Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-18
NICHOLS N LEE.
The Secretary and the Evangelist
are Getting Warm Nichols
Writes a Letter.

Raleigh JOS lOuuoayI
The meetings of Evangelist
Lee have been getting warmer
and warmer as the week has
passed by, and the meeting to
men only announced for this al.
ternoon at 4 o'clock promises tol
be the warmest of all.
A few evenings ago the evan
eelist announced that at the
lSunday afternoon meeting he
would pay his respects to 1.-The
big three" meaning three saloon
men of Raleigh, and to the sec
retary of the State Fair with
reference to the all-night open
ling of the saloons during Fair
week.
Yesterday Mr.. Nichols wrote q
letter to Mr.. Lee, put a special
delivery stamp on it and mailed 1t
, to him. The letter, as will be
seen. is somewhat caustic and
stirred the evangelist to some
rather caustic remarks in his
r comments on it at last nights
meeting in Metropolitan Hall.
. The letter was as follows:
T. Personal.
2 Raleigh, N. c., Nov. ID, '97.
v Rev. Mr.. Lee;
I have never seer you nor
i heard you preach, but 1 have
heard of your remalk ks about me
land your illusions to me as sec
Rotary of the State Fair. No one
has a more profound respect fol
r the Christian religion than my
self. but permit me to tell you
: that no IRISH TRAMP will bt
allowed to traduce my gooc
9 name,
ii If you dare allude to me il
,tlyour remarks on Sunday after
moon I shall hold you PERSONAL.
Is responsible for what you ma.
n say. You shall not take refug'
behind the sanctuary of God no
plead persecution. I shall hoi'
you responsible as a man.
'e shall attend your meeting OF
Sunday afternoon, and you are a
g liberty to read this letter to you
audience, if you see proper.
, Very respectfully.
JOHN NICHOLS,
ID Secretary State Fair.
IF The evangelist read the lette
at the beginning of his meeting
last night, and the reading an
subsequent comments create
somewhat of a sensation.
g Il want to say" said the evan
q. gelist, s'that I have never at
ye tackled any mans private charac
y ter or person. My remarks wei
- always directed to the official act
III of men acting for others in off
IS cial duties"
ne 1.-THE conduct of a public IF
IN cial," said Mr.. Lee, lis publ
g property, and I claim the rigt
- to condemn such public condut
whenever I e proper TO do S
Ii and I intend to exercise thu
1g right here and elsewhere.
e. II am not going about sal
On the speaker, with a chip on %
shoulder. but I will say to M
=, Nichols or anybody else that hel
Ill stands an Irishman that don
e" run from him or anybody else.
d. cit was the first time be hs
n ever been called a tramp and /
.lv wanted it understood that he W
a gentleman and not a tramp.
IL shall read this letter at n
e. meeting again to> morrow afte
%, noon" he declared, 'and l shs
of say then what I say now"
al He called upon all those wi
stood with Mr.. Nichols in th
controversy to stand up. The
t" were no responses. Then
Dr. called on all those who sto'
in with him to stand up when
~ large number arose.
At the Park Hotel. after t
W meeting, Mr.. Lee reiterated VIII
Ill he had said at the meeting a
ty. declared with emphasis that b
for fore he would back down fro
stating what he honestly thong
and believed, he would bare /
"' bosom to the ball or the bayor
TO of his enemy.
.ng IF I do anybody d person
W. or unintentional wrong, no m
no will stand up and make the anne
honorable quicker than I WI
oe but I will die before I will be
t 1t Inundated or driven from a 20
ton that I think is right, a
when a public official does a p,
lie act that OutrageS public {