The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

refused to let 1T even 20 OH your Ill
utes that the evidence had been offered.
Furthermore though Mr.. Webster had
come here under your subpoena TO tes-
tify, after his evidence was rejected, on
DIR. KiIeo's motion he was ignominuously
expelled from this room because he was
"a newspaper editor Previously. he sent
his affdayit to the same purport. which
IS duplicated by that of j. I. McAlichael.
a gentleman of the highest character III
the county Of Rockingham. and 4 young
lady of unquestioned character ana
many more could have been had. Mr..
Webster's evidence was like his affidavit
which is as follows:
Estate of North Carolina,
Buckingham County.
.John r. Webster being duly sworn
saws he is a citizen of Rockingham coun-
ty. State of North Carolina, that he
heard DIR. Kilgo in Il lecture at Madison
in 1891 say thai the kindergarten or
primary department of the graded schools
were baby ranches into which people who
could not or would not control their
children pitched them to be rid Of the
responsibility of their care and restraint
and that if he was hunting for vice
and immortality he would not 90 into
the dark sections Of the State, commonly
called dark corners. but he would 90
into the GRADED schools and the other
Christless institutions Of learning.
Sworn to before me this Ind day Of
August, 1897.
tSicned) JOHN K. WEBSTER.
Sworn and subcribed before he, w.
S. Staples. Notary Public.
Our graded schools are our pride ana
our hope. They were founded by the
I..t tInIrbt atl unrest 1l1trI0tlSln OF
our State. and their teachers are self
sacrificing and devoted, among them
many ladies of the highest personal and
social standing. but DR.. KiIgo tells the
public that if he were %"huntlng vice and
immortality he would go III preference
into the graded schools and the other
Christless institutions Of l~earing.' The
other aftidavits duplicate Mr.. Webster $
and the intelligence and character OF tn"
~affiants will carry conviction throughout
North Carolina as to the absolute truth
Of what they testify. How can YOU
expect our people to @ students 10 Il
college whose President denounces our
graded schools as ChriStless and as den,
of vice and immortality.
Your prosecutor excluded or rather
withdrew this testimony, which is a part
of DIR. Kilg0's record in North Caro-
lima which YOU asked for, but the peO-
pie of the State will not exclude it. DR..
Kilgo offered no evidence to contradict
it. but in his speech, when he could not
be crOsS-eXamined he yentured to say 1t
was not true.
offered the affidavits of as highly re-
spected men as are to be found in the
county Of Caswell that DR.. kilgo pro-
posed to cure the free silver men by
the application of 16 lashes 20 each
" - Il, l,.~, r,,t;ln nf tln at1linn.h
rose and went out. The people of North
Carolina are in the habit Of thinking for
themselves and when the President Of
this college proposes to punish them
with the lash for opinions sake 1t IS
a part of his record in North Caro-
lima" that will do the College no good.
Your prosecutor excluded this also. Here
is the affidavit | offered:
North Carolina.
"Caswell County.
c. G.. Lea being duly sworn says that
he was present ut Il lecture at New Hope
church in CaSWell county when DR..
]. c.. Kilgo used the following language,
that "the reason the farmers were not
prosperous was on account of their lazi-
ness and trihingness. that the Is to
calamity howlers ought to have 10
stripes to each back" He 0\ilgo) used
this language in a public lecture at the
above named place, which so offended
a large number of the best people there
that they got up and left the church
without waiting to hear more. There
were a number Of other things of like
tenor rs the above which We're resented
by our people.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this
July %, ~1S9S.-Thos. l.. Lea, J. L.
(Signed) G. G. LEA.
We, the undersigned, certify that we
heard DR.. kilgo on the occasion above
mentioned and the language attributed
to him was used by him with the result
as above stated.
Here follows the signatures: r. l..
Mitchell, G. III. Warren, Geo. William.
son, T. NJ. McCrary. II. T. Chandler, \.
i. Parzant, VIM. Lea, w. {. Stephens.
Any one who will take the trouble to
write to Caswell county can learn the
high character Of these gentlemen. II
occurrence exactly as stated by these
gentlemen was first given to me by the
Rev. Jno. Il. White,a minister of Raleigh,
of character, soon after the speech and
on investigation his statement has been
borne out in every particular. DIR. Lea,
the first aftiant. is a Methodist as, | be
lieve are most of the %signers. DR.. kilgo
has Il right to entertain gold standard
views, put can IT De expected Inal our
people of Il different opinion will send
their sons to a college whose President
declares that their fathers should be
struck sixteen lashes to the bare back
for being in favor of the remonetlZatiOh
of silver at Is to /? This evidence was
excluded on the same Technical grounds
as the diamond ring evidence from
Roxboro. Instead of turning N the
light upon his record i'll North Caro-
lima the whole effort of the defendant
has been to shut it off.
| also offered YOU the affdavits of A.
]. Conner. j. l.. Bryan and w. II.
Evans, from the county of Northamp-
ton, all Methodists and gentlemen 81
high character. two of them official mem
bers of the church. Mr.. Conner who
is editor of the Patron and Cleaner
and Mayor of Rich Square, says:
That on or about the 2nd day OF
November, 1878, | heard DR.. j. G.. Kilgu
deliver a lecture at Primers NJ. +. church
in NORTHAMPTON county. y. c., in th'
course of which he said, in substance,