The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-08-26

themselves:
Notice 70 AsJ. j. W. WiisOu.
STATE OF NORTH CARoLixA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
RALKIGH.
AUa. oath, 1897.
To JANIS w. WILSON, Esq, Member
of the Railroad Commission of North
Carolina.
SIR-By Section First Of the Rail
road Commission Act ratified the fifth
day Of March 1891, it 10 made the duty
Of the Governor to suspend from Office
any Railroad commissioner who shall
be the holder of "any stock or bond of
any railroad company; or be the
agent or employee Of any such COM
pany; or have any interest in any way
in such company: or in case any one
of them shall be disqualified to Act"
1t Is alleged that you are the JOINT
owner with Col. A. B. Andrews, the
first Vice-President of the Southern
Railroad, general political manager of
the same for North Carolina, of GER
tain piece of hotel property, known as
Round Knob, situated on the line of
the said Railroad; that said hotel pro-
perty is worth little or nothing except
as hotel and that it is worthless for
this purpose except when designated
and patrOnized by the Southern Rail-
road as an eating house for their pas
senger trains; that said hotel property
has been unOccupied and unused for
for any purpose for several years past
and has brought in no revenue to you
as one of it's owners; that it Is impossi-
bic for you to use, rent or lease said
pr )perty upless some understanding,
agreement or contract could be made
with the Southern Railroad Company. to
designate and patronize the said hotel
as a railroad eating-house; that you
and the other owner or owners of said
hotel property have secured some
agreement, understanding or contract,
from the Southern Railroad Company
to abandon other eating and
designate Round Knob as an eating
house; and that by virtue of said ar
rangements with said railroad that
you have been able to lease said hotel
property to S. Ohio Wilson or to his
mother through the said Wilson for
profit.
1t is further alleged that you have a
son in the employment of the Southern
Railroad Company at Morgant0n, that
he was appointed to this place by the
Southern Railroad Company at your
request, and that he was appointed
over others entitled to the place by
promotion under the practice Of the
company, and that this was done for
your accommodation and at your request.
These allegations haze been made
to me by many persons and L think
publication of them has been made in
"a no \
terial substance of them be true-as to
which I am expressing no opinion
then the questions to be determined
are as follows:
First: Have you acquired any in
terest in any way in such Company in
violation of law?
Second: Have you become disquali-
fed to act as a fair judge or Commits
sioner?
Under the law the Governor has not
only right but is required to suspend
a Railroad Commissioner who COM
mits a breach of the statute, which has
been cited, and this he may do, as in
other cases of Executive removals
without notice to the party interested
but l shall not pass judgment or de.
eide this matter until yon have had q
full opportunity to be heard by way OF
denial or explanation or justification
or other defense. You will therefore
please show cause in writing, on OF
before Wednesday, the first day OF
September, 1897, at the Executive Of
fee in Raleigh, why you should not be
suspended from your said Office and q
report thereof made to the next Gen.
eral Assembly according to law. Or
the return day of this notice, you viii
please make answer and, proofs III
writing, and be there in person or b!
counsel at your election.
DANIEL L. RUSSELL,
Governor.