Entered as second-class mail matter August 20, 1923, at the PoSt Office at Tryon, N. C.,
under the Act of Congress. March 3. 1879.
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TRYON, N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1929.
Vol. 2.
W. J. Gaines Denies Story
That Son Shot at Brother
The story appearing in a number of papers that Paul Gaines
shot at his brother, Roy, “is a lie,” said Mr. Gaines today.
Paul Gaines had no quarrel with Roy, it is said, but was
arrested by his father for being dnjnk.
Sheriffs Make Raid Sunday
In Coopers Gap Township
Nestling in the deep, steep, V-shaped valleys of Coopers Gap where a
moonshine guard commands unobstructed view of approaching enemies,
can be found many stills or furnaces. It is almost impossible to arrest a
moonshiner in such a place for the law can be sighted miles away and
the escape of the distillers made easy. Sunday afternoon Deputies Pan
ther ana Edwards destroyed several hundred gallons of beer near the
head of Lake Adger. Enough beer flowed down the small spring to
make it roar like a flooded stream. The operators had disappeared and
f carried the still with them. About two hoops in the adjoining hollow
is a furnace for another still. Nearly every hollow with a spring has har
bored a moonshiner’s business, but local officers are determined to
make it harder for the distiller while the consumer is attending church.
Mill Spring Potato Groirers
Raise SISOO For Caring House
Progressive potato growers of White Oak community met
Saturday night in their school auditorium and boosted their
potato curing house stock to SISOO. Less than $2,000 is needed.
Application for a charter was authorized and much enthusiasm
was shown for immediate results. J. H. Gibbs was appointed
agent for the organization. “This is the most forward move
ment for material prosperity that Mill Spring has made in many years”
said a local business man.
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