Henry Varner's Divorce Case Thrown Out of Court, Nov. 13, 1920

Greensboro, Nov. 13--A suit for divorce brought by Henry B. Varner, prominent Lexington man, publisher of the Lexington Dispatch, against his wife, Mrs. Florence Varner, is null, according to a decision made by Sam J. Smith, clerk of the court of Davidson county. The decision was made on October 4, but no publicity attended it. The suit was thrown out on account of a legal technicality, the law requiring that six months elapse before a suit for divorce is filed. Varner filed his suit too soon, Mr. Smith ruled. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Saturday evening, Nov. 13, 1920)