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

been here thirty minutes. .Tul~.
would have relieved the whole
Mr.. Gattis said two others pro..%
TO come here. Who are thov a.. .
him to testify? We urged him ..
court. he declined. The man vh. s
to tell the truth, the whole t-.r
nothing but the truth, dod.e~
Under all these conditions do
tlemen propose TO say that v.r
Mr.. I. j. Gattis told and irt.us
tell you the truth? He says tn..
he told was forced out of him. r.
of trut-. never speaks under >..a
puISion. but Judge Clark SCENE.
him in close quarters.
Who were those other two m.... ..
are a law firm. gentlemen. In .a.
Durham. They were men fer-.-.
Judge Clark and helping him o..
trouble into which he was cir.
this traducer of the defendant.
ter. Mr.. Gattis said they lived 3d.
ham and are not members OF t...
and when urged il they had au.
ton with this court. he said. ED"
saw" Why? Because MIR. b..
pened to be a witness in this
There is where the couuecti.n
Judge Clark would have kept his
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was not willing to stand lay SIS.
said to Judge Clark and jh.r
him TO open his lips here. IT,.
doubt told him You cannot
coward this way. since judge c.
made statements on O N a..
That is the situation of the cr-.
appears to us. and if il is not trr
we find il out. we viii rttrlct r "..
Won. but we cannot now with Oh.
ent light before us. We cannot .
any other conclusion than this W'M.. .
bring before you now.
You rccullcct that we set ont TO Of. ...
original informant, and satisfact... .
eur minds we have found him. VI
YOU. gentlemen, before YOU fliu-
the arguments that we have mf..
the conclusion that We have draw.
weigh every inch of that testimony W.
President Kiigo was summon.
South Carolina by the prosecutiou t..
depoSitiOnS on the charge agaiu~f "
South Carolina reputation. The r.
cution secured only two Wit..-.
MeSSrs. Lyon and Jennings. ouf 40. .
the thousands in South Carolina. ..
two men could be secured as witness
by the prosecution. Think about f..
only two men out of more than 81 u
lion people in South Carolina. The d
PENDANT puts on the stand thirteen w
nesscs. and could have put ON the STR.
thousands had he been so disposed m
time would have allowed.
We. call your attention to the class
these witnesses. Mr.. Lyon is Il preach
and president of the Holiness Assoc.
ton. and that means very much in son.
Carolina. 1t may not mean much To- 10
North Carolina mind. but it means yr,
much more to a man who has wrou-.
earnestly in South Carolina. AccorI|
to Mr.. Ligon's OWL testimony he kuo.
very little about President KiIgo. :
said: 1--WE were never closely aSsori
ed" He was asked if he was an +
innate friend of DR.. kilgo's. They chi.
had Il conference association. ~
there is this statement to start out wit
He also admits that President XII.
was opposed to his peculiar notions
sanctification and that there had boz.
friction between members of 'N
association and those who did .
belong to ii. The defendant TO-
had those men to como to him i'm q
congregations. and try to lead him
the altar. lie has sat in the congrcg
ton and been abused along with 4
otltI men WHO tIu not agree WIN lIr'
has been stopped in the midst of his ST.
mons by men who attacked him bcraU
he said something that did not cAact
~agreewith them. They intrudc the.
selves into other pastorates: they 90
courage each other in it. One Of T
witnesses says that Mr.. Lieon's mind
biased and that he is thought by some
his brethren to be fanatical: that t
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these brethren are untcachahlc. 900
some of us know something about tI.
Mr.. Jennings. q witness for the pro.
cutlon. ays that DIR. Kilgo was l
liked by these men because he was d.
II of them and cyen names Mr.. Liz.
Mr.. Jcnning is a witness for the pros
%cutlon, and he says that President *
90 was not liked by those Holm.
brethren, and doesn't stop at that, Do
says that Mr.. Lyon is the prcsidcut
the Holiness Association. specify
him. Mr.. Brown says that there D.
been friction between these two class
III South Carolina.
Mr.. j. w kilgo testified that Mr.. ]
gon was complained against at one
his conferences for encouraging some
these men to 90 i'll the bounds of au..
er mans passionate.
The spirit Of Mr.. Lyon is shown
his efforts at testimony. ! say "oforr-
gentlemen, because he gives 10 clear .
testimony from start to finish. w
lookcd Mr.. Lyon straight in tine r'
when he WAS on the stand and
his lodging. Some of the word ."
bling that Mr.. Ligon deals in is o
worthy Of him. He said the char..'
OF Mr.. kilgo was good. When ask
how about President Kilgo's rcpuJ.r.
ne SAID: His official reputation l. .
u his moral character is good" T.
now wondered in Whar
OF Il Tx he Will be when his mora .|
acter gets to Heaven and his of"
character goes to hell. There l. lH' "
way out Of this dilemmn-that H. e..
the Second Blessing and save the off
character.
In his efforts at testimony Mr..
! fails to tell anything he knew. ante.
TO report rumors Go through hN-
nlonE, and every word Of il j.
put these rllmOrS he seems TO rufaf.
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