The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
PUBLICATIONS IN BEHALF OF BEER ARE STOPPED BY COURT No Date Set for Hearing on Permanent Injunction by
 Chancery Court
PETITION MADE BY
 ATTORNEY GENERAL
Point Raised Is Whether Articles as Published Came Within the State Anti-liquor Adver-
 tising Statute

Chancellor Hugh A. Locke of the equity division of the circuit court yesterday granted a temporary injunction restrain ing The Age-Herald and the Birmingham News from publication of further adver- association.
 No date has yet been set for hearings on the petition to determine whether the injunction shall be made permanent. The petitions were filed by Perry w. Turner on behalf of Attorney General w. l.. Martin, and 1t is understood that similar injunctions were issued in Montgomery yesterday. against two newspapers in that city, the Advertiser and the Times.
 The advertisement complained of re- gently appeared in newspapers all over the United States and was an argument in favor of beer as against distilled liquors, in which the claim was made that beer is really temperance drink because of it's present low alcoholic con tent, and that whisky and such liquors should be absolutely prohibited by law.
 Yesterdays injunction remains in force until thief urther order of the court.
 POINTS INVOLVED
 It is claimed that unique points are in- volved in the petition. The Alabama statutes, as is well recognized, prohibit liquor advertisements, and no newspaper in the state now publishes them. Wheth- CT an advertisement which points out the merit of beer as drink as distinguished from whisky and which does not mention the name of any brand or kind of beer and whose terms are general can be pub lshed under the Alabama statute is the issue to be determined
 After the preliminary recitations the attorney generals petition says:
 Respondents have heretofore pub lished and circulated in the city of Bir- mingham and state of Alabama an ad- vertisement of intoxicating beverages, namely, beer and light wines; a copy of this advertisement and of the issue of the paper In which it is contained being attached here to and marked exhibit A.
 Respondents are threatening to pub fish series of advertisements of in toxicating liquors or beverages, such as are herein complained of
 QUESTIONS ARE ASKED
 The petition then seeks hearing and asks for the following information:
 "State all the circumstances under which such advertisement or publication was made; who caused the same to be inserted; who paid therefor or furnished any consideration therefor; who wrote or composed the same; who secured the publication of the same for respondents, or who forwarded same to respondents, If forwarded voluntarily; who directed the manner, form and location and the setting up in said paper of the adver- tisement complained of; what charges were made oA the books of respondent company for such advertisement or pub lication. shown as an exhibit hereto, stating whether or not such charges have been paid or agreed to be paid; where are the headquarters of the United States Brewers association, in whose in- terest this advertisement appears to have been inserted?
 Have you contract or agreement for the publication of any similar article at any time in the future?'
 Prayer Is then made for a temporary writ of injunction restraining respondent from publishing any advertisement of alcoholic, spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, such as brandy, wine. rum. gin and beer.''
 Prayer is further made that respon- dents be cited to appear and that in- junction be made permanent.
 The bill Is signed by Joseph R. Tate, solicitor of the Tenth judicial circuit, and w. L. Martin, attorney general.
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