The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-16
Mr.. Best Comes to Time! A
Quarter of a Million In Cash
Deposited!

On Saturday last, Mr.. Best deposite,
with Senator Vance, Governor JarvI
and Stale Treasurer Worth, the sum .
two hundred aud fifty thousand dollars
With which to reimburse the Richmond
and Danville Company for all its ex-
penditures on w. n. G. r. r..
Mr.. Best has called upon the R. & d
authorities for an account OF such ex-
pendltures (Which has not yet been rem
iered) with the view of rendering the
exact amount which would repay them.
1t Is impossible to believe that an,
company OF gentlemen who are 50 en-
tlrely identified with North Carollna,
aud SO largely dependent upon North
Carolina patronage as the Richmond
and Dangllle Railroad Company, would
think for a mt Of hindering a
scheme OF such vast Importance 10 the
the State for surely the public would
o with grave dlsapprobation upon
any such course. Daily Observer.
AS stated last week, Col. Best, is not
IDLE. He returned to Raleigh on Satur-
day night, and is skipping around lively.
BY the by, We feel that we owe hun
IN some sense an apology for having
long entertained the belief that he
was secretly playing into the hands of
the X. q ID. men. Though perhaps
be deserves to be mls-conceived because
of his foolish efforts to keep the Public in
the dark as to the real situation Be
that as 1t may, we are now disposed to
believe MIR. Best has acted squarely in
the whole matter.
BEsTs story.
According to the friends Of Mr.. Best
tie has been hardly used in some res
pets. 1t is allowed that he fully ex-
pected to carry out the magnificent
promises OF his Special Session"
speeches. But that at the critical
moment, Mr.. w. r. Grace. mis- Chief
stakeholder, became bitten Nv the
Political Bee in Bonnet, and would not
venture ais money, in the mountains of
Norlh Carolina when a fairer field was
opening at home. Fish and Tappen
would not stir without Grace; 50 the
Syndicate collapsed.
Best was in a Bad way. His $50. 900
deposit lay IN danger of being forfeited
soon as the thirty days limit
should expire; and he knew. further
Jarvis and his crowd had backed
the sale at the risk not only of their
nominations but also their election
Best Is said to be a BEsT-Republican
renee had no interest in the success Of
democratic thicket, except so far as
concerned his friends Jarvis. Vance
md Company. To relieve these. there.
ore, as the story goes, Best barpa,nsd
With Butord Andrews & Co.. to take
ontrol of the Western road. and
'perate 1t until he could raise a new
ct of partners.
But a few days before the expiration
I the go days of Grace, the Il. I'D
len came up with a long legal document. q
men virtually ''froZe out" Best. thar |
!, deprived him any actual control over t
ne road, and allowed him 500 q '
lonth to act as Presiden. or Figure
cad. This was done to fool tho ~. Z
lie OF the State. And here we remarL I
lat the reason the Farmer and Mechanic 6
as censured Gov. Jarvis course in tho c
"a ter, was his silence under full kpowIs O
'ge; his sending in repeated mes. n
'ges stating that the work was nro \
satisfactorily, etc. when he c
new that the Road had passed ont IF [
le control Of the original lessees and n
not progressing satisfactorily. Re n
reader, that only Is duys of W
e year and 80 days, allowed by the 81
'sisiature now remain; and the loco fl
ntive Is rot one mile beyond Ashe- OF
ITO be continual merit u.eL