The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-13

diving day. We wish you to charge TINS
TO the spirit of this witness.
The defendant protested against thls
* bearsav testimony. Yet the deputy
Mr.. Beckwith. seems to have drawn the
conclusion that the defendant was ut
terlv helpless and totally ignorant of the
laws of evidence. This deputy did not
,sk about the general character and rep
utation of the defendant, but sought for
specjaI rumors. Such methods are
ogainst the ethics of the legal profession
and beneath the dignity of a heightened
lawyer.
Mr.. Lyon said that he saw President
KjlcO at the Laurens Conference button
holing men. and when asked if he knew
what President KilgO said to them he
said, No. sir, l only supposed he was
drumming them" Mark you, he said
on the stand, this professor of entire
modification, at the head of the Holi
ness movement in his State, that be-
cause he saw two gentlemen walk to-
gcther to or from the conference room
or walk aside i'll the conference room. he
sat there and suspected them of I'M
worthy manipulationS. 1t takes no re
ligion to save Il man from that kind of
suspicion. Mr.. Ingersoll is Dious enough
not to suspect two gentlemen talking
with each other. That kind Of spirit in
the ministry would do the church of
God more harm than all of the infidelS
from the day. sirS, of creation down to
the time of Herbert pcncer. Tyndall
and the whole lot of infidel giants. All
these facts, gentlemen. 20 to show the
suSpccting spirit Of this President of the
Holiness Association and his unfair
spirit in thinking of men who do not
agree with him.
The other witness is Mr.. Jennings, Il
lawyer Of Spartanburg. Il man Of Il
high order of intellect and the truest
character. He is incapable of anything
dishonest. The day he was examined,
he was sick and this accounts for the
iucohercnces in his testimony. Honesty
requires his explanation.
Now. gentlemen. let us see what these
two witnesses testify. They are the
men by whom Judge Clark expects to
prove that the president of Trinity col
lcgC had the reputation in South Caro-
lima of being 4 Wire-pullcr and ward
politician. Look at this testimony.
Mr.. Lyon says that President Kilgo's
character is good. was never complain
ed against. He was asked the question
if there had ever been any complaint in
the conference against President Kilgo.
and he said. "No. sir" Here are his
words: His moral character was good
hat some Of his brethren did believe that
he was somewhat of Il manipulator; that
iS. that he was not mean nor low"
Now mark you. YOU charge is IL mean or
low Observation-Disclosures of tire
ward politician type. Your own witness
says that even the rumor. is not that he
is a low and mean manipulation. that his
character is good and his manipulation
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Whatever is not mean or low is good and
high and. there is nothing grander than
Il manipulation on Il high scale. God him
self. from his eternal throne manipu-
latcS every star that sweeps in the sky
above YOU, and every breeze of the air
that fans the cheek of your babes. and
every drop of water that leaps down the
mountain side and dashcs in torrents
beneath. There is no objection to a
manipulation if he ~manipulateS for the
right purpose and on Il high scale.
Judge Clark says that the defendant
is Il manipulation on Il low scale. of a
ward politician type. Brother Ligon
says he is not. Then he goes on and
says: II don't say it is the opinion of
the majority. but it is the opinion of
some Mark YOU; this is rumor he is
trying to- tell YOU. He says. Il don't say
nat d lIli u ~ L .BtllSNc
it. but some do Gentlemen. the charge
against the defendant is on his general
reputation or general character II you
do not determine that by the opinion of
one. two or three witnesses: it must be
what the community thinks of Il man
rs the general opinion of the man III the
community. The old English law put the
question: "NNill you believe the man on
his oath:' Your deputy lodged all this
and asked. 'Haven't you heard so and
so?" Gentlemen. he went on Il very
unworthy hunt. He went even To the
grave and dug up men. to the Advocate
office of the South Carolina Conference
and dragged out Il man who has nothing
to do with this and brought them here
and charged them as manipulators. If
Dr.. John @. Wilson were here he could
answer for himself, and had you put the
testimony of Mr.. Beckwith before the
court twenty-four hours ago he should
have been here to answer for himself.
Mr.. Bcckwith says that he knows of y
great many in the conference. Mr.. Lyon
says. Il can't say Mr.. Lyon was ASK
ed positively, How many did you talk
with. two dozen, three dozen?' YES;
possibly more -Four dozen?' well,
now he said, Il can't say about that;
maybe | did. but if SO they were not all
preachers Out of ScNenty-threG thou
sand Mcthodists in South Carolina, this
man talked with possibly four dozen. and
says that they are men who have hard
feelings against the defendant because
of the defeat of their little plans at the
LaurenS Conference. That Mr.. Dargan
and President Kilgo had had a falling
ont and that it would be unpleasant for
them to stay together is utterly untrue.
Mr.. Dargan and President Kilgo rode
from that district conference on the same
seat and talked together till they sep
grated III Columbia, $. c.
When President Kilgo asked Mr.. Ii
-on, is that my reputation i'll South
tarolina:" and pressed it, he said NO,
sir And when asked. Are these
things mere suSpicions?' Mr.. Lyon an-
~Wcrcd Yes, sir"
This. gentIemen. is the substance of