The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-01

statement that it was necessary for Mr..
/ Gattis. the plaintiff, to show that the
motive to publish the pamphlet was
malice, either towards him or Judge
| Clark, rather than for the good of the
| College.
| when Judge Shaw decided that there
| was sufficient evidence of malice in the
publication of the defamatory matter to
! go to the jury, then, DR.. Kilgo had the
privilege and it was his duty to go upon
the stand and testify what his motive
was in the publication of his libel after
the plaintiffs evidence was closed. Did
he do it? He is the best witness as to
what his motive really was, but he would
| sit on those hard benches over there in
| this court house till the seat of his
pants would grow to the bench before he
would go upon that witness stand to
testify in this court before the jury and
| give plaintiffs counsel the opportunity
| to cross examine him. He was as shy of
that witness stand as a wild, unframed
horse is of a railroad train And yet he
| is a lover of TRUTH as his counsel
would have you believe. Are you not
hunting for truth to answer these is
sues?"
| F. over dC ITlully, dlteT MI. ddlllS
leaves the room, Dr. Kilgo criticizes him
in his speech and calls him hypocrite,'
and here Major Guthrie opened the die
tionary which General Register had used
/ to define q gossip" and turned to the
word hypocrisy and "hypocrite.' and
the definition of those words from Gen.
eral Registers dictionary.
Would Dr. Kilgo be offended if we APP
ply the term "hypocrite" to him as he
has called Mr. Gattis a hypocrte. We
will see what can be said of him along
this line. We draw his picture, accord
ing to the evidence in this case"
Here Maj. Guthrie illustrated a hypo-
critic as being, man who advocates
! war, and when war comes, skulks out of
it and hunts bomb proof place at home;
| politician who, when he wants to get
office advocates before the people what
he considers the popular side, and when
elected goes back on his constituents;
| the gambler who cheats while protesting
to play a fair game.
"Dr Kilgo seems to use this word
| 'hypocrite' in a fiippant way. The man
conscious of his own weak spots is al
ways ready to hide them. If DR.. Kilgo
says this is true charge, why has he
not testified on the stand here?"
At this point Major Guthrie reviewed
the events taking place in South Caro-
lima, after which Mr.. Gatti5 said nice
things TO DR.. Peacock and of the con-
trary report given three and a half
years later by Mr. Gattis, when he told
him that the people in South Carolina
were laughing up their sleeves at North
Carolina. Is it surprising that mems
opinions of others change? Here Major
Guthrie cited the change of opinion con-
corning Major Martin after the stealage
from the State Treasury, and how men
in OBJ month changed their opinion. In
| the three and a half years after Mr.
Gattis had said nice things of DR.. Kilgo
he had heard of things against him and
changed his opinion.
Il am trying to get mental picture
of DR.. Kilgo, as can't get even a
| kodak snap shot of him on the witness
stand" Here Major Guthrie referred to
/ what Mr.. Gattis told the Rev. Mr.. Under
wood at the Washington Conference
when Mr. Gattis told Rev. Underwood
that DR.. Kilgo was not a graduate of
Wofford College, S. c., and Rev. Under
wood got so excited about it. That is in
keeping with what Dr. Kilgo had said
| in his message to DR.. Kingsbury, that
| he, Kilgo had the Methodist preachers
of North Carolina at his back. They
don't want any one to speak i'll of their
idol, DR., Kilgo."
| Continuing his investigation after
mental picture of DR.. Kilgo, Major Guth-
lrie read from the pamphlet the Kings
bury episode, where Dr.. Kingsbury says
| Kilgo sent to him the message telling
him he was hypocrite, liar, and he
had the medicine for him and would
spread it all about.
"Ah,' said Major Guthrie. "we are
getting at this picture I've got the
medicine for Gattis, in the publication
of this pamphlet, and l will spread this
defamatory matter all around over the
| State of North Carolina and South Car
olina."
Il have a mission. l will destroy
Gattis by the publication of this blue
back pamphlet
Gentlemen of the Jury think of such
matters as these, coming from a Chris
t1an minister, who is President of
| Christian College. He, an ambassador
| OF the Prince of Peace, at whose birth
the angels sang graciously, good will to
men. DR.. Kilgo processes to be soldier
OF the cross; he is long way from head
| quarters when he declares in his mes
sage to DR.. Kingsbury L will destroy
him. / Will drive him out of the State.
| He and l cannot stay in it,
! Here Major Guthrie made vivid
word painting of DR.. Kingsbury a North
Carolinian being driven from the State
by this new conner from South Caro-
| lima.
After telling of superannuated Mr.
| Gattis and his little church pension of
seventy dollars year, which defendants
| cousel cross examined Mr. Gattis about
as being a gift from the conference and
Mr. Gattis testified that it was received
| by the lay members of the church, he
| said:
1T is coming to this that if a man in
any position raises his hand against
| those having money he is to be de-
| nounced for it, In this mammon wOr-
| Shipping age money is to be considered as
! everything, but the mans Character
though it be good, amounts to nothing.
Talk CT the commercalism of the age,
we are getting to be a nation of money
worshipoers."
| Then Major Guthrie told of the spirit