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

OF IL BAD cause III the hands OF q mdlf-
cious prosecuting witness. DIR. Kings
! bury undertook to damage this college
and the defendant told him TO keep his
hands off. The Doctor has had an &c
clesiastical history which should hu
initiate him enough to keep quiet in
church matters.
These are the North Carolina wit
nesses. Look at them. Mr.. Beckwith.
Mr.. Gattis. DIR. Kingsbury and an effort
at the unmentionable man.
Your deputy did not get Rev. ]. a.
Clifton's testimony III right form. but
brought here IA certificate which he
knew was worth nothing. You sent him
to South Carolina to Xamine this Wit
ness. but he found that Mr.. Clifton
would say that the defendants character
and reputation Were of the highest. and
he got him to say it in worthless form.
That is not a cold blooded search after
truth, but the plunge of Il frog into L sea
Of meannesS. Here is another evidence
of this COLLISION between your prosecu-
ting witness and this deputy you sent TO
South Carolina.
Examine the testimony for the defend
ant. Mr.. l.. NJ. Davis, AR. NJ. Johnson,
Mr.. j. g. Anderson and President Elder
Campbell who all know him. and have
known him intimately: those who know
him in South Carolina say that the rep
utatiOn of the defendant is of the best.
and that they never heard otherwise.
, Can YOU believe them against Mr.. Cat
lis and Mr.. Reckwith?
1T Spartanhurg Major Duncan. Il
prominent lawyer. Prof. Rembcrt. an
educator who travels over all South
Carolina and knows the defendant and
the church, Presiding Elder Meadorr,
Rev. II. Il. Browne. and Bishop w. w.
Duncan were examined for the defense.
These are not of the class toward which
Mr.. Beckwith gravitated: they are the
best of South Carolina. Note what they
all say. They declared that the defcn-
dant's reputation is of the best. Read
their testimony; read Bishop Duncans.
and hear him say that the defendant
should thank God for his South Caro-
lima record. Will YOU believe these or
will YOU believe Lawyer Beckwith and
Rev. Thomas Jefferson Gattis?
In Columbia the defendant took the
dispositions Of Senator McLaurin and
Governor Ellerbe. These men represent
the political world and tell you that in
that world no man in South Carolina
has Il better reputation than the de-
PENDANT. Governor Ellcrbc say that he
is Incapable Of Il mean act for his own
interest.
You recall what DIR. Wilson and DR..
Christzherg said. They have known the
defendant through his entire ministry,
and declare that his reputation has al
ways been high. DR.. Wilson gives in
stances to disprove any ecclesiastical
ambitions.
Rev. Mr.. Turrentine and Mr.. Bass
tell YOU what DR.. Carlisle said to them,
and Mr.. NewSome tells that DR.. Car
Isle said that he would not change a
word he said to these gentlemen.
You have heard Professors Merritt,
Flowers. Pegram. Bivins. Crawford and
Bassett say that the defendant is an OPP
en-, frank and independent man. These ar
not the qualities Of q w~ire-puller of ward
politician type. All of these are hon
orable gentlemen.
On the charge of his performances in
North Carolina varranting his South
Carolina record there is not a word of
evidence.
On the Tennessee record there is not
L word. The prominent preachers
name iS not given. though defendant
challenged Judge Clark in the public
prints to name the man. He did not
name him: he does not now name him
There are. therefore,. the best reasons
to believe that no Such statement was
ever made to Judge Clark. No man
would hazard his veracity to cover Il
traducer of character.
Gentlemen. | now come to the history
Of this case in order to show YOU the
malice of Judge Clark.
He is Il member Of the Board. and
the defendant is an employee. He sat
here Il year ago and expressed one opin-
ion while he covered up another. Why
III - .,4 In,-, t1a- IL, ~ .,r
here what he afterward said to Mr.
Brown behind the back of the dcfen.
dant?
Look ut the correspondence between
Judge Clark and the defendant. | chal
lcngc You to find one word from the pen
of the defendant that WAS unkind OF
even harsh. In his letters Judge CLARK
tried to dodge every issue, and gave as
his reason that he did not wish Il con
trovcrSy. Is that the truth?
| remind YOU of his vote commencing
President Kilgo and ask YOU to reconcile
it with his later talk to Mr.. Brown. He
cannot say that his mind had changed
for at that meeting. before he voted OF
the resolutions, he had placed his resig-
nation in the hands Of Col. AlSpaugh.
The spirit III which he published let
tcrS to Mr.. Southgate and the cnraged
spirit tlai ne put INTO them lliulcalt Z
spirit of venom.
When called to face the charges al
your July meeting. he knew nothing &c
support them. He asked for thirty
days, and YOU gave him forty-thrcc days
Mark YOU. he only wanted thirty days
You ordered him to furnish the names
of witnesses to your prosecutor 1T onc"
He did not obey the oricr. l""r Prose-
cutor went to see him, and W3:s 1T OIL
till August 10th. He consumed - day.
Of the 43 i'll giving the names "f lnGI
that had been in his hands for months
Who believes it?
August the 10Th he gave the names
to Mr.. Bcckwith whom he selected tc
act for the Board. The defendant was
notified to meet the following Engage
ments to take deposition: RoXboro, \.
c., Monday, August 10Th, Rock Hill, 5