The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-07-31


sous held hpr 10 diareapepl, and TeT
fused her society, "a her great damage
l0-wil 90 plaintiffs damage len
thousand dollars,
Aud plaintiff further AYERS nna
charges That haid company aleFfHalh,
heing engaged IN the publication Anl
circulation NJ weekly newspaper |
known aud called fnE DALLAS |
WFEgIY HERALD, iO-wlt, on llle sllll
dag of July, aud well knowing 10 ne
contrary, did compose and publish va !
tbe said DALLAS MrrKLY HERALD |
and did thnn aud there circulate SAID
Dnper la the Oily aud county NJ Dallas
Of aud concerning plaintiff tho lollow'
Ing false, s1andalOih, malicious ana W
helOils matter, lO'wlii "fannle hpililli
GOlOreil wOunan," iO-wll, defendants
we'll knowing 10 the contrary dll, on
said eth day NJ July, 1910, repnbllhll,
after being Informed by plaintiff Of tho
great outrage they, deiendanla, hnl
committed upon ana against plalnlll
Ia the publication mnde ~ TINS pAlf
Las DAlLY ilEHAIp Of ihe Gil ~ Jnly,
1874, which N IN hdoe terbd hel iofUl ~
the petition, ~ far ~ the article refers
10 nlnInllll heQded IN said pALLAs
DAiIN llERALt "Not Wisely but TOO
Well.n "a Country Lass Falls u We
linn 10 the WiIoH ~ an Olly.longued
Villnln,n the subject matter Of AAlh or.
tlole hping In reference ~ one Lpp ana
one Rnlllr, who cnllh herself hnllle
Roberta, elo,, NJ aud concerning pl hln'
IN tho following inlhe, AonndnlnnH,
malicious aud llbelOua matter, to'wit !
Then agaln follows the paragraph
quoted above, closing with the follow
Ing
Plaintiff further AYERS aud charges
that the republication And circulation
Ia and OF the said DALLAS WEEKLY
HERALD IN Aforesaid by said company
aforesaid, she has been damageh IN
her said busncas OF keeping honrdern
aforesaid In the sum Of one thousand
dollars aud In her good name ana rep
utntlOn ~ II white woman twenty
: thousand dollars,
Wherefore the premises considered,
plaintiff prnya for citation, demanding
the defendants 10 appear nnd answer
this her petition and upon u maj
I hearing hereof, sho prnya for special
damages, llftecn hundred dollars aud
for her general damages thirty thou
sand dollars, aud for all costs In TINS be-
half
PAYNE CANDY and MCCONNELL,
Attorneys for Plaintiff
All what u story Who VIII fall TO
weep aud sympathIze with this lone
aud lorlorn woman In her heart rend-
Ing recital? Who could be no basc and
: cruel IN 10 even insinuate but that the
hest blue blood OF tho H. Il. Va coursed
, through her veins ? Certainly not the
reporter of TuE llERALD. Far bolt
from him TO cast one single slur upon
.. the lonH line of her noble and illustri-
{ GUS Caucasian ancestors, Mrs. Smith,
J characteristic of her blue blood and pa
trician patronymic, ~ over sensitive,
4 and nlsconstrucs the sometimes rude
y and loosely connected pleblan SEN
> tenccs Of an uneduoated reporter. Su p
, pose the reporter did shy Mrs. Smith
: was "colored.p IL does not naturally
!, or alphabetically follow that she must
: have African blood In her veins. A
, lobster may be oolorcd by being cast
into pot of boiling water, and
Mrs. Smith may have become
oolored by u too frequent use OF
, cheap gin, habit which hel
1 friends and neighbors say she
! IL not altogether free from. Ther
, again, n too frequent use of snuff ant
: tobacco might color even an alabastel
A complexion, and still the individua
: would not be tainted, necessarily, will
' the hated African blood. There ar,
many theorles,and very plausible ones
r too, TINT can be- advanced that Mrs
b Smith Is colored person, but at the
; same time the reporter would not fol
an instant, even though he knew 1t tc
! De true, intimate that aught but thu
| purest and bluest blood of the Anglo
: Saxon couPsed her veins. But surely
! Mrs. Smith overestimates the damage
' done her by the withdrawal of the visits
, and esteem of her friends and the de.
J, parture of her female guests. Boarding
|, houses of her description are recogniz-
r ed IN all metropolitan cities as necessa-
ry evils, and are accordingly tolerated
!, by the authorities and patronixed by
!. certain classes.
|, Tho reporter hardly feels that he
# owes Mrs. Smith any further apology.
, I But to that great world of society from
! which she has been cast out by this
Y foul reconstruction, what PREPARATION
s can be madeg Surely none aud
: henceforth and forever, the great
world Of fashion, of art, of literature,
of intelligence and wealth, will miss
9 from Its rank one of Its brightest orna.
! ments and most devoted votaries.
' But the story will be told in all its
d fullness by the learned and able advo
J, Gates of the plaintiff. In prose and
: verse with burning eloquence, will they
a depict the wrongs OF their injured client
r and hold us up to the whitening scorn
. of an outraged and indignant public
= Fame and reputation, that bubble
: sought 1.-THE lannon's mouth, will
rise before them, like Banquo's ghost
Y and hand their name down TO pos
= terity, linked with those Of
/. Burke. Pitt Webster, Calhoun, anu
r the master minds whose names are q
; synonym for all that is great and elo-
i quent. In the Office of every justice Of
: the peace and police court will the