The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-27

the coat-tail.. many men, (meanre-
fer TO the plaintiff in his act..-
a spirit unworthy of them. n.
ing the plaintiff in this action r.
occasionally to South Carolina. a-.
! IDENTIFY gossiped too much for a
about the defendant. You remewH.-
I we'll how he (meaning the ular...
this action) in his testimony d..-.
issue. and would look so solemn .r
L can't answer you remember h..
" he tried to be at one time. r..-
over the suffering heart ana torn
of one of his brethren whom he had
rated in the dark by stao5ing him f..
back.
Had the defendant done auttr..-
warrant this meanness? Didn-t mr.
It's (meaning the piaintiff in this
say himself that the defendaat t.
/ ed him in South Carolina and r...
influence TO get him employee r. .
conference? Didn't he tmeau.r-
Gattis. the plaintiff in this act|-..
himself that defendant had rcuum....
books for him. that the defends. ...
tried to sell books for him and Dr..
business; that President kilgo va.
fiend? What then had Prcsidcnt E.
done to him tmeaning the plaiuun u ..
action), to warrant any such vicious ..
duct? Between the man hiding n.n.
by the highway and making a y.tIM
an innocent traveller and the man ...
in the dark (meaning to refer to
Gattis, the plaintiff in this actiouI
sassinates the character which ID ..
has tried to build for himself, send r.
the woods with Il revolver and o.. r.
murder every passer-by rather than u..
lign my fellow man.
He meaning 7. j. Gattis, the Ilafu...
in this action) was asked if pro-..u.
KilCo had not ceased to visit his ...r.
(meaning the bookstore Of +. j. Gar.. a
Son, in Durham, n. ca, and hy ...
Yes President Kilgo had boon tb,..
: and heard gossip until deccncy demanded
that he keep out Of such a crowd 0m..u-
, ing to refer to the p~laintiif in this ..-
tion. t. j. Gattis and persons who y..f-
cd the store OF T. j. Gattis 4 Son i'm I.t-
ham. N. CD President kilgo has huurf
very un-Christian gossip over the toaI.
tiers (meaning the counters in the Stomp.
of T. j. Gattis & Son, in Durham, y. G..
where Christian literature Wa r.-
The two South Carolina witnesses say.
eve don't know how we got TO be w.t.
nesses; don't know Judge Clark. and
never corresponded with him" Mir. Cat.
| It's tInC6nlnS i. j. bdttlS, the IldlIlIlL I|
this action). is the only C.her witness for
the prosecution on this charge, and his
knowledge antedates the judges charge.
and hence Mr.. Gattis (meaning T. j. Cat
It's, the plaintiff in this action). is thr
original gossip. And it is evident THAI
this whole affair comes out of the fact
that a Methodist preacher (mcaninE j. j.
Gattis, the plaintiff in this action. j.
censcd by the same law, worshiping I'm the
same pulpit, has foully dealt with the de-
PENDANT. Again, DR.. Peacock testified that
Mr.. Gattis (meaning the p%laintitf in TIM
action, T. j. Gattis), has slandercd Prcsi-
dent Kilgo to him. More than once those
ISLANDERS reached the defendants ears.
Never did the defendant suppose till just
a few days since that Mr.. Gattis Cmcau
ing T. j. GattiS, the plaintiff in this ar-
tom, had anything to do with this mat.
ter. He (meaning the plaintiff in Tins
action. T. J. Gattis), says that two o.L-
ers told him that he must come here and
give his testimony or else his name would
be used in this court. You recall that
Judge Clark said in the July meeting. eff
these men, meaning his ~informants, do
not testify, | will come here and say they
lied to me- Judge Clark would have
kept his word. if he had not produced
here the witness (mcaning the plaiutItt I'm
this action, T. j. Gattis), upon whom b."
relied to come here and relieve him, and
if that witness was not in this court ""
would not have been thirty minute.
Judge Clark would have relieved tn"
whole situation. Mr.. Gattis (meaniug T.
j. Gattis, the plaintiff in this action.
said two others pressed him to come here
Who are they that forced him to testify
We urged him to tell this court, but
be declined. The man who wishes 10 tell
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth, lodges nothing. Under
all these conditions do you gentlemen pro
pose to say that you believe Mr.. T J
J Gattis told and Intended to tell you tn"
truth? He says that what he told WI.
forced out of him. The lover of TRUTH
never speaks under such compulsion. hr'
Judge Clark seems TO have him (meau
ing the plaintiff in this action, T, j. Cat
tiS), in close quarters.
Judge Clark would have kept his word.
but his friends got behind a man tmoau
ing the plaintiff in this action, T. }. Gal
tis), who was not willing to stand "F
what he had said TO Judge Clark. and
they forced him (mcaning r. J. GattI.
tho :'ti~ in this %action). to open hfE
lips here. They no doubt told hint mean
ing T. j. Gattis, the plaintiff in this a'
tom, you cannot play the coward RI.
way, 1lItc JIlSp 'IdTh mas maui "'.
mcnts on your (meaning the plaiU'i" "
this action, T.. ]. Gattis) au'L''
ity. = y
The last witness for the prosecution
one Rev. T. J. Gattis, who prcachcs eur
times and sells books in South CaroG-.
and in a part Of North Carolina i|
(meaninS the plaintiff in this action. VI.
j. Gattis), has been attending di.tr.
conferences in South Carolina for the I
three years, and knows more about -
defendants reputation than the Iat|
men of the Church and State who h".
known the defendant throughout IN.
whole life. Mr.. Gattis (meaning J.
Gattls, the plaintiff in this action.
very wise; it is a pity that he Was .
less of a talker. 1t has been .un.
that this witness is the original maII-"
IN this case, and most likely he furul
Judge Clark with the names Of f."
from whom testimony was taken in -.
Carolina The testimony OF Or. iea."
shows that four years ago this Mr. o..