The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-13
THE cARRoLLTON HOTEL CLOSED.
Mr.. Bennett Suddenly Throws Up His Lease Of
the Property.

The Carrollton Hotel was yesterday
morning temporarily closed to tran
silent boarders.
This was due to the fact that Mr..
C. Il. Bennett, the lessee, threw up his
lease suddenly and unexpectedly.
THE hotel, however, is not closed
entirely and will not be- said Mr. O..
j. Carroll. the owner of the property,
last night. 1T will be kept open To
serve its regular boarders and | hope
to soon have it open to the travelling
public.
Negotiations are already pending
for its lease to good hotel man.
There seems to be much mystery
about the whole transactions.
| About ten days ago Mr.. {. II. Zen
nett, chief clerk at the Orton and a
man highly regarded by all who knew
| him, came here and leased The Car
rollton. Before doing so, according
to Mr.. Carroll. Mr.. Bennett made a
thorough examination of the hotel,
its property and books. In fact, Mr..
| Carroll says two such examinations
were made-one in company with him
and one with the houselleeper.
| Finally Mr.. Bennett announced that
| he was satisfied and the contract was
drawn and signed.
That was ten days ago. Saturday
Mr.. Bennett announced his intention
of going to Wilmington to bring his
| family here. his wife was in the
mountains when he made the lease.
Before leaving the hotel he gave his
clerk. Mr. Harris, money to pay off
the help and defray other expenses
until his return on Monday or Tues
day. On Monday he did not return.
'On that day" said Mr.. Carroll, 81
heard some talk of his not coming
back. but throwing up the lease. |
| wired him and wrote him a letter on
which | put special delivery stamp.
| This was Monday evening. | received
no answer. The next morning (Tues-
day) Mr.. Harris received letter tell
| ing him that he (Bennett) would not
return and giving instructions to col
| ect all bills and pay off all that he
| (Bennett) owed. Harris wired for
| further instruction. but instead of an
answer a notice came from the tele-
| graph Office saying that the. message
| had not been delivered. Bennett hav-
ing left that (Tuesday) morning for
Raleigh. Soon after this / received a
| telegram from Mrs. Bennett saying
| that her husband was out of town,
| but my message and letter had been
| forwarded to him. This was Tuesday.
| Capt Munro was here, on his way to
| Wilmington As the notice received
| by Harris and the telegram from Mrs.
Bennett were confusing, Capt. Munro
said he would find out where Bennett
was and wire me. | have just receiy-
ed his telegram. 1t says Bennett left
Wilmington Tuesday morning for Rail
eigh. This only increases the mystery,
and / can't at all understand it.
IF Mr.. Bennett wanted to throw up
his lease he could have easily have
done so at any time, but the proper
way to have done it, it seems to me,
would have been to notify me in adj
vance so that | might have secured a
tenant in his place. Tn such case the
hotel would have run along regularly
and the property would not have been
injured as it now has ben"
Mr.. Carroll will keep the hotel open
for the regular boarders until new
tenant is secured. He hopes by
Thursday morning to have the hotel
running again as usual for the recep-
ton of the travelling public.
On taking charge of the property
| Mr.. Bennett made many improvements
in it, renovating the building and add
ing to the furniture and tableware.