The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-25


self, and you know it is true And he
said to me Beckwith) that there is no
doubt a very large element Of South
Carolina Methodists, clerical and lay,
who know Kilgo to be an ecclesiastical
manipulation and wire-pulleT." Mr.. Beck
with also says that he talked with four
of the delegates to the General Confer
ence from South Carolina, and each of
the four gave damaging statements
against IXilgO.
These are the facts, so far as the tes-
timony is concerned. But the statements
of Rev. T. G. Herbert and President
l.. Il. Haynes were not allowed to g
in at the investigation as testimony. and
Mr.. Beckwith and Mr.. Boone were not
allowed 10 give the names Of the men
with whom they talked, or state on the
witness stand what those men said. 1t
Is true that n few men, by dispositions
and statements, the special friends Of
DIR. Kilgo, and good men so far as /
know or believe, among them the Gov
ernOr of the State, who was Mt school
with DIR. Kilgo, Bishop Duncan. whose
home is in the city Of Spartanburg DIR.
John o. Wilson. his bosom friend. and
some others testified that they DID NOT
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They are the last men that would he in
formed of this kind Of reputation. which
their special friend had But who will
dare to place the negative testimony of
few special, personal friends on one
side and then the positive testimony of
so many who say they KNOW his repu-
tation on the other side, and then say that
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this negative testimony Outweighs, or in
any sense, compares with the positive
If DR.. kilgo wanted to get the facts in
the case as to his reputation throughout
the State Of South Carolina, why did he
not go to see Prof. C.. =. Smith. finan-
cial agent of, and Prof. in Wofford col
lege. who lives in Spartanburg and get
his deposition? And why did he not go
to see Rev. Geo. II. Waddell, Superin-
tendent of the Epworth Orphanage of
the South Carolina conference, and DIR.
]. a. Rice, president of the Columbia
Female college, and get their deposit
tons? Both Of these gentlemen live in
the city of Columbia, and DR. Kilgu, 1
understand, visited Spartanburg and
Columbia. Prof Smith, Rev. Geo. II.
Waddell and DIR. Rice, all visit the Dis
trict Conferences. and go to almost
every part of the State of South Caro-
lima. They are men of large intelligence,
broad views, educated and consecrated,
and they do not belong to the so-called
holiness crowd. They know DR.. KilgO's
reputation in their Conference. Tell us,
Doctor, why you did not go to see these
gentlemen, who are so worthy and so
well qualified to have given the facts
as to your reputation?
Now, in the face Of all the testimony
that was given at this investigation, and
all that was at hand, DR.. KilgO says,
because / stated the simple truth, that
| know his reputation in South Carolina
Conference to be that of a manipulation
and wire-puller, that 1 am a slanderer,
a maligner, n backbiter, that l stabbed
him in the back, and that 1 am worse
than a highway robber. 1 ask the I'M
prejudiced reader who is the slanderer,
the maligner the backbiter the stabber
of his brother in the back? Again, DR..
Kilgo would have you believe that /
gave the names of the men visited in
South Carolina to Judge Clark, Mr..
Boone or Mr.. Beckwith. This is false.
| did not give the names. l have no
personal knowledge of who did give
them. | was surprised when Mr.. Boone
told me that he had been to South Caro-
lima | did not know that Mr.. Beck
with had been directed to go until I
saw the notice of his having gone to-
ether with DR.. Kilgo, in some daily pa
pers | did not know what President
Haynes or Rev. n. G. Herbert thought
of Jno. c. KilgO or his reputation, never
having heard them say anything about
him, so far as | now remember. But if
| had known that Messrs. Boone and
Beckwith were going to South Carolina,
and had given them the names of these
men and others, | would only have
rendered a service that would have aided
the president of the board of trustees,
Judge Clark, DIR. KilgO and all con-
ccrned in getting at at the facts in the
case, and they all said that the facts
were what they wanted. Once more,
Or. Kilgo in his desperation and in his
forgetfulness Of truth sought revenge,
| might almost say of the lowest type.
He said in his speech, delivered at his
investigation at Trinity college, that in
the store of II. ]. Gattis & Son he had
heard gossip till decency required him to
keep out of such a crowd All, Doctor,
you were so long in finding this out.
You have been four years in North
Carolina You had visited our store at
least three and half of these years.
You had bought many books. You had
again accepted presents of books from
Il. ]. Gattis q Son. You had praised
Il. ]. Gattis for his fine judgment in 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 the North and South Carolina Confer
ences. And now, Doctor, let me say, if
you have no love for the truth, shame
ought to have kept you from uttering
this SANDER and falsehood. In my heart
of hearts, l pity you for doing it.
/ have been member of the North
Carolina conference for thirty-eight
years. l have striven earnestly year
after year, and day after day to serve
my God and the church as best could
with the lights before me. know
have made many failures, and the work
has often been very poor but, If, during
ball these years, there has ever been
breath of suspicion against my reputa-
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