The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-30

A Prisoners Attempt to Escape from
Jafl-Games of Base Ball Scheduled.
Two Deaths-Hay Ride to Hermann
Park.
Correspondence of the Messenger.)

Correspondence Of the Messenger.)
G~oldsboro, August 20
The Knights of Pythias team will go
out to Smithfield tonight and institute
a new lodge or Pythians at that place
tonight Quite a a number will go from
here.
There will be a reunion OF Company
z, Twentieth North Carolina veterans
at Faison Wednesday,, September 18th.
Every member Of the company is urged
TO be present on this occasion.
a successful revival is being con-
Quoted at the NJ. E.. church OF Falling
Creek by the Rev. Mr.. Carraway, as
sisted by the Rev. F. D. Swindell- A
very large crowd was present Sunday
Yesterday was the first day in six
teen We have had without a rain. To-
day is also fair much to the delight OF
everybody.
The Durham team returning from
New Bern have again decided TO tackle
Goldsboro's base ball team at the park
this afternoon. This is the fourth
game played between these teams here.
Tarboro and kinston will play at Kin
ston Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day Of this week. Tarboro team will
play Goldsboro here Thursday, Friday
n SATURDAY..
1Hc uuSlttS Ol the STdQSu SSuOOi
meet tomorrow evening to complete ar
engagements for the new buildings to be
erected.
Crepe hangs at the stores of w. K.
Parker & c.. and The Faulkner &
Parker Furniture Company, announc-
ing the dea1h of the father Of Mr..
Faulkner at his home in Warrenton.
News reached the city this morning
Of the death at his Johnson county
home, near ~Smlthfield, of Mr.. Nestus
d. Gurley, aged about 60 years. Mr..
Gurley was formerly a prominent clti-
zen of this county, where he was born.
AS a confederate soldier he vas among
the braVeSt.
This morning Deputy Warrick ac-
companied the feed boy to the county
Jail. Entering the hallway the negro
boy was sent with the grub to the
prisoners. Charlie Hopkins, a mulatto
pushing the feed boy aside, made a
dash for liberty jumping to the hall be-
low, a distance Of 10 feet n out the
hall, with Deputy Joe Warrick in hot
pursuit yelling for dear life stop, or
I'll shoot you. He did not have his gun
SO instead of shooting he just kept close
upon Hopkins. The chase was kept up
some moments round and round the
Jail yard till. finally, fearful the deputy
would shoot he al back into the Jail,
remarking, II was only Joking" Con-
stable Henry Grady put IN MS appear
| ance and insisted on examining the
prisoner. When first arrested a close
search for the stolen money was made,
but only a little change was found.
The search began with the result that
in the under garments Of Hopkins, a
| bag was found sewed to under garment
containing just $3.50.
Tax Collector Denmark was all
smiles this morning as he sat behind
his tax books, just ready, for the peo-
pie as they come in.
Miss Julia 3. Howell is on a brief
visit to her parents and friends.
Malcolm Bizzell returns to Wake
| Forest tomorrow to resume his studies.
| Quite a number of our young people
went forth this evening on a hay ride
to Hermann park where to sweet
| strains the light fantastic was INDUCED
in. Moonlight at the park is just love-
ly these nights when not disturbed by
the rain.