The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04
WOLFE sues
ANDERSON
DAILY MAIL
Attorney General De-
mands $4,000 Dam
ages for Publication
Of Articles by Cor
respondent
respondent

Anderson, NOV. j. l.-ASklnS GAM
ages in the sum Of $4,000 of the
Advocate Publishing Company, G.
p Browne. as editor and publish
er of the. Anderson Daily Mali
Samuel M. Wolfe, attorney general
of South Carolina, has Instituted
proceedings, alleging that the de-
fendant allowed to be published in
the columns of the Daily Mail
newspaper articles signed by John
". Stribling, in connection with the
:recenet Georgia-South Carolina
boundary suit, which made s.vitu-
perative and lbelous attacks upon
the plaintiff"
The summons continues. in part:
THAT under glaring large type
headlines, to wit: .Stribling Scores
the sc. Attorney General and
with a leader, to wit Charges that
South Carolina was sacrificed by
him, an article was printed from
and over the same signature Of
same John v. Strib.ing. sponsored,
distributed, disseaalin tied to the
reading public aud giving addition
al prominence and Endorsement by
place on the editorial page of said
Anderson Daily Mail by defendants,
in which said article the follow
ing language and statements occur
ed:
Editor Daily Mail: In order
that the people may know how
Sam Wolfe and the water power
exploiterst and that line Of prof.
=teers have conspired to the pur-
pose Of defrauding this state Of
about $4,000 acres Of its area as a
state in the union, / submit the fol-
lowing" etc.
The remainder Of the summons
embedies charges alleged to have
been made in Mr.. Stribling's arti-
eies concerning the boundary dis
pute. all of which the summons
alleges were false, malicious, viii
full, designed and calculated and in
tended to defame plaintiff, impeach
his honesty, impugn his motivea,
expose him to public discredit, obs
jloquy and hatred. and to injnre
him socially and otherwise
The attorney general was,in the
city today and a copy Of the SUM
mons was served upon Mr.. Browne
by Sheriff. Marett this. afternosa.
The. summons deals at great
length with the boundary ss4::t,
which was. taken to the United
States supreme court, and. that af-
ter settlement there the said. de-
PENDANTS "persistently and relent-
lessly continued to- publish said
defamatory articles and said false
and malicious charges Of the said
John Y. stribling, giving editorial
and tentative Endorsement {, and
sanction to said defamatory arti-
cles and charges, furnishing the
medium Of disseminating said de-
famatory articles, language and
charges, to the public, ,wilfully and
maIiciously designing and intend
ing said publication to irnpeach
the. honesty Of the plaintiff, expose
him to, contempt, ridicule or OBJ
loquy and to injure him socially,
officially, politically and profes-
sionally. to MS damage in the sum
OF $4,000"
The summons further charges
that on June 1s, 1920, issue of
The Daily Mail over the signature
of John v. Stribling, AN article
discrediting to plaintiffs conduct
Of said case appeared and in which
occurs particularly the following
words
Mr.. Wolfe falls far short of his
euty to the state and people in
resting his defense plea upon a doc
ument SO defective, inadequate,
questionable as to that of the So
called Beaufort treaty.