It ould be powerful hard to make a living round here without shine. Folks hers bouts are poor. We all have little farms, but there ain t no market for anything we grow. Makin shine outta my extra corn shore is more profitable than haulin it twenty or thirty miles to the railroad. That s why our line of work is the only one thats worth a darn around here.
Shore is easier to cart around a gallon of shine than twenty bushels of corn.
Don t need no government tellin me what I can and can t do with my own corn on my own land. A lot o folks think that all moonshiners are just a bunch of rough-necked rebels. Truth is, I m a real religious man and can quote the Old Testament like the back of my hand. I m not a regular at church but every time I pass one I take off my hat to show respect. Even though I only went to school until third grade I really respect the education system they ve got here in North Carolina.