LARGEST STILL ON
RECORD IS SEIZED
Plan' with 103,000 Gallon Capacity
Captured by Prohibition Agents
in Heart of Mew York City.
Building Well Equipped.
>%<av York.?1 n the lefts of a Suitor.
Place prat-age whore many of the
city?" socially elect keep then* caifS
Federal agents Friday raided a still
they described a< the lar-jcsl eye?
seized in America. It had a capacity
of 103,000 gallons; with it were
found approximately 20,000 gallops
of alcohol and 80,000 gallons of molasses
mash.
A -???::? : *i Department of Justice
officers led by J. A. Frayne, forced
their v.a> into the throe-story 'gliding.
It was the old Consumer? Brewery
Company plant, in East 54tA
Street at Sutton Place, which is in
the heart of a new and ultrii-i'ashionable
colony on the East River
front.
Some of the tanks they four! were
?<;? icet iong ny 20 ieet wide.
Two priserei*s were taken The
raid was accomplished before most
of the residents in nearby homes and
apartment houses bad arisen and was
attended by ho disturbance.
Operators of the distillery, it was
-** discovered, had erected a movable
brick wall at the rear for entrance
and egress of trucks and employees.
Tn the raid, the agents spent four
hours working their way through a
maze of passageways uncovering
carefully concealed push buttons for
signal alarm devices, trapdoors and
disappearing walls until they finally
arrived in the sub-basement where
they found the stills.
The agents said the plant was capable
of turning out 28,500 gallons
of alcohol every 24 hours. They said
it required about six months to assemble
and cost about $750,000.
The brewery, a seven-story structure,
occupies a whole block in Sutton
Place. Ten agents under Joseph
A. Frayne, special agent in charge
of the New York district of the Department
of Justice, walked into a
garage on the ground floor of the
building and found an attendant and
a chauffeur who was about to take
wui it new ten-ton truck containing
55 drums of alcohol. They arrested
the men, seized the truck and another
empty truck.
The agents said the garage was operated
as. a "Mind for the alcohol
plant.
Community Wood Yard
Served Double Purpose
l.ast winter in Asheville where un
employment was a serious civic matter.
between 100 and 500 men and
their families were supported through
the winter through the operation of
a community wood yard and the people
were taught the value of wood
as a fuel.r
"This wood yard was operated un-l
<kr the capable managemnet of H.-j
ft. Giuvcr ami aside from giving relief
to unemployed persons, it furnished
n good example ofyomnn.mty-j
co-operation and established wood as
n fuel in that section," says, I'. \Vg
Graebhi. extension fore-stay at '
College. "The Federal Governments
donated wood from a nearby Nation^!
al Forest,, the comity ami city furnished
trucks for hauling if a, and.
flieyctVttihgAy^tfone iit-ilie forest f?y
tiie unemployed, working under the
supervision of a trained for<=<;tev :
The cHizens of AsheyiHe co-operated
by buying the wood for home use. |
Tn thisway Ashyville avoided the soup
kitchen."
Air. Gfaeber says thai msr.y jigVy
: sons are drifting away from the idea
of wood as a fuel and are sending
*' sP** much'money eat of-their home comrnunities
to buy coa), gas and oil.
They have been told that these im-j
ported fuels are cheaper and more'
f convenient to bain- Yet, Dale Thrash,!
county agent of Buncombe, reports!
to Mr. Graeber that many men told
him they were surprised to learn I
that wood could be used efficiently
in coal furnaces.
f Favorable reports were had from
many persons who burned this wood,
despite the fact that it was sold in
a comparatively green state. Had
there been time for the wood to dry
it would have been given still better
results as a fuel. Mr. Graeber says .
that recent tests show that air dry
hickory, long leaf pine with twenty j
per cent, resin, oak, beech, birch,
and maple have a better fuel value, j
ton for ton. than coal. Other woods;
are nearly as good.
Heavy Hailstorm Does
Damage in Lenoir Area
Lenoir, N\ C.?Hailstones, larger
than partridge eggs, fell in Lenoir
for more than half an hour Friday
afternoon, tearing large holes in automobile"
tons, wrecking electric and
telephone lines and-garden crops. The
hailstones were said by older residents
of the city to have surpassed
in size any hailstones in the history
of this section.
Skylights were broken, causing
several business houses to be flooded
with water. Rainfall was extremely
heavy and the city's streets were
temporarily flooded. Traffic was at
a standstill.
Electric lines on the Morganfon
ar.d Wliitnel roads were down in several
places. Long distance telephone
communication Was unhampered, although
the telephone company reported
considerable local trouble.
