Moonshiners Preparing
* For A Merry Christmas
-5,
Running Their Still* Duy ami Night on Stuff of Luwrsl
< Quality in Haute to Produce Quantity of Li
quid Only Kequireinent of Which 1? kiok
By KOIlKItT MCKKK
(C*?Tfi?ht itH n, m? A#vtn^,.
Bristol. Tenn .
we. is.?If the
L'ni led States has a Christmas li
quor thortage it won't be the
fault of the army of moonshiners
in the Appalachian Mountain re
gion in the South . In preparation
for an unprecedented volume of
holiday busln^us. the wheels of
the moonehlne whisky Industry
?re humming as they never have
hummed before. The first of the
Yuletlde supply already has be
ruu to trirkle and gurgla down
from the mountain tops and by
the end of next week the gurgl*
will have become a roar.
Throaghout the mountain coun
try the moonshiners have made
leady on a prodigious scale. They
are running their stills day and
night. many o? them with "Christ
mas specials"?reserve stills?in
action to take care of the oxtra
orders. All along the line there is
hustle and activity.
The professional runnels will
come In for their share of the
K-refits. They are busy organis
ing fleets of fast powerful cars to
distribute the stuff. The bootleg
gers are jumping from pillar to
post in a frantic effort to main-,
tain contact with nvionsulners,
distributor and consumer.
The bulk of th? spoil* howev
er, will go to the moon ni i iters.;
One of them here today for a
wagon luad of meal stopped long
enough to predict that he wojld
make S2.0m0 before January 1. It
U said that he has a ba'tetv of
six stills running at full blast. Af
ter the Christmas lush he will rest |
v Mil time for the summer "run"i
about Miy 1.
Chrlntmns liquor made In the
hills promises to be of the lowest
quality, but It will meet '.he one
great requirement. It will intoxi-)
cate. It will sell from the still I
at seven to twelve dollars a gal
lon. Most of the moonshiners will
demand top prices and get ihem.
Price is merely a matter of detail
in the feverish activities surround
ing manufacture of Christmas
moonshine. The main thinK is to
have available stock and plenty
of it. All sales of course, are
conducted on a strictly cash bas
is.
Law enforcement officers will
strike here anJ there but they
cannot hope to make mudi of un
impression on the situation as a
whole. The odds against t?cm are
too great and the moonsliiii? s
have become too crafty. The
amount of liquor seized Ik t wen
pow and Christmas will tiy com
parison be only a drop In a 200
gallon still. Hvt a set of careful
ly perfected signals, the mount
aineer* will keep themselves fully
Informed un the movemnt of the
raiders.
Santa Claus will bear an unus
ual burden on his visit to the
homes of the mountain folk this
year. Instead of toys, can ly and
gifts, his sle'Kh will be Ilea pod
high with dollars made at papa'*
?till.
MISSIONARY TO CHINA
\ ISITS HO AN OK K ISI.AN I)
Rev. A. It. C.allimor- . liilsslrn
ary to China who for the pa t six
years has b. en working under
th? direction of the Ha;?tlst Mis
sion Hoard at Canton passed
through the city Monday on his
way to Haleigh after spending
Sunday on Roanoke Island, the
guest of Rev. II. II. tlines. and
speaking at Mr. Illnes churches.
Roanoke Island and Manteo Hap
tut.
Mr. and Mrs. John \V. Pet re n'
Hagcrstown. Maryland, nre visit
ing Mrs. A. 3. Daniels, ill N?rth
Road street.
A Sport
Costume
V S* Oll*? t < ?.: tuntc o!
fli?mrl attal rretunn.
i* nn.j ?.f thi' i> iIIv :n \v mu
IriUutlon* for l\i!m 15-u?. Tl.t
lkinm-1 m a m>ft *h .?!<> ,.f , -Av.i.i
:iii>1 ih? <-!<??.?nno !?.?.: .
(H>|.tro.| licni? ??. Tli? i*!- min,
about th. s*own II.v ll>?i
it a juuihful ftt-lii:,:
<;im m v K ICS bai.k
COTTON TO ACKK
Tnylorsvillo, Ik*. IK.?The pro
duction of 1.146 pounds of need
:?>:ti?ti. (linking 530 pounds of lint
vu one acre of laud in the north
em part of Alexander Cjum>
there rotton has not been gro* ?
heretofore. 1? the record *et by
A:;nie Herman, of Route & of th;
city. In her first attempt at from
lti?5 cotton which she began la*'
.?-prime. according to Farm Ag?n
l>. il. Osborne of the State Collet
Intension Service.
lu e:.p'ain:ng the methods use.!
by the young lady in making hei
i-jtton t-rop. Mr. Osborne stated
? hat ??he had the acre of t.roun?i
I lowed deep and covered it with
fitM pounds of uli S-"*3 rotton fer
lili?er and then planted it with
the l.lttle K it: k Variety of cotton.
The result wan that she made 1.
416 pound* of aeed cotton which
[?roduci'd S 3*1 pounds of lint or
?7.-It! p? r e: nt lint t?H? the acre.
The rjttnn has been sold thru
r- co-operative as.-to.-ln: ion an?'.
Miss Herman has ulready ?ccelved
i"0 adv.inr.- on the Bale, it wa>
-aid.
.Mi's Herman states that she is
p?:.tic to iftain her membership
In th?- lloy*' and Girls* Club and
v 111 try to beat her record next
year.
TONSIUTIS
Apply thick!7 over throat?
9 cove; ? iih hot tla*.nt-l?
VICKS
? VapoR'JD
Of*r tr MiW.,? Jar, l'..J Y.mrly
Al'CTION SALE
ai lomio i?f .1. Dl'NCAN
SlfAWBOKO, n.
On Dor. 2.'t. 1921. 10 a. in.
I %vH' ofTt-r for ral* all my nlork
WlfHlllln of tilr?-r In ;i(| liorsrs.
?-n?? i.ml. . ilii'ff milk cows, ?a
lit-uil l?uroc sm:i^ ii'Klsloro'l.
All foul. corn <tii?1 liay, chickens.
All farm tini>lc*m?*ik9?. cutaways.
Cultivator.-?, turn plows, p<*a pick
cr. mow.-r ami raki-H, section drat.
\v:n:on, tlirco incubator*, all
Ihmi - linltl uoi>i|. NiiiiiIh'I'k of oili
er iliiiii.oi liorcin mentioned.
Cono . J N. DINCAN.
?* ??. 1 5.17.19,20,22
Fci-.-i s.r.ci Le-^r.cn Eellc Flour
wf hI>mi|iii?'I> Hour* i>f irn.il'.* *????! h?- ihc IrjutiiiK
?itisTitmm.D iiy?
/V. F. TOXEY & COMFANY
Water Sf?**.
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