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

And who IS Thomas Jefferson Gattis?
He i . supcrannuated prcacher-a man
who has worn himself out in the itinerary
ministry They have raked this State and
South Carolina, and with all the Ne. hod-
ist preachers resenting any attack on
their beloved kilgo they have failed to
get ore 10 come here and testify 10
lught against him.
When that hoard ~ trustees met 10
try the Clark-Kilso controversy they had
made up their minds. and knowing what
they were going % 90. the first thing they
resolved was 10 publish ten thousand
coTics Of the Raleigh Post setting forth
the vindication. This done they proceeded
% yindicate.
WHY DR.. KILGC OBJECTED"
They'd sent Beckwtth down there 10
got evidence. and Beckwith had no more
sense than TO DO the best he could. fairly
and impartialiy. But every time he came
10 anything against Kilgo. then the be-
loved kilgo jumped UP and said, ! Oh
ject, | object 1t reminds me OF one Cf
Aesop's fables. You remember il. The
rabbit borrowed a yoke OF oxen from the
fox TO 90 to the mill. While on the jour
ney he made up his mind 10 keep those
oxen. SO he Gu, oil their tails and stuck
them in a mud puddle. Then he went 70
BRO. Fox and said: 'Brer Fox. I'm mighty
sorry. but them oxen got into q 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
10 pull the oxen out Of the mire. Stop,
stop, Brcr Fox. you'll pull the tail off.
and sure enough the tail came up and
Bro. Foy tumbled backward
And so, when kilgo and BeckWith went
to South Carolina things got along Well
enough until it came to taking testimony
against kilgo. then our beloved president
yelled; I object, l 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 CT the manner in which the Clark
Kilgo investigation was conducted. He
said:
MIR. Southgate told how it was con
Quoted. He said it began with prayer ami
ended with Kilgo's speech. Then he was
asked: MIR. Southgate, wasn't there some
disorder?' He replied: Yes, some OF
the brethren did get a little rowdy and |
l had to knock EN- down a time or two
| with the gavel.' 0aughter).
2 That's the way the trial was con
t Quoted. 1t began with prayer and ended
/ With Kilgo's speech. It reminds me OF
!, the old preacher who had a pair of buck
Q skin breeches. He hadn't worn them for
a long time, but one Sunday he donned
them and went off to preach. It was cold
g weather and there was in his trousers q
S nest of wasps that he hadn't noticed, but
: as he proceeded with his sermon anC
G told his hearers of hell and damnatior
f the waSps warmed up and began to drOT
t down on his legs and sting and the ole
: preacher began to slap. Finally, in des-
n peration. he exclaimed:
"'Brethren. the glory of God is in my
9 soul, but I've got hell in my breaches.
Great laughter by everybody in the cour
room, including judge and jury).
: That's the way that Clark-Kilgo in
4 vestigation strikes me. opening it will
prayer and closing it with Kilgo's infa
, nous speech"
SPEECH OF MR.. T. HICKS.
"a Mr.. T. I. Hicks followed his brother
Mr.. A. a. Hicks, but On the opposite side
u He denied that the object Of the paElphle
/ was for aught else than for the vindica
1t tioE of the college, and he commended tina
&c this question of motive was the point i
the case.
e by this action Mr.. Gattis sues tn
Methodist church. in that it sues job
Calhoun Kilgo, its agent. This is the cas-
Of Gattis VS.. the whole church and
~ will so down in history as such"
The speaker thought the board did rigl
y in turning Judge Clark out:
Is Judge Clark wouldn't eat the hay hin
OF self and he wouldn't let anybody els
eat it in peace"
'e Further discussing the question
e. malice in the publication:
at You must take the publication as
r. wboIa IF If . for tho ,r,oc Of ~
20 flaming Gattis and for nothing else. the
lie you'll give him a verdict. But if it VIZ
DIP to set this great college right. the
es you'll find for us. / tell YOU here ar
ay now that it was to let the world kno
IN the charge was false that Trinity COLES
az had been sold TO the devil and Kilgo W.
st the agent who negotiated the trade"
WHY JUDGE CLARK OBJECTED.
ia Accounting for Judge Clark's objectic
j to Or. Kilgo, Mr.. Hicks said:
DIR. Kilgo made a little speech. TT
: report of it got to Judge Clark, repro
~ %senting DIR. Kilgo as saying that the ma
- who had given 500. 600 to Trinity W.
-. greater than a man who had climbed tt
- heights of Gettysburg. This made Juda
Clark mad. He had climbed the heights
" Gettysburg, but he hadn't given 800, 00
) and so he got mad and proceeded to pa
- UP 'ilt q II L Ctt7Cii 'olII 'hll'
&c kilgO didn't climb the heights of Getty
an burg too, was that he was born aft'
the second Manassas"
ne Mr.. Hicks quoted plenteouSly fro
lis Byron and hoped the attorneys for I'll
plaintiff would take their eyes off tn;
ne S1C0. GOO for a moment and soften up the
IL hearts to that great and good ma
Kilgo.'
- Why gentlemen" he continued. IL
III savior didn't drive Matthew out of h
- fold because Mark and Luke called hi
- a manipulation and Wirc-pullcr.'
ch GREATER THAN VIRGINIA DARE.
He The speaker referred touchingly to L
'ts Craven, Trinity's first president, al
al added:
as Are YOU not going to believe Prof. r
ne gram, the man that married Or. Craven
It; only daughter. when he tells YOU L
It's Kilgo did not say that Mr.. Duke W,
% greater than Virginia Dare or any 9th
man?' Great laughtcr).
Ike In concluding his speech. Mr.. Hicks toe
or ~, Tho n,1nctinn If ra a and arurI