The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-24

That Mrs. Wilson complained of her
son Ohio not paying her the salary
agreed On for running the hotel; that
she was working for a salary and new
er received a cent of it. Ohio Wilson's
son told Maj0r Wilson recently, that if
Russell fired his father, he had yet
four years OF his time, eff ;iaI term as
Commissioner, and be would take the
matter to the courts where i5 Woulc
r quire about four years to determine
the suit. On the occasion Of his faith
er's visits to get the published state
men5 of his grandmother (Otho's
mO5heE) that she was the lessee Of the
hotel, he took all the money on hand
away with him next morning. r. r
Porter, cigar manufactures, told me
he had been selling cigars TO Ohio Viii.
son az Round Knob, and since your in.
vestigation his son came to Ashevitle
and requested Porter not TO charge any
more cigars to his father, but to
him, and he would pay the bill al
ready charged to Ohio Wilson In the
next ten days.
tine operator, a young lady at the
hotel, has been employed by the rail
road at $l2 per month, to report the
arrival at the meal station, and Viii
son boarded her, but since investiga-
tion by you, she is now required to re-
port train on arrival and departure.
Il saw Ohio Wilson buying articles
in the market, especially chickens, and
I understank that he had them shipped
to Ruuud Knob hotel, D. H, over che
Southern Railway Co.
He also sent D Fl messages over the
Railway line t O B,ltm0re, and then Bit
more would telephone the message to
the market house dealers and they
who received the message, would send
what he ordered.
Sometime during the early sum
mer after the lease or occupancy of
the houad Koob hotel by s Ono vii
son, l travelled from Ashevllle TO
Greensboro In company with a Pull
nan a conductor, who l think re
sides al Greensboro, and in course Of
conversation with him we discussed
freely the attitude of Mr.. Wilson in re.
lation to the Round Knob hotel, and l
received from him direct information,
or strongly implied, that Mr.. Wilson
had admitted to hun that he was the
owner of the lease and by reason of
which the Southern abroad Company
had contracted or agreed with MIN to
deadhead his supplies over the rail-
road for the hotel.
"Inave seen Mr.. Wilson in the Ashe
vile market buying supplies, and
heard hun say thai ne was purchasing
supplies for the Round Knob hotel.
Tine general impression here is,
among those with whom / have talked
about the matter, that Mr.. Wilson
owns the lease.
Mr.. Wilson has been buying his
meats here from Z,mmermon & Co.
The butchers would deliver it (not at
our city depot) but at BiLtmore, early
each morning and place it on the out
g1iDg freight, D. H, end conductor
would put it off at hotel. He never
paid any freight on it.
The Round Knob hotel gets freights
free, both railroad and express. That
when freights are paid to Old Fort,
goods are taken on the freight trains
up 4 miles to the hotel and stopped at
the door, where these is no depot or
others. Freight trains stop there daily
for the hotel accommodations only,
and not for people living on the noun
tain near by, who have TO haul freight
from Old Fort. The hotel is even a
flag station for the night ves5ibule,
when large villages on the road are de
MED the privilege.
Freight by express has been put off
at Old Fort (there being no building of,
fee at Round Knob marked to Wilson
'deadhead,' on occount Of Railroad
Commissioner, and shipped up by
freight next train without cost. Sew
eral good people living near there who
desire the privilege, but are denied.
Wilson's son rides on all trains to Old
Fort and Marion every day foraging
for chickens and other supplies free.
or without buying tickets as other
people have to do. They have tele.
graph privileges also."
This message is transmitted to your
honorable bodies in obedience to the
requirements of the Railroad Commits.
zion Law of 1891.
(ISruo6N DANIEL. T, PTccETT