The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-01

pass unchallenged. He says there is
some one behind Mr.. Gattis in this prose-
cution and in the employment of lawyers
1t is a statement unwarranteG By the
circumstances and without foundation in
fact. If attorneys were employed by any
one other than Mr.. Gattis. or if there is
any other person directly or indirectly
connected with it's prosecution l do not
know it. Such statements made by coun-
sci of the character of Mr.. Aycock might
CARRY some weight unless denied. and
hence l make this statement"
At this point court adjourned till 8
o'clock tomorrow morning, when Judge
Hoke will deliver his charge to the jury.
Mr. Registers Argument Thursday.
Mr.. Register began by reading the issues
and asking the jury to come back from
all side issues" ard follow him fer a
while in the fundamental principles OF the
case. 1t was these. he said that he
wanted to discuss and not rehash the
evidence. He thought the jury had seen
about as much of this blue backed pam
phlet'' as it cared to. and had heard much
more Of it than they cared to-
But ii was not long before Mr. Register
was in the midst of the Clark Kilgo con-
troversy. which will not down in this
case. He had not gone far before he,
like all who had spoken before him,
picked UP the pamphlet. A juror smiled.
Mr.. Royster saw it and said; Pardon
me. gentlemen, I'll try to keep the back
from your view
Touching DR.. Kilgo's- acts and words
at the close of that fateful night, he
said:
under similar circumstances. gentle
men, YOU or l would have done the same
or worse And DR.. Kilgo is only man.
like uncontrolled by similar motives,
swayed by like passions.
The speaker argued that there was no
malice either in DR.. Kilgo's words or IN
their publication. The publication. he
contended was simply for the protection
of the college and its good name
''Who started this blaze in North Caro-
lima? I'll tell you. Judge Clark furnish
ed the kindling and Mr.. Gattis struck the
match Wasn't it pity, wasn't it pity
that Mr.. Gattis ever had that little conf
Dental talk with Judge Clark that July
day on the train, Right there he started
the fire and he's been blowing it ever
since"
Mr.. Register argued that DR.. Kilgo had,
according to the evidence. been Mr..
Gattis' friend, and that in his revelations
to Judge Clark he had repaid kindness
with ingratitude and given hatred for
love.
'The other side have Rugged to their
breast, and rung all the changes on, the
terms wire puller and manipulator.
ask YOU. gentlemen of the jury, wasn't
Mr.. Cattis a circulator? And now he's a
calculator; e he isn't he has some at
torneys who are in pretty good training.
He asks for $1,000 600 damages and Judge
Graham says you ought to give him one
hundred times that amount.
MORE LIGHT AND LESS NOISE.
Referring to Maj. Guthrie's speech, Mr..
Royster said the argument in this case
reminded him of this story told by Mr..
Lincoln
..There was a fellow riding along
through the woods and terrific thunder
storm came up. There was one loud peal
and he slipped down from his horse,
another peal and he was on his knees. A
third and decided it was about time to
pray and pray to the point. oh, Lord,
he said, If it's the same to you. give US
more light and a little less noise. And
gentlemen of the jury, that's what you
want in this case-all the light you can
get and less noise"
Mr.. Register spoke of the fact that TINS
was the close Of the nineteenth century
of the educational awakening of the pros
poets of the South. and asked:
''What are you going to do with Trinity
College? We are living in the grandesl
period of the grandest nation on earth.
In it we are playing no unimportant part.
This old commonwealth is on the upward
march, and yet you are asked to strike
down at one blow one of the greatest IN
situations in her borders. You are asked
to strike down the character OF twenty
of the first men in the State, and IN DONG
it you will deal a death-blow to TRINITY.
These are giant oaks in North Carolina
Methodism. l cannot believe you'll lay
them low.
During the century just closing many
and great have been the changes. Some
of them so violent and far-reaching as to
place us almost on the verge of destruc-
ton.
Among all these changes and up
heavals there is one thing that defes
mutilation. I mean justice; that justice
which, emanating from the Divinity has a
place in the breast of every one OF us
given us for our guide with regard to
ourselves and with regard to others ;Sand
GASTORIA FmInfants and CkEtnn