Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-07-16
REYNOLDS SAYS GUDGER rs
BEHIND SUIT AGAINST HIM,
WaynesviIIe Hotel Brings Suit Against
Robert r. ReynOlds for Board
Bill of Delegates.
lAsheyille Gazette-New }

Baskerville Gazette News
The following dispatch from Way
nesville to the Charlotte Observer last
Saturday, July II, tells OF suit insti-
tuted by the suyeta Park hotel in the
Haywood Superior court against R. r.
Reynolds, candidate for congress-
against ]. NJ. Gudger, Jr., for the coll
lection of delegation board bill al
legged to have been contracted by Mr..
REYNOLDS during the WaynesYille con-
yention several weeks ago:
For the first time in the history OF
sthe Tenth Congressional district suit
vas started this week in the Haywood
county Superior court for the collec-
ton of delegation hotel bill alleged
20 have been made while the demo.
cratic convention was in session in
this city last June. Robert B. Rey-
nolds OF Asheville. one Of the candi-
dates for congreas,is the defendant, and.
atIs. = x Cameron. proprietress Sc.
the suyeta Park hotel, isthe plaintif
"The complaint was fled following
a disagreement between friend OF
Mr.. Reynolds and the management OF
the hotel in regard to the hotel bill
The total bill claimed by the hotel is
81, ,021.5O, minus a payment of $500.
leaving balance of $521.50. Mr.. Rey-
nolds claims, that according to his
friends statement, there is a balance
cf only $3.50 due the hotel, which is ac-
cording to the understanding of his
friend with the clerk at the hotel The
case will not be tried until the Sep
tember term of Haywood county SUI
Lerior court. The attorneys for Mr.
Reynolds are now preparing an an
swer to the complaint
When asked about the suit here to-
Cay, G. S. Reynolds, brother of the
defendant in the suit and his cam
raign manager who looked after the
hotel arrangemnts in Waynesyi1le
made the following statement to The
Gazette-News:
When the Reynolds delegates went
to Waynesville to attend the Tenth
District congressional convention
more registered at the Suyeta Park
hotel than could be accommodated
there and Immediately left and went to
the Gordon. They registered at the
latter hotel and remained there dur
ing the entire convention, although
they failed to register off the Suyeta
Park. Their bills at the Gordon have
been paid in full
Mr.. Schaufer, the clerk at the Suy- |
eta Park, came to Asheville short
time ago and went over the list of reg
istrations with me and agreed as to
the amount due the hotel offered
to pay this amount and now stand
eady to pay it. He went back to Way.
nesyille and the proprietress of the
hotel repudiated the agreement and
refused to accept anything but the
q t6AAd4 \ AAO
,ffered by us in settlement has been
,ffered to the plaintif in the suit
through our attorneys.
THE clerk of the Suyeta Park adj
aitted to Ronald B. Wilson of Waynes-
flle that the amount rendered by US in
settlement was all the pIaintiff is en-
tiled to. Further than that Congress
nan Gudger was in Waynesvi1le the
ay the complaint was drawn and~it is
generally runnored that he was in the
flee Of the attorneys who instituted
be suit and dictated the complaint.
"We are still ready to pay the
mount of the bill as agreed upon.
We consider the proceedings hold-up
eme and piece Of dirty politics.
IT have the aftidavits in my posses
Jon from parties for whose board bill
e are being sued that while they reg
stored at the suyeta Park they could
OF procure quarters there but later
vent to the Gordon hotel. where they
topped and were entertained, the