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Title Letter from Heriot Clarkson to J. Allen Austin
Date December 28, 1938
Description Judge Clarkson refers to a letter written in the High Point Enterprise, probably "Mountain Land Values" on Dec. 12, 1938. In this letter Clarkson asks Austin to see the editor, Capus Waynick, and threaten him with libel. A similar article appeared in the Greensboro Daily News, but after Francis wrote the editor the article was corrected soon after publication.
Commentary Box 10, folder 539.
Location Location Name: Little Switzerland
Parkway Milepost: 330.8
Latitude: 35.849672
Longitude: -82.091147
Creator Individual Francis O. Clarkson
Tags Austin, J. Allen
Lawsuits
Little Switzerland (N.C.)
Public opinion
Switzerland Company
Waynick, Capus M.
Credit Francis O. Clarkson Papers, #3275, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.