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1 FIRST INDICTMENTS
iELECTION FRAUD A
4 TOWNSHIPS TO ,11
Forty-three Republicans and Three
Democrats SumsooTt^d Before Fed
eral Grand Jury in Wiikcsborc
Last Week. Case Postponed oc
Account of Absence of Seseta
j Material Witnesses.
j Hearing May Come Off
j At Greensboro in June
I Watauga Politicians of Opinion Thai
Case May Have Benrinsf on Pr3tch<
j ird-Bailey Contest. VV. Hayes Fas
ter, Field Worker lor Duncen, Saic
j to Be Active in Preliminary Work
Outcome. Awaited WUb interest.
I Ti - ."..it ?:o' ' . ?1L-:
i in* ?ii?ji news siory. written
by L. . Hampton and pubiyjbod
in tli'1 Winst?>n-?ealem Journal
of Ma\ 21, gives o resume; of
the Federal grand jury I leaving into
alleged election frauds in three
precincts of Watauga County last
November. A later dispatch from
Wilkesbovo states that due to the
absence of four material witnesses
the hearing was postponed, and
the case will probably be moved to
Greensboro for trial in June. Unofficially
it is understood - four
bills were drawn in regard to the
alleged fraud and illegal estbpmcnt
of citizens exercising the
franchise.
Wilkeshoro, N. C.?First indict
ments of alleged frauds in the general
election in November, 1930. t<
be drawn and presented to a grant
jury in the Federal courts of Norti
Carolina were understood fo be the
objects of inquiry by ihat body ir
Judge Johnson J. Hayes* court ir
the Middle District here today (Wed
r.esday) and are understood to have
come from four townships in Watauga
County;
When it became known that some
forty-five Watauga citizens had been
summoned here today to appear before
the grand jury, 43 of them Republicans
and three Democrats, inquiry
disclosed that a grand jury investigation
into the Watauga election
was under way It is said that
the indictments, allege fraud and invasion
of the civil rights of certain
voters in the precincts named, these
being Roone, Cove Creek, Laurel
Creek n?/! f't-oo\t J*. *u??*
were prevented from voting
Federal officials, it was rumored,
had been informed that some "sensational
cvidcncoS woifld, he disclosed
before the grand jury. It will
be recalled that in the November
voting in certain precincts in Watauga
excitement ran hitrh and at one
I box there was fist fighting while at
another some arrests were made.
Democrats Think It "Flas.S"
The court hearing now hinges upon
the notion of the grand jury. Democrats
here today from Watauga were
of the opinion that the investigation
will proye' a "flush in the pan.'* for
reason, they assert, that nothing
! illegal \ya,Vdone. It was just a plain
! drubbing ojf the Radicals, they say.
; and T.othing^nnsre, and they expect
the grand jmy investigation, the
i court hearing, in the events a bill is
i found, to act somewhat in the nature
j p.fc a boomerang. It is pointed out
i that for nearly 30 ypors the Democrats
fook a beatine every two years
| without going into the
j FrOni isbirhp it was heard that "lev|
el1' Republican heads, many of them
i occupying high official positions,
had advised against too much 'bellyach'iticf>
or a resort to tne courts.
1 tow ever, rank bitterness, engered,
the Republicans assert, by reason of
the fact that they didn't get a "gar.
deal," only increased the determination
to carry the fight to the. courts
and there let both sides be heard.
It was regarded as significant here
[ that W. Hayes Foster; field man from
Republican headquarters at Greensboro,
and considered the personal
representative of State Chairman
.lames S. Duncan. Was on hand here
today when assistant district attorneys
began the introduction of tesr
timor.y before the grand jury, ft
will be recalled that deputies marshal
were sent to Watauga On election
day last November in response
to S O S calls from Republicans
there, and were then put out in the
townships, one to each hex.
Interest out in the State- is expected
to be attracted to the grand jury
investigation into the Watauga election.
The fact that the inquiry is being
conducted in a department of
the Federal court is also considered
a. significant development and apparently
the result of deeply-laid
strategy which likely contemplates
an investigation of fine-tooth-comb
ILimiitcmr.
Recently, three Federal judges in
North Carolina vacated the order
impounding the ballot boxes in this
State after Senator J. W. Bailey,
whose seat is being contested by for
mer Congressman George M. Pritchard,
entered a formal protest. A bill
was passed by the General Assembly
authorizing the seizure of the boxes.
