The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-28

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l;eveS that none OF the reports TO me
rrwspapers above referred 10 were m
fair to the defendants or stated facts con-
,rarv to the evidence introduced at me
trial TO the prejudice Of the defendants
As 10 the publications in the local
newspapers published in the county OF
Granville. referred 10 IN Exhibit y al
t4chci to the affidavit of defendant Jno.
n Kilgo. an inspection Of said ENhlblt
~ discIoses the fact that said publica-
tins were made up largely from extracts
taken from newspapers published OUTSIDE
of the county Of Granville and having a
large circulation in this section OF the
state, and affant is informed and be
Ueves that the report OF the trial pub
.lshed in said local newspaper as original
matter was full, fair and just, and the
comments Of the editor Of said local news
paper have not aroused such an impress
sion upon the public mind IL said county
as would prevent the defendants from
obtaining justice in SAL county: that the
criticisms of the opinion of the supreme
Court made by the editor OF said local
newspaper were not of such a character
as to arouse popular prejudice among the
people of the county and to prevent the
defendants from getting a fair jury trlaI
in said county. and were simply crlti-
cisms on the part of the newspaper editor
OF the decision of the Supreme Court.
That the county of Granville covers a
very large area of territory and has e
large population, but aftianC is Informed
end believes the aforesaid local newspa-
per is not taken or read by a majority
Of those who constitute the qualified jur-
! ors of said county.
Affant further says he is a superan-
nuated Methodist minister, and for only
one year resided in Granville county and
for the past three years has not resided
in said county; hat he was not born in
said county, nor has he any relatives, by
J blood or marriage, residing in said cOun-
ty, nor has he any especial friends re-
siding in the county of Granville who are
taking any active interest in the prose
cution of this case against the defend
ants. But on the other hand the affiant
is Informed and believes that several we'll
known active and influential citizens oil
the county of Granville have heretofore,
and are still taking an active and Jealous
part in the defense of this action on be-
half of the defendants, and this affiant is
informed and believes that the defend
ant Duke was uorn and reared in the ad-
joining county of Durham and is person
ally we'll known to a great many OF the
citizens and residents of the county OF
Granville and has large business interests
and connections in said county of Gran
Vile with some of the most prominent
and influential business men residing in
said county of Granville, and further, is
a large stockholder and director in the
Oxford cotton mills and was for many
years a director in the oxford Orphan
Asylum and a frequent visitor to the
town of Oxford; that he is an Influential
officer of the American and Continenta.
Tobacco Company, which are represented
on the Oxford market by prominent anC
influential men, who have been active anC
jealous in behalf of the defendants ir
this action, and such representatives il
their business relations from time to time
come almost daily in direct contact and
communication with the farmers of tho
said county of Granville.
Affiant further says that Jno. c.. kilgC
as president of Trinity College, has Otter
visited said county of Granville and is
personally we'll known to a large humble
of people of said county,{ and has mad
many public addresses in oxford anC
other sections of Granville county. ant
has active and influential friends o
Granville. as affant is informed and be
ilieves.
Affant further says that while it is true
as hereinbeforc stated, that the crowd il
attendance at the first jury trial was
large. at the second iur,
trial the crowd in attendance, if it coulc
be called a crowd at all
was comparatively small, as hereinbe-
fOrp cot foytb ap5 - -.
entirely of residents of the town of Ok
ford. 1t is also true, and manifest in
the court, that although the calendar fol
this term of the court was set severa
days before the court met and it was
published in the public press and tina
this case was set for trial on THURSDAY
OF this term and would be tried, yet the
attendance ct this term of the court is
q very small one, considering the large
population of the county; and hardly an,
interest whatever is manifested by the
people of the county in the trial of this
case at this term, and so far as affant
IS Informed and believes nobody not con.
!, nected with the case is present in at.
tendance upon the court at this term 70,
the special purpose OF hearing the tria
of this case.
While it IS true the case was one o
: very great importance and aroused grear
. interest, still as affant is Informed anc
believes. that interest is not confined t.
the county Of Granville, but EXTENDED
through the whole middle section of tn
/ State. Il is untrue, as affant is Informed
5 and believes, that bad feeling wa:
? aroused in the county of Granville. an,
l that mon grew angry and excited as t.
what the verdict would be, as alleged il
? the affidavit Of the defendant KilgO
Affant is advised and believes that al
comments and criticisms made by his at.
= torneys We're relevant to the case ant
fully justified by the evidence.
| While it is true that spirited specche.
! were made by atlantis counsel anc
structures made upon the conduct of tn,
defendant, they were not comparable I,
the harsh and bitter criticisms of affan
l made by defendants attorneys withou
7 any evidence to support them, as affan
! is informed and believes.
Affiant further says at both trials be
fore the jury il was manifest from tn,
conduct of the trials and the characto