The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-07
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jGuilford College Celebrates the
Cance1ling Of Last Dollar
Of Debt.
HARRY pAYnE's RACERS
They Are Eth Route From Aiken Aiken
to New York III Special
Train.
RRY PAYNE's RACERS.
fsncc,a1 q The rlmos tens

(spccial 10 The Times .Dispatch)
GREENSBORO, N. c.. April o.-Thc
hoard OF directors, trustees ana oElclals
Ior Guilford College hold most ehttlu-
siastic series OF jubilee services NJ the
| college to-day In celebration OF the can
ccllIn, OF tho last deiior " q 900 dept.
which has been standing ! gainst the m
| stltution.
Rov. Alien Jay, OF Indiana. noleu
preacher and whose work IN rolslhg GU
| dowrnents had also made him celopra.ecu .
and President Hobbs, were the heroes OF
the occasion. Some time ago Alr. Jay
| took up the work Of raising an eiluoM.
mont for tho college, and incidentally
,,nvoted himself to obtaining pledges to
nav or the debt At the meeting to-day
Ills most eloquent remarks we're maze
in5i the simple announcement that every
| dollar necessary had been subscrlpeo,
ana the debt was a thing Of tho past.
There was a bountiful spread at dinner,
and many congrntulatory remarKs "ere
made by the dignitaries assembled. II "as
a red -lettcr day for the college ana stu, :,
dents. faculty, officers and visitors Yieo
with each other In making It an occasion
for genuine rejoicing and enjoyment.
WAS a. SMART DARBY.
Special Policeman White at the
| Southern passenger station had q TRICK
played on him last night by smart
darby. There was a we'll dressed negro
man dancing on the PLATFORM. and In his
pvrations a pistol SO plainly protruded
from his hip pocket the officer arrested
him for carrying concealed weapons. the
1 NEGRO was horror struck his pred1ca-
| ment, but behaved nice and "nigger ike.
/ He confided his trouble to the ottlcer IN
| the humblest and oiliest terms; said ne
| was en- route to New York, and It Would
| never do In the world for him to miss tho
train duo 10 leave In five minutes. upon
the urgent request Of the negro, the
officer agreed thatif he put UP twerty-
! five dollar bond for his appearance before
! the Mayor to-day, he could, 90 on his way
| rejoicing Here boss said the negro Is
/ three ten dollar bills, give me back five
/ dollars" The negro pulled three dis out
OF his vest pocket. In the semi-darKness
the officer failed to make careful note OF
tho money. and handed tho New York
! darby fiver Just as he mounted the
steps TO take the passing north-bound.
1 The officer never paid particular atten-
ton TO the money until he Tent to turn
/ II into the chief Of police this morning,
4 when he found three nice one dollar
/! bills Instead of three tens. The question
! that bothers the policeman now IS
whether he is out five dollars and the
] city twenty-five dollars, or whether he
| Is out two dollars and the city in three2
SPECIAL TRAIN FOR HORSES.
officer Busick arrested three negroes
this morning named John and Charles
Mann and David White, who were caught
stealing brasses from tie Southern Rail-
way.
The stolen property was valued at
twenty-one dollars. One OF the negroes is
an old offender, having served two terms
on the chain gang for larceny.
Four Adams Express cars, containing
twenty race horses and SIX riding horses,
belonging to Harry Payne Whitney. pass
ed through here last night, going from
Aiken, S. c.. to New York. Each car had
several men aboard to look out for the
comfort and safety OF the fine blooded
stock. At the rear OF the special train
was the private car OF the Whitneys. the
whole coach being needed for the ac-
coTnmodation OF Harry's private secre-
tary. who was resting and riding like
lord, in absolute and severe solitude.