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

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self.
DR.. Kilgo should stop and think for 8
moment, at least, before he becomes 6
boastful of himself. "Conceit Will pun :;
man M. but will not prop him up"
But let me give You the evidence 2:
taken down. The words omitted by tn
~stenographer are those in brackets flliet
out by me. | attended rs a witness IN
der a subpoena issued by Mr.. Southgate
chairman Of the Board of Trustees.
Oclesby. Prosecutor-"What is your
full name
Boone-"R. r. Boone"
Oglebv-"Where do you reside:'
Roone-.'In the town of Durham
Oglesby-"How long have you been
/ living in Durham:"
Boone-'SiXteen or seventeen years,
suppose !,
~ogIesby-"Did you ever live in South
Carolina:'
Roone-"Yes sir"
~OgIesby-"Do you know the genera
reputation of DR.. John {. kilgo!
Roonc-"I can say that | know II onl5
from what was said to me IN the city
! Of S~partanburg."
Or. Kilgo-"I object. Docs he know
my reputation: There is al effort
at repeating hearsay.'0
~OclcSby-"DO you know his general re
putation in Spartanburg:'
Boone-''If what the people generally
| say about him, is his general reputation
ii do
DR.. Kilgo-'I insist that he say wheth-
or he knows my reputation or not"
Roone-"I know nothing of DR.. kilgo
except what | have heard (others who
knew him say. But as | understand 1t
YOUR Board has ruled that you would not
hear hcarsay testimony to prove general
charactcr.) From what those people told
me Il formed my estimate of his char
act
DR.. KiIgo-"I object"
OgIesby-"Do you know the general re
putation Gin Il legal way of DR.. kllso IN
S~partanburg:"
Boone-'Nes.) / am lawyer enough to
know that Il mans general reputation is
what people (who know him) say about
him.
Oglcsby-"Do you know his general re
putation in Sp~artanburg?'
Boone-"I should say | do Gas the law
defines it,
Oglesby-"What is it,
Boone-''It is not good in the way Ct
w~ire-pulling )and manipulating.')
DR.. Kilgo-"I object
Boone heard nothing against DIR.
Kileo Tin South Carolina but ~wire-pulling
and manipulating.)'
Or. Kilgo-"I object
Boone-'From my own knowledge |
dl. not know. (his character in South
Carolina.'D
Oglesby-"I understand, Mr.. Chair
man, that the witness nswer first the
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i do DO YOU know his genera reputa-
tom understand YOU to say i do"
Boone-"Yes. sir; (as above stately
Oglesby-"Now I say, what is his gen
eral reputation?'
Boone-"I found it to he that of a
wire-puller and manipulation. that is what
| found OUT
DR.. Kilgo-"I OBJECT. | OBJECT
TO ANY TESTIMONY COMING
FROM SPARTANBURG."
Boone-"I said did not know it. if
what people in Spartanburg told me was
not true
Oglesby-"I should think that any
thing that could be proven from any part
of South Carolina should be admitted"
Chairman-'I should think the defense
should have the right to ask the whole
State under those charges
Boone-'I don't want the court to un-
derstand me that | heard any one out
side that town, bu if what those people
said is true. his character in South
Carolina is that of a Il wire-pulIer land
manipulator.'O
CROSS-ENAMINATION.
DR.. kilgo-'You say you know posi-
lively the reputation of DIR. Kilgo III
South Carolina?
Boone-"I have answered that question
Ghe only way | cam two or three times"
DR.. Kilgo-'But you AVE left in your
testimony an if"
Boone-'I know what your reputation
is, if what those men say is true"
DR.. Kilgo-"Do you know what my
reputation in South Carolina is?'
Boone-"Nothing except what those
men say"
DR.. kilgo-''You just got those ru-
mors"
Boone-"I can give you the parties
names (and what they said if the Board
wish to hear it.'')
Objection by DR.. Kilgo; sustained and
evidence ruled out.
DR.. kilgo-How long since you left
South Carolina as a r~csident?"
Boone-"Twenty-five or thirty years. l
suppose
DIR. Kilgor"You were in S~partanhurs
since this trouble began since the 18th
of july"
Boone-"Ycs, sir; or about that time"
DR.. kilgo-'Was there an effort made
to appoint you a Deputy"
Boone-"1 do not know, except what
MI. Southgate told me about ROXbOro."
DIR. kilgo-"There was something said
about your being appointed deputy to
take dispositions in Roxboro?"
DEMONSTRATING, except that Mr.
S%outhgate agreed to appoint me-
DR.. kilgo-Did YOU know DIR. Kilgo
when you lived in South Carolina? 2"
Boonc-"I did not"
Judge Clark-"You said Mr.. South
gate had agreed to appoint you, or had
been asked to appoint youT"
Boone-"He said he had tclegraphed
DIR. kilgo and as soon as he could Get
an answer he would (send me power of
Attorney | told him | would take II
and give the DIR. notice as soon as he
gave me (the) power (of attorney to do
so. Il told Mr.. S~outhgate that would
save the college the pXppnSpS u < bod