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The News And Observer
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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Capt. R. B. Glenn reported from Rockingham court that Mayor J. B. Taylor of Leaksville won a libel suit against Editor J. T. Darlington of the Leaksville Gazette over character-reflecting articles, resulting in a $100 fine and costs on Darlington. Darlington's proposed countersuit failed.
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Says the Winston Sentinel: Capt. R. B. Glenn returned Saturday night from Rockingham court. He informs us the libel suit of Mayor J. B. Taylor, of Leaksville, against Editor J. T. Darlington, of the Leaksville Gazette, was tried and disposed of by the Judge by imposing a fine of one hundred dollars and all costs in the case upon the editor of the Gazette. The suit was entered by Taylor upon the ground that certain articles published by Darlington reflected on his (Taylor's) character. The suit the Gazette editor proposed to bring against the mayor for articles written by Taylor in the Reidsville Review failed to materialize.
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Rockingham Court
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fine of one hundred dollars and all costs imposed upon the editor of the gazette; proposed countersuit failed to materialize
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Libel suit of Mayor J. B. Taylor of Leaksville against Editor J. T. Darlington of the Leaksville Gazette tried and disposed of by the Judge; suit entered by Taylor due to articles published by Darlington reflecting on Taylor's character