The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-27


methods when h. became very much *
+ cited ami called tic mon who opposed
him in the South CaraIiu1 Conference
I WHITE IINEREp COWAEDS.
said, Ill YOU call such men a> these
j whitc-livercd towards yen are one Your.
! Nclf. and yoa AuoW II IS true Nud ~.
/ said t. mr HccfWith that there il no
! doubt Il very large element of South
CaroIlnl Mcthodi~t~, clerical @&A lay.
who know NilGo 10 hc I'm ecclesiastical
manipulator and Wirc-pullrr Mr. BccG-
with also says that he talked with four
/ Of the delegates to The General Confer
cncc from South Carolina. ANA each Of
the four gave damaging statements
! against Kilgo
These are the facts. 50 far AZ the tcs-
/ timoHy is concerned. Rut the statements
of Rev. T. g. Herbert and President
l.. T. iiayncs were not allowed to Z,
in IT the investigation as testimony. ANA
Mr. Bcckwith ana Mr. Boone were NOT
allowed % give the nlmcs II tho mon
| with whom they talked. or state on TN.
witness stand What those mon said II
IS true that few mon. hy dcpoSitions
and statements, The special friends "
| Dr. kilG0. and good mon 50 far rs
| know or believe. among them the Gov
| crnor of the State. who WIS at school
| home is in the city Of Spartanhur. .Dr
John O. Wilson. his bosom friend ana
| some others testified that they DID Not
| KNOW that he had This reputation.
! They arc tho last men that would he in
| formed Of this kind of reputation. which
| their Srccia friend had But who viii
| care to placc the negative testimony NJ
| few special. personal friends on ono
side and then the positive Testimony of
| ,,.i. y
| tation on the other sidc.and then say that
| helllsfkiRoS.,. vhgpki hsrdlu ctaoinb,,
/ TINS negative testimony outwcighs or in
| any sense. compares With tho positive.
/ II Dr kllgG wanted 10 ret the factS .l
! the case az to his reputation throughout
/ the Stat" of South Carolina. WHY did he
not 90 TO see Prof. {. Il. Smith, Gnan-
| clal agent Of. and Prof. in WonoId col
| icgc. who lives in Spartauburg. ana Get
| his deposition? And why did he not -
to see Roy. Geo. H. Waddcl. Supcrin-
/ tendcnt Of the EpWorth Orphanagc of
The South Carolina conferences and Dr
j. \. Rice. president Of the Columbia
| Female college, and get their dcposi-
tions? Both Of these gentlemen live in
! the city of Columbia and Dr Kilgo. |
understand. visited Spartanburg aud
Columbia. Prof. Smith, Ecv. Geo. II.
| NaddcIl and Or. Rice, nIl visit the Dis
| trlCt Conferences, and 90 TO almost
| every part Of the state Of South Caro-
| lima. They are men Of large intelligence,
| broad views. educatcd and conSccratcd,
| ana they do not hcone To the -o-callcd
holiness crowd. They know Dr. Kilgn's
! reput@tion in their Conference. Tcu rs.
Doctor, why you did not go to see these
gentlemen, who are 50 worthy AMI So
well qualified to have given the facts
as to your reputation:
Now in the face of all the testimony
that WAS given ut this invest tleation. and
ali that wat, ut hand. Dr. kilgo says
because ] stated the simple truth that
| know his reputation ii south Carolina
Conference to ho that Of . manirulator
and wrc-pullcr. that ! am = slandorcr.
4 naligncr. Il backbitor. that ! stabbed
him in the back. and that ! am worse
than highway robbcr | ask the mn
prciudiced reader who is the eaudcrcr,
the malgnor the backbitcr. the stabbcr
Of his brother in the back? Again. Or.
I\ilGo would hay" Won believe that
gave the names of the men visited IN
South Carolina 10 Judge Clark. Mr..
Boone or Mr. BcckWitb This is false.
| did not give the names | have 10
personal knowledge Of who did Civ"
them ! was surprised whom Mr. Boone
tod me that he had been 10 South Caro-
lima. | did not know that Mr.. RpcIs-
with bad been directed 10 20 until !
saw the notice Of his having gone. to-
gether with Dr. K1o. in some daily pa
pcrs. ! did not know what President
Haynes or Rev. +. O. Herbert thou-at
Of .Jro. G. Eilco or his reputation. never
having heard them say anything abput
him, 50 far rs J now remember. Eut If
/ had known that AIcsor~. Boone and
EcckWith were Going - South Caro- ina,
and had given them the name, Of these
men and Others. | would only have
rendered a service that would have aided
the president Of the hoard II trustees.
Judge Clark Dr. Kilgo anI al con
Cerncd in getting at at the facts IN tn"
case and they all said that the facts
were what they wanted. Once more,
Dr kiI.o in his desperation and in his
forcctfuneets ~ truth, sought revenge,
| might almost say of the lowest type.
He said III his speech. delivered ut hi,;
investigation ut Trinity college. that in
the store If i. j. GattiS 4 Son he had
heard gossip till dcceEcy required him 10
keep out OF such a crowd. All. Doctor,
YOU were 50 long in finding this out.
You have been four years in North
Carolina. You had visited our store at
least three and a ha!f Of those years.
1ou had bought many books. You had
again accepted presents Of books from
I. J. Gattis & Son. You had praised
I. J. Gattis for his fine judgment III the
selection Of the right kind Of literature
for our preachers and people. You had
spoken again and again Of the good
work that you said he was doing for the
church and especially for the preachers
in tho North ana South Carolina Confer
ences. And now. Doctor. let me say. if
I, ~, IL
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