French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-04-06
(Raleigh News and Observer.)

(Raleigh News and Observer.)
Two notices were received at this
Office yesterday, both coming from
| Gcldsboro by registered mail, one I'd
the News and Observer Publishing
! Company, the other to Edward e.
Britton, the editor of the News and
Observer. The language of each is the
same, and reads:
NOTICE.
Take notice. that the undersigned in
tends to bring criminal action and
also a civil action against you for
damages for the libel upon him by you
] by reason of your publication, in the
edition of Sunday morning, March 10,
1916, Of the daily News and Observer,
of the following article:
Said article as appears ON page two.
! columns one, two and three of said
edition and is entitled:
'"Judge H.G. EWart DenOunceS ButIer.o
! .fsFhere are numerous statements III
said article which are without founda-
ton and are false, but the following
statements in said article are false and
I defamatory, to-wit:
In the AsheviIle Citizen of the
9Th inst. appears an Interview with
cne Marion Butler, who some
years ago misrepresented this
State in the United States Senate
| 1T needs no answer in this State
for the people of the State, with
out regard to party, know him to
S., be liar, migrate and knave. -"
self respecting Republicans
will be slow to support any policy
Or party in any manner influence
ed by the arch,traitor, Marion But
ler.''
| This the Both day of March, 1916
"MARION. BUTLER,
] F"By w. S. OBJ. Robinson, Attorney"
f. A FOrmality for RetractiOn.
The foregoing is a formality provid-
ed by statute, giving q newspaper or
an individual charged with the utter
ing of a libel 10 days notice before en-
. ter(ng suit for damages, in which it
may publish "a full and fair correc-
ton, Apology and retraction," and thus
escape judgment for any damages
! other than actual damages.
''NO0 is the Answer.
+ The News and Observer and it's edi-
/ ter have no correction to make in
Judge H. G. -Ewarts statement with re-
! gard to his fellow Republican Nor
/ have the News and Observer and it's
editor any intention of offering either
retraction or apology to Marion But
Ier.
i Marion Butler Threatens the Char
lOtte Observer.
(Charlotte Observer.)
The Observer Company, owners of
The Charlotte Observer and Mr.. Wade
! II. Harris, editor, have been ser
each with notice of suit for dS
by Marion Butler for the pub
of several alleged nberous artit
! pearing in this paper dur,
month of March. A civil as
criminal action is intimated
both parties of the suit I
article referred to is the we'll
'bered editorial appearing in T.
lOtte Observer on March II
tMarion Butler" The secoL
! news story under a Raleigh
of March 10 captioned az
! Editorial on Butler Makes
Hit. The third is the article
! 2t last entitled "Ewart 6
The notice of suit recapi
statements which the auth
notice characterizes as 'fa
i Efamatory." No designai
amount of damages souf
dicated.
The notice of suit fo,s
Notice
To The Observer e
ers of the Charlott.
Iotte, N. c..
Take notice tt
/ intends to bring
| criminal action
ages for the iii
/ reason of your
tons of Sur
The CharIe
following =
The art.
1916, app