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Travel to Washington D.C.

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  • GEO. S. POWELL, DR. C. P. AMBLER, President. Sec. and Treas. j ©to ^ppcdactocm gtatfcmal Uartf &&&otiaiwn OFFICE OF THE COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS WALTER B. GWYN, Chaiiman, Asheville, N. C. MOSES H. CONE, New York. J. p. GARLINGTON, Spartanburg, S. C. S. WITKOWSKY, Charlotte, N. C. J. F. HAYES, Sapphire, N. C. 3V*iti?tnlU, |t. ©»Jan. 8 th, 1901, Hon. Kope Elias, Franklin, . N. C. My dear Sir;- Since telegraphing you this morning we have received instructions from Washington to the effect that it will not "be necessary for us to have hut on man in Washington on the Park matter at present and, in as much as MfJ . Rollins has already been dispatched to Washington, we regret that it was necessary to telegraph you again as per our second telegram to-day. Pending a further report from Washington as to the necessity of having two men on thefield, can we get you to go to Washington and do some lobbying in. the interest of the Appalachian National Park movement? Very truly yours, (//Ltt^C Sec.-Tr4as. Die. F.N.H.
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