The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31

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the Commission that He Believes They
Are Disqualified to Act in that Ca
pacity--They Must Show Cause BY
September Ist.
Governor Russell mailed the letters
found below to Maj. J. W. Wilson and
Mr.. s. Ohio Wilson, members of the
State Railroad Commission, last week:
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
RALEIGH.
Aug. "a, 1892.
To James w. Wilson, Esq Member OF
the Railroad Commission Of North
Carolina,
SIR:-By Section 1st Of the Railroad
Commission, Act ratified the fifth day
of March, 1891, it is 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 company or
in case any one of them shall be dis
qualified 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 politi
cal manager of the same for North
CcrOlina, Of a certain piece Of hotel
property, known as Round Knob, sit
uated on the line of the said railroad /;
that said hotel property is worth little
or nothing, except as a hotel, and that
it is worthless for this purpose except
when designated and p~atronized by
the Southern Railroad as an eating
house for their passenger trains; that
said hotel property has been unOccu-
pied and unused for any purpose for
several years past and has brought in
no revenue to you az one of its owners;
that it is impossible for you to use, rent
or lease said property unless some I'M
derstanding, agreement or contract
could be made with the Southern Rail
road company to designate and patron
ize the said hotel as a railroad eating
house; that you and the other owner or
owners of said hotel property have Sc
cured same agreement, understanding
or contract, from the Southern Rail
road company to abandon other eating
houses and designate Round Knob as
an eating house; and that by virtue of
said arrangements with said railroad
that you have been able to lease said
hotel property to 8. Ohio Wilson, or to
MS mother, through the said Wilson,
for profit.
1t is further alleged that you have a
son in the employment Of the South
ern Railroad Company at Morganton,
that he was appointed to this place by
the Southern Railroad Company at
your request, and that he was appoin.
Ted over others entitled TO the place by
promotion under the practice of the
company, and this Yves done for your
accommodation and at your request.
These allegations have been made to
me by many persons and I think publ
cation Of them has been made IN the
public press. II they or the material
substance Of them be true-as to which
l am expressing no opinion-then the
questions to be determined are as fol
lows:
1st. Have you acquired any interest
in any way in such company in vioIa,
ton of lava
Pad. Have you become disqualified
TO act as a fair judge or commissioner
Under the Law the Governor has no5
only a right but is required to suspend
g Railroad Commissioner who commits
a breach of the statute, with has
been cited, and this he may do, as in
other cases of Execu i've removals,
without notice to the party interested
out I shall not pass Judgment or decide
this matter until you have had a full
opportunity to be heard by way OF de-
NAL or explanation or justification or
other defense. You will, therefore.
please show cause in writing, on or be-
fore Wednesday, the first day of Sep.
TENDER, 1897, at the Executive Cf6ce in
Raleigh, why you should not be sus,
pended from your said Office and a re-
port thereof made to the next &c neral
Assembly. according to law. On the
return day of this notice you will
please make answer and proofs in writ.
ing, and be there in person or by coun-
ssl at your election.
DANIEL L RUSSELL,
Governor.
Notice to S. Ohio Wilson.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
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