The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-02
VERDICT FOR CITY
AGAINST PACKERS
Swift & Co. Fined for Selling
Defective Meats in
Raleigh.
UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL RALLY
New Building at State Fair
Reconsideration OF North
Carolina Banks.

prosecution by Raleigh against Swift
x Company, meat packers. for selling
defective meat here. pending for a
year. closed in Superior Cour, ycstcr-
day by the imposition OF sloo fine in
ono case and suspension of judgment
IN the other two. The fine was Imposed
iii the case in which Il dressed hog, III
Very BAD condition. Was delivered ~
the packers to a dealer in the city
market Fines aggregating $1,000 in
the Police Court dwindlcd to 800.
vaSs closes.
Ex-Governor Charles e. .,ycoak and
state superintendent OF Public lnstruc-
ton j. Y. Jcyncd spent Yesterday IN
Goldsboro participating in a unique
educational gathering. The first of the
Kind ever held IN this state. It was a
ioint commencement exercises, p%artici-
patcd IN BY all Of tho public schools OF
The country. The exercises continued
during tho morning. afternoon and
evening. 81 basket picnic being includ-
cd. There were addresses by cN-Govcr-
nor Aycock and state superintendent
%lcyner. and numbers of the students
n from the various schools were intro
tuced as dcclaimers ana participants
In a program OF literary. mlthc maticni
.tlti spelling and other contests.
There were especially crcditabic OK
libits Of the work accomplished III
tho various schools during The past
year that we're Inspected during tho
day by the throngs of pcorle there
and that made Il splendid showing Of
tile tandard OF work maintained in tho
Wayne ounty schools. There arc 10
be q. number of similar county COM
- !, =, =, nyeotS OF la tor in tho SDrlnE =
Tile next one Will be at Aslieboro for
The Randolph schools. April S. There
Will bc one for Sampson county, at
Clinton. April 2S. Still others arc be-
Ing arranged.
Commission issued.
"A commission Was issued Friday
~ Acknowledgement l.einster TO j. T.
Morrison, of MoorcSvillc, as captain
and inspector Of small arms practice
for the l;irs; Regiment. lie succeeds
Captain j. a. Parker, who has been
made captain Of the ncw company at
acknowledgements D., First leSi-
mcnt. -
There having been some important
dcyalopmcnts in matters bearing on
tlIc contest before tho Corporation
Commission, as 10 tho question Of re-
unirilg the Atlantic Coast Line TO
cStend the run Of the Norfolk Colds
boro shco-hy u Inflammation, 50 as
a. give additional train service for
III. ~Goldsburu-W ilmingion tcrritory.
ii * expected that it may he some
Hide tiInc Vet before tire commission
Will make It's rliliiie in the mattc',
Which has been pending Tor nearly
three months The effort is to pro-
Vide for Wilmington an early morning
train on the Wilmington and Weldon
road 10 Goldshoio. Tor Western and
Nor,hryn connections. = phase Of the
case That appeals especially 10 raleigh
IS mat 4 citizen could como from
Wilmington on a train 'tha, would
leave there about !: ). NJ. and reach
here al $50. spend the cntire day until
$50. and get back 10 Wilmington be
foro midnight. There would he pro
portionately long stays for people com
ing from the East IN business, with
Durham. Greensboro anu othei points
Vest. The action OF the commission o.!
this matter Il being awaited now with
Very great interest.
GROUND has been broken for the new
poultry building ,hat is 10 be added
10 the STATE Iair gyour bcfore me
neg. tzir..ih Octoter, Iris poul,ry
building IS 70 be- 5.xlap fcet 1t Will
have concrete floor, and All modem
equipment for such . buildiug. with !
;ha most approved l!rh. and >.itilat-
Ing arrangements. TIE verr great
r~uicEsaing % interest'i III poultry rats
inr N recent $ears. and, indeed, IN
recent months. gives crery indication
that the poultry division Of the state
Fz.r Will he Gre y IRE niost popula.
FEATURES.
III. state Fzt- r~nansgenent IS TAX
Ing steps % have me walk wa"s ard
drverays abou, he Fair Groun1s
porked over fl aaoh way AZ viii me-
vsnt the hesv. suuti that inte-fe-el# III (
s9tne. ps-ts Of the grounds It the Iast.
fair.
Condition OF Ranks.
Tht summary OF the condition Of
Noith Carolina state banks. just issDod
hT thc Corporation Commission. SHOWS
total resources sc3,5s4,l50# and an in
.Teasa q sl195i0 in capital si9ek:
'l52.e0H II total resources and sl1ilfTI
increase IN total DEPOSITS during thet
past three months The number 81
haaks has increased dUr,nr that ti,nc
.fPn "5h 20 3o3 TIE statement iu>t F..
'tsucd IS haSed "a reports oc condi-
flor o. ranks March Z The deposits