The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-07-05

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Kilgo and myself, and I did not dream.
no one would have dreamed, that il
the Board assumed jurisdiction any.
committee would try the matter with
out giving me notice and opportunity
to produce evidence-but that was the
last thing DR.. Kilgo intended I shoald.
have q chance to do.
This proceeding. Nc soutbgate. was
not instituted for the bentfE OF the
college, It ives palpabIy done to soothe
DR.. Klgois vanity and to placate the
Truss that more money might be Oh
tanned from it.
None know better than yourself that
the trustees had no jurisdiction OF the
matter. I was not elected by them. I
was their peer. If the Board are judges.
! was one of the judges and noteubjsct
20 them. At the meeting of the Board
q year ago a resolution 60 endorse the
Common School System OF the State
was introduced. You spoke against Il.
You Feid that it was contrary to pri
mary right TO tax one man to educate
the children OF another that Elf q man
would admit he was q pauper you
would contribute as charity to help
educate his children and you would con
tribute to educate orphans who were
paupers, but you protested against be
ingftaxed forthe common schools; that
it was socialism, and you would not
pander TO such sentiments" / think /
quote your exact language. You said
more, OF course. and ~eloquently and
strongly. To the credit of the board.
the resolution was adopted over you,
but such language coming from the
President of the Board of Trustees of
Trinity College, ia more calculated to
damage the college than my views OF
DR.. Kugo, expressed TO him in q private
letter. II the trustees have jurisdic-
ton Of che views Of its members, why
did they not try those u~tterances end
repudiate them by requesting you to
resignl
Recently DR.. KIgo in an M1snce Of
sycophancy led q procession TO the
house Of Mr.. Duke, and in q public
speech extolled him as the greatest
man the State had ever produced, and
as superior to all the sacrifices Of blood
and treasure the State had ever made,
and said in efectthat in comparison
with his gift OF money, the primscy
&C MeCklenburg, the thousands who
had offered up their lives at Moore's
Greek, at Kings Mountain, at spotsyl
vania and all these years down
to Cardenas were as dust in the
balance. In substance he said: "My
Lord Duke, Give Us Money and Your
Name Shall be Exalted Above All.
Names" This dedication of wealth
no matter how obtained-is not Chris
tian education. This is not the language;
these are not the thoughts, which q
college president should teach his
pupils. How much personal gratuity
had so grateful a man received3 Why
did the board not try hint You have
jurisdiction Of him. He liz yCue elected
servant to manage under your super
vision this great institution, which the
Methodist Church in North Carolina
has placed in your hands.
DR.. Kilgo's reputation in South Caro-
lima was that of a wire puller, of the
ward politician type. His perform
ances in this State have justified his
reputation. Length Of years has not
reformed him. He was some time
i'm Tennessee. One of the most dis
tinguished members Of our church in
that State mot a laymap) said me:
I'VE know the fellow well. He is q
scrub-a scrub politician" If your
committee wanted information, could
have given it to them. DR.. Kilgo did
not intend they should have.it. He
got up the prosecution He put in the
evidence. He gets the report to suit
him, my respectful request for infor.
nation az to how it was all done, is.
denied, and then it's promptly adyer
tised to the public that I have been n
quested to resign. Trinity College has
put forward it's claim for patronage
that it creates Christian character. To
this O specimen OF itf
Do you expect Trinity to. succeed
when, as is now well known, no
man can remain as q trustee who is.
not acceptable to this creature of the
board, who assumes to be it's m~asterl.
Can il command public respect when
the language and conduct OF its Presi
dent would make It an annex TO Dukes
cigarette factory-an asset Of the trust
through which boys may be educated