The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-29
IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
A SUPERIOR c0URr DECISION.
Sfaetipy Of tho Agricultural Association
The Now Opera House--New Railway
Trains--North State News.

Ramon. N. c.. April 2s.-lSpecial.l-
Sudce II. G. Conner. OF the superior cour'
bench. TO-DAY rendered decision In the case
IF exemption claimed by the Raleigh ana
Castor railroad from taxation. which has
been in litigation for several years. Inc &c
csion il long and complicated, but ID 'ho
main is in favor Of the railroad
The North Carolina Agricultural Associa-
tion at a meeting held here to-day elected
Dir. Hal. W. Aver treasurer OF the Assoo'a''o"
for the ensuing year.
Tho officials OF the Seaboard Air Line an
oonnce that through passenger trains. win
Pullman eleepers attached VIII DC put on
NEXT Sunday via their new me between
Portsmouth and Atlanta. 49,, "a.
IL il announced that tho halelgh CITY
achools will all close for the spring term on
~ view Of the new City Opera House. which
IL 10 be constructed here shortly. was eXhiD,
tied to-day. 10 Will be four stories hlgh ana
will cost S15.OOA ~ ,,,t
Governor Holt has appointed + ': Ioellar;
OF Tarboro, a member Of the State board OF
pharmacy.
Settlement of Taxes transportation OF Truck
WrrDoS. y. G. April "a. Special. l-Sherif
Alsbrook OF tins county, settled WIN ,he
State auditor few days ago Tor taxes que
the State from this county. lie paid III 'ne
sum of SIz.gO63o. The receipts at the audi
TORS Office from the several sherinS ana TAX
collectors in the State are small, many max
inc partial payments. which means that the
financial condition OF the State IS not al easy
one 80
The railroad to Washington will be com
rleted and the first train viii steam into that
Town on Saturday. Freight Is now being car
foI ,,var ha road "a tar AS iActOtuS.
fire occurred az HODgOOd, this county. on
Vuaslav NIGHT destroying the store ana con-
tents OF Mr.. W II. Bell. He WAS at church
when the fire was discovered, but 1t was then
TOO late to save anything. There Is 20 cue
10 the origin of the ire. The loss IS not known
here.
Mr.. Horace VI. Emerson. assistant general
freight and passenger agent OF the Atlantic
Coast Line. says that the system mas naue
more extensive preparations Tor handilng the
truck crop this year than 1t has done since u
started its all-rail route seven years ago, and
that notwithstanGl- the unseasonaOIe
weather aud the backwardness OF the Nege-
tables they anticipated dong business
far IN excess of the record OF any previous
year About seven years ago the Atian-
tic Cost Line started their last
fruit and vegetable schedule. At that time
vegetables We're grown to very limited ex-
ten, IN wbat IS now the largest trucking sec
tions about Charleston, and 1t Is due 10 the
admirable service and splendid time made 10y
the Coast Line Dispatch that this great In
dustry has been iOstered and built up
10 its present proportions. Dir. Emer-
son saws that even at the beginning the road
had substituted very fast schedule. but
with each succeeding season improvements
bad been made. until now IT can be safely
claimed that the schedule run 10y the Atlantic
Coast Dispatch is practically perfect III every
detail and will probably never be materially
bettered. The company. he saws. IS perfectly
satisfied with the outookin etruck business
and would continue its efforts TO give
farmers the best possible service. He chal-
lenged comparison for the service now rem
dered by the Atlantic Coast Dispatch. That
line had been operating for years all the year
round, fact which enabled it to bring
tuch experience into its service as
20 guarantee its patrons against mis-
haps and accidents. The railroads look
10 an enormous DEVELOPMENT in South
Carolina and their own interest will force
them 10 do everything in their power to make
it a success. These fast trains have also
caused tae development of extensive truck
ing business north of Wilmington as far as
Goldsboro and all these localities are given
the same advantages as those further south.
Rockfish are becoming plentiful here.
The largest yet caught weighed forty pounds