smrs awmoN i
tllKKIDa HETIRES:
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Cops To His Nativr Mountains In
In Kentucky To Spend
l,a*t Tears.
kvheviile.-— At the mature age
0t ms year*. .lames Byrd Smith,
dean o( mountain moonshiners.
Is gaihe into retirement, and has
cone his way to spend what he
rails "niv deetihlnc years" amid
the wild beauty of his native
Kenlurkv mountain*
miring the pas! 50 years rr so.
the centenarian operator of "n’oun
liim dew" .outfits, lias manufactur
ed thousands of gallons of good
"yaller corn and pale rye Uckcr,”
with hundreds of barrels of ncxrh
and apple brandy thrown in lor
good measure, but lie is through
now. Jim says so,
"I rame up in these parts 29
Sears ago with the 'revenooers’ hot
on my trail, and now that all the
trouble lias died down bark that
in Kalntnrky, reekon I'll go back."
Jim told newspapermen here ns lie
prepared to leave Asheville.
•1 hain't tasted a drop o' llcker
in 25 years." Jim said. "Long
[*bout the time I was 80 1 got to
thinking it would take me to tor
ment, and after that I was ateared
and lost my hankering lor any
kinds of drtnk.”
The Interest of Kentucky officer.*
in his activities which necessitated i
his sudden departure from the Blue
Grass mountains did not necessari
ly mean that Jim would not prac
tice Ills calling after he came ui
the North Carolina hills.
k "About, aix months alter l got
lip hero,” the old man said, ‘ I made
bny last) run ol moonshine, but that
"didn't exactly happen in North
Carollnah. You see, I slipped back
to Katntueky on a little visit, and
% lady thar .list had to have some
help. She had a whole run done
hlmost., with the beer ready to bile
off, and when she asked me to do
it ler her, why 1 jlst pltcned right
In and helped the lady out. It
took me a let tie ovar n half a
day. and we got. six gallons of
'plum good whiskey."
I The Kentucky trip almost ended
' 1 he wanderings of the mountaineer.
! ••After we got the whisky Jugged.
I was plum wore out and went to
bed.” dim related. ‘The officers
got wind of my presence thar, and
come to the house. Tha lady told
them I hadn’t been thar in olx
months, but they come right in
the house and took a ‘look’ ace.
They got close to the bed, but 1
lay still, and soon they went off
looking for another man. Them
in the dark o’ the night I slipped
out and made my way back to
I Nawth Carolinah. Them thar of
ficers shore hurried my departure."
I “I followed moonshlnlng for
many years, and had some close
scrapes, but I never been caugnt
It’s all died down now. and I’m
going back to live with my dauph
- ter and have some peace." was
•Tim’s farewell message to his
friends here
, During ms adventurous ana
thrilling life in Kentucky, the pic
turesque and interesting old man
Of the hllta owned six farms in that
“state. However, he has disposed
pf all ot them, and the money has
been ttpeot. leaving him only an
“estate” of to forest-clad acres
'•Jim' has been married three
limes, and has 13 children living
fend 11 dead. He doesn’t k mw
Where they all are.
} One of his daughters in Rlch
tnond, Ky.. sent him a railroad
ticket, so he has gone back to live
with her. In his own l.nguage,
(he and his present wife, who he
(married when site was only 18
Kears of age, ' have dissolved
[partnership.” Jim seems to know
[little about his children exceot
that most of them have “big fami
lies.’' and are “hard up.”
“I never done the family any
good by staying here, so I'm going
^ack to Kaintucky, whar I can
•end them something once in a
Vhlle,” was the way Jim outlined
Ibis plans to help out back home.
Domestic .trouble and "revunoo
fers” seem to have beset the moun
taineer sorely during the past sev
eral years. However, the former
caused him the greatest concern.
••You know," Jim told nts friends
here, “the children by my second
wife jlst, can't seem to ctt. along
with my last wife, and me and her
'has dissolved partnership”
No Questions AsVeH.
j Brother Rastas was entertaining
a preache, and the nveal was a good
one.
“In fact.” said the parson.
» “dat’s as fine a chicken as I ever
et. Whah did you all get him. Brud
dah Rastus?”
“Well. now. Pahson,” said Ms
host with sudden access of dignd
“When you ah preaches a pe-hul
good sermon. d«v»s t ply-r ax whar j
you alt get It? ft v>pvn-. to ms dal s ;
• mighty trivial matter, anyway."
Informed that Iris $1,000 cow was
dying. W. A Drollin-er. of Wausau.
Wis., chartered an airplane for $30
to take him to her. The animal
*»cQveredr-'
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