The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-29
Argument of The Counsel on Tuesday.

The speech of Mr.. A. A. Hicks was net
so long as the speeches made by Judge
Winston and Mr.. Biggs. He spoke for an
hour and quarter. devoting his argu-
ment principally to a discussion of the
facts in the Clark-Kilgo controversy. His
speech was rich in humor.
"You say Kilgo is not an agitator? The
whole circumstance of that sham investi
cation proves that he is.
"And who is this Judge Clark that dares
find fault with the high and mighty John
Calhoun Kilgo, president of Trinity Col
lege He's just judge on the Supreme
court bench that's all. He's just Meth
odist who has had every honor the church
can confer on a layman; that's all He
was elected to represent the Methodists
of the United States in the Ecumenical
conference in London: that's all. He was
a trustee of Trinity College long before
John Calhoun Kilgo was its president;
that's all. This is the man that objects
to John Calhoun Kilgo, South Caro-
lima
The speaker then discussed the Duke
gifts to Trinity, and said that latter
the Dukes had made more money than
they wanted by running the youth of the
land with cigarettes, they sought to make
amends by giving some of it to educa-
ton
but Judge Clark didn't think this prop
err and he objected. This opposition set
John Calhoun Kilgo a-going-this wasp
that sought quarrel with everybody that
even dared think that he and Duke could
10 any wrong. So he sought quarrel
with Judge Clark as he had already got
EN- into one with Editors Webster and
Kingsbury.''
LIKE A DUCK ON A JUNE BUG.
Touching the question of malice Mr.
Hicks said:
'They say there was no malice in
Kilgos speech against Mr. Gattis, that
Kilgo considered Gattis a friend He did?
Well, when Gattis dared oppose him, Kill
go lit on him like duck on a une-bug
and tried to trampe the very life out
of him.
'And who is Thomas Jefferson Gattis?
He is a superannuated preacher-a man
who has worn himself out in the itinerary
ministry. They have raked this State and
South Carolina. and with all the Method
st preachers resenting any attack on
their beloved Kilgo they have failed to
get one to come here and testify to
lught against him.
when that board of trustees met to
try the Clark Kilgo controversy they had
made up their minds, and knowing what
they were going to do, the first thing they
resolved was to publish ten thousand
copies of the Raleigh Post setting forth
| the vindication. This done they proceeded
to vindicate.
WHY DR.. KILGO COLLECTED"
| They'd sent Beckwith down there to
get evidence, and Beckwith had no more
sense than to do the best he could, fairly
and impartially. But every time he came
| to anything against Kilgo, then the be-
| loved Kilgo jumped up and said, i OBJ
| ject, / object. 1t reminds me of one of
| Aesops fables. You remember it. The
| rabbit borrowed a yoke of oxen from the
| fox to go to the mill. While on the jour-
| ney he made up his mind to keep those
| oxen. So he cut off their tails and stuck
| them in a mud puddle. Then he went to
Bro. Fox and said: 'Brer Fox, I'm mighty
| sorry, but them oxen got into a mud hole
| and have sunk out of sight. Bro Fox went
| to see and there were the tails The fox
| took hold and began to tug away, trying
to pull the oxen out of the mire. Stop,
stop, Brer Fox, you'll pull the tail off,
and sure enough the tail came up and
Bro. Fox tumbled backward
'And So when Kilgo and Beckwith went
to South Carolina things got along we'll
enough until it came to taking testimony
against Kilgo. then our beloved president
yelled L object, object!' Look out
Beckwith the tail will come off, and back
went poor Beckwith in a double somer-
| sault." Great laughter).
HAD HE'LL IN HIS BREECHES
| This brought the speaker to a discus
| sion of the manner in which the Clark
| Kilgo investigation was conducted. He
| said:
Mr.. Southgate told how it was con-
Quoted. He said it began with prayer and
ended with Kilgo's speech Then he was
| asked: Mr.. SoWthgate, wasn't there some
disorder? He replied: Yes, some of
the brethren did get little rowdy and /
/ had to knock EN- down time or two
| with the gavel. CLaughter).
THAT'S the way the trial was con-
Quoted. 1t began with prayer and ended
with Kilgo's speech. 1t reminds me OF
the old preacher who had a pair of buck