The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-08-30
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D. Rucker, in the above named and
stated case for answer to said rule
answering says:
FIRST
This respondent admits that he is
the editor and proprietor Of the AL
pharetta Free Press, a newspaper
published in Alpharetta, and that the
same has. a general circulation in Mil
ton county and other counties and
that he wrote and published said ar
ticle exhibited in said rule and that
the same was published on August
9. 1918, but this respondent says and
AYERS that he published the same as
a news item of the bill passed by the
legislature putting the Solicitor Gene
raj on a salary and the reference
therein to the Judge was incidental
to the news item without any inten-
ton of rejecting upon the Judge or
the court, or an act of the court or
the procedure of the Court, or the
administration of the affairs of the
Court, and no criticism of the Court
was intendended or meant by this res
pondent. And if said article bears
such construction either by insinua-
tion or implication this, respondent
hereby wishes fully and completely
to disavow any such intention and to
apologize to the court as fully as is
in his power to do so.
SECOND
This respondent further says that
in any event he intends to publish in
the Alpharetta Free Press in the
next issue a statement signed by him
placed with equal prominence a card
disavowing any intention to reflect
either by insinuation or implication
upon this honorable Court, or the
Judge thereof, or the integrity of the
Judge thereof, and that no such thing
was meant or intended by him in
writing and publishing said article
exhibited in said rule.
THIRD
This respondent makes this fore
going answer in reply to each and all
the paragraphs of said rule and the
charges made therein against him,
and prays the Court that said rule
be discharged.
Geo. F. Gober,
Atty. for Respondent.
Georgia, Milton County,
Before me the undersigned attest
ing officer personally came George
D. Rucker, who being duly sworn on
oath, says, that the facts and things
set forth in the foregoing answer are
true
Sworn to and George D. Rucker
subscribed be-
fore me this
19, day of Au-
gust 1918.
Claudio Rainwater, C.. S. c.
At the hearing certificates under
seal of office from the various Clerks
of the Superior Court in the Blue
Ridge Circuit were produced III
which it was shown that Solicitor
General Clay had made in fees out OF
his office since January l, 1917, when
Judge Morris went on the bench,
$7,054.72, this being much larger
sum than he would receive under the
salary bill referred to in the article.
At the hearing Mr.. Rucker was
represented by Judge Gober, and the
Court by Col. Geo. D. Anderson ana
Col. j. G. Foster.
Complete retraction and apology
having been made under oath by MI
Rucker, and he also stated that ne
would fully apologize for the article
in the next issue of the paper and re-
tract the charge, the Court dismiss
ed the proceeding, upon Mr.. Rucker
paying the cost thereof.
Many people present that heard the
certificates of the various clerks real
showing the amount of fees that had
been collected by Solicitor Clay du-
ring Judge Morris administration
were very much amused at the runnor
that Mr.. Clay was being starved anu
not getting a living out of tn office