The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-09

committee by Mr.. Potts, local freight
agent of the Southern Railway, who
brought the office record. The waybill
was as follows:
April 21st, 1897.
Raleigh TO Round Knob.
Consignor: S. Ohio Wilson.
Car 1891.
Article: Car load household goods.
Weight, 10000 pounds.
Rate, one half.
Freight. 500.
BY order of ]. r. NJ.
There were two return waybills, the
first as follows:
August 26. 1897.
Old Fort to Raleigh.
Consignor S. Ohio Wilson.
Car 25,344.
Weight, 800 pounds.
Rate, one-half, Is cents per 100 lbs.
Freight, S91S.
The second was as follows:
August Goth, 1897.
Old Fort to Raleigh.
Consignor: $. Ohio Wilson.
Weight two horses, $500 lbs; two
wagons, 900 lbs; one carriage, 500 lbs;
harness. so lbs; two plows, $50 lbs. :;
5 lbs. Total, 5.120 lbs.
Rate, one half
Total freight, SLOT.
The deed by which Major Wilson
transferred Round Knob hotel and
grounds to Il. w. Brown was put in
evidence.
Judge Avery objected to the sworn
copies of letters sent by Mr.. ]. Il.
Munson and demanded that the oligi
nails be submitted, but was over-ruled
by the committee and the copies as
given above admitted in evidence
Major j. w. Wilson was called to
the stand and gave a detailed history
of his connection with the Round
Knob property. He said the hotel had
been built in 1881 by himself and Col.
a. b. Andrews at a first cost of S..
900, of which he paid $4,000 and Col
Andrews $4,000. He leased it for the
first two years at rental of $500
per month ITO d. S. Sprague, who clear
ed $4,000 the first year. He then
leased it to Mr.. Troy, then to Mr.
Sprague and finally to Mr.. Irwin for
periods of two years each. After that
he traded it to a land company for
$4,000 of stock and later surrendered
the stock and took the hotel back 1t
was leased for five years at that time
to one Musette, who threw up the lease
and left. The Musette lease had not
yet expired when the hotel was leased
to Mrs. Wilson, the mother of S. Ohio
Wilson. Musette had secured the hotel
for two years for repairs and was to
pay total rental of $1,000 for the
three succeeding years.
As to Ohio Wilson'S connection with
the hotel he stated that Ohio Wilson
had said in his presence he wished to
secure a hotel for his mother. He
told Ohio Wilson that the Round
Knob hotel might suit him. The SUI
perintendent of the road wished the
hotel opened. He had given s. Otno
Wilson no assurance that the railroad
would make it an eating house per-
manently.
In regard to his free pass Major Will
son said he had been voted a life pass
by the directors of the Western North
Carolina Railroad for his services in
building the road. He had never had
a frank of the express or telegraph
company.
He had talked with Ohio Wilson
about dead-heading his goods and the
latter had said he would not accept
dead-head. He had told Ohio Wilson
that the Railroad Commission would
not permit it,
He had used free pass to save the
State money.
On cross examination Major Wilson
stated that he had used the pass when
travelling on private business. Two
of his family had on one occasion used
pass over the Raleigh and CASTOR
Railroad.
He had disposed of Round Knob
hotel after receiving notice of his in
tended suspension, but before his slls-
pension from the Commission by Gov
ernor Russell.
Witness said that he had rented the
hotel to Ohio Wilson for $3.50 year
whether it was used as a railroad eat.
ing house or not. He made no difference
in the rental on that account. There
was an orchard on the grounds which
produced 500 bushels of apples year
There were about 200 acres of land in
the hotel tract.
The dispositions taken at Asheville
were not read. Counsel for the Gov
ernor insisted at first that they should
be read, but yielded to the request not