The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-22
T he Rutherford Scandal.
We pu'li,hel recently 10 Shelby !

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sa,,. tuas = lawsuit had be1uu between
me 30 q :. Although ". had the right
tppuh i, tie names. - IT va matter
Of public record IL Rutherford Court
House. we lid not We then thought
tre i,t Idaut', FREUD, had no right to
,|u.pl.ln OF its publication. as the Law
-ui1 had begun, II then becama public
news and a legitimate topi. for comment
ID il newspaper.
# they ub.,c g. IL becoming kaoNn-
the parties should Ia - acted a. 10
prevent litigation We then took no
sides and have no eau:Ity against any OF
the parties. We did not write to offend
any, but the durora has no apology TO
offer. We have received a long letter
from one of the parties.
We do not propose 70 bulldoze any
| one nor TO be bullduzed. The letter com
/ plains that We ought not 70 have rno
lished about the law suit, asserts the 10
| serts the Innocence Of the lady and de-
tendant and throws all the blame on TIE
plaintiff.
In regard to the guilt OF innocence Of
the parties, We shall LAY nothing that is
a q question for the jury to decide.
1AHOiNCf StBhl all'IS dbAa O1iai ~
dals have become TOO frequent. Society
has heard too often of divorces and sep
a|rations for causes as AIRED as the in
EQUATIONS of a mocking bird, yet God
ha, said. Until death do Us part.
We dislike for our Southland to fol-
low in the wake of the North in this re
spect.
The husband and wife must learn to
bear and forbear and cease to quarrel.
| Each should assist the other in the rough
Journey of lie, and woe be unto HIM
| who is an apple Of discord in the fam
is. When hu>bal d and wife >epara e
IN nine times Of ten both are to Crane
and the third party who assists In pre-
cipitatlng a separation Is also culpable.
When a third party, male or female,se G
plainly that the couple are uncongenlal
| and dislike each other, he or she should
| act with prudence and avoid the society
Of both. His or her marked attention
and constant companionship with either
one OF the couple, woun IS the feelings,
arouses the jealousy Of the other and
intensifies the teud.
We do not think it prudent for mar
| ried men to ride with other ladies to the
| neglect Of their wives, nor for single
gentlcmes to escort too often a married
lady. especially if she has a jealous hus-
band-Shelby 4uroro.
This is in accord with our own idea
concerning journalistic propriety. There
is scarcely a week of the year in which
we do not suppress items, which would
cause scandal and hurt the feelings OF
persons in one community or another.
But when matters have reached such a
pitch that publicity must necessarily en-
>ue in "a week or two,-(either by reason
of "a lawsuit or a tragedy, the sooner
the facts are brought out the better. 1t
* the only way to prevent even greater
evil. In the Rutherfordton case, com
mon ruinor for a long time saddled the
affair upon other parties and it seemed
simple justice to state who the real liti-
giants were. At the same tune we think
that a great wrong has been done by
bringing the affair into court. and it is
very likely the jury will refuse the hus-
band suit for s., 600.