Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-08-14
COUNTY.

- av;oencies of the late campaign
..nsed MS to make an extensive Trip
.,,ronph Brunswick county, during
rortions of the last two weeks OF Inc
asnuasa AS to the political objects
and results of the trip, we snail nave
noth;no to say. The people have
,,sssed Judgment upon them and we
20 sot;sfied. The record speaks for
s s.ss,f Yet we are unwilling to pass
hv nnnoticed, the kindness with when
% we're received, and the hospitality
nth ri which We were entertained.
We passed through Town Creek'
Lockwood's Folly. Shallotte and wac
camaw Townships, travelling During
the trip more than one hundred mics,
for Brunswick is one OF the lafeeS'
connties in the State in extent OF Ter
We spent the first night at the hos
,,;t.b1e residence of our friend, Coi:
John D. Taylor, to whose family anu
70 MIR. William Waters we are III
debted for many acts OF Klhohe''
The next night we were the guest OF
Mr. F. NJ. Galloway, OF Lockwood
Folly Township, and accepted DIS H.
vitation to stop with him on ourre1rrn'
Driving up to the store OF MesSi''
E. H. Pigott & Co., we saw aoon' Us,
~, oil hands the evidences OF thrift ana
enterprise. A well filed store with d
business outlook, q large dis'hiery'
ond in the distance the busy hum OF d
saw mill. Looking down the rl'ei'
ub;cb ia here nothing moro than ah
oyerprown creek, we were aSto'iis''e''
RI see the masts Of schooner. ror
minnie we supposed she must be on
wheels. but approaching nearer we
Jaw tbatit wasthe schooner j. ii. -''N'
living at the wharf of the mill Oh &c
Messrs. Williams, loading With lt'h-
Der and spirits.
We visited the Nlil4alas Hills anu
were gratifed to sec such ao''H'''h'
evidences of enterprise and prosperity
This mill is situated in Smithviie
township, and near by is the residence
and store of Mr.. D. l.. Gore, ana sui
farther on are the residences OF Ihe
Williams Brothers, making quite All
attractive village.
We were the quests Of MIR. EepJ.
Williams during Saturday night and
the earlier part of Sunday. we were
never more warmly welcomed, or more
bountifully entertained. Mrs. VIII
iams had i'll her garden VINE from
which twenty-one water-melons haa
already been pulled and the "ery was
still they come.
We spent The greater portion OF
Sunday with Mr.. Z. Kourk-'tncie
Peter" as he is Familiarity and appro-
priately known among his neishbors
and friends. Living near Shailotte
River, besides his farm, he has large
store and very large distiiiery, at the
wharf of which we saw the schooner
ZeniA loading with spirits for our
market. We were again surprised 10
see sailing vessel, apparently many
miles up in the piney woods, az we're
disposed to doubt the accuracy OF our
eye-sight until we visited the schooner
md l,ua a clear view of the ''rl7er.
The river and schooner were vcritabie
facts, and the distillcry was upon an
extended scale. We shall long re-
member our pleasant visit to "Uncle
Peters," "May he live @ thousand
years.
Monday night we were the guests OF
Mr.. Samuel Russ, where, rs at other
places, we were most kindly and hos
pitably received and entertained
During the evening we visited MIR.
Joseph Stanley's and spent pleasant
hour with his family.
Tuesday we iourneyed through Wac
camaw Township, nearly to New Brit
ton Ferry, and after speaking, began
our homeward trip. We were now
behind the great Green Swamp, nearly
sixty miles from Wilmington. Our
homeward trip was hastily made, but
was very pleasant. We reached home
Wednesday afternoon.
We passed through much OF the ter
ritory of Brunswick and saw much
fine lands. The farmers, however, IN
that section do not use, to the best adj
vantage, the gifts which nature has SO
lavishly given them. We have seen
fine fields of cotton growing on less
productive lands. Ii the thrift and
energy which have made Edgecombe
famous as a cotton growing county
were displayed there, Brunswick
would very soon take high rank
among the agricultural counties
Of the State. An honest, industrious
and hospitable people, we hail their
redemption from Radical misrule, and
predict for them future more prosper
GUS than has been their past.
We had as companions On our long
trip Messrs. Bennett, Rufus GalioW-
way, Guthrie and DIR. W. q. Curtis,
pleasant gentlemen, and the election
of the three first to the offices for
which they were candidates is source
of qualification to US personally, rs 1t
will prove a blessing 10 the people Of
the county. The defeat of the last by
fraud will doubtless ba made to ap-
pear before the proper tribunal.
When these gentlemen are installed
into their respective offices we shall
visit Smithville just to congl atulate
them.
God bless old Brunswick.