a lot of printed matter
 and price list. and also that there are
 numerous agents soliciting orders for | liquors throughout the city. If the con l tentions of Solicitor Black upheld it | is the opinion of persons familiar with
 the situation that the shipping of liquors | in this territory will be reduced at least 1 50 per cent
 I Detectives Watch Deliveries
 Solicitor Black stated last night that
 he had detectives watching the deliver 1 ing of liuuor by the Southern Express
 company for several weeks and that he
 had hundreds of affdavits in his office ! bearing on the case.
 Every shipment of liquor in this coun- ty through the Southern Express com rany," said Solicitor Hugo l.. Black, has broken the anti-advertising law and also
 certain sections of the prohibition law.
 This injunction and the point l am rais- ] ing is based an opinion of the United States circuit court of appeals and if it Is i upheld it will place an embargo on the
 free and easy shipping of liquors in this city and county, the feature of the pres ent time.'