The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-06
aoRE MALICIOUS sllnDER
STARTED BY 4 LITTLE n0uIHPlece
OF the RANSOM MACHINE
PRESS.

bneSo.
The Lie Nailed and forced to Rstraet-
Judge sutton's Friends Going for the
sianderers-Ihs wflmin gton Messenger
Apologies and Requests All Papers to
Right the False Report Published In Its
Columns About Judge sutton.
For THE CAUCASIAN
The Wilmington Messenger recently
copied and published an extract from
Kings Weekly saying that while hold
ing the late (Nov.) term Of the Tar oro
court, Judge Sutton was drinking. The
Judge did not know of this publication
until | showed it to him last Sunday,
Dec. 26. His friends immediately wrote
TO Tarboro, and then came q volume of
letters and aflidavits stamping this
charge as an outrageous lie, without
the slightest shadow of truth in it.
These letters are from Democrats, Re-
publicans and POpulists. Mr.. Ed. Pen
nington, the Dem ,cratic Clerk of the
Court, writes that he saw Judge Sutton
on the street, in his room and every
day in court during the entire term,
and that there is not one word of truth
in it. To the same effect is the Sheriff
of the county, Hon. J.J. Martin, II. L.
station, j. II. Gatlin, G. NJ. L. Fountain
and others. They are in my possess
sion, and may be seen by any one who
desires. The Judge had directed the
Solicitor to prepare and send a bill for
libel against the Wilmington Messen-
ger, when his attorneys having the
matter in charge-Judge Buxton, Col.
BrOadfOot and Mr.. Rose, laid these let
tiers and affidavits upon Messrs. Myro-
ma and Crews, representatives of the
Messenger, upon which they both sta
! ted that they were satisfied that great
injustice had been done Judge sutton
and they must hasten to make repara-
ton, hence the articles from the Mes
| senger enclosed which please publish
(True copy of the articles.)
JUDGE SUTTON AND TARBoRo COURT.
The Wilmington Messenger of this
morning contains the following:
Judge Sutton requests the Messen-
ger correspondent to afford him the op.
pOrtunity of emphatic denial of the
statement (first made in Kings Week
ly and copied in The Messenger of the
23d inst.) that he was drunk at TarbO-
70 court. In support OF this denial he
has generating declarations from Pre-
siding Elder B. r. Hall and others, as
we'll as sworn affidavits from officers of
the court and prominent citizens, tes-
| tifying that the charge is false.
l have just read atfidavits from j. j.
Martin, prominent citizen of Tarbo-
70; from the sheriff and Superior Court
Clerk OF EdgecOmbe, and from Mr.. l..
q. WOoten, an esteemed citizen of this
town-all testifying that the charges
against Judge Sutton are false. 1t is
clear that he has suffered injustice"
The Messenger never Intentionally
Injuries any one and it, therefore, takes
pleasure in publishing the above from
Judge SuttOn.l
DEC. 81, 1S97.-"We were much sur
prlsed when we read the report
concerning Judge Sutton at Tar
boro, but it seems to come straight. 1t
shows that evil reports should not be
readily credited against any one, much
less against judge or any high official.
1t is SO easy for malice to fabricate q
mountain of falsehood. Take the case
of Rev. D. Fl. Tuttie and the reported
watery escapade at Beaufort. He
brands it squarely as containg no less
than four "lies."
JAN. l, lS9S.-"The representative of
the Wilmington Messenger has seen
letters and affidavits from sundIy citi-
zens of high standing and character of
Tarboro, among others from Ed. Pen
ningtOn, the Democratic Clerk of Edge
combe county; the sheriff of the coun-
ty, Hon. J. j. Martin, Dossey Battle
and others, to the effect that the late
publication copied into The Messen-
ger from Kings Weekly at Greenville,
charging that Judge 7. II. Sutton was
drunk or drinking while holding the
late term of Edgecombe court, was
false and without fou dalton in fact
and in justice to Judge Sutton and our
selves, feeling satisfied from what we
have seen, that the charges so made
and copied by us is not true, we cheer
fully ask all papers that copied said
article from The Messenger to publish
this"
You have seen how the Charlotte tax
SANDER was "nailed" as a lie, By the
card of Judge Sutton, sustained by the
published statement of Mr.. Webb, the
Democratic Solicitor of the 18th dis.
trict.
Now comes this latest malicious false.
hood and libel.
The friends of Judge Sntton are now
searching for any paper that copied
the Kings Weekly and Messenger
SANDER, and propose, with his permits.
sion to indiot any paper that has cop
led or circulated this slander-0t
course the Democratic papers which
have copied the SANDER will not pub.
fish the Messengers retractlon-Oh no
"they are not built that way" But
there are two ways we can reach them
through the courts and the ballot box
for let it be known that all such Sian
, ders, misrepresentation and lies ar
welding together in solid mass the Cd
pOnents of corrupt Democracy, and W.
will meet them at the forks of the roa,
next November.
And as to Judge Sutton, no man il
!, North Carolina has done so much in ia
3 vor with the people as he has, since b
! has been on the bench; he is an abb
e lawyer, just and impartial Judge, an
e he will if he wants it, get the entir
POpulist vote of the county for any
thing he should be candidate for, an
3 the same is true as to adjoining an
e other counties. The trouble with tn
:, Democratic party is, they can't manage
g manipulate or run him, for that the
s hate him-for that we love him.
8 CYRUS MURPHY.
|, Fayetteville, n. c., Jan. l. 1898.
If The Baby Is Cutting Teeth,