The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-26


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0~aseAi Aises ssy, thAs Ohio oe.s~a ~ tAAs
hin TO Murray asa 49, tAas h-s rsalfOsa
fare should t~ noshirS. thss 81 be ha1 10 say
was. Pas ,has man A. The tine of getnaH
Tie rncthes's a,savss shs opefssor - The
Of trzias. Day b>sose yesterday tss als-
ps.cner hcs~ told The eostEcsor o. tas fAst
fr~1xti 10 stop ~ kouna ksoo Hots. end .ss
on 3 oiho's boy. oa tns traia 10 passsa-
ser. are Aiio.ei 90 ride"
..Ar. s. Osao Wilson asksi for and aecsr~s
ssli-raie OF frc;Sht on his Scots TO 1osnd
Knob. You have oniy 10 eonssls II. railroad
books TO prove this assertion"
About six or clxhs ursks aso. oes j. ~
Morgan Asd myself we're standing In sroes
of the fsrmers wsreAoass IN Aseesiils. X.
C., and Mr.. ). Ohio wllsou came down 90
tho opposit. side Of The ssrcvS and cfoaesd
over 70 us and spoke 10 Mr.. Morgan. Mr..
Morgan then introduced hin ~ s-s. TO
marked that 4 kaeu him, ths; be uas The
man who gave Us those good dianers at the
Round Knob Hotel. He sAldi 'Yss, give
them one dollars worth ci grub for - cc1;s
home, uui t 10 batter Tor my fAnliy's health,
I think - spend tho summer In the noga-
tains, and this SAVES ne money Aftcs al I"
In regard 10 the Round kaoo Hotel, MAJOR
Geo. ID. Miles. . boardcr there durins the
past two months or more. told me In Q con-
versaiion that frequently Ohio Wilson's sons
aud others went TO Old fort and Marion TO
parties, or on business and the conductor
never collected fares, and 10 tickets or
passes were asked for; they wer. pa.sed On
sight; that Mrs. Wilson comp.ainod OF her
con Ohio not paying her the salary agreed
on for running the hotel; tka; she Was work
ing for a salary and never received Q cers OF
il. Ohio Wilson's soa told Major Wilson
recently that II Russell fired his father, he
had ye. four years OF his time. officiai term
as commissioner. and he would take the u At
ter TO the courts, where II would require
about four years TO determine the suit On
the occasion OF his fathers visit to get the
published statement OF his grandmother,
Otho's mother, that she was the l-ssee Of the
hotel, he took all the money on hand away
with him next morning. h. X. Porter, .
cigar manufacturer, told mo he had been
selling cigars to Ohio Wilson at Round Knob,
and since your investigation his son came to
Asheville and requested Porter not to charge
any more cigars to his father, but to him, and
he would pay the bill charged already to
Ohio Wilson In the next ten days. The op-
orator. young Lady, at the hotel, has been
employed by the railroad at e12 per month
to report the arrivals at the meal station. and
Wilson boarded her, but since Investigation
by you she Is now required to report train on
arrival and departure"
II saw Ohio Wilson buying articles In tho
market, especially chickens, and I under.
stand that he had them shipped to Round
Knob Hotel d. h. over the Southern Rail-
way. He also sent ID. h. messages over
| the railroad line to Biltmore, and then Bilt-
market house dealers and they who received
| the message would send what he ordered. -
'Some time during the early summer,
after the lease OK occupancy OF the Round
Knob Hotel by 8. Otho Wilson, Travelled
from Asheville to Greensboro in company
with Pullman car conductor, who I think
| resides at Greensboro, and In the course oi
| conversation with him We discussed freely
the attitude OF Mr.. Wilson In relation to tho
| Round Knob Hotel, and received from him
| direct Information, or strongly implied, that
Mr.. Wilson had admitted to him that he was
the owner of the lease. and by reason OF
| which the Southern Railway Company had
| contracted or agreed with him to deadhead
his supplies over the railroad for the hotel.
| have seen Mr.. Wilson in the Ashsville mar
| ket buying supplies, and heard him say that
he was purchasing supplies for the Round
| Knob Hotel. The general impression here
Is, among those with whom have talked
about the matter, that Mr.. Wilson owns the
| le1se."
"Mr. Wilson has haen buying his meat,
l from Zimmerman & Co. The butchers
would deliver it mot at our city depotl al
Bitmore early each morning and place l,
on the outgoing freight ID. h. and the con
| put ~ Ou tuo uOtSl. 1T
never psid any freight cp e."
| "The Round Knob Hotel gets freiRhts fret
I both by railroad and express; that wher
freights are paid to Old Fort, that goods are
taken on the freight trains up four miles ts
the hotel and stopped at the door, where
there is no depot or agency. free for the ho
tel, but for no othera Freight trains stoI
there daily for the hotel accommodation!
only, and not for people living on the noun.
tain near by. who have to haul freight from
Old Fort The hotel Is even flag station fol
the night vestibule, when large villages OF
the road are denied the privilege. Freigh
by express has been put on at Old For
(there being no billing once at Round Knob
marked to Wilson 'deadhead, on account o
railroad commissioner and shipped up b,
freight on next train without cost. severa
good people living near there who desire thi
privilege are denied 1t. Wilson son rides Oh
all trains to Old Fort and Marion every day
forsxing for chickens and other supplies
free, or without buying tickets, as other peo
pie have to do. They have telegraph priv
leges ALSO"
This message 10 transmitted to your honor
able bodies In obedience 10 the requirement
J CT the railroad commission law OF 1891,
fSigned) DANIEL L. RUssHL1,
Governor.