The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-04

there has steadily increased ever since
Or. Kigo started in here. There were
10 Methodist boys at the University
1857. There must be reason Ior
this. MethOdists are as loyal to thelr
church and it's institutions as any people
and certainly as loyal rs when win halI
of our present membership they gave
Craven III students. Yet last year lex
Guiding young ladies who were not adj
mitted in DR.. CravCn's time) there was
here al. counting every one who at
tended any day during the year. And
that reason must rest, where the praise
would be claimed. if there was large
attendance. i. @. with the administration
of your President. | said in my letter,
l thought he had proven himself unhS
and this result is strong evidence Of
it. Then there are the difficulties he
has had especially with that much-lOved
minister of the gospel, Rev. Jesse ii.
Page, and with that genial gentleman
and Methodist, who has friends where
ever he is known. L. II. l<in-shury, l.. j..
d., and many other difficulties might be
recalled by You. Then | offered yen cvi-
dence of his SetmU1 in which he sad,
that 1.-The average woman can be led
anywhere by II diamond ring" 1t was
excluded from this investigation, but 1t
has not been excluded from tn" iinrwl-
edge Of the people or NOrt1 Carolina.
Can the pure and noble women Of cur
church be expected 20 send their sons
to a college whose President says 'hat
the average woman has her yielding point
in diamond ring. Did he speak this
upon his own experience or from near
say? | cannot trust myself 10 speak
my sentiments upon this declaration rs
to my fair countrywomen, who are as
pure and as chaste as any that adorn
Gods footstool l am not here to de-
nounec. but to suppress my Indignation
as best | may. Here is the aftidavit:
"ROxboro. y. c., July 26, %.
We hereby certify that we were pres
cnt at Il lecture delivered by Rev. John
G.. Kilgo in Roxboro and heard him use
the following language, 1.-THE average
woman can be led anywhere with Il dia-
mond ring" The ladies present were Sc
we're in their condemnation of the state
ment and the low estimate placed by
the speaker on the fidelity and constancy
of our women.
The above language of DR.. Kilgo was
published in the next issue of the Person
county Courier and has never been de-
MED so far as we know.
IDA LANSDELL."
Many other ladies have concurred in
this statement.
NOEL Bros, editors of the Courier
confirm the statement as to the publica-
ton of this language and that no correc-
ton has ever been asked. The paper
signed by parties of high character that
they heard the words used and were very
indignant is in my hands and was eX-
cIuded because your appointed Prosecutor
did not think it tended to prove DIR.
Kilgo's Record in North Carolina" or
his "unfitness' which charges you had
requested me to prove. lie (the prosecu-
tori also objected because the paper proof
is not in form deposition. But Mr..
SOuthgate notified me through the letter
| have in my hands that DIR. Kilgo did
not wish to be represented at RoxborO,
Hamer and Madison TAT which points
this and two subsequent pieces of evil
dence were TAKEN and as the only OBJ
ject of Il deposition is that the other
party may be present | told him | would
not 90 through the form or again taking
these affidavits. The correspondence is
present. | did not suspect that DIR. KilgO
who has strenuOusly insisted that this
was not Il technical jury. and hence that
witnesses before you must not be sworn,
the stenOgrapher this own should MOI
be sworn, the jurors unsworn and hence
that You should hold that those jurors
who have voted to endorse DIR. kilg0
heretofore and in recent District Con-
fcrences are competent To sit did not
suspect that when we got to evidence of
his public uttcrances, going to prove his
Record in North Carolina" and his ''un-
fitness" he would suddenly become 50
technical that he would object to this evil
dence because not strictly in deposition
form. Yet if we had gone on and taken the
same affidavits over n second time, he
would not have been represented. In truth
he had nothing to gain by being represent
ed. He knew what the charges were. They
have been published in the press. He
said he did not wish to be present at
taking of the affidavits. Now he uses
the highly technical objection that he
was not represented in taking an afr
davit, when he said he would not he rep
resented. DIR. Oglesby, the prosecutor.
admits the objection and rules the evil
dence incompetent and by Il new techni-
cality because the evidence was offered
by me, who was requested by you to
produce the evidence, and not by your
technical Prosecutor, on DIR. klgOS mo-
ton you refuse to let it go on the min
utes (Which you are to print that this
evidence was offered. DIR. Kilgo could 80
on the stand. and he owed it to himself
and TO this college to go on the stand
and deny this charge. He dared not
do so. Any one who will visit RoXborO
or write there will find that beyond MI
dispute, the sentiment and those words
were used by DR.. KilgO on that occa-
sion. (The names of those who win sub
stantiate the undOubted fact are many
Of them ladies and Of the highest stand
ing. and hence NIL are not given in this
publication.) If DR.. KilgO could have de-
MED this charge would he not have done
so?
Then l also offered you, as further
proof of his record (whIcn you asked
for) the personal evidence of Hon. John
X. Webster, cX-Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Il Methodist, graduate
of this college well and favorably known
all over North Carolina, that he heard
DR.. kilgo lecture in Madison last year
and he said that the primary depart
ment of our graded schools are baby
ranches into which paretns. care
less of their children, pitched them and