Whether the tVatauga matter now
under investigation is in line with
the "strategy" of the Pritchard forces
in the contest over Senator Bailey's
seat is riot definitely known but is
strongly inferred, it is declared. This
please attaches new importance to
the inquiry which got under way
here today and is expected to be
4 concluded tomorrow.
THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?
BE REPORTED FROU
UDGE HAYES' C0IJR1
4
Visits White House |
Bryan Uniitdt,* the Colorado bus
haro,. walks right into the President's
home for a regular all-night visit
Twelve Girls Sentenced
'I For Fire at Samarcant
1 )
Carthago. X. C ?Twelve giris o
,; high school age, who pleaded guilt
to attempted arson in the burnin
of two dormitories at Saniarcanc
state institution for delinquents, Wer
sentenced <:>ri last Wednesday to serv
IS months to five years in the Stat
J penitentiary at Raleigh.
[ Two others, who made simiia
pleas, wero treed under conditions
| sentences.
In the case of Rosa Mull, io, o
Rutherfordton. ihe youngest of th
! group. Judge Michael Schenek cor
tinned prayer for judgment for f;v
years on condition of good beha
viov.
j Margaret P ridge n, 15, of Wilmine
j ton. was given a suspended sentene
( of 12 months to three years and five
I year good behaviour clause was add
en to her sentence.
As; the jurist pronounced sentenc
I the girls burst into tears. There .vsj
no dihev diemonstratior. ih- the court
room.
Sixteen girls were indicted for firs
degree arson, a capital offense ::
North tjaroUha, as a result of th
burning of the dormitories.
Solicitor Don Phillips decided no
to prosecute two of the girls ;;'i<
accepted pleas of t&ii'i&f>to attempt
cd avstVu by the- ethers.
Pullets Need Range
For Egp; Productioi
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A =a^it;.i v lanjrintr sricuftid ttatn :
j plentiful supply of green -fee'.! a?,i
?omo kind of shelter is needed fp
pullets to grow into well develope'
. that iveH in. &r)y lall.
' After removing thy cockAre!
ironi the flock as soon as tho ?e
can he determined, the pullets shoiih
! e placed on a good rangtgg ni!\*?s<
X. \Y. Williams, po'ilt ryi:>r;n at Novel
Carolina State College. (Jsiiath ih
groyy ir.g birds should be placed o;
i this range when from ten to twelv.
weeks of age. Not over 300 bird
should he placed on one acre of land
A good shelter is needed as bird
suffer from heat move than m?>
poultvymer. realize. The most ecu
comical house or shelter that can hi
built is a frame structure with at
even span top. This provides gooventilation.
furnishes a shade am
protects the birds from heavy rain
and . t'nev unfavorable weather con
j dltions."
lie. Williams says the birds mil
; not forage very far front their she!
j tc-r if conditions on the range an
i favorable. This means that the shel
| ter should l<e built so that it migli
be moved from time to time on;.
fresh ground and pasture. If ther.
| is not some natural shade in tin
| range, this might be provided by :
! frame covered with tow bags t<
j shield the birds from the mid-da'
sun.
Do not feed the birds with a hear;
protein ration so as to force then
into lay before the body has oeei
fully developed under ranee condi
"tions. cautions Mr. Williams. Small
underdeveloped pullets do not hav.
the reserve body strength that th<
large well grown mature pullet3 have
eoyo 00/1 tVoro'fftyn oi'o O
good breeders and layers. He als.
suggests keeping the mash before tin
birds at all times and a good graii
feeding at night. V, ater is also im
portant to range stock. When th>
weather is warm the birds consunn
great quantities.
The Forsyth Rabbit Growers As
1 sociation held a banquet recently a
| which meat from the domestic rabbi
'was served. The members plan to ex
pand their business.
Democrat Ads. Provide a Short-Cu
to , Better Business.
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EVERY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C.
11 Marine General Buried
, I Alive in Huge Landslide Th<
li
? j [ built.
n r . Frahce.?Police- and vedun- . r.ht- ?
I j . -..i by aiany engine* man a
1 |Ti?rvn-day recovered fche bed} of Gen-J^tdch
- K bert H. Dunlap, P. M. < i,
I froya the ruins of a barn adjoining'I Brian
the chateau Cine-Mars, wr.ere he was j as th<
bjti, ,: a nue/ a landslip, the day ye- j
vious.
. aiso brought out the body oi
Denis Briant, s. farmer on the estate, j
an rescude Mine. Briant. alive but
badly injured.
Her leg was amputated by a sar- ;
ge'on who had remained at the place!
all night in the hope that all three j
plight still be-living when the debris i
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