Court Will Pass On Rule No 3 in Southern Railway Case
A discussion of the Supreme Court ruling on the legality of the railroad commission rule requiring railroads to furnish cars within four days of request and permitting a $1 per car per day penalty for delays. The piece notes prior cases, including Pennington & Evans v Douglas Railroad, and anticipates the Court of Appeals’ decision on reasonableness and enforcement amid 1906 car shortages.
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Supreme Court
Steed
Railroad Commission
Shell
Commission
Court of Appeals
The
Southern Railway
Melton
Railroad Commission Ia
Lgmorea
Pennington & Evans
Douglas, Augusta and Gulf Railroad Company
Birmingham to Atlanta road tour entries for October 6
Six cars are entered for the Birmingham to Atlanta pathfinding road inspection tour on October 6. Participants include Steve Smith, L A Whitehead Jr, C Turner, W W Coghill, Frank W Smith, and Lawrence Smith. Three parties will traverse three routes while Pell City officials push their route, sparking city competition to win the established path.
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Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Steve Smith
Cara
L. A. Whitehead, Jr
C. Turner
W. W. Coghill
Frank W. Smith
Lawrence Smith
Pell City
Birmingham Automobile Club
Lovett Buffington sues Burley Tobacco Society for 407000
Covington Ky September 28 The Lovett Buffington Company independent tobacco manufacturers filed in federal court today a suit against the Burley Tobacco Society its president Clarence Lebua and board of directors seeking 407000 in damages under the Sherman act. The petition claims the Burley society restrains trade and maintains excessive tobacco prices. Damages against the society total three quarters of a million dollars in prior suits.
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Covington, Ky
Lovett & Buffington Company
Burley Tobacco Society
Clarence Lebua
Tt In
Burley Society
Flagman Sues for Damages Against Railway in Macon
In Macon Georgia on September 28 Special report says 4 F Tenney a flagman for the Macon and Birmingham railway sued the company in city court for 10000 damages. Tenney was hurt when he was thrown from a car at Lizelia as it was moved into a siding. The court will decide fault in the case.
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Macon
Tenney
Birmingham
Lizelia
Courts consider two sided issues on acknowledged liability
The text discusses exhausting the matter in the courts before liability is fully settled, noting a long-mooted question with those who deal with transportation problems and acknowledging that the matter has two sides to it.
Take on cotton vexed problem in Georgia debate
President J L Lee of the Georgia Farmers Union contends the cotton farmer bears the main burden of costs in the trade citing bagging and tare practices. Regulators and merchants push tare limits and weight deductions, with Savannah and Atlanta exchanges enforcing rules on bagging and tare to protect prices and ensure fair weighing.
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J. L. Lee
Georgia
Farmers’ Union
Lee
Saventuk Exchange
Sevannah Cotton Exchange
Savannah Exchange
Savannah
Broadcloths From 1614 Era to Modern Fine Wool Cloths
An article extols broadcloth as an aristocrat among fabrics and traces 17th century cloth fairs that spurred better weaving. It urges shoppers to seek fine carded wool, uniform naps, bright beaver surfaces, and even dyeing while offering vivid color and weight options at $1.00 and noting a “sponged and unspottable” guarantee on navy blue and black varieties.
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England
Cotton tare debate sparks disputes with European buyers
Local cotton merchants and European buyers clash over tare deductions in bale weight. Howard of Inman Akers & Inman argues exporters must pay only actual cotton weight, bagging and ties added for transit, not billed as extra tare. Atlanta merchants note persistent inquiries and a 50 cent bale deduction for overtarage, tracing the policy to earlier trade practice.
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Georgia
Europe
Southeastern Cotton Buyers’ Association
Ania
Atlanta
Inman, Akers & Inman
Maddox-Rucker Company
John & Day Company
George H McFadden Brothers
Agency
Ehney
J. B Holet Company
Smythe & Sima
Howard
B. Howard
Roothelstern Cotton Buyers’ Association
Liverpool
Berlin
J. T. Jennings
Jennings & Bryant
George H. McFadden & Brow
W J. Riordan
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