Brunswick Between Bookends
By Eugene Fallon
TAT.ES of the CAPE
FEAR BLOCKADE. By .lames
Kprunt. JEdited l»y C. M. D.
Thomas. The Charles Towne
Preservation Trust, tVtnna
lmw, N. C. Illustrated.
C. M. D. Thomas is to he con
gratulated for the fine editing;
job he has made of Sprunt's book.
In barely 130 pages he has caught
the flavor of that stirring but ter
rible period encompassed between
1862 and 1865. These are not
fading, gray ghosts the reader
meets herein, but living men most
believable, perhaps, for the small
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OUR FRIENDS and CUSTOMERS !N
BRUNSWUCK COUNTY—V1SST US OFTEN.
I wiles, white lies and cupidities
j inherent in all men.
For example, one George C.
[ McDougal, Tar Heel native who
possessed a commission in the C.
S. Navy, was taken prisoner when
i Federal gunboats captured the
blockade-runner Margaret and
Jessie. The good ship M & .1 was
out of Nassau and headed for
Wilmington when she was eap
tured off Smithville. The entire
crew was interned until their
names could be checked at Wash
ington. The ordinary crewmen
(some of whom were of British
nationality) were to be turned
loose and the Confederates im
prisoned for duration of war.
After some ten davs in pail the
lists came down from Washing
ton. McDougal asks a guard It no
could see the names. He ;-is given
that permission. Titere are two
listings:--one ,x those to be
kept: one of those to be turned
loose. MeDougal, when the
guard's back is turned, strikes
his name from the first list and
signs his name to the last, thus
signing his way to liberty.
There- are several references to
Smithville (Southport) in this
little edition, perhaps the most
interesting of which refers to
the adventures of a Capt. Thomas
J. Lockwood of Smithville, aboard
a blockade runner called . The
Kate, (One wonders if the late
and esteemed Kate Stuart were
inspiration for the name of the
craft engaged in high and noble
calling? Neither Sprunt nor
Thomas lends light to this ques
tion.) The story of The Kate
and her intrepid crew, stands
proudly on its own merits: aboard
The Kate, Capt. Lockwood car
ries his wife and two small child
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ren on the ship’s second run (the
first being successful) to the
British West Indies for cargo.
The run out is made without in
cident. and The Kate returns
safely to discharge its precious
cargo near Smyrna, Florida
Captain Lockwood finds he has to
make a rail trip to Charleston.*
and taking his family with him.
tells his first mate to hug the
coast till their return. The Kate
is discovered by the federals be
fore the Lockwoods get back,
however, and has to make a run
for it, leaving the master and his
family behind.
Undaunted, Lockwood picks up
a 16-foot whale boat and sets
out from Smyrna, to over take The
Kate at Nassau. The first at
tempt almost claims the lives of
the Lockwood family when the
boat went down only a few rods
off shore. It seems the plug had
worked loose from the boat’s bot
tom. Brave almost to the point
of ’foolhardiness, the Lockwoods
recover the whale boat and again
set forth for the Bahamas. Two
days at sea the weather turns
bad and the boat is at the point
of foundering with all hands
when a neutral vessel discovers
their plight and takes them off.
Three weeks later they are land
ed at. Nassau. An all lost in
credible tale.
This is .the sort of f; re found
in this twice-treated storybook;
and proves, once again, that truth
is stronger than fiction.
The writing (by Sprunt and
edited by Thomas) is not fancy
nor is it supposed to be. The
compelling thing about this ma
terial is its authenticity. One
does not have to be a Conrad or
a Faulkner to hold a reader's in
teiest. The first and foremost
law in the delightful labor of
writing is that there be a story
to tell. Sprunt had a story, or
rather, a number of incidents to
relate, which have never failed
to hold interest and to draw the
chroniclers like bees to honey.
Recommended highly, and avail
able at the Southport Public li
brary.
Reorders
Court
The following eases were tried
during Monday’s session of Re
corder’s Court, with Judge W. E.
Bellamy, Jr., presiding and Soli
citor A. H. Gainey, Jr., prosecut
ing:
Calvin Allen Stanley. Jr., plead
ed guilty to possession of tax
paid whiskey with seal broken and
was sentenced to 15 days on the
roads v Ah sentence suspended on
condition he remain sober and of
good behavior for 2 years ahd
pay costs of action.
Charier: Lindbergh Sides was
fined $10 and costs for driving
without registration, fine remitted.
Bernice L. Johnson paid $ld
and costs for driving on wrong
side of road, not in passing. '
Larry L. Jones was found rot
guilty of driving with improper
equipment.
George Waron Pellom was fried
$10 and costs for driving too. last
for road conditions.
Charles R. Rice was found guil
ty of reckless driving and pined
$75 and costs with $25 of fine
remitted on condition he satis
factorily complete Driver’s Clinic
course within 90 days.
Harold Dean Barnhill paid $10
and costs for speeding.
James Ervin Hewett was fined
$10 and costs for driving on
wrong side of road, not in pass
ing.
A charge of non-support against
Curtis Long was dismissed after
it was learned couple are living
togther again.
Johnnie Pigott drew 60 days
on the roads for driving 70-rnph
in 60-mph zone and with no li
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cense. Sentence suspended on pay
ment of $35 and costs and de
fendant ordered not to operate
motor vehicle until properly li
censed.
Hazel Mae Smith paid $10 and
costs for driving with improper
equipment.
Robin Dale Swain pleaded guil
ty to reckless operation and was'
fined $75 and costs with $25 of
fine remitted on condition he sat
isfactorily complete Driver’s Clinic
course within 90 days.
Robie Clemmons Todd paid $10
and costs on a speeding charge.
Charles Robert Willis pleaded
guilty to aiding and abetting in
reckless driving and was fined
$25 and costs.
Robert L. Jacobs paid $10 and
costs for following too close.
Carlee Moore was found guilty
of assault with a deadly weapon
and drew 6 months on roads with
sentence suspended on condition
defendant remain of good be
havior and not violate any laws,
for 2 years and pay the costs of
action.
Harlee Frink pleaded guilty to
operating a1 motor vehicle with
improper equipment, speeding 90
mph in 55-mph zone, failing to
ston at stop sign and reckless
driving. Sentenced to 4 months
on the roads, with sentence sus
pended on condition defendant not
violate anv motor vehicular laws
e-'d attend and complete Driver’s
Clinic and pay a fine of $100 and
costs.
Charges of non-support and |
abandonment against George R. j;
Johnson were dismissed after evi- |
dence couple were now living to- I
gether.
Thomas Stevenson was fined 1
$1 0 and costs for operating' motor
vehicle with improper equipment,
half the costs remitted.
James Robert Austin pleaded
guilty to driving under the influ
ence and was sentenced to 90
days on the roads with sentence |
suspended on condition the de
fendant surrender his operator’s
license and pay a fine of $100
and costs.
Willie Bland was fined $25 and
costs for careless and reckless
driving.
Kenneth L. Blake paid $10 and
costs for driving with improper
enuipment and failing to give sig
nal.
Donald Earl Bellamy was fined
$10 and costs for driving with
improper equipment and fine re- j
mitted.
Richard W. Burgess was fined J
$10 and costs and fine remitted
for failing to stop with unloaded
school bus at a R. R. crossing.
WISHING YOU
JOYS of the SEASON
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Purpose of Collecting 1961 Taxes.
PAY NOW AND SAVE COSTS
Town Creek Township, Friday, January 5th
D H. HAWES & SONS—Bolivia
A. P. HENRY STORE—Winnabow
SKIPPERS (S&W Grocery)—Lanvale
10:00 A. M. to 10:30 A.
10:45 A. M. to 11:15 A.
12:00 Noon to 12:30 P.
North West Township, Friday, January >Hi
APPLEWHITE’S STORE—Maco
LEO MEDUN’S STORE—Hood Creek
CHINNIS STORE—Leland
LELANLi POST OFFICE
NAVASSA POST OFFICE
9:30 A. M. to 10:00 A.
10:15 A. M. to 10:45 A.
11:15 A. M. to 11:45 A.
12:30 P. M. to 1:00 P.
1:15 P. M. to 2:15 P.
Shallotte Township, Wednesday, January tOth
IVEY HIGH STORE—Calabash
HICKMAN’S STORE—Hickman’s X Roads
JOHN WARDS STORE—lonqwood
SANDERS PARKER STORE—Grissettown
1000 A. M. to 10:30 A. M.
11:00 A. M. *©11:30 A. M.
11:45 A. M. to 12:15 P. M.
12:30 P. M. to 1:00 P. M.
Waccamaw Township, Thursday, January 11th
RODDY BENNETT’S STORE—Exum
RANDOLPH LONG STORE—Ash
ERNEST MILLIGAN STORE—Ash
10:00 A. M. to 10:30 A. M.
11:00 A. M. to 11:30 A. M.
11:45 A. M. to 12:30 P. M.
Lockwoods Folly Township, Friday, January 12th
2 5 2 5 2 2 2 2
GALLOWAY’S STORE—Varnumtown 10:00 A. M to 10-30 A
BUD TINDALL’S STORE—Silver Hill 11:00 A. M. to 11-30 a’
C. ELWOOD FULFORD STORE—Supply, Rt. 11:45 A. M. to 12:15 P.
R. E. BELLAMY’S STORE—Shallofte 1:15 P. M. to 2:30 P.
J. M. PARKER’S STORE—Supply . . .... . . 2:45 P. M. to 3:15 P.
Payments May Be Made At Office In Southport Now!
D. H. HAWES, Tax Collector For Brunswick County
Southport, N. C.
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