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

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OF Il wire puller and politician. who had
made combinations to run the Conference
ana had split il up badly. He offered
10 give the names 81 parties with whom
he had talked. who he said were gentle
men of high social and church standing.
but again DR.. Kilgo objected. Evidently
he wanted an investigation that does
not investigate
ltev- I. j. Gattis. a minister Of the
North Carolina Conference. whose char
acter has never been impeached. toll
you he had travelled in South Carolina
TWO and a half years and in that time
he had attended every District confer
ence III that State. - in number ami
knew personally every Methodist minis
ter III it and most Of the leading laymer.
lie said that Or. kilgo'S general charac-
ter III South Carolina was that OF Il
wire pulling politician, that he had badly
Spit the church there by his combine"
with John O. Wilson and Dir. Kirkland
ana the church was much relieved when
he left. but that DR.. Kilgo still had his
friends and partisans there.
At Your last meeting Or. KiIgo had
tins same Rev. John O. Wilson here an.
asked leave of You for him to sit ut tn,
table as his counsel. Afterwards he took
his deposition. In it, Mr.. Wilson has t.
admit that he had heard that Or. Kilgo
had been charged rs being ii ~wire-puller.
but said it was not true. OF course he
thinks that. for if DR.. kilgo Is 1 Wire
puller, the evidence is that Wilson was
his associate. He also took the deposi-
ton here of Mr.. Chreitsburg who former
ly lived in South Carolina and who il
seems now has made friends with DR..
kllgo, though there are dispositions here
showing it was not ever thus DR..
iAllgo told us 1T our last meeting that h.
could bring the whole South Carolina
Conference here. In truth, besides the
two Just mentioned. which were taken
mere III July, in his late tour through the
State OF South Carolina lie got ten de-
positions. There are largely over a
million of people in South Carolina. He
formerly lived there. still has his parti
sans there and he brings YOU from his
tour ten certificates Of character. Some
OF those say they have heard these charg-
cs,but disbelieved them,he also found some
who said that they had not heard them.
Wo Of the ten We're Senator McLau-
r1n and his former class-mate Gov. Ell
lerbec. These gave him a good charac-
Ter, but there was no one present to
c~roSs-cNamine them when DR.. Kilgo
TOOK their statements and who would eN-
pect two public men to volunteer. with
out croSS-eXamlnatlOn, a modification If
a certificate of good character. Posi-
bly these gentlemen may have
thought Wire pulling a necessity
and not a reflection upon or abate
ment Of good character. Then he relied
greatly on Bishop Duncan's statement
that he had no knowledge Of his being
a ~Wlre-puller. AS the Bishop is his
known friend the Bishop is the last man
TO whom such reports would be carried.
The Bishop has been placed, out of his
turn, in charge of South Carolina Con
ference this year and when it was known
he had given this certificate. the preach
stopped giving dispositions which would
clash with it. They, however. talked
freely and Mr.. Beckwitn stood here.
note book in hand. to tell you what
the leading preachers and 1aymen in
South Carolina said about DR.. Kilgo's
character as a wire-puller. But DR.. Xii
go shut this off, except as to three men
who had spoken favorably to Beckwith
as to him..
In his speech Wr. Kilgo bitterly de
nounced Rev. Mr.. Gattis FOR testifying
against him when he had been kind to
him. Mr.. Gattis told you he came very
unwillingly and only in obedience to your
summons. and his kind relations to DIR.
kllgO heretofore did not require him to
testify falsely. You heard DR.. Kilgo's
thinly yelled, if yelled at all, threats
of vengeance. AS surely as DR.. Kilgo is
the w~ire-puller and politician this evi-
denco a~bundantly proves him to be you
will see his efforts to have Mr.. Gattis
removed from his position at the next
annual conference.-the because Mr.. Cat
It's IS not faithful and competent and has
been SO deemed all these years-but he
has testified against DR.. KiIgo. he has
revolted against his "machine.' The
ward politician and 'boss'' must punish
him. Watch my prediction.
Mr.. Beckwith was sent by you to
South Carolina to learn what DR.. Kilgo'S
character was. DR.. Kilgo thinks that
Mr.. Beckwith took his mission too Sc
riously. He contends that Mr.. Beckwith
should have formed his opinion of DR..
l\ilgo's reputation i'll South Carolina
from the ten who gave dispositions in his
favOr-who were Of course specially Sc
lected by DR.. Kilgo-and not from the
fifty or seventy-five others whom Mr..
Beckwith selected at random among
Methodist preachers and laymen. and
who talked freely with him. 1t is com
mon sense that from the latter a more
accurate opinion can be formed of the
truth as to DR.. Kilgo's reputation. /
have lived in Raleigh twenty-five years.
There are men there whose general char
acter | do not know. A man does not
know DR.. I\ilgo's reputation simply be
cause he lives in South Carolina. If l
wish to know q mans general character
in Raleigh would | cOnfine myself to a
few selected names he gives me, or would
| go generally to people of his associates,
his church, his trade, his lodge? This
latter course Mr.. Beckwith took. He is
intelligent, he is impartial, he was selec-
ted and sent there by this board. and he
tells You Or. Kilgo's general character
in South Carolina is that of a wire-pul-
Ter and ecclesiastical politician"
After Mr.. Beckwith and DR.. Kilgo
who were travelling together in South
Carolina separated. the latter took the
statements of Senator McLaurin and
Gov. Ellerbee in Mr.. Beckwith's absence,
The being given notice just as he was
leaving on the train) and those dppOSi-