The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-12-04

its path AMI sweeping aside all opposi-
ton.
Had be been a snake he'd no, be a
small harmless rarter snake. he'd TO the
terrible boa constructor. crushing and de-
stToying its enemies. That's kilso-
AVOIDANCE OF GATTIS
Have you noticed mat not s.ace The
days O that trial nav orc 5. these
trustees darbened the doors - Thomas ..
Ga.iis' store. they hsve avoided him like
a contamination thing hati ard
burned.
i don't believe there 5 another man
in the Methodist church or aay other
church that would have dared make that
speech in the presence OF ministers or the
Gospel. They would NOS even have sat
there and listened 10 ID. and yet. when
kllso delivered IL. they not only listened
10 il. bus they endorsed IT, They heard
il come kissing from the mouth O. kilSo.
hot from his fevored brair-a mad brain
No other man IN the church or out 81 i
would have dared use such harsh words
in such a presence abou, an humble alin-
lister OF the GOSPEL. Bur kilgo ala i, AMI
Duke and Oden sat there and heard II and
80 7Lt "a 49, &t- EAtA-F+t-.
do you say there Is no malice in this
matter? They were trying to destroy
Clark. ana in trying 10 destroy Clark they
found Gattis in their path and they turn
ed upon him IN fury and they have 6e-
stroyed him. DO you say that this b. not
malice II il isn't malice and Is ALLOW
able. then under such a e!caG the char
ag1er OF any man in North Carolina can
be absolutely DESTROYED.
II would call your attention also 10 the
fact that these Proceedings were never
published in the church papers. The secl-
lar press Was chosen because through that
could the character Of Gattis be more
cf1ectualty destroyed and Judge Glars at
tackled. But they reasoned hat the man
who reads the papers might forget and So
they put Kilgo's words in permanent form
that will last as long as Trinity College
lasts. Well put il in form that viii las
for eveT-that Thos. J. Gattis is a liar.
a slanderor, a backbiter ana 4 destroyer
How much would YOU ask TO have that
said about YOU ard published in book
form How much would YOU ask 10 have
that printed about your father There's
it? here's It? There isn't enough money
in Granville county to induce me TO per
nit such a thing.
~ " t-itt' 3SAiN A@NA 1880
a book with such words in it about my
father. I'd go get down on my knees 70
tho owner of that book and pray TO him
TO give il up. If he refused. ID sell my
self to him as a slave TO get it, I'd give
him the best services Of my life for it.
How much would you ask 10 have this
said about your father"
TEARS IN JURORS EYES.
AS the words came kissing through his
teeth, Mr.. Watson paused for a moment
and the tears sprang. to the eyes of a,
least two Of the jurors.
IL was no child-man that uttered these
words about Thos. j. Gattis. 1t was nc
children that published it. They We're
uttered by the president of a college, they
were published by its trustees. They
made the awful charge ard they put theil
names TO it."
The speaker told of the decline Of Mr.
Gattis' business under the whitening in
fuence Of DR.. Ki,go's words; how he wen
back to a little Methodist circuit AM
was then crowded on to the superaEnua
ted is.
Il say TO you, gentlemen. of th
jury, tina from my earliest childhood ",
been on the side of 7. j. Gattis. | hav
never seen a fight between the great an
the small going on around me that
didn't take the part of the weak. Be j
fo: veal or for woe, you always Will fin
me there"
Il have never known a SANDER cqua
to this. How ~~--'' these men calm
themselves preachers sit there calml
and hear these words and coldly resoly
to forever perpetuate them in print The
were sent out for the purpose of crushin
and destroying him"
Mr.. Watson concluded his speech a
1870 having spoken just three hours
Court then took q recess till 2 O.clOcr