Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-27
CHARLOTTE.
DIR. KILGO AND OTHERS SUED BY
REV. IS-EDITORIAI4
CONFLICT
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Charlotte. N. c., Feb. 2G.-Fire was
discovered Sunday in the building &C.
cupied by the Dixie Pants Company.
The damage amounts to $1,000 One of
the doors was found open, and the fire
is supposed to have been started by
some unknown party. who concealed
himself III the building Saturday night.
The loss is fully insured
Rev.T. j. Gattis, of the NJ. Il. Church
South. has filed voluntary petition in
bankruptcy in This city. His liabilities
are $4,000 and his assets are about 81. 500
Mr.. Gattis states that his bankrupt
cy was the elimination of rapid loss
oil trade through a period of is months
and was due directly to the influence of
DR.. j. c. kilgo, the president of Trim
ity College.
The trouble between DR.. Kilgo and
isev. Gattis arose out of Testimony that
the latter gave at the meeting of the
trustees Of Trinity College in August,
1898. that in South Carolina Dr. Kilgo
mad the reputation of being n wire pull
er. This evidence, said Mr.. Gattis, was
given after he had received written
summons from the chairman of the
Board Of Trustees to appear as a wit
hess III the wcll-known case whcSein
Judge Walter Clark, of the Supreme
Court. was alleged to have made an at
tack on the character of DR.. lIilgo It
may be remembered that the trustees
sustained President Kligo, and that
Judge etdrit-rc stgrct=Hs-ss It ttef.fber=ef
the board.
Rev. Gattis says:
The majority of the North Carolina
Conference simply believe ii wise TO
keep on the good side of the Dukes ana
DR.. ltilgo. and they Withdrew their
patronage from me Just as was done III
South Carolina"
II have been n minister and n mem
Der of the North Carolina Conference
for 40 years, and there has never been
any charge against my moral character
or integrity. l am now n bankrupt
ruined, but T shall continue TO prose-
cute my libel suit against DR.. KilgO b.
n. Duke and w. r. Odell. trustees Of
Trinity College. This case for $500, 900
damages comes up for trial ut Oxford
the 2Sd OF April next
THE PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE.
New buildings will shortly be erected
here for the Presbyterian College for
Women. as $4,000 have been subscribed
Plans will be called for at once.
This section Of the State can boast
of a Populist paper, in which the edi-
torin-chief and the local editor are as
far apart i'm their political views as the
East is from the West, and these two
editors do not hesitate to herald forth
their opposing views in one and the
same paper.
This newspaper anomaly in question
is the Peoples Paper at Charlotte. The
editor is Mr.. ]. u. Green, of Marshville.
II. c., while Mr.. j. =. Sossaman. Of
Charlotte, is local editor.
The reader IS amazed at the nwfully
contradictory expressions of editorial
opinion that he consequently finds. For
instance, Mr.. Green, in his space, will
shine forth in n brilliant editorial IA
voring the constitutional amendment.
while Mr.. Sossaman will express him
self in unmstakable sounds as being
opposed to that issue now and forever
and boldly say that not q Populist in
the county will vote for the amendment
in the deciding of the issue next Au-
gust Furthermore, Mr.. Sossaman saws
that the paper is opposed to the amend
ment from start to finish, and will fight
il to the last ditch. wherever that Is.
MI. Sossaman has recently had his
attention called to this mystery in
newspaperdom. and In reply he says:
"Mr Green's views are his own and
not the sentiment of the Peoples Paper
nor of the county. He has q right to
his own opinion. just as all other free
American citizens (apeaking of Editor
Green), and the only difference between
him and many others is that he is man
enough to express his opinion regard
less of the bosses and some mon are
not Mr., Green's views have nothing
more to do with the sentiment